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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 ...
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 ...
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. ...
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 ...
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 ...
A friendly salute: the President-Little Belt Affair and the coming of the war of 1812

Hooks, Jonathon Woodard (University of Alabama Libraries, 2009)

In May 1811, thirteen months before the start of the War of 1812, the United States frigate President and the British sloop-of-war Little Belt fought an hour-long battle approximately fifty miles off the North Carolina ...
Study of a cold start fuel produced by an active vapor utilization system for use in gasoline powered vehicles

Crawford, John William (University of Alabama Libraries, 2009)

This research focuses on the continuous development of the Active Vapor Recovery System (AVUS) which has the potential to reduce unburned hydrocarbon emissions from automobiles. The AVUS collects, condenses and stores ...
Osteoporosis knowledge, beliefs, and behaviors of college students: utilization of the Health Belief Model

Edmonds, Ellen (University of Alabama Libraries, 2009)

The purpose of this study is to determine the level of osteoporosis knowledge, beliefs and behavior among college students. In addition, this study will examine perceived susceptibility, severity, benefits, barriers and ...
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 ...
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 ...
After Mary Prince: navigating 'authenticity' in 20th-century diasporic women's migration narratives

Simmons, Kathryn Merinda (University of Alabama Libraries, 2009)

This project calls for a renewed consideration of Mary Prince's 1831 Caribbean slave narrative in critical readings of 20th-century women's migration novels. Specifically, I offer readings of how the signs "gender" and ...
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 ...
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 ...
The efficacy of peer review in a university-level ESL writing class

Brathwaite, Sara Strickland (University of Alabama Libraries, 2009)

Currently, there is a great debate concerning whether peer review is an effective activity in the university-level English-as-a-Second-Language writing classroom. Peer review offers the unique opportunity for second-language ...
Impact of moral judgment and moral disengagement on rape-supportive attitudes in college males

Carroll, Jessica Ashley (University of Alabama Libraries, 2009)

Sexual aggression and, more specifically, non-stranger sexual assault, commonly referred to as date rape, has been documented as a serious problem on college campuses for at least three decades (Fezzani & Benshoff, 2003). ...
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 ...
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. ...
Court cases involving school board authority in issues with respect to personnel 1981-2008

Edmonds, Charles Hugh (University of Alabama Libraries, 2009)

In the field of education, the public school board of education is charged with the authority to meet the requirements that are set forth according to the laws that govern education within each state. Public school boards ...
Experimental methods in phonosemantics: preliminary testing of the antonymic hypothesis as a way of mediating between the arbitrary nature of linguistic representation and aspects of iconism

Freeman, Geremy Richard (University of Alabama Libraries, 2009)

The question of whether or not linguistic sounds might convey inherent meaning has never conclusively been resolved. This is an empirical study weighing evidence for and against the existence of phonosemantics, also known ...

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