Auburn Theses and Dissertations: Recent submissions
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Tissue Engineered Cancer Models for in vitro Recapitulation of the Native Tumor Microenvironment
(2018-07-18)
Despite having been first documented over 5000 years ago, cancer remains one of the most prevalent and lethal diseases to plague the human race to date. According to the National Cancer Institute, nearly half of Americans ...
Development of a Hardware and Software Redundant Cube Satellite Flight Computer
(2018-07-18)
Flight computers (FCs) for cube satellites, or cubeSats, have been unreliable in the harsh
environment of space. Radiation single event effects (SEE) and total ionization dose (TID) cause
significant failure in spacecraft. ...
Understanding Ornamental Carotenoid Metabolism in the House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus)
(2018-07-18)
Carotenoids are the most common source of yellow, orange and red coloration in birds. However, like other vertebrates, birds cannot synthesize carotenoids de novo. To produce carotenoid-based coloration they must ingest ...
How Multiracial Individuals Are Addressed in Diversity Courses in Counselor Master’s Degree Programs: A Mixed Methods Content Analysis
(2018-07-18)
People who identify as Multiracial are a growing population in the United States and they now account for up to 10% of all new births (Pew Research Center, 2015; Root, 1996). While inclusion of Multiracial Individuals has ...
Cultivating Closeness or Creating Distance: Domestic Violence Exposure and Sibling Relationship Quality
(2018-07-18)
Using family systems theory and Johnson’s typology of domestic violence (DV) exposure, this study sought to identify differences in sibling relationship quality depending on type of DV exposure (i.e., coercive controlling ...
Children's Responses to a Mastery Motivation Climate in an Inclusive Physical Education Setting: A Multiple Baseline Study
(2018-07-18)
This study examines the use of mastery motivational climate in an inclusive physical education setting. Mastery motivational climates (MMC) are grounded in achievement goal theory and the TARGET principles. Research has ...
Beginning Georgia Agriculture Teachers Motivation For Teaching Agriculture
(2018-07-18)
The purpose of this study was to determine the level of motivation for tasks associated with program standards for beginning agriculture education teachers in Georgia. The participants in the study were middle and high ...
School Lunch Participation: Evaluating Reimbursable Meals and A la Carte Sales in the School Setting
(2018-07-18)
The purpose of this study was to investigate student participation levels in the school nutrition program in a school district. Additionally, the study investigated reimbursable meal purchases compared to a la carte ...
Investigating the Assessment of Sport-Related Concussion in Youth Using Brain and Behavior
(2018-07-18)
Concussions affect between 1.6 and 3.8 million people in sports and recreation annually (Langlois et al., 2006). The impact of sports-related concussion and participation in contact sports on the brain and behavior in ...
Effects of Corn Particle Size and Feed Form on Growth Performance and Carcass Characteristics of Broilers
(2018-07-18)
Previous research has shown that manipulation of corn particle size and feed forms have an impact on broiler growth performance. The poultry industry grinds corn to approximately 800 µm before its incorporation into broiler ...
Comparison of the gene encoding the thyroid-stimulating hormone receptor between hyperthyroid and non-hyperthyroid domestic cats.
(2018-07-12)
The prevalence of feline hyperthyroidism (FH) is increasing, yet the etiology of FH remains to be elucidated. The purpose of this study was to compare exons 1 to 5 of the thyroid-stimulating hormone receptor (TSHR) gene ...
Exploring the Relationship between the ESL Learners' Preferred Individualized Classroom Environment and Language Learning Strategies
(2018-07-12)
This study examined the preferred individualized classroom environment and language learning strategies of the college-level ESL learners who registered in an English as a Second Language (ESL) program in a public four-year ...
Impact of Brief In-class Mindfulness Training Sessions on Trait Mindfulness, Psychological Distress, Physiology, and Learning Outcomes in Undergraduate Students
(2018-07-12)
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) courses typically consist of 20 hrs of training but smaller doses can be useful in stress reduction (e.g., Boettcher, et al., 2014). To isolate other mindful focus from non-directed ...
High School Counselors' Perceptions of Career and Technical Education
(2018-07-12)
This study sought to determine if a relationship exists among high school counselors’ specific demographics, the educational experiences (i.e., professional development, training, and other coursework) of public high school ...
Global existence of classical solutions, spreading speeds, and traveling waves of chemotaxis models with logistic source on R^N
(2018-07-12)
This dissertation is devoted to the study of the classical Keller-Segel chemotaxis systems with space-time heterogeneous logistic source function on $R^N$. Chemotaxis systems are mathematical models describing aggregation ...
Comparative genomics of cis-regulatory elements in Cytokinin Response Factors across the plant taxa
(2018-07-10)
Expression patterns of genes are controlled by short regions of DNA in promoter regions known as cis-regulatory elements. How expression patterns change due to alterations in cis-regulatory elements after genes duplicate ...
Investigating plasma metabolomics profiles at the time of artificial insemination, based on pregnancy outcome, in Bos taurus heifers.
(2018-07-10)
The development of biomarkers for the identification of infertile heifers has the potential to improve the efficiency of cow-calf production. In this study, we utilized metabolomic profiling to look for biomarkers in the ...
On the Independence Number of Some Hypergraph
(2018-07-10)
For integers 1 =< m < n and a prime p (we require 2 =< m when p = 2), a subset
I(p^n; p^m) ={0,...,p^n-1} is described which contains no pm-term cyclic arithmetic progression
modulo p^n, and which is maximal among subsets ...
Investigating the role of connexin 43 in oocyte developmental competence
(2018-07-09)
In this study we are committed to understanding the role of connexin 43 (CXx43)-based, cumulus cell cellular coupling and its relationship to bovine embryo development. Several studies have provided clear evidence that ...
Synthesis and Characterization of Tetra- and Penta-dentate Schiff Base Complexes for Application in Actinide Sensing
(2018-07-09)
The advent of the nuclear power era has the potential to provide inexpensive, plentiful
electricity with reduced carbon emissions, but these benefits are offset by concerns about the
potential environmental effects of a ...