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An Analysis of Musicals by Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty, and an Original Musical, Fly Like an Eagle
<p>Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty have written musicals together for several decades. This thesis contains an in-depth discussion and stylistic analysis of several songs each from Once on This Island, Ragtime, and Seussical – three Ahrens & Flaherty shows chosen specifically because of their …
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The prevalence of traumatic brain injury (TBI) and an investigation of behavioural and executive functioning outcomes (among those who have sustained TBIs) in a sample of male young offenders
… between TBI and delinquent behavior (Eslinger, Flaherty-Craig, & Benton, 2004; S. Anderson, Bechara, Damasio, Tranel, & Damasio, 1999). The onset of antisocial behaviour post-TBI may not be surprising given the vulnerability of the frontal lobes in sustaining such an injury. Considering the …
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Grassroots Community Peacebuilding in Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia, Canada. Identifying Local Perceptions of the Causes of and Means of Preventing Interpersonal Violence
… world, and particularly violence against women (Flaherty, 2010). This violence is epidemic and constitutes a global health problem and pervasive human rights violation. Responses are critiqued as narrow in scope, reactive and lacking in coordination. The research presented in this thesis …
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The Mock Doc Film Series: History of the Mockumentary Film
… etc.) to depict or recreate “reality.” Robert Flaherty, John Grierson and other pioneering documentarians employed numerous fictional devices in their movies. These filmmakers, however, were relentlessly criticized by documentary film purists who steadfastly believed that the blending of fact …
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Coping with Carbon Monoxide (CO) exposure: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis
… and is known as the ‘silent killer’ (Long and Flaherty, 2017), as it is undetectable to human senses and small amounts are extremely harmful. Academic and medical literature on CO is written from the perspective of healthcare professionals, and has therefore failed to address the perspectives …
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The critical state of Global Citizenship Education (GCE) in Initial Teacher Education (ITE): an exploration of student teachers’ initial understandings of and experiences with, a ‘praxis’curriculum design to promote greater inclusion, equality and active participation in global democratic societies
… growth, as well as sustained engagement (O'Flaherty et al., 2024). Guided by an interpretivist paradigm, the study employs a hermeneutic methodological approach to deeply explore the lived experiences of student teachers (Darling-Hammond, 2000; Molotja & Maruma, 2018; Lammert, 2020). …
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Intuitive Interventions: Constructing Documentary Cinematic Narratives
… the world as an interconnected entity; films by Flaherty, Herzog, Kossakovsky, Ponting and Tarkovsky inform the documentary methodologies; writings by Naess and Wells have informed the approach to landscape; Croce, Franklin and Kemp have informed the reading on intuition and the documentary …
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Job satisfaction and occupational stress in experienced osteopaths
Job satisfaction and occupational stress are important, but under investigated issues among osteopaths. In related professions, such as general medical practice, occupational stress is a key factor reducing job satisfaction, and potentially compromising patient care. This study explored the job …
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Modes of production, metabolism and resilience: toward a framework for the analysis of complex social-ecological systems
The field of environmental sociology has undergone drastic change in recent decades, in context of a broader reconfiguration of the terrain of sociological theory and practice. Systems-based approaches to the study of human society, located at the interface between the natural and social sciences …
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Gluten-free diet adherence in adult coeliac disease: Exploring multiple perspectives
Background: Coeliac disease is an autoimmune disease triggered by an inappropriate immune response to dietary gluten. This condition affects around 1% of the population and can lead to serious health complications, including nutrient deficiencies, infertility, osteoporosis and cancer. Symptoms, …
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Investigation of growth and stress tolerance characteristics of Cronobacter spp.
Cronobacter spp. are opportunistic pathogens which can be isolated from a wide variety of foods and environments. They are Gram negative, motile, non-spore forming, peritrichous rods of the Enterobacteriaceae family. This food-borne pathogen is associated with the ingestion of contaminated infant …
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Effects of local and global mechanical distortions to hypervelocity boundary layers
… (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 William_Flaherty.pdf: 14269869 bytes, checksum: ddea397858017d2c8060ef6dfdb0d284 (MD5) license.txt: 4066 bytes, checksum: be9efb1fd923c4e0e534075ef6729386 (MD5)
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The influence of white-tailed deer on plant communities in West Virginia and stakeholder attitudes toward deer management with respect to plant conservation
White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) may impact plant species by reducing individual survival or reduce reproductive potential by feeding on flowering parts or seeds. Herbivory may benefit plant populations by increasing dispersal of seeds. The combination of these factors may influence the …
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A Gap Analysis of Nursing Systems and Practices in Malaysia: Culturally Appropriate Interventions to Advance Nursing
<p>This project comprises a gap analysis of differences between American and Malaysian nursing programs, and additionally, proposes culturally appropriate interventions for Malaysian nursing to adopt American nursing models. The gap analysis was conducted on nursing systems and practices in …
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The Public Library as Health Information Resource?
<p>Public libraries have adapted a variety of services into their institutional missions, including: promoting early literacy, publicly available Internet access, children's summer reading programs, and the dissemination of tax forms. Libraries are disproportionately rural institutions, often …
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TESTING xUML: A STUDY OF IMPLEMENTING AND TESTING MODEL DRIVEN ARCHITECTURE
Model Driven Architecture (MDA) is a relatively new and completely different approach to developing software in which diagrams and formal specifications are written and then translated into executable programs. Development using this approach takes longer than using traditional software engineering …
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Cultures in Residence: Intercultural Communication Competence for Residence Life Staff
Despite a recent plateau in the number of international students coming to the U.S., international students still make up a significant portion of the student body at institutes of higher education. Along with attendance at schools, many international students live in campus housing, such as …
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TESTING xUML: A STUDY OF IMPLEMENTING AND TESTING MODEL DRIVEN ARCHITECTURE
Model Driven Architecture (MDA) is a relatively new and completely different approach to developing software in which diagrams and formal specifications are written and then translated into executable programs. Development using this approach takes longer than using traditional software engineering …
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