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Devolution and Identity

By: John Wilson

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The identity implications have been overlooked from discussions on devolution, which have tended to focus on constitutional, legal and financial issues. In this volume, contributors from the communities under discussion explore the ways in which devolution is experienced and understood by citizens from the devolved regions of the UK. The additional inclusion of a US perspective allows parallels with American federalism to be drawn out. Informed by a discursive/textual/communication approach to identity, Devolution and Identity offers a range of theoretical and empirical perspectives, including both macro- and micro-level analyses of devolution and identity processes. Themes covered include discourse and interaction, national identity, flags and emblems, gender representation, newspaper letters, regional marketing, language ideology, history and culture, artistic practice, minority identities and political ideology. In exploring the impact of the devolution process on both individual and group identities, this book provides a richer understanding of the devolution process itself, as well as a new understanding of the relationship between socio-political structures and identity.

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1351944630

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The Big Argument

Does God Exist?

By: John Ashton,Michael Westacott

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The Big Argument

Does God Exist?

By: John Ashton,Michael Westacott

The "argument" that reads like a conversation about life! Is there archaeological evidence for the New Testament? Did the universe "hatch" from a "cosmic egg"? What does the fossil record imply about the existence of God? Is design inferred by the existence of information? Since the Enlightenment, spirited debates about the existence of God have captured the public's imagination. Scholars, philosophers, and scientists have grappled with the "evidence" that God exists, or doesn't. Today, some of the world's best minds - in a variety of disciplines - grapple with whether there is any real purpose to our lives. Yet not only do many scientists believe in the God who created us with purpose, they also understand that what we do in the here and now has consequences in the next life. John Ashton has compiled a group of essayists who specialize in fields such as archaeology, astronomy, biblical scholarship, and more. The result is a fascinating exploration of an age-old question, sure to intrigue believers and skeptics alike.

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New Leaf Publishing Group

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1614580847

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9781614580843

Lochiel of the '45

The Jacobite Chief and the Prince

By: John S Gibson

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Lochiel of the '45

The Jacobite Chief and the Prince

By: John S Gibson

Lochiel of the '45: The Jacobite Chief and the Prince

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Edinburgh University Press

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1474468454

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9781474468459

Acoustic Guitar

An Historical Look at the Composition, Construction, and Evolution of One of the World's Most Beloved Instruments

By: Richard Johnston,Michael John Simmons,Frank Ford

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Acoustic Guitar

An Historical Look at the Composition, Construction, and Evolution of One of the World's Most Beloved Instruments

By: Richard Johnston,Michael John Simmons,Frank Ford

It's impossible to imagine today's musical landscape without the acoustic guitar. From its beginnings in European classical music, through American innovations like blues, jazz, and country, all the way to rock, pop, and folk, the instrument's versatility has become a way to connect musical styles. Acoustic Guitar is an indispensable guide for all those who have been taken in by the spell and fascination of the instrument.

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Hal Leonard Corporation

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0634079204

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9780634079207

Deacon Brodie

Father to Jekyll and Hyde

By: John S. Gibson

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Deacon Brodie

Father to Jekyll and Hyde

By: John S. Gibson

Deacon Brodie, pillar of the Establishment turned arch-criminal, terrified late-18th-century Edinburgh. This book tells of the two Edinburghs - the respectable lawyers' capital and the lurid underworld of thieves and whores - in which Brodie led his dual existence, culminating in the armed theft of Scotland's revenues and Brodie's escape to Holland, whence he was brought back to be tried and executed. This extraordinary tale gave rise to the idea of Jekyll and Hyde in the fertile imagination of Robert Louis Stevenson almost a century later.

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The Saltire Society

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085411050X

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9780854110506

Working Memory and Language in the Modular Mind

By: John Truscott

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Working Memory and Language in the Modular Mind

By: John Truscott

The book explores two fundamental aspects of the human mind and their relation to one another. The first is the way that information is put to use in the mind. When we are doing a mental arithmetic problem, for example, how do we bring the relevant bits of information to mind and hold them there while carrying out the series of calculations? This is working memory, the subject of an enormous research literature in psychology, neuroscience, and a great many other disciplines. Characterizing the working memory process is now a major part of efforts to understand the human mind. How we characterize this process depends of course on how we characterize the human mind as a whole. In particular, is the mind made up of a number of distinct units, each carrying out a specialized function? There is considerable reason to say that it is, and this modular view of the mind has become prominent in a great deal of academic work, notably in cognitive neuroscience, with important implications for our understanding of how working memory works. But these implications have received surprisingly little consideration to this point. The aim of the book is to explore this relation between working memory and modularity, first in general terms and then using a specific modular view of the mind – the Modular Cognition Framework. The ideas are illustrated and further developed through an application to language and especially second language acquisition and use.

