Auburn Theses and Dissertations: Recent submissions
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Use of sample entropy to study equine gait lameness.
(2017-08-21)
Administration of a sedative is occasionally required to perform a nerve or joint block
in the horse during the course of a lameness examination. Because sedatives have analgesic
properties, we investigated as to whether ...
Estimating Use, Density, and Productivity of Eastern Wild Turkey in Alabama
(2017-08-21)
An important component of effectively managing wildlife is understanding the size and structure of their populations. The optimal management action for a population will change depending on its current size and demographic ...
Leveraging Behavioral Economics-based Interventions to Improve Medication Adherence
(2017-08-18)
Poor medication adherence to chronic medications can lead to added patient harm and increased costs. Concepts from behavioral economics have guided interventions to help overcome the tendency toward non-adherence with ...
Laboratory Testing of Transverse Joints in Precast-Panel Bridge-Deck Replacement Systems
(2017-08-17)
Out of the 614,387 bridges in the United States, 56,007 are structurally deficient (FHWA 2016). In many instances this structural deficiency relates to the deck of the bridge. Deck degradation is very common in bridges ...
Quantifying Flow and Sediment Yield of an Ungauged Catchment using a Combination of Continuous Soil Moisture Accounting and Event-based Curve Number Method
(2017-08-17)
A serious aggradation problem has been identified in the Soapstone branch, a tributary to Little Choctawhatchee River. A study of historical aerial imageries shows deforestation of the catchment by a significant amount in ...
Analysis of Braided Composites Structures and Yarns for Compression Loading and Design for First Bending Mode
(2017-08-17)
The open architecture composite structures team at Auburn University has developed prototypes of strong, ultra-lightweight braided lattice structures for primary application in the aerospace sector.
This research focuses ...
The Influence of Arch Height on Propulsion and Landing Mechanics during Jumping and Hopping Tasks
(2017-08-15)
Arch height has served as a major indicator of foot function during locomotive tasks. Previous studies have identified that structural alterations in arch height, specifically low arch heights, can produce maladaptive ...
Developing and Testing a Consumer Attributes Model to Measure the Effectiveness of Facility Naming Rights Sponsorships in a Professional Baseball Setting
(2017-08-14)
Although the effectiveness of facility naming rights is generally assumed, there is a general lack of academic research into both how effective these facility naming rights agreements are to both the sponsor and team as ...
Determination of the Allowable Parametric Uncertainty in the Closed Loop Via a Skew-μ Based Technique with an Application to the Yaw-Roll Vehicle Model
(2017-08-14)
In this dissertation, a methodical approach is presented that quantifies how well model parameters need to be known or by how much they can vary in order that the performance of a controller in closed loop is maintained. ...
Optimizing a Standard Sampling Program to Evaluate Fish Community Structure for Non-wadeable Rivers in Alabama
(2017-08-03)
Alabama’s non-wadeable rivers support exceptionally high biodiversity of fishes but no formal sampling program has been developed to monitor the fish community in these systems. Recent developments in Alabama have caused ...
Evaluation of Pine Bark Mulch-Herbicide Combinations for Weed Control in Nursery Containers
(2017-08-03)
Weed control is a continuing challenge for greenhouse, field, and container
nursery growers across the United States. Weed control techniques in container
grown ornamentals include hand pulling, herbicide applications, ...
Language Style Matching and Older Adult's Marital Satisfaction
(2017-08-03)
Poor marital communication is a leading reason that couples seek therapy. Because of its importance in marriage, marital communication is one of the most studied aspects of relational functioning. In fact, recent works ...
Analytical and experimental analysis of the permanent deformation after collisions
(2017-08-03)
This work studied the normal and oblique impact of elastic-plastic metals. The focus of this work was to investigate the relations between the permanent deformations after the collisions and the motion of the impacting ...
Program Evaluation of Elementary School Field Trips to a Botanical Garden
(2017-08-03)
The purpose of this study was to evaluate Fernwood Botanical Garden and Nature Preserve’s 4th grade environmental science pond studies field trip programs. Student knowledge gain and attitude towards subject matter was ...
Transcriptional rearrangement by plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria in priming drought tolerance in plants
(2017-08-01)
In recent decades, the scarcity of water, referred to as drought, has become one of the most main problems in agriculture throughout the world. Especially since recent increases in human population, and the global climate ...
Three Essays on the Application of Second Generation Cointegration Analysis in Time Series Econometrics
(2017-07-31)
Frank (2009) constructed a comprehensive panel of state-level income inequality measures using individual tax filing data from the Internal Revenue Service. Employing an array of cointegration exercises for the data, he ...
Petrofacies Evolution of Upper Siwalik-equivalent (?) Pliocene-Pleistocene Dupi Tila Formation, Bengal Basin, Bangladesh
(2017-07-31)
Nearly 2.5-km-thick Pliocene-Pleistocene Dupi Tila Formation of the Bengal basin is composed of yellow, light brown, and pink, coarse- to very fine-grained, moderately to loosely indurated sandstone, siltstone, silty clay, ...
Evaluating the Effects of Omission Errors during Token Economies
(2017-07-31)
A token economy is a differential-reinforcement of alternative-behavior (DRA)
procedure that can be used to decrease problem behavior and increase appropriate behavior and
involves the delivery of tokens on a specified ...
Novel Lipid Nanoassemblies with Advanced Functionality: Design, Photosynthesis Mimicking and Self-Assembly
(2017-07-31)
Model lipid membranes have attracted considerable attention over the past several decades. They are ideal biomimetic models for studying cells and cellular processes. Due to their unique properties and functional versatility, ...
Evaluating the Agreement of Methods using Gaillard-Makki Method
(2017-07-31)
In many laboratory studies such as medicine, fisheries, and chemistry comparison of two different methods of measurement is of great importance. These measurements are critical when the methods are changed, a new or ...