Encyclopedia of world trade : from ancient times to the present

Table of Contents: “…. / Japanese Trade Relations -- V -- Venice -- Vikings -- Volga Bulgaria -- W -- War of 1812 -- Warfare -- Wars for Empire -- Water -- Wealth -- Weapons -- Weights and Measures -- West Africa -- Whales -- Whitney, Eli (1765 / 1825) -- Wine -- Women -- Wood --…”
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Numerical Mathematics and Advanced Applications ENUMATH 2017

Table of Contents: “…Plenary lectures -- PDE Apps for Acoustic Ducts: A Parametrized Component-to-System Model-Order-Reduction Approach -- Sub-voxel perfusion modeling in terms of coupled 3d-1d problem -- Iterative linearisation schemes for doubly degenerate parabolic equations -- Mathematics and Medicine: How mathematics, modelling and simulations can lead to better diagnosis and treatments -- Kernel methods for large scale problems: algorithms and applications -- Convergence of Multilevel Stationary Gaussian Convolution -- Anisotropic weights for RBF-PU interpolation with subdomains of variable shapes -- Radial basis function approximation method for pricing of basket options under jump diffusion model -- Greedy Algorithms for Matrix-Valued Kernels -- GPU Optimization of Large-Scale Eigenvalue Solver -- Advanced discretization methods for computational wave propagation -- On the efficiency of the Peaceman–Rachford ADI-dG method for wave-type problems -- Trefftz - Discontinuous Galerkin Approach for Solving Elastodynamic Problem -- Unfitted finite element methods: analysis and applications -- FETI-DP preconditioners for the Virtual Element Method on general 2D -- Modeling flow and transport in fractured media by a hybrid finite volume-finite element method -- A cut-cell Hybrid High-Order method for elliptic problems with curved boundaries -- A cut finite element method with boundary value correction for the incompressible Stokes equations -- Numerical Integration on Hyperrectangles in Isoparametric Unfitted Finite Elements -- Advances in numerical linear algebra methods and applications to partial differential equations -- On a generalization of Neumann series of Bessel functions using Hessenberg matrices and matrix exponentials -- Influence of the SIPG penalisation on the numerical properties of linear systems for elastic wave propagation -- Function-based Algebraic Multigrid method for the 3D Poisson problem on structured meshes -- Numerical methods in biophysics -- Mathematical modelling of phenotypic selection within solid tumours -- Uncertainty assessment of a hybrid cell-continuum based model for wound contraction -- Structure preserving discretizations and high order finite elements for differential forms -- The discrete relations between fields and potentials with high order Whitney forms -- Model Order Reduction of an Elastic Body under Large Rigid Motion -- On surface area and length preserving flows of closed curves on a given surface -- Derivation of higher-order terms in FFT-based numerical homogenization -- Monge-Ampère solvers with applications to illumination optics -- A Least-Squares Method for a Monge-Ampère Equation with Non-Quadratic Cost Function Applied to Optical Design -- Solving inverse illumination problems with Liouville’s equation -- Mixed and nonsmooth methods in numerical solid mechanics -- Strong vs. …”
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Molecular Catalysts : Structure and Functional Design. by Gade, Lutz H.