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Routledge

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1000597075

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Law and Religion between Petra and Edessa

Studies in Aramaic Epigraphy on the Roman Frontier

By: John Healey

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Law and Religion between Petra and Edessa

Studies in Aramaic Epigraphy on the Roman Frontier

By: John Healey

The thousands of surviving inscriptions in Middle Aramaic (e.g., in the Nabataean, Syriac and Palmyrene dialects) are an underused resource in the study of the Near East in the Roman period, especially in the study of religion and law. Particularly important was the emergence during this period of new peoples with their cultural roots in Arabia, such as the Nabataeans. This volume collects together, under the interrelated themes of religion and law, twenty-three articles by John Healey, with sections on "Petra and Nabataean Aramaic", "Edessa and Early Syriac" and "Aramaic and Society in the Roman Near East". Individual papers discuss the continuation of "Ancient Near Eastern" culture, the Aramaic legal tradition as well as the development of both written and spoken forms of Syriac and Nabatean.

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Taylor & Francis

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1000948811

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Dictionary of International Human Rights Law

By: John S. Gibson

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Dictionary of International Human Rights Law

By: John S. Gibson

I. Civil and Political Rights

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Scarecrow Press

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081083118X

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9780810831186

The Dream Weavers

Strategy Focused Leadership in Technology Driven Organizations

By: John J. Sosik,Don I. Jung,Yair Berson,Shelley D. Dionne,Kimberly S. Jaussi

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The Dream Weavers

Strategy Focused Leadership in Technology Driven Organizations

By: John J. Sosik,Don I. Jung,Yair Berson,Shelley D. Dionne,Kimberly S. Jaussi

The main question that guided the thinking behind this book can be stated as follows: "What kind of leadership behavior must executives of technology-driven organizations display to spur performance excellence?" To address this question the authors conducted videotaped interviews of executives from 65 organizations– including General Electric, Qualcomm, The Vanguard Group, and Barclays Global Investors – to identify common behaviors and traits that lead to organizational success. In addition to the interviews, they surveyed the executives’ followers to evaluate the leadership and organizational culture to examine successful executive leadership from multiple reference points. The authors found that displaying outstanding executive leadership doesn't necessarily require a commanding presence, a genius-level IQ, expertise, or even a strong command and control system. At the heart of outstanding strategic leadership was an ability to envision a strategy for taking the raw inputs provided by their environments (e.g., people, technology, ideas, opportunities) and then to weave them into an integrated pattern or system of social, technical and intellectual resources that ultimately produce dramatically higher levels of organizational success factors. The book includes dozens of stories and narratives from the executive leaders to offer readers an in-depth look at what constitutes effective strategy-focused leadership in technology-driven organizations.

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IAP

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1607526662

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Action Learning in Healthcare

A Practical Handbook

By: John Edmonstone

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Action Learning in Healthcare

A Practical Handbook

By: John Edmonstone

Action learning was developed in the UK in the 1960s and is now one of the most widely used development methods in healthcare. This practical manual embodies the dual focus of action learning as both philosophy and technique - exploring the underlying concepts derived from adult education and organisation development, addressing challenges and providing invaluable support material. Specifically targeting the healthcare sector, this book is divided into three parts: an exploration of core ideas and underlying assumptions including techniques and methods; practice-preparation, projects, sets, facilitation and evaluation; and a compendium of resources. Action Learning in Healthcare is vital reading for senior managers and professionals considering using action learning for leadership, management and organisation development purposes. It is also highly recommended for organisation development practitioners (with responsibility for project managing the use of action learning in local and national programmes). Action learning facilitators, too, will find much to absorb, modify and use in their own practice, as will action learning set members wishing to enhance their knowledge.

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CRC Press

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1315346184

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Principles and Practice of Palliative Care and Supportive Oncology

By: Ann M. Berger,John L. Shuster, Jr.,Jamie H. Von Roenn

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Principles and Practice of Palliative Care and Supportive Oncology

By: Ann M. Berger,John L. Shuster, Jr.,Jamie H. Von Roenn

Unlike other textbooks on this subject, which are more focused on end of life, the 4th edition of Principles and Practice of Palliative Care and Supportive Oncology focuses on supportive oncology. In fact, the goal of this textbook is to provide a source of both help and inspiration to all those who care for patients with cancer. Written in a more reader-friendly format, this textbook not only offers authoritative and up-to-date reviews of research and clinical care best practices, but also practical clinical applications to help readers put everything they learn to use.

