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KNOWLEDGE |
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1 Sullivan, Paul
Qualitative data analysis : using a dialogical approach /
Paul Sullivan.-- Los Angeles: Sage Publications, 2012.
x, 189p. 23cm.
ISBN : 9781849206105.
001.42 SUL 134933
In this book, the author introduces readers to the theory
and method of dialogical discourse analysis (DADA). He
unpacks its conceptual basis, relates it to relevant
methodological and philosophical literature and
demonstrates its practical application. Topics include:
The theoretical foundations of the approach, Data
preparation, Applications of DADA etc.
** Dialogue analysis, Qualitative research --Methodology.
2 Salmons, Janet (ed)
Cases in online interview research / Janet Salmons.-- Los
Angeles: Sage Publications, 2012.
xlix, 349p. 23cm.
ISBN : 9781412991803.
001.4330285 SAL 134888
In an era of constrained research budgets, online
interviewing opens up immense possibilities. This book
provides 10 cases of research conducted using online
interviews, with data collected through text-based,
videoconferencing, multi channel meeting, and immersive 3-
D environments. Each case is followed by two
commentaries.
** Interviewing 2. Telematics 3. Online chat groups 4.
Qualitative research 5. Research-Methodology
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SPECIAL COMPUTER METHODS |
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3 Fensel, Dieter
Semantic web services / Dieter Fensel and others.--
Heidelberg: Springer, 2011.
xi, 357p. 24cm.
ISBN : 9783642191923.
006.76 FEN 134937
This book is about describing services with metadata on
the basis of domain ontologies as a means to enable their
automatic location, execution, combination, and use.
Authors provide a comprehensive overview of SWS in line
with actual industrial practice. They introduce the main
socio technological components that ground the SWS vision
(like Web Science, Service Science, and service-oriented
architectures) and several approaches that realize it,
e.g. the Web Service Modeling Framework, OWL-S, and
RESTful services.
** Web services, Semantic Web.
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NEWS MEDIA, JOURNALISM and PUBLISHING |
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4 Freedman, Des (ed)
Media and terrorism :global perspectives / Des Freedman
and Daya Kishan Thussu.-- Los Angles: Sage, 2012.
xiii, 322p. 24cm.
ISBN : 9781446201589.
070.449303625 FRE 134904
With its topical focus and lucid style, this is a
thoroughly international analysis of how terrorism and
the war on terror is communicated through a variety of
global media outlets. The editors and contributors are
all very high profile in the field, and the content is
both global and interdisciplinary.
** Terrorism and mass media 2. War on terrorism,2001-
2009, in mass media
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5 Stausberg, Michael (ed)
The Routledge handbook of research methods in the study
of religion / Michael Stausberg and Steven Engler.--
London: Routledge, 2011.
xxi, 543p. 25cm.
ISBN : 9780415559201.
200.72 STA 134905
This is the first comprehensive survey in English of
research methods in the field of religious studies. It is
designed to enable non-specialists and students at upper
undergraduate and graduate levels to understand the
variety of research methods used in the field. The aim is
to create awareness of the relevant methods currently
available and to stimulate an active interest in
exploring unfamiliar methods, encouraging their use in
research and enabling students and scholars to evaluate
academic work with reference to methodological issues. A
distinguished team of contributors cover a broad spectrum
of topics, from research ethics, hermeneutics and
interviewing, to Internet research and video-analysis.
Each chapter covers practical issues and challenges, the
theoretical basis of the respective method, and the way
it has been used in religious studies, illustrated by
case studies.
** Religion-Methodology
6 Haynes, Jeffrey
Religion and development : conflict or cooperation? /
Jeffrey Haynes.-- New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.
vii, 250p. 21cm.
ISBN : 9780230542464.
201.73 HAY 135056
In this book, the author adopts a chronological and
conceptual approach to the central themes and theoretical
perspectives in the study of religion and development in
the developing world. He examines the emergence and
consolidation of theories of development and explains how
and why development outcomes in the developing world are
often influenced by religion. Focusing on key themes
including environmental sustainability, health and
education, this book is an essential guide showing how
religion influences current development practice.
** Economic development --Religious aspects.
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SOCIAL SCIENCES,SOCIOLOGY and ANTHROPOLOGY |
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7 Bynner, John (ed)
Research design : the logic of social inquiry / John
Bynner and Keith M Stribley.-- New Brunswick: Aldine
Transaction, 2010.
354p. 23cm.
ISBN : 9780202363707.
300.72 BYN 134935
This book is a collection of critical writings on
different aspects of social research. They have been
carefully selected for the variety of approaches they
display in relation to three broad styles of research:
experimental, survey, and ethnographic. The book is
organized in sections that detail the methods of a
typical experimental research program design, data
collection, and data analysis. These five sections
include The Language of Social Research, Research Design,
Data Collection, Measurement, and Data Analysis and
Report.
** Social sciences --Methodology, Social sciences --
Research.
8 Maxwell, Joseph A
A realist approach for qualitative research / Joseph A
Maxwell.--Los Angeles-- Sage: 2012.
xiii, 222p. 23cm.
ISBN : 9780761929239.
300.72 MAX 134901
This ground-breaking book makes the case for adopting a
realist philosophical perspective for qualitative
research. Joseph Maxwell argues for critically applying a
realist ontology to a number of important theoretical and
methodological issues. This can provide a stronger
justification for what qualitative researchers do, he
contends, and significantly contribute to current
theories and practices. The book outlines critical
realism and considers its implications for how we
conceptualize meaning and culture, causation, and
diversity. The author applies critical realist ideas and
approaches to the design and methods of qualitative
research, and presents two in-depth case studies of
projects he conducted, describing how realist (and other)
perspectives informed the research, the methods, and the
conclusions. .