Table of Contents: “…7.3.1 Neutral Tridentate Ligands -- 7.3.2 Anionic Ligands -- 7.4 Chromium Complexes Based on Cp -- 7.4.1 Cp Systems with Covalently Bound Additional Donor Functions -- 7.5 Polymerization Behavior of Donor-Functionalized Cp Chromium Complexes Developed in Heidelberg -- 7.5.1 Structural Features -- 7.5.2 Catalyst Activation and Catalytic Activities -- 7.5.3 Chain Termination and Molecular Weights -- 7.6 En Route to Tunable Catalysts -- 7.7 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 8 Ligand Design and Mechanistic Studies for Ni-Catalyzed Hydrocyanation and 2-Methyl-3-Butenenitrile Isomerization Based upon Rh-Hydroformylation Research -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Recent Advances in Ni-Catalyzed Hydrocyanation and Isomerization Reactions -- 8.2.1 Hydrocyanation of Vinylarenes -- 8.2.2 Hydrocyanation of 1,3-Dienes -- 8.2.3 Hydrocyanation of trans-3-Pentenenitrile -- 8.2.4 Isomerization of 2-Methyl-3-Butenenitrile -- 8.3 Recent Advances in Ni-Catalyzed Hydrocyanation and Isomerization Reactions Employing the TTP-Ligand Family -- 8.3.1 Genesis of the TTP-Ligand Family -- 8.3.2 Ni-Catalyzed Isomerization and Hydrocyanation with TTP-Type Phosphonite Ligands -- 8.3.3 Ni-Catalyzed Hydrocyanation Involving TTP-Type Phosphine Ligands -- 8.3.4 Applications and Mechanistic Studies of TTP-Type Phosphine Ligands in Ni-Catalyzed 2M3BN Isomerization -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 9 Strongly Electron Donating Tridentate N-Heterocyclic Biscarbene Ligands for Rhodium and Iridium Catalysts -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 Ligand Systems -- 9.3 Synthesis and Reactivity of the Complexes -- 9.3.1 Synthesis of M(I) Complexes -- 9.3.2 Synthesis of M(III) Complexes -- 9.4 Catalytic Activities of the Rh Complexes -- 9.5 Catalytic Activities of the Ir Complexes -- 9.6 Discussion -- 9.7 Summary, Conclusion, and Outlook -- References.…”
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The jazz singer

Table of Contents: “….) -- Hazel Green & Company (1927, 8 min.) -- The night court (1927, 10 min.) -- The Police Quartette (1927, 7 min.) -- When East meets West (1928, 9 min.) -- Adele Rowland : stories in song (1928, 10 min.) -- The Jazzmania Quintette (1928, 10 min.) -- The Ingenues : the Band Beautiful (1928, 9 min.) -- Chips of the old block (1928, 8 min.) -- Dick Rich and his Melodious Monarchs (1928, 8 min.) -- Gus Arnheim and his Ambassadors (1928, 9 min.) -- The Beau Brummels (1928, 8 min.) -- Roof Garden Revue (1929, 10 min.) -- My bag o' tricks (1929, 10 min.) -- Green's Twentieth Century Faydetts (1929, 7 min.) -- Sol Violinsky : the eccentric entertainer (1929, 8 min.) -- At the seashore (1929, 9 min.) -- Paul Tremaine and his Aristocrats (1929, 7 min.) -- Baby Rose Marie, the child wonder (1929, 8 min.) -- Lambchops (1929, 8 min.) -- The happy Hottentots (1930, 11 min.).…”

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The jazz singer

Table of Contents: “….) -- Hazel Green & Company (1927, 8 min.) -- The night court (1927, 10 min.) -- The Police Quartette (1927, 7 min.) -- When East meets West (1928, 9 min.) -- Adele Rowland : stories in song (1928, 10 min.) -- The Jazzmania Quintette (1928, 10 min.) -- The Ingenues : the Band Beautiful (1928, 9 min.) -- Chips of the old block (1928, 8 min.) -- Dick Rich and his Melodious Monarchs (1928, 8 min.) -- Gus Arnheim and his Ambassadors (1928, 9 min.) -- The Beau Brummels (1928, 8 min.) -- Roof Garden Revue (1929, 10 min.) -- My bag o' tricks (1929, 10 min.) -- Green's Twentieth Century Faydetts (1929, 7 min.) -- Sol Violinsky : the eccentric entertainer (1929, 8 min.) -- At the seashore (1929, 9 min.) -- Paul Tremaine and his Aristocrats (1929, 7 min.) -- Baby Rose Marie, the child wonder (1929, 8 min.) -- Lambchops (1929, 8 min.) -- The happy Hottentots (1930, 11 min.).…”

