The thesis, entitled Fidelity and Flexibility in Waldorf Education, 1919–1998, takes as its focus the mysterious development of the turn-of-the-century progressive educational movement called Waldorf, so named after the Waldorf Astoria Cigarette Factory, whose owner was the gene…
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The life of Yishaq Arama (c.1420–1494) coincided with the last years of Spanish Jewry. Arama is primarily known for his baroque-like commentary to the Torah, Aqedet Yishaq, which uses a sermonic format to discuss both philosophical and textual issues. A short, polemical work, Ha…
This thesis examines creative trajectories of urban life that irrupted as a result of a series of devastating earthquakes in the city of Christchurch, New Zealand, in 2010-11. In particular, it focuses on third sector organisations (TSOs) that emerged during the recovery period,…
The bus industry is plagued by high accident costs and risks of passenger injuries. A bus simulator may offer a method of reducing accident rates by delivering targeted training to bus drivers who are most at risk. The first part of this thesis describes the design of the UK's f…
The primary focus of this dissertation is to demonstrate how Hebrews represents, in view of its historical and religious context, human fidelity to God. Reciprocity was one primary dynamic in the ancient Mediterranean world for establishing fidelity to a relationship and has bee…
This dissertation offers a collection of works examining the measurement and use of treatment integrity in the context of tiered systems, with a particular focus on comprehensive, integrated, three-tiered (Ci3T) models of prevention. We begin with a history of treatment integrit…
The purpose of this mixed methods study was to explore the differences in student communication skills, student perception of fidelity, and student self-confidence and satisfaction between beginning nursing students participating in a high-fidelity mannequin based versus a stand…
Background: Simulation-based education has become the mainstay of clinical education in health sciences and medical education. A simulation-based education is a result of work hour restriction placed on graduate learners, increased number of students requiring clinical experienc…
Given the rapid pace of urbanization, mitigation translocations are increasingly being used to reduce human-wildlife conflicts, especially to move animals out of the path of land development. Although commonly used, the efficacy of these efforts is often questioned. Burrowing ow…