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Competence

Select Theoretical Frameworks

By: Roberta R. Greene,Nancy P. Kropf

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Competence

Select Theoretical Frameworks

By: Roberta R. Greene,Nancy P. Kropf

The actions social workers take are aimed at helping people, communities, and societies attain a sense of mastery, become or remain competent, and achieve or retain a sense of well-being. Such a broad scope of practice necessitates a theoretical foundation that is anchored in the concept of human competence.This text explores the concept of competence, and shows how it is expressed in a variety of theoretical frameworks, including traditional models and emerging theoretical approaches. This approach toward human behavior focuses on mutually beneficial interactions between people and society, and emphasizes the connections between individuals and various systems that influence their lives. It enables the social worker to conduct multilevel client assessments, gaining an understanding of how clients function within their total environment, and plan a range of helpful interventions.The volume is organized around the competency-based approach to social work education, adopted by the Council on Social Work Education. Written by leading analysts in the field, Competence is essential reading for the field of social work.

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Routledge

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1351527193

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Handbook of Human Behavior and the Social Environment

A Practice-Based Approach

By: Roberta R. Greene,Joe Schriver

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Handbook of Human Behavior and the Social Environment

A Practice-Based Approach

By: Roberta R. Greene,Joe Schriver

Handbook of Human Behaviour and the Social Environment is a compendium of new theories for all aspects of social work practice. It pulls together major theories and concepts used in the field. By synthesizing this wide knowledge base via practical points of view and tracing the socio-historical evolution of its content and the role of the social worker, this handbook will assist social workers in achieving their primary goals: fostering human well-being and competent social functioning.The authors describe the current social work curriculum developed by the Council on Social Work Education Commission on Educational Policy and Accreditation Standards, demonstrating how client and constituency engagement, assessment, intervention, and evaluation are guided by knowledge of human behaviour and the social environment (HBSE) theory. The Handbook applies HBSE theories differently depending on client system size, context, and needs. Major concepts include power, oppression, and identity formation.This essential, up-to-date volume formulates strategies to eliminate personal bias and to promote human rights. In addition, it integrates ethics, research, policy content, diversity, human rights, and social, economic, and environmental justice issues. It will serve as an insightful and influential guide to students, professors, and social workers.

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Routledge

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135151637X

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Medical Microbiology for the New Curriculum

A Case-Based Approach

By: Roberta B. Carey,Mindy G. Schuster,Karin L. McGowan

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Medical Microbiology for the New Curriculum

A Case-Based Approach

By: Roberta B. Carey,Mindy G. Schuster,Karin L. McGowan

Encompassing twenty-four clinically important and frequently encountered infectious diseases, the text provides all the necessary background and the most up-to-date treatment of the microbes that cause diseases in humans. Each fully illustrated case study is introduced with a patient history, differential diagnosis, clinical clues, laboratory data, pathogenesis, treatment, and prevention. Presented as unknowns, the cases challenge readers to create a differential diagnosis just as they would in practice, including noninfectious causes that could present similar clinical findings.

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John Wiley & Sons

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0471479330

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9780471479338

Genius Unmasked

By: Roberta Ness

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Genius Unmasked

By: Roberta Ness

Shows how the most creative minds in science used tools that can help us improve our creative abilities. Geniuses are not omnipotent. They are just very skilled at employing the creativity toolbox highlighted in this book, including finding the right question, observation, analogy, changing point of view, dissection, reorganization, the power of groups, and frame shifting.

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Oxford University Press

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0199976597

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Critical Care Nursing

Synergy for Optimal Outcomes

By: Roberta Kaplow,Sonya R. Hardin

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Critical Care Nursing

Synergy for Optimal Outcomes

By: Roberta Kaplow,Sonya R. Hardin

This evidence-based text is designed to help the undergraduate nursing student in a critical care rotation and for nurses new to critical care. Each clinical chapter has application to the AACN Synergy Model, identifying and matching patient characteristics and nurse competencies, leading to optimal patient outcomes.

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Jones & Bartlett Learning

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0763738638

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9780763738631

A Good Birth, a Safe Birth

By: Diana Korte,Roberta Scaer

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A Good Birth, a Safe Birth

By: Diana Korte,Roberta Scaer

Essential guide to the bewildering array of delivery options available.

