Auburn Theses and Dissertations: Recent submissions
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How’s your CQ?: A Quasi-Experimental Study of Cultural Intelligence Levels in Traditional Students Following Study Abroad and Classroom-based Cultural Experiences
(2021-03-04)
The purpose of this research was to assess the impact of study abroad and classroom-based cultural experiences on traditional students’ cultural intelligence (CQ) levels, as measured through CQ scores from the standardized ...
Analysis of Flywheel Energy Storage Systems for Frequency Support
(2021-03-02)
Flywheels have been used to store energy in rotation for centuries. However, they were previously not suited for storing electrical energy because of their lower operating speed. However, with AC to DC converters, the ...
First Principle Studies on Ground and Excited Electronic States: Chemical Bonding in Main-Group Molecules, Molecular Systems with Diffuse Electrons, and Water Activation using Transition Metal Monoxides
(2021-03-01)
Potential energy profiles can be used to investigate the origins of chemical bonding of molecules. Such profiles were adopted to show the propagation of lone pair electrons of N2(X1Σg+) to the vacant orbital of O(1D) or ...
Perceptions of Employability for Adolescents Related to Varying Degrees of Hypernasality: Making the Case for Interprofessional Collaboration & Advocacy in Speech Language Pathology
(2021-02-19)
Objective: The primary aim of this investigation was to evaluate the impact listener perception has on vocational success in adolescents with hypernasal speech.
Methods: Using Qualtrics, an online survey platform, ...
Evidence-Based Practice for Speech-Language Pathologists: A Survey of Access and Implementation
(2021-02-19)
Purpose: The primary aim of this investigation was to identify the extent to which SLPs implement evidence-based practice (EBP) and discern the facilitators and barriers for use of EBP, with consideration of access, location ...
Comprehensive Safety Evaluation of Proton Pump Inhibitors
(2021-02-12)
Objective: This study1) examined trends in proton pump inhibitor (PPI) use and associated healthcare spending among the U.S. population, 2) identified adverse outcomes associated with PPI use, and 3) conducted a systematic ...
Does U.S. Soft Power Translate into Foreign Countries' Support for U.S. Foreign Policies?
(2021-01-25)
Power is a central concept in the study of international relations. This dissertation explores soft power as a facet of power which is seen as increasingly important. Joseph Nye’s concept of soft power has caught the ...
A Content Analysis of Minority Representation on Broadcast and Streaming Television in 2019-2020
(2021-01-19)
This study is a content analysis of minority representation on broadcast and streaming
television in the 2019-2020 season. This research aims to understand the type of representation
of minority groups on television; ...
A Critical Opportunity: Lead in Drinking Water at Child Care Facilities
(2021-01-19)
There is no safe level of lead exposure. As exposure from point sources like lead paint have been reduced through legislation, non-point sources such as drinking water have become a greater proportional source of total ...
Development and Application of Composite Beam Theory on FRP Reinforced Concrete Flexural Members
(2021-01-19)
Although there are specifications and approaches for the design of concrete flexural members reinforced with FRP, most of them were derived from empirical data. In order to obtain the rigorous theoretical definition of ...
Use of NMES for Swallowing Habilitation in Neonatal Intensive Care Units: A Survey of Clinical Practice
(2021-01-19)
Purpose: The purpose of this investigation was to identify clinical practice patterns of speech language pathologists who use NMES with the neonate and young infant population, specifically, the modality treatment parameters ...
A Bird's-Eye View of Young Longleaf Pine
(2021-01-11)
Longleaf pine (Pinus palustris) forests are an endangered ecosystem and a primary focus for restoration in the US. Through the cost-share program Partners for Fish and Wildlife (PFW), the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ...
Automating Interpretation of Images and Visual Inspections in Modern Manufacturing and Medical Settings
(2021-01-08)
Automating visual inspection is rapidly finding its way into non-invasive industrial and medical processes. In this work, we address detection automation opportunities in the task of interpreting both medical and industrial ...
Southeastern U.S. Upper Coastal Plain Ecological Sites for Dynamic Soil Property Characterization
(2021-01-07)
The Ecological Site (ES) concept groups soils that respond similarly to management to meet conservation goals, develop site interpretations and models for ecological transitions, and construct restoration pathways. The ...
Lactic Acid Production from Filamentous Algae grown using Aquaponics Wastewater
(2021-01-07)
Algal Turf Scrubber (ATS) systems are a known method of treating nitrogen and phosphorous rich wastewater by cultivating green filamentous algae biomass. One novel source of this wastewater is from an aquaponics system, ...
Pigs by the sounder: wild pigs, whole sounder removal, and their effects on deer and turkey
(2021-01-06)
Wild pigs (Sus scrofa) are an invasive species in North America with known negative impacts on agricultural lands and native ecosystems. To explore one commonly used, but ill-described management strategy, we implemented ...
Leverage Sampling for Single-Index Models
(2021-01-04)
In this thesis, a generalized leverage-based sub-sampling method for single-index models is proposed. The approach gives more efficient estimators than random sub-samples of the same size. Also, robust rank-based estimators ...
Theoretical modeling combined with experimental spectroscopic measurements for the diagnosis of high-Z erosion and transport applications in plasmas
(2020-12-11)
Understanding plasma-material interaction (PMI) continues to be a challenge for future
fusion reactors. High-Z materials (e.g. tungsten, molybdenum) have emerged as leading
solutions for plasma facing materials. Erosion ...
Comparative Analysis of Soil Erosion Using Large-, Intermediate-, and Small-Scale Test Plots of Bare Soil and Different Hydromulch Products under Large-Scale Rainfall Simulator
(2020-12-10)
A study was conducted to compare the test results of three different size erosion-control plots under rainfall simulation to determine if there is a direct relationship to the size of a tested erosion-control plot and the ...
Influences of Parasitic Infection and Aging on Aedes aegypti Wingbeat Frequency
(2020-12-10)
While there are thousands of species of mosquitos, only a few hundred are responsible for transmitting disease-causing pathogens; however, certain of these species, such as Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus, are responsible ...