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Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

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1469822512

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The Tourist Gaze 3.0

By: John Urry,Jonas Larsen

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The Tourist Gaze 3.0

By: John Urry,Jonas Larsen

The original Tourist Gaze was a classic, marking out a new land to study and appreciate. This new edition extends into fresh areas with the same passion and insight of the object. Even more essential reading!" - Nigel Thrift, Vice-Chancellor, Warwick University This new edition of a seminal text restructures, reworks and remakes the groundbreaking previous versions making this book even more relevant for tourism students, researchers and designers. ′The tourist gaze′ remains an agenda setting theory. Packed full of fascinating insights this major new edition intelligently broadens its theoretical and geographical scope to provide an account which responds to various critiques. All chapters have been significantly revised to include up-to-date empirical data, many new case studies and fresh concepts. Three new chapters have been added which explore: photography and digitization embodied performances risks and alternative futures This book is essential reading for all involved in contemporary tourism, leisure, cultural policy, design, economic regeneration, heritage and the arts.

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1446250024

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Digital Arts

An Introduction to New Media

By: Cat Hope,John Charles Ryan

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Digital Arts

An Introduction to New Media

By: Cat Hope,John Charles Ryan

Digital Arts presents an introduction to new media art through key debates and theories. The volume begins with the historical contexts of the digital arts, discusses contemporary forms, and concludes with current and future trends in distribution and archival processes. Considering the imperative of artists to adopt new technologies, the chapters of the book progressively present a study of the impact of the digital on art, as well as the exhibition, distribution and archiving of artworks. Alongside case studies that illustrate contemporary research in the fields of digital arts, reflections and questions provide opportunities for readers to explore relevant terms, theories and examples. Consistent with the other volumes in the New Media series, a bullet-point summary and a further reading section enhance the introductory focus of each chapter.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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1780933215

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Psychological Aspects of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome

By: John A. Barry

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Psychological Aspects of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome

By: John A. Barry

This book provides an overview of the latest knowledge of the psychological aspects of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), and paves the way for advances in this rapidly evolving field. Taking an evidence-based approach, the book elucidates the ways in which PCOS causes anxiety and depression, impacts Quality of Life (QoL), and is associated with other psychological issues. The psychological impact of key features of PCOS are explored too, with a special focus on insulin resistance / diabetes, and fertility issues. The book concludes with a chapter on practical recommendations on how best to help with anxiety and depression in PCOS. An important feature of this book is its identification of the ways in which testosterone, a defining characteristic of PCOS, impacts psychology. In doing so it fills a lacunae in current research and offers evidence that maps out the complex ways in which biology impacts psychology in PCOS, and also how psychology can be harnessed to impact biology in a positive way. It will appeal in particular to scholars and clinicians in the fields of health psychology and women’s health.

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Springer Nature

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3030302903

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9783030302900

Ballenger's Otorhinolaryngology

Head and Neck Surgery

By: John Jacob Ballenger,James Byron Snow

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Ballenger's Otorhinolaryngology

Head and Neck Surgery

By: John Jacob Ballenger,James Byron Snow

This comprehensive compendium of current knowledge in the fields of otology/neurotology, rhinology, facial plastic and reconstructive surgery, paediatric otorhinolaryngology, head and neck surgery and bronchoesophagology features sections on facial plastic, reconstructive surgery and paediatrics. The content reflects the central responsibility of the otorhinolaryngologist in treating patients with diseases affecting the senses of smell, taste and balance. Also encompassed in this section are treatments for disorders of human communication affecting hearing, voice, speech and language.

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1550091972

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Delay and Uncertainty in Human Balancing Tasks

By: Tamás Insperger,John Milton

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Delay and Uncertainty in Human Balancing Tasks

By: Tamás Insperger,John Milton

This book demonstrates how delay differential equations (DDEs) can be used to compliment the laboratory investigation of human balancing tasks. This approach is made accessible to non-specialists by comparing mathematical predictions and experimental observations. For example, the observation that a longer pole is easier to balance on a fingertip than a shorter one demonstrates the essential role played by a time delay in the balance control mechanism. Another balancing task considered is postural sway during quiet standing. With the inverted pendulum as the driver and the feedback control depending on state variables or on an internal model, the feedback can be identified by determining a critical pendulum length and/or a critical delay. This approach is used to identify the nature of the feedback for the pole balancing and postural sway examples. Motivated by the question of how the nervous system deals with these feedback control challenges, there is a discussion of ‘’microchaotic’’ fluctuations in balance control and how robust control can be achieved in the face of uncertainties in the estimation of control parameters. The final chapter suggests some topics for future research. Each chapter includes an abstract and a point-by-point summary of the main concepts that have been established. A particularly useful numerical integration method for the DDEs that arise in balance control is semi-discretization. This method is described and a MATLAB template is provided. This book will be a useful source for anyone studying balance in humans, other bipedal organisms and humanoid robots. Much of the material has been used by the authors to teach senior undergraduates in computational neuroscience and students in bio-systems, biomedical, mechanical and neural engineering.

