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Movie: the musical! a three article dissertation examining the phenomenon of film as source material for Broadway musicals

Wallace, Richard (University of Alabama Libraries, 2004-08)

Prior to 1997, 52 musicals based on films were produced on Broadway over a time period of 45 years. From 1997 through April 24, 2017, 73 more film-based musicals opened, an increase of 138% in less than half the time. The ...
Out of water

Sheets, Jessica Kathryn Ezell (University of Alabama Libraries, 2009)

The narrator, Jasmine, has moved recently from Arkansas to a small Midwestern town. As she describes the street she lives on, Maple Street, and her new hometown, she recalls the time, years earlier, when she worked as an ...
A self-help behavioral activation treatment for geriatric depressive symptoms

Moss, Kathryn Sara (University of Alabama Libraries, 2009)

The present study investigated behavioral activation (BA)bibliotherapy as a treatment for late-life depressive symptoms. BA bibliotherapy was administered using Addis and Martell's (2004) Overcoming Depression One Step at ...
A mathematical model for freeway incident detection and characterization: a fuzzy approach

Brumback, Terry Eugene (University of Alabama Libraries, 2009)

This research presents a fuzzy clustering methodology to automatic incident detection and characterization. The methodology is presented through an automated decision support system that incorporates a GeoMapping re-routing ...
Low-molecular-weight chromium-binding substance: advanced studies from aves to human

Chen, Yuan (University of Alabama Libraries, 2009)

Chromium has been observed to play a role in maintaining proper carbohydrate and lipid metabolism of mammals. One of the potentially biological active forms of chromium in vitro is low-molecular-weight chromium-binding ...
Upper crustal shortening and forward modeling of the Himalayan fold-thrust belt along the Budhi-Gandaki river, central Nepal

Khanal, Subodha (University of Alabama Libraries, 2009)

Geologic mapping along the Budhi-Gandaki River in central Nepal reveals 6 significant structures: 1) South Tibetan Detachment system; 2) Main Central thrust; 3) Ramgarh thrust; 4) Lesser Himalayan duplex including the ...
Effects of environmental ageing parameters on interfacial bond properties of carbon fiber tow in epoxy resin: an experimental and numerical study

Vemuganti, Shloka (University of Alabama Libraries, 2009)

The effects of environment on the interfacial bond strength of carbon fiber tow embedded in epoxy resin are being studied through accelerated aging experiments and pull-out tests (PT). The goal is to examine the synergistic ...
Damage evolution in composite materials under environmental ageing: a stochastic model with experimental validation

Rahman, Rezwanur (University of Alabama Libraries, 2009)

This work emphasizes on predicting probability density function of damages or "number density of damage" in graphite/epoxy polymer matrix composite materials (PMC) under hygrothermal aging condition. A coupled Forward-Backward ...
Using design-based change orders as a lessons learned metric in university dormitory construction

Stone, Matthew Lee Cole (University of Alabama Libraries, 2009)

The enrollment at The University of Alabama has increased substantially in recent years and the University is expanding to meet the growing demands. The expansion includes four dormitory complexes built within the past ...
Pac-man shaped magnetic tunnel junctions for SEU-resistant CMOS-based magnetic flip flops for space applications

Abo, Gavin S. (University of Alabama Libraries, 2009)

Pac-man shaped magnetic tunnel junctions are proposed for CMOS-based magnetic flip flops for space applications. Micromagnetic simulation was performed on single layer elongated Pac-man shape, modified rectangular shape, ...
Energy cost and thermal contribution of components of protective firefighter gear

Casaru, Catalina (University of Alabama Libraries, 2009)

Firefighter turn-out gear negatively impacts firefighters' ability to dissipate heat and increases energy expenditure consequently decreasing work tolerance and efficiency. The purpose of this study was to determine the ...
Meeting the standards: a look at one university's efforts to prepare tomorrow's teachers to use technology

Endfinger, Brian Sanford (University of Alabama Libraries, 2009)

What are the perceptions of elementary teachers regarding their ability to meet the state technology standards for teachers during their classroom instruction? What did the teachers perceive as current barriers in meeting ...
Resegregation: a case study of the failure of the color blind ideal in K-12 schooling policy

Kinslow, Kathleen Mary (University of Alabama Libraries, 2009)

Given the current trend for school districts to reorganize once unitary status is achieved, a cultural ethnography was conducted to determine how high school students experienced the inevitable resegregation in their school ...
A geographical classification of Master's Colleges and Universities

Kinkead, John Clinton (University of Alabama Libraries, 2009)

This study had two primary objectives. First, this study sought to create a classification system to which publicly-controlled Carnegie classified Master's Colleges and Universities could be grouped according to geographical ...
Being an effective custodian of communication theory: an examination of theory construction, methodological streamlining, and special population use between constitutive rhetoric, attribution theory, and the third person effect

Turnipseed, Thomas Robert Ian (University of Alabama Libraries, 2009)

The area of media effects research is important to understanding how one interacts with and is affected by the different forms of media in society. Since this age is called the information age, one is almost always in ...
Ninth and tenth grade students' mathematics self-efficacy beliefs: the sources and relationships to teacher classroom interpersonal behaviors

White, Amanda Garrett (University of Alabama Libraries, 2009)

The purpose of the mix-methods action research study was to seek how the changes in students' perceptions about teacher classroom interpersonal behaviors, the four efficacy sources and mathematics self-efficacy beliefs ...
Past responses to climate change: reconstruction of vegetation histories in three brackish marshes

Cripps, Rebecca Marie (University of Alabama Libraries, 2009)

Long-term persistence of coastal wetlands depends on maintenance of surface elevations relative to sea-level rise also in the presence of other natural and anthropogenic stressors. To predict coastal marsh response to ...
An exploratory study of the presentation of special education law in administrative preparation programs for aspiring administrators

Powell, Patricia (University of Alabama Libraries, 2009)

Administrators must have a strong command of education and special education law. Case law rulings, additions to procedural safeguards, and legislation in the area of special education are demonstrative of the need for ...
A study of heat fluxes in oblique cutting of A390 using infrared imaging and inverse heat conduction

McCarty, Sean Christopher (University of Alabama Libraries, 2009)

The energy released during mechanical cutting is carried away by the metal chips and conduction into the tool. This report focuses on determination of the heat fluxes into the tool during orthogonal cutting using Beck's ...
The Corona Theorem for the multiplier algebras on weighted Dirichlet spaces

Kidane, Berhanu Tekle (University of Alabama Libraries, 2009)

In this dissertation we give a proof of "The Corona Theorem for Infinitely Many Functions for the Multiplier Algebras on Weighted Dirichlet Spaces", and we obtain explicit estimates on the size of the solution. We denote ...

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