Auburn Theses and Dissertations: Recent submissions
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Ecomorphological analysis of cyprinds in the Mobile Bay Basin
(2015-12-10)
Ecomorphology is the study of variations in morphology and how it relates to organisms’ various life histories or ecologies. Phenetic packing/dispersal studies analyzes morphologies of community members and sees how the ...
Reconsidering Jessie Pope: The Writer Before "A Certain Poetess"
(2015-12-10)
In four chapters, I present a case study of Jessie Pope’s early career, focusing on her use of women in her writing for adults. Her women are smart, and their situations are orchestrated by Pope in ways that lay bare ...
Three Essays on Non-Market Valuation Applications
(2015-12-10)
This dissertation is organized into three topics using nonmarket valuation applications. The first topic examines the demand behavior of recreational participants to the coastal counties in Alabama and Mississippi and ...
An Examination of the Student Engagement and Deep Learning Experiences of High-Profile Student-Athletes, Low-Profile Student-Athletes, and the General Student Population
(2015-12-10)
Within the landscape of collegiate athletics, the personal development and engaging experiences of student-athletes, particularly those in high-profile sports, have often come into question. This study examined National ...
Characterization of the HCA2 Receptor in a Murine and a Feline Model of Human Obesity
(2015-12-10)
Background. There is mounting evidence that the hydroxycarboxyilic acid 2 (HCA2) receptor, which is present on both adipocytes and immune cells, plays an important role in modulating cross-talk between metabolic and immune ...
Database Indexing for Skyline Computation, Hierarchical Relational Database, and Spatially-Aware SPARQL Evaluation Engine
(2015-12-10)
Computerized databases are ubiquitous and play an important role in many software projects. The efficiency of these systems are crucial in applications they support. Data indexing is the key to efficient data retrieval in ...
Virtual Environments for Education: An Empirical Study of Implementing Education into 3D Video Games and Applications
(2015-12-10)
We live in a digital age and technology is constantly changing, therefore the way people learn and perceive information is starting to change. Hence, virtual learning environments may be a new and innovative way to stimulate ...
Assembly and Annotation of the Channel Catfish Transcriptome and Assessment of Pervasive Expression
(2015-12-10)
For a long period of time, it was widely believed that only a small fraction of the genome is transcribed, and researchers were mainly focused on studying expression of protein-coding genes. In the last a few years, pervasive ...
Discovering Stereotype Limbo: Exploring the Relationship between Stereotype Threat and the Professional Experiences & Identities of Male K12 Teachers
(2015-12-10)
The number of men teaching in K12 settings is of significant concern. It is even more critical now because the number of men in the field has decreased to a record low of twenty-four percent. It is predicted that the ...
Development of spray drying technology for microencapsulation of bioactive materials
(2015-12-10)
Lipophilic bioactive components, such as carotenoids, have received increasing attention in food and pharmaceutical industries because of their potential health benefits. They have been recognized to exhibit physiological ...
Evaluation of Poultry Meat Safety and Quality using Peracetic Acid in Poultry Chillers
(2015-12-10)
Salmonella spp. and Campylobacter spp. continue to be pathogens of concern in poultry processing as they are the leading foodborne illnesses associated with bacteria in foods. In the poultry processing industry, multiple ...
Incremental Repeated Acquisition in Children: Examining How Chain Type Might Influence the Association with Measures of Executive Function.
(2015-12-10)
The Incremental Repeated Acquisition (IRA) procedure requires a participant to learn to produce a new sequence of responses each session. The current work makes two novel contributions to the small body of literature ...
The Development of Self-Regulation During Adolescence: Understanding the Effects by Pubertal Changes and Parenting
(2015-12-10)
Self-regulation (SR) has been suggested to be a key developmental precursor to a host of developmental outcomes (e.g., externalizing and internalizing behaviors, academic achievement, task completion, etc.; Baumeister, ...
Financial Trends in Intercollegiate Athletics Mirror Financial Trends in Higher Education
(2015-12-10)
This study compared the financial trends that occurred in intercollegiate athletics with the financial trends that occurred at institutions of higher education. The study focused on the 86 public institutions in the ...
Towards the Identification of Predictor Variables for Highway Safety
(2015-12-10)
Highway safety remains one the most critical issues in the United States. In recent years, new safety programs and policies have been adopted to save more lives, prevent tragedies, and reduce economic loss. Unfortunately, ...
Yield, Resistance and Fiber Quality Performance of Reniform Nematode resistant QTL Ren barb2 in BARBREN-713 Derived Upland Cotton Lines
(2015-12-10)
Reniform nematode (Rotylenchulus reniformis Linford and Oliveria) is a major pest of
upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) in Alabama. BARBREN-713 is a germplasm with high
resistance to reniform nematode (RR) released ...
Comparative transcriptome analysis of genes expressed in the skin of channel catfish, common carp and pleco
(2015-12-10)
Channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus), as a member of Siluriformes, has scaleless skin. However, it is hardy and resistant to many types of stresses including low oxygen, high density, handling, and infections from various ...
Project-Based Learning in Adult English as a Second Language Programs: A Multiple Case Study
(2015-12-10)
Given the influx of internationals immigrating to the United States (US), English language learners (ELLs) are now the fastest growing group of students in the country with 65% of them being born in the US (DaSilva, Combs, ...
Measuring, Evaluating, and Describing Pile-Up and Sink-In During Nanoindentation of Thin Films on Substrates
(2015-12-10)
Nanoindentation is a valuable tool for extracting material properties such as elastic modulus and hardness at the nanoscale. Knowing material properties at this scale enhances the use of thin films in protective coatings ...
Effect of biosecurity and management practices on the prevalence of Salmonella, Campylobacter, and Clostridium perfringens in a poultry production system
(2015-12-10)
Salmonella, Clostridium perfringens, and Campylobacter are responsible for 30% of all foodborne illness cases and 50% of foodborne illness hospitalizations in the United States. Many of these cases and outbreaks have been ...