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Sustainable Development, Career Counselling and Career Education

By: Laura Nota,Salvatore Soresi,Ilaria Di Maggio,Sara Santilli,Maria Cristina Ginevra

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Sustainable Development, Career Counselling and Career Education

By: Laura Nota,Salvatore Soresi,Ilaria Di Maggio,Sara Santilli,Maria Cristina Ginevra

This book is based on the Life Design paradigm and discusses the efforts made to overcome the matching paradigm between individuals and their work contexts, in order to guarantee the adoption of an active role for future career planning. Starting from the evolution of career counselling and vocational guidance in the 20th century and then following the more updated reflections in the Life Design paradigm, this book discusses research results from the Larios Laboratory (Padova, Italy) in collaboration with numerous international colleagues and institutions. These results show that career counselling and vocational designing can not only help people to plan their future in agentive ways, but also to help them getting out of the ‘mists of the present’ and to project themselves into a future that is yet to be created. This future is aligned by the world of research and international institutions, such as the UN and WHO, and follows the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, with particular attention to Sustainable Development Goals 4, 8 and 12. This book reveals how trajectories can be created from one’s own mission, realized with the help of others and newly acquired strengths. It shows how career counselling and vocational designing can help people to build their own future from an inclusive and sustainable perspective, based on social justice, and to help build a better future for all.

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Springer Nature

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3030600467

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Migratory Careers

A Historical Overview of Highly Educated Women, 1960–2021

By: Maria Luisa Di Martino

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Migratory Careers

A Historical Overview of Highly Educated Women, 1960–2021

By: Maria Luisa Di Martino

The mobility regimes in which migratory careers of highly educated women are embedded have a high impact on the invisible sway between privileges and vulnerabilities in situated socio-political contexts. Between 1960s and 1990s, highly educated women began moving on their own, but, despite their qualifications, they nonetheless faced big challenges, some of which have not completely disappeared. Are highly educated migrant women really privileged? This book explores the empirical dilemma between privileges and vulnerability in the framework of conceptual transformations of the highly skilled migration and human mobility in history from the post-industrial era to the present. The book’s subject matter shows an existing sway between privileges and vulnerability in the construction process of the “migratory careers” of highly educated women, which depends on the articulation of macro, meso and micro factors and driving women historically to shape heterogeneous readaptation responses in different geo-political contexts. The case study of the Basque Country in Spain is presented as emblematic reflection of the global economy conformation. The history explored from a gender perspective shows that a critical understanding of the structures of opportunities and constraints influencing women’s mobility is relevant to overcome stereotypes and generate gender-sensitive policies for the socio-economic inclusion of more vulnerable groups.

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Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

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311077691X

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e-Government and Employment Services

A Case Study in Effectiveness

By: Maria Grazia Fugini,Piercarlo Maggiolini,Ramon Salvador Valles

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e-Government and Employment Services

A Case Study in Effectiveness

By: Maria Grazia Fugini,Piercarlo Maggiolini,Ramon Salvador Valles

This book explores the factors that affect the efficiency and effectiveness of electronic government (e-Government) by analyzing two employment- service systems in Italy and Catalonia: the Borsa Lavoro Lombardia Portal (Lombardy Employment Services Portal) and the Servei d’Ocupació de Catalunya (Catalan Employment Services Portal). The evaluation methodology used in the case studies and the related set of technical, social, and economic indicators are clearly described. The technological and organizational features of the systems of the two systems are then compared and their impacts assessed. In addition, the extent to which each system has been a driver of employment within its region and country is evaluated in relation to the impact of the industrial and commercial background. Readers will gain a deeper understanding of the main factors that might influence the effectiveness of e-Government and appreciate how the use of information and communication technology (ICT) may appear to improve the execution of government functions yet not achieve a true increase in effectiveness.

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3319020307

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Mac OS X 10.2

By: Maria Langer

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Mac OS X 10.2

By: Maria Langer

In this new edition of her Mac OS X VisualQuickStart guide, a MacAddict contributor with many computer books to her credit, covers the basics and new features (e.g. Web searching with an improved "Sherlock") of the latest version of this Macintosh operating system. Includes highlighted tips. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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Peachpit Press

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The Physician Employment Contract Handbook

A Guide to Structuring Equitable Arrangements

By: Maria K. Todd

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The Physician Employment Contract Handbook

A Guide to Structuring Equitable Arrangements

By: Maria K. Todd

This book provides sample physician employment contracts and explains how each contract works. It is helpful for physicians and administrators who wish to prepare themselves for the contract and employment decisions that lie ahead of them.

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CRC Press

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A Guide to Career Resilience

For Women and Under-Represented Groups

By: Eve Sprunt,Maria Angela Capello

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A Guide to Career Resilience

For Women and Under-Represented Groups

By: Eve Sprunt,Maria Angela Capello

Mentors and sponsors are essential to career success, but these close relationships are not always free from trouble. This book shares advice and practical examples on how to survive and thrive throughout your career by differentiating between good and bad guidance you receive from mentors and sponsors. Real-life guidance is provided on how to manage troubled mentoring and sponsoring relationships at work.