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Great jobs for everyone 50+ : finding work that keeps you happy and healthy and pays the bills by Hannon, Kerry

Table of Contents: “…Bartending/Waiting TablesBlogger -- Bookkeeper -- Bridge Tutor -- Call Center Tech Representative -- Campground Worker -- Car Transporter -- Caterer -- Cruise Liners -- Dietician and Nutritionist -- Eco-Landscaper -- Event Planner -- Fitness Trainer -- Food Critic/Food Blogger -- Food Stylist -- Front Desk Clerk/Night Auditor -- Gift Wrapper -- Green Building Consultant -- Hairstylist -- Handy Jack/Handy Jill -- Holiday Decorator -- Human Resource Manager -- Librarian Assistant/Aide -- Limo Driver -- Manicurist and Pedicurist…”
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Processing politics : learning from television in the Internet age by Graber, Doris A. (Doris Appel), 1923-2018

Table of Contents: “…4.4 Real and Imagined Picture Contribution -- 5.1 Satisfaction with Television Programming, 1998 (1994) -- 5.2 Politically Informative Segments on Typical Nightly National Newscasts, 1997-98 -- 5.3 Hours of Politically Relevant Programming on Weekdays and Weekends -- 6.1 High Public Attentiveness to Major News Stories, 1986-2000 -- 6.2 Low Public Attentiveness to Major News Stories, 1986-2000 -- 6.3 Selective versus Routine News Attention, 1998 -- 6.4 Close Attention to Various News Topics, 2000 -- 6.5 Profile of 10:00 P.M. …”
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Air Transport and Operations : Proceedings of the Third International Air Transport and Operations Symposium 2012

Table of Contents: “…Scheduling a Hybrid Flowshop with Parallel Machines for Aircraft Assembly ProductionSurplus Value Sensitivity and Subsystem Analysis; Subliminal Control on CDA Final Descent Operations; Adaptive Automation Support for Time-Based Operations in ATC; Optimizing Nightly Schiphol Traffic Through Time Based Operations; Concept of Operations for Air Traffic Management by Managing Uncertainty Through Multiple Metering Points; The Turkish Aviation System and the Strategy of Turkish Airlines; Safety Management as an Aspect of Business Management.…”
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Freakery : cultural spectacles of the extraordinary body

Table of Contents: “…Textual uses of freaks -- "One of us": Tod Browning's Freak / Joan Hawkins -- An American tail: freaks, gender, and the incorporation of history in Katherine Dunn's Geek Love / Rachel Adams -- Freaking feminism: the life and loves of a she-devil and nights at the circus as narrative freak shows / Shirley Peterson -- Teaching freaks / Brian Rosenberg -- Relocations of the freak show -- The dime museum freak show reconfigured as talk show / Andrea Stulman Dennett -- Freaks in space: "extraterrestrialism" and "deep-space multiculturalism" / Jeffrey A. …”


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Mediating vulnerability : comparative approaches and questions of genre

Table of Contents: “…Writing in a minor key -- Acknowledgements -- Notes -- Bibliography -- 10 The cryptographic narrative in video games: the player as detective -- Narrative cryptography -- Structure of cryptographic narrative within video games -- The function of cryptographic narrative in video games -- The case of Five Nights at Freddy's -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Gameography -- 11 Narrating pornographic images: photographic description and ekphrasis in De fotograaf by Jef Geeraerts -- Visuality in pornographic prose -- Literature and photography…”
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The Irish book in English, 1800-1891

Table of Contents: “…Murphy -- Ulster-Scots literature / Frank Ferguson -- James Clarence Mangan / Jacques Chuto -- Samuel Ferguson's Hibernian nights' entertainments / Eve Patten -- The anthology and the Duanaire / Margaret Kelleher -- The Royal Irish Academy and antiquarianism / Elizabeth Tilley -- John O'Donovan's edition of The annals of the kingdom of Ireland by the four masters / Dermot McGuinne -- Margaret Cusack and Catholic-Nationalist history / Patrick Maume -- The national curriculum / John Logan -- Children's literature / Padraic Whyte -- Science / Enda Leaney -- The industrial resources of Ireland by Robert Kane / Juliana Adelman -- Ordnance survey maps and official reports / Patrick J. …”


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The school-home connection : forging positive relationships with parents by Olender, Rosemary A., Elias, Jacquelyn, Mastroleo, Rosemary D.

