Auburn Theses and Dissertations: Recent submissions
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Development and Application of a Coastal Community Flood Resilience Planning Toolkit
(2025-08-05)
Resilience of communities against natural hazards has always been a concern of planners and engineers, but the 21st century has seen a sharp increase in the exposure of our built environment to increasing frequency and ...
Latent Profile Analysis of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Complex Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, and Borderline Personality Disorder: A Replication and Extension
(2025-08-05)
The distinction between posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), complex PTSD (CPTSD), and borderline personality disorder (BPD) remains a subject of scientific debate, particularly in trauma-exposed populations where symptom ...
“Racism is Not Getting Worse, It’s Getting Reposted”: Exploring the Biopsychosocial Impact of Online Vicarious Racism
(2025-08-05)
Online vicarious racism, or indirect exposure to racially traumatic content via digital platforms, has become an increasingly salient contributor to racial stress and health disparities among Black Americans. The conceptual ...
The Role of Insulin Signaling in Sexual Dimorphism of Reproductive Senescence
(2025-08-05)
Reproductive senescence is an important part of the aging process in animals, including in Drosophila melanogaster. Hormone signaling pathways such as insulin and insulin-like growth factor-like signaling (IIS) have ...
Characterization of Fecal Gut Microbial Composition and Function in a State of Physical Activity and Excess Energy Intake
(2025-08-05)
Despite public health initiatives at the global, national, and state levels, the prevalence of obesity continues to grow. Alterations in gut microbial composition have been observed in individuals with obesity. Changes in ...
Place-based Policies and Food Access
(2025-08-05)
Significant and persistent disparities in health and economic mobility highlight
the potential role of an individual’s neighborhood environment. The neighborhood
food environment, the mix of restaurant and retail food ...
Experimental Characterization and Predictive Modeling of 100% Silicon Nanowire Anode Pouch Cells
(2025-08-05)
The need for next-generation energy storage technologies has made silicon a leading prospect for next-generation anode materials in lithium-ion batteries, due to its theoretical capacity nearly ten times that of conventional ...
Online Learning Engagement, Resistance, and Motivation: Scottish Rite Members and the Master Craftsman Online College and Leadership Academy
(2025-08-05)
This study examined how engagement, resistance, and motivation mediate the relationships between educational attainment, age, and course completion within the Master Craftsman Online College and Leadership Academy (MCOC), ...
Migration Energetics and Mitochondria: Modulation and Underpinning of Seasonal Flexibility in Mitochondrial Respiration in Migratory and Non-migratory Species
(2025-08-05)
The migratory phenotype consists of a suite of adaptations to support short- and long-distance movements. Numerous species make annual movements to and from more northern latitudes, taking advantage of the longer daylight ...
Autonomy, Guidance, and Control Strategies for Safe Operation of Aerospace Vehicles
(2025-08-05)
This dissertation is structured around three core research problems, each addressing a fundamental challenge in enabling safer operation of aerospace vehicles. While the primary motivation stems from the growing use of ...
Investigating consumers’ perceptions of recycled jeans through a stimulus-organism-response approach
(2025-08-05)
This study investigated consumer purchase intentions toward jeans made from recycled post-consumer textile waste (PCTW), examining key psychological factors such as perceived trust in third-party certification labels (TPCL), ...
Characterization of Soil Macropores Using X-ray Computed Tomography and Hydro-physical Properties Under Different Soil Management Practices
(2025-08-05)
The goal of this study was to quantify changes in soil macropore characteristics by X-ray Computed Tomography (CT) and soil hydro-physical properties as influenced by different soil management practices, such as, cover ...
Design and Development of Novel LXRβ Agonists for Alzheimer’s Disease
(2025-08-05)
A progressive neurodegenerative disease, Alzheimer's disease (AD) is identified by the buildup of insoluble protein aggregates, such as Tau and amyloid beta. Amyloid beta (Aβ) and Tau protein processing genetic predispositions ...
Essays on Platform Agency in Crowdsourcing
(2025-08-04)
Digital platforms are socio-technical systems that enable interaction and exchange between distributed users through algorithmic and interface design. Within this broader category, crowdsourced systems mobilize labor, ...
Evaluation of the Effects of Grass-Legume Mixtures on Beef Cattle in the Deep South
(2025-08-04)
Forage systems in the Deep South, USA, present seasonal limitations that reduce cattle productivity, particularly due to suboptimal summer forage quality and the prevalence of toxic tall fescue (Schedonorus arundinaceus). ...
Modifiable Health Behaviors and Mitochondrial Oxidative Stress: A Dual Approach to Addressing Obesity and Cardiovascular Wellness
(2025-08-04)
Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) remain one of the leading causes of mortality in the United States and worldwide[1, 2]. Elevated blood pressure (BP), or hypertension (HTN), is a significant risk factor and contributor to ...
A New Numerical Multiphase Flow Model of Water Droplets Dielectrophoretic-Induced Air Dehumidification
(2025-08-04)
Humidity control plays a vital role in maintaining healthy indoor environments and enhancing the performance of industrial processes. Conventional dehumidification systems, which predominantly rely on vapor compression ...
Implementation of Asphalt Balanced Mix Design in Oklahoma: Progress, Challenges, and Future Prospects
(2025-08-04)
The Oklahoma Department of Transportation (ODOT) has undertaken a comprehensive, multi-phase initiative to implement Balanced Mix Design (BMD) for asphalt pavements, aiming to improve long-term performance, sustainability, ...
Development of Plug-and-Play 3D-Printed Micropneumatic Circuit Modules for Autonomous Control of Fluidic Devices
(2025-08-04)
This dissertation presents an exploration of the design, fabrication, and characterization of integrated pneumatic circuits for the precise control of microvalves within droplet-based microfluidic devices. By integrating ...
Disentangling the Interplay: Caregiving Styles, Self-Efficacy, Academic Entitlement, and College Students’ Academic Engagement
(2025-08-04)
The purpose of the study is to explore the relationship among caregiving styles, self-efficacy, academic entitlement, and academic engagement of college students. Drawing on Bandura’s Social Cognitive Theory, the study ...