Auburn Theses and Dissertations: Recent submissions
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Microfluidic Circuit Designs for Nanoliter-Scale Flow Control and Highly Sensitive Quantitative Bioanalysis
(2017-12-04)
Within this dissertation, we have developed several new microfluidic circuit components that permit precise flow control at the nanoliter scale, and we have demonstrated their successful applications in either proof-of-concept ...
Thermal-Aware File and Resource Allocation in Data Centers
(2017-12-04)
After addressing the issue of reducing power consumption by computing nodes in data centers, in recent years, computer scientists are focusing on reducing cooling cost of the data centers, thereby making the data centers ...
Solution Approaches to Large Scale Multistage Stochastic Programs with Endogenous and Exogenous Uncertainty
(2017-12-01)
The focus of this dissertation is the investigation of approaches to address the computational challenges of solving multistage stochastic programs (MSSPs) with both endogenous and exogenous uncertainty. My work to date ...
Statistical Models of Nominally Flat Rough Surface Contact
(2017-12-01)
In this dissertation, the linear elastic contact between a nominally-flat rough surface and a rigid flat is studied analytically and numerically. When the roughness is excluded from the surface, the corresponding contact ...
Prevention and Pathogenesis of Avian Infectious Bronchitis: The Role of Infectious Bronchitis Virus Spike Proteins in Cell Attachment and Protective Immunity
(2017-12-01)
Infectious bronchitis virus (IBV) evolves by genetic diversity and selection resulting in continuous emergence of new virus phenotypes. Spike (S) protein is responsible for virus entry. The S1 subunit of the S glycoprotein ...
A Descriptive Case Study of Rural Turnaround Superintendents: What Matters Most in Sustaining Turnaround?
(2017-12-01)
This descriptive qualitative case study examined how rural superintendents implement the eight turnaround principles to foster and sustain improvement in the school district organization. The eight turnaround principles ...
Effect of Carbon Supports on Supercritical Hexane Mediated, Fe-Catalyzed Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis
(2017-12-01)
The Fischer-Tropsch synthesis (FTS) process consists of surface-catalyzed reactions that
collectively convert syngas into hydrocarbons, oxygenates, CO2, water, and heat. In this work, five Fe-based,
carbon-supported ...
Coyotes, deer, and hunters: applied ecology for informing deer and hunter management
(2017-12-01)
My research was conducted to provide new methods and analyses to better inform management of white-tailed deer, coyotes, and hunters in Al In particular, my research will support efforts of the Alabama Deer Management ...
Analytic Derivation and Minimization of Line Edge Roughness in Electron-beam Lithography
(2017-12-01)
Electron-beam (e-beam) lithography is widely employed in a variety of areas such as fabrication of photomasks, imprint lithography molds, and experimental circuit patterns, etc., because of its ability to transfer ultra-fine ...
Effects of Animal Fat, Flaxseed Oil, and Vitamin E on Growth Performance and Metabolic Profile of Finisher Pigs, Physical and Organoleptic Characteristics of Pork, and Gene Expression in Adipose and Muscle Tissues of Finisher Pigs
(2017-12-01)
Producing high-quality pork is an integral part of successful and sustainable pig production. Lipid content and composition is central to the nutritional value and eating quality of pork. The objective of this project was ...
Three Essays on Big Data Adoption and Its Impact on Business Value Creation
(2017-11-30)
Characterized by volume, variety and velocity (3Vs), big data has received much attention from firm executives, government officials, and academic scholars in the last few years. The emerging era of big data offers firms ...
Validation of MRI-Derived Morphometric Estimations of Biomechanical Inputs to Improve Low Back Pain Risk Assessment
(2017-11-30)
Low back pain (LBP) is one of the most common musculoskeletal disorders facing the working world. Previous LBP studies have focused on exposure to physical risk factors in the workplace such as lifting, pushing, pulling ...
The Investigation of Haliotis Rufescens (Red Abalone): Mesolayer Growth & Mechanical Behavior
(2017-11-30)
Self-assembly is a popular bottom-up process which results in highly-ordered and fine structures in micro- or nano-scale. The special structures produced through the self-assembly are always related to some unique and ...
Effect of Three Dimensional Substratum Features on Benthic Algal Biomass Productivity
(2017-11-30)
Algae has emerged as a promising and valuable source for biofuels, waste water remediation and bio-products such as fertilizers, bioplastics and aquaculture feed. Algae’s emergence can be attributed to its high growth rates ...
q-Steiner Systems and their Automorphisms
(2017-11-30)
The q-analog of t-designs and Steiner systems arises canonically from replacing sets of
conventional t-designs by vector spaces over GF(q) and their orders with the dimensions.
Thomas introduced these generalizations ...
Patterns of Parasite Infection Dynamics during a Biological Invasion
(2017-11-30)
Biological invasions may impact native ecosystems by affecting host-parasite dynamics. Introduced species can harbor parasites transported from their native range and these parasites can spillover to infect native taxa, ...
Radiation Hard Thin Film Transistors and Logic Circuits Based on ZnO and Related Materials
(2017-11-30)
Thin film and thin film transistors (TFTs) and logic circuits based on zinc oxide (ZnO) and
related materials, such as zinc tin oxide (ZTO), are designed, fabricated and characterized in
this Ph.D. dissertation. ZnO as ...
Static Friction and Junction Growth of Contacting Three-dimensional Sinusoidal Asperities and Rough surfaces
(2017-11-30)
It is reported that about one third of the world's primary energy per year was consumed by friction, and about 55% of the machine parts failed due to wear and tear. Therefore, it is important to understand the process ...
Policy Adoption and Networked Governance: How Power Arrangements Explain Local Approaches to HIV Testing in County Jails
(2017-11-30)
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) continues to be a pernicious problem in the United States’ correctional facilities, despite national prevention efforts for decades. The Center for Disease Control (CDC) has been working ...
Life history patterns, social group structure, and mating system of Pederson cleaner shrimps Ancylomenes pedersoni
(2017-11-30)
Cleaner organisms perform key functional roles in reducing rates of parasitism in marine communities. Pederson cleaner shrimps Ancylomenes pedersoni are major cleaners of reef fishes in the tropical western Atlantic, and ...