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Social Class and Transitions to Adulthood: New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development (J-B CAD Single Issue Child &, Adolescent Development)

2008 y.
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ISBN: 0470293624
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Martha Augoustinos, Iain Walker and Ngaire Donaghue
Social Cognition: An Integrated Introduction

2006 y.
Publisher: Sage Publications
Description: This Second Edition of the critically acclaimed textbook `Social Cognition: An Integrated Introduction` represents a much more integrated and pedagogically developed account of its predecessor. At its heart, the authors examine the different theoretical and methodological accomplishments of the field by focusing on the four major and influential perspectives which have currency in social psychology today - social cognition, social identity, social representations, and discursive psychology. A foundational chapter presenting an account of these perspectives is followed by topic-based chapters from the point of view of each perspective in turn, discussing commonalities and divergences across each of them. The result is a truly holistic approach that will stretch student`s understanding of this exciting field and enrich their learning experience. [detailed...]

ISBN: 076194219X
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Ziva Kunda
Social Cognition: Making Sense of People

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Description: `An insightful and authoritative overview of a rapidly expanding field.` -- Neal Roese, Department of Psychology, Northwestern University How do we make sense of other people and of ourselves? What do we know about the people we encounter in our daily lives and about the situations in which we encounter them, and how do we use this knowledge in our attempt to understand, predict, or recall their behavior? Are our social judgments fully determined by our social knowledge, or are they also influenced by our feelings and desires? Social cognition researchers look at how we make sense of other people and of ourselves. In this book Ziva Kunda provides a comprehensive and accessible survey of research and theory about social cognition at a level appropriate for undergraduate and graduate students, as well as researchers in the field. The first part of the book reviews basic processes in social cognition, including the representation of social concepts, rules of inference,… [detailed...]

ISBN: 0262611430
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Social Cognition: The Basis of Human Interaction (Frontiers of Social Psychology)

2009 y.
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Description: Social cognition is an area of social psychology that has been flourishing over the past two decades. It has harnessed basic concepts from cognitive psychology and developed and refined them to explain human thinking, feeling, and acting in a social context. Moreover, social cognition has integrated emotional influences and unconscious processes to reach a more complete understanding of social psychological phenomena. In this volume, the reader will find a representative sample of outstanding research in the field of social cognition. The chapters address its central themes, roughly organized along the temporal axis of information processing. They include basic operations like perception, categorization, representation, and judgmental inferences. Other chapters focus on issues like social comparison, emotion, language and culture.All authors are internationally renowned experts in their fields and provide the reader with a first-hand experience about classic and current research in… [detailed...]

ISBN: 1841694517
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William Leiss, Stephen Kline, Sut Jhally, Jacqueline Botterill, Jackie Botterill
Social Communication in Advertising: Persons, Products and Images of Well-Being

2004 y.
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Description: Now available in a significantly updated third edition to address new issues such as the Internet and globalization, Social Communication in Advertising remains the most comprehensive historical study of advertising and its function within contemporary society. It traces advertising`s influence within three key social domains: the new commodities industry, popular culture, and the mass media that manages the constellation of images that unifies all three. [detailed...]

ISBN: 0415966760
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Margaret Semrud-Clikeman
Social Competence in Children

2007 y.
Publisher: Springer
Description: Social competence is essential to the mental and physical well-being of all humans, no matter their age. Yet as many as one in ten children has trouble keeping friends or even making friends. In `Social Competence in Children`, readers will discover a developmental view of social functioning in children at different stages, with an emphasis on clinical conditions that may confound this development. At the outset, the author provides detailed information on theories of social competence and the contexts in which core skills (e.g., appropriate comments, reading verbal cues) are learned. Later chapters address specific challenges to competence and feature case examples illustrating typical patterns of deficits and presenting the latest data on the topic, including: assessment practices, parenting and family issues, social competence problems specific to children and adolescents in this population, effective and promising interventions, treatment guidelines, and areas deserving… [detailed...]