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3030845826

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9783030845827

Mobilities

By: John Urry

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Mobilities

By: John Urry

Preface Part 1 Mobile worlds 1 Mobilizing social life 2 'Mobile' theories and methods 3 The mobilities paradigm Part 2 Moving and communicating 4 Pavements and Paths 5 'Public' trains 6 Inhabiting cars and roads 7 Flying around 8 Connecting and imagining Part 3 Societies and systems on the move 9 Gates to heaven and hell 10 Networks 11 Meetings 12 Places 13 Systems and dark futures Bibliography Index.

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Polity

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0745634192

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Roman Imperial Architecture

By: John Bryan Ward-Perkins

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Roman Imperial Architecture

By: John Bryan Ward-Perkins

The history of Roman Imperial architecture is one of the interaction of two dominant themes: in Rome itself the emergence of a new architecture based on the use of a revolutionary new material, Roman concrete; and in the provinces, the development of interrelated but distinctive Romano-provicial schools. The metropolitan school, exemplified in the Pantheon, the Imperial Baths, and the apartment houses of Ostia, constitutes Rome's great original contribution. The role of the provinces ranged from the preservation of a lively Hellenistic tradition to the assimilation of ideas from the east and from the military frontiers. It was--finally--Late Roman architecture that transmitted the heritage of Greece and Rome to the medieval world.

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Yale University Press

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0300052928

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9780300052923

Rosai and Ackerman's Surgical Pathology E-Book

By: John R. Goldblum,Laura W. Lamps,Jesse K. McKenney

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Rosai and Ackerman's Surgical Pathology E-Book

By: John R. Goldblum,Laura W. Lamps,Jesse K. McKenney

For over 60 years, residents and practicing pathologists have turned to Rosai and Ackerman's Surgical Pathology for definitive guidance on every aspect of the field, delivered in a readable, easy-to-digest, and engaging manner. In the 11th Edition, a dynamic new author team ensures that this classic text retains its signature anecdotal style, while revising the content to bring you fully up to date. Widely used for board exam preparation, as well as for everyday reference in practice, this leading resource equips you to effectively and efficiently diagnose the complete range of neoplastic and non-neoplastic entities. - Provides comprehensive coverage of the clinical presentation, gross and microscopic features, ultrastructural and immunohistochemical findings, prognosis, and therapy for virtually every pathologic lesion. - Presents content now grouped in sections corresponding to organs and systems, making disease entities easier to locate. - Includes state-of-the-art coverage of the latest disease classifications, molecular biology and pathology, immunohistochemistry, genetics, prognostic/predictive markers, and more – all highlighted by more than 3,000 full-color illustrations of commonly seen pathologies. - Showcases the knowledge and expertise of an innovative new author team: prolific author John R. Goldblum, MD (GI pathology, soft tissue tumors); Laura Lamps, MD (hepatobiliary, endocrine tumors, infectious disease); Jesse McKenney, MD (GU/GYN, soft tissue tumors); and Jeff Myers, MD (pulmonary, pleural, mediastinum); accompanied by a select list of subspecialty contributors. - Expert ConsultTM eBook version included with purchase. This enhanced eBook experience allows you to search all of the text, figures, Q&As, and references from the book on a variety of devices.

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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0323442021

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9780323442022

Edinburgh in the '45

Bonnie Prince Charlie at Holyroodhouse

By: John S. Gibson

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Edinburgh in the '45

Bonnie Prince Charlie at Holyroodhouse

By: John S. Gibson

Early one September morning in 1745, Edinburgh's city gates were stormed by Prince Charles Edward Stuart's Highland Army. For the next six weeks the City lay under Jacobite occupation, the Prince holding court at Holyrood Palace. Here is the story of that interlude as told by those who were there. This is a dramatic story with the Prince's bloody victory at the Battle of Prestonpans and the inside story of the stormy debates at Holyrood that preceded the march into England which the Prince so desperately wanted. It has its humorous side too, as Highlands met Lowlands on the streets of the old town"--Back cover.

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