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Book SynopsisThis continuing series presents original research results on the leading edge of psychology. Each article has been carefully selected in an attempt to present substantial results across a broad spectrum. This book reviews research on the role of impulsivity in the relationship between dissociation and posttraumatic reactions after trauma; emotion regulation difficulties in caregivers and children; customer satisfaction and tips; brand self-distance vs brand-self approach; a further developed semi-quantitative psychological model of the happiness of homo sapiens economicus; the effect of pets on stress reactivity; new developments in stress research; risky behaviours of adolescents; and team mental models in design problem solving.

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Book SynopsisThis continuing series presents original research results on the leading edge of psychology. Each article has been carefully selected in an attempt to present substantial results across a broad spectrum. This book reviews research on re-exploring the gender gap in mathematics; effects of motivation and gender on prospective memory strategy use; the development of autonomy and relatedness across cultures; anxiety and affect in racially unmatched dyads during evaluation and assessment; high risk juveniles; the role of impulsivity in patients with major affective disorders; social-communication and behavioral problems in down syndrome; revised version of the body esteem scale: psychometric evidence from Brazilian men; types of emotional intelligence; and identity management within culture.

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Book SynopsisThis continuing series presents original research results on the leading edge of psychology. Each article has been carefully selected in an attempt to present substantial results across a broad spectrum. This book reviews research on the observed score versus Rasch score analysis of efficacy data; interpersonal orientation and online gaming behaviours; consumer purchase behaviour of private labels brands in emerging markets; the role of health professionals in positive aging; impulsivity in youth; body experience as the core of body image development; impulsivity in patients with borderline personality disorder; predicting psychological maladjustment by self-esteem and self-concept clarity; psychological health in elderly hospitalised patients with and without the STOPP-START criteria of inappropriate prescription; potential logarithmic relationships governing living systems and the perceptions of stimuli; how experience and information influence the choice behaviour; and the recent psychological responses to Ebola.

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Book SynopsisThis continuing series presents original research results on the leading edge of psychology. Each article has been carefully selected in an attempt to present substantial results across a broad spectrum. This book reviews research on the parenting behaviour, parental influence, and adolescents'' risk behaviour; estimating the effects of casinos and of lotteries on suicide; human brainwaves synchronisation; honours students; the biopsychology of SCZ; issues surrounding the assessment of developmental coordination disorder; and the real roles of corruption.

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Book SynopsisPhilosophy has long wondered about relations between a happy and an honest, moral life. This book includes chapters on the relationship between the satisfaction with life (the cognitive component of subjective well-being) and happiness. Furthermore, the economics of happiness and subjective well-being (SWB) has been the focus of considerable attention among social scientists recently. All individuals want to be happy, but not everybody is happy. The authors examine the micro and macroeconomic influences on enhancing happiness and SWB. Other chapters aim to help the reader understand: 1. Whether job satisfaction is a key predictor of overall life satisfaction; 2. The relationship between human capital and subjective well-being in several countries; 3. The advantages of proactive coping for expectant mothers'' mental health during pregnancy and postpartum; 4. Components of well-being in older adults, including socioeconomic status (SES) and multiple psychological and social factors (including the impact of religion on subjective well-being); 5. The correlation between gratitude and subjective well-being; 6. The effect of quality of governance on subjective well-being; 7. The levels of psychic well-being (PWB) and the differences between individuals'' PWB according to their gender, working position and years of service and finally, the study included in the last chapter of the book explores the associations between subjective well-being (happiness, health and self-esteem) religiosity and depression in adolescents.

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Book SynopsisThis book is a compilation of biographical sketches and research summaries from a number of different focuses in the field of psychology research.