ISBN: 0387713654
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Social Computing and Behavioral Modeling

2009 y.
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Description: The pervasive use of computer and Internet technologies creates an unprecedented environment where people can share opinions and experiences, exchange ideas, offer suggestions and advice, debate and even conduct experiments. Social computing, the study of social behavior and context based on computational systems, facilitates behavioral modeling in model building, analysis, pattern mining, anticipation, and prediction. This unique volume presents material from the second interdisciplinary workshop focused on employing social computing for behavioral modeling and prediction. The book provides a platform for disseminating results and developing new concepts and methodologies aimed at advancing and deepening our understanding of social and behavioral computing to aid critical decision making. The contributions incorporate views from government, industry and academia, and address research problems arising from pressing demands in the real world. [detailed...]

ISBN: 1441900551
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Fran Overwalle
Social Connectionism: A Reader and Handbook for Simulations

2007 y.
Publisher: Routledge
Description: Many of our thoughts and decisions occur without us being conscious of them taking place, connectionism attempts to reveal the internal hidden dynamics that drive the thoughts and actions of both individuals and groups. Connectionist modeling is a radically innovative approach to theorising in psychology, and more recently in the field of social psychology. The connectionist perspective interprets human cognition as a dynamic and adaptive system that learns from its own direct experiences or through indirect communication from others. `Social Connectionism` offers an overview of the most recent theoretical developments of connectionist models in social psychology. The volume is divided into four sections, beginning with an introduction and overview of social connectionism. This is followed by chapters on causal attribution, person and group impression formation, and attitudes. Each chapter is followed by simulation exercises that can be carried out using the FIT simulation… [detailed...]

ISBN: 184169665X
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James E. Katz, Ronald E. Rice
Social Consequences of Internet Use: Access, Involvement, and Interaction

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Description: Drawing on nationally representative telephone surveys conducted from 1995 to 2000, James Katz and Ronald Rice offer a rich and nuanced picture of Internet use in America. Using quantitative data, as well as case studies of Web sites, they explore the impact of the Internet on society from three perspectives: access to Internet technology (the digital divide), involvement with groups and communities through the Internet (social capital), and use of the Internet for social interaction and expression (identity). To provide a more comprehensive account of Internet use, the authors draw comparisons across media and include Internet nonusers and former users in their research. The authors call their research the Syntopia Project to convey the Internets role as one among a host of communication technologies as well as the synergy between peoples online activities and their real-world lives. Their major finding is that Americans use the Internet as an extension and enhancement… [detailed...]

ISBN: 0262112698
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J. Samuel Barkin
Social Construction and the Logic of Money: Financial Predominance and International Economic Leadership (Suny Series in Global Politics)

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Description: Examines the nature of international economic leadership since the seventeenth century. [detailed...]

ISBN: 0791455823
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Jan Adam
Social Costs of Transformation to a Market Economy in Post-Socialist Countries: The Case of Poland, the Czech Republic, and Hungary

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Description: The transformation provisions have brought about a replacement of the planning system by a capitalist market system. This change engendered many positive results, but at high social costs. Some results, such as a dramatic decline in output and a decline in the standard of living have been transitory, but unemployment, widening of income inequalities, weakening of social programs and expansion of poverty are permanent features of the new system. This book examines the active employment policy and itseffect, especially focusing on the social costs of transformation. It analyzes the reasons for the expansion of poverty and the chances of reducing it. Great attention is devoted to the reforms of pension and health care system. This book also discusses the performance of the economies of subject countries and gives a critical evaluation of privatization, primarily of the Czech voucher privatization. [detailed...]

ISBN: 0312221606
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Fred Phillips
Social Culture and High-Tech Economic Development: The Technopolis Columns

2006 y.
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Description: Innumerable communities around the world are trying to duplicate the Silicon Valley phenomenon, and for an excellent reason. Techno-regions have generated most of the new jobs in the past decade and this technology is driving economic development, however problems persist. This book highlights the potential pitfalls and suggest methods by which a sustainable, distinctive and prosperious technology-based regional economy can exist. [detailed...]

