Auburn Theses and Dissertations: Recent submissions
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Exploring Mechanomyography as a Tool for Fatigue Monitoring in Neurorehabilitation
(2025-07-30)
Neurological conditions such as stroke often result in motor impairments that limit functional independence and quality of life. Neurorehabilitation aims to restore motor function through intensive, repetitive therapy, ...
Characterization of RHIM Domain Functionality in Viral Pathogens Through Interaction with Necroptotic Machinery
(2025-07-30)
Necroptotic cell death occurs following cellular stress conditions in which there is a
potential benefit to the host to encouraging an inflammatory response. Often, this is an additional
defense against pathogens, although ...
Nature-Based and Engineered Strategies for the Remediation of Nutrients and Emerging Contaminants in Stormwater Runoff
(2025-07-30)
Stormwater runoff is a primary pathway for transporting pollutants into aquatic environments, including excess nutrients and pollutants of emerging concern (PECs) such as 6-PPD-quinone (6-PPDq), a toxic transformation ...
Design and Performance Analysis of a Multi-Antenna Frequency-Locked GPS Attitude Determination Algorithm
(2025-07-29)
As autonomous research advances, the necessity for a functioning GPS receiver that can provide a full pose solution is insurmountable. This thesis proposes a novel coupling of phased array information into the tracking and ...
Fisher-KPP Equations And Chemotaxis Models on Metric Graphs
(2025-07-29)
This dissertation is devoted to the study of population dynamics on network-like structures both in the absence and presence of chemical signals that guide population movement. Mathematically, population movement in response ...
Non-Steroidal Intra-Articular Therapeutics for the Management of Canine Osteoarthritis: A Survey for Canine Practitioners and a Scoping Review of Current Literature
(2025-07-29)
Non-steroidal intra-articular therapeutics (NSIATs) are increasingly used in the multimodal management of canine osteoarthritis (OA). This thesis comprised two projects.
The first involved a survey of 174 practitioners ...
Colostrum-Derived Immunity Reduces Detection of Calves Persistently Infected (PI) with Bovine Viral Diarrhea Virus (BVDV) by Common Diagnostic Tests
(2025-07-29)
Diagnosis, detection, and elimination of persistently infected (PI) cattle with bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDV) is the cornerstone of control programs for BVDV. This study investigated the most reliable tests, sample ...
Examining Negative Body Talk Outcomes in a Dissonance-Based Eating Disorder Prevention Program for Men
(2025-07-29)
Previous research has shown that engagement in male negative body talk is common and related to muscularity-oriented behaviors and traditional disordered eating pathology, suggesting the importance of targeting male body ...
From Construction Sites to Coastal Wetlands: National Erosion and Sediment Control Synthesis and Coastal Vegetation Response to Thin Layer Placement
(2025-07-29)
Erosion and sediment control (E&SC) measures play an important role in protecting water quality and preserving ecological balance in a changing environment. Sediment from construction activities can degrade water bodies ...
The Impact of Social Media on Resilience in College Students
(2025-07-29)
This quantitative study examined the relationship between social media usage motivations and psychological resilience among college students during emerging adulthood. Using a non-experimental survey design, 198 college ...
Age and Growth of Crappies in Alabama Reservoirs and Evaluation of the Statewide Minimum-Length-Limit
(2025-07-29)
Black Crappies Pomoxis nigromaculatus and White Crappies P. annularis in Alabama are currently regulated with a 229-mm minimum length limit (MLL) and a 30 fish/person/day bag limit. With the recent increased angler use of ...
Repurposing poultry effluents for irrigation in controlled environment agriculture
(2025-07-29)
Rapid global population continues to drive increased demand for food production, placing significant pressure on water resources and nutrient availability. The poultry processing industry, which reflects this growth, ...
Problems in Computational Algebraic Geometry: Lefschetz Properties and Toric Varieties
(2025-07-29)
The first chapter gives the mathematical background needed for the subsequent chapters.
The second chapter consists of the publication [16], a joint work with Hal Schenck, in which
the we examine the influence of geometry ...
Topic wise Segmentation based Hybrid Models for Sentiment Classification on Social Media Platforms
(2025-07-29)
Sentiment analysis is a crucial task in natural language processing that enables the extraction
of meaningful insights from textual data, particularly from dynamic platforms. The
research explores the development and ...
Mesoscale particle-based simulations of flow in expansion-contraction microchannels at low Reynolds number
(2025-07-29)
Polymer flooding is an enhanced oil recovery technique that enables the extraction of significantly more oil than conventional methods. The good performance of polymer flooding is believed to stem from a phenomenon known ...
Cellular and Humoral Immune Responses to Avian Paramyxoviruses in Chickens
(2025-07-29)
The current dissertation (i) examined the effectiveness of a recombinant Newcastle disease virus (NDV) vaccine candidate, (ii) evaluated mucosal and systemic immune responses induced by NDV in chickens with maternally ...
The effect of solder alloys and surface finishes on the thermal cycling reliability of different electronic packages
(2025-07-28)
Electronic products have become essential in modern society, powering everything from communication devices to critical infrastructure. Eutectic SnPb (Tin-Lead) solder has been used in electronics since the early days due ...
Middle Aged Farmer Perspectives on Farm Stress
(2025-07-25)
This qualitative study explores how middle-aged farmers (ages 35 to 50) perceive and respond to farm stress, economic risk, and transition planning across four U.S. States: Alabama, Kansas, Montana, and North Carolina. By ...
Effect of Broiler Litter Stockpiling Methods on Nutrient Transformations and Ammonia and Greenhouse Gas Emissions
(2025-07-24)
The United States (US) is the largest producer and supplier of poultry products worldwide and produces 9.16 billion broilers annually. In the US, 41% of the broiler industry is located in the southeastern region, accounting ...
Application of a Vortex Lattice Method Solver to an Aircraft Sizing Framework
(2025-07-23)
A Vortex Lattice Method (VLM) solver is developed to estimate the aerodynamic performance of lifting surfaces, while operating within the assumptions of Potential Flow. The VLM solution is found by representing an aircraft ...