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Book SynopsisFriendship has a positive impact on social and metacognitive skills, and many pedagogues and authors hypothesize that having friends can affect positively children''s school performance. In this book, an exploratory study conducted with young pupils to investigate the impact of friendship on cognitive engagement during several search information tasks. The second chapter reviews recent research regarding the advantages of early years which focuses on enhancement and development of cognitive skills for pre-schoolers. Studies of early education identifying a positive relationship between children''s participation in early education settings and social outcomes are reviewed as well. The authors of the other chapters review the impact of outdoor learning on social relationships (as well as for whom the learning experience did not positively impact their social relationships); the importance of social relationships and the challenges widows face, in particular older women widows; risk-taking activity, in particular, graffiti-writing to establish a status among one''s peers; individual differences in the domains of reasoning and how early experiences can influence cognitive processes.

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Book SynopsisThis book is a compilation of research summaries from a number of different focuses in the field of psychology research.

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Book SynopsisThis book is a compilation of research summaries from a number of different focuses in the field of psychology research.

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Book SynopsisThis book includes research on the most recent advances in psychology, including chapters on the characteristics or concerns of women seeking help after an abortion; factors that enhance or hinder help-seeking behaviors among male victims in IPV (intimate partner violence); a social psychological approach for users'' motivation in being involved in social media; the role of Attentional Boost Effect (ABE)in short-term memory; the social, relational and individual aspects of well-being in both divorced parents and the children of the divorced; a literature review on the cultural influences on risky behaviors, in the perspective of cross-cultural psychology; an analysis of human errors, slips and mistakes, the relationship between human errors and accidents and how to reduce human error; couple identity processes in young adult romantic partners and an analysis of the role of family or origin for such processes; and the role of consciousness as an integral part of existence.

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Book SynopsisThis book focuses on the latest developments in psychology research. Chapters examine the role of implicit and explicit cognitions in romantic relationships; a discussion on the relationship between academic confidence with learning approaches, self-regulation, stress coping and resilience; basic science and current practices in sleep medicine, a popular medical specialty; a review of recent advances in research on context memory; the influence of gender and sense of coherence measured on patients with malignant tumors, as well as their experience of loneliness and the manner in which they coped with it; an evaluation of side effects profiles of light therapy (LT), used in treating mood disorders such as seasonal affective disorder and non-seasonal depression, across phototherapeutic devices, light spectrums, durations and illuminances; color categorisation using Fuzzy Set Theory and a discussion on the gender differences in color categorisation; an overview, recent considerations, implementation and criticisms of signal detection theory (SDT); and a discussion on theoretical orientation and whether it compromises objectivity in the interpretation of empirical data in the behavioral sciences.

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Book SynopsisThis book presents contemporary psychoanalytic perspectives, ideas, concepts and socio-psychological implications of living in the modern world, both within the therapy room and outside. Since its inception, and as with any conceptual framework of human perception and motivation that frames how the world is experienced, psychoanalysis has evolved in both theory and application to now featuring a pluralism of models as opposed to a single, unitary theory. The chapters are diverse in the conceptualisation of various psychoanalytic topics such as the therapeutic process, psychoanalytic supervision, the social and personal unconscious, sexuality and perversion, reproduction, counter-transference, the guilt-ridden patient, and loss and trauma. The chapters cover a broad range of theoretical approaches to the human experience and the world at large, from object relations theories to the modern day notion of self and self-realisation, to intersubjectivity and the real relationship between supervision and relational theories in understanding difficult moments in therapy and beyond. This book is a must read, suitable for both students and practitioners of psychoanalysis.

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Book SynopsisThis book focuses on the latest developments in psychology research. The first chapter examines psychoactive substance use and abuse among individuals living with spinal cord injury. The following chapters discuss the role of time perspective on well-bring, life stratification and mindfulness; the ecological landscape of bilingual memory; provide a discussion on developing EI/empathy of pre-service teachers using SDM as a teaching model; examine the pros and cons of an online prospective memory experiment; religious influence on out-group stereotypes; biophysical aspects of childhood obesity; performance errors and commission errors while performing a prospective memory task under divided attention; and spirituality as an aspect of health behavior and informal care-giving.