ISBN: 1403999511
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David Rueda
Social Democracy Inside Out: Partisanship and Labor Market Policy in Advanced Industrialized Democracies

2007 y.
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ISBN: 0199234051
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Andrew Glyn
Social Democracy in Neoliberal Times: The Left and Economic Policy Since 1980

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ISBN: 0199241384
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Zhaojia Liu, Lau Siu-Kai
Social Development and Political Change in Hong Kong (Academic Monograph on Sociology. Hong Kong Studies)

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Description: The British rule in Hong Kong ended in 1997 and it is now both timely and intellectually inspiring to look back at the last twenty-five years of the British rule, when Hong Kong was transformed from a low-cost manufacturing base into one of Asia`s most vibrant international service centres. The underlying social and political tensions of the society during this period of change constitute the focus of this present monograph, which is a collection of articles written by well known scholars and academics in Hong Kong. What have been the moral values and motivating forces of the Chinese population during this period of economic growth? How was the population organized and how were political parties formed to air their old grievances and newly found legitimate claims? How did the Hong Kong British government cope with such social forces and conflicts both in the urban areas and among the rural communities? What have been the identities and allegiances of the local populace in view of… [detailed...]

ISBN: 962201870X
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Dharam Ghai
Social Development and Public Policy : A Study of Some Successful Experiences

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Description: This book uses in-depth case studies to show how some relatively low-income countries have made enormous strides in overcoming acute social problems such as adult illiteracy, lack of schooling, high child mortality, rapid population growth, mass poverty and gender inequalities. Outstanding scholars have contributed essays covering Chile, China, Costa Rica, Cuba, Kerala, Sri Lanka and Vietnam. Their experiences are of great significance for human development since in some areas they have achieved levels comparable with those in industrialized countries. [detailed...]

ISBN: 0312225849
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Debal K. Singha Roy, Debal K. Singharoy
Social Development and the Empowerment of Marginalised Groups: Perspectives and Strategies

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ISBN: 0761995595
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Cecilia Wainryb, Judith G. Smetana, Elliot Turiel
Social Development, Social Inequalities, and Social Justice

2007 y.
Publisher: Psychology Press
Description: This volume considers previously separate bodies of research on social justice, social equality, and social development. Eminent scholars from a variety of disciplines discuss the latest research to help us understand the relation between social inequalities and social development. In so doing, the book documents the powerful ways that social inequalities frame development and explores the conflicts that arise in the context of these inequalities. It illustrates how people around the world make judgments about these conditions and how they resist or change the practices they deem unjust. By bringing together these perspectives, the editors hope to demonstrate how understanding social development carries with it the possibility of change and social justice. The book considers processes of social development. It examines Piaget`s ideas about morality and relates them to children`s thinking about social rights. An interdisciplinary review of research from developmental, social,… [detailed...]

ISBN: 0805858687
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Amy Gould
Social Differences &, Management Styles: A Study of Conformity

2008 y.
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Description: Are the cultural attributes (gender, race, religion, native spoken language) of managers within city organizations correlated with specific management styles? If so, are the specific cultural attributes of managers correlated with levels of management style conformity (low, medium, high) when managers interact with other people in the same organization? Finally, do managers who have cultural attributes in the minority conform their management style at a higher level than managers who have cultural attributes in the majority? The demographic composition of the workforce in the U.S. has changed to a more heterogeneous one and will continue to do so. This trend has led to a growing body of research about a diverse labor force which suggests that a variety of interacting cultural attributes may present specific obstacles within organizations. However, very little is known about why cultural composition has these effects. These reactions are actually levels of conformity to given… [detailed...]

ISBN: 3639019644
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Norbert Dannhaeuser, Cynthia Werner
Social Dimensions in the Economic Process

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Description: Hardbound. The general theme of Social Dimensions in the Economic Process is an old one in economic anthropology. On the abstract end it involves, first, the degree of social content of individual transactions and, second, how economic processes relate to social structure. More specifically, the theme relates to matters such as the need for trust resulting in personalized systems of economic transactions, and how institutions shape economic arrangements. In five parts, the first two parts deal with the social content and consequences of economic relations. Parts III and IV address particular institutions, the household and agrarian relations. The volume ends in Part V with chapters linked to globalization. [detailed...]

