Auburn Theses and Dissertations: Recent submissions
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Alcohol, Sleep and Five-Factor Personality Characteristics: A Latent Profile Analysis
(2020-03-05)
To date, a substantial body of research has demonstrated that undergraduate students are often found to experience poor sleep quality, as well as frequently high levels of alcohol usage. Furthermore these two concerns are ...
Utilizing cultural elements to enhance the sustainability of product
(2020-03-04)
In the early nineteenth century, the most important environmental issues were not a widespread concern. Humans believed that resources in the planet seemed immeasurably vast, and that nature itself would digest everything ...
Analyzing the Use of Publicly Available Multispectral Imagery to Guide the Creation of Soil Sampling Schemes
(2020-02-26)
As site-specific nutrient management has grown in popularity, the need for accurate soil fertility data has increased. Unfortunately, the cost of detailed soil sampling has prohibited many farmers and consultants from ...
The Current Usage and Applications of Traditional Christian Hymns for Teaching Choral Music in the Secondary Setting
(2020-02-12)
For generations Christian hymns were used as instructional tools and performance literature (Keene, 1982; Mark & Gary, 1992); however despite their ubiquitous presence in the choral music education profession, few studies ...
Physiological costs of reproduction in female mice
(2020-02-07)
The hypothesis that the large demand of reproduction negatively impacts future reproduction and/or survival has become a major topic in many fields within biology. Although many assume negative linear correlations between ...
Human Performance in Cyber-Vulnerable Highly Automated Unmanned Aerial Systems
(2020-02-05)
Automation is ever present in today’s complex systems of systems. Originally created to ease workload and burden on the human operator and to increase safety by automating dangerous tasks, automation has become practically ...
The Role of Awareness in Differential Delay Eyeblink Classical Conditioning
(2020-02-04)
Eyeblink classical conditioning (EBCC) is an experimental procedure widely used for understanding learning and memory in a variety of species. In EBCC, a neutral conditioned stimulus (CS; a tone) is repeatedly paired with ...
Data Collection Methods for the Voice Range Profile: A Systematic Review
(2020-02-04)
Purpose: To assess data collection variability in the Voice Range Profile (VRP) across clinicians and researchers, a systematic review was conducted to evaluate the extent of variability of specific data collection points ...
Effects of Abiotic Factors on White-tailed Deer Activity in South Carolina
(2020-01-06)
A myriad of internal and external factors continuously influence behavior of all animals. One group of environmental factors, abiotic factors (e.g., wind, temperature, and moon phase), are continuously present and constantly ...
The Automated Design of Network Graph Algorithms with Applications in Cybersecurity
(2020-01-06)
Graph representations and graph algorithms are commonplace in a wide variety of research domains, including computer and network security. Many problems can be expressed in terms of graphs in order to leverage the strengths ...
Soil- and Foliar-Applied Potassium in Upland Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) Production
(2019-12-20)
Soil test recommendations for upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) fertility are often based on varieties which are no longer in production, meriting questions on whether increased potassium (K) is needed for new varieties ...
Comparing Angler Effort and Catch Rate Estimates Across Creel Survey Methods at Three Alabama Reservoirs
(2019-12-19)
I compared different creel survey methods at three Alabama reservoirs (Harris, Jordan, and Mitchell) to identify approaches that could improve precision and reduce costs. I was particularly interested in whether boat ...
Predicting Signal Probabilities Using Neural Networks to Improve Test Point Insertion
(2019-12-18)
This thesis presents an artificial neural network signal probability predictor for VLSI circuits that
considers reconvergent fan-outs. Testability analysis techniques are useful in the insertion of
testpoints to improve ...
Charting the Volunteering Characteristics of College Students in a Land-Grant University
(2019-12-14)
Volunteerism in the undergraduate years can be a predictor highly correlated with remarkable increase in social integrity, civic-mindedness, (Astin & Sax, 1998; Eyler & Giles, 1999; Pascarella & Terenzini, 2005; Vogelgesang ...
An Examination of the Adoption of Web 2.0 Technologies in Program Delivery in Cooperative Extension
(2019-12-12)
Cooperative Extension has a mission to take the university to the public. Therefore, one of the major goals is to disseminate timely research based information for local and state use. Extension has formed solid networks ...
Design and Evaluation of Cooperative Adaptive Cruise Control System for Heavy Freight Vehicles
(2019-12-12)
This thesis describes the design, implementation, and evaluation of a Cooperative Adaptive Cruise Control (CACC) system for heavy freight trucks that seeks to provide a platform for future cooperative control and estimation ...
Evaluation of biorational insecticides against two-spotted spider mite (Acari: Tetranychidae) on Tomato
(2019-12-12)
Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) is one of the most popular and potentially profitable crops grown in high tunnel (polyethylene-covered structures) production. The two-spotted spider mite, Tetranychus urticae Koch (Acari: ...
Application of molecular and bioinformatics approaches for sensory and quality attributes improvement in peanuts (Arachis hypogaea L.)
(2019-12-10)
As more consumers are paying attention to food quality and nutrients, obtaining desirable flavor and quality attributes become an important breeding objective for peanut. In this study, 120 accessions from the US Mini-core ...
Investigating the Catalytic and the Metabolic Role of the Thiol Dioxygenase and a Sulfurtransferase in the mdo Operon from Pseudomonas aeruginosa
(2019-12-10)
Mammalian cysteine dioxygenase (CDO) is a mononuclear iron containing enzyme that belongs to the cupin superfamily. CDO catalyzes the oxidation of cysteine to cysteine sulfinic acid. It contains an amino acid-derived ...
Additive Manufacturing of Fatigue Resistant Austenitic Stainless Steels by Establishing the Process-Structure-Property Relationships
(2019-12-10)
This work presents a multidisciplinary approach (relating microstructure features to mechanical properties) to utilize additive manufacturing as a tool to fabricate superior, fatigue resistant materials. The ultimate goal ...