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Book SynopsisPositive Psychology for Positive Pedagogical Actions is organized into three different sections, each containing an introduction and three chapters. This book provides desirable and attainable new ideas for improving education as positive interventions. The introduction of this book frames the authors'' analysis using positive psychology tools to develop techniques promoting positive pedagogical actions. Each section of this book deals with different aspects in the realm of positive pedagogies, positive psychology and practical experiences. The three sections together frame an educational roadway to prepare a humankind social capital in which positive interactive experiences, both psychologically and pedagogically related, do match. Section one, Positive Pedagogies in Action, is organized into three parts that include Creating a Niche for Critical Pedagogical Praxis in which the theory of practice architectures supports the journey to positive realities when sharing educational purposes; Pedagogical Praxis and Storytelling: Promoting Educational Change through Participation, which gets to the notion of praxis and participatory action in education in which the bridges towards educational change are: dialogue, commitment, self and joint reflection, interaction; and Gender Consciousness: Personal Pedagogy and Political Activism, in which the idea of social change sets bounds to feminist pedagogies, and positive psychology strategies, emerging as appropriated tools connected with the feminisation of discourses and practices. Section two, Positive Psychology in Practice aims to offer a picture of how to draw positive strategies to guide teaching, while invigorating learning. It includes Affect, Emotion Regulation and Flow Experience in School and Leisure: Contributions for a Positive Education, which studies how to create the best conditions to facilitate optimal experiences at school life; Hope, Engagement and Achievement at School: How Enhancing Hope can Increase School Commitment and Success?, which supports Synders Hope Theory to quote the relationships between hope and engagement, effectiveness, perception of autonomy, school commitment, life satisfaction and well-being; and School as a Positive Organization: Teacher Training on Positive Pedagogies, which explains what a positive institution is and how to cultivate strengths to discover meaning and growth opportunities when sharing educational purposes. Section three, Practical Experiences to Frame our Positive Pedagogy Proposals, is sustained in positive psychology approaches to promote human development for individual, communities and societies to grow. Taking these into consideration, the combination of reflection, action and participation is the substance for the three practical experiences discussed in this section. These include Inclusive Education: A Frame for Positive Changes in South Africa, which is supported on Bronfenbrenner''s (1987) ecological model of interrelations from the macro to the micro system of educational organization; Teaching Sciences Positively, which is supported in positive psychology strategies to develop positive pedagogical practices in which infant & elementary students can live sciences in an active way, experiencing motivation and engagement towards scientific knowledge; and Involvement and Well-Being: A Micro School Experience, which compares involvement, emotional engagement, sharing and cooperating with one another for well-being in a school room with a teacher trained in positive psychology tools.

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Book SynopsisPsychological well-being can be influenced by several factors. This book provides research and reviews cultural influences of well-being, as well as discusses measurement strategies and health implications. Chapter One studies immigrants'' psychological well-being by investigating their motivation, preference of tourist activities, and emotional experiences during their visit to their homeland. Chapter Two proposes the creation and validation of theories and measures on positive psychological constructs that can be integrated into a tool that aims at what might be called a desirable and credible global psychology. Chapter Three examines the relationship between language, identity and behavioral acculturation and well-being among non-western skilled migrants in a western host society. Chapter Four discusses well-being, health status and culture. Chapter Five analyses emotional intelligence in adolescents. Chapter Six provides a study of the psychological well-being of Chinese immigrant adolescents. Chapter Seven explains variables related to psychological well-being, and discuss the importance of psychological well-being in the field of psychological counseling and guidance. Chapter Eight examines the predictive role of marital relations and communication styles in psychological well-being within a model proposed by Ryff. The final chapter studies the psychological health among frail older adults with chronic pain.

