Auburn Theses and Dissertations: Recent submissions
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Defying Categorization: Stray Objects and Women’s Material Practices in Nineteenth-Century Fiction
(2018-04-24)
This dissertation engages nineteenth century material objects that fall outside of established categorization and those objects’ associations with contemporary, women-authored texts. A common link between these “stray ...
An Investigation of Species Relationships within Marshallia Schreb. [Asteraceae] and Mitochondrial Genomes within Poaceae
(2018-04-24)
Genomic sequencing has become ubiquitous within the discipline of Biology. Here I use
two case studies in which whole genomic DNA facilitates answers to foundational biological
questions for organisms that do not have ...
Optimization of Cellulose Nanocrystal Films for Optical and Micromechanical Applications
(2018-04-24)
The objective of this research is to understand the effect of microstructural helix orientations and alignment in aqueous cellulose nanocrystals (CNC) dispersions and films on mechanical, optical, and surface properties ...
Matrix Metalloproteinase-Responsive Superparamagnetic Iron Oxide Nanoparticles (SPIONs) to Distinguish Between Aggressive and Indolent Cancer
(2018-04-24)
Biomedical imaging modalities play a key role in the detection and accurate characterization of cancer lesions. While anatomical imaging modalities provide essential information about the location and size of a tumor lesion, ...
Fabrication and Characterization of Carbon Nanotubes on Ceramic and Silicon Substrates for High Temperature Electronic Device Applications
(2018-04-24)
This dissertation focuses on characterization and fabrication of multi-wall carbon nanotubes (CNTs) by DC plasma sputtering and thermal chemical vapor deposition techniques (CVD) on silicon (Si) and ceramic (Al2O3) substrates. ...
Understanding First-Year College Students’ Perception of Academic Rigor and Help-Seeking Behavior in College using BCSSE and NSSE
(2018-04-24)
The first-year students join college with several expectations in their mind about their upcoming academic endeavors and their career. The first-year of college is the most crucial year of a students’ college career. This ...
Phosphorus Nutrition of Pecan
(2018-04-24)
A fundamental component of pecan management is maintaining phosphorus (P) nutrition throughout the tree’s growth, development and production. Pecans have difficulty maintaining adequate P concentrations when managed for ...
The Information Environment of State Agency Heads: Variations in Contact, Information Seeking, and Inclusiveness
(2018-04-24)
State agency administrators perform similar tasks across vastly different environments throughout the American states on a daily basis. These agency heads perform their duties at a unique nexus of politics, policy, and ...
Three Essays on International Trade
(2018-04-24)
Chapter 1 investigates how tetracycline affects beef trade survival. We use United Nations Commodities Trade Statistics (UNComtrade): Harmonized System (HS) 020130 six-digit level of beef trade includes bovine cuts boneless, ...
Survey of Active Learning in Science in Saudi Arabian Universities
(2018-04-24)
This dissertation examines Saudi Arabian faculty attitudes toward active learning and their usage of it in STEM classrooms. The objective of this study is to see if there is a relationship between the preexisting beliefs ...
The role of zinc nanoparticles in the initial events of olfaction, their characterization, preservation, and microenvironmental influence.
(2018-04-24)
Olfactory responses are intensely enhanced with the addition of endogenous and engineered primarily-elemental small zinc nanoparticles (ZnNPs). The endogenous ZnNPs have been found as proteon nucleating centers (PNCs) ...
Neural correlates of emotions in dogs
(2018-04-24)
Dogs are considered to be man’s best friend; they share a close and intense relationship with humans and have shown to excel in reading human social cues, including facial cues. Due to this intimate relationship shared ...
Application of High-Throughput Sequencing Methods to Spider Phylogenomics and Speciation with a Focus on the Mygalomorph Genus Aptostichus
(2018-04-24)
Spiders are massively abundant generalist arthropod predators that are found in nearly every ecosystem on the planet and have persisted for over 380 million years. Spiders have long served as evolutionary models for studying ...
Using the Voice of Educators to Strengthen Teacher Evaluation: Implications for Improved Performance
(2018-04-24)
Purpose: Our nation’s leaders view the quality of teaching as important; however, how legislators have influenced the importance of teaching quality is disputed. The nation’s focus on legislating teaching quality has been ...
Improving the homogeneity of superparamagnetic nanoparticles and a study of their physicochemical properties and applications
(2018-04-24)
Superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (SPIONs) have enormous potential in
biomedical applications, including drug delivery, magnetic hyperthermia treatment (MHT), and
contrast enhancement for magnetic resonance ...
Changes in the Open Reading Frame of Bovine Viral Diarrhea Virus during Serial Infection of Pregnant Cattle, Sheep, and Swine
(2018-04-24)
Bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDV) is an economically important pathogen that is endemic in cattle populations of many countries. This virus can also infect pigs, camelids, and a wide range of ruminants including sheep, ...
Examining Potential Pathways to Adolescent Dating Violence and the Impact of Youth Relationship Education on Common Correlates of Adolescent Dating Violence
(2018-04-24)
Romantic relationships play a significant role in adolescent development and set the framework for future relationship behaviors (Collins, 2003; Collins & Steinberg, 2006; Kerpelman et al., 2010). A national study recently ...
Key Personality Traits and Alcohol Use Disorder Symptoms in First and Second Year College Students: Detangling Antecedent from Consequence
(2018-04-24)
Background. Studies have consistently shown that low constraint and high negative emotionality are associated with higher levels for alcohol use and greater alcohol related problems. Less research has examined associations ...
Exploring Phenotypes of a Promising Industrial Methanotroph: An Experimental and Computational Study
(2018-04-24)
Methanotrophs are bacteria that directly convert methane under ambient conditions. In doing so, renewed research interest in their bioconversion capabilities have grown with the current abundance of methane and the global ...
The Effects of Exposure to Interparental Coercive Control on Peer Relationships During High School
(2018-04-24)
Domestic violence (DV) is conceptualized as a combination of both physical violence and coercive control in the adult literature, yet the youth exposure literature mostly conceptualizes and measures DV without examining ...