ISBN: 0762308990
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G. David Garson
Social Dimensions of Information Technology: Issues for the New Millennium

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Description: Social Dimensions of Information Technology: Issues for the New Millennium is an anthology that brings together multiple viewpoints on the social dimensions of the information technology revolution. The chapters cover social, political, educational, personal and international aspects of the impact of information technology. Each chapter, raising important issues with profound implications for public policy and societal development, focuses on different aspects of the effects of computing and IT that have accelerated every aspects of human life. [detailed...]

ISBN: 1878289861
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Social Dimensions of Information and Communication Technology Policy: Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on Human Choice and Computers … Federation for Information Processing)

2008 y.
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Description: This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Human Choice and Computers (HCC8), IFIP TC9, held in Pretoria, South Africa on September 25-26, 2008. The IFIP series publishes state-of-the-art results in the sciences and technologies of information and communication. The scope of the series includes: foundations of computer science, software theory and practice, education, computer applications in technology, communication systems, systems modeling and optimization, information systems, computers and society, computer systems technology, security and protection in information processing systems, artificial intelligence, and human-computer interaction. Proceedings and post-proceedings of refereed international conferences in computer science and interdisciplinary fields are featured. These results often precede journal publication and represent the most current research. The principal aim of the IFIP series is to encourage education and the… [detailed...]

ISBN: 0387848215
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Murray Bookchin
Social Ecology and Communalism

2007 y.
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ISBN: 1904859496
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Gary S. Becker, Kevin M. Murphy
Social Economics: Market Behavior in a Social Environment

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Description: Economists assume that people make choices based on their preferences and their budget constraints. The preferences and values of others play no role in the standard economic model. This feature has been sharply criticized by other social scientists, whobelieve that the choices people make are also conditioned by social and cultural forces. Economists, meanwhile, are not satisfied with standard sociological and anthropological concepts and explanations because they are not embedded in a testable, analytic framework. In this book, Gary Becker and Kevin Murphy provide such a framework by including the social environment along with standard goods and services in their utility functions. These extended utility functions provide a way of analyzing how changes in the social environment affect peoplei??s choices and behaviors. More important, they also provide a way of analyzing how the social environment itself is determined by the interactions of individuals. Using… [detailed...]

ISBN: 067401121X
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Allen J. Scott
Social Economy of the Metropolis: Cognitive-Cultural Capitalism and the Global Resurgence of Cities

2009 y.
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Description: This book is about the renaissance of cities in the twenty first century and their increasing role as centers of creative economic activity. It attempts to put some conceptual and descriptive order around issues of urbanization in the contemporary world, emphasizing the idea of the social economy of the metropolis, which is to say, a view of the urban organism as an intertwined system of social and economic life played out through the arena of urban space. The book opens with a review of some essentials of urban theory, the book aims to re-articulate the urban question in a way that is relevant to city life and politics in the present era. It then analyses the functional characteristics of the urban economy, with special reference to the rise of a group of core sectors such as media, fashion, music, etc., focused on cognitive and cultural forms of work. These sectors are growing with great rapidity in the world`s largest cities at the present time, and they play a major role in the… [detailed...]

ISBN: 0199549303
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Peter C. Brinckerhoff
Social Entrepreneurship : The Art of Mission-Based Venture Development

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Description: Until very recently, popular belief held that business skills were not needed at charitable organizations. No longer. Far from interfering with an organizations ability to provide needed services, techniques such as marketing, cash flow analysis, property management, and good use of technology all contribute to a charitable organizations mission capability. Unlike a not-for-profit that thinks of itself as a charity, the successful not-for-profit is really a mission-based business. In an era of rapid change, increasing competition, and the need for more accountability to governments, foundations, insurers, and donors, knowing how to innovate, compete, and take reasonable risks on behalf of the mission is critical. It is, in short, the era of the social entrepreneur. The skilled social entrepreneur has the ability to get the most mission out of the resources at hand?including traditional business techniques. Finally, here is a book that will help you learn their techniques. In… [detailed...]