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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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1558320415

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XXII Olympiad

By: Roberta Conlon

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XXII Olympiad

By: Roberta Conlon

The Olympics are meant to be a celebration of sportsmanship and fellowship among nations, but they have sometimes fell short of that goal. XXII Olympiad, the twentieth volume in The Olympic Century series, begins with the story of one of the most politicized Games ever held: Moscow 1980.In December 1979, the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan, prompting the United States to lead a 65-nation boycott of the Moscow Games. In spite of the absence of many of the world's great athletes, Moscow still produced legendary Olympic champions, like the great Cuban heavyweight Teofilo Stevenson, who became the first boxer to win three consecutive gold medals; and the Romanian gymnast Nadia Comaneci, who added two golds and two silvers in Moscow to take her personal medal total to 12. The absence of many top athletes also opened the door for others to make history, like sprinter Allan Wells, who won the first gold medal in the 100 metres for Great Britain since 1924.The book then turns its focus to the 1984 Winter Games of Sarajevo, Yugoslavia. It profiles the most dominant athlete of those Games, Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi of Finland, who won all three individual golds in cross-country skiing. Sarajevo also saw the British ice dancing pair Torvil and Dean post perfect scores for artistic impression in their gold-medal performance, a feat never duplicated; as well as the participation of the first black African Olympic skier, Lamine Gueye of Senegal.Juan Antonio Samaranch, former President of the International Olympic Committee, called The Olympic Century, "e;The most comprehensive history of the Olympic games ever published"e;.

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eBook Partnership

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1987944194

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Bestiarium

Human and animal representations

By: Mariaelisa Dimino,Alessia Polatti,Roberta Zanoni

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Bestiarium

Human and animal representations

By: Mariaelisa Dimino,Alessia Polatti,Roberta Zanoni

The human-animal relationship has always been characterized by a wide net of interactions and exchanges. By providing an overview of the concept of animality – and of the several meanings attached to it – this book aims at rethinking the real nature of this notion, towards a new definition of both the human and the animal. The authors highlight the need to overcome the traditional tendency to read the animal merely as a symbol, a metaphor or an allegory, whose only purpose is that of representing and negotiating human power relations of race, class, and gender. Within this context, the edited collection Bestiarium intends to contribute to the present debate on Animal Studies, by focusing on literary texts and discursive practices, which reveal the epistemological and cultural dynamics that structure the very representation of the animal.

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Mimesis

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8869771873

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Pennsylvania

The History of Pennsylvania Colony, 1681-1776

By: Roberta Wiener,James R. Arnold

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Pennsylvania

The History of Pennsylvania Colony, 1681-1776

By: Roberta Wiener,James R. Arnold

A detailed look at the formation of the colony of Pennsylvania, its government, and its overall history, plus a prologue on world events in 1681 and an epilogue on Pennsylvania today.

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Capstone Classroom

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1410903109

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Critical Forensic Studies

By: Roberta Julian,Loene Howes,Rob White

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Critical Forensic Studies

By: Roberta Julian,Loene Howes,Rob White

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the emerging interdisciplinary field of critical forensic studies. It reviews existing research and scholarship on forensic science from a critical social science perspective, while forging a blueprint for further work in this area. Forensic science has long captured the public imagination, as evidenced by the popularity of many novels, television programmes, and true-crime podcasts. At the same time, its role in the criminal justice system has been the subject of critique from scholars and practitioners in diverse fields. In response, the international forensic science community has become more involved in the scrutiny of its own knowledge and practices in relation to criminal justice objectives. Moving beyond a discussion of forensic science as a suite of specialised scientific disciplines that aim to provide evidence to the courts, Critical Forensic Studies offers critical insights relevant to a wide range of social actors in the criminal justice system. Core content includes: • the history and public understandings of forensic science • the professionalisation of forensic science • forensic science as a social process • crime scene examination and forensic intelligence • experts and evidence in court • technological advances and human rights • interdisciplinary knowledge, practice and research This book is essential reading for forensic and criminal justice practitioners and students across criminology, sociology, forensic science, law, and psychology.

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Routledge

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0429013302

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9780429013300

Art Et Décoration

By: Roberta Waddell

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Art Et Décoration

By: Roberta Waddell

Nearly six hundred photographs record the designs of one hundred seventy-five artists of Europe and America and provide a representative survey of the art nouveau style

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Courier Corporation

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0486235157

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9780486235158

Psychiatry and the Human Condition

A Scientific Biography of Silvano Arieti (1914–1981)

By: Roberta Passione

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Psychiatry and the Human Condition

A Scientific Biography of Silvano Arieti (1914–1981)

By: Roberta Passione

This book is the result of extensive archival research conducted on the Collection “Silvano Arieti Papers” held in the Manuscript Division of the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. It offers readers the first scientific biography of the renowned Italian-born psychiatrist Silvano Arieti, who in 1939 emigrated to the United States, where he gained fame and recognition for his work on schizophrenia. In 1975, the second edition of his book, Interpretation of Schizophrenia, received the National Book Award in Science. The book has been cast as a twofold journey: an exploration of the life of a psychiatrist and scientist and an overview of twentieth century psychiatry and its significant issues, debates, and transformations. Readers will find useful insights for a better understanding of psychiatry as a discipline capable of portraying the complexity of human nature.

