Auburn Theses and Dissertations: Recent submissions
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“Sorry to Interrupt…”: How Work Interruptions Relate to Performance of Hotel Front Office Staff
(2026-07-20)
Workplace interruptions are an inherent feature of hotel front-office operations, yet their cognitive consequences remain insufficiently examined within hospitality research. The present study investigates how interruptions ...
Aspects of Environmental Factors on Weed Biology, Ecology, and Management
(2026-07-20)
Effective weed management is becoming increasingly difficult due to widespread herbicide resistance cases, lack of novel herbicide development, regulatory restrictions, societal pressures, and climate change. Integrated ...
They That Wait: Proposing A Theoretical Model for Understanding Rural Black Americans Utilization of Mental Health Services
(2026-07-20)
Black Americans in rural communities confront substantial obstacles to receiving care and experience substantial disparities in mental health outcomes due to multiple social determinants that combine to create remarkably ...
Hazy Interactions: Behavioral and Neural Dysregulation of Social Decision-Making in Cannabis Users
(2026-07-20)
Given the maladaptive relationship between cannabis use and social avoidance behavior, this study aimed to characterize behavioral and neural dysfunction during social decision-making in frequent cannabis users. For social ...
A Deep Learning Method for GPS/GNSS Independent, Vision-Based Navigation and State Estimation of Class 8 Vehicles
(2026-07-20)
This thesis develops a deep learning based method for vision-based navigation and state estimation of class 8 vehicles without relaying on GPS/GNSS. The novel deep learning system is compared to a vehicle-model-based system ...
Sustainable Delivery with Drone-Assisted Tandem Systems
(2026-07-20)
Supply chains start with a customer need/request and encompass all the components involved in fulfilling this request, including the suppliers, manufacturers, transporters, warehouses, retailers, and lastly, the end ...
Developing a Teacher Mentoring Program to Strengthen Practice and Wellbeing
(2026-07-20)
Teacher retention research indicates that educators are leaving the profession at
increasing rates due to stress, burnout, and feelings of isolation. The purpose of this
participatory action research study was to examine ...
Urbanisation and invasion as drivers of insect diversity
(2026-07-20)
Urbanisation often reduces local biodiversity, yet cities can maintain high total species richness, a pattern underlying the "cities-as-bioarks" hypothesis that urban remnant habitats serve as refuges for native species. ...
Augmented Reality as an Aid and a Distractor: Pilot Behavior in Normal and Abnormal Flight Scenarios
(2026-07-17)
In the information-dense and time-compressed cockpit environment, augmented reality
(AR) displays are a promising approach to provide pilots with supplementary
information. This research investigated head-worn, optical ...
Scaling Personalized Learning in Higher Education: Evaluating the Impact of AI-Enhanced Learning on Student Performance and Engagement in Military Distance Education
(2026-07-17)
Professional Military Education (PME) faces persistent challenges in distance learning, including high attrition, inconsistent engagement, and limited individualized support. This study examined whether a voluntary, low-touch ...
Mechanistic Insights and Process Optimization of Acid-Treated Soybean Hulls as Aquatic Feed Binders
(2026-07-16)
This work utilizes soybean hull (SBH) as a low-cost feedstock for the development of an
acid-treated aquatic feed binder based on whole biomass utilization. Currently, SBH is
generated in large amounts (34.17 - 42.72 ...
An Exploration of the Lived Experiences of Principals with School Counseling Backgrounds
(2026-07-15)
Research surrounding school principals indicates that the candidate pool is
shrinking for this vitally important position. School counselors are great candidates to fill
this position. Their experience as a counselor ...
Physics-informed Hierarchical Learning for Defect Characterization and Fatigue Life Prediction in Metal Additive Manufacturing
(2026-07-15)
Understanding and accurately predicting the fatigue life of additive manufactured (AM) metal parts remains a pressing challenge for their reliable adoption in safety-critical applications such as aerospace, energy, and ...
Optimizing Log Truck Transportation: Analyzing Route Safety and Transportation Efficiency
(2026-07-15)
This study assessed the feasibility of rerouting log trucks away from state and county roads to interstate highways with modest increase in Gross Vehicle Weight (GVW) limit of 88,000 lbs. which is the current GVW for state ...
Silencing the Storm: Stem Cell-Derived Extracellular Vesicles as a Novel Therapeutic for Neuroinflammation
(2026-07-14)
Chronic neuroinflammation, defined as immune overactivation within the central nervous system (CNS), is a key driver of many neurodegenerative diseases. Yet current therapies inadequately modulate it to improve prognosis. ...
Evaluation of Biopolymer Treatment Effects on Overtopping Erosion and Breach Development in Earthen Embankments Using Numerical Models
(2026-07-14)
This study evaluated the ability of existing overtopping breach models to represent
the effects of biopolymer treatment on earthen embankment erosion and breach
development. Two full-scale experimental datasets were ...
AI-Driven Machine Vision Frameworks for Ornamental Plant Nursery Inventory Management and Disease Phenotyping in Peach Orchards
(2026-07-14)
Precision agriculture increasingly depends on automated sensing and machine learning to overcome the labor intensity, subjectivity, and scale limitations of manual field measurement. This thesis develops AI-driven machine ...
Kinetics and Cognition in Aging Gait: The Role of Executive Function and Running Experience
(2026-07-13)
Background: Aging is associated with a characteristic reorganization of lower limb biomechanics during gait, known as the distal-to-proximal shift, where ankle power generation decreases while hip power increases. While ...
Networks in Transition: Adaptive Cycles, Organizational Traps, and the Mechanisms of Supply Chain Resilience
(2026-07-13)
The inability of organizations to adapt to disruptive change represents one of the most consequential challenges in supply chain management. Motivated by the widespread failure of supply chains during the COVID-19 pandemic, ...
Sound Advice: A Multi-Dimensional Analysis of Hearing Conservation, Knowledge, Behaviors, and Laboratory Safety Culture Among Agricultural Mechanics Teachers
(2026-07-13)
Agricultural mechanics laboratories pose a continuous acoustic hazard to teachers in the field. Nevertheless, the profession continues to experience a recurring cycle of silence concerning audiological safety. This ...