ISBN: 0471362824
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Scott Helm
Social Entrepreneurship: Defining the Nonprofit Behavior and Creating an Instrument for Development

2008 y.
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Description: Social entrepreneurship (SE) continues to garner attention in both the academic and practice communities. With increased attention comes increased scrutiny of what exactly is and is not SE. Existing conceptualizations range from nonprofit commercial activity to successful management. The lack of cohesion on social entrepreneurship has limited progression of inquiry in this area. In order to advance SE scholarship I developed a conceptualization of SE grounded in the realities of the nonprofit sector. This conceptualization is the catalytic behavior of nonprofit organizations that engenders value and change in the sector, community, and/or industry through the combination of innovation, risk-taking, and proactiveness. Using this conceptualization my research constructed, and tested a scale that can measure SE. The empirical test of the SE scale validated the behavioral conceptualization of SE established in the initial phase of this research. Additionally, SE organizations scored… [detailed...]

ISBN: 3639033272
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Johanna Mair, Jeffrey Robinson, Kai Hockerts
Social Entrepreneurship

2006 y.
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Description: Social Entrepreneurship, understood as innovative approaches to solving social problems and at the same time creating economic value, has become a global phenomenon. This book offers an in-depth and comprehensive discussion of this vibrant area of research and broadens the up until now limited understanding of the theoretical foundations of this phenomenon. New avenues of research provide insights into some of the fundamental questions about the field, while rigorous academic analyses provide an excellent introduction to social entrepreneurship theory and a framework for future research. [detailed...]

ISBN: 1403996644
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Michael R. Redclift, Elizabeth Shove, Barend Van Der Meulen, Sujatha Raman, Michael Redclift
Social Environmental Research in the European Union: Research Networks and New Agendas

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Description: This book explores the making of international social science, and the parts which academics, policymakers and research managers play in creating European social environmental research. The authors present and analyze a complex picture of overlapping institutional interests within six countries of the EU - The Netherlands, UK, Spain, Greece, Finland and Austria - and develop new models with which to capture the transnational interaction of researchers and funding agencies. The contributors consider the practical and intellectual challenges facing European research managers charged with the task of building a community of social researchers willing to engage with a policy-relevant environmental agenda. The book analyzes the shape and character of European social science and the values and commitments of research activity on the environment. This book will be of special interest to those involved in social environmental research, environmental policy, European studies and… [detailed...]

ISBN: 1840642114
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Ruud J. A. Muffels
Social Exclusion in European Welfare States (Globalisation and Welfare Series)

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Description: Social Exclusion in European Welfare States focuses on the relationships between economic performance, labor market performance and social inclusion/exclusion. The contributors examine the alleged trade-off between the social and economic capabilities ofa society and their impact on well-being, and suggest that welfare regimes whose policies are more balanced in terms of prioritizing economic as well as social goals are more successful in tackling social misfortune than others. The book attempts to promote a better understanding of the differences in policy regimes and the performances of different regime types in view of their own goals and objectives. Contributors from a broad range of disciplines ? both sociological and socio-political ? go on to explore the scope for European policy improvement and the form that this should take. Examining an area that is perhaps viewed as one of the most intractable and damaging problems in European society, this book will be… [detailed...]

ISBN: 1840648031
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Gosta Esping-Andersen
Social Foundations of Postindustrial Economies

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Description: Gosta Esping-Andersen, Europe`s leading analyst of the welfare state, presents a provocative examination of postindustrial economies at the end of the twentieth century. This book takes a second look at the driving forces of economic transformation in a more sociological and institutional way. As a result, what stands out is postindustrial diversity, not convergence. [detailed...]

ISBN: 0198742010
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