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Springer Nature

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3031093046

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Searching for Sea Glass

A story of finding, remerging, and fortifying Soul.

By: Roberta A. Pellant

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Searching for Sea Glass

A story of finding, remerging, and fortifying Soul.

By: Roberta A. Pellant

Searching for Sea Glass is a spellbinding story about the author picking up the pieces of her life, and healing through both traditional and non-traditional modalities. Dr. Roberta (Bobby) Pellant takes readers into her childhood and throughout her adulthood, exposing her most vulnerable raw moments. In an authentic, truth baring writing style, she equates the cycle of her life to the seasons- the fall: when things start to break apart, the winter: the deep abyss of despair and brokenness, the spring: putting herself back together piece by piece, and finally the summer: achieving wholeness, peace, and ultimately, love and light from within. She writes about how she started 5 different companies during Covid (3 failed) and learned to overcome the fear of failure by becoming her own therapist, voluntarily killing off her ego through various ceremonies, and to ultimately help her come back to herself and regain her Soul. In doing so, she was finally able to step into her true passion as a transformational business owner to live her highest purpose here on Earth, helping other women become successful with their own business ventures. Searching for Sea Glass is a mesmerizing, lose yourself, can’t put down book that will resonate with people looking for more purpose in their life. It is a must read for anyone interested in a dive deep into their own self-discovery, and it comes with an expansive toolkit of what worked for the author on her transformational healing journey.

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Kate Butler Books

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1952725275

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Spinal Cord Injuries

Psychological, Social and Vocational Adjustment

By: Roberta B. Trieschmann

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Spinal Cord Injuries

Psychological, Social and Vocational Adjustment

By: Roberta B. Trieschmann

Spinal Cord Injuries: Psychological, Social, and Vocational Adjustment focuses on the process of adjustment to spinal cord injuries, including rehabilitation, medical intervention, and examination of the daily life of persons with this kind of injury. The book first discusses the consequences of spinal cord injury and rehabilitation as a behavior change process, including physical symptoms of spinal cord injury; rehabilitation process and treatment systems; approach to the concept of adjustment; and suicide and self-neglect. The manuscript also deals with the psychological factors in the adjustment to spinal cord injury. Topics include emotional reactions at onset of spinal cord injury; personality characteristics of persons with spinal cord injury; and factors associated with adjustment to spinal cord injury. The publication takes a look at the social factors in the adjustment to spinal cord injury, as well as the social implications of disability, family relationships, recreation, aging, and task of socialization. The book also reviews the variables related with productivity following spinal cord injury and sexuality and spinal cord injury. The effect of the treatment environment on adjustment to spinal cord injury and therapeutics techniques are discussed. The manuscript is a dependable reference for readers interested in the psychological, social, and productivity implications of spinal cord injuries.

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Elsevier

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1483148300

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Architecture's Afterlife

The Multisector Impact of an Architecture Degree

By: Michela Barosio,Dag Boutsen,Andrea Čeko,Haydée De Loof,Johan De Walsche,Santiago Gomes,Harriet Harriss,Roberta Marcaccio,Mia Roth-Čerina,Carla Sentieri,Neal Sashore,Federica Vannucchi,Hanne Van Reusel

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Architecture's Afterlife

The Multisector Impact of an Architecture Degree

Almost 40% of architecture graduates choose not to practise as architects. Instead, by ‘leaving’ their chosen profession, this surprisingly large but vastly overlooked cohort are making significant contributions to a wide range of other sectors, from politics to videogame design, demonstrating that architectural training can be a pathway to roles, and even leadership opportunities, across a variety of other professions. Architecture’s Afterlife is the first book to examine the sectors into which these graduates migrate, and to identify the transferable skills that are learned, but not always taught, in their degree programmes, and that prove most useful in their new careers. The book – a result of a three-year pan-European study funded by Erasmus+ – provides a roadmap for increasing graduate employment, addressing skills shortages across all sectors and adapting curricula to changing professional landscapes. It is therefore essential reading for all those responsible for curriculum design and delivery in architecture and other disciplines, including deans, professors, postgraduate researchers and policy makers, as well as students and professionals seeking to expand their career prospects.