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3031055888

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Learning Pentaho Data Integration 8 CE

An end-to-end guide to exploring, transforming, and integrating your data across multiple sources

By: Maria Carina Roldan

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Learning Pentaho Data Integration 8 CE

An end-to-end guide to exploring, transforming, and integrating your data across multiple sources

By: Maria Carina Roldan

Get up and running with the Pentaho Data Integration tool using this hands-on, easy-to-read guide About This Book Manipulate your data by exploring, transforming, validating, and integrating it using Pentaho Data Integration 8 CE A comprehensive guide exploring the features of Pentaho Data Integration 8 CE Connect to any database engine, explore the databases, and perform all kind of operations on relational databases Who This Book Is For This book is a must-have for software developers, business intelligence analysts, IT students, or anyone involved or interested in developing ETL solutions. If you plan on using Pentaho Data Integration for doing any data manipulation task, this book will help you as well. This book is also a good starting point for data warehouse designers, architects, or anyone who is responsible for data warehouse projects and needs to load data into them. What You Will Learn Explore the features and capabilities of Pentaho Data Integration 8 Community Edition Install and get started with PDI Learn the ins and outs of Spoon, the graphical designer tool Learn to get data from all kind of data sources, such as plain files, Excel spreadsheets, databases, and XML files Use Pentaho Data Integration to perform CRUD (create, read, update, and delete) operations on relationaldatabases Populate a data mart with Pentaho Data Integration Use Pentaho Data Integration to organize files and folders, run daily processes, deal with errors, and more In Detail Pentaho Data Integration(PDI) is an intuitive and graphical environment packed with drag-and-drop design and powerful Extract-Tranform-Load (ETL) capabilities. This book shows and explains the new interactive features of Spoon, the revamped look and feel, and the newest features of the tool including transformations and jobs Executors and the invaluable Metadata Injection capability. We begin with the installation of PDI software and then move on to cover all the key PDI concepts. Each of the chapter introduces new features, enabling you to gradually get practicing with the tool. First, you will learn to do all kind of data manipulation and work with simple plain files. Then, the book teaches you how you can work with relational databases inside PDI. Moreover, you will be given a primer on data warehouse concepts and you will learn how to load data in a data warehouse. During the course of this book, you will be familiarized with its intuitive, graphical and drag-and-drop design environment. By the end of this book, you will learn everything you need to know in order to meet your data manipulation requirements. Besides, your will be given best practices and advises for designing and deploying your projects. Style and approach Step by step guide filled with practical, real world scenarios and examples.

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1788290070

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Organizations, Individualism and Economic Theory

By: Maria Brouwer

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Organizations, Individualism and Economic Theory

By: Maria Brouwer

Most economic theory is based on the assumption that economies grow in a linear fashion. Recessions, depressions and (financial) crises are explained by policy mistakes. However, economic development has historically been uneven, and this state of affairs continues today. This book argues that twentieth century economic theory has marginalized individualism and organizational variety, and puts forward the case for a pluralist approach. This book represents a unique synthesis of business theory and economic theory, which pinpoints the problems with many current mainstream theories and sets out new agendas for research. Here, Maria Brouwer argues that market competition is not about adapting to changes from outside, but is driven by human motivation and goal directed behavior. This gives managerial skills, which do not traditionally have a significant place in mainstream economic theory, a key role. It also highlights the need for organizations that have a motivational culture and appreciate human capital. This differs from the traditional view of the firm as a production function dictated by technology. Brower argues that organizations should be depicted as voluntary associations of people that pursue goals of their own, while firms compete on markets, where relative performance determines their fate. This argument builds on older theories of innovation and market competition that live on in business school curricula, and paints a picture of an economy directed by individuals and firms. This signals a bold departure from standard economic thinking.

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The Physician Employment Contract Handbook, Second Edition:

A Guide to Structuring Equitable Arrangements

By: Maria K. Todd

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The Physician Employment Contract Handbook, Second Edition:

A Guide to Structuring Equitable Arrangements

By: Maria K. Todd

No matter which way you look at it, whether you own your own practice, become a part of a large physician group, or become an employee of a hospital, you will be signing an employment contract of some sort. Revised and updated, The Physician Employment Contract Handbook, Second Edition: A Guide to Structuring Equitable Arrangements provides sample physician employment contracts and explains how each contract works. The new edition includes increased information on the latest managed care entities and a review of basic concepts in fraud and abuse, corporate practice of medicine, and antitrust concerns. The author discusses the various legal and compliance issues related to physician employment, such as anti-self referral and anti-kickback issues, and examines how to resolve disputes through arbitration or mediation. The author also outlines the pros and cons of various partnership arrangements. After you have finished this book, you will be able to ask meaningful questions of legal and accounting counsel, do a preliminary review and analysis of the agreement offered, and even compare a prospective employer’s contract to other standard agreements without endangering confidentiality agreements. You will be able to design standard text, saving time and money on legal fees by having counsel review and add the final touches to contract drafts instead of starting from scratch. With proper planning and a clear understanding of both short- and long-term objectives, you can move into the future and take advantage of opportunities in the current healthcare revolution.