Table of Contents: “…; Quick, Easy, and Routine Daily Documentation Methods; Weekly or Monthly Newsletters; Specialized Daily Contacts; Conferences; DVDs/CDs; Back-to-School Nights and Open Houses; Summary; 8. Connecting Home and School; Levels of Parent Participation; Level 1: General Parental Support of School Activities; Level 2: Parental Involvement in Daily School Events; Level 3: Parental Involvement in Decision-Making Processes; Summary; 9. …”
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The Eagles FAQ : all that's left to know about classic rock's superstars by Vaughan, Andrew

Table of Contents: “…The Last Resort: The President's Daughter; 18. One of These Nights: How a New Sound Sent the Band Global; 19. …”
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The jazz singer

Table of Contents: “….) -- Hazel Green & Company (1927, 8 min.) -- The night court (1927, 10 min.) -- The Police Quartette (1927, 7 min.) -- When East meets West (1928, 9 min.) -- Adele Rowland : stories in song (1928, 10 min.) -- The Jazzmania Quintette (1928, 10 min.) -- The Ingenues : the Band Beautiful (1928, 9 min.) -- Chips of the old block (1928, 8 min.) -- Dick Rich and his Melodious Monarchs (1928, 8 min.) -- Gus Arnheim and his Ambassadors (1928, 9 min.) -- The Beau Brummels (1928, 8 min.) -- Roof Garden Revue (1929, 10 min.) -- My bag o' tricks (1929, 10 min.) -- Green's Twentieth Century Faydetts (1929, 7 min.) -- Sol Violinsky : the eccentric entertainer (1929, 8 min.) -- At the seashore (1929, 9 min.) -- Paul Tremaine and his Aristocrats (1929, 7 min.) -- Baby Rose Marie, the child wonder (1929, 8 min.) -- Lambchops (1929, 8 min.) -- The happy Hottentots (1930, 11 min.).…”

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Power equipment engine technology by Abdo, Edward