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Taylor & Francis

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104001562X

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Glutathione and Sulfur Amino Acids in Human Health and Disease

By: Roberta Masella,Giuseppe Mazza

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Glutathione and Sulfur Amino Acids in Human Health and Disease

By: Roberta Masella,Giuseppe Mazza

The complex roles of glutathione and sulfur amino acids in human health Glutathione (γ-L-glutamyl-L-cysteinylglycine, GSH) is a major antioxidant acting as a free radical scavenger that protects the cell from reactive oxygen species (ROS). Sulfur amino acids (SAAs), such as methionine and cysteine, play a critical role in the maintenance of health. GSH depletion as well as alterations of SAA metabolism are linked to a host of disease states including liver cirrhosis, various pulmonary diseases, myocardial ischemia and reperfusion injury, aging, Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, sepsis, and others. This book provides researchers with a comprehensive review of the biochemistry, absorption, metabolism, biological activities, disease prevention, and health promotion of glutathione and sulfur amino acids. The twenty-two chapters explore such topics as: Chemistry, absorption, transport, and metabolism of GSH and sulfur amino acids Antioxidant and detoxification properties of GSH and sulfur amino acids, highlighting the enzymatic systems involved in antioxidant defenses Biological activities of GSH and sulfur amino acids and their role in modulating cell processes Role of GSH and sulfur amino acid deficiency and alteration in the onset of diseases and in aging Protective effects exerted by GSH and sulfur amino acids when used as drugs, functional foods, and nutraceuticals in humans and animals Special attention is paid to the molecular mechanisms for the modulation of transcription factors and enzyme activities, as well as the nutritional and therapeutic significance of dietary sulfur amino acids as shown in human and animal models. With more than 2,000 scientific references, this book provides food scientists, nutritionists, biochemists, food technologists, chemists, molecular biologists, and public health professionals with a comprehensive and up-to-date examination of glutathione and sulfur amino acids in human health and disease.

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John Wiley & Sons

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047047596X

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The Whole Person

Advancing an Anthroposophic Paradigm for Holistic Health and Homeopathy

By: Roberta Vienneau

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The Whole Person

Advancing an Anthroposophic Paradigm for Holistic Health and Homeopathy

By: Roberta Vienneau

In a world where many are disillusioned with the highly drug-dependent medical establishment, integrative medicine is gaining popularity because of its more holistic approach. Holism by definition implies greater than the sum of its parts, and is a response to reductionism, especially biological reductionism in medicine. The holistic model widely accepted in integrative healthcare today is a biopsychosocial model that aims to treat the whole person. It is a systems hierarchy model that includes the universe to a cell particle, so one’s understanding of holism will be reflected in what one considers relevant. To a pulmonologist, holism might mean the whole respiratory system, to a geneticist, holism might mean the whole family history, but...who is treating the whole “person”? This groundbreaking book sheds light on the limitations of integrative healthcare in exploring the full potential of homeopathy in treating the whole person. It argues that we don’t need a new approach, definition, or understanding of holism. We sometimes just need to step out of the systems hierarchy model of the reductionist paradigm itself to get a larger view, and redefine the boundaries of what constitutes the wholeness of a person. With a clear and engaging writing style, the book takes readers on a journey through the history and evolution of the concept of “whole”, and presents a compelling case for the adoption of an anthroposophic paradigm as a more comprehensive and effective approach to holism, healing, and homeopathy. Whether you are a homeopath, a healthcare practitioner, a patient, or simply interested in holistic medicine, this is a must-read book that will challenge your assumptions and expand your understanding of what it means to treat the whole person.

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FriesenPress

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1039177158

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9781039177154

Elder Law in Context

By: Rebecca C. Morgan,Mark D. Bauer,Roberta K. Flowers,Joseph F. Morrissey,Theresa J. Pulley Radwan

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Elder Law in Context

By: Rebecca C. Morgan,Mark D. Bauer,Roberta K. Flowers,Joseph F. Morrissey,Theresa J. Pulley Radwan

Elder Law in Context integrates cases, statutory materials, forms, policy and ethics to provide a well-rounded and comprehensive study of Elder Law. The book demonstrates that the law of any given practice area in reality isn't made up of discrete doctrinal areas but rather consists of interrelated and overlapping areas, and covers legal doctrine in contracts, agency, ethics, torts, constitutional law, administrative law, public law, criminal law and more, as they relate to Elder Law. This approach provides both an excellent and practical vehicle for learning Elder Law, but, by reviewing core doctrine from earlier and more foundational law school courses, it helps to prepare upper level students for the bar exam. The book provides ample opportunities for students to apply lessons, through the various problems and exercises throughout.