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Snapshots of Great Leadership

By: Jon P. Howell,Isaac Wanasika,Maria J. Mendez

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Snapshots of Great Leadership

By: Jon P. Howell,Isaac Wanasika,Maria J. Mendez

Snapshots of Great Leadership offers a thorough look into leaders who have either accomplished amazing feats or brought destruction. Now in its third edition, this key volume explores what it means to be a great leader, and clearly explains the lives, triumphs, and challenges of a range of diverse leaders across history and into the modern day. Packed into easily digestible chapters, the authors demonstrate how, although the goals of these individuals were often quite different, the leadership processes they used were frequently similar. The opening chapter explains the latest theories of leadership and this new edition features one new leadership theory, Authentic Leadership, as well as recent research findings on the most popular theories. The authors have replaced nine leaders from earlier editions with new leaders including Elon Musk, Maria Montessori, and Virginia Hall. These new leaders exemplify unique leadership attributes and outstanding leadership effectiveness. Each leader snapshot adds an important "reality check" to the theories and models described in most introductory leadership textbooks, making this a key text for students taking leadership courses. Scholars and students of leadership and management will benefit from this accessible and comprehensive volume, as will leadership practitioners looking to reflect on and develop their own leadership skills. Offering valuable insights into the lives of historical and corporate leaders, the book is a compelling read for casual readers as well.

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Taylor & Francis

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1040257135

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Organizational Behavior

By: Michael A. Hitt,C. Chet Miller,Adrienne Colella,Maria Triana

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Organizational Behavior

By: Michael A. Hitt,C. Chet Miller,Adrienne Colella,Maria Triana

People, processes, and technology. These are the three major drivers of business achievement. The best leaders inherently understand that great companies start with great people. This is as true now as it was during the beginning of the industrial revolution, and understanding and staying current on the latest organizational behavior research and best practices paves the way for managerial success. In this updated edition of Organizational Behavior, theory, new research and real-world case studies are combined in an engaging manner to blend together the critical concepts and skills needed to successfully manage others and build a strong organization across all levels of a company. Featuring an in-depth view of the process and practice of managing individuals, teams, and entire organizations, the text provides a solid foundation for students and future managers.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1119391733

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Managing Human Behavior in Public and Nonprofit Organizations

By: Robert B. Denhardt,Janet Vinzant Denhardt,Maria Pilar Aristigueta

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Managing Human Behavior in Public and Nonprofit Organizations

By: Robert B. Denhardt,Janet Vinzant Denhardt,Maria Pilar Aristigueta

Written for undergraduate and postgraduate programs in public administration, particularly in Masters in Public Administration (MPA) programs, this text is designed to help students develop the skills and understanding they need in order to become effective and responsible public managers. It covers all of the essential topics in management and organizational behaviour from the perspective of public and non-profit management. The text focuses on the importance of understanding the behaviour, motivations, and actions of individuals in the public service and the distinctiveness of management and leadership in public organizations. Action-oriented, the book is filled with cases, self-assessment exercises, simulations, and evaluative instruments

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SAGE

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1412956676

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The Dynamics of Entrepreneurship

Evidence from Global Entrepreneurship Monitor Data

By: Maria Minniti

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The Dynamics of Entrepreneurship

Evidence from Global Entrepreneurship Monitor Data

By: Maria Minniti

Learning about entrepreneurship has major implications for the way we understand economic change and progress. At a time when governments all over the world look to entrepreneurship as a way to increase the wealth and well-being of their countries, The Dynamics of Entrepreneurship examines the causes of differences in entrepreneurial propensity between individuals, the factors that explain variations in the type and quantity of entrepreneurship at the aggregate level, and the macroeconomic implications of entrepreneurship. Using Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) data, the book brings together contributions from leading scholars to provide a comprehensive overview of current scholarship on entrepreneurial activity. Discussed topics include entrepreneurial motivation, gender and migration, entrepreneurial financing, urban entrepreneurship, growth-oriented entrepreneurship, economic growth, and regional entrepreneurship policies. The book concludes by summarizing its contribution to existing literature, with particular attention paid to the policy implications and the ongoing debate on entrepreneurship.