Table of Contents: “…Preface -- Chapter 1: Introduction To Power Equipment Engine Technology: -- Learning objectives -- Introduction -- Brief history of the internal combustion engine: -- Birth of the internal combustion engine -- Career opportunities in the power equipment engine industry: -- Opportunities in dealerships -- Power equipment industry education and certification: -- Equipment & Engine Training Council -- Summary -- Chapter 1: Review questions -- Chapter 2: Safety First: -- Learning objectives -- Introduction -- Safety attitude -- Fire safety: -- Fire triangle -- Four fire classes -- Using a fire extinguisher -- Hazardous chemicals: -- Right-to-know laws -- Electrical safety -- Exhaust gas safety -- Safe operation of equipment -- Good housekeeping practices -- Handling heavy objects and materials -- Using personal protective equipment: -- Protecting your eyes and face -- Protecting your lungs -- Protecting your hearing -- Proper attire -- Protecting your feet and legs -- Protecting your hands and arms -- Using tools safely: -- Using hand tools safely -- Using power tools safely -- Compressed air safety -- Summary -- Chapter 2: Review questions -- Chapter 3: Tools: -- Learning objectives -- Introduction -- Basic hand tools: -- Wrenches -- Screwdrivers -- Pliers -- Hammers -- Punches and chisels -- Clamps and vises -- Cutting tools -- Power tools: -- Drills -- Drill press -- Bench grinder -- Air tools -- Special tools: -- Pullers -- Precision measuring tools -- Test instruments -- Purchasing tools -- Storing tools -- Service information library -- Summary -- Chapter 3: Review questions -- Chapter 4: Measuring Systems, Fasteners And Thread Repair: -- Learning objectives -- Introduction -- Measurement systems: -- Conventional system -- Metric system -- Fasteners: -- Nuts and bolts of bolts and nuts -- Fastener anatomy -- Thread types -- Bolt grades -- Bolts types -- Nuts -- Washers -- Thread-locking agents and sealers -- Inspection and cleaning of threaded fasteners -- Stresses on threaded fasteners: -- Preload -- Tips for working with threaded fasteners -- Tightening and torque: -- Torque -- Torque wrenches -- Repairing and replacing broken fasteners: -- Screw extractors -- Drilling and re-tapping -- Thread inserts -- Summary -- Chapter 4: Review questions -- Chapter 5: Basic Engine Operation And Configurations: -- Learning objectives -- Basic engine operation: -- Reciprocating engines -- Four-stroke basic engine operation -- Two-stroke basic engine operation -- Engine ratings: -- Work -- Horsepower -- Torque -- Engine displacement -- Compression ratio -- Basic four-stroke engine components: -- Cylinder block/crankcase -- Crankshaft -- Seals -- Bearings -- Gaskets -- Piston -- Cylinder head -- Counter-balancer -- Starting devices -- Basic two-stroke engine components: -- Cylinder block/crankcase -- Crankshaft -- Seals and bearings -- Gaskets -- Starting devices -- Piston -- Cylinder and cylinder head -- Engine cooling: -- Air-cooled engines -- Liquid-cooled engines -- Engine configurations: -- Single cylinder engines -- Horizontally opposed twin-cylinder engines -- V-twin engines -- Summary -- Chapter 5: Review questions --…”
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Avatar : the Last Airbender and philosophy : wisdom from Aang to Zuko

Table of Contents: “…-- One or Many -- Energy and Spirit -- Unity of the Elements -- Notes -- Chapter 3 The Personalities of Martial Arts in Avatar: The Last Airbender -- Water, Waterbending, and Taiji -- Earth, Earthbending, and Hong Jia Kung Fu -- Fire, Firebending, and Northern Shaolin Kung Fu -- Air, Airbending, and Baguazhang -- The Power of the Avatar -- The Wisdom of Combination -- Notes -- Chapter 4 The End of the World: Nationhood and Abolition in Avatar: The Last Airbender -- Naturally Real and Socially Real -- "Thinking Like an Airbender": The Elements and Nations as Naturally Real -- Resisting Naturalization, Embracing Unity -- ATLA and Abolitionism -- Notes -- Chapter 5 The Bending World, a Bent World: Supernatural Power and Its Political Implications -- Might Is Right, Magnified -- Energybender Is Coming to Town -- A Specter Is Haunting the Bending World -- Notes -- Part II Water -- Chapter 6 Avatar: The Last Airbender and Anishinaabe Philosophy -- Anishinaabe Philosophy Defined -- The Water Tribe and Indigenous Representation -- Spirituality: Similar Ways of Seeing the World -- Notes -- Chapter 7 "Lemur!" …”
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Lean six sigma for hospitals by Arthur, Jay, 1951-

