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Publisher's Acknowledgements | |
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About the Author | |
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Preface to the Fourth Edition | |
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Companion Website | |
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Introduction | |
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How To Use This Book | |
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What You Can (and Can't) Do with Qualitative Research | |
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Introduction | |
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Why Do Researchers Use Qualitative Methods? | |
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Are Qualitative Methods Always Appropriate? | |
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Should You Use Qualitative Methods? | |
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Concluding Remarks | |
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Focusing a Research Project | |
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Introduction | |
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Moira's Research Diary | |
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Sally's Research Diary | |
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Simon's Research Diary | |
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Concluding Remarks | |
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Issues in Research Design | |
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Introduction | |
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Interviews | |
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Ethnographies | |
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Texts | |
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The Internet | |
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Audio Data | |
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Visual Data | |
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Mixed Methods | |
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Concluding Remarks | |
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What Counts as 'Originality'? | |
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Introduction | |
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Originality | |
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Being a Professional | |
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Independent Critical Thought | |
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Concluding Remarks | |
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Starting Out | |
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Formulating a Research Question | |
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Introduction | |
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Challenges | |
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Solutions | |
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Some Cautions | |
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Using Theories | |
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Introduction | |
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How Theoretical Models Shape Research | |
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The Different Languages of Qualitative Research | |
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Theories, Models and Hypotheses | |
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Examples | |
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Concluding Remarks | |
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Choosing a Methodology | |
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Introduction | |
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Qualitative or Quantitative? | |
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Your Research Strategy | |
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Choosing a Methodology: a Case Study | |
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Naturally Occurring Data? | |
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Mixed Methods? | |
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Concluding Remarks | |
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How Many Cases Do You Need? | |
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Introduction | |
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What is a Case Study? | |
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The Quantitative Model of Generalization | |
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The Rationale of Case Study Design | |
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Case Study Research in Practice | |
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Concluding Remarks | |
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Ethical Research | |
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Introduction | |
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The Standards of Ethical Research | |
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Why Ethics Matter for Your Research | |
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Ethical Guidelines in Practice | |
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Complex Ethical Issues | |
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Research Governance | |
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Conclusion: Managing Unfolding Ethical Demands | |
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Writing a Research Proposal | |
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Introduction | |
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Aim for Crystal Clarity | |
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Plan Before You Write | |
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Be Persuasive | |
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Be Practical | |
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Make Broader Links | |
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A Caution: Misunderstanding Qualitative Research? | |
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Concluding Remarks | |
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Collecting and Analysing Your Data | |
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Collecting Your Data | |
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Collecting Interview Data | |
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Collecting Focus Group Data | |
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Collecting Ethnographic Data | |
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Collecting Internet Data | |
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Concluding Remarks | |
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Developing Data Analysis | |
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Introduction | |
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Kick-Starting Data Analysis | |
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A Case Study | |
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Interviews | |
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Fieldnotes | |
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Transcripts | |
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Visual Data | |
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Concluding Remarks | |
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Using Computers to Analyse Qualitative Data Clive Seale | |
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Introduction | |
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What CAQDAS Software Can Do for You | |
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Advantages of CAQDAS | |
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Keyword Analysis | |
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Concluding Remarks | |
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Quality in Qualitative Research | |
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Introduction | |
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Validity | |
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Reliability | |
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Concluding Remarks | |
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Evaluating Qualitative Research | |
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Introduction | |
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Two Guides for Evaluating Research | |
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Four Quality Criteria | |
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Applying Quality Criteria | |
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Four Quality Issues Revisited | |
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Concluding Remarks | |
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Effective Qualitative Research | |
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Introduction | |
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Keep It Simple | |
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Do Not Assume that We are Only Concerned with Subjective Experience | |
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Take Advantage of Using Qualitative Data | |
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Avoid Drowning in Data | |
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Avoid Journalism | |
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Concluding Remarks | |
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Writing Up | |
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The First Few Pages | |
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Introduction | |
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The Title | |
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The Abstract | |
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Keywords | |
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The Table of Contents | |
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The Introduction | |
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Concluding Remarks | |
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The Literature Review Chapter | |
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Recording Your Reading | |
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Writing your Literature Review | |
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Practical Questions | |
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Principles | |
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Do You Need a Literature Review Chapter? | |
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Concluding Remarks | |
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The Methodology Chapter | |
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Introduction | |
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What Should the Methodology Chapter Contain? | |
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A Natural History Chapter? | |
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Concluding Remarks | |
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Writing Your Data Chapters | |
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Introduction | |
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The Macrostructure | |
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The Microstructure | |
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Tightening Up | |
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Concluding Remarks | |
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Your Concluding Chapter | |
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Introduction | |
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The Concluding Chapter as Mutual Stimulation | |
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What Exactly Should Your Concluding Chapter Contain? | |
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Confessions and Trumpets | |
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Theorizing as Thinking Through Data | |
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Writing for Audiences | |
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Why Your Concluding Chapter can be Fun | |
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Concluding Remarks | |
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Getting Support | |
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Making Good Use of Your Supervisor | |
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Introduction | |
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Supervision Horror Stories | |
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Student and Supervisor Expectations | |
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The Early Stages | |
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The Later Stages | |
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Standards of Good Practice | |
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Concluding Remarks | |
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Getting Feedback | |
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Introduction | |
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Writing | |
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Speaking | |
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The Art of Presenting Research | |
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Feedback from the People You Study | |
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Concluding Remarks | |
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The Aftermath | |
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Surviving an Oral Examination | |
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Introduction | |
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Viva Horror Stories | |
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Preparing for Your Oral | |
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Doing the Oral | |
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Outcomes | |
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Revising Your Thesis after the Oral | |
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A Case Study | |
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Concluding Remarks | |
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Getting Published | |
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Introduction | |
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The Backstage Politics of Publishing | |
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Strategic Choices | |
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What Journals are Looking For | |
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Reviewers' Comments | |
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How to Write a Short Journal Article | |
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Concluding Remarks | |
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Audiences | |
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Introduction | |
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The Policy-Making Audience | |
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The Practitioner Audience | |
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The Lay Audience | |
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Concluding Remarks | |
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Appendix: Transcription Symbols | |
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Glossary | |
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References | |
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Author Index | |
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Subject Index | |