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0191652695

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Tourism Policy and Planning

Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow

By: David L Edgell,Maria Delmastro Allen,Ginger Smith,Jason Swanson,David L. Edgell, Sr.,Jason R. Swanson

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Tourism Policy and Planning

Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow

By: David L Edgell,Maria Delmastro Allen,Ginger Smith,Jason Swanson,David L. Edgell, Sr.,Jason R. Swanson

The wellspring to the future global growth in tourism is a commitment toward good policy and strategic planning. Tourism Policy and Planning: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow offers an introduction to the tourism policy process and how policies link to the strategic tourism planning function as well as influence planning at the local, national, and international level. This third edition has been fully revised and updated to reflect the many important developments in the travel and tourism industry and subsequent new policies and present planning process issues. The third edition features: A new chapter on policies regarding terrorism and its impact on tourism. New and updated content on managing sustainable tourism, obstacles and barriers to international travel, and strategic tourism planning. New case studies based on established and emerging markets throughout to illustrate real-life applications of planning and policy at the international, regional, national, and local level. New end of chapter summary and review questions to consolidate student learning. Accessible and up to date, Tourism Policy and Planning is essential reading for all tourism students.

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1351033530

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Higher Education in Russia

By: Yaroslav Kuzminov,Maria Yudkevich

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Higher Education in Russia

By: Yaroslav Kuzminov,Maria Yudkevich

A comprehensive, up-to-date look at modern Russian higher education. By the mid-eighteenth century, when the first university appeared in Russia, many European nations could boast of long and glorious university traditions. But Russia, with its poorly developed system of elementary and secondary education, lagged behind other European countries and seemed destined for a long spell of second-tier performance. Yet by the mid-twentieth century, the fully reformed system of Soviet higher education was perceived as an unexpected success, one that transformed the country into a major scientific power throughout the Cold War. Today, the international community is keeping close tabs on the fast development of world-class higher education in Russia, specifically its large-scale changes and reforms. Higher Education in Russia is the first comprehensive, up-to-date overview and analysis of modern Russian higher education. Aimed at a large international audience, it describes the current realities of higher education in Russia, as well as the main principles, logic, and relevant historical and cultural factors. Outlining the evolution of the higher education system in tsarist Russia throughout the nineteenth century, Yaroslav Kuzminov and Maria Yudkevich describe the development of its mass-scale higher education system from the end of the Second World War to the collapse of the Soviet Union and beyond. They also discuss the principal elements of today's Russian higher education system while exploring the system's governance model and the logic of its resource allocation. They touch on university selection, the structure of the country's academic profession, the organization of research, and the major excellence programs of leading universities. Illustrating the idea that the development of the higher education system is very much linked with the European experience, the authors argue that Russian higher education was often the domain of successful (and not so successful) education experiments and innovations. Higher Education in Russia is a must-read for scholars of higher education and Russian history alike.

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JHU Press

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1421444151

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Strategic Planning for the Sustainable Production of Biofuels

By: José Maria Ponce-Ortega,José Ezequiel Santibañez-Aguilar

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Strategic Planning for the Sustainable Production of Biofuels

By: José Maria Ponce-Ortega,José Ezequiel Santibañez-Aguilar

Strategic Planning for the Sustainable Production of Biofuels presents several optimization models for the design and planning of sustainable biorefinery supply chains, including issues surrounding the potential of biomass feedstocks in multiple harvesting sites, availability and seasonality of biomass resources, different potential geographical locations for processing plants that produce multiple products using diverse production technologies, economies of scale for production technologies, demands and prices of multiple products, locations of storage facilities, and a number of transportation modes. Sustainability considerations are incorporated into the proposed models by including simultaneous economic, environmental and social performance in the evaluation of the supply chain designs. - Covers different optimization models for the strategic planning of biorefining systems - Includes the GAMS and MATLAB codes for solving various problems - Considers sustainability criteria in the presented models - Presents different approaches for obtained trade-off solutions - Provides general software that can be used for solving different problems

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Elsevier

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0128181796

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Human Centered Management

5 Pillars of Organizational Quality and Global Sustainability

By: Maria-Teresa Lepeley

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Human Centered Management

5 Pillars of Organizational Quality and Global Sustainability

By: Maria-Teresa Lepeley

We have never had more freedom to acquire information to make decisions, and organizations have never been so pressed to demonstrate accountability as they communicate with better informed customers and users. People who work IN an organization must also work FOR the organization to accomplish its mission. In this environment, humans are no longer just a resource; they are the reason an organization exists. New constructs are needed to ensure this human-centered paradigm shift.This book sets out the rationale for this shift and stimulates the discussion and the discovery of effective approaches and solutions to innovate for social and environmental good. Written by an expert in quality standards, the book offers a coherent model which synchronizes the organizational structure with the talent required to develop resilient and agile work environments. New strategies to develop talent will be critical, and multidisciplinary approaches from scholars and practitioners from around the world will be required to effectively collaborate and articulate the solutions. The proposition in the book focuses on continuous improvement and interdisciplinary collaboration between scholars and practitioners across different industries, sectors, and national borders in order to address the unavoidable disruptions in the global VUCA environment.