** Qualitative research 2. Social sciences-Research 3.
Research-Methodology
9 Olsen, Wendy
Data collection : key debates and methods in social
research / Wendy Olsen.-- Los Angeles: Sage Publications,
2012.
xi, 234p. 24cm.
ISBN : 9781847872562.
300.72 OLS 134929
This book is divided into seven critical parts: Data
Collection: An Introduction to Research Practices,
Collecting Qualitative Data, Observation and Informed
Methods, Experimental and Systematic Data Collection,
Survey Methods for Data Collection, The Case Study Method
of Data Collection, Concluding Suggestions for Data
Collection Groups A stimulating, practical guide.
** Social sciences -- Research -- Methodology,
Quantitative research -- Methodology, Qualitative
research -- Methodology.
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10 Hames, David S
Negotiation : closing deals, settling disputes and making
team decisions / David S Hames.-- Los Angeles: Sage, 2012
xxi, 497p. 24cm.
ISBN : 9788132108955.
302.3 HAM 134890
This book provides students with a comprehensive
understanding of the fundamental components of the
negotiation process and the challenges that face
negotiators. It contains, in a single volume, text
material on current theory and research, readings from
diverse perspectives, cases that demonstrate how
negotiation has been effectively or ineffectively applied
in practice, role-playing exercises that enable students
to hone their skills, and questionnaires that assess
personal qualities that can influence negotiation
processes and outcomes.
** Negotiation 2. Persuasion (Psychology) 3.
Communication
11 Thai, My T (ed)
Handbook of optimization in complex networks :
communication and social networks / My T Thai and Panos M
Pardalos.-- New York: Springer, 2012.
xii, 541p. 24cm.
ISBN : 9781461408567.
302.3 THA 134848
This book explores the basic theory of complex networks,
presenting new mathematical approaches and optimization
techniques for designing and analyzing dynamic complex
networks. Covers applications in communications,
engineering, social networks and more.
** Social networks 2. Network analysis (Planning)
12 Driskill, Gerald W
Organizational culture in action : a cultural analysis
workbook / Gerald W Driskill and Angela Laird Brenton.--
2nd ed-- Los Angeles: Sage Publications, 2011.
xi, 239p. 28cm.
ISBN : 9781412981088.
302.35 DRI 134930
Applying the metaphor of method acting, this workbook is
an essential primer for classes in communication and
organizational culture. Based on more than 20 years of
experience, the authors help students apply cultural
insights to fostering diversity, supporting
organizational change, making leadership more dynamic,
exploring the link between ethics and culture, and making
organizations more effective overall.
** Organizational behavior.
13 Kenny, Kate
Understanding identity and organizations / Kate Kenny,
Andrea Whittle and Hugh Willmott.-- Los Angeles: Sage
Publications, 2011.
viii, 204p. 24cm.
ISBN : 9781848606807.
302.35 KEN 134941
This book offers instead a deeper, more nuanced
understanding of why people, groups and organizations
behave the way they do. With conceptions of identity
perhaps less stable than they have ever been, the authors
make complex theoretical issues accessible to the reader
through the use of lively examples from popular culture.
The authors present an overview of the key issues, as
well as an examination of cutting-edge research and
topical forces currently redefining identity, such as
globalisation, the fair trade movement and online
identities.
** Organizational behavior, Identity (Psychology),
Organizational sociology, Corporate culture.
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14 Verma, Vidhu
Non-discrimination and equality in India : contesting
boundaries of social justice / Vidhu Verma.-- London:
Routledge, 2012.
xv, 269p. 24cm.
ISBN : 9780415677752.
303.3720954 VER 134911
Social Justice is a concept familiar to most Indians but
one whose meaning is not always understood as it
signifies a variety of government strategies designed to
enhance opportunities for underprivileged groups. By
tracing the trajectory of social justice from the
colonial period to the present, this book examines how it
informs ideas, practices and debates on discrimination
and disadvantage today. After outlining the historical
context for reservations for scheduled castes and
scheduled tribes that began under British colonial rule,
the book examines the legal and moral strands of demands
raised by newer groups since 1990. In addition the book
shows how the development of quota policies has been
significantly influenced by the nature and operation of
democracy in India. It describes the recent proliferation
of quota demands for reservations in higher education,
private sector and for women and religious minorities in
legislative assemblies.
** Social justice -- India, Social groups -- India,
Discrimination -- India.
15 Suzuki, Shogo
Civilization and empire : China and Japan-s encounter
with European international society / Shogo Suzuki.--
London: Routledge, 2009.
xvi, 256p. 24cm.
ISBN : 9780415446884.
303.4825104 SUZ 134893
This book provides a critical examination of how state
socialization has been conceptualized by examining the
entry of China and Japan in the expansion of the European
international order.
** China-Foreign relations-Europe 2. Europe- Foreign
relations- China 3. Japan- Foreign relations-Europe 4.
Political socialization-East Asia 5. China-Colonial
influence 6. Japan-Colonial influence 7. East and West-
Case studies
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16 De, Esha Niyogi
Empire, media, and the autonomous woman : a feminist
critique of postcolonial thought / Esha Niyogi De.-- New
Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2012.
xxi, 246p. 22cm.
ISBN : 9780198072553.
305.420954 DEE 134945
This book emphasizes the feminist challenge to sexual and
racial orthodoxies posed by critical imaginations of the
-autonomous woman- in postcolonial cultures by studying
autobiographical texts by nineteenth-century Bengali
prostituted women, point-of-view photography, woman-
centered dance dramas and essays by Rabindranth Tagore,
representations of Tagore-s works on mainstream
television, video, and stage in India and Indian American
diasporas, and feminist cinema, choreography and
performance respectively by Aparna Sen and Manjusri Chaki
Sircar.
** Women -- India -- Social conditions, Postcolonialism -
India, Humanism -- India.
