Auburn University Graduate School: Recent submissions
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Pharmacological characterization and functional rescue of the giant panda and human melanocortin-4 receptors
(2017-07-25)
The melanocortin-4 receptor (MC4R) is a member of family A rhodopsin-like G protein-coupled receptors. It is well established that MC4R is critically involved in regulating food intake and energy expenditure in mammals. ...
A Reduced Element Map Representation and Applications: Map Merging, Path Planning, and Target Interception
(2017-07-25)
Modern autonomous systems require complex and heavy computations. The complexity can be reduced by eliminating or integrating redundant information. In the case of mobile vehicles, occupancy grid map representations are ...
Application and Toxicity Assessment of Antimicrobial N-halamines for Food Safety Controls
(2017-07-25)
Cross-contamination from food-associated environments accounts for a big portion of microbial contamination in food products. The objective of this study is to develop N-halamine based antimicrobial coatings on various ...
The Regulation of Release of Dipeptidyl Peptidase IV from Healthy and Diabetic Skeletal Muscle
(2017-07-25)
Dipeptidyl peptidase IV (DPP-IV) is a multifaceted enzyme that can be shed from skeletal muscle membrane via matrixmetalloproteinases (MMPs). Tissue inhibitors of MMPs (TIMP) within the extracellular matrix (ECM) modulate ...
Perceptions of Teaching Excellence: An Examination of Foreign and U.S.-Educated Faculty at Historically Black Colleges and Universities
(2017-07-25)
This study examined the teaching qualities and behaviors that U.S.-educated and foreign-educated faculty who teach at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) deem necessary for teaching excellence. The Teacher ...
An Examination of Job Satisfaction and Work/Life Balance among Racial Minority Faculty in Higher Education
(2017-07-25)
Racial minority faculty remain underrepresented in higher education institutions across the U.S. Faculty continue to encounter barriers to recruitment and retention such as over extension, discrimination, the lack of ...
Microparticle Dynamics in Strongly Magnetized Low Temperature Plasmas
(2017-07-25)
Dusty plasma systems consist of charged microparticles (usually called dust grains) embedded in a background plasma. The dust component can significantly modify the background plasma by collecting electrons and ions, thus ...
Toeplitz Matrices are Unitarily Similar to Symmetric Matrices
(2017-07-25)
We prove that Toeplitz matrices are unitarily similar to complex symmetric matrices.
Moreover, two $n\times n$ unitary matrices that uniformly turn all $n\times n$ Toeplitz matrices via
similarity to complex symmetric ...
Automated microfluidic device development for metabolism, nutrient uptake, and hormone secretion analyses of primary endocrine tissues
(2017-07-25)
Pancreatic islets secret the dominant endocrine hormone, insulin, which controls the metabolic function fo nearly all other organ systems. Additionally, adipose tissue (fat) is now understood to be a complex, multicellular ...
Characterization of the global regulatory network of trans-translation in Pseudomonas aeruginosa
(2017-07-25)
Recycling stalled ribosomes is a bioenergetically important process for survival and propagation of bacteria. The primary ribosome rescuing mechanism in bacteria is trans-translation which is catalyzed by transfer messenger ...
Natural competence and intersubspecific recombination in Xylella fastidiosa; a causal agent of emerging plant diseases
(2017-07-25)
Xylella fastidiosa is a Gram-negative, vector-transmitted, plant-pathogenic bacterium causing incurable diseases to economically important crops such as grapevine, citrus, almond, and coffee. Recent epidemiological studies ...
Toward Improved Understanding of Aquifer Response Time Scales
(2017-07-25)
Several methods are available in the published literature to analyze transient groundwater flow processes. These methods include both numerical and analytical approaches which describe how groundwater heads would transition ...
A Place in the Higher Education Program Curriculum? An Examination of Faculty Members’ Perceptions of the Importance and Inclusion of Higher Education Fundraising in the Curriculum
(2017-07-25)
In light of rising expectations for fundraising knowledge of a variety of leaders in higher education — academicians and administrators alike (Perlmutter, 2016; Drezner & Huehls, 2015; Doan & Morris, 2012; Pritchard, 2011; ...
Silica-based composite nanoparticles as pH-responsive drug carriers and their application in contact lens drug delivery
(2017-07-25)
Controlled drug delivery from contact lenses is an attractive method to treat ocular disease, like glaucoma, as it overcomes the deficiencies of traditional eye drops, such as poor patient adherence and low bioavailability. ...
Trait mindfulness as a moderator of green exercise and attention restoration
(2017-07-25)
Attention Restoration Theory (ART) has been proposed as a potential approach to facilitate recovery from directed attention fatigue (DAF). The theory postulates directed attention is likely to replenish if permitted to ...
Effects of Surface Structure and Wettability Modification on Condensate Mobility and Heat Transfer on Flat and Tubular Surfaces
(2017-07-25)
Dropwise condensation has long been known to offer heat transfer coefficients potentially an order of magnitude higher than filmwise condensation as mobile droplets can more readily be removed from condenser surfaces ...
Assistant Principals: Facilitating Factors and Barriers in Fulfilling the Role of Instructional Leader
(2017-07-25)
The purpose of this descriptive qualitative content analysis study was to identify not only how Alabama assistant principals define instructional leadership, but what facilitating factors and barriers they face in the role ...
Transgender and Genderqueer Youth and Adolescent Populations: An Ethnographic Content Analysis of Postings to Social Media
(2017-07-25)
The purpose of this dissertation is to explore the trends, issues, and concerns surrounding the transgender and genderqueer youth and adolescent populations with the aim of better understanding the culture of this demographic. ...
Response of Pinus taeda L. Families to Root-Inhabiting Ophiostomatoid Fungi
(2017-07-25)
Pinus taeda (loblolly pine), a most widely cultivated timber species in the southern U.S., creates 110,000 job opportunities and contributes 30 billion dollars per year to the economy. However, insect-vectored root-infecting ...
Analysis of stochastic vector-host epidemic models
(2017-07-25)
In this dissertation, deterministic and stochastic mathematical models are proposed to study vector-host epidemic models with direct transmission. The total population of the host and the vector is divided into different ...