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Aspen Publishing

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1454888032

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9781454888031

Fashions and Legacies of Nineteenth-Century Italian Opera

By: Roberta Montemorra Marvin

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Fashions and Legacies of Nineteenth-Century Italian Opera

By: Roberta Montemorra Marvin

Leading scholars investigate the ways in which operas by nineteenth-century Italian composers have been reshaped and revived over time.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521889987

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9780521889988

Preventing Talent Loss

By: Eunsook Hong,Roberta M. Milgram

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Preventing Talent Loss

By: Eunsook Hong,Roberta M. Milgram

Preventing Talent Loss provides a comprehensive model of giftedness and talent for all educators including teachers, counselors, and administrators. By presenting a summary of theory-driven, evidence-based knowledge, Hong and Milgram offer innovative and practical solutions for meeting the challenge of coping with talent loss. This monumental book distinguishes the important difference between expert talent and creative talent. While other books focus on how to improve the process of identifying the gifted and talented, Preventing Talent Loss provides educators with the means to individualize their curriculum and instruction in regular classrooms.

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Routledge

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1135599009

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9781135599003

Learning about Europe

By: Roberta Baxter

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Learning about Europe

By: Roberta Baxter

Europe is a marvelous continent, made up of about fifty countries. But did you know that the smallest country in the world—Vatican City—is in Europe? Or that Europe is the only continent with no large deserts? Learn more about the diverse continent of Europe, from its people and countries to its landforms, economy, and more.

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Lerner Publications

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1467783528

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An Introduction to the Thought of Karl Popper

By: Roberta Corvi

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An Introduction to the Thought of Karl Popper

By: Roberta Corvi

This is a comprehensive introduction to the philosophical and political thought of Karl Popper, now available in English. It is divided into three parts; the first part provides a biography of Popper; the second part looks at his works and recurrent themes, and the third part assesses his critics. It was approved of by Popper himself as a sympathetic and comprehensive study, and will be ideal to meet the increasing demand for a summary introduction to his work.

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1134793693

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The Ethics of Genetic Engineering

By: Roberta M. Berry

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The Ethics of Genetic Engineering

By: Roberta M. Berry

Human genetic engineering may soon be possible. The gathering debate about this prospect already threatens to become mired in irresolvable disagreement. After surveying the scientific and technological developments that have brought us to this pass, The Ethics of Genetic Engineering focuses on the ethical and policy debate, noting the deep divide that separates proponents and opponents. The book locates the source of this divide in differing framing assumptions: reductionist pluralist on one side, holist communitarian on the other. The book argues that we must bridge this divide, drawing on the resources from both encampments, if we are to understand and cope with the distinctive problems posed by genetic engineering. These problems, termed "fractious problems," are novel, complex, ethically fraught, unavoidably of public concern, and unavoidably divisive. Berry examines three prominent ethical and political theories – utilitarianism, Kantianism, and virtue ethics – to consider their competency in bridging the divide and addressing these fractious problems. The book concludes that virtue ethics can best guide parental decision making and that a new policymaking approach sketched here, a "navigational approach," can best guide policymaking. These approaches enable us to gain a rich understanding of the problems posed and to craft resolutions adequate to their challenges.

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1135195846

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Rider Haggard and the Fiction of Empire

A Critical Study of British Imperial Fiction

By: Wendy Roberta Katz,Wendy R. Katz

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Rider Haggard and the Fiction of Empire

A Critical Study of British Imperial Fiction

By: Wendy Roberta Katz,Wendy R. Katz

imperial history and politics, as well as to readers of Haggard. --Book Jacket.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521131138

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Ambiguous Locks

An Iconology of Hair in Medieval Art and Literature

By: Roberta Milliken

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Ambiguous Locks

An Iconology of Hair in Medieval Art and Literature

By: Roberta Milliken

It has long been said that a woman's hair is her crowning glory. Indeed, throughout history, hair has remained an important cultural symbol of femininity. In medieval art, iconic images of long, flowing locks can express sexuality, and the cutting of a woman's hair often signals her feminine misbehavior. Artists of all kinds in the Middle Ages used women's long hair to manipulate their audience's estimation of their female figures. This interdisciplinary work explores the significance of women's hair in literature and art from the medieval period through 1525, putting into historical context the ways in which hair participates in construction of the female identity.

