Auburn Theses and Dissertations: Recent submissions
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Toxicity and Transcriptome Sequencing (RNA-seq) Analyses of Adult Zebrafish in Response to Exposure to Stabilized FeS and Fe3O4 Nanoparticles
(2017-11-14)
Iron-based nanoparticles (NPs) have been widely studied for potential applications in many fields, particularly in environmental remediation and biomedical areas. For example, iron sulfide (FeS) nanoparticles, have been ...
Supplementing Broodstock and Larval Diets for Florida Pompano Trachinotus carolinus With Taurine to Improve Egg, Larval, and Weaned Juvenile Quality
(2017-11-07)
Abstract
Florida Pompano have been identified as an ideal species for aquaculture in America. As with many cultured marine finfish species there is a production bottleneck between egg and weaned juveniles. Florida Pompano ...
Understanding The Effect of Catalytic Pyrolysis Bio-oil Produced Using CaO During Hydrotreatment
(2017-11-07)
Energy is very important for sustaining human life, and mankind is dependent on fossil fuels for energy need. Since fossil fuels reserves are limited and are depleting in a rapid rate, there is a surge for alternative fuel ...
A program evaluation of the State of Alabama Independent Living Services Program
(2017-11-06)
The transition to independent living is a celebration of leaving a dependency life stage and transitioning into a life stage of autonomy. However, for individuals with significant disabilities who require assistance, they ...
Perceived Moral Distress in Counseling Supervision: An Examination of Role Conflict and the Supervisory Working Alliance
(2017-11-02)
The purpose of the current research study was to investigate the relationship between the supervisory working alliance and the supervisee’s experience of role conflict. Both quantitative and qualitative methods were used. ...
Evaluation of a Career Readiness Indicator
(2017-11-01)
Today’s high school graduates are entering a world that demands greater in-depth knowledge, higher-order thinking skills, and the ability to adapt to a workplace with ever-changing technologies. American employers need a ...
The Baptist Frontier: Isaac McCoy, Indian Missions, and the Making of a Denomination
(2017-10-30)
This dissertation explains how the missions to Native American tribes run by Isaac McCoy in the Old Northwest (Indiana and Michigan Territory) shaped the development of the Baptist denomination in the early American republic ...
Experimental manipulation of emotion regulation self-efficacy: Effects on emotion regulation ability, perceived effort in the service of regulation, and affective reactivity
(2017-10-24)
Emotion regulation self-efficacy (Tamir & Mauss, 2011) is a construct of interest that may be prospectively linked to psychological distress. The present study sought to a) replicate findings in which enhanced emotion ...
The Effects of Leucine or Different Protein Supplements on Muscle Hypertrophy after 12 Weeks of Resistance Training in Untrained Men
(2017-10-24)
Purpose: We sought to determine the effects of L-leucine (LEU) or different protein supplements standardized to LEU (~3.0 g/serving) on changes in body composition, strength, and histological attributes in skeletal muscle ...
Alternative Approaches for Repressible Transgenic Sterilization of Channel Catfish (Ictalurus punctatus)
(2017-10-12)
Transgenic sterilization has the potential for accomplishing 100% reproductive confinement to avoid genetic communication of transgenic or domestic genotypes with wild populations. Two strategies of transgenic sterilization ...
An Adaptive Control System for an Accelerating Rotor Supported by Active Magnetic Bearings under Unbalance Disturbances
(2017-10-12)
This thesis describes an adaptive control system capable of rejecting unbalance disturbances
for an accelerating rotor supported by active magnetic bearings (AMBs). The control
of accelerating rotor during start-up and ...
Employer Perceptions Toward Hiring People with Disabilities
(2017-10-12)
The objective of this research was to identify hiring manger perceptions in the workforce toward hiring and working with people with disabilities. The concepts of stigma, attribution theory, and the spread effect are ...
Development of a Multi-mode Adaptive Controller and Investigation of Gain Variations with Speed and Balance Changes
(2017-09-21)
Magnetic bearings offer a number of advantages over conventional rolling element bearings.
Magnetic bearings provide support for rotating systems through magnetic levitation rather
than by mechanical contact, nearly ...
Characterization of Moisture and Thermally Induced Die Stresses in Microelectronic Packages
(2017-09-20)
Moisture has been one of the major concerns for package designers and reliability researchers. It is well-known that high humidity combined with high temperature can cause a number of failure modes to electronic devices, ...
Evaluating the Antimicrobial Efficacy of White Mustard Essential Oil against Salmonella
(2017-09-20)
Currently, it is estimated that non-typhoidal Salmonella causes approximately 1.2 million illnesses and 450 deaths per year in the United States. Reduction of Salmonella-related foodborne infections can be achieved through ...
Perceptions of Soft Skill Development in Secondary Agricultural Education Programs by Agricultural Teachers
(2017-09-12)
The research embodying this study replicates the study performed by Mitchell (2008),
which explored the essential successes of soft skills in the twenty-first century workforce as
perceived by Alabama business/marketing ...
Development of a Mass Concrete Specification for Use in ALDOT Bridge Construction
(2017-08-29)
Special precautions must be taken when constructing concrete elements designated as mass concrete. These precautions may be satisfied through the formation of a mass concrete specification. Temperature requirements must ...
Preparation and Characterization of Activated Biochar for Lithium-Sulfur Battery Application
(2017-08-29)
Utilization of low-value, abundant and sustainable biomass materials for high-value energy storage application was the main goal of this thesis. Energy storage for vehicle electrification and intermittent renewable energy ...
Field Aligned Currents Derived from Pressue Profiles Obtained from TWINS ENA Images
(2017-08-21)
Field aligned currents (FACs) are an important mechanism coupling the Earth's magnetosphere and ionosphere. The Two Wide-Angle Imaging Neutral-atom Spectrometers (TWINS) mission is the first stereoscopic neutral atom ...
Improving Lettuce Production in Deep Water Culture in the Southeastern United States
(2017-08-21)
Greenhouse lettuce production is a small, but growing industry in the Southeastern United States. High variability in the weather makes growing greenhouse lettuce in the southeast difficult. Growers need improved cultural ...