Auburn Theses and Dissertations: Recent submissions
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Three Essays in Environmental and Development Economics
(2018-07-18)
This dissertation consists of three empirical essays as three chapters on environmental issue and hunger problem in developing countries.
Chapter 1 examines whether the central winter heating causes the air pollution in ...
Lignin-containing cellulose nanofibrils (LCNF): processing and characterization
(2018-07-18)
Currently, the global dependence on oil as a source of energy and raw materials has dramatically increased, creating practical and environmental concerns. This has led to several efforts towards replacing this non-renewable ...
Efficacy of Purified Amino Acids in Practical Diets for Pacific White Shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei
(2018-07-18)
Shrimp growth and nitrogen loading is influenced by the quantity and quality of protein supplied to the diet. Protein is also the main cost component of the diet, and, therefore, feed formulations need to be cost effective. ...
Comparative transcriptome analysis of catfish swimbladder reveals expression signatures in chamber formation and their response to low oxygen stress
(2018-07-18)
The swimbladder is an internal gas-filled organ in teleosts. Its major function is to regulate buoyancy. Swimbladder exhibits great variations in size, shape, number of compartments or chambers among teleosts. However, the ...
Evaluating Sediment Removal Efficiency of Catch Basin Inserts (CBIS) as a Post-Construction Water Quality Tool For Ohio Roadways
(2018-07-18)
Urban areas produce large amounts of stormwater runoff due to the land being covered with impervious materials such as concrete and asphalt. Stormwater inlets, or catch basins, are a commonly used method for collecting ...
A Protocol to Assess the Impact of Crude Oil and Fuel Price Fluctuations on Future Asphalt Prices in the State of Alabama: A Stochastic Risk Assessment Approach
(2018-07-18)
Since the introduction of asphalt in the year 1870, it has become one of the main components of horizontal construction. According to the National Asphalt Paving Association (NAPA), asphalt covers approximately 94 percent ...
Development of functional capacity and bactericidal activity in myeloid cells during GM-CSF driven differentiation
(2018-07-18)
Dendritic cells (DC) form an interface between the innate and adaptive immune systems. DC respond to infection or inflammatory signals by orchestrating other immune cells to perform protective functions. These include ...
Skin conductance reactivity moderates the association between parental behavioral control and adolescent externalizing behavior
(2018-07-18)
The present study examined whether skin conductance level reactivity (SCLR) moderated the concurrent and longitudinal association between parental behavioral control and early adolescents’ externalizing behaviors. Data ...
Fast and well-conditioned boundary integral equation solvers for the numerical simulation of graphene plasmon
(2018-07-18)
Surface plasmonic polaritons (SPPs) are evanescent electromagnetic waves coupled to free electron plasma oscillations.
It was first observed in metallic gratings in 1902 by Wood. Modern plasmonics gained renewed interest ...
Evolutionary and physiological processes involved in carotenoid coloration in animals
(2018-07-18)
Colorful animal ornaments have been a core research focus of the field of sexual selection in evolutionary biology, and carotenoid-based coloration has been particularly well-studied. Animals as diverse as fish, reptiles, ...
Analysis and Optimal control of deterministic Vector-Borne diseases model
(2018-07-18)
In this dissertation, two systems of deterministic differential equations are introduced to study the transmission of vector-borne diseases between a host and a vector. The total population of the host and the vector are ...
The Evolution of Live Birth and the Insulin and Insulin-like Signaling Network in Sceloporus Lizards
(2018-07-18)
Transitions to live birth have occurred in approximately 150 different vertebrate lineages, with 115 of these alone within the clade encompassing snakes and lizards. Many questions remain about how this transition occurs ...
Social Vulnerability and Earthquake Impact Modeling in Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Region IV (Southeast of the U.S.)
(2018-07-18)
At the forefront of the natural hazard risk assessment sciences is the assessment of earthquake risk. Countries such as the United States have been targets of extensive earthquake risk assessments to communicate potential ...
Evaluation of Soybeanmeal Quality as an Ingredient in Practical Diets for Pacific White Shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei
(2018-07-18)
Of potential protein sources, conventional soybean meal produced through traditional solvent extraction procedures has received the most attention among terrestrial plant sources, considering its well-balanced amino acid ...
A Text-based Intervention: The Impact of Food Insecurity on Dietary Habits, Stress Management, and Food Assistance Resources Among College Students
(2018-07-18)
Food insecurity among college student is an issue that has received increased attention recently. The risk factors for food insecurity among college students include: age, race/ethnicity, living arrangement, work for pay, ...
Improving Fitness, Executive Function, and Competence of Children with Developmental Disabilities through an Adapted Gymnastics Intervention
(2018-07-18)
Physical activity participation confers many physical and psychological benefits for all individuals with and without disabilities. Physical activity participation helps improve health-related fitness, psychological ...
Tissue Engineered Cancer Models for in vitro Recapitulation of the Native Tumor Microenvironment
(2018-07-18)
Despite having been first documented over 5000 years ago, cancer remains one of the most prevalent and lethal diseases to plague the human race to date. According to the National Cancer Institute, nearly half of Americans ...
Development of a Hardware and Software Redundant Cube Satellite Flight Computer
(2018-07-18)
Flight computers (FCs) for cube satellites, or cubeSats, have been unreliable in the harsh
environment of space. Radiation single event effects (SEE) and total ionization dose (TID) cause
significant failure in spacecraft. ...
Understanding Ornamental Carotenoid Metabolism in the House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus)
(2018-07-18)
Carotenoids are the most common source of yellow, orange and red coloration in birds. However, like other vertebrates, birds cannot synthesize carotenoids de novo. To produce carotenoid-based coloration they must ingest ...
How Multiracial Individuals Are Addressed in Diversity Courses in Counselor Master’s Degree Programs: A Mixed Methods Content Analysis
(2018-07-18)
People who identify as Multiracial are a growing population in the United States and they now account for up to 10% of all new births (Pew Research Center, 2015; Root, 1996). While inclusion of Multiracial Individuals has ...