Auburn Theses and Dissertations: Recent submissions
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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 ...
Identification and isolation of five developmental stages in GM-CSF-stimulated murine bone marrow culture.
(2018-04-24)
Dendritic cells (DCs) are highly potent cells that link the innate immunity with the adaptive. However, these cell types (and their precursors) are extremely rare in vivo. Considerable work has been done to map the development ...
Public goods and private resources as determinants of county low birth weight incidence
(2018-04-24)
Infants born at low birth weight are at elevated risk of infant mortality, developmental delays, and adulthood cardiovascular disease. That low birth weight (LBW; <2500 grams) incidence varies two-to-three-fold between ...
Understanding wetland hydrology and water quality through data/process based modelling
(2018-04-24)
Rapid coastal development has led to loss/alteration of wetlands, streams, riparian vegetated areas and headwater areas that buffer coastal waterways from pollution. Small wetlands, besides being easily altered, have also ...
The Impact of Empathy, Coping, and Cultural Differences on the Process of Forgiveness
(2018-04-24)
The primary focus of this research was on decisional forgiveness following a traumatic experience. The purpose of this quantitative descriptive study was to examine the impact of empathy, coping skills, and the role culture ...
Development and validation of a UPLC-MS method for quantification of selected cannabinoids in canine plasma and its application to commercial cannabis products
(2018-04-24)
Introduction. Cannabinoids are the important chemicals in cannabis plant with medicinal value [51]. However, effective and safe use is best based on studies that describe their behavior in the plasma of the species being ...
Visualization Studies of Evaporation and Combustion of Alternative Liquid Fuels and Aviation Liquid Droplets in Controllable Environments
(2018-04-24)
This dissertation describes visualization studies of alternative fuel and aviation liquid droplet behavior in controlled environments. Three experimental setups using free-falling and suspended droplet techniques were ...
Fine Tuning the Environmental Benefits Index to Achieve Cost Savings for the Conservation Reserve Program
(2018-04-24)
The Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) is the largest conservation program in the United States and was established in 1985. Over time, the conservation objectives of the program have broadened to include wildlife habitat, ...