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A Sousa band concert reimagined as a solo trombone recital

Houghtling, Jonathan David (University of Alabama Libraries, 2004-05)

John Philip Sousa is primarily known around the world for his march compositions. He was even given the nickname “The March King” by a British band journal. Compositions such as The Stars and Stripes Forever, The Washington ...
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 ...
Serving two masters: Methodism and the negotiation of masculinity in the antebellum South

Carney, Charity Rakestraw (University of Alabama Libraries, 2009)

This dissertation examines the development of a distinct southern Methodist masculinity from the 1830s to the 1860s. More than a church history, this study explores the relationship between non-religious and religious ...
Unethical leadership in higher education and the precarious journey to recovery: a case study of the Alabama Community College System

Kelly, Donald Luther (University of Alabama Libraries, 2009)

Recent events of the Alabama Community College System are examined as an historical organizational case study. Critical events are noted along with associated professional literature related to those events and actions. ...
School counselors, NDEA, and school desegregation in Alabama: the evolution of a profession

Givens, Mary Burke (University of Alabama Libraries, 2009)

After the Soviet Union launched Sputnik in 1957, Congress funded the National Defense Education Act of 1958 (NDEA) which created school counselor training institutes throughout the country in order to identify highly ...
Groundwater flow dynamics and contaminant transport to coastal waters under low recharge conditions: regional-scale study of the aquifer system underlying southern Baldwin County, Alabama

Murgulet, Dorina (University of Alabama Libraries, 2009)

This study examined the influence of drought conditions and increased hydrological stresses on the groundwater system flow dynamics, submarine groundwater discharge, and nitrate transport and discharge to the Gulf of Mexico. ...
The academic achievement gap between African American and White students: an exploratory study on reading achievement and intrinsic motivation

Herron-McCoy, LaMonica Lanell (University of Alabama Libraries, 2009)

The purpose of this study was to explore the academic achievement gap between upper elementary African American and White students. This study sought to assess any relationships between whether academic reading, students ...
Fused polycyclic imidazoles

Iconaru, Luigi Iulian (University of Alabama Libraries, 2009)

This dissertation presents the synthetic efforts toward the generation and stabilization of fused polycyclic poly(imidazole)s based nucleophilic poly(carbene)s. Chapter 1 reviews how fused nucleophilic carbenes have been ...
Enabling school structure, mindfulness, and teacher empowerment: test of a theory

Watts, Donald M. (University of Alabama Libraries, 2009)

This study looked at the relationship of an enabling school structure and mindfulness toward teacher empowerment. An enabling school structure is the perception in which leadership fosters collaboration, innovation, and ...
Corporate e-learning: how three healthcare companies implement and measure the effectiveness of e-learning

Hodges, Allison H. (University of Alabama Libraries, 2009)

Technological advancements such as the growth of the Internet provide opportunities for learning that are hard to resist. As technology continues to change at a rapid pace, e-learning has become an important priority of ...
Control design and analysis of doubly-fed induction generator in wind power application

Mazari, Shukul (University of Alabama Libraries, 2009)

The work presented in this thesis includes control system design, analysis and grid synchronization of a DFIG (doubly-fed induction generator) driven by a wind turbine using stator-voltage and stator-flux oriented frames. ...
Oxygen depletion shutdown algorithm for portable gasoline generators

Smelser, Jennifer Beasley (University of Alabama Libraries, 2009)

Portable gasoline generators are very useful during power outages caused by snow storms, hurricanes, tornadoes, and earthquakes. If not used outdoors and away from the home, the consequences can be deadly. Due to the ...
The River God as a necessary horizon: myths of origin as hegemonic influences in feature news journalism

Latta, John (University of Alabama Libraries, 2009)

This dissertation examines the presence of America's foundational myths, especially mythicized American capitalism, as sources of base narrative structure for mainstream American news media. A reliance on these myths ...
First observation of 7Be solar neutrinos with KamLAND

Keefer, Gregory John (University of Alabama Libraries, 2009)

The international KamLAND collaboration operates a 1 kton liquid scintillation detector in the Kamioka mine in Gifu, Japan. KamLAND's main scientific results are the precision measurement of the solar Δm²₁₂ = 7.58 <super>+ ...
"Shall these bones live?": a textual materialist study of the 1950-1975 Chinua Achebe corpus

McCormick, Paige Reece (University of Alabama Libraries, 2009)

This project fills several substantial lacunae in Achebe letters. First, it provides a chronological bibliography of the 1950-1975 Achebe corpus. This establishes for the first time a comprehensive and accurate illustration ...
A comparative test of theories of polarity and conflict

Zhang, Wanfa (University of Alabama Libraries, 2009)

Works on the relationship between polarity and war in the past produce inconsistent, sometimes, self-conflicting conclusions. This is caused by the lack of a comparable way of conceptualizing and defining polarity and the ...
Designing, manufacturing, testing, and optimizing of micro-fuel cells

Lu, Yuhao (University of Alabama Libraries, 2009)

Micro-fuel cells are considered as promising electrochemical power sources in portable electronic devices. Performance of micro-fuel cells are closely related to many factors, such as processes of fabrication, designs of ...
Synthesis of trifluoronitromethane, CF₃NO₂: photochemical scale-up and a new thermogeneration method with a refined purification technique

Hauptfleisch, John O. (University of Alabama Libraries, 2009)

The research herein investigates two primary methods to synthesize trifluoronitromethane, CF₃NO₂. The first method, a photochemical synthesis, was discovered by the Thrasher group and published in 2002. This photochemical ...
Applications of polyamidoamine dendrimers in polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells

Zhu, Huizhen (University of Alabama Libraries, 2009)

Dendrimers are highly branched macromolecules with well-ordered three- dimensional architectures. Polyamidoamine (PAMAM), the most common class of dendrimers, have been widely studied due primarily to the following three ...
A comparison of two computer-aided instruction methods with traditional instruction in freshmen college mathematics classes

Moosavi, Seyed A. (University of Alabama Libraries, 2009)

Computer Aided Instruction (CAI) has vast possibilities that are just beginning to emerge as the medium is being utilized by more and more institutions nationwide. The new educational software industries have the potential ...

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