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“I Always Worry about What Might Happen Ahead”: Implementing Safer Conception Services in the Current Environment of Reproductive Counseling for HIV-Affected Men and Women in Uganda
(Hindawi Publishing Corporation, 2016)Background. We explored healthcare provider perspectives and practices regarding safer conception counseling for HIV-affected clients. Methods. We conducted semistructured interviews with 38 providers (medical and clinical ... -
I Am a Scribe Who Writes Letters, and My Writing Gives Me Power: Variations on a Theme in the Ancient Mediterranean and Near East
(Harvard University Center for Hellenic Studies, 2020-01-24)There is a story about a scribe who succeeded in seizing political power, at least for a while, precisely because he was a scribe. And this scribe could not have had even such a limited degree of success if he had not been ... -
“I am going to do it": The Complex Question of Action in Theology and Science in the Life of America's First Woman Minister, Rev. Antoinette Brown Blackwell (1825-1921)
(2015-05-11)Antoinette Brown Blackwell (1825-1921) became one of the most outspoken and remarkable women of her era: an ordained minister, a published author, a prominent public speaker, and a philosophical thinker whose writings ... -
I Am Wild And Always Will Be
(Black Key Press, 2011)In April, Printer's Devil Review was invited to participate in a round-table conversation with July about her new movie, screening at Independent Film Festival Boston. The other publications represented at the roundtable ... -
I Couldn't See it Until I Believed it
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'I Find Myslef as Someone Who Is in the Forest': Urban Refugess as Agents of Social Change in Kampala, Uganda
(2006)An in-depth investigation of the Kampala Urban Refugee Children's Education Centre (KURCEC), a refugee-initiated community-based organization in Uganda, allows for detailed exploration of the livelihood strategies employed ... -
I Go, You Go: Searching for Strength and Self in the American Gym
(2016-05-12)This ethnography is based on 48 months of detailed participation, interviews, and observation with active gymgoers at three middle-class gyms in Chicago. It is a study of a particular social institution that, despite its ... -
I Got More Data, My Model is More Refined, but My Estimator is Getting Worse! Am I Just Dumb?
(Informa UK (Taylor & Francis), 2013)Possibly, but more likely you are merely a victim of conventional wisdom. More data or better models by no means guarantee better estimators (e.g., with a smaller mean squared error), when you are not following probabilistically ... -
"I hate homework!" Could Musical Instrument Learning Help Reduce Academic Task Aversiveness?
(2023-04-20)Academic tasks are often associated with negative emotions and have been shown to be a source of conflict between parents and children. Although many studies have been done surrounding academic task aversiveness (ATA), ... -
I Heard the Ravens Call My Name
(2023-10-11)Thirteen-year-old Lillian has a secret: she is reverse—she is a girl but everyone thinks she is a boy. Lillian is terrified that anyone who finds out will reject her. Then, the mountain witch arrives in town with her talking ... -
“I Just Try to Keep Her Quiet and Happy” The Role of Caregiver Feeding Practices in Early Childhood Obesity Prevention
(2015-05-01)Children’s diet is a key driver of childhood obesity, and thus understanding the role of caregivers in mediating the frequency and content of foods offered to children is critical to developing population-based interventions ... -
“I Must Be Circumstanced:” Bianca’s Effect on Othello
(2017-04-25)This study examines the inclusion of Bianca in William Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Othello, Moor of Venice. What purpose did the character serve, if any? How does the play benefit from her creation? Previous scholarly ... -
I Need a Nap: And Other Tales of My So-Called Chronic Illness
(2023-04-28)Abstract Part of the human condition is understanding that life goes wrong. Whether it's stepping on a piece of gum in a new pair of shoes or finding a lump in a breast, something will displace a person from a moment ... -
I Own, So I Help Out: How Psychological Ownership Increases Prosocial Behavior
(Oxford University Press (OUP), 2020-07-20)This article explores the consequences of psychological ownership going beyond the specific relationship with the possession to guide behavior in unrelated situations. Across seven studies, we find that psychological ... -
I Spit Upon the Noble: The Epicurean Critique of Love of Honor and the Origins of Modernity
(2013-10-18)Modern liberal democracies regard "pursuit of happiness" as one of the fundamental rights that governments are instituted to protect - but modern political thought has comparatively little to say about happiness itself. ... -
I Want to Go to the Future Please: Jenny Holzer and the End of a Century
(2013-03-18)The task of this dissertation is to assess the historical conditions that permitted Jenny Holzer to formulate a practice premised on language and conceptions of public space to break from historical avant-garde and ... -
I Want to Live Together: I Want to Hear You Even as Extinction Tears You Away
(2021-05-26)This project is an attempt to grapple with how to live in a time of increasing extinction and loss. How should we go on? Knowing everything we know about how implicated we are in the unraveling of lives? The project ... -
“I Whisper Into the Radio Ear”: Radio Sound and Russian Modernist Poetics
(2016-09-12)In 1924, the Soviet “electrification” was followed by “radiofication,” a gradual introduction of broadcast radio that led to novel forms of newscasts, political propaganda, and creative formats. This dissertation is the ... -
"I Won't Back Down"?: Complexity and Courage in U.S. Federal Executive Decision-Making
(Harvard University, 2014-08)Senior government executives make many decisions, not-infrequently difficult ones. Cognitive limitations and biases preclude individuals from making fully value-maximizing choices. And the “groupthink” tradition has ... -
"I Worship Black Gods": Formation of an African American Lucumi Religious Subjectivity
(2015-05-17)In 1959, Christopher Oliana and Walter “Serge” King took a historic journey to pre-revolutionary Cuba that would change the religious trajectory of numerous African Americans, particularly in New York City. They became the ...