Auburn University Graduate School: Recent submissions
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DEVELOPMENT OF A MULTI-OBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION FRAMEWORK FOR QUANTIFYING BENEFITS OF ASPHALT PAVEMENT PRESERVATION TREATMENTS
(2025-12-10)
The optimized selection of a feasible pavement preservation treatment alternative depends not only on the distresses it aims to prevent but also on the accurate quantification of its potential service life extension and ...
A Policy Analysis of the Alabama Teachers’ Bill of Rights and its Focus on Improving Teacher Retention Issues by Addressing Classroom Management and Student Discipline in Alabama
(2025-12-10)
Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, public schools across the United States have documented significant increases in disruptive behavior and assaults, leading to heightened teacher burnout and turnover rates.. In ...
Optimizing feed management of Pacific white shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei) raised in biofloc and mixotrophic systems
(2025-12-09)
With the rapid growth of the global population and increasing demand for high-quality protein, shrimp aquaculture has intensified worldwide. This intensification is especially evident in Pacific white shrimp (Litopenaeus ...
Developing and Designing Nanoparticle Formulation for Anticancer Agents
(2025-12-09)
Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) and pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) are two of the most lethal and therapeutically challenging solid tumors. TNBC is characterized by the absence of estrogen receptor (ER), ...
Three Essays on Environmental Economics
(2025-12-09)
In Chapter 1, I estimate the impact of energy insecurity on self-reported health risks using local oil and gas prices as instruments. Greater energy insecurity significantly raises self-reported health risks, with mechanisms ...
Genomic Consequences of Biological Invasions: Systematic Insights from Anopheles stephensi and Comparative Analyses Across Taxa
(2025-12-09)
Biological invasions often begin with small founding populations that reduce population size, increase homozygosity, and can trigger large-scale ecological change. Yet many invaders still persist and spread in new areas ...
Infectious Bronchitis Virus Diversity, Vaccine Alternatives, and Protective Immunity
(2025-12-09)
The work described in the current dissertation (i) examined the phenotypic effects of genetic changes in S1 genes of infectious bronchitis virus (IBV) isolates, assessed their pathogenicity in specific-pathogen-free (SPF) ...
NUTRITION AND FLAVOR ANALYSIS OF NILE TILAPIA AND CHERRY TOMATOES GROWN IN DIFFERENT AQUAPONICS TREATMENTS
(2025-12-09)
Aquaponics is not a widely used technique for food production, despite the high yields of produce grown from these farms. Many studies focus on how to maximize crop and fish yield, but quality should also be considered ...
Characterization of the Soil-Timber Interface by Laboratory and In Situ Testing Methods
(2025-12-09)
As part of a larger study on the use of laminated timber foundations, a field and laboratory study of the interface behavior of soil and timber was undertaken to better understand the interaction of the two materials. ...
From Proteins to People: Cytomegalovirus Modulation of Host Cellular Responses and Its Implications on Health Equity
(2025-12-09)
Human cytomegalovirus (CMV) is one of the nine known human herpesviruses that causes significant disease burden in the developed world. As a natural pathogen in mice, murine CMV (MCMV) serves as an ideal animal model to ...
Causes and consequences of fitness component variation in wild non-model animal systems
(2025-12-09)
Patterns of adaptive variation in organismal traits are mechanistic drivers of population-level patterns of demography and viability. It is therefore crucial to investigate the evolutionary processes underlying this trait ...
Bio-based Polymer Assemblies for Insecticide Delivery
(2025-12-09)
Vector-borne diseases (VBDs) such as malaria present a significant global health concern, leading to chronic health complications and mortality, particularly among children and pregnant women. Fortunately, there are several ...
Extremal Problems on Graph-Referential Colorings of Graphs
(2025-12-09)
Suppose that G and H are finite, simple graphs on the same vertex set V. A (proper) G
coloring of H is a (proper) list-coloring of H from the lists N_G(v), the open neighborhood of
v ∈ V in G. This definition descends ...
Glyphosate Sequestration and Acetylcholinesterase Response in the Invasive Asiatic Clam (Corbicula fluminea) and Environmental Risk Assessment of Glyphosate in Aquatic Systems
(2025-12-09)
Glyphosate based herbicides (GBH), such as Roundup are among the most widely used agrochemicals globally, leading to frequent detection in surface waters through runoff and erosion. This raises concerns regarding their ...
Growth and Nitrogen Utilization of Nursery Pigs Fed Reduced Crude Protein Diets with Benzoic Acid Supplementation
(2025-12-09)
Reducing dietary crude protein (CP) can lower feed costs and nitrogen waste in swine production but may limit nitrogen available for dispensable amino acid synthesis. This is especially relevant when benzoic acid (BA) is ...
Harmony in Trade: Impact of Quality-Enhancement and Labor-Welfare Voluntary Sustainability Standards from a Global Perspective
(2025-12-09)
This study investigates the trade implications of agricultural Voluntary Sustainability Standards (VSSs), with a novel distinction between Quality-Enhancement (QE) and Labor Welfare (LW) certifications. While VSSs are ...
Assessing the Impacts of Upland Land Cover on the Hydrology of Geographically Isolated Wetlands in the Southeastern Coastal Plain
(2025-12-09)
The southeastern coastal plain has experienced increasing water scarcity due to drought, climate and land-use change, and increasing populations. Geographically isolated wetlands (GIWs), a frequent component of coastal ...
Structure-Property Relationships in Crosslinked Polymer Membranes: Understanding Methanol-Carboxylate Co-Transport
(2025-12-09)
Ion exchange membranes (IEMs) are essential components in numerous devices that require selective transport. Fuel cell devices such as photoelectrochemical CO2 reduction cells (PECCRC) require membranes that suppress product ...
First Year Engineering Student Persistence Through Key Academic and Non-Academic Indicators
(2025-12-09)
This dissertation investigates the persistence of first-year engineering students at a
large Southeastern research university, focusing on the interplay of academic and nonacademic
indicators that predict retention and ...
Exact, Approximate, and Metaheuristic Techniques for Discrete Search Problems
(2025-12-09)
This work analyzes three search problems. The first study is the Path-Constrained Trail-Based Moving Target Problem (PCTBMT), a new variant of the moving target problem where the objective is to detect a target that leaves ...