Designing science presentations : a visual guide to figures, papers, slides, posters, and more / / Matt Carter |
Autore | Carter Matt |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam, : Academic Press, 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xxi, 360 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color) |
Disciplina | 501.4 |
Collana | Gale eBooks |
Soggetto topico |
Communication in science
Poster presentations Science - Study and teaching - Audio-visual aids |
ISBN |
1-283-80590-1
0-12-385970-0 |
Classificazione | 02.13 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Front Cover; Designing Science Presentations; Copyright Page; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Goals of This Book; 1 Designing Exceptional Science Presentations; 1 Scientists as Designers; Necessary Ingredients in any Science Presentation; Doesn't Good Scientific Content Speak for Itself?; Any Scientist Can Be a Designer; What is Design?; What Design Is Not; Design Is Ultimately about the Audience; Embrace Simplicity; About "The Rules"; Appreciate the Design around You; Appreciate the Presentations of Other Scientists; Design Is a Continuous Process; Summary: Don'ts and Dos
2 Design Goals for Different Presentation Formats Defining the Goals of Presentation Formats; The Written Presentation; The Slide Presentation; The Oral Presentation (Without Slides); The Poster Presentation; Advantages and Disadvantages of Presentation Formats; Reasons for Success and Failure; Design a Presentation with Your Format in Mind; Summary: Don'ts and Dos; 3 Twenty-One Characteristics Shared by Exceptional Presenters; 1 Choose to Design a Presentation; 2 Present to Communicate a Message; 3 Know Your Target Audience; 4 Demonstrate Care and Respect for Your Audience 5 Declare the Question or Goal that Drives Your Science 6 Inspire Interest in Your Subject; 7 Demonstrate Expertise; 8 Introduce Your Background and Methods with Clarity; 9 Balance Details with the Big Picture; 10 Highlight One to Three Take-Home Points; 11 Follow Time Restrictions; 12 Radiate Enthusiasm; 13 Demonstrate Accessibility and Friendliness; 14 Read and Respond to Your Audience; 15 Design Visual Elements with Care; 16 Present Information One Piece at a Time; 17 Let Your Narrative Lead Your Visuals; 18 Master Your Presentation Technology; 19 Master the Written English Language 20 Be Yourself 21 Transform Anxiety into Positive Energy; Summary: Don'ts and Dos; 2 Visual Elements in Science Presentations; 4 Color; Why We Use Color; Color Gone Wild; Describing Color; The Color Wheel; Choosing Color Combinations Using a Color Wheel; Warm and Cool Colors; Using Color to Highlight; Emotional Associations of Different Colors; Background Colors and Contrast; Color in a Colorless Environment; Black and White Are Colors, Too; How Computers Specify Color; CMYK; RGB; Hexvalue; What You See Might Not Be What You Get; Summary: Don'ts and Dos; 5 Typography Decisions about Text Matter Dissection of a Font; Personality of Fonts; Sizing Up a Font; Casing; Legibility; Typesetting; Bullets; Some Other Advice about using Bullets:; Numbers; Summary: Don'ts and Dos; 6 Words; Words Matter; Avoid Wordiness; Colloquialism and Slang; Singular versus Plural; Active versus Passive Verbs; Verb Tense; Commonly Misused Words; Understand the Distinctions between Similar Words; The Burden of Proof; Latin Abbreviations; Writing about Numbers; Summary: Don'ts and Dos; 7 Tables; Anatomy of a Table; When to Use a Table Tables Differ among Different Presentation Formats |
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Designing science presentations : a visual guide to figures, papers, slides, posters, and more / / Matt Carter |
Autore | Carter Matt |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam, : Academic Press, 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xxi, 360 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color) |
Disciplina | 501.4 |
Collana | Gale eBooks |
Soggetto topico |
Communication in science
Poster presentations Science - Study and teaching - Audio-visual aids |
ISBN |
1-283-80590-1
0-12-385970-0 |
Classificazione | 02.13 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Front Cover; Designing Science Presentations; Copyright Page; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Goals of This Book; 1 Designing Exceptional Science Presentations; 1 Scientists as Designers; Necessary Ingredients in any Science Presentation; Doesn't Good Scientific Content Speak for Itself?; Any Scientist Can Be a Designer; What is Design?; What Design Is Not; Design Is Ultimately about the Audience; Embrace Simplicity; About "The Rules"; Appreciate the Design around You; Appreciate the Presentations of Other Scientists; Design Is a Continuous Process; Summary: Don'ts and Dos