17 Bilimoria, Diana
Gender equity in science and engineering : advancing
change in higher education / Diana Bilimoria and Xiangfen
Liang.-- New York: Routledge, 2012.
xviii, 247p. 23cm.
ISBN : 9780415885621.
305.4337812 BIL 134894
To overcome persistent institutional resistance and
barriers to change, the NSF ADVANCE institutional
transformation initiative, instituted in 2001, seeks to
increase the workforce participation of women faculty in
academic science and engineering through systematic
institutional transformation. This book assesses the
equity, diversity and inclusion outcomes of the changes
underway at 19 universities. The findings show that
targeted institutional transformation at these 19 U.S.
universities has resulted in significant increases in
women faculty-s workforce participation, as well as
improved gender equity and inclusion. Yet the results
also point to the overall continued underrepresentation
of women faculty in academic science and engineering at
the nation-s research universities.
** Women in science 2. Women in engineering 3. Feminism
and higher education4. Gender identity in education
18 Grimshaw, Allen D (ed)
A social history of racial violence / Allen D Grimshaw.--
New Brunswick: Aldine Transaction, 2009.
xviii, 553p. 23cm.
ISBN : 9780202362632.
305.800973 GRI 134938
The book includes accounts of racial violence from
different periods in American history, showing these
disturbing events in their historical context and
providing suggestive analyses of their social,
psychological, and political causes and
implications. Grimshaw includes reports and studies of
racial violence from the slave insurrections of the
seventeenth century to urban disturbances of the 1960s.
The result is more than a descriptive record. Its
contents not only demonstrate the historical nature of
the problem but also provide a review of major
theoretical points of view. The volume defines patterns
in past and present disturbances, isolates empirical
generalizations, and samples the substantial body of
literature that has attempted to explain this ultimate
form of social conflict. .
** Riots --United States, African Americans --History,
United States --Race relations.
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19 Turner, Graeme
What-s become of cultural studies? / Graeme Turner.-- Los
Angeles: Sage, 2012.
ix, 189p. 21cm.
ISBN : 9781849205849.
306.07 TUR 134898
It offers a level-headed account of where cultural
studies has come from, the methodological and theoretical
dilemmas that it faces today, and an agenda for its
future development. In an age in which the relevance of
cultural studies has been called into question, this book
seeks to generate debate. Focusing upon the actual
practice of cultural studies within higher education
today, it asks whether or not cultural studies has really
managed to maintain a connection with its original
political and ethical mission and comments on the
strategies needed to regain the initiative. This timely
and provocative consideration of cultural studies as a
global discipline will be essential reading for academics
and students working in the field for years to come.
** Culture-Study and teaching
20 McMichael, Philip
Development and social change : a global perspective /
Philip McMichael.--5th ed-- Los Angeles: Sage, 2012.
xxi, 383p. 23cm.
ISBN : 9781412992077.
306.309 MAC 134899
The Fifth Edition of this popular textbook has been
conceptually reworked to take account of the
instabilities underlying the project of global
development. While the conceptual framework of viewing
development as shifting from a national, to a global,
project remains, new issues such as the active engagement
in the development project by Third World elites and
peoples are considered. Throughout extensive use is made
of case studies.Clear in presentation, designed to
integrate the sociology of development in the mainstream
of social theory, this state-of-the-art introduction to
the sociology of development has profound implications
for the future of the field.
** Economic development projects-History 2. Economic
development-History 3. Competition, International-history
21 Singh, Jaivir (ed)
Regulation, institutions and the law / Jaivir Singh.--
New Delhi: Social Science Press, 2011.
xiv, 242p. 22cm.
ISBN : 9788187358282.
306.342 SIN 134934
The need to regulate certain aspects of the market
economy is widely acknowledged. There are now many
agencies in India, which use institutional and legal
mechanisms to do this. Though regulation is intimately
related to law, it goes beyond it. A large body of the
standard literature on regulation has grown organically
in response to the markets in the United States and
Western Europe. The fourteen papers in this volume try to
understand the specific context within which regulation
has unfolded in India, under circumstances which are very
different from those in the United States and Western
Europe. It also dwells on how these regulatory issues
flow across national boundaries and affect the
international arena in this age of globalization.
** Capitalism -- India , Commercial law -- India
22 Mckie, Linda
Understanding families :a global introduction / Linda
Mckie and Samantha Callan.-- Los Angeles: Sage, 2012.
xvii, 246p. 24cm.
ISBN : 9781847879325.
306.85 MAC 134902
Written by field experts this clear, engaging book adopts
a global perspective to usefully examine how modern
families can be explored and understood. Packed with
critical pedagogy, including case-studies, think points,
key words and a glossary, it guides students through
topics such as relationships, sexualities and paid and
unpaid work. The book also: Applies key social theories
from classical sociological theory and contemporary
analysis- Examines best practice for researching families
and family life- Explores the role of government policies
and practices.
** families 2. Families-Psychological Aspects
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23 Brooks, Nancy (ed)
The Oxford handbook of urban economics and planning /
Nancy Brooks, Kieran Donaghy and Gerrit-Jan Knaap.--
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012.
xx,1006p. 25cm.
ISBN : 9780195380620.
307.1216 BRO 134949
Urban economics and urban/regional planning highlights
the best scholarship in planning and economics that
address the most pressing urban problems of our day and
should stimulate further dialog between scholars in urban
planning and urban economics.
** Urban economics 2. City planning
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24 Miller, Mark C (ed)
Making policy, making law : an interbranch perspective /
Mark C Miller and Jeb Barnes.-- Washington, D C:
Georgetown University Press, 2004.
xi, 244p. 25cm.
ISBN : 9781589010253.
320.60973 MIL 135058
This book provides a combination of contemporary policy
analysis, an interbranch perspective, and diverse
methodological approaches that speak to a surprisingly
overlooked gap in the literature dealing with the role of
the courts in the American policymaking process.
