Auburn Theses and Dissertations: Recent submissions
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Faith-Based Food Choices: How Food Deserts, Agriculture Literacy, and Home Gardening Shape Food Orientations in a Seventh-Day Adventist Church Community
(2025-05-07)
This study explores how agricultural literacy and home gardening can alleviate the effects of food deserts, concentrating on a Seventh-Day Adventist Church in DeKalb County, Georgia. It finds significant gaps in agricultural ...
Empowering College Students to Resist Digital Distractions: A Mixed-Methodological Study of a Training Program and Its Evaluation
(2025-05-07)
Regulating digital device usage among college students in the learning context has become increasingly important, as students frequently divert their attention to non-academic activities. Previous research suggests that ...
Stay Interviews and Teacher Retention in Private Schools
(2025-05-07)
Teacher retention remains a critical challenge in private K-12 schools, where high attrition rates can disrupt student learning and institutional stability. This study examines the effectiveness of stay interviews as a ...
“At some point, the rubber meets the road”: A Case of Racialized Recruitment and Yield Practices at One Historically White Land-Grant in the Deep South
(2025-05-07)
This critical qualitative case study interrogated the racialized recruitment and enrollment practices at one historically and predominantly white land-grant institution in the Deep South. The purpose of this study was to ...
An Exploratory Approach of Developing Visually Appealing Furniture Design Concepts by Employing Psychological Effects
(2025-05-07)
The conscious application of perceptual psychology in furniture design has not been fully explored in shaping user experience. The psychology of perception involves cross-disciplinary applications. Despite extensive research ...
An Autoethnography of One Parent-Educator’s Crusade for Alabama’s Gifted Students
(2025-05-06)
This autoethnographic study explored my experiences with gifted practices in South Alabama. The stories that served as the basis for this study are my own lived experiences and my journey through those experiences. While ...
The Prevalence of Low-Level Exertional Rhabdomyolysis and Muscle Damage During Military Field Training Exercises
(2025-05-06)
Exertional rhabdomyolysis (ER) is a condition characterized by skeletal muscle breakdown due to strenuous physical exertion. ER has a higher prevalence in populations undergoing rigorous training, such as military personnel. ...
Combinatorial Methods for Undergraduate Mathematics Curriculum Analysis & Design
(2025-05-06)
Student retention is a significant issue in Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education (RUME), and freshman calculus is notorious for “weeding out” students from STEM majors. Since the late 1980s, various attempts ...
Bank Expansion, Fintech Disruption, and Capital Market Choices: Understanding Financial Institutions and Investment Decisions
(2025-05-06)
In the first study, we examine the impact of geographic expansion of intrastate Bank Holding Companies (BHCs) on their funding costs following changes in intrastate branching restrictions in the U.S. Unlike intrastate BHCs, ...
Bridging the divide: Movement and disease ecology of free-roaming domestic dogs (Canis lupus familiaris) across ecological and anthropogenic interfaces
(2025-05-06)
Animal movement is a process which can connect otherwise distinct communities. When moving across ecosystem boundaries, animals have distinct behavioral responses, and decisions along these interfaces can affect ecosystem ...
An Approach for Designing a More Sustainable Toy Through Modularity and Multiple Functions
(2025-05-06)
Mass-produced and manufactured plastic goods have contributed a significant amount to
the climate crisis. These goods provide little meaning to consumers who buy them as cheap
alternatives or quick solutions. Poorly made ...
Factors That Affect Completion of Employer-Driven Competency-Based Education and Skills-Based Learning Programs
(2025-05-06)
In manufacturing, industry leaders increasingly value skills over traditional educational degree programs. Employers are more interested in what a candidate can do rather than what they know, which aligns with the foundation ...
Breaking Down Barriers: Advancing Solvent Based Chemical Recycling Technologies for Multilayer Plastics from Food Packaging Waste
(2025-05-06)
The goal of the research provided in this dissertation is primarily focused on the solvent-based chemical recycling of multilayer plastic waste from food packaging. Additionally, elucidation of the crosslinking mechanism ...
An Examination of Universal Design for Learning and its Impact Potential on Support Staff Practices within Higher Education
(2025-05-05)
As higher education institutions strive to create more inclusive learning environments, the role of academic support professionals in meeting the needs of students with disabilities has become increasingly critical. This ...
Role of CXCL7 in obesity and metabolic disease
(2025-05-05)
Obesity is a multifactorial disease marked by chronic low-grade inflammation and profound metabolic disturbances that heighten the risk for insulin resistance, cardiovascular disease, and type 2 diabetes. A growing body ...
The Dignity of Every Human Life: Catholic Thought and Catholic Women’s Action from 1945-1980
(2025-05-05)
This dissertation examines the National Council of Catholic Women from 1945-1980 and explores the organization’s activities which were based on a framework of the inherent dignity of every human life. It argues that the ...
The Impact of Feed Additives and Calcium Concentration and Source on Broiler Performance, Nutrient Utilization, and Intestinal Health Under Different Disease States
(2025-05-05)
Optimizing broiler nutrition is essential for maintaining performance, enhancing nutrient utilization, and supporting intestinal health, especially when birds face various disease challenges. The reduction or removal of ...
Phosphorus Loss Risk Assessment for Alabama Soils: A Step Towards Protecting Alabama Water Resources
(2025-05-05)
Agricultural phosphorus (P) loss is a key driver of eutrophication, threatening water quality worldwide. Effective management strategies and robust assessment tools are essential to mitigate its impact on water quality. ...
Orbits and Invariants in Quantum Information Theory
(2025-05-05)
In the field of quantum information theory, one studies---among other things---the information processing tasks that can be achieved by taking advantage of a quantum phenomenon known as entanglement. There is a mathematical ...
Sexual Assault as a Potentially Morally Injurious Event: The Role of Religiosity in Post-Assault Outcomes
(2025-05-05)
Moral injury is an emerging concept within psychology and the study of religion/ spirituality. While it is well-established within the military context, there are ongoing efforts to study moral injury within civilian ...