Auburn Theses and Dissertations: Recent submissions
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Prediction of Sensory Texture Characteristics of Deli Meat Using Instrumental Analysis
(2016-05-05)
The objective of Experiment 1 was to develop a method that has the ability to measure multiple readings on the same deli meat sample and have those readings be highly correlated with descriptive sensory data. Texture profile ...
Versatile and Potentially Scalable Method for Synthesis of Janus Nanoparticles
(2016-05-04)
Researchers are constantly working toward developing “smarter” materials that can be designed or programed to do a certain task. Examples of such tasks would be self-assembling into an organized structure or targeting a ...
Job Satisfaction Factors Influencing Mentorship of Faculty in Academia
(2016-05-04)
Faculty have the role of educators, researchers, community service advocates, and mentors to name a few. The recruitment and promotion of a diverse faculty is critical for higher education. Mentoring has been identified ...
Building Occupant Evacuation Response to Multiple Perceived False Fire Alarms
(2016-05-04)
There is a lack of information on the relationship between nuisance alarms and occupant attitudes toward evacuation of a building due to a fire alarm. This research study compared attitudes based on gender, faculty/staff, ...
Examination of Faculty Members’ Multicultural Teaching Competencies at a Four-Year Institution
(2016-05-04)
The demographic diversification of the student body and the cultural mismatch between the students and their educators have impacted both the academic achievement of the students and the faculty and graduate-level educators ...
Effects of Bold Key Terms on Judgments of Learning and Reading Comprehension
(2016-05-04)
People often use different types of available information as cues to make inferences about memory (Koriat, 1997). When these cues are unreliable predictors of memory (like font size), metacognitive illusions can ensue ...
Identifying the Role of His293 in Protein Arginine Methyltransferase 1 and Characterization of Agonists for Peroxisomal Proliferator Activating Receptors
(2016-05-04)
This thesis presents two proteins of interest: (1) protein arginine methyltransferase 1 (PRMT1) and (2) peroxisome proliferator activated receptors (PPARs). The purpose of this thesis is to assess the intermolecular ...
Establishment and validation of molecular predictive models for understanding survival and susceptibility of Vibrio parahaemolyticus in seafood stored at low temperature
(2016-05-04)
Vibrio parahaemolyticus has been a leading cause of pathogenic diseases to human health after consumption of contaminated seafood. Microbial predictive models have been very important parts in quantitative microbiological ...
Three Essays in Labor Economics
(2016-05-04)
The three present essays approach education, human capital signaling, and wage theories, and as such, fit squarely in the field of labor economics. Labor, as one of the three factors of production, has unique and important ...
Essays on Exploring the Value of Business Analytics in Health Care
(2016-05-04)
Although researchers and practitioners across various disciplines, including computer science, healthcare informatics, and clinical medicine have advocated that business analytics have tremendous benefits for healthcare ...
Evaluating the Contribution of Asphalt Binder from Recycled Asphalt Shingles in Asphalt Concrete
(2016-05-04)
The use of Recycled Asphalt Shingles (RAS) to replace a portion of the virgin asphalt binder in asphalt mixtures has been increasing over the past several years due to environmental and economic motivations. Yet, since ...
Evaluating Public Attitudes Toward Growing Black Bear Populations in Alabama
(2016-05-04)
Although black bear (Ursus americanus) populations in Alabama have been low since the early part of the 20th century, an increase in sightings over the past decade has spurred discussion on restoring the species throughout ...
Computational Vorticoacoustic Stability Analysis of the Bidirectional Vortex Engine
(2016-05-04)
Since the invention of combustion-based propulsion systems, the presence of resonating, broadband waves has often been associated with the onset of a phenomenon known as "combustion instability." These waves commonly take ...
Perceptions of Employers and Rehabilitation Counselors Toward Hiring Individuals who Stutter
(2016-05-04)
The purpose of this study was to investigate the perceptions of employers and rehabilitation counselors toward hiring people who stutter. Ninety-two employers and rehabilitation counselors completed the Employer and ...
Flooding Tolerance of Six Native Landscape Plants for Use in Southeastern Rain Gardens
(2016-05-04)
Rain gardens are an effective, attractive, and sustainable stormwater management solution for residential areas and urban green spaces. Although design considerations such as size, susbstrate depth, substrate type, and ...
Variable-Stiffness Protective Material
(2016-05-04)
The focus of this research is to develop a system for limiting the motion of a mechanical joint to prevent damage to the joint. One obvious application is enhancing the safety of human joints during athletic events. For ...
Equine Endometrial Development: Setting the Stage for Reproductive Success
(2016-05-04)
Uterine development in the foal is initiated prenatally; endometrial adenogenesis, or gland development, is initiated in the fetus and completed postnatally. To date, there is little data describing this process in the ...
Preliminary Materials Toward a Library of Affective Films (LAF): Standardization and Psychophysiological Validation
(2016-05-04)
Abstract
Most emotion-elicitation film libraries use only self-report measures (e.g., Hagemann et al., 1999) and even those including physiological data (e.g., Gross & Levenson, 1995) often fail to control for variables ...
The Garden Project: Reclaiming the Garden as an Intimate Connection to Place
(2016-05-04)
The garden is a relationship. It brings humanity into tension with nature, creating an assemblage of shared moments over time. The Garden Project is exploring the potential of the garden in the modern profession of landscape ...
Association Mapping of SSR Markers to Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus Resistance in Cultivated Peanuts
(2016-05-04)
Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus (TSWV), one of most serious diseases in peanut, is transmitted by thrips (Franklinieila occidentalis). The mechanism of TSWV resistance and relevant genes in peanut are still unknown. Breeding and ...