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1000097617

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Poverty and Social Deprivation in the Mediterranean

Trends, Policies and Welfare Prospects in the New Millennium

By: Maria Petmesidou,Christos Papatheodoru

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Poverty and Social Deprivation in the Mediterranean

Trends, Policies and Welfare Prospects in the New Millennium

By: Maria Petmesidou,Christos Papatheodoru

Presenting a comparative study of poverty and social deprivation in the Mediterranean Basin, this book covers Southern Europe, Turkey, the Balkans, North Africa, and the Near East. It documents the changing profiles of poverty and social deprivation withempirical material.

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Sustainability of the German Pension Scheme: Employment at Higher Ages and Incentives for Delayed Retirement

By: Lewicki, Maria Patricia

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Sustainability of the German Pension Scheme: Employment at Higher Ages and Incentives for Delayed Retirement

By: Lewicki, Maria Patricia

The aging society and threatening old-age poverty are two major political topics in Germany for the next decades. Many modern employment biographies consist of atypical employment and discontinuities; both negatively impact the pension entitlements of the individuals. This work develops an inninnovative approach that offers flexibility to absorb demographic changes as well as labor market developments, without threatening the financial stability of the public pension scheme.

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KIT Scientific Publishing

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The Shriver Report

A Woman's Nation Pushes Back from the Brink

By: Maria Shriver,Center for American Progress

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The Shriver Report

A Woman's Nation Pushes Back from the Brink

By: Maria Shriver,Center for American Progress

Presents an in-depth look at American women and families around transformational moments in history, with new data and commentary on the current status of women in America.

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Macmillan

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1137279745

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Introduction to BIGDATA

By: Dr.T.Arumuga Maria Devi, Dr.G.Heren Chellam,Dr.T.J.Benedict Jose, Dr.D.Sharmila,Mrs.A.Premalatha

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Introduction to BIGDATA

By: Dr.T.Arumuga Maria Devi, Dr.G.Heren Chellam,Dr.T.J.Benedict Jose, Dr.D.Sharmila,Mrs.A.Premalatha

Dr.T.Arumuga Maria Devi, Assistant Professor, Centre for Information Technology and Engineering, Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu, India. Dr.G.Heren Chellam, Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science, Rani Anna Government College for Women,Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu, India. Dr.T.J.Benedict Jose, Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Applications, Government Arts and Science College, Palkulam, Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu, India. Dr.D.Sharmila, Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Applications, Government Arts and Science College, Palkulam, Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu, India. Mrs.A.Premalatha, Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science, Rani Anna Government College for Women,Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu, India.

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SK Research Group of Companies

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9395341114

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Performance Tools and Applications to Networked Systems

Revised Tutorial Lectures

By: Maria Carla Calzarossa

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Performance Tools and Applications to Networked Systems

Revised Tutorial Lectures

By: Maria Carla Calzarossa

This book presents revised versions of tutorial lectures given at the IEEE/CS symposium on modeling, analysis, and simulation of computer and telecommunication systems held in Orlando, FL, USA in October 2003. The lectures are grouped in three parts on performance and QoS of modern wired and wireless networks, current advances in performance modeling and simulation, and other specific applications of these methodologies. This tutorial book is targeted to both practitioners and researchers. The practitioner will benefit from numerous pointers to performance and QoS issues; the pedagogical style and plenty of references can be of great use in solving practical problems. The researcher and advanced student are offered a representative set of topics not only for their research value but also for their novelty and use in identifying areas of active research.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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3540219455

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MACROECONOMIC THEORY

By: M. MARIA JOHN KENNEDY

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MACROECONOMIC THEORY

By: M. MARIA JOHN KENNEDY

Macroeconomic theories were designed to cope up with the economic turmoil, such as Great Depression, so as to stabilize the economy. This book comprehensively explains the broad aggregates and their interactions such as national income and output, the unemployment rate, and price inflation, and sub-aggregates like total consumption and investment spending, and their components. Divided into six parts, the textbook elaborates various aspects of macro-economics—circular flow and its effects on national income, monetary theory, business cycle theory and macroeconomic policies—in detail. The book makes clear the difference between three approaches to economics—Keynesian economics, which focuses on demand; New-classical economics, which is based on rational expectations and efficient markets; and Innova-tion economics, which is focused on long run growth through innovation. A prominent feature of this text is the use of simple algebraic expressions and formulations to reinforce analytical expositions of complex macroeconomic theories in students. The book also explicates how macroeconomic models and their forecasts can be utilized by both governments and large corporations to assist in the development and evaluation of economic policy. The chapters are incorporated with real-life examples giving practical insight on the subject. Primarily intended for the undergraduate and postgraduate students of economics, this book can also be beneficial for the students opting for the courses in commerce.