2 Design Goals for Different Presentation Formats Defining the Goals of Presentation Formats; The Written Presentation; The Slide Presentation; The Oral Presentation (Without Slides); The Poster Presentation; Advantages and Disadvantages of Presentation Formats; Reasons for Success and Failure; Design a Presentation with Your Format in Mind; Summary: Don'ts and Dos; 3 Twenty-One Characteristics Shared by Exceptional Presenters; 1 Choose to Design a Presentation; 2 Present to Communicate a Message; 3 Know Your Target Audience; 4 Demonstrate Care and Respect for Your Audience 5 Declare the Question or Goal that Drives Your Science 6 Inspire Interest in Your Subject; 7 Demonstrate Expertise; 8 Introduce Your Background and Methods with Clarity; 9 Balance Details with the Big Picture; 10 Highlight One to Three Take-Home Points; 11 Follow Time Restrictions; 12 Radiate Enthusiasm; 13 Demonstrate Accessibility and Friendliness; 14 Read and Respond to Your Audience; 15 Design Visual Elements with Care; 16 Present Information One Piece at a Time; 17 Let Your Narrative Lead Your Visuals; 18 Master Your Presentation Technology; 19 Master the Written English Language 20 Be Yourself 21 Transform Anxiety into Positive Energy; Summary: Don'ts and Dos; 2 Visual Elements in Science Presentations; 4 Color; Why We Use Color; Color Gone Wild; Describing Color; The Color Wheel; Choosing Color Combinations Using a Color Wheel; Warm and Cool Colors; Using Color to Highlight; Emotional Associations of Different Colors; Background Colors and Contrast; Color in a Colorless Environment; Black and White Are Colors, Too; How Computers Specify Color; CMYK; RGB; Hexvalue; What You See Might Not Be What You Get; Summary: Don'ts and Dos; 5 Typography Decisions about Text Matter Dissection of a Font; Personality of Fonts; Sizing Up a Font; Casing; Legibility; Typesetting; Bullets; Some Other Advice about using Bullets:; Numbers; Summary: Don'ts and Dos; 6 Words; Words Matter; Avoid Wordiness; Colloquialism and Slang; Singular versus Plural; Active versus Passive Verbs; Verb Tense; Commonly Misused Words; Understand the Distinctions between Similar Words; The Burden of Proof; Latin Abbreviations; Writing about Numbers; Summary: Don'ts and Dos; 7 Tables; Anatomy of a Table; When to Use a Table Tables Differ among Different Presentation Formats |
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How to get research published in journals / / Abby Day |
Autore | Day Abby <1956-, > |
Edizione | [2nd ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London : , : Routledge, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | xii, 140 p. : ill |
Disciplina | 070.5/2 |
Soggetto topico |
Authorship - Marketing
Report writing Research |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
9786611208912
1-281-20891-4 0-7546-8894-1 1-315-25313-5 0-566-08815-0 |
Classificazione | 02.13 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | pt. I. Setting your objectives -- pt. II. Knowing your audience -- pt. III. From draft to print. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910465983503321 |
Day Abby <1956-, >
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London : , : Routledge, , 2016 | ||
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How to get research published in journals / / Abby Day |
Autore | Day Abby <1956-, > |
Edizione | [2nd ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London : , : Routledge, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | xii, 140 p. : ill |
Disciplina | 070.5/2 |
Soggetto topico |
Authorship - Marketing
Report writing Research |
ISBN |
1-351-93013-3
9786611208912 1-281-20891-4 0-7546-8894-1 1-315-25313-5 0-566-08815-0 |
Classificazione | 02.13 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | pt. I. Setting your objectives -- pt. II. Knowing your audience -- pt. III. From draft to print. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910792511603321 |
Day Abby <1956-, >
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London : , : Routledge, , 2016 | ||
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How to get research published in journals / / Abby Day |
Autore | Day Abby <1956-, > |
Edizione | [2nd ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London : , : Routledge, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | xii, 140 p. : ill |
Disciplina | 070.5/2 |
Soggetto topico |
Authorship - Marketing
Report writing Research |
ISBN |
1-351-93013-3
9786611208912 1-281-20891-4 0-7546-8894-1 1-315-25313-5 0-566-08815-0 |
