Auburn University Graduate School: Recent submissions
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Mitigating Climate Change Through Forest Carbon Programs: An Assessment of Corporate Timberland Companies
(2024-12-05)
Climate change, driven by increasing greenhouse gas emissions, has led to extensive environmental and socioeconomic consequences, including rising sea levels and extreme weather events. The urgency to mitigate these effects ...
Pavement Marking Retroreflectivity: Exploring Degradation Factors and Relationship with Road Safety
(2024-12-05)
The evaluation of pavement marking materials is primarily based on their retroreflectivity (RL), which refers to how well they reflect vehicle headlights back toward the driver. This study focuses on rural roadways and ...
Current Velocity, Temperature, and Stress: Factors affecting movement and prevalence of White Spot Syndrome virus in Procambarus clarkii (Red Swamp Crayfish)
(2024-12-05)
Red swamp crayfish (Procambarus clarkii) have invaded ecosystems worldwide and are potential carriers of white spot syndrome virus (WSSV). We monitored the prevalence of WSSV under a natural thermal regime in wild populations ...
Elementary Pre-service Teachers’ Perceptions of Educational Robotics: A Case Study of a Situated Learning Experience
(2024-12-05)
We live in a digital age where technology plays a pivotal role and can significantly transform education. In recent years, educational robotics has become an innovative resource for classroom learning. However, educators ...
Quantifying Effectiveness of Red Flashing LEDs around WRONG-WAY Signs in Deterring Wrong-way Driving: A Before and After Study
(2024-12-05)
Wrong-way driving (WWD) crashes are a significant safety concern due to their high fatality rates. Traditional countermeasures like static WRONG WAY (WW) signs have shown limited effectiveness. This study evaluates the ...
Pyrolysis of Woody Biomass and Waste from Additive Manufacturing for the Synthesis of Chemicals and Transportation Fuels
(2024-12-05)
Generating fuels and chemicals using renewable sources is paramount to mitigate the depletion of energy sources and global warming. Pyrolysis produces bio-oil from the thermochemical conversion of biomass, which can be ...
Supplemental feed usage in beef cattle operations across the southeastern United States
(2024-12-05)
This study assessed the extent of use and nutritional value of essential byproduct feedstuffs in beef cattle production systems across the southeastern US. Byproducts like distillers grains, whole cottonseed, and corn-gluten ...
Wind and fire as drivers of carbon pool variability in southeastern U.S. forests
(2024-12-05)
Forests in the southeastern U.S. play an important role in global climate mitigation via carbon (C) sequestration, yet recurrent disturbances like wind and fire threaten their ability to sequester C. Many southeastern U.S. ...
Estimating Fishing Mortality and Movement of Greater Amberjack in the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean off of the Southeastern United States
(2024-12-05)
Greater Amberjack (Seriola dumerili) are an important marine species for sport and commercial fisheries across the southeastern United States. Two Greater Amberjack stocks are recognized for assessment and management off ...
Enhanced Indirect and Convex Optimization Methods for Generating Minimum-Fuel Low-Thrust Trajectories
(2024-12-05)
The high costs of space missions necessitate optimization across all mission aspects, particularly fuel consumption, which impacts both economic feasibility and payload capacity. Electric propulsion systems, with higher ...
Examining school administrators’ perceived involvement in special education transition services related to promoting post-school success.
(2024-12-05)
This qualitative study examines secondary school administrators’ perceptions of their roles in special education post-school transition programs and practices as explored through narrative inquiry interviews. Three research ...
Empowering Creativity: Harnessing the Potential of Industrial Design Students with ADHD
(2024-12-05)
The purpose of this project is to leverage the college-aged individual with diagnosed ADHD to best find their niche procedure within the design process by utilizing strategic management solutions in the design curriculum. ...
Classical Techniques in an Unconventional System: Investigation of the Insect Immune System and Gut Microbiome
(2024-12-05)
The role of the gut microbiome in development and function of the host immune system has long been an area of interest, investigated across taxa for decades. As mammalian systems can sometimes provide a prohibitive challenge ...
Effect of dehydration time on physicochemical, textural, instrumental color, and sensory characteristics of jerky-style pet treats made with swine pluck
(2024-12-05)
The current growth of pet ownership, coupled with the rise of pet humanization, has driven the integration of convenient materials repurposed into pet food products, particularly pet treats. Swine pluck (SP), a combination ...
Thermal Tolerance and Burrowing Behaviors of Red Swamp Crayfish (Procambarus clarkii)
(2024-12-04)
Red Swamp Crayfish (Procambarus clarkii) are a globally invasive species whose burrowing habits contribute to damn and levee failures, erosion, and resistance to control measures. I used artificial burrowing chambers to ...
The management of sweetpotato whitefly in the southeastern US
(2024-12-04)
Sweetpotato whitefly (Bemisia tabaci) is a significant pest affecting vegetable crops in the southeastern United States, causing direct feeding damage and transmitting viruses that can lead to substantial yield losses. ...
Enhancing Microalgal Biomass Growth and Nutrient Removal in Anaerobic Digestate
(2024-12-04)
Microalgal treatment of anaerobic digestate has attracted research attention due to algae’s capability for nutrient removal and recovery. However, microalgae rarely tolerate full-strength anaerobic digestate, and this ...
Molecular Profiling of Fertility in reproductively divergent Bos taurus Heifers: Insights into Gene and Cytokine Markers
(2024-12-04)
The reproductive efficiency of Bos taurus beef cattle is pivotal for the profitability and sustainability of cattle operations. Subfertility represents a significant economic burden within the cow-calf sector of the beef ...
A Descriptive Study of Elementary Student Access to School Music Education in Twelve Large Metropolitan Areas in the Southeastern United States
(2024-12-04)
Music education is an important part of a well-rounded elementary school curriculum.
Unfortunately, not every school provides their students with music classes. Schools in
predominantly White and wealthier communities ...
Effects of Biochar on Pollinator Plantings and Foraging Bees in a Southeastern Soil
(2024-12-04)
Bees are a diverse clade of insects pivotal to pollination in anthropogenic and natural
systems. Yet, this diversity is threatened by human-driven changes in the environment. The
establishment of pollinator habitat ...