** Separation of powers --United States, Judicial power -
United States, Political questions and judicial power --
United States,
25 Kingstone, Peter (ed)
Routledge handbook of Latin American politics / Peter
Kingstone and Deborah J Yashar.-- New York: Routledge,
2012.
xxxiv, 596p. 25cm.
ISBN : 9780415875226.
320.98 KIN 134895
Latin Americas challenges continue to spawn original and
vital work on central questions in comparative politics:
about the origins of democracy, about the relationship
between state and society, about the nature of
citizenship about the balance between state and
market. The richness and diversity of the study of Latin
American politics makes it hard to stay abreast of the
developments in the many sub-literatures of the field.
The Routledge Handbook of Latin American Politics offers
an intellectually rigorous overview of the state of the
field and a thoughtful guide to the direction of future
scholarship. Kingstone and Yashar bring together the
leading figures in the study of Latin America to present
extensive empirical coverage, new original research, and
a cutting-edge examination of the central areas of
inquiry in the region.
** Democracy-Latin America 2. Latin America-Politics and
government-1948-1980 3.Latin America-Social policy 4.
Latin America-Economic policy
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26 Ghosh, Jayati
Never done and poorly paid : women-s work in globalising
India / Jayati Ghosh.-- New Delhi: Women Unlimited, 2009.
ix, 185p. 22cm.
ISBN : 9788188965441.
330.0820954 GHO 134971
This book investigates the complex interaction of the
forces of globalization with shifts in the nature of
women’s work in the Indian context. It shows how rapid
economic growth in India since the early 1990s has not
been accompanied with the required expansion of
productive employment opportunities.
** Women employees -- India -- Economic conditions, Women
-- Employment -- India, Women in economic development --
India.
27 Medema, Steven G
The Hesitant hand : taming self-interest in the history
of economic ideas / Steven G Medema.-- Princeton:
Princeton University Press, 2009.
xiii, 230p. 24cm.
ISBN : 9780691122960.
330.1 MED 134991
This book examines how subsequent economic thinkers have
challenged or reaffirmed Smith-s doctrine, some
contending that society needs government to intervene on
its behalf when the marketplace falters, others arguing
that government interference ultimately benefits neither
the market nor society. The author explores what has been
perhaps the central controversy in modern economics from
Smith to today. He traces the theory of market failure
from the 1840s through the 1950s and subsequent attacks
on this view by the Chicago and Virginia schools.
** Free enterprise -- History, Economic policy -- History
Economics -- History, Economic history.
28 Arnon, Arie (ed)
Perspectives on Keynesian economics / Arie Arnon, Jimmy
Weinblatt and Warren Young.-- Heidelberg: Springer, 2011.
xiv, 304p. 24cm.
ISBN : 9783642144080.
330.156 ARN 134931
Assembling contributions from leading macroeconomists and
economic historians, this book combines historical and
policy-oriented perspectives to assess the contemporary
relevance of the Keynesian approach for economic theory,
policy, and crisis analysis.
** Keynes, John Maynard, -- 1883-1946, Keynesian
economics Economics -- Methodology.
29 Kumar, Dharma (ed)
The Cambridge economic history of India / Dharma Kumar
and Tapan Raychaudhuri.-- Hyderabad: Orient Blackswan,
1983.
xli, 1115p. 21cm.
V2 : c1757-2003.
ISBN : 9788125027317.
330.954 KUM 134914,V.2
This volume offers a nuanced and useful introduction by
the reputed economic historian, Sabyasachi Bhattacharya.
This volume spans about 250 years of India’s political
and social economy. The chapter here introduce subjects
as diverse as domestic trade and market ion the 18th
century, the economic zones prevalent in the 19th
century, and the pre-Independence agrarian structure of
our village economy.
** India -- Economic conditions.
30 Raychaudhuri, Tapan (ed)
The Cambridge economic history of India / Tapan
Raychaudhuri and Irfan Habib.-- Hyderabad: Orient
Blackswan, 1982.
xvi, 543p. 22cm.
V1: c1200-c1750.
ISBN : 9788125027300.
330.954 RAY 134913,V.1
This volume covers a spectrum of socio-economic views on,
and reviews of, c. 1200-1500, the pre-Mughal period. It
brings at the point from which a systematic treatment of
Indian economic history becomes possible. It closes on
the eve of the subjugation of the country and its economy
by Britain.
** India -- Economic conditions.
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31 Gall, Gregor (ed)
The International handbook of labour unions : responses
to Neo-Liberalism / Gregor Gall, Adrian Wilkinson and
Richard Hurd.-- Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2011.
xiv, 343p. 24cm.
ISBN : 9781848448629.
331.88 GAL 134960
This insightful Handbook examines how labor unions across
the world have experienced and responded to the growth of
neo-liberalism. Since the 1970s, the spread of neo-
liberalism across the world has radically reconfigured
the relationship between unions, employers and the state.
The contributors highlight that this is the major cause
and effect of union decline and argue that if there is to
be any union revitalisation and return to former levels
of influence, then unions need to respond in appropriate
political and practical ways. Written in a clear and
accessible style, the Handbook examines unions- efforts
to date in many of the major economies of the world,
providing foundations for understanding each country.
** Labor unions 2. Neoliberalism 3. Labor unions members
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32 Dua, Pami
Exchange rate policy and modelling in India / Pami Dua
and Rajiv Ranjan.-- New Delhi: Oxford University Press,
2012.
xxii, 273p. 22cm.
ISBN : 9780198077206.
332.4560954 DUA 134951
This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the
foreign exchange market in India in terms of
participants, instruments and the trading platform, as
also turnover and forward premia. It examines the role of
exchange rates in the recent global financial crisis, and
also develops an alternative forecasting model for the
rupee-dollar exchange rate. .