Classificazione | 02.13 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | pt. I. Setting your objectives -- pt. II. Knowing your audience -- pt. III. From draft to print. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910812831903321 |
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London : , : Routledge, , 2016 | ||
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New Publication Cultures in the Humanities / edited by Peter Dávidházi |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Baltimore, Maryland : , : Project Muse, , 2019 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (211 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 070.5/797 |
Collana |
Open Access e-Books
Knowledge Unlatched |
Soggetto topico |
Open access publishing
Humanities - Publishing Scholarly publishing - Social aspects Electronic publishing - Social aspects |
Soggetto non controllato | Digital turn, publication cultures, paradigm shift, electronic editing, humanities |
ISBN | 90-485-1971-3 |
Classificazione |
10.00
02.13 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Preface : Exploring paradigms and ourselves / Peter Dávidházi -- Digital humanities : foundations / Jacques Dubucs -- Looking forwards, not back : some ideas on the future of electronic publications / Gudrun Gersmann -- The dynamics of digital publications : an exploration of digital lexicography / Claudine Moulin and Julianne Nyhan -- Too much of a good thing? Or, a historian swamped by the web / Luca Codignola -- Electronic textual criticism : a challenge to the editor and to the publisher / Gábor Kecskemeti -- Computer-assisted scholarly editing of manuscript sources / Andrea Bozzi -- Electronic media and changing methods in classics / Bernhard Palme -- Publication practices in motion : the benefits of open access publishing for the humanities / Janneke Adema and Eelco Ferwerda -- The future of publications in the humanities : possible impacts of research assessment / Milena Žic Fuchs -- ERIH's role in the evaluation of research achievements in the humanities / Ferenc Kiefer -- Performing excellence in the humanities : the funding initiative 'Opus magnum' of the VolkswagenStiftung / Vera Szöllösi-Brenig. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910132311703321 |
Baltimore, Maryland : , : Project Muse, , 2019 | ||
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New Publication Cultures in the Humanities / edited by Peter Dávidházi |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Baltimore, Maryland : , : Project Muse, , 2019 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (211 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 070.5/797 |
Collana |
Open Access e-Books
Knowledge Unlatched |
Soggetto topico |
Open access publishing
Humanities - Publishing Scholarly publishing - Social aspects Electronic publishing - Social aspects |
Soggetto non controllato | Digital turn, publication cultures, paradigm shift, electronic editing, humanities |
ISBN | 90-485-1971-3 |
Classificazione |
10.00
02.13 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Preface : Exploring paradigms and ourselves / Peter Dávidházi -- Digital humanities : foundations / Jacques Dubucs -- Looking forwards, not back : some ideas on the future of electronic publications / Gudrun Gersmann -- The dynamics of digital publications : an exploration of digital lexicography / Claudine Moulin and Julianne Nyhan -- Too much of a good thing? Or, a historian swamped by the web / Luca Codignola -- Electronic textual criticism : a challenge to the editor and to the publisher / Gábor Kecskemeti -- Computer-assisted scholarly editing of manuscript sources / Andrea Bozzi -- Electronic media and changing methods in classics / Bernhard Palme -- Publication practices in motion : the benefits of open access publishing for the humanities / Janneke Adema and Eelco Ferwerda -- The future of publications in the humanities : possible impacts of research assessment / Milena Žic Fuchs -- ERIH's role in the evaluation of research achievements in the humanities / Ferenc Kiefer -- Performing excellence in the humanities : the funding initiative 'Opus magnum' of the VolkswagenStiftung / Vera Szöllösi-Brenig. |
Record Nr. | UNISA-996379048303316 |
Baltimore, Maryland : , : Project Muse, , 2019 | ||
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Peer review and manuscript management in scientific journals [[electronic resource] ] : guidelines for good practice / / by Irene Hames |
Autore | Hames Irene |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Malden, MA ; ; Oxford, : Blackwell Pub., 2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (308 p