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Book SynopsisA doctor was once heard to say that it is a pity we know our own age; otherwise, we could just say that we are as old as we feel. The populations of most countries are ageing, and because of this we can anticipate many years of retirement. We need to make the most of this opportunity, but we are faced with exhortations such as "act your age." Does this mean that older people should not have fun anymore, but should instead conform to conventional stereotypes such as being unproductive, conventional, inflexible, serene, and no longer interested in intimacy? In other words, should people have to grow old gracefully? The answer is no. Instead, we should enjoy ageing while still having fun and living life to the fullest. The author, Dr. Mike Lowis, is a psychologist and theologian who has numerous academic publications to his name, including over sixty articles in peer-reviewed journals, two books and two book chapters. His vast research experience, plus being himself in the third age'' of life, adequately qualifies him to write on the topic of making the most of the retirement years. He delights in debunking the myths and stereotypes of ageing, and gives many examples of individuals who have achieved great things in later life. The book includes details on several ways that can help older people to cope with life, including making full use of both music and humour. This book is written in an accessible style that should also appeal to the interested general reader. The book also includes some simple self-test exercises that readers are invited to complete, the results of which should help those interested to gauge their own levels of progress toward life satisfaction.

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Book SynopsisThis book introduces the most significant studies and practices developed by scholars and researchers in school psychology in Brazil. The chapters discuss a critical, historical and cultural perspective of how psychology as a science and psychologists as professionals are able to contribute with schooling and education. Its goal is to provide an overview about the main discussions of school psychology in Brazil for an international audience, without losing the necessary depth to present delicate and important topics. Models of psychology based on natural sciences and traditional practices are criticised for concealing a wide array of causes for school failure, related to poverty, educational culture, class oppression and low budget for public education. Marxist perspectives, Foucaultian analysis and psychoanalysis help to provide psychologists with theoretical bases for practices of school psychology in different contexts. Experiences of criticism of public policies, as well as an understanding of the psychologist as part of social movements and policy making are briefly addressed. These features become "Psychology, Society and Education: Critical Perspectives in Brazil, a unique publication in its gender. From the point of view of teaching and researching in the fields of psychology, education and social sciences, this volume stands out by presenting theoretical and methodological contributions to qualitative approaches. This book will also be useful to international scholars and researchers interested in expanding knowledge of Brazilian society through education.

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Book SynopsisA brilliant, sinuous exploration of family and childhood memory by one of the most original British philosophers of the twentieth century.Germs is about first things, the seeds from which a life grows, as well as about the illnesses it incurs, the damage it sustains. Written at the end of his life by Richard Wollheim, one of the major philosophers of the late twentieth century, the book is not the usual story of growing up and getting on but a brilliant recovery and evocation of childhood consciousness and unconsciousness, an eerily precise rendering of that primitive, formative world we all come from in which we do not know either the world or ourselves for sure, and things—houses, clothes, meals, parents—loom large around us, as indispensable as they are out of our control. Richard Wollheim’s remarkably original memoir is a disturbing, enthralling, dispassionate but also deeply personal depiction of a child standing, fascinated and fearful, on the threshold of individual life.

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Book SynopsisSince its initial release in 2004, Ethics for the Practice of Psychology in Canada has filled a vital need for a single source on professional ethics and law relevant to Canadian psychologists. This important new edition reflects the fourth edition of the Canadian Code of Ethics for Psychologists and highlights discussions in the areas of diversity and social justice. An essential resource, it focusses on the most pertinent ethical and legal issues for Canadian psychologists, including decision making, consent, confidentiality, helping without harming, professional boundaries, diversity, social responsibility, and conducting research. An appendix includes discussion questions and reflective journal exercises to facilitate awareness of personal motives and biases relevant to making ethical choices.The EPUB edition is accessible.