Table of Contents: “…-- Tests of Proportion -- Chi-Square Tests in Excel -- Determining Sample Sizes -- QI Macros Statistics Wizard -- Conclusion -- Chapter 12 Change Management -- Three Stages of Change -- Key Components of Managing Change -- Plan -- Inspire the Team -- The Power of Diffusion -- Change Management Transition Planning -- Physician Engagement to Lead Cultural Transformation -- The Best Work Anywhere Should Be the Standard of Work Everywhere -- Chapter 13 Theory of Constraints -- Hospitals Are Complex, but Problems Are Simple -- Theory of Constraints -- The TOC Process -- Chapter 14 Implementing Lean Six Sigma in Hospitals -- WIIFM -- Excuses, Excuses, Excuses -- CONI—Cost of No Improvement -- Decisive Force -- Crisis Junkies -- Minor in Major Things -- Getting the Right People Involved with Lean Six Sigma -- The Improvement Mindset -- Talent Versus Process -- New CEOs Can Kill Lean Six Sigma -- Be a Money Belt -- Our Reward Systems Are Broken -- Barriers to Lean Six Sigma -- Here’s My Point -- Management by Quality (MBQ) -- Why Do Six Sigma Teams Fail? …”
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Antarctic Treaty System : an Assessment: Proceedings of a Workshop Held at Beardmore South Field Camp, Antarctica, January 7-13, 1985.

Table of Contents: “…The Antarctic Treaty System from the Perspective of a Non-Consultative Party to the Antarctic Treaty -- INTRODUCTION -- MOTIVES FOR ACCESSION -- FUNCTIONING OF THE TREATY SYSTEM -- RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF NCPS UNDER THE TREATY -- THE OBSERVER ISSUE -- ANTARCTICA AND THE U.N. …”
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Wetlands : Characteristics and Boundaries.

Table of Contents: “…Legal Boundaries -- RECOMMENDATIONS -- 9 Regulation of Wetlands: Administrative Issues -- INTRODUCTION -- CONSISTENCY AND RELIABILITY OF WETLAND DELINEATIONS -- Multiple Agencies -- Standards for Expertise, Training, and Certification -- Verification of Delineations -- Uniformity and the Exercise of Professional Judgment -- Resource Regulation and Private Rights -- Use of Flow Diagrams and Charts -- CONCLUSIONS -- RECOMMENDATIONS -- 10 Functional Assessment of Wetlands -- INTRODUCTION -- FUNCTION AND VALUES OF WETLANDS -- GENERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT -- METHODS OF FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT -- FUTURE METHODS OF FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT.…”
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Encyclopedia of South Africa

Table of Contents: “…Preface -- Editorial advisory board -- A -- Abdurahman, Abdullah (1872-1940) -- Achmat, Abdurazzack (Zackie) (1962-) -- Adams College -- Affirmative Action -- African National Congress -- African National Congress Women's League -- African National Congress Youth League -- African renaissance -- African Union -- Afrikaner(s) -- Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging -- AIDS -- All-African Convention -- Anglo-Boer War -- Anglo-Zulu War -- Apartheid -- Armed Struggle -- Azania -- B -- Baartman, Sara/Saartjie (1770s-1815) -- Bambatha Rebellion -- Bantu Education -- Bantustan(s) -- Battle of Blood River -- Biko, Steve Bantu (1946-1977) -- Bill of Rights -- Black Consciousness Movement -- Black Economic Empowerment -- Bloemfontein -- Boer Republics -- Boesak, Allan Aubrey (1945-) -- Breytenbach, Breyten (1939-) -- British Imperialism and Settler Colonialism (1795-1870) -- British Imperialism and Settler Colonialism (1870-1910) -- British South Africa Company -- Broederbond -- Brutus, Dennis Vincent (1924-2009) -- Buthelezi, Mangosuthu Gatsha (1928-) -- C -- Cape Colony -- Cape Dutch Architecture -- Cape Franchise -- Cape Malay -- Cape Town -- Carnegie Commission -- Cetshwayo (1826-1884) -- Champion, Allison Wessels George (A.W.G.) (1893-1975) -- Christianity -- Cinema -- Civic Associations -- Civil Society -- Clegg, Johnny (1953-) -- Coetzee, John Maxwell (1940-) -- Coloured People -- Congress of South African Trade Unions -- Congress of the People -- Constitution -- Convention for a Democratic South Africa -- Customary Law -- D -- Dadoo, Yusuf (1909-1983) -- Defiance Campaigns -- De Klerk, F. …”
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