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McFarland

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0786487925

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9780786487929

Bacterial Degradation of Organic and Inorganic Materials

Staphylococcus aureus Meets the Nanoworld

By: Marziale Milani,Roberta Curia,Natalia Vladimirovna Shevlyagina,Francesco Tatti

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Bacterial Degradation of Organic and Inorganic Materials

Staphylococcus aureus Meets the Nanoworld

By: Marziale Milani,Roberta Curia,Natalia Vladimirovna Shevlyagina,Francesco Tatti

This interdisciplinary work deals with the bacterial degradation of organic and inorganic materials such as prosthetic devices and the consequent production of non-engineered nanoparticles (NPs). Focus is put on the interaction of these, often toxic, NPs with the environment, the microorganisms and the host human body. Electron Microscopy is the method of choice to investigate bacterial colonization and degradation of plastic polymers. Hence one section of the book is fully dedicated to the most recent and interesting microscopy technologies in microbiology and soft matters. The final chapter of the book on the complex and multivariate relationships between a microscopist and electron microscopy images is dedicated to Lyubov Vasilievna Didenko (1958 – 2015), a passionate researcher who contributed substantially to the field of Electron Microscopy research and its applications in studying bacterial-polymer interactions. The book addresses researchers and advanced students working in general and clinical microbiology, nanobiology, materials sciences and image analysis fields.

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Springer Nature

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3031269497

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9783031269493

The Topophilia Effect

How places affect us

By: Roberta Rio

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The Topophilia Effect

How places affect us

By: Roberta Rio

Health. Success. Love. How do the places where we live, work or spend our vacations, affect our life? Historian Roberta Rio is researching the history of buildings, apartments or land and finds recurring patterns. In this book she shows, based on old knowledge and new research results, what we should know about the effect of places and how we find out.

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3990017071

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Verbal Encounters

Anglo-Saxon and Old Norse Studies for Roberta Frank

By: Roberta Frank

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Verbal Encounters

Anglo-Saxon and Old Norse Studies for Roberta Frank

By: Roberta Frank

Due to conquests and colonialism through the centuries, it is not unusual for languages and cultures to be influenced by other, foreign languages and cultures. The modern English language, for example, owes many of its words to Old Norse and Latin, debts dating from contacts made during the Middle Ages. Verbal Encounters is a collection of papers on the cultural and linguistic exchange in Old Norse, Old English, and medieval Latin literature written in honour of Roberta Frank, former University Professor of Medieval Studies at the University of Toronto. The essays feature new scholarship in the field, on topics such as the integral position of Anglo-Latin within Anglo-Saxon culture and literature, constructions of feminine strength and effectiveness in Anglo-Saxon literature, the rise of Latin-based learning in twelfth-century Iceland, medieval Icelandic religious poetry, and the conversion to Christianity in medieval Scandinavia. The essays in Verbal Encounters are not merely a fitting tribute to Roberta Frank, but also strong contributions to current scholarship on medieval literature and culture.

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0802080111

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Hannah Senesh

Her Life and Diary

By: Marge Piercy,Roberta Grossman

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Her Life and Diary

By: Marge Piercy,Roberta Grossman

Hannah Senesh, poet and Israel?s national heroine, has come to be seen as a symbol of Jewish heroism. Safe in Palestine during World War II, she volunteered for a mission to help rescue fellow Jews in her native Hungary. She was captured by the Nazis, endured imprisonment and torture, and was finally executed at the age of twenty-three.Like Anne Frank, she kept a diary from the time she was thirteen. This new edition brings together not only the widely read and cherished diary, but many of Hannah?s poems and letters, memoirs written by Hannah?s mother, accounts by parachutists who accompanied Hannah on her fateful mission, and insightful material not previously published in English.Timed to coincide with the release of the first-ever documentary feature on the extraordinary human being behind the diary and writings. Described by a fellow parachutist as ?a spiritual girl guided almost by mysticism,? Hannah?s courage and nobility will inspire a new generation of people to follow their own inner voice just as she followed hers.

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Jewish Lights Publishing

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1580233422

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The Discourse of Italian Cinema and Beyond

Let Cinema Speak

By: Roberta Piazza

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The Discourse of Italian Cinema and Beyond

Let Cinema Speak

By: Roberta Piazza

Roberta Piazza's book is a linguistic investigation of the dialogue of Italian cinema covering a selection of films from the 1950s to the present day. It looks at how speech is dealt with in studies of the cinema and tackles the lack of engagement with dialogue in film studies. It explores the representation of discourse in cinema -- the way particular manifestations of verbal interaction are reproduced in film. Whereas 'representation' generally refers to the language used in texts to assign meaning to a group and its social practices, here discourse representation more directly refers to the relationship between real-life and cinematic discourse. Piazza analyses how fictional dialogue reinterprets authentic interaction in order to construe particular meanings. Beginning by exploring the relationship between discourse and genre, the second half of the book takes a topic-based approach and reflects on the themes of narrative and identity. The analysis carried out takes on board the multi-semiotic and multimodal components of film discourse. The book uses also uses concepts and methodologies from pragmatics, conversation analysis and discourse analysis.