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Book Synopsis'Therapist Jess Henley offers advice, techniques and practical exercises in this pocket-sized guide, helping you to spot the warning signs of stress, alter your response, improve your resilience and enjoy "a fuller, more enjoyable and meaningful life"'. - Sunday ExpressThese days everyone seems to be a little bit stressed - but for some it can be debilitating. This pocket guide is designed to help you understand the unique way in which you respond to stress so that you can recognise the warning signs and take action. Packed full of guidance, techniques and practical exercises drawn from many years of experience, this book will help you:- Manage stress, and the unpleasant side-effects that often come with it- Improve your well-being and resilience- Create a fuller, more enjoyable and meaningful lifeWritten by an experienced therapist, this helpful little book is your ticket to a calmer, more fulfilled life.

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Book SynopsisIn today's world where every form of transgression enjoys a psychological motive and rational justification, psychoanalysis stands alone in its ability to uncover the hidden motives that inform individual and social collective behaviour. Both in theory and practice, it bears witness to the impact of anonymity on the potential for perpetration, especially when others are experienced as faceless, disposable objects whose otherness is, at bottom, but a projection, displacement, and denial of our own interiority-in short, the evil within. In keeping with this perspective, Ethics of Evil rejects facile rationalizations of violence; it also rejects the idea that evil, as a concept, is inscrutable or animated by demonic forces. Instead, it evaluates the moral framework in which evil is situated, providing a descriptive understanding of it as a plurality and a depth psychological perspective on the threat it poses for our well-being and ways of life. In so doing, it also fashions and articulates an ethical stance that recognizes the intrinsic link between human freedom and the potential for evil. The essays collected in Ethics of Evil argue that moralizing evil is one of the most important agendas of our time.Contributors: Robin McCoy Brooks, Aner Govrin, Henry Zvi Lothane, Dan Merkur, Jon Mills, Ronald C. Naso, and Robert Prince.Trade Review'Ronald C. Naso and Jon Mills have edited a fascinating, comprehensive volume on a topic of immense importance that for too long has been neglected by psychoanalytic writers. With a high degree of scholarship, the book's various contributors address the multiple sources and faces of evil. In so doing, they penetrate deeply into the heart, soul, and justifications that underlie an ethics of evil.'-- Peter Shabad, PhD, author of Despair and the Return of Hope: Echoes of Mourning in Psychotherapy'In a book as sobering as its topic, the editors bring together a wide variety of perspectives on evil, all motivated by the conviction that evil is a multi-faceted reality that psychoanalysis has the power to illuminate. Global in its scope, the book convincingly brings theoretical, empirical, and clinical material to bear on its argument that evil remains a powerful way of thinking about human hatred and vulnerability, even - or especially - in the modern world.'-- C. Fred Alford, Professor of Government and Distinguished Scholar-Teacher, University of Maryland, College Park, and author of What Evil Means to Us and Think No Evil

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Book SynopsisWill change how you see the world' Derren BrownRadical Thinking is a book about how you view the world. It's about the things that shape your thoughts, from what you notice and how you interpret it, to what you assume, believe and want. It's also about how, if you think in a radical way, you can look beyond your limited view of the world to see the bigger picture.This isn't one of those books that points out why you get things wrong, or offers you a set of rules to get it right'. Instead, Peter Lamont (a former magician, now Professor of History and Theory of Psychology at the University of Edinburgh) takes us on a curious tour. As he looks at the things around him, he reveals how we look at everything. He discovers in nearby streets and buildings, and quirky local history (about Sherlock Holmes, the birth of Encyclopaedia Britannica, and the original self-help book) the things that shape how we view the world.He sho

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Book SynopsisUnruly, unpredictable, love is a maddening deity. In this insightful and eloquent meditation on that many-splendored thing, Lisa Appignanesi draws on history, philosophy, psychology, literature, popular culture, and her own experience in order to tangle with love's paradoxes through the span of our lives.Beginning with the rose-tinted raptures of first love, she proceeds to love in marriage, the passions of triangulated love, jealousy and adultery, love in the family, and friendship, illuminating the expectations, the joys and difficulties that accompany each stage.

