Auburn Theses and Dissertations: Recent submissions
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Exploring and Measuring the Teaching and Development of Earth Systems Thinking Skills in Undergraduate Geoscience Courses
(2020-04-24)
The understanding of the development of Earth systems thinking (EST) is a major challenge in the field of geoscience education. Major questions exist relating to systems thinking teaching practices, student conceptions ...
Online State and Parameter Estimation for Lithium-ion Batteries Based on a Reduced-order Electrochemical Life Model
(2020-04-22)
Inaccurate estimation of the state-of-charge (SOC) and the state-of-health (SOH) may lead to safety issues. Currently, estimations of SOC and SOH that based on electric equivalent circuit models (ECMs) have been widely ...
Australian Labradoodle Dystrophinopathy: A Novel Canine Model for the Study of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Cardiomyopathy
(2020-04-22)
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is an X-linked recessive disorder that results in progressive damage to both skeletal and cardiac myocytes. As a result of improved ventilatory care, mortality in affected patients is ...
Transgene Insertion of Cathelicidin Gene in Channel Catfish Ictalurus punctatus using CRISPR/Cas9 Knock-in Technology and Cathelicidin Activity Against Catfish Pathogens
(2020-04-22)
Protection of fish against infectious diseases is a major challenge in aquaculture, and economic losses due to these diseases limit profitability. Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs), a class of highly conserved peptides known ...
Conversion of Methane Using Two and Three Dimensional Metal Carbide Catalysts
(2020-04-22)
After various decades of research aiming to discover desirable catalysts for the direct conversion of methane into valuable products, the modern chemical industry is calling forth finding alternative materials to on-purpose ...
Evaluating Efficacy of Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria for Promoting Growth and Preventing Disease in both Fish and Plants
(2020-04-22)
Plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR), are bacteria residing within the rhizosphere of a plant, that elicit health benefits to the plant (Kloepper and Schroth, 1978; Kloepper et al., 2004). To understand the growth ...
Optimization of fast charging method based on a reduced order electrochemical model for lithium ion batteries
(2020-04-22)
Long charging time is one of the technical barriers that should be overcvome for wide acceptance of electric vehicles (EVs) in the market. The charging time can be simply reduced using increased charging current that ...
An Examination of Diversity and Inclusion in Physical Therapy Admissions
(2020-04-22)
The purpose of this study was to examine Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) admissions practices. This study focused on admission committees’ selection priorities and processes and their influence on diversity and inclusion. ...
Making Teacher Thinking Transparent: An Examination of Teacher Think-Aloud Instruction
(2020-04-22)
Students need both knowledge of metacognitive reading strategies and how to effectively use these strategies to encounter successful reading experiences. There is growing research on the success of strategies (i.e. visualize, ...
Improving Coastal Plain Hardwoods for White-tailed Deer and Wild Turkeys with Forest Stand Improvement and Prescribed Fire
(2020-04-22)
Hardwood forests in the Coastal Plain often are not actively managed, as many landowners and managers fear that forest management will damage mast-producing hardwood species. Accordingly, forage and cover for game species, ...
Three Essays on Economics of the Parliaments
(2020-04-22)
I focus on the economics of the Turkish Parliament. In Chapter One, I estimate the impact of one additional Member of Parliament (MP) representing a province on that province’s economic growth: an extra MP increases the ...
War Fought and Felt: The Influence of Interpersonal Relationships on Confederate Soldier Motivations in the American Civil War
(2020-04-22)
When white Southern men initially marched off to war, they took with them masculine and martial ideals that undergirded their romantic notions of war and the importance of their service. Soon, the astonishing brutality and ...
Methods for Isolating Canine Mast Cell Progenitors, Melanocytes, and Keratinocytes
(2020-04-21)
One of the most difficult aspects of employing precision medicine in the treatment of cancer is determining the best targets to treat within the tumor. A trademark of cancers is that, while two patients may present similar ...
Fragment Response of Unreinforced Concrete Masonry Walls Subjected to Blast Loading Conditions
(2020-04-21)
There are very few methods for predicting the fragment velocity and fragment production of an unreinforced, ungrouted concrete masonry wall. Those that do exist often require large computational resources or fail to predict ...
The GI Coffeehouse Movement, 1968-1972: Class-Based Activism in the Vietnam War
(2020-04-20)
This work examines the GI coffeehouse movement of the Vietnam era in the United States from the years 1968 to 1972 by analyzing the underground newspapers that the coffeehouses produced. From one perspective this work ...
Control Volume Analysis of Rectangular Ducts with Arbitrary Mean-Flow, Transverse Wall Impedances, and Temperature Discontinuity
(2020-04-20)
Combustion instabilities (CIs) are a consistent and ubiquitous problem for industrial burners, rockets, and gas turbines. Reduced order acoustic models are often used to analyze combustion instabilities. Typically, reduced ...
Optimization of stem cell extraction from blue catfish (Ictalurus furcatus) to produce alloxenogenic catfish: Effects of body size, sex steroids, and seasonality
(2020-04-20)
Xenogenesis has been identified as an innovative technology for hybrid catfish (♀ channel catfish, Ictalurus punctatus × ♂ blue catfish, I.furcatus) embryo production. Currently, donor cells are collected from randomly ...
Validation of Laboratory Cracking Tests for Field Top-down Cracking Performance
(2020-04-20)
Top-down cracking (TDC) has been widely reported as a primary mode of distress in asphalt pavements. Currently, there is no consensus on a practical laboratory cracking test that can reliably predict an asphalt mixture’s ...
Biodiversity and Phylogenetics of Metazoan Parasites Infecting Freshwater Turtles
(2020-04-20)
There are 356 extant turtle species (Testudines), including 60 polytypic taxa that add 122 subspecies. Among the more diverse groups of metazoan parasites that infect turtles are the turtle blood flukes (TBFs) (Digenea: ...
Sorority/Fraternity Facilities: Does Type Make a Difference in the Member Experience?
(2020-04-20)
The physical environment on a college campus plays an important role in enhancing student learning and positive well-being (Garcia, 2017; Strange & Banning, 2015) and can influence a student’s sense of community and campus ...