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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 ...
Three essays in corporate finance

Jeon, Jin Q (University of Alabama Libraries, 2009)

This dissertation contains three essays in corporate finance. The first essay investigates the size and relative impact of termination fees utilized in merger agreements using a sample of 1,702 M&A deals involving U.S ...
Magnetic anisotropy graded media and Fe-Pt alloy thin films

Lu, Zhihong (University of Alabama Libraries, 2009)

Anisotropy graded media is promising to overcome the writability problem in achieving ultrahigh areal density for magnetic recording media. To more conveniently study and compare various media with regard to a particular ...
Three essays on institutional investors and income taxes

Usrey, Spencer Conley (University of Alabama Libraries, 2009)

This dissertation investigates the role of institutional investors in capital market tax studies. Specifically, this studies examines how institutional investors influence firms' cost of capital and financing decisions ...
Use of microscopic traffic simulation and field data to investigate saturated and free flow traffic conditions at arterial signals

Gurupackiam, Saravanan (University of Alabama Libraries, 2009)

Over the years microscopic traffic simulation has evolved as the premier tool to analyze complex and congested transportation networks. However, despite the robustness and wide spread use of traffic microsimulation, some ...
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 ...
Aquatic community organization in a diverse floodplain river fish fauna of the southeastern United States

Kennedy, Thomas Brian (University of Alabama Libraries, 2009)

I investigated the ecology of native fishes resident to the unregulated Sipsey River in west-central Alabama for 20 consecutive months. Using a synoptic sampling approach, I collected > 19,000 fishes representing 77 of ...
"'[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 ...
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 ...
Application of the diffusion of innovations theory and the health belief model to describe EMR use among Alabama family medicine physicians: a rural and urban analysis

Tucker, Melanie Tara (University of Alabama Libraries, 2009)

The Alabama Black Belt region consists of twelve counties which are characterized by a high percentage of African Americans, acute poverty, rural decline, inadequate education programs, and significantly poor health outcomes. ...
Managing risk with short term futures contracts

Yu, Chunhui (University of Alabama Libraries, 2009)

[NOTE: Text or symbols not renderable in plain text are indicated by [...]. See PDF document for full abstract.] In this dissertation, we search for an optimal strategy to reduce the running risk in hedging a long-term ...
Room where I get what I want

Holmes, Sarah Whitney (University of Alabama Libraries, 2009)

Collection of poems.
Evil men

Wennermark, Erik (University of Alabama Libraries, 2009)

A collection of short stories interested in the nature of evil as it relates to the formulation of masculine identity. As means of this exploration, the collection engages a multitude of forms and narrative styles, as well ...
Statistical tomography for scalar turbulence measurements using line of sight optical techniques

Kolhe, Pankaj Sharadchandra (University of Alabama Libraries, 2009)

Turbulence has been an intriguing subject for several decades with past studies focusing on understanding the transition to turbulence and characterizing turbulence using statistical tools. In present research rainbow ...
Compressive gait biometric with wireless distributed pyroelectric sensors

Li, Nanxiang (University of Alabama Libraries, 2009)

Human tracking and recognition are desirable yet challenging for many applications including surveillance, computer vision, robotics, virtual reality, etc. Many biometric modalities have been used on these applications. ...
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 ...
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 ...
Chasing after the funeral

McWhirter, Elizabeth Evans (University of Alabama Libraries, 2009)

This is an original work of fiction.
Cultural models, pregnancy, and stress: examining intracultural variation in Jalisco, Mexico

Jackson, Meredith Ann (University of Alabama Libraries, 2009)

The purpose of this research was to use cultural domain analysis (n=73) to determine if one or more shared models of a good pregnancy exist in Jalisco, Mexico, and to use cultural consonance analysis (n=88) to statistically ...

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