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1441182578

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Metal-Based Neurodegeneration

From Molecular Mechanisms to Therapeutic Strategies

By: Robert Crichton,Roberta Ward

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Metal-Based Neurodegeneration

From Molecular Mechanisms to Therapeutic Strategies

By: Robert Crichton,Roberta Ward

Neurodegenerative diseases of the human brain appear in various forms, resulting in disorders of movement and coordination, cognitive deterioration and psychiatric disturbances. Many of the key factors leading to neurodegenerative diseases are similar, including the dysfunction of metal ion homeostasis, redox-active metal ions generating oxidative stress, and intracellular inclusion bodies. Metal-based Neurodegeneration presents a detailed survey of the molecular origins of neurodegenerative diseases. Each chapter is dedicated to a specific disease, presenting the latest scientific findings, including details of their biochemical actors (proteins or peptides), their normal and pathological conformations, and a description of the diseases characteristics, with an emphasis on the role of metal-induced oxidative stress, which can result in the production of intracellular aggregates of target proteins and peptides. Topics covered include: Brain function, physiology and the blood-brain barrier Immune system and neuroinflammation Aging and mild cognitive impairment, MCI Parkinson’s Disease Alzheimer’s Disease Creutzfelt-Jakob and related prion diseases Alcoholic Brain Damage Therapeutic strategies to combat the onset and progression of neurological diseases This extensively updated, full colour, second edition of Metal-based Neurodegeneration is an essential text for research scientists and clinicians working in gerontology, neuropathology, neurochemistry, and metalloprotein mechanisms.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1118553519

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Twenty-First-Century Feminisms in Children's and Adolescent Literature

By: Roberta Seelinger Trites

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Twenty-First-Century Feminisms in Children's and Adolescent Literature

By: Roberta Seelinger Trites

Over twenty years after the publication of her groundbreaking work, Waking Sleeping Beauty: Feminist Voices in Children’s Novels, Roberta Seelinger Trites returns to analyze how literature for the young still provides one outlet in which feminists can offer girls an alternative to sexism. Supplementing her previous work in the linguistic turn, Trites employs methodologies from the material turn to demonstrate how feminist thinking has influenced literature for the young in the last two decades. She interrogates how material feminism can expand our understanding of maturation and gender—especially girlhood—as represented in narratives for preadolescents and adolescents. Twenty-First-Century Feminisms in Children’s and Adolescent Literature applies principles behind material feminisms, such as ecofeminism, intersectionality, and the ethics of care, to analyze important feminist thinking that permeates twenty-first-century publishing for youth. The structure moves from examinations of the individual to examinations of the individual in social, environmental, and interpersonal contexts. The book deploys ecofeminism and the posthuman to investigate how embodied individuals interact with the environment and via the extension of feministic ethics how people interact with each other romantically and sexually. Throughout the book, Trites explores issues of identity, gender, race, class, age, and sexuality in a wide range of literature for young readers, such as Kate DiCamillo’s Flora and Ulysses, Jacqueline Woodson’s Brown Girl Dreaming, and Rainbow Rowell’s Eleanor & Park. She demonstrates how shifting cultural perceptions of feminism affect what is happening both in publishing for the young and in the academic study of literature for children and adolescents.

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Univ. Press of Mississippi

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1496813839

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CISSP Training Guide

Training Guide

By: Roberta Bragg

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CISSP Training Guide

Training Guide

By: Roberta Bragg

The CISSP (Certified Information Systems Security Professionals) exam is a six-hour, monitored paper-based exam covering 10 domains of information system security knowledge, each representing a specific area of expertise. This book maps the exam objectives and offers numerous features such as exam tips, case studies, and practice exams.

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Que Publishing

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078972801X

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The Law as a System of Signs

By: Roberta Kevelson

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The Law as a System of Signs

By: Roberta Kevelson

Even if Peirce were well understood and there existed· general agreement among Peirce scholars on what he meant by his semiotics, or philosophy of signs, the undertaking of this book-wliich intends to establish a theoretical foundation for a new approach to understanding the interrelations of law, economics, and politics against referent systems of value-would be a risky venture. But since such general agreement on Peirce's work is lacking, one's sense of adventure in ideas requires further qualification. Indeed, the proverbial nerve for failure must in any case be attendant. If one succeeds, one has introduced for further inquiry the strong possibility that should our social systems of law, economics, and politics---our means of interpersonal transaction as a whole-be understood against the theoretical back ground of a dynamic, "motion-picture" universe that is continually becoming, that is infinitely developing and changing in response to genuinely novel elements that emerge as existents, then the basic concepts of rights, resources, and reality take on new dimensions of meaning in correspondence with n-dimensional, infinite value judgments or truth-like beliefs which one holds. If such a view, as Peirce maintained, were possible and tenable not only for philosophy but as the basis for action and interaction in the world of human experience and practical affairs, one would readily say that risk taking is a small price for the realization of such possibility.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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1461309115

