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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 ...
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. ...
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 ...
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 ...
The localization and behavior of fluorescently tagged magnetic nanoparticles in biological systems

Sewell, Mary Kathryn (University of Alabama Libraries, 2009)

A novel combination cancer therapy platform incorporating chemotherapy and hyperthermia is proposed. Magnetic nanoparticles are included as a way to achieve the hyperthermia treatment, as well as for use as a platform for ...
Room where I get what I want

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

Collection of poems.
Effectiveness measurement of a training program developed for supervising discipline engineers

Morriss, Robert Chadwick (University of Alabama Libraries, 2009)

This research investigates a methodology to effectively assess the development of supervising discipline engineers' management skills resulting from a structured, in-class, development program. Civil, mechanical, electrical, ...
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 ...
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 ...
The Supervising Discipline Engineer's (SDE) role in the Front End Planning Process

Ingram, Clayton Bryant (University of Alabama Libraries, 2009)

The Supervising Discipline Engineer's (SDE) role in the Front End Planning (FEP) Process is thought to be an important one by engineering managers at an Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) firm. Although FEP ...
Parent and teacher influences on preschool children's emotion regulation, pre-academic and social skills

Smith, LaToya M. (University of Alabama Libraries, 2009)

The purpose of the present study is to examine parent and teacher influences on preschool children's emotion regulation, pre-academic and social skills. Parent-reported child behavior (i.e., effortful control and negative ...
Matilda: a mass filtered nanocluster source

Kwon, GiHan (University of Alabama Libraries, 2009)

Cluster science provides a good model system for the study of the size dependence of electronic properties, chemical reactivity, as well as magnetic properties of materials. One of the main interests in cluster science is ...
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 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 ...
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 ...
Progress toward the synthesis of a Xenia diterpenoid common intermediate and the preparation of inotilone derivatives

Carr, Jeremy Mathew (University of Alabama Libraries, 2009)

Xenia diterpenoid natural products (or xenicanes), isolated from the crude organic extracts of coelentrates, have been shown to possess cytotoxic, antiangiogentic, antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory effects against a ...
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 ...

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