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8120342402

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Managing and Measuring Performance in Public and Nonprofit Organizations

An Integrated Approach

By: Theodore H. Poister,Maria P. Aristigueta,Jeremy L. Hall

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Managing and Measuring Performance in Public and Nonprofit Organizations

An Integrated Approach

By: Theodore H. Poister,Maria P. Aristigueta,Jeremy L. Hall

New edition of a classic guide to ensuring effective organizational performance Thoroughly revised and updated, the second edition of Managing and Measuring Performance in Public and Nonprofit Organizations is a comprehensive resource for designing and implementing effective performance management and measurement systems in public and nonprofit organizations. The ideas, tools, and processes in this vital resource are designed to help organizations develop measurement systems to support such effective management approaches as strategic management, results-based budgeting, performance management, process improvement, performance contracting, and much more. The book will help readers identify outcomes and other performance criteria to be measured, tie measures to goals and objectives, define and evaluate the worth of desired performance measures, and analyze, process, report, and utilize data effectively. Includes significant updates that offer a more integrated approach to performance management and measurement Offers a detailed framework and instructions for developing and implementing performance management systems Shows how to apply the most effective performance management principles Reveals how to overcome the barriers to effective performance management Managing and Measuring Performance in Public and Nonprofit Organizations identifies common methodological and managerial problems that often confront managers in developing performance measurement systems, and presents a number of targeted strategies for the successful implementation of such systems in public and nonprofit organizations. This must-have resource will help leaders reach their organizational goals and objectives.

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Migration and Media in Finland

Perceptions and Depictions of Natives, Immigrants and Refugees

By: Stephen M. Croucher,Flora Galy-Badenas,Shawn M. Condon,Maria Sharapan,Margareta Salonen

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Migration and Media in Finland

Perceptions and Depictions of Natives, Immigrants and Refugees

By: Stephen M. Croucher,Flora Galy-Badenas,Shawn M. Condon,Maria Sharapan,Margareta Salonen

This book combines various theoretical approaches to explore how Finland and its people responded to the European Union (EU) refugee crisis. Combining interviews with Finns, voluntary migrants to Finland and refugees in Finland, the text presents differing perspectives on migration in this country. Key themes addressed in the text include the extent to which the different groups perceive one another to be economic, political, and cultural threats to Finnishness. In addition, the cultural fusion of Finnish and migrant culture is presented as a threat and opportunity for Finland and its future.

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Accounting for Mismatch in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

Measurement, Magnitudes, and Explanations

By: Michael J. Handel,Alexandria Valerio,Maria Laura Sánchez Puerta

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Accounting for Mismatch in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

Measurement, Magnitudes, and Explanations

By: Michael J. Handel,Alexandria Valerio,Maria Laura Sánchez Puerta

To stimulate economic advancement, low- and middle-income countries need well-educated and trained workforces to fill the types of skilled jobs that drive economic growth. Improving educational quality and attainment and providing better training are all rightly put forth as policy recommendations to leverage economic growth and job creation. However, new findings based on large scale surveys of adult skills from the World Bank Group’s STEP (Skills toward Employment and Productivity) Skills Measurement Program suggest that many workers are overqualified for their current jobs (based on the education those jobs require). The results of this study suggest that countries may not reap as much benefit from their investments in quality education and training if weak job creation leaves workers’ skills underutilized. Most of the literature on mismatch focuses on higher-income countries and rates of over-education among college graduates. Accounting for Mismatch in Low- and Middle-Income Countries uses new STEP Skills Survey data from 12 low- and middle-income countries, representing a range of economic and educational and training climates, to better understand the scope and patterns of education and skills mismatch. STEP collects information not only on workers’ level of education and employment status, but also on the types, frequency, and durations of tasks they carry out at their jobs as well as some of the cognitive skills they use. The study also explores additional factors such as gender, health, career stage, and participation in the informal labor sector that may help explain the degree of mismatch rates. The study’s findings indicate that over-education is common in low and middle income countries with both lower and higher rates of educational attainment. There is also evidence that over-educated tertiary workers do not use all of their skills, potentially wasting valuable human capital and educational resources. Aimed at policy makers, business and education leaders, and employers, Accounting for Mismatch in Low- and Middle-Income Countries suggests that job growth must go hand-in-hand with investments in education and training.

