Auburn Theses and Dissertations: Recent submissions
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Enhancement and Redevelopment of the Regional Lake Water Quality Model with Applications
(2020-08-17)
Water quality is a serious issue in most of the world in the 21st century. Many lakes are impaired with Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs). To provide better lake management and restoration, modeling of lakes is of utmost importance. ...
Triglobal Stability Analysis of the Thermoacoustic Field in Rocket Engines
(2020-08-14)
One of the most daunting problems in the development of a rocket engine is the appearance of coherent oscillatory structures in the flow. Characterized primarily by fluctuations in pressure, these oscillations can sync ...
Development of a Small-Scale Harvester for Biomass Operations
(2020-08-14)
The Oil Embargo of 1973-1974 that quadrupled the price of a barrel of oil in a matter of months sparked the discussions of alternative forms of energy; one of the topics that started to be addressed was renewable energies. ...
Capturing Forest Dynamics in Hydrological Modeling
(2020-08-14)
Forests can cover a significant portion of watersheds and affect rainfall interception, water losses through evapotranspiration (ET), surface runoff, and aquifer recharge. Despite their critical role in the hydrologic ...
Spatiotemporal Impacts of Invasive Species Removal and Reinvasion
(2020-08-14)
Invasive species are a major driver of native species declines and reduce ecosystem function. Though eradication of invasive species is often beneficial, it can create other ecological issues and if not implemented correctly, ...
Development of Nucleic Acid Driven Peptide and Protein Sensors and Their Integration with Automated Microfluidics
(2020-08-14)
Accurate detection of disease-associated biomolecules is one of the most critical steps in diagnostics in the early stages of disease to provide appropriate health care and effective treatment to patients. In clinical ...
Initialization of a Pedestrian Navigation System Using a Transfer Alignment Approach
(2020-08-11)
Pedestrian navigation techniques are used to provide positioning information in lieu of or to supplement more traditional systems such as GNSS. A challenge facing users of pedestrian navigation algorithms is the acquisition ...
Reading Foundations - Teaching Letter Sound Correspondence to Young Students with Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities
(2020-08-10)
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of explicit Direct Instruction to teach letter sound correspondence to students with developmental disabilities. Additionally, this study sought to provide a basis ...
Generalized Galerkin Approach for the Study of Nonlinear Thermoacoustic Instabilities
(2020-08-10)
A Galerkin expansion approach to the study of nonlinear thermoacoustic instabilities is presented within a finite
element framework. The foundation of the approach lies with weighted residual and spectral methods that ...
Prevention, Protection, or Institutional Oppression? Exploring the Institution of Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention in Alabama
(2020-08-07)
In light of the need for child abuse and neglect prevention efforts to target institutional and social conditions underlying family challenges, I use institutional ethnography to analyze focus group discussions (secondary ...
Investigating the role of inflammation on bovine oocyte health and development
(2020-08-07)
In this study we investigated the effects of inflammation resulting from LPS exposure on oocyte health, maturation and subsequent developmental competence. Inflammation caused by infection in cattle is known to have negative ...
Assessing Zeolite Amended Bioretention Media for Removal of Nutrients and Metals from Stormwater
(2020-08-06)
Bioretention cells are installed to treat stormwater through physical, biological, and chemical processes facilitated by a permeable soil media. The soil media is commonly composed of sand, silt, clay, and organic matter, ...
Evaluation of Movement Patterns and Space Use in Reintroduced Eastern Indigo Snakes (Drymarchon couperi) in the Florida Panhandle
(2020-08-05)
The Eastern Indigo snake (Drymarchon couperi; EIS) is a federally threatened species of colubrid snake endemic to the U.S. Southeastern Coastal Plain for which reintroduction efforts are currently ongoing to reestablish ...
Including the "other 80%": Developing a culturally diverse secondary music curriculum
(2020-08-05)
American high schools and middle schools have been using the same model as a basis for music curriculum for about a century (Williams, 2011). This model of the large group performance ensemble has filled many aesthetic ...
Three Essays in Applied Economics
(2020-08-04)
The dissertation begins with a brief discussion of the benefits of using an essay style approach compared to a traditional opus in chapter one. Chapter two examines the consumers facing the implications of energy regulation ...
An Analysis of Factors that May Influence Student Satisfaction in Computer Programming Courses at an Online Midwestern University
(2020-08-04)
The rise in demand for computer programming jobs has created a significant need for computer programming training. Online learning can be an effective tool for meeting the needs of these job demands. The challenge for ...
Filamentation and Formation of Imposed Patterns in Low-Pressure Magnetized Electric Discharges: A Numerical Approach
(2020-08-03)
Presence of strong magnetic fields (B ≥ 1.0 T) in magnetized dusty plasma experiments can result in a variety of phenomena in the background plasma and in the dust cloud. In the background plasma, the magnetic field induces ...
A Superintendent’s Trust-Building Practices with Principals: A Case Study
(2020-08-03)
Researchers have identified the benefits of trust within school organizations from various perspectives, but little is known about trust between a superintendent and campus principals. School districts are under great ...
DevSecOps of Containerization
(2020-08-03)
Containerization is a new concept of virtualization, one that has attracted attention and occupied considerable amount of market size due to its inherent lightweight characteristics. However, the lightweight advantage is ...
Phosphorus Characterization of Alabama Soils and Evaluation of Extractants for Environmental Phosphorus Loss Risk Assessment
(2020-08-03)
Poultry industry is the second largest agricultural industry in Alabama and generates 1.5 million tons of poultry litter, which contains approximately 19,000 tons of phosphorus (P). Long term application of fertilizers and ...