Auburn Theses and Dissertations: Recent submissions
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Staggered and In-line Submerged Jet Arrays for Power Electronics Using Variable Area Discharge Manifolds
(2018-07-03)
Power electronics packages in electric and hybrid vehicles require dedicated and dynamic cooling to perform reliably. Generally, such packages are designed to spread heat to a large surface area, and employing the radiator ...
The Complete Solution of the Intersection Problem for Maximum Packings of K_n with Triples
(2018-07-03)
In the late 1980's the intersection problem for maximum packings of K_n with triples was solved by Hoffman, Lindner, and Quattrocchi. Their combined results showed that for any n = i mod(6) such that i in { 0, 2, 4, 5} the ...
Influence of Social Status on Fifth Grade Students' Group Work during Physical Education
(2018-07-03)
Education utilizes group work to increase social development, engagement, and learning outcomes of students in a less traditional way (Baines, Blatchford, & Kutnik, 2016). However, classroom research claims social status ...
Resilience and Recovery in College Students with a Substance Use Disorder: A Phenomenological Analysis
(2018-07-03)
According to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMSHA, 2015) more than one in three college students binge drinks, one in five uses an illicit substance, and one in seven meets the clinical ...
Examining Acquisition Failure: Understanding Antecedents and Consequences of Acquisition Deal Failures
(2018-06-28)
This dissertation takes a learning approach towards Mergers and Acquisitions in the context of deal failure and the role of CEO characteristics in the pre-completion phase of mergers and acquisitions. Six primary research ...
Measuring the Abuse Liability of Video Games
(2018-06-27)
Video game playing has become increasingly popular since their creation in the 1970s and has received recent attention due to sharing many similarities with other addictive behaviors. Behavioral pharmacological models are ...
The Quantification of the Concept of Engagement in Physical Education
(2018-06-27)
The purpose of the first study was to develop and validate a new self-report survey used to determine the level of agentic, behavioral, cognitive, and emotional engagement of eighth and ninth grade boys and girls in physical ...
International Students’ Intentions to Seek Group Therapy and Self-Stigma: Effects of Informational and Therapist Rapport Interventions
(2018-06-27)
Literature supports that group therapy could be an advantageous treatment for international students because of its emphasis on relationships and concerns of loneliness, which are common in this population. However, group ...
Effects of Supplemental Xylanase in Corn- and Wheat-Based Diets on Growth Performance and Cecal Volatile Fatty Acid Concentrations of Broilers during a Six-Week Production Period
(2018-06-26)
Supplemental xylanase has increasingly become an important part of diet formulation due to its ability to mitigate the anti-nutritive effects of arabinoxylans, increase energy utilization, and improve growth performance ...
Temperature Aware Scheduling in Multicore Systems
(2018-06-26)
Power density in microprocessors is increasing rapidly, which results in higher operating temperature, and systems are prone to overheating. Dynamic thermal management has been used to dissipate heat, reduce the operating ...
Toxicity Screening of Novel Myeloperoxidase Inhibitors Using Zebrafish Model
(2018-06-26)
Myeloperoxidase (MPO) is a heme-containing enzyme, which is stored and released by neutrophils and monocytes. MPO catalyzes the production of hypochlorous acid from hydrogen peroxide and chloride ion. Hypochlorous acid ...
A Quantitative Study of Within-Group Discrimination of Gay Men
(2018-06-18)
The purpose of this study was to examine how the constructs of ageism, classism, culturalism, racism, sexism, and sizeism contribute to within-group discrimination experienced by gay men. Additionally, this study aimed to ...
Toward the Narrow Approach to Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Diagnostic Criteria: An Item Response Theory Analysis
(2018-06-18)
A crucial debate in the field of traumatic stress involves the question of whether posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is better represented by a broad or a narrow approach to establishing the set of symptom criteria ...
Expanded Understanding of Eleusine Diversity and Evolution
(2018-06-18)
Eleusine, including 9 to 12 species, is a small genus of annual and perennial grass species within the Eragrosteae tribe and Chloridoideae subfamily. There are very few genomic information about this genus. The primary ...
Essays on Economic Growth, Population Growth, and Patent Policy
(2018-06-15)
Economic growth is defined as an increase in the production of goods and services over a specific period of time and is calculated as the percentage change of real gross domestic product (GDP) from one year to another. ...
Novice Teachers' Instructional Practices in Elementary Social Studies
(2018-06-12)
The purpose of this case study was to explore the instructional practices novice elementary social studies teachers utilized in the design and implementation of their instruction. This study included four elementary ...
Skeletal Muscle Growth Responses to Voluminous Resistance Training in Young Men with or without Graded Dosage of Protein Supplementation
(2018-06-11)
Purpose: We examined hypertrophic outcomes of weekly graded whey protein dosing (GWP)
versus whey protein (WP) or maltodextrin (MALTO) dosed once daily during 6 weeks of
resistance training (RT). Methods: College-aged ...
Invisible Wounds: Preventing Vicarious Trauma in Practicing Counselors
(2018-06-08)
The purpose of this study was to understand the relationship between supervision and levels of vicarious trauma in practicing counselors. Due to the diverse number of traumatic events, the probability of counselors ...
SOCRATES-C: Measuring Readiness for Change in Academic Coaching
(2018-06-08)
Academic coaching is a remedial method to assist undergraduate students experiencing academic difficulties due to counterproductive behavioral patterns related to their academic skills and habits. Developing academic skills ...
Novel ZnO nanoparticle activity against Liberibacter crescens growth and biofilm formation
(2018-06-07)
Huanglongbing (HLB) or citrus greening is the most devastating citrus disease worldwide and it
severely affects the US citrus industry with millionaire losses annually. The phloem limited,
insect vectored and uncultivable ...