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Deported

Immigrant Policing, Disposable Labor and Global Capitalism

By: Tanya Maria Golash-Boza

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Deported

Immigrant Policing, Disposable Labor and Global Capitalism

By: Tanya Maria Golash-Boza

Winner, 2016 Distinguished Contribution to Research Book Award, given by the American Sociological Association Latino/a Section The intimate stories of 147 deportees that exposes the racialized and gendered dimensions of mass deportations in the U.S. The United States currently is deporting more people than ever before: 4 million people have been deported since 1997 –twice as many as all people deported prior to 1996. There is a disturbing pattern in the population deported: 97% of deportees are sent to Latin America or the Caribbean, and 88% are men, many of whom were originally detained through the U.S. criminal justice system. Weaving together hard-hitting critique and moving first-person testimonials, Deported tells the intimate stories of people caught in an immigration law enforcement dragnet that serves the aims of global capitalism. Tanya Golash-Boza uses the stories of 147 of these deportees to explore the racialized and gendered dimensions of mass deportation in the United States, showing how this crisis is embedded in economic restructuring, neoliberal reforms, and the disproportionate criminalization of black and Latino men. In the United States, outsourcing creates service sector jobs and more of a need for the unskilled jobs that attract immigrants looking for new opportunities, but it also leads to deindustrialization, decline in urban communities, and, consequently, heavy policing. Many immigrants are exposed to the same racial profiling and policing as native-born blacks and Latinos. Unlike the native-born, though, when immigrants enter the criminal justice system, deportation is often their only way out. Ultimately, Golash-Boza argues that deportation has become a state strategy of social control, both in the United States and in the many countries that receive deportees.

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NYU Press

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Havana USA

Cuban Exiles and Cuban Americans in South Florida, 1959-1994

By: Maria Cristina Garcia

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Havana USA

Cuban Exiles and Cuban Americans in South Florida, 1959-1994

By: Maria Cristina Garcia

In the years since Fidel Castro came to power, the migration of close to one million Cubans to the United States continues to remain one of the most fascinating, unusual, and controversial movements in American history. María Cristina García—a Cuban refugee raised in Miami—has experienced firsthand many of the developments she describes, and has written the most comprehensive and revealing account of the postrevolutionary Cuban migration to date. García deftly navigates the dichotomies and similarities between cultures and among generations. Her exploration of the complicated realm of Cuban American identity sets a new standard in social and cultural history.

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Univ of California Press

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0520919998

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Organizational Behavior

By: Afsaneh Nahavandi,Robert B. Denhardt,Janet V. Denhardt,Maria P. Aristigueta

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Organizational Behavior

By: Afsaneh Nahavandi,Robert B. Denhardt,Janet V. Denhardt,Maria P. Aristigueta

This unique text thoroughly explores the topic of organizational behavior using a strengths-based, action-oriented approach with a strong emphasis on creativity, innovation, and the global society. By focusing on the interactions among individuals, groups, and organizations this text illustrates how organizational behavior topics fit together. A unique set of pedagogical features challenge students to develop greater personal, interpersonal, and organizational skills in business environments as well as utilize their own strengths and the strengths of others to achieve organizational commitment and success.

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Mapped in Or Mapped Out?

The Romanian Poor in Inter-household and Community Networks

By: Maria Amelina,Dan Chiribuca,Stephen F. Knack

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The Romanian Poor in Inter-household and Community Networks

By: Maria Amelina,Dan Chiribuca,Stephen F. Knack

By analyzing inter-household and community networks in Romania, this title looks at social capital effects on the poor in transition countries.

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082135888X

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The Testament of Job

Text, Narrative and Reception History

By: Maria Haralambakis

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The Testament of Job

Text, Narrative and Reception History

By: Maria Haralambakis

Maria Haralambakis provides a wide-ranging study of the pseudepigraphon the Testament of Job. Haralambakis begins with textual issues, considering the recent publication of a 4th century Coptic codex of the text, as well as the more well-know Byzantine Greek manuscripts. However, she also considers a much larger number of Slavonic manuscripts than many scholars. Rather than working backwards from the most recent manuscripts to a hypothetical original text, Haralambakis presents the manuscripts from earliest to latest as a succession of witnesses to the text of the Testament of Job, each valuable as evidence of its contemporary world. Haralambakis moves on to examine the structure of the Testament as a remarkable literary work, employing narrative theory to demonstrate how the composition works as a well crafted appealing story. Gleaning insights from the text's widespread presence in Byzantine and Slavonic Christian churches Haralambakis examines its reception history, asserting that in these contexts the story came to be viewed as something akin to a life of saint.

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0567064980

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A Software Process Model Handbook for Incorporating People's Capabilities

By: Silvia T. Acuna,Natalia Juristo,Ana Maria Moreno,Alicia Mon

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A Software Process Model Handbook for Incorporating People's Capabilities

By: Silvia T. Acuna,Natalia Juristo,Ana Maria Moreno,Alicia Mon

A Software Process Model Handbook for Incorporating People's Capabilities offers the most advanced approach to date, empirically validated at software development organizations. This handbook adds a valuable contribution to the much-needed literature on people-related aspects in software engineering. The primary focus is on the particular challenge of extending software process definitions to more explicitly address people-related considerations. The capability concept is not present nor has it been considered in most software process models. The authors have developed a capabilities-oriented software process model, which has been formalized in UML and implemented as a tool. A Software Process Model Handbook for Incorporating People's Capabilities guides readers through the incorporation of the individual’s capabilities into the software process. Structured to meet the needs of research scientists and graduate-level students in computer science and engineering, this book is also suitable for practitioners in industry.

