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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 ...
Faculty training for online teachers in three rural Alabama community colleges: a multiple case study

Davis, Robert Edward (University of Alabama Libraries, 2009)

Online education is providing community colleges opportunities to reach students through the use of technological advances. These technological advances have allowed faculty to develop new teaching skills and transfer these ...
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 ...
An ICM approach to the assessment of a medical ethics intervention in Thailand

Pinijphon, Ponsopa (University of Alabama Libraries, 2009)

The purpose of this study was to develop and test a new instrument, the Medical Intermediate Concept Measure of Ethical Reasoning (Hereafter the MD-ICM), designed to help educators assess the ethical reasoning of medical ...
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 ...
The relation between Alzheimer's disease caregiving status, health-related possible selves, and health behaviors

Haley, Philip Parker (University of Alabama Libraries, 2009)

Possible selves are personalized representations of the self in the future that may motivate individuals to strive toward desired states and avoid feared outcomes. Possible selves have been explored among many populations ...
The motivational effects of a GPS mapping project on student attitudes toward mathematics and mathematical achievement

Buck, Lisa Diane (University of Alabama Libraries, 2009)

The purpose of this study was to investigate how student attitudes and mathematical achievement would be affected by a mathematics-based GPS mapping project. The participants were 75 ninth-grade students taking algebra 1A. ...
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 ...
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 ...
Deus ex machina: the God machine

Pincumbe, Nicholas James (University of Alabama Libraries, 2009)

God is our salvation from eternal death. That's what Professor Nicholas Updown grew up believing. But what if there is no God? What then? These questions lead Nicholas down an unprecedented path of scientific exploration ...
The effects of internal audit role and reporting relationships on investor perceptions of disclosure credibility

Holt, Travis Paxton (University of Alabama Libraries, 2009)

This study assesses whether internal audit role and reporting relationships affect investor judgment and decision-making. Specifically, the study examines whether investor perceptions of disclosure credibility of financial ...
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. ...
The influence of Socialist Realism on the Yellow River Piano Concerto

Tham, Gloria (University of Alabama Libraries, 2009)

Commissioned by Madam Mao, also known as Jiang Qing (1914-1991), the Yellow River Piano Concerto (1968) is scored for Western orchestra and piano. The piano concerto is based on a previous composition — the Yellow River ...
A comparative health analysis of the historic African American cemetery population from 1LA151, Foster Cemetery, to three contemporaneous historic southeastern African American cemetery populations

Thompson, Brandon Samuel (University of Alabama Libraries, 2009)

The focus of this thesis involves the examination of two hypotheses stemming from field and osteological work at Foster Cemetery (1LA151) located in Lawrence County in northwest Alabama. The majority of this thesis assesses ...
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 ...
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. ...
Masculinity in peril: mutiny fiction and Victorian man-making

Phillips, Amanda Lynn (University of Alabama Libraries, 2009)

In Victorian Masculinities, Herbert Sussman identifies the emergence of the "masculine plot" in mid-nineteenth century writing by male authors. The masculine plot, an alternative to the marriage plot's bourgeois domestic ...

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