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Textbook of Healthcare Ethics

By: Erich E.H. Loewy,Roberta Springer Loewy

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Textbook of Healthcare Ethics

By: Erich E.H. Loewy,Roberta Springer Loewy

1 Historical Introduction INTRODUCTION This chapter is mainly about the history of medicine and its ethics. As usually c- ceived, history is retrograde: It is what happened yesterday, and, much as we may try, it is what happened yesterday seen with a set of today’s eyes. Trying to understand yesterday’s culture may help us put on a pair of corrective glasses, but it fails in - tirely correcting our vision. Contemporary cultural anthropology may likewise help us understand the way today’s events and cultural habits shape what we call history tomorrow. Past events and the kaleidoscopic pattern of today’s cultures may help guide us into a future that in at least some respects is ours to forge. Learning about ethics yesterday and thinking about ethics as it expresses itself in various cultures today can help us shape the ethics of tomorrow: This is true whether we are speaking of that part of social ethics called “medical” or of any other part of social ethics. The social aspects of medical practice—how the institution called medicine fits into and works within the greater society called culture—shape the way its ethics ultimately must play itself out.

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1402022522

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Mussolini's Nation-Empire

By: Roberta Pergher

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Mussolini's Nation-Empire

By: Roberta Pergher

The first exploration of how Mussolini employed population settlement inside the nation and across the empire to strengthen Italian sovereignty.

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1108419747

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Far Away Places

By: Roberta Baty

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Far Away Places

By: Roberta Baty

Far Away Places by Roberta Baty There isn't much on this earth that Roberta Baty wants to do that she hasn't done. Her philosophy is seek new horizons and you will discover the world. She is an adventurer, always have been and perhaps always will be. There is so much on this earth to do and yet, after a while it becomes limited. It's not a fancy car, nor clothes, nor shoes; it's the heart that matters. She has traveled the world in an airplane. She's ridden a submarine and dived beneath the sea. She's seen the tallest mountains in the world. She spent a week in the Amazon, in the jungle and on the river. She hasn't been to outer space yet, but she's flown high in a hot air balloon. She cuddled with a koala in Australia and necked with a giraffe in Africa. She rode a camel and walked the Wall in China. She also rode an elephant in India. She went up Mt. Nebo to see the Promised Land. She always wanted to do these things, so she did them. Prior years of her life seem like a wisp of smoke. Mere days. The days whisk by now faster than ever. As you get older, you know what she means. She's had a beautiful life, past and present, but she knows this is just a shadow of what is to come in Heaven. Now she focuses on storing up treasures in the place that is really important. A place where her eighty years here is about sixty minutes there. A place where, even with all her reading, she still knows very little about, except that she is sure she wants to go there. A place where, when people ask her about it, she can only say, "Ain't been there, ain't done that yet, but I will." About the Author Roberta M. Baty has a vagabond heart and has discovered a writing talent to share her adventures in over 65 foreign countries. She grew up in Des Moines, Iowa until, at 29 she vacationed in Hawaii. She decided to move there so she could travel easily to Asian countries and the South Pacific. After ten years she returned to the Mainland to finish her career with the Telephone Company. Having worked in Engineering providing circuits for radio and television broadcasts in Iowa, special circuits for NASA space shots and celebrities like Jackie Kennedy and Elvis Presley in Hawaii, then in Missouri, drafting new subdivisions to provide buried telephone service, she retired in 1992. Each year at vacation time she would head out with a friend or co-worker to a new location in a different country to explore their culture, see the scenery, meet new people and enjoy the food. Since retirement she has volunteered for 19 years with Multiple Sclerosis patients in the swimming pool to help them improve their life capabilities. She says it has helped her too, plus she likes to bring them back small souvenirs, since they are unable to travel. Another volunteer project she enjoys is Friends of the Library book sale twice yearly. Her motto is: "Seek new horizons and you will discover the World." If you have read her first book, you'll enjoy reading "Far Away Places" too.

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1434929965

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Crossfire

Philosophy and the Novel in Spain, 1900-1934

By: Roberta Johnson

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Crossfire

Philosophy and the Novel in Spain, 1900-1934

By: Roberta Johnson

Current narratological theories, including those of Todorov, Genette, Bakhtin, and Martinez Bonati, assist in teasing out the intertextual maneuvers and philosophical conflicts embedded in the novels of the period, while the sociological and biographical material bridges the philosophical and literary analyses.

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0813118247

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