Auburn Theses and Dissertations: Recent submissions
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Comparative transcriptome analysis of genes expressed in the skin of channel catfish, common carp and pleco
(2015-12-10)
Channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus), as a member of Siluriformes, has scaleless skin. However, it is hardy and resistant to many types of stresses including low oxygen, high density, handling, and infections from various ...
Project-Based Learning in Adult English as a Second Language Programs: A Multiple Case Study
(2015-12-10)
Given the influx of internationals immigrating to the United States (US), English language learners (ELLs) are now the fastest growing group of students in the country with 65% of them being born in the US (DaSilva, Combs, ...
Measuring, Evaluating, and Describing Pile-Up and Sink-In During Nanoindentation of Thin Films on Substrates
(2015-12-10)
Nanoindentation is a valuable tool for extracting material properties such as elastic modulus and hardness at the nanoscale. Knowing material properties at this scale enhances the use of thin films in protective coatings ...
Effect of biosecurity and management practices on the prevalence of Salmonella, Campylobacter, and Clostridium perfringens in a poultry production system
(2015-12-10)
Salmonella, Clostridium perfringens, and Campylobacter are responsible for 30% of all foodborne illness cases and 50% of foodborne illness hospitalizations in the United States. Many of these cases and outbreaks have been ...
Nonlinear Analysis of Horses Trotting with and without Sedation
(2015-12-10)
It is common to use sedatives in equine practice for surgical procedures, standing or recumbent, and for control of unruly patients. In recent years, there have been many investigations concerning the effect sedation might ...
Construction of a high-density high-resolution genetic map and its integration with BAC-based physical map in channel catfish
(2015-12-10)
Catfish is the leading aquaculture specie in the United States of American. However, the catfish industry is facing great challenges due to devastating diseases, high production cost, high feed and energy cost and international ...
Gene Editing of Luteinizing Hormone, Follicle-stimulating Hormone and Gonadotropin-releasing Hormone Genes to Sterilize Channel Catfish, Ictalurus punctatus, using Zinc Finger Nuclease, Transcription Activator-like Effector Nuclease and Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats/Cas9 Technologies
(2015-12-10)
Channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) is the leading freshwater aquaculture species in the US, but the catfish industry has been in crisis during the past few years. Genetically enhanced fish can greatly contribute to ...
Media reporting on suicide: Evaluating the effects of including preventative resources and psychoeducational information on suicide risk, attitudes, knowledge, and help-seeking behaviors
(2015-12-10)
Imitative suicidal behaviors after a published suicide news story have been well documented; thus, guidelines for reporting practices have been developed and disseminated. The effectiveness of the guidelines on reducing ...
Variable selection for industrial process modeling and monitoring
(2015-12-10)
In recent years, rapid developments in technology facilitated the collection of vast amount of data from different industrial processes. Data-driven soft sensors have been widely used in both academic research and industrial ...
Examining the Relationship between Principal Leadership, Teacher Motivation, and the Classroom Environment
(2015-12-10)
One purpose of this study was to examine the different aspects of a school environment including leadership, motivation, and instruction. Specifically, the following relationships were investigated: (a) principal leadership ...
State Implementation of Collaborative Aging and Disability Policy
(2015-12-10)
This research examines aging and disability collaborative arrangements at the state level. The focus is on how states design their collaborative long-term care service delivery programs through the Aging and Disability ...
Score Reduction on Personality Tests After a Middle Warning Message: Exploring the Possible Mechanisms
(2015-12-10)
Social desirable responding has posed a serious threat to the validity and utility of personality tests used as selection tools for organizations. There have been numerous attempts to circumvent this issue including ...
Simulation of the Impact of NOOPS on CPU Temperature
(2015-12-10)
A C++ based simulation language is used to simulate instruction scheduling in which a set of
processes is balanced by the ratio of memory operators. The simulation of the reduction of thermal
profiles involves insertion ...
Population dynamics of clownfish sea anemones: Patterns of decline, symbiosis with anemonefish, and management for sustainability
(2015-12-10)
Giant sea anemones on Indo-Pacific coral reefs are important ecologically as hosts to obligate clownfish (anemonefish) and cleanershrimp symbionts, and also economically as major components of the global trade in reef ...
Note Detection and Multiple Fundamental Frequency Estimation in Piano Recordings
(2015-12-10)
Automatic music transcription (AMT) is a difficult signal processing problem, which has, in the past decade or two, begun to receive proper treatment. An overview of the problem with a focus on the nature of music signals ...
Comparison of crystalline lysine and intact lysine used as a supplement in practical diets of Channel catfish (Ictalurus Punctatus) and Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus)
(2015-12-10)
Lysine is an essential amino acid commonly deficient in practical diets especially those contain high levels of plant protein ingredient, resulting in reduced growth and feed efficiency of aquatic animals. Supplementation ...
Dimensions of Growth: Examining the Five Factors of the Posttraumatic Growth Inventory
(2015-12-10)
Posttraumatic growth (PTG) is positive transformation following a traumatic experience. PTG, commonly measured with the Posttraumatic Growth Inventory (PTGI; Tedeschi & Calhoun, 1996), is postulated to occur in five distinct ...
Control Engineering Perspective on Genome-Scale Metabolic Modeling
(2015-12-10)
Fossil fuels impart major problems on the global economy and have detrimental effects to the environment, which has caused a world-wide initiative of producing renewable fuels. Lignocellulosic bioethanol for renewable ...
Improving Physicochemical Properties of Catfish Gelatin Films through the Maillard Reaction Assisted by Radio Frequency
(2015-12-10)
Encapsulation is a promising technology in food industries and biotechnology field. Native gelatin extracted from the catfish skins to be made as the wall materials of encapsulation have potential applications. High qualities ...
Using Molecular Dynamics to Examine the Effect of a Novel L505H Mutation on Drug-Resistant B-Raf-V600E and to Understanding the Mechanistic Role of the Mobile Loop Region in Alkanesulfonate Monooxygenase
(2015-12-10)
Two main projects were studied in this work: 1) the effect of type I and type II inhibitors on B-Raf V600E and the B-Raf V600E-L505H mutations 2) the mechanistic role of the mobile loop in SsuD in alkanesulfonate monooxygenase. ...