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Writing Wrongs: A Clinical Trial of an Adapted Expressive Writing Activity for Minoritized Students at Predominantly White Institutions Who Experience Microaggressions
(2025-10-10)
Racial and ethnic based stressors, such as microaggressions, compound upon universally experienced stressors of higher education and result in lasting negative repercussions for minoritized students enrolled at Predominantly ...
Writing, Religion, and Women's Identity in Civil War Alabama
(2009-04-14)
This dissertation deals with middle and upper class, literate, Protestant, white Alabama women during the Civil War and their construction of personal identity through their religious beliefs. How did women cope with the ...
Wrong-Way Driving: Crash Data Analysis and Safety Countermeasures
(2016-07-25)
Wrong-way driving (WWD) on controlled-access highways has been a consistent issue since the introduction of Interstate systems in the 1950s. Despite all the efforts to overcome the issue, there is still much to learn. This ...
Xanthophyll in Catfish: Response Under Controlled and Outdoor Conditions
(2012-12-04)
Catfish industry is the largest component of aquaculture in the United States of America. It is a mature industry with more than 50 years of successful production, yet it faces various challenges while it adapts to shifting ...
Xi-Chi as Root Metaphor in Taiwanese Weddings
(2006-05-15)
Anthropologists have always been interested in implications of each societal unit in different cultures. However, they are also aware of drastic changes in these units in many cultures due to migration, technologies, gay ...
Xylem sap growth and biofilm formation of Xylella fastidiosa and its connection with host adaptation and virulence
(2025-12-04)
Xylella fastidiosa is a xylem-limited, insect-transmitted plant pathogen that causes severe diseases in many crops. Xylem sap is the only nutrient medium for bacteria to survive and multiply inside plants. This study ...
Xyris tennesseensis: status survey, habitat restoration/management concerns, and relation to a new xyrid, Xyris spathifolia
(2008-08-15)
Xyris tennesseensis is a federally endangered, obligate wetland, perennial herb. It inhabits calcareous seeps, fens, and spring runs with a distribution restricted to the Interior Plateau and Ridge and Valley ecoregions ...
Yaw-Roll Coupled Oscillations of a Slender Delta Wing
(2008-08-15)
The delta wing has been a highly studied aerial planform, from counter rotating vortices to a rolling `wing rock' motion. The research done at Auburn University is an extension of those studies. This research studies not ...
Yield, Resistance and Fiber Quality Performance of Reniform Nematode resistant QTL Ren barb2 in BARBREN-713 Derived Upland Cotton Lines
(2015-12-10)
Reniform nematode (Rotylenchulus reniformis Linford and Oliveria) is a major pest of
upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) in Alabama. BARBREN-713 is a germplasm with high
resistance to reniform nematode (RR) released ...
Yoga: Effects on Throwing Performance, Range of Motion, Strength, and Flexibility in a NCAA Division I Softball Team
(2016-05-03)
Overhead throwing is a highly dynamic, total-body motion that requires strength, range of motion, flexibility, functional stability, and neuromuscular coordination. Throwing athletes train diligently to improve these ...
Yolk androgen deposition in two passerine species: Do females play favorites?
(2005-12-15)
Eggs of oviparous species contain variable amounts of androgens, such as testosterone (T), dihydrotestosterone (DHT), and androstenedione (A4). Previous studies in birds show that yolk androgens of maternal origin have ...
"You Are Where You Eat": reconnecting Birmingham, AL residents to their landscape through a local food network
(2013-03-18)
In an age of increasing globalization and expanding food distribution networks the distance between food sources and consumers is growing at an alarming rate. With
this growing gap comes the increased separation of ties ...
“You Can’t Beat a Cover Crop:” Assessing the Sustainability Outcomes of a Cover Crop Incentive Program in Alabama
(2025-08-01)
Conservation agriculture approaches and technologies (e.g., cover crops, variable-rate irrigation) can increase resource use efficiencies and help make intensified agricultural systems more sustainable. Entities across ...
"You have to leave [your autism] at the door”: Understanding high-masking autistic women’s experiences navigating structural and interpersonal stigma
(2026-04-30)
Society’s understanding of how autism presents in women is critically misinformed. Autism in girls and women is misunderstood, as the female phenotype presents differently than how it presents in boys. One of the major ...
Young Adults’ Perception of Fathering and the Father-Child Relationship in the Context of Marital Violence
(2015-07-21)
The current study utilized a qualitative research design, combining grounded theory and thematic analysis, to examine fathering by maritally violent men from the perspective of their young adult children. Semi-structured ...
Young Children's Vulnerability to Achievement Goals: A Validation Study
(2006-05-15)
The purpose of this study was to explore validity of measures used to asses children as having a helpless or mastery oriented pattern of response to failure. Participants (N = 190) were part of a larger project, the Child ...
Young Female Adults’ Two-Piece Swimsuit Style Choices in Relation to Their Body Shape, Size, and Satisfaction
(2013-05-01)
The purpose of this study was to investigate the influences of body shape, size, and satisfaction on two-piece swimsuit style purchase choices of young female adults. A questionnaire incorporated a purchase likelihood scale ...
The Young Women Leaders' Program: Exploring Factors and Outcomes Associated with Emerging Adult Female Mentors' Experience
(2012-11-08)
The purpose of this study was to understand young adult female mentors’ experiences in a mentoring program that pairs undergraduates with at-risk female junior high school students. There is extremely limited research ...
Your Brain on Plastic: Measuring the Physiological to Transcriptomic Responses of Human Microglia to Consumer-Grade Micro- and Nanoplastics
(2026-04-23)
The production of plastics has reached record levels, with nearly half a billion metric tonnes produced annually. As such, there have been staggering increases in the amount of mismanaged- along with landfill-bound plastic ...
Your Experience on Your Terms: A survivor-based analysis of the impact caused by the miscommunication surrounding sexual violence on college campuses
(2022-04-29)
This thesis explores the perspectives of female survivors of campus sexual violence as they shed light on their disclosure and support seeking processes. Through the lens of communication privacy management (CPM) and social ...