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Civil Wars and Civil Beings: Violence, Religion, Race, Politics, Education, Culture, and Agrarianism in Perry County, Alabama, 1860-1875
(2006-12-15)
The years 1860 to 1875 were of immense importance to Alabama history. Following a controversial secession debate, its residents faced a life-changing war. In the aftermath of war, Alabamians wrestled with the changes ...
The Clash of the Scientific and Official Minds and the Making of the Chernobyl Disaster
(2023-04-17)
Abstract
The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant tragedy remains the world’s worst nuclear disaster in terms of ecological devastation and the loss of human life. The accident’s consequences reached far beyond the initial ...
A Class-Specific Ensemble Feature Selection Approach for Classification Problems
(2009-04-20)
This research proposes a new feature selection algorithm, Class-specific Ensemble Feature Selection (CEFS), which finds class-specific subsets of features optimal to each available classification in the dataset. Each ...
Classic and Complex Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Latent Profile Analysis
(2015-12-04)
Some trauma survivors, especially those exposed to chronic interpersonal trauma, exhibit a wide range of psychological sequelae beyond the classic symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Foremost among these are ...
Classification of Ego Platform Motion for Platform Independent Plug and Play Navigation
(2016-05-05)
This dissertation presents a method of using these kinematic constraints without requiring this apriori knowledge of the application platform. The method is termed ``joint navigation and classification'' (JNC), and involves ...
Classification Using A Functional Partial Least Squares Logistic Regression Method
(2016-04-12)
Statistical analysis of functional data has been explored extensively over the last decade
and functional partial least squares regression has emerged as a popular choice for classification problems. In partial least ...
Classifying Speakers Using Voice Biometrics In a Multimodal World
(2009-07-30)
The following dissertation document is a research study conducted to determine whether
a classi cation for a person is obtainable by using the person's voice. The intent of this
work was to investigate a collection of ...
Client Attachment, Symptom Distress, Marital Adjustment, and Therapeutic Alliance in Couple's Therapy
(2007-12-15)
The purpose of this thesis was to examine the relationship between client anxiety, avoidance, symptom distress, marital adjustment and the therapeutic alliance in couple’s therapy. Sample for this study was composed of ...
Client Perception of Therapist Body Size: Effect on Evaluations
(2014-10-06)
The present study sought to determine whether there are differences in the competency ratings assigned to counselors of varying body sizes and whether the relationship between these variables is moderated by the client’s ...
Client Symptom Distress, Stage of Change, and the Therapeutic Alliance in Couple Therapy
(2007-08-15)
The purpose of this thesis was to examine how the relationship between client symptom distress and the therapeutic alliance was mediated by client stage of change in couple therapy. Sample for this study was composed of ...
Climate and Land Use/Cover Change Impacts on the Ecologically Relevant Flow Metrics in the Cahaba River Watershed
(2016-07-05)
This study explored the impacts of land use/cover (LULC) and climate change on hydrological responses, particularly low-flow regimes, in the rapidly urbanizing upper Cahaba River basin in north-central Alabama. The Cahaba ...
Climate Change Implications on Rainfall Erosivity and Intensity Duration Frequency Curves over the Southeast United States
(2023-08-04)
Climate change impacts on precipitation characteristics will alter the hydrologic characteristics, such as peak flows, time to peak, and soil erosion potential. However, many of the currently available climate change ...
Climate Variability Adaptive Capacity: Perceptions of Alabama Farmers
(2020-11-20)
The purpose of this study was to describe the adaptive capacity perceptions of Alabama farmers to climate variability. Adaptive capacity is the ability to successfully respond to climate variability threats. Climate change ...
Climate Variability and Irrigation Impacts on Stream-Aquifer Dynamics in the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin
(2015-08-18)
Climate variability cycles are responsible for short term fluctuations in climatic conditions thereby, affecting the water cycle and the availability of freshwater resources around the world. In Southeast United States, ...
Climate-Smart Agriculture: Building A Resilient Cocoa Industry In Ghana
(2024-04-12)
The Study is a three-paper article dissertation. The purpose of the first paper is to examine smallholder farmer's perception of climate change in cocoa production in Ghana. The study employs shifts in environmental ...
Clinical Applications of Therapeutic Drug Monitoring in Canine Idiopathic Epilepsy Patients Receiving Levetiracetam
(2018-11-20)
There are currently no drugs approved for the treatment of canine idiopathic epilepsy and as a result extra-label use of human-approved medications is common. Older agents such as phenobarbital are effective in dogs, but ...
The Clinical Experience of Therapists in a Training Program as a Predictor of the Therapy Alliance, Client Dropouts, and Duration of Therapy
(2006-12-15)
Little research has addressed the effect clinical experience during graduate training has on students’ ability to improve therapeutic effectiveness. This study examined the relationship between student-therapists’ clinical ...
Clinical Pharmacokinetic Analysis and Modeling of Tranexamic Acid in Dogs
(2018-05-30)
Tranexamic Acid (TXA) is an FDA approved drug for hemophilia patients undergoing dental extractions and women experiencing heavy bleeding during menstrual periods. It is also used to stop bleeding and decrease risk of ...
Clinical Tests of Lumbo-Pelvic-Hip Complex Function in Individuals with and without Scapular Dyskinesis: Implications for Identifying Individuals at Risk for Upper Extremity Injury
(2016-12-09)
Scapular dyskinesis reflects suboptimal scapular function that may have damaging effects on surrounding structures. Due to its association with nearly all shoulder injuries, it has been recommended that the dynamic scapular ...
Clinical, Biochemical, and Molecular Aspects of Glanzmann Thrombasthenia in Horses
(2008-12-15)
Glanzmann thrombasthenia (GT) is an autosomal recessive bleeding disorder that is caused by a quantitative or qualitative deficiency in platelet membrane glycoprotein complex IIb-IIIa (integrin aIIbß3), also known as the ...