Auburn Theses and Dissertations: Recent submissions
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Design Guidelines of Applying Cultural Context Analysis in Service Design
(2019-04-16)
This research will provide an overview of the service design process. This process provides a way to help service design, especially commercial service design, to analyze and use cultural context analysis in different ...
Studies on the digestive gland microbiome of freshwater mussels
(2019-04-16)
Freshwater mussels are among the most imperiled aquatic invertebrates in North America. In the United States, Alabama has the highest diversity of freshwater mussels with 178 species. To address the conservation needs of ...
Assessing population impacts of low-use lock-and-dam structures on the Alabama River: fish hard-part microchemistry and genetics
(2019-04-15)
Two techniques, hard-part microchemistry and genetics, were used in a coordinated effort to determine the impacts of low-use lock-and-dam structures on riverine fish species of varying migratory nature and capability. ...
The Perceptions of the Alabama Legislature Toward Higher Education
(2019-04-11)
With state legislatures across the nation decreasing funding in higher education, many higher education administrators are seeking new and creative ways to increase funding and decrease waste in colleges and universities. ...
Effects of Commercial Thinning on White-tailed Deer Forage Availability and Ecological Restoration Objectives in Loblolly Pine Stands
(2019-04-09)
Planted pine (Pinus spp.) stands represent 19% of the forested land in the southeastern U.S. Though often managed for timber production, many landowners have alternative objectives, such as improving habitat quality for ...
Graduate Students' Perceptions of Master Teaching
(2019-04-09)
This study examined graduate students’ perceptions of master teaching qualities and behaviors exhibited by graduate-level faculty. The Teacher Behavior Checklist (Buskist, Sikorski, Buckley, & Saville, 2002) was administered ...
Essays on Financial Institutions and Financial Stability
(2019-04-09)
This dissertation is composed of three essays related to financial institutions and financial stability. The first essay constructs a measure of integration among global banks and examines its impact on bank insolvencies ...
The Impact of Political and Cultural Factors on the Success of Microfinance Institutions
(2019-04-09)
This research focuses on the survival context of microfinance institutions from a political and cultural perspective. Compared to other methods of poverty alleviation, microfinance, as a new financial channel, seems more ...
Cost-Duration-Based Lump Sum Project Selection Framework Using Stochastic Methods for Design-Bid-Build Resurfacing Projects
(2019-04-04)
The appropriate selection of procurement tools and contracting strategies is a key factor in the successful completion of construction projects and has become an important and growing area of study for both researchers and ...
A Property of GO-Topologies on the Reals
(2019-04-04)
In 1981 Peter de Caux proved that finite powers of the Sorgenfrey line are hereditarily D-spaces. In this paper we build on de Caux's technique to show that any subspace of a finite power of the reals with a generalized ...
Stopover ecology and population dynamics of migratory shorebirds
(2019-04-04)
Migratory animals are declining worldwide, and for many species there are multiple threats to population stability from throughout the annual cycle. Animals performing long-distance migrations use stopover sites en route ...
Accelerated Lifetime Characterization and Development of Test Protocols for Class I/Class II Micro-Machined Sensors and Flexible Li-ion Power Sources
(2019-04-03)
Modern day applications have led to extensive miniaturization of consumer electronics along with incorporation of state-of-the-art sensor devices and acceptance of flexible materials within an electronic assembly. With the ...
Power in the upper echelons: Females, racial minorities and the distribution of power
(2019-04-03)
The distribution of structural power in the upper echelons is unequal, but more so for females and racial minorities in the C-suite (Kulich, Trojanowski, Ryan, Haslam & Renneboog, 2011). Discrimination towards females and ...
Investigating the Mechanistic Roles of Conserved Residues in Cysteine Dioxygenase: How a Hydrogen-bonding Network and a Rogue Cysteine Effect L-cysteine Oxidation and Crosslink Formation
(2019-03-28)
Cysteine Dioxygenase (CDO) catalyzes the oxidation of L-cysteine to L-cysteine sulfinic acid utilizing iron as a cofactor. Adjacent to the iron center is a protein-derived thioether crosslink formed by a cysteine (Cys93) ...
Mechanisms Underlying the Relationship between Work-Life Conflict and Health Behaviors: The Role of Resource Depletion
(2019-03-22)
While there is an abundance of research linking work-family conflict (WFC) and work-life conflict (WLC) to a host of negative outcomes, including compromised health, there has been a dearth of research dedicated to ...
Machine Learning Algorithms for QSPR/QSAR Predictive Model Development Involving High-Dimensional Data
(2019-03-21)
With advancements in fields such as computational chemistry, computer-aided molecular design and chemoinformatics, the scientific community has now become inundated with a very large set of molecular descriptors. The ...
Music Therapy as a Behavior Modification for Students with Severe Behavior
(2019-03-07)
Current research shows the effects of music are varied. Research also suggests that music therapy for students with disabilities is varied. This study investigated the effects of the music therapy technique of listening ...
Assessing the Scientific Basis of the Food Safety Modernization Act Produce Safety Rule and Microbial Quality of Water Used to Grow Produce in Alabama
(2019-03-05)
Small farms are a growing part of the fresh produce market. In Alabama, 93 percent of farms are defined as small and 2 percent of agricultural sales were from fresh produce in 2016. Only 1.3 percent of produce farms in ...
Evaluation of a Treatment Package to Teach Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder to Tact Past Events
(2019-02-25)
Speaking about past events is an important part of a functional verbal repertoire. Social interactions, personal safety, and academic success may be enhanced by learning to speak about past events. Unfortunately, children ...
Time to Quit with Grit? Expanding the Academic Persistence Framework
(2019-02-21)
Examinations into the effect of motivation and ability on academic and workplace performance have been fluid in the past century. Current operationalizations have proposed grit—defined as perseverance and passion in pursuit ...