Auburn Theses and Dissertations: Recent submissions
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Comparison of Inflammatory Cell Populations in Young and Mature Beef Bulls; A Preliminary Study
(2019-04-24)
Bovine venereal diseases, such as Tritrichomonas foetus (T. foetus) infection, can be economically devastating to the cattle industry. Decreases in calf crops due to abortion and infertility, premature culling, and loss ...
Guidelines for Designing Inclusive Wearable Devices for the Aging Population
(2019-04-24)
Wearable technology has rapidly evolved during the past decades and become trendy nowadays. There is a steady increase in wearable devices sales every year; however, unfriendly user experience and high abandonment rates ...
Acoustic telemetry of shark movements and residency near artificial habitats in the northern Gulf of Mexico
(2019-04-24)
In the present study, acoustic telemetry was used to monitor the movements and residency of seven Sandbar Sharks Carcharhinus plumbeus, five Atlantic Sharpnose Sharks Rhizoprionodon terraenovae, four Bull Sharks Carcharhinus ...
Existence of TP(d,k,n)
(2019-04-24)
Given a square grid of land, which has n rows and n columns. It is required to plant trees on the land so that there are k trees in every row and column and there is at most 1 tree in any small square part of the land with ...
Synthesis and Electrochemical Performance of SnOx/Ti3C2Tx Anodes for Li-ion Batteries
(2019-04-24)
Modern society has a higher requirement and need for high-capacity and stable energy storage and conversion devices. 2D materials are a group of emerging materials that have shown advantages in energy, catalysis, and ...
Pour Decisions: The Relationship Between Intoxication, Free-Pour Accuracy, and Subjective Impairment
(2019-04-23)
Reducing risk associated with college student drinking is a major public health concern. The free-pour assessment has the potential to inform interventions aimed at reducing risks associated with college student drinking. ...
Development of Analytical Systems for Detection of Biomarkers and Neurotoxic Exposure
(2019-04-23)
Exposure to the chemical and biological compounds in environment poses a serious health threat to humanity. Timely awareness of the chemicals in environment plays a vital role in exposure assessment, damage control, and ...
Gender and Rural Vitality: Empowerment through Women’s Community Groups
(2019-04-23)
Rural women are often the main supporters of their families and have been involved in improving the quality of life for households and communities. Sustainable rural development and poverty reduction is linked to empowering ...
Gene Editing and Hormone Therapy to Control Reproduction in Channel Catfish, Ictalurus punctatus
(2019-04-23)
Channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) and their hybrids account for more than 60% of aquaculture production in the US. The catfish industry is being severely challenged during recent years as a result of higher operating ...
State of the Practice of Long Distance and Intercity Travel Modeling in US Metropolitan Planning Organizations and State Departments of Transportation
(2019-04-23)
Long distance and intercity travel represent a small percentage of total trips in the U.S., yet they represent a large percentage of total VMT. Long distance trips represent an important travel market with over $317 billion ...
El Cine Quinqui: Transgresión en las masculinidades retratadas en el cine postfranquista de la Transición
(2019-04-23)
Spanish transition to democracy (1975-present) accelerated the process of searching for new identities and film narratives depicted what had been censored and repressed during the dictatorship. This master’s thesis is ...
Drought Management Plans in Major Cities of the Southeastern U.S. v. Western U.S.
(2019-04-23)
The severe drought conditions impacting California and the Western United States over the last several years have led to greater awareness of the consequences of water scarcity and the need for effective drought policy. ...
An Approach to Assist Designers Collaborating with Scientific Researchers towards the Development of Experimental Tools and Practices
(2019-04-23)
Since consumer experience shifts from mass consumption to context and personalization consumption, we are now focusing on the ecosystem of services, experience and solution instead of only paying attention to the product ...
To Comply or Not To Comply? That Is Not The Question: A Multi-Content Analysis of Title IX Policies at Historically Black Land Grant Universities
(2019-04-23)
The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) enforces, among other statutes, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. While Title IX is directed towards the prevention of discrimination ...
Computational Methods for Evaluation of Protein Structural Models
(2019-04-23)
Proteins are essential parts of organisms and participate in virtually every process within the cells. The function of a protein is closely related to its structure than to its amino acid sequence. Hence, the study of the ...
Design Guidelines for the Application of Product Semantics
(2019-04-23)
This paper features a comprehensive review of the concepts and procedures of product semantics, as well as a historical account of how this field of study has evolved, from an observation of signs and symbols to a larger ...
An Experimental Study of the Propagation of Equivalence Ratio Oscillations on their Effect on Combustion Instabilities
(2019-04-23)
Lean premixed combustors have become a promising method in gas turbine engines to operate more efficiently and within the regulatory standards for emissions. However, this lean premixed operation is susceptible to combustion ...
Numerical Simulations of the Fourth Avenue Landslide Considering Cyclic Softening
(2019-04-23)
Cyclic softening of fine grained soils has led to significant infrastructure damage in previous earthquakes. Despite this, methods to evaluate the potential deformations due to cyclic softening are not as well developed ...
Guidelines for Designing Stressful Emotion Relief Toys for Adults
(2019-04-23)
Nowadays, the rapid development of society not only fulfill people’s material needs and allow them to focus more on their spiritual needs, but also stress people out. Stressful emotion relief toys are noticed by more and ...
Why a Diamond Means Forever: The Creation of the Diamond Engagement Ring Tradition in the United States, 1939-1996
(2019-04-23)
In 1947 “a diamond is forever” became the official slogan of the De Beers Consolidated Mines Limited and is to date one of the most recognizable slogans in the history of American advertising. This dissertation utilizes ...