Auburn Theses and Dissertations: Recent submissions
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Use of Accelerometers to Characterize Behavior in Beef Cattle During Health and Subclinical Disease
(2017-11-30)
The acute phase response (APR) represents a protective, coordinated response of the host with the aim of eliminating the inciting stimuli and re-establishing homeostasis. Produced by activated immune cells, proinflammatory ...
The Effect of Incubation Temperature on Sex and Morphology in the African Redhead Agama (Agama picticauda)
(2017-11-30)
The first demonstration of temperature-dependent sex determination (TSD) in a vertebrate was in the African redhead agama (Agama agama) nearly 50 years ago. The original study was generally overlooked until it was later ...
Biofuel Production from Hydrothermal Liquefaction of Algae and Its Subsequent Upgrading
(2017-11-30)
Algae are considered as a promising feedstock for biofuel production. The conversion of algae to biofuel was investigated in this study. The study was concentrated in two main areas: hydrothermal liquefaction of algae into ...
Revisiting the OSHA Hand Speed Constant
(2017-11-30)
This research focused on after-reach and over-reach in automated systems. OSHA uses a hand speed constant developed in 1935 (1.6 m/s) to calculate the “safe distance” on dual palm buttons and presence sensing devices. The ...
Neural Network Based Gesture Recognition Robot
(2017-11-30)
Autonomous mobile robots (ARM’s) are defined by their ability to perform some tasks independently from direct human interaction. However, interaction with humans at some point is necessary. There are some situations in ...
Effect of Rhizobacteria on Induction of Volatile Organic Compounds and Consequences for Corn Herbivores and Tritrophic Interactions
(2017-11-30)
Herbivorous insects depend on plants for survival. When herbivores feed on a plant the immobile plant responds directly by mobilizing it defenses, or indirectly by attracting natural enemies of the herbivore. Although plant ...
Energy Usage Pro ling and Topology-Based Scheduling for Clusters
(2017-11-30)
Energy saving is rapidly becoming one of the hottest topics in technology field within recent decades. With the development of technology, it brings a sheer increasing trend of data and the growth scale of clusters and ...
Towards the Computer-Aided Molecular Design of Reactants and Products
(2017-11-30)
Many chemical processes generate products with properties of interest to businesses and end consumers (B&EC), using reactions. Thus, a need for quantitative modeling of physico-chemical properties and molecular design (MD) ...
Advanced Relational Interventions, Emotional Arousal, The Real Relationship, and Single Session Outcome
(2017-11-30)
This study examined relationships among client-perceived session factors (self-reported emotional experience and judgments about the extent to which the therapist utilized process interventions), therapist-perceived session ...
Where No One Stands Alone: Harvey Gantt and the Civil Rights Movement in the Carolinas, 1943-1987
(2017-11-30)
As the first African American student to enroll at Clemson University and the first African American mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina, Harvey Gantt served as a trailblazer. Born and raised in Charleston, South Carolina, ...
Connectivity Based Characterization of Brain Function in Humans and Dogs
(2017-11-30)
Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) has been widely used to infer brain function in both healthy and clinical populations. Here, we propose novel approaches for connectivity based characterization in both humans ...
Rural School Counselors' Perceptions of Children and Adolescents Living in Poverty : A Phenomenological Study
(2017-11-29)
This phenomenological study explored perceptions of rural school counselors toward children and adolescents living in poverty. Eight rural school counselors, employed at high poverty schools, completed on-line demographic ...
Pharmacokinetic Modeling for In Vitro/In Vivo Transdermal Absorption
(2017-11-29)
The objective was to determine if a linear pharmacokinetic model could be developed to describe in vitro and in vivo transdermal absorption across normal and microporated skin. Such a model would enable formulators to ...
A Predictive Autorotation Entry Analysis Using Bayesian Multi-Model Estimation Detection
(2017-11-29)
Improvements to achieving helicopter autorotation in an event of engine or driveshaft failure is an issue that has and always will be present in the engineering landscape. Questions include, “how much of a performance hit ...
Study of Sb surface doping and borosilicate glass gate dielectric for 4H-SiC MOSFETs
(2017-11-28)
Silicon carbide (SiC) is a compound material with a wide bandgap, high critical electric
field strength, high saturation drift velocity and high thermal conductivity, which makes it an
outstanding material among wide ...
COURSEBUILDER: Design and Development of an eLearning System
(2017-11-28)
Web-based learning environments have the potential to support collaboration among teachers and students and encourage interaction in the classroom by providing quality Internet resources for learning. By incorporating these ...
Epidemiology of target spot of cotton and tomato
(2017-11-28)
Target spot is a foliar disease of cotton caused by Corynespora cassiicola. This disease was first reported in Alabama in 2011. The overall goal of this study was to address the epidemiology of the target spot of cotton ...
Nanoparticle and Gel Based Formulations for Enhanced Drug Delivery
(2017-11-28)
Nanogel and hydrogel formulations have shown promising advantages for topical and trans-mucosal routes of administration. The nanoparticle drug within the gel matrix showed significant enhancement in the permeation of drugs ...
Chemical Ecology of Some Underexplored Aspects of Plant-Herbivore-Parasitoid Tritrophic Interactions
(2017-11-28)
Plants, herbivorous insects and their natural enemies are involved in an intricate tritrophic interaction in a complex chemical environment. Herbivore infested plants, as well as plant-fed herbivores release volatile organic ...
Evaluating and Understanding of Bridge Scour Calculation
(2017-11-27)
Channel scour and channel instability at bridges are the major cause of bridge collapse caused by flooding. Currently, Departments of Transportation (DOTs) in the USA use the HEC-18 procedure and associated software, which ...