Auburn Theses and Dissertations: Recent submissions
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Qualifying the Saturated Hydraulic Conductivity and Corresponding Infiltration Processes
(2019-12-05)
Many engineering systems such as the hydraulic barriers and infiltration practices are designed based on the understanding of water infiltration through the subsurface. Among the soil hydraulic properties, the saturated ...
Early Characterization and Performance of a Flexible Thick Lift Pavement
(2019-12-05)
The South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT) has recently been experimenting with thick lift paving to increase construction speed and facilitate faster access to traffic. However, there has been limited research ...
Generalized LASSO Problem with Equality and Inequality Constraints Using ADMM
(2019-12-05)
With the development of technology, the volume of the data has gradually become much larger and attracting much more attention in data science. Statisticians nowadays need to consider the case when the dataset is extremely ...
Leptin's Potential Interactions with Counter-Regulatory Hormones and Glucocorticoid Receptor Signaling in Type 1 Diabetic Rats
(2019-12-05)
Diabetes is a global epidemic and the seventh leading cause of death in the United States. One of the characteristics of diabetes is hyperglycemia. Untreated diabetes can lead to ketoacidosis, which may lead to coma or ...
The Effects of Comorbid Asthma and Long-term Use of Corticosteroids on Clinical Outcomes of Prostate Cancer Patients
(2019-12-05)
Objectives: This study 1) examined burden of asthma among prostate cancer patients, asthma and prostate cancer treatment patterns, and factors associated with concurrent asthma, 2) assessed the associations between comorbid ...
Quantifying the Fatigue Damage Accumulation in Bridges
(2019-12-05)
Many of the existing bridges in the United States were built during the interstate era and are reaching the end of their life cycle. Traffic-induced loadings are one of the primary factors affecting the service and fatigue ...
Development and characterization of paired in vivo and in vitro models to examine obesity-linked colorectal cancer
(2019-12-05)
Currently, obesity has become a global issue and is referred to as an epidemic. Contemporarily, colorectal cancer (CRC) is the fourth most common cause of cancer-associated death worldwide. Several epidemiological studies ...
Metrology and Characterization of Electrically Conductive Filaments (ECF) for Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM).
(2019-12-05)
Current electronics manufacturing is composed of several processes, usually with a high energy, space and knowledge footprint costs to produce a working product. The product is assembled from subcomponents such as the PCB, ...
True Random Number Generation from a High Frequency Chaotic Jerk Circuit
(2019-12-05)
Shown in this work is a method for true random number generation by directly sampling
a high frequency chaotic jerk circuit. A method for determination of the maximum Lyapunov
exponent, and thus the maximum bit rate for ...
Removal of Uranium(VI) in Contaminated Water Using Iron Based Nanoparticles and Simultaneous Adsorption of Uranium(VI) and 2-Chlorophenol by Activated Carbon Fiber supported Titanate Nanotubes
(2019-12-05)
Uranium is one of the most detected radionuclides in aquatic systems. Reductive immobilization and adsorption have been commonly practiced to remove uranium from water. In this study, CMC-stabilized iron sulfide (FeS) ...
A New Class of Adsorptive Photocatalysts for Enhanced Adsorption and Destruction of 4-chlorophenol and perfluorooctanoic acid
(2019-12-05)
Four novel Ti-based adsorptive photocatalysts, namely titanate nanosheets (TNS), graphene grafted titania/titanate nanosheets (G/TNS), activated carbon modified titanate nanotubes (TNTs@AC), and iron doped, activated carbon ...
The Role of Information Networks in the Federal System: School Nutrition and the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010
(2019-12-05)
Actors, both inside and outside of government, play prominent roles in policy implementation of federal system. Utilizing information networks and structural mechanisms, these actors influence, shape, and implement federal ...
Novel Analgesics and the Impact of Route of Administration in the Horse
(2019-12-05)
primary goal of this dissertation was to describe the disposition of novel analgesics and the impact of their administration on the equine patient. In order to support this aim, a novel, non-septic, transient model of ...
Thermal Modeling and Simulation of Metals Additive Manufacturing
(2019-12-05)
Additive manufacturing (AM) enables a layer-wise approach to near-net shape fabrication of three-dimensional computer aided designs. In powder-metal-based AM processes, such as directed energy deposition (DED) and laser-powder ...
Antibody-Immobilized Cellulose Nanocrystals for the Detection of Cancer Biomarkers
(2019-12-05)
Naturally derived anisotropic nanomaterials such as cellulose nanocrystals (CNC) are an intriguing material for biosensors due to their exceptional mechanical properties, nanoscale structure, and sustainability. However, ...
Soft Video Delivery by Metadata Reduction over LTE
(2019-12-05)
New methods for media delivery, specifically video, have become increasingly important
over the past decade. Along with increased user need for video streaming, video is now a majority
of the traffic on the internet. In ...
Molecular dynamics studies of phase transition of n-alkanes mixtures, coupling-decoupling mechanism affecting thermal interfacial conductance of n-alkanes and Fokker-Planck theory of lattice thermal conductivity of crystalline solids
(2019-12-05)
Renewable energy sources, such as solar energy or geothermal energy, are promising to complement or even substitute unsustainable fossil fuel energy sources in direct thermal energy utilization. The requirement of a reliable ...
Examining the Physiological Effects of a SIT and Resistance Training Intervention on Sedentary Women with Metabolic Syndrome Risk Factors
(2019-12-05)
This study assessed the effects of a 10-week sprint interval training (SIT) and resistance training (RT) intervention on waist circumference (WC), blood pressure (BP), fasting plasma glucose (FPG), triglycerides (TG), ...
Examining the metabolic, physiologic and chronobiologic effects of Western diet-induced obesity in a mouse model
(2019-12-05)
Obesity is a major public health concern that can result from consuming a Western diet (WD), characterized by a diet high in fat and sugar, including sugar sweetened beverages. A proposed treatment for WD-induced obesity ...
Investigating Social Exchange Relationships in Organizations: The Neglected Role of Gratitude
(2019-12-05)
The study of gratitude has been missing from the literature of social exchange relationships in organizations. The present study aims to investigate the role of gratitude in social exchange processes within organizational ...