Auburn Theses and Dissertations: Recent submissions
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WIM-Based Live Load Model for Bridges
(2018-04-24)
The knowledge of the actual live load is essential for a rational management of highway structures. Overloaded vehicles can cause damage including concrete cracking, potholes, excessive vibration and deflection, and even ...
Stereotypes and signifiers of cultural change: Situating Disney presentations of mental health conditions as feminine
(2018-04-24)
The purpose of this paper is to study portrayals of mental health conditions in animated children’s film, situating them as feminine. Specifically, it aims to add to the understandings of Disney-Pixar’s portrayals of mental ...
Comparative Effectiveness of Two Educational Health Mass Media Messages Different in Format
(2018-04-24)
Background: Meningitis B (MenB) is a rare but serious disease. Vaccination is an effective means to prevent MenB. It is recommended by the CDC that universities should consider all media delivery methods when aiming at ...
The Influence of High Heel Shoes and Toe Walking on Gait Kinematics and Kinetics
(2018-04-24)
For generations, many women included high heel shoes as a part of their fashion wardrobe. Despite the claims of deleterious effects from wearing high heel, such as foot deformities, leg and back pain, and tendonitis, women ...
Auditory Processing in Learners of Spanish as an L2: The Role of Redundancy
(2018-04-24)
The purpose of the study is to assess the effects of redundancy on global perception and comprehension in sentences, as well as the processing of the meaning of morphological markers by learners of Spanish as a second ...
Aural Processing of Cognates in Learners of Spanish as a Second Language
(2018-04-24)
The present study investigates the role of phonology in the aural processing of cognates in learners of Spanish as a second language. First, this thesis expands on the body of research on cognate processing to include the ...
Design and Characterization of Cold Recycled Foamed Asphalt Mixtures with High RAP Contents
(2018-04-24)
Cold recycling with foamed asphalt has been considered as a sustainable pavement rehabilitation technology. Although different mix design methods have been proposed, there is no widely accepted standard. The effects of ...
Advanced Analytical Treatment of Shapes and Shifts of Hydrogenic Spectral Lines in Plasmas and its Applications
(2018-04-24)
This work presents a detailed analysis and improvement of various aspects of the theory of the Stark broadening of hydrogen and hydrogen-like ions for a broad range of dense plasma parameters, while looking at both the ...
Evaluation of Post Applied S-metolachlor in Combination with Glufosinate in Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum)
(2018-04-24)
Studies were conducted in Alabama in 2016 and 2017 to determine the effect of postemergence applications of glufosinate alone and glufosinate applied with S-metolachlor, using two different nozzle types, on LibertyLink®, ...
Defying Categorization: Stray Objects and Women’s Material Practices in Nineteenth-Century Fiction
(2018-04-24)
This dissertation engages nineteenth century material objects that fall outside of established categorization and those objects’ associations with contemporary, women-authored texts. A common link between these “stray ...
An Investigation of Species Relationships within Marshallia Schreb. [Asteraceae] and Mitochondrial Genomes within Poaceae
(2018-04-24)
Genomic sequencing has become ubiquitous within the discipline of Biology. Here I use
two case studies in which whole genomic DNA facilitates answers to foundational biological
questions for organisms that do not have ...
Optimization of Cellulose Nanocrystal Films for Optical and Micromechanical Applications
(2018-04-24)
The objective of this research is to understand the effect of microstructural helix orientations and alignment in aqueous cellulose nanocrystals (CNC) dispersions and films on mechanical, optical, and surface properties ...
Matrix Metalloproteinase-Responsive Superparamagnetic Iron Oxide Nanoparticles (SPIONs) to Distinguish Between Aggressive and Indolent Cancer
(2018-04-24)
Biomedical imaging modalities play a key role in the detection and accurate characterization of cancer lesions. While anatomical imaging modalities provide essential information about the location and size of a tumor lesion, ...
Fabrication and Characterization of Carbon Nanotubes on Ceramic and Silicon Substrates for High Temperature Electronic Device Applications
(2018-04-24)
This dissertation focuses on characterization and fabrication of multi-wall carbon nanotubes (CNTs) by DC plasma sputtering and thermal chemical vapor deposition techniques (CVD) on silicon (Si) and ceramic (Al2O3) substrates. ...
Understanding First-Year College Students’ Perception of Academic Rigor and Help-Seeking Behavior in College using BCSSE and NSSE
(2018-04-24)
The first-year students join college with several expectations in their mind about their upcoming academic endeavors and their career. The first-year of college is the most crucial year of a students’ college career. This ...
Phosphorus Nutrition of Pecan
(2018-04-24)
A fundamental component of pecan management is maintaining phosphorus (P) nutrition throughout the tree’s growth, development and production. Pecans have difficulty maintaining adequate P concentrations when managed for ...
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) ...