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It Takes A Village: The Importance of A Comprehensive Definition of Primary Healthcare Access for Just and Effective Policy
Numerous methods of research support that access to primary healthcare in the United States is insufficient, especially for impoverished populations. However, current definitions and measurements of access used are also ... -
It's All About Balance: Examining the Factors that Drive a Firm's Integrated Social Performance (thesis)
This paper examines factors that enable corporations to act authentically on the values of human respect and dignity, thus achieving integrated social performance. Integrated social performance is realized when firms that ... -
It's Not (All) About the Money: Why and How Selective Schools Can Better Support Low-Income Students
At selective colleges and universities, access is not the only discussion that needs to happen with regard to low-income students. Selective schools also need to focus on low-income student retention after enrollment, ... -
It's Only Natural: Challenges and Strategies for Selling the USDA Organic Seal
In October, 2002, the USDA established national criteria to define organic food certification standards. This national certification program was implemented in an effort to provide consumers with a coherent set of guidelines ... -
"It's the theatrical" : Sylvia Plath and the Audacious Performance of an Atomic Identity (thesis)
The body of this thesis explains Plath's most shocking metaphors by arguing that she is not simply a "confessional" poet, as many have labeled her (Britzolakis 3). Instead, she complicates the very idea of confession or ... -
Jails Have Become the Poor Person's Mental Hospital: The Intersection Between Drug Use and Mental Illness
Most countries have laws criminalizing drug use and the United States is no exception. Because of the social costs of drug abuse, legislation aimed at deterring drug use through criminal sanctions may be appropriate on ... -
James B. Dorman: Scholar, Politician, and Soldier (1823-1893)
James Dorman lived seventy years. His years of greatest accomplishment were between 18 and 40. After that point a decline set in. This is not to say his life in the last 30 years was not happy, but merely states the fact, ... -
Jane Austen and the Feminist Tradition
The casual reader of British literature often views Jane Austen as a genteel early nineteenth-century novelist whose works focus on a young woman in her quest for marriage. These same readers would consider as quite ... -
Jerome's Jewish Asceticism The Targum of Qohelet's Influence on Jerome's Theology of Asceticism in the "Commentary on Ecclesiastes" (thesis)
This thesis examines Jerome’s engagement with Aramaic targumim, specifically the Targum of Qohelet. I survey the state of Hieronymian studies. I argue that Jerome’s theological work has been unfairly subordinated to his ... -
The Jewish Diaspora in Argentina: An Evolving Identity
The Jewish Diaspora in Argentina is an altogether unique entity; a small but strong community that has developed a distinctive and evolving modern Judeo-Argentine identity in the face of persistent anti-Semitism, unsupportive ... -
John M. Brooke & the Confederate States Navy
Since the summer of 1861 Brooke had been serving in the Bureau of Ordnance. Finally on March 30, 1863 Brooke was ordered to report to Commander George Minor and relieve him as Chief of the Bureau of Ordnance and Hydrograpby. ... -
Journalism: Craft or Profession?
This paper was undertaken to summarize some of the important thoughts on journalism and professionalism and to accumulate a list of reference materials which, hopefully, will prove helpful to anyone wishing to pursue the ... -
Journey from the Baroque to the Modern: The Viola in Public Performance and Musical Analysis, Featuring works by Bach, C. Stamitz, Weber, Bloch, and Brahms
When I was in Vienna, studying music for a semester abroad, I began to think seriously about my senior recital and the pieces I should consider playing. This program was shaped largely by the viola lessons I took while in ... -
Journeys of Shakespearience: Fathers and Daughters in the Royal Shakespeare Company's 1993 Productions of The Merchant of Venice, King Lear, and The Tempest
Three of the plays in the RSC's 1993 Stratford-upon-Avon season fortuitously fit the paradigm of a journey by exploring the journey towards maturation of fathers and daughters. These three plays are The Merchant of Venice ... -
Juan Criso?stomo de Arriaga: The Enigmatic "Spanish Mozart"
Born into this fertile musical environment in 1806, Arriaga reflects classical as well as romantic elements in his music. For his classical influences, Arriaga paid great attention to the serenity and symmetry of Haydn, ... -
Julia Sets: An Introduction to Chaos in the Plane
In this paper we introduce the reader to a family of functions which give rise to Julia sets. Making their home in the complex plane, these sets exhibit many interesting properties, including chaotic dynamics . The aesthetic ... -
The Jurisprudence and Impact of Affirmative Action
For decades the debate over affirmative action has been hard fought across the United States. From courtrooms and chatrooms to legislative halls to college halls people have fought over whether race, class, or other ...