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0387254897

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In the Shadow of Slavery

African Americans in New York City, 1626-1863

By: Leslie M. Harris

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In the Shadow of Slavery

African Americans in New York City, 1626-1863

By: Leslie M. Harris

In 1991 in lower Manhattan construction workers discovered the remains of an 18th century 'Negro Burial Ground'. Closed in 1790 and covered over by later roads and buildings, the site turned out to be the largest such find in North America, containing the remains of as many as 20,000 African Americans. The graves revealed to New Yorkers and the nation an aspect of American history long hidden: the vast number of enslaved blacks who laboured to create America's largest city. 'In the Shadow of Slavery' lays bare this history of African Americans in New York City from 1626 to 1863.

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University of Chicago Press

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0226317749

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Beyond Genuine Stupidity

Ensuring AI Serves Humanity

By: Rohit Talwar,Steve Wells ,Alexandra Whittington ,April Koury,Maria Romero

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Beyond Genuine Stupidity

Ensuring AI Serves Humanity

By: Rohit Talwar,Steve Wells ,Alexandra Whittington ,April Koury,Maria Romero

The first book in the Fast Future series, Beyond Genuine Stupidity: Ensuring AI Serves Humanity, explores critical emerging issues arising from the rapid pace of development in artificial intelligence (AI). The authors argue for a forward-looking and conscious approach to the development and deployment of AI to ensure that it genuinely serves humanity's best interest. Through a series of articles, they present a compelling case to get beyond the genuine stupidity of narrow, short-term and alarmist thinking and look at AI from a long-term holistic perspective. The reality is that AI will impact current sectors and jobs—and hopefully enable new ones. A smart approach requires us to think about and experiment with strategies for adopting and absorbing the impacts of AI—encompassing education systems, reskilling the workforce, unemployment and guaranteed basic incomes, robot taxes, job creation, encouraging new ventures, research and development to enable tomorrow's industries, and dealing with the mental health impacts. The book explores the potential impacts on sectors ranging from healthcare and automotive to legal and education. The implications for business itself are also examined from leadership and HR to sales and business ethics.

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099329586X

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The Language of Employability

A Corpus-Based Analysis of UK University Websites

By: Maria Fotiadou

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The Language of Employability

A Corpus-Based Analysis of UK University Websites

By: Maria Fotiadou

This book employs a corpus-based Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) methodology to analyse the language used by university careers services in the UK. Drawing on a corpus which includes the public-facing websites of careers services from 24 Russell Group and 34 Post-92 universities, the author highlights some of the potentially problematic 'common-sense' views and ideas that are currently promoted to students using these services. She argues that the language used by university websites promotes neoliberal ideology and encourages the denaturalisation of such language. This book will be of interest to linguists, sociologists, education scholars, and scholars who are otherwise interested in the notion of employability.

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3031102525

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Green Jobs for Sustainable Development

By: Ana-Maria Boromisa,Sanja Tišma,Anastasya Raditya Ležaić

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Green Jobs for Sustainable Development

By: Ana-Maria Boromisa,Sanja Tišma,Anastasya Raditya Ležaić

A ‘green economy’ must be built on ‘green jobs’ - the kind of employment that is low carbon, intended to reduce energy use and expected to restore environmental quality. But attempts to define exactly what a ‘green job’ is have led to varied and often contradictory answers. There are many unresolved questions including whether we consider jobs in the nuclear fuel industry to be green jobs? Or is a worker at a glass making company which supplies the glass for the solar photovoltaic industry doing a green job given that glass making is a ‘dirty’ industry? This book deals with the relationship between "green" concepts (green jobs, green economy, green growth) and sustainable development. It examines to which extent creation of green jobs supports overall economic development as opposed to creation of elitist jobs and greenwashing. In order to do so, general conceptual frameworks for green jobs, green economy, green growth and green policy are presented as well as their implementation in ten countries selected among the Group of Twenty. The selection includes advanced (the European Union, the United States of America, Australia, Canada, Republic of Korea, Japan) and developing countries (Mexico, China, Turkey and Brazil). The analysis presented in this book shows that although green concept is well-intentioned, its implementation depends on local circumstances – economic, political and social. Developed countries perceive green growth as a way to create new markets and demand, while developing countries rely more on labor intensive growth and less expensive green jobs. Thus, greening the economy does not diminish differences between rich and poor. This book is suitable for those who study and work in Ecological Economics, Sustainable Development and Labor Economics.

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Routledge

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131775185X

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The Ultimate English/Spanish Dictionary for Horsemen

13 Ideas for Fun and Safe Horseplay

By: Maria Belknap

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The Ultimate English/Spanish Dictionary for Horsemen

13 Ideas for Fun and Safe Horseplay

By: Maria Belknap

Written specifically for horse people, this book covers topics and words that regular English/Spanish dictionaries might not, including horse health care, feeding, grooming, tack and equipment, and breeding terms. With more than 10,000 typically grouped word and phrase entries commonly used in the horse industry, regional variations, and a pronunciation guide.

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1570765715

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