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Book SynopsisThis book is about how we can deepen our understanding of subjectivity through the use of the concept of triangulation. Fundamentally, this book seeks to address the question of how we can be objective about subjectivity. If psychology, as a scientific discipline, is concerned with the study of human experience, which is essentially subjective; then we are faced with the problem of how apply the scientific method, as it is commonly understood. If experience is essentially unique to the experiencer, then there seems to be a basic incompatibility with the scientific method. As currently practised, this method searches for psychic phenomena, which can be validly measured e.g. intelligence; showing a range of individual differences. But this does not enable us to examine individual experience. An individual's experience seems to become impenetrable because generalisation across different individuals' experience entails the loss of individuality in the generalisation. Thus, in using the scientific method as it usually understood, we lose the very matter we are trying to study. This leaves us with the question of how we are going to advance our inquiry.Trade Review'This is an important book, which tackles, both with theoretical and clinical papers, the complex question about how we can be objective about our subjective experience. The concepts of "triangulation" and "the third" provide ways of trying to organize answers to this question. Indeed, the book itself provides a "third" area; a space where one can seriously consider and observe the nature of the psychoanalytic experience from a point of view that takes account of both the subjective experience of patient and analyst while also trying to think objectively about their experience, in ways that are consistent with psychoanalytic thinking. To do this, various authors have drawn on psychology, philosophy, history, natural science, and mathematics, as well as turning specific attention to the psychoanalytic relationship. It is an impressive collection, which I would very much recommend.'- Dr Roger Kennedy, Training Analyst and Past President British Psychoanalytical SocietyContentsACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ABOUT THE EDITOR; INTRODUCTIONPART I: TRIANGULATION, COMMUNICATION, AND INSIGHTIntroductionCHAPTER ONE: Experimental psychology and psychoanalysis: what we can learn from a century of misunderstanding - Paul WhittleCHAPTER TWO: The third: a brief historical analysis of an idea - Charles M. T. HanlyCHAPTER THREE: Triangulation, one's own mind, and objectivity - Marcia CavellCHAPTER FOUR: Subjectivity, objectivity, and triangular space - Ronald BrittonPART II: TRIANGULATION IN THE TEMPORAL DIMENSIONIntroductionCHAPTER FIVE: Consultation or assessment: engagement and treatment decisions in psychotherapy with young people in a community-based setting - James S. RoseCHAPTER SIX: Is twice a week enough? Thinking about the number of sessions per week as a determinant of the intensity of psychoanalytic psychotherapy - James S. RosePART III: TRIANGULATION IN THE PSYCHOANALYTIC SETTINGIntroductionCHAPTER SEVEN: Distortions of time in the transference: some clinical and theoretical implications - James S. RoseCHAPTER EIGHT: Symbols and their function in managing the anxiety of change: an intersubjective approach - James S. RoseCHAPTER NINE: The presence of absence in the transference: some clinical, countertransference, and metapsychological implications - James S. RoseCHAPTER TEN: Couples, doubles, and absence: some thoughts on the psychoanalytical process considered as a learning system - James S. RosePART IV: SOME METAPSYCHOLOGICAL SPECULATIONS AND SOME TECHNICALCONCLUSIONSReflections and summaryINDEXTable of Contents'This is an important book, which tackles, both with theoretical and clinical papers, the complex question about how we can be objective about our subjective experience. The concepts of triangulationA" and the thirdA" provide ways of trying to organize answers to this question. Indeed, the book itself provides a thirdA" area; a space where one can seriously consider and observe the nature of the psychoanalytic experience from a point of view that takes account of both the subjective experience of patient and analyst while also trying to think objectively about their experience, in ways that are consistent with psychoanalytic thinking. To do this, various authors have drawn on psychology, philosophy, history, natural science, and mathematics, as well as turning specific attention to the psychoanalytic relationship. It is an impressive collection, which I would very much recommend.' - Dr Roger Kennedy, Training Analyst and Past President British Psychoanalytical Society

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