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"'[W]ritten with teares in harts close bleeding booke': wounds, skepticism, and the interior of the body in Early Modern romance

Phelps, Paul Chandler (University of Alabama Libraries, 2009)

"Written with Teares" studies two romances--Edmund Spenser's "The Faerie Queene" and Sir Philip Sidney's "The New Arcadia"--and begins with a simple hypothesis: that Spenser's and Sidney's elaboration on wounds demonstrate ...
War is a terrible enemy to temperance: drinking, self-control, and the meaning of loyalty in the Civil War era

Bever, Megan Leigh (University of Alabama Libraries, 2014)

When the American Civil War began in 1861, people on both sides of the conflict believed that the conduct of soldiers and civilians would shape if not determine the war's outcome. In this context, the nation-wide temperance ...
War, civil rights, and higher education: African American Vietnam veterans,the civil rights era, and the G.I. Bill

Craddock, Douglas (University of Alabama Libraries, 2017)

The story of Black veterans and their experience in the Vietnam War is one of little investigation especially with regard to those who are from the state of Alabama. This study particularly focuses on the experiences of ...
Warning--side effects may not include paying attention: visual features that influence attention to warning information in direct-to-consumer pharmeceutical advertisements

Fondren, Wesley Eugene (University of Alabama Libraries, 2009)

Direct-to-consumer pharmaceutical advertisements are required by law to include warning information about possible side effects. The text sizes and text colors for warning information often vary from the headline of the ...
Water quench thermal fatigue analysis of grade p22 and grade p91 steels

Appling, William (University of Alabama Libraries, 2015)

Power plants and other facilities that utilize high temperature steam flow have been using corrosion-resistant steels with high creep-rupture strengths in their piping systems. Fatigue crack failures have occurred in these ...
"We the women of Juárez are strong": a rhetorical analysis of Diana, the huntress of bus drivers

Roberts, Matthew Austin (University of Alabama Libraries, 2016)

In August 2013, a woman boarded a bus in Juárez, Mexico. As she left the bus, she shot the bus driver in the head, fatally wounding him. The next morning, she boarded another bus, killing a second driver. In the days ...
We've come a long way baby . . . or have we?: the phenomenon of community re-integrated for incarcerated women

Baldwin, Joshua Thomas (University of Alabama Libraries, 2009)

The current study explored the phenomenon of community re-integration with incarcerated women. Each of the women were six months or less from release and had at least one prior experience with community re-integration. ...
Weakly nonlinear convection induced by the sequestration of co$_2$ in a perfectly impervious geological formation

Vo, Liet Anh (University of Alabama Libraries, 2017)

This thesis examines the problem of convection that occurs during the geological sequestration of carbon dioxide. The mathematical model accounts for both diffusion and convection in a geological formation that has anistropic ...
Web 2.0 definition, usage, and self-efficacy: a study of graduate library school students and academic librarians at colleges and universities with ALA accredited degree programs

Davis, Jonathon Clay (University of Alabama Libraries, 2009)

The topic of Web 2.0 has been studied several times within the field of library science, but there are several areas that warrant additional research: (a) examining definition of Web 2.0; and (b) providing baseline descriptive ...
Weighing the evidence: how observational evidence and bias influence children's belief in a novel fantastical entity

Meyer, Brooke A. (University of Alabama Libraries, 2016)

Research has demonstrated that children make judgements about the world based on information learned from others and through their own observations, and are also influenced by their biases. However, oftentimes the information ...
Welcome to South Carolina: race, sex and the rise of tourism in Myrtle Beach, 1900-1975

Hourigan, Richard R. (University of Alabama Libraries, 2010)

Though scholars have long focused on the impact traditional industries had on the development of the South, few have looked at the role tourism played in the economic and cultural transformation of the region. Even in South ...
The Western U.S. Drought: How Bad Is It?

Piechota, Thomas C.; Timilsena, Janak; Tootle, Glenn; Hidalgo, Hugo (2004-08-10)

Historical stream flow records and the forecast for 2004 make the current (1999–2004) drought in the southwestern United States the worst one in the past 80 years for portions of the Upper Colorado River Basin (UCRB). For ...
Wet chemical synthesis strategies to develop aluminum manganese nanoparticles for high density magnetic recording

Ivie, Michael Allen (University of Alabama Libraries, 2010)

As the technology era grows rapidly, there is always a need for quick access to stored data. Magnetic tape is one type of recording media used of information storage. Its main use in computer applications is for archival ...
What Can the Occult do for you?: Starlight Attenuation & Reddening Survey of Multiple Occulting Galaxies (STARSMOG)

Holwerda, B. W.; Keel, W. C. (2015-08)
What do you see?: a case study of community college science pedagogy

Calhoun, Chantae M. (University of Alabama Libraries, 2012)

Community colleges educate almost half of all American undergraduates. These students include but are not limited to under-prepared high school graduates, and individuals who are working full-time while attending school, ...
"What don't Black girls do?": constructions of deviance and the performance of Black female sexuality

Hill, Kiara Monique (University of Alabama Libraries, 2015)

This research interrogates the ways in which Black women process and negotiate their sexual identities. By connecting the historical exploitation of Black female bodies to the way Black female deviant identities are ...
What factors are related to the satisfaction of online instructors at rural community colleges?

Ramsey, Kristie Green (University of Alabama Libraries, 2011)

Student enrollment in online classes has witnessed a significant growth over the past decade. Higher education institutions, in particular, rural community colleges recognize both the need and demand for online classes and ...
What moves you?: adoption and maintenance of physical activity among midlife and older African American women

Austin, Audrey (University of Alabama Libraries, 2013)

Middle-aged and older African American women report the lowest rates of physical activity compared to men, younger women, and similarly aged White women, as well as higher death rates from conditions associated with physical ...
What not to swear: how do children learn bad words?

Savage, Shakira Desiree (University of Alabama Libraries, 2016)

Children begin producing taboo words as early as ages one or two years old and produce them at a steady rate until the teenage years. However, little is known about how children acquire taboo words and whether the acquisition ...
Wheelchair basketball and agility

Williams, Elisha (University of Alabama Libraries, 2014)

Wheelchair basketball players need to have strong fundamental wheelchair skills for optimal performance. Success in wheelchair basketball is largely dependent on a player's ability to outmaneuver his/her opponent through ...

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