** Foreign exchange rates-India 2. Currency board-India
33 Scherer, Bernd (ed)
The Oxford handbook of quantitative asset management /
Bernd Scherer and Kenneth Winston.-- Oxford: Oxford
University Press, 2012.
xxviii, 501p. 25cm.
ISBN : 9780199553433.
332.60151 SCH 134948
This book explores the current state of the art in
quantitative investment management across seven key
areas. Chapters by academics and practitioners working in
leading investment management organizations bring
together major theoretical and practical aspects of the
field.
** Portfolio management --Mathematical models, Investment
analysis --Mathematical models, Asset allocation --
Mathematical models, Risk management --Mathematical
models.
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34 Harper, Malcolm
Inclusive value chains :a pathway out of poverty /
Malcolm Harper.-- New Jersey: World Scientific, 2010.
xii, 299p. 23cm.
(series on economic development and growth , 4).
ISBN : 9789814293891.
338.10954 HAR 134851,v. 4
Modern integrated value chains need not necessarily
exclude the smallest producers. This book aims to explain
this issue in detail by case studies. It is particularly
topical in India, where modern retailing has come to the
scene only recently and the majority of whose population
are still small farmers and artisans.
** Agricultural industries- India 2. Agricultural
industries - India-Case studies 3. Food industry and
trade - India-Case studies
35 Hanushek, Eric A (ed)
Handbooks of the economics of education / Eric A
Hanushek, Stephen Machin and Ludger Woessmann.--
Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2011.
xvi, 690p. 24cm.
ISBN : 9780444534446.
338.47370973 HAN 134850,v. 4
How does education affect economic and social outcomes,
and how can it inform public policy? The Handbooks in the
Economics of Education uses newly available high quality
data from around the world to address these and other
core questions. With the help of new methodological
approaches, contributors cover econometric methods and
international test score data. They examine the
determinants of educational outcomes and issues
surrounding teacher salaries and licensure. And
reflecting government demands for more evidence-based
policies. .
** Education-Economic aspects-United States 2. Education-
United States-Finance 3. Wages-Effect of education on-
United States
36 Aggarwal, Aradhna
Social and economic impact of SEZs in India / Aradhna
Aggarwal.-- New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2012.
xix, 300p. 22cm.
ISBN : 9780198077275.
338.954 AGG 134950
This book provides a comprehensive review of the
evolution and performance of SEZs in India from a
historical and comparative perspective. Critically
reviewing India-s policy, it analyses the economic
rationale of SEZs and their impact on employment, trade,
foreign exchange earnings, government revenue, and
technology transfers. .
** Economic development- Social aspects- India 2. India-
Economic policy-1991-
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37 Becker, Jorg
Modernizing processes in public administrations : process
management in the age of e-government and new public
management / Jorg Becker, Lars Algermissen and Thorsten
Falk.-- New York: Springer, 2012.
xxiv, 336p. 24cm.
ISBN : 9783642213557.
351 BEC 134909
This book describes a new process modeling approach for
the public sector called the PICTURE method, which takes
into account the specific characteristics of public
administrations. It includes a step-by-step procedural
model for applying the method.
** Political Science.
38 Torfing, Jacob
Interactive governance :advancing the paradigm / Jacob
Torfing and others.-- Oxford: Oxford University Press,
2012.
ix,273p. 24cm.
ISBN : 9780199596751.
351 TOR 134952
Governance has become one of the most commonly used
concepts in contemporary political science. It is,
however, often used to mean a variety of different
things. This book helps to clarify this conceptual muddle
by concentrating on one variety of governance-interactive
governance.
** Public administration 2. Government accountability 3.
Political science 4. Power (Social sciences)
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39 McLaughlin, Hugh
Understanding social work research / Hugh McLaughlin.--
2nd ed-- Los Angeles: Sage Publications, 2012.
224p. 24cm.
ISBN : 9780857028723.
361.30721 MAC 134942
In this book, the author shows how a research-minded
perspective and an appreciation of evidence-based
practice can lead students to achieve the highest level
of individual and collective social work practice. Topics
covered include: How to assess, appraise and apply
research,The philosophy of research, Improving the use of
research in practice, and, Interdisciplinary
contributions to social work and social work research.
** Social service -- Research.
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40 Brennan, Sean
The NHS IT project : the biggest computer programme in
the world... ever! / Sean Brennan.-- Oxford: Radcliffe
Publishing, 2005.
ix, 225p. 24cm.
ISBN : 9781857757323.
362.10285 BRE 135059
The NHS computer project is the biggest and the most
expensive IT project in world history, but why is it
needed? What does it aim to achieve? This book spells out
the real objective of the programme. This is not simply a
plan to computerize our medical records, it is a project
to transform the way that the NHS works. This book is a
comprehensive but highly accessible examination of the
past, present and possible future of managing patient
data. The reader is introduced to the layers of computing
that will fit together to create a single patient record.
Patient security and confidentiality are discussed, along
with the practical issues surrounding the introduction of
the programme. The IT project has evolved from government
strategies, pilots and initiatives that date back over a
quarter of a century or more.
** Great Britain, National Health Service -- Data
processing.
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41 Lampinen, James Michael
The Psychology of eyewitness identification / James
Michael Lampinen, Jeffrey S Neuschatz and A. D Cling.--
New York: Psychology Press, 2012.
xii, 334p. 23cm.
ISBN : 9781848728837.
363.258 LAM 134896
This volume provides a tutorial review and evaluation of
scientific research on the accuracy and reliability of
eyewitness identification. The book starts with the
perspective that there are a variety of conceptual and
empirical problems with eyewitness identification as a
form of forensic evidence, just as there are a variety of
problems with other forms of forensic evidence. There is
then an examination of the important results in the study
of eyewitness memory and the implications of this
research for psychological theory and for social and
legal policy. The volume takes the perspective that
research on eyewitness identification can be seen as the
paradigmatic example of how psychological science can be
successfully applied to real-world problems.
** Criminal investigation- Psychological aspects 2.
Mistaken identity- Psychological aspects 3. Eyewitness
identification- Psychological aspects 4. Memory 5.
Forensic psychology
42 Bakker, Karen
Privatizing water : governance failure and the world-s
urban water crisis / Karen Bakker.-- Hyderabad: Orient
Blackswan, 2011.
xvi, 303p. 23cm.
ISBN : 9788125043218.
363.61 BAK 134932
In this book, the author focuses on three questions: Why
did privatization emerge as a preferred alternative for
managing urban water supply? Can privatization fulfill
its proponents- expectations, particularly with respect
to water supply to the urban poor? And, given the
apparent shortcomings of both privatization and
conventional approaches to government provision, what are
the alternatives? In answering these questions, the
author engages with broader debates over the role of the
private sector in development, the role of urban
communities in the provision of "public" services, and
the governance of public goods. She introduces the
concept of "governance failure" as a means of exploring
the limitations facing both private companies and
governments.
** Municipal water supply -- Political aspects, Water
utilities -- Deregulation, Privatization.
43 Pelling, Mark (ed)
Climate change and the crisis of capitalism : a chance to
reclaim self, society and nature / Mark Pelling, David
Manuel-Navarrete and Michael Redclift.-- London:
Routledge, 2012.
xi, 207p. 24cm.
ISBN : 9780415676946.
363.73874 PEL 134908
This volume argues that the combination of global
environmental change and global economic restructuring
require a re-thinking of the priorities, processes and
underlying values that shape contemporary development
aspirations and policy.
** Climatic changes -- Economic aspects, Climatic changes
-- Political aspects, Capitalism, Global environmental
change.
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SCHOOLS and THEIR ACTIVITIES; SPECIAL EDUCATION |
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44 English, Fenwick W (ed)
The Sage handbook of educational leadership :advances in
theory, research and practice / Fenwick W English.--2nd
ed-- Los Angeles: Sage Publication, 2011.
xiii, 453p. 26cm.
ISBN : 9781412980029.
371.2 ENG 134936
The SAGE Handbook of Educational Leadership looks back at
how leadership was redefined by management and
organizational theory in its quest to become -science
like, - and how it must part company with these
perspectives in order to reclaim its promise for
improving educational leadership. The Handbook then looks
forward to promising theories, concepts and practices
that have shown unusual potential to be developed and
applied.
** Educational leadership, School supervision, School
administrators.
45 Peer, Lindsay (ed)
Special educational needs : a guide for inclusive
practice / Lindsay Peer and Gavin Reid.-- Los Angeles:
Sage, 2012.
xx, 308p. 23cm.
ISBN : 9780857021632.
371.9 PEE 134900
With a Foreword from Baroness Warnock, this book provides
a comprehensive overview of the field of special
educational needs (SEN). It contains chapters written by
a range of experts on different aspects of SEN, and is
full of practical suggestions for how to achieve
effective, inclusive practice. Various research
perspectives are considered, the value of labels is
examined and the need to recognize the overlapping
characteristics between different syndromes is
highlighted. Chapters focus on translating theory into
classroom practice, and include case studies covering the
Birth to 19 age range. Ideal for those undertaking
teacher education courses, as well as experienced
teachers, therapists and policy makers, this book is a
guide to understanding and supporting learners with
additional needs. .
** Special education 2. Children with disabilities-
Education
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INTERNATIONAL COMMERCE |
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46 Staveren, Irene van (ed)
The Feminist economics of trade / Irene van Staveren and
others.-- London: Routledge, 2007.
xviii, 328p. 23cm.
ISBN : 9780415436373.
382.01 STA 134972
This book brings together fourteen contributions from a
variety of economic perspectives, including
structuralist, institutionalist, neoclassical and Post-
Keynesian to demonstrate what feminist economics has
contributed to the analysis of international trade,
through theoretical modeling, econometric analysis and
policy-oriented contributions. It includes evidence from
industrialized, semi-industrialized, and agrarian
economies, using country case studies and cross-country
analysis.
** Feminist economics, International trade, Sex
discrimination against women -- Economic aspects.
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47 Mukherjee, Arpita
Facilitating trade and global competitiveness :express
delivery services in India / Arpita Mukherjee and others.
-- New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2012.
xix, 287p. 22cm.
ISBN : 9780198076391.
383.180954 MUK 134946
This book provides a detailed analysis of the express
delivery sector globally and in India. Highlighting its
growth potential in the context of trade barriers, it
examines the contribution of this sector to economy,
trade, and employment and suggests appropriate policy
reforms.
** Express service -- India.
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COMMUNICATIONS; TELECOMMUNICATION |
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48 Subramanian, Dilip
Telecommunications industry in India : state, business
and labour in a global economy / Dilip Subramanian.-- New
Delhi: Social Science Press, 2010.
xiii, 685p. 22cm.
ISBN : 9788187358428.
384.0954 SUB 134939
This book represents the comprehensive study of a state-
run enterprise in the telecommunications industry. The
study traces over a period of half a century (1948-2009)
the growth and decline of Indian Telephone Industry
(ITI).
** Indian Telephone Industries Ltd, Telecommunication --
India.
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RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION |
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49 Joshi, Rashmi (ed)
Indian Railways : changing tracks for the better / Rashmi
Joshi.-- Hyderabad: The Icfai University Press, 2007.
vii, 253p. 23cm.
ISBN : 9788131408391.
385.0954 JOS 135057
This book highlights the growth of the Railways from the
time it was formed after amalgamating the fort-two rail-
systems that existed at the time of independence, into a
single unit. The recent transformation of the Indian
Railways from a much-maligned and loss-making public
enterprise to an awesome, technology savvy, fast-moving
and profit-making juggernaut has been particularly
impressive, in view of its innate systemic complexity.
** Indian Railways -- Management, Railroads -- India --
Management, Railroads -- India -- Finance.
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PROBABILITIES and APPLIED MATHEMATICS |
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50 Snijders, Tom A B
Multilevel analysis : an introduction to basic and
advanced multilevel modeling / Tom A B Snijders and Roel
J Bosker.--2nd ed-- Los Angeles: Sage Publications, 2012.
xi, 354p. 24cm.
ISBN : 9781849202015.
519.535 SNI 134943
This book introduces the main methods, techniques, and
issues involved in carrying out multilevel modeling and
analysis. This book is an applied, authoritative, and
accessible introduction to the topic, providing readers
with a clear conceptual and practical understanding of
all the main issues involved in designing multilevel
studies and conducting multilevel analysis.
** Multivariate analysis.
51 Dugard, Pat
Single-case and small-n experimental designs : a
practical guide to randomization tests / Pat Dugard,
Portia File and Jonathan Todman.--2nd ed-- New York:
Routledge, 2012.
xiii, 290p. 23cm.
ISBN : 9780415886222.
519.56 DUG 134958
Randomization tests are not a new idea, but they only
became really useful after the advent of fast computing.
Making randomization tests accessible to many more
potential users by providing the means to use them within
familiar statistical software, this book serves as an
introduction and provides macros to perform in the
familiar environments of SPSS and Excel. Though we expect
that the book will still appeal to researchers, we
believe the changes in the new edition will make the book
an essential aid for graduate and senior undergraduate
courses in statistics, data analysis, and/or research
methods, taught in departments of psychology (especially
clinical or counseling psychology), medicine, nursing,
and other health and social sciences.
** Statistical hypothesis testing 2. Experimental design
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MEDICINE and HEALTH |
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52 Burns, David D
When panic attacks : the new, drug-free anxiety therapy
that can change your life / David D Burns.-- New York:
Three Rivers Press, 2007.
x, 449p. 23cm.
ISBN : 9780767920834.
616.8522306 BUR 135073
In this book, the author takes you by the hand and shows
you how to overcome every conceivable kind of anxiety. In
fact, you will learn how to use more than forty simple,
effective techniques, and the moment you put the lie to
the distorted thoughts that plague you, your fears will
immediately disappear. Author also shares the latest
research on the drugs commonly prescribed for anxiety and
depression and explains why they may sometimes do more
harm than good. This is not pop psychology but proven,
fast-acting techniques that have been shown to be more
effective than medications.
** Panic attacks --Treatment, Panic attacks --Alternative
treatment, Panic Disorder --therapy.
53 Burns, David D
The feeling good handbook / David D Burns.-- Toronto:
Plume Book, 1999.
xxxvi, 729p. 22cm.
ISBN : 9780452281325.
616.89142 BUR 135072
This book helps you: free yourself from fears, phobias
and panic attacks, overcome self-defeating attitudes,
discover the five secrets of intimate communication, put
an end to marital conflict, and, conquer your
procrastination and unleash your potential for success.
In this book, the author reveals powerful new techniques
and provides practical exercises that will help you cope
with problems and learn how to make life a happier, more
exhilarating experience.
** Cognitive therapy, Psychotropic drugs,
Psychopharmacology.
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GENERAL MANAGEMENT |
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54 Kaushik, Kshama V
India means business : how the elephant earned its
stripes / Kshama V Kaushik and Kaushik Dutta.-- New Delhi
: Oxford University Press, 2012.
xviii, 366p. 22cm.
ISBN : 9780198072614.
658.00954 KAU 134947
The book focuses on the influence of global business,
studying its impact through case studies of companies
like ITC Limited, ICI India Limited, HCL Limited, and
Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited, among others, and analyses
the sustainability of the Indian dream. The book also
includes notices on the guilds of ancient India, hundis
(indigenous and para-banking), bahi-khata and parta
system, and chit and nidhi funds as well as discussions
on innovation and research and development, which analyse
the value, spread, and position of India in the global
RandD pie. .
** Business management, Business behavior.
55 Badiru, Adedeii B
Project management : systems, principles and applications
/ Adedeii B Badiru.-- Boca Raton: CRC Press, 2012.
xxi, 565p. 26cm.
ISBN : 9781420083194.
658.404 BAD 134897
A project can be simple or complex. In each case, proven
PM processes must be followed with a world systems view
of the project environment. Consequently, PM resources
are of high utility. This text fills the void that exists
in the availability of PM resources. Although individual
books dealing with management principles, optimization
models, and computer tools are available, there are few
guidelines for the integration of these three areas for
PM purposes. This book integrates these areas into a
comprehensive guide to PM. It introduces the triad
approach to improve the effectiveness of PM with respect
to schedule, cost, and performance constraints within the
context of systems modeling. It provides details on an
integrated systems PM approach that can help diminish the
adverse impacts of these issues through good project
planning, organizing, scheduling, and control. .
** Project management
56 Mumford, Michael D (ed)
Handbook of organizational creativity / Michael D Mumford
-- Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2012.
xvi, 737p. 24cm.
ISBN : 9780123747143.
658.4063 MUM 134849
Explains creativity and innovation in organizations. This
book discusses variables such as idea generation, affect,
personality, expertise, teams, leadership, and planning,
among many others. It also discusses specific practical
interventions that involve training, development,
rewards, and organizational development. .
** Creative ability in business
57 Gill, Roger
Theory and practice of leadership / Roger Gill.--2nd ed--
Los Angeles: Sage Publications, 2011.
xviii, 532p. 24cm.
ISBN : 9781849200240.
658.4092 GIL 134940
This book provides a comprehensive and critical review of
the major theories of leadership and clearly lays out a
more holistic understanding of leadership that integrates
the disparate approaches and theories. Throughout the
book, Roger Gill uses illustrative examples and cases,
drawn from research and practice in the UK, mainland
Europe, and the USA as well as Asia and elsewhere,
enabling students to better relate the theories to real
cases and their own experience.
** Leadership.
58 Heesen, Bernd
Effective strategy execution : improving performance with
business intelligence / Bernd Heesen.-- Heidelberg:
Springer, 2012.
xvi, 228p. 24cm.
ISBN : 9783642192043.
658.472 HEE 134903
Effective Strategy Execution describes the first
Strategic Alignment Remote Control TM for managers.
Readers will learn how to monitor performance, receive
alerts and issue commands to steer their business across
the globe.
** Business intelligence 2. Business intelligence-Case
studies
59 Goldratt, Eliyahu M
Production the TOC way / Eliyahu M Goldratt.-- Great
Barrington: The North River Press, 1996.
93p. CD-ROM. 28cm.
Including CD-ROM simulator and workbook.
ISBN : 9780884271758.
658.5 GOL 135074
** Production management, Operations Management.
60 Nahmias, Steven
Perishable inventory systems / Steven Nahmias.-- New York
: Springer, 2011.
xii, 80p. 24cm.
ISBN : 9781441979988.
658.787015118 NAH 134957
Perishable Inventory Systems explores the benefits of a
periodic review versus continuous review, and a look at a
one-period newsvendor perishable inventory model. Topics
include one-for-one policies, models with zero lead time,
and optimal policies with positive lead time.
** Inventory control 2. Perishable goods
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61 Hunter, Fil
Light-science and magic : an introduction to photographic
lighting / Fil Hunter, Steven Biver and Paul Fuqua.--4th
ed-- Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2011. xiii, 313p. 23cm.
ISBN : 9780240812250.
778.72 HUN 134907
This book provides photographers with a comprehensive
theory of the nature and principles of light to allow
individual photographers to use lighting to express their
own creativity. It will show you how to light the most
difficult subjects such as surfaces, metal, glass,
liquids, extremes (black-on-black and white-on-white),
and people.
** Photography --Lighting.
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SPORTS, GAMES and ENTERTAINMENT |
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62 Ghosh, Arun
A history of the Jana Natya Manch : plays for the people
/ Arun Ghosh.-- Los Angeles: Sage publications, 2012.
xxiii, 293p. 22cm.
ISBN : 9788132107286.
792.022095456 GHO 134889
Beginning in the early 1970s, when a group of young
students in Delhi sought to continue the legacy of the
Indian Peoples- Theatre Association, this book takes a
close but critical look at the various phases in the four
decades of the theatre collective. It is also an attempt
to throw fresh light on the practice of theater.
** Jana natya manch-History 2. Street theater-India-
History
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63 Craswell, Gail
Writing for academic success / Gail Craswell and Megan
Poore.--2nd ed-- Los Angeles: Sage Publications, 2012.
xi, 248p. 24cm.
ISBN : 9780857029287.
808.066 CRA 134944
In this book, the authors show how to acquire
communicative rigor in research essays, reports, book and
article reviews, exam papers, research proposals, and
literature reviews, through to thesis writing, posters
and papers for presentation and publication. The authors
provide insightful new material about how to work
productively in different online contexts such as with
blogs and wikis, setting up an e-portfolio, and raising
an online profile. They also set out a focused guide to
issues unique to digital communication, and working with
and across different media and technologies.
** Academic writing, Report writing.
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64 Manley, Lawrence (ed)
The Cambridge companion to the literature of London /
Lawrence Manley.-- Cambridge: Cambridge University Press,
2011.
xviii, 297p. 23cm.
ISBN : 9780521722315.
820.9358421 MAN 134886
London has provided the setting and inspiration for a
host of literary works in English, from canonical
masterpieces to the popular and ephemeral. Drawing upon a
variety of methods and materials, the essays in this
volume explore the London of Langland and the Peasantsè
Rebellion, of Shakespeare and the Elizabethan stage, of
Pepys and the Restoration coffee house, of Dickens and
Victorian wealth and poverty, of Conrad and the Empire,
of Woolf and the wartime Blitz, of Naipaul and
postcolonial immigration, and of contemporary globalism.
In showing how the tradition of English literature is
shaped by representations of London, this volume also
illuminates the relationship between the literary
imagination and the society of one of the worldès
greatest cities.
** English literature-England- London- History and
criticism 2. Literature and society- England- History
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65 Saez, Lawrence (ed)
New dimensions of politics in India : the united
progressive alliance in power / Lawrence Saez and
Gurharpal Singh.-- London: Routledge, 2012.
xvi, 189p. 24cm.
ISBN : 9780415668972.
954.0532 SAE 134910
Following India-s general election in May 2009, this book
undertakes a critical evaluation of the performance of
the United Progressive Alliance (UPA). It presents a
thorough analysis of the UPA coalition government, and by
providing an understanding of the new innovations in
UPA-s policies, the book goes on to evaluate the
effectiveness of these policies against their aims and
objectives. This book suggests that there is an
analytical framework for assessing the political
consequences of the policies and the UPA-s success, both
at the national and state levels, with particular
reference to new policies in governance, secularism and
security.
** United Progressive Alliance (India), Political parties
--India.
66 Tag, Nancy R
Ad critique : how to deconstruct ads in order to build
better advertising / Nancy R Tag.-- Los Angeles: Sage,
2012.
xiv, 199p. 23cm.
ISBN : 9781412980531.
959.1 TAG 134912
This book teaches advertising, marketing, and management
students--both the "suits" and the "creative-s"--how to
effectively judge and critique creativity in advertising.
This book is an instruction manual, a facilitator of
dialogue, a companion piece to classroom content. Its
lessons result in actual skills that enable students to
look at the creative product and embolden them to say
something constructive and worthwhile.
** Advertising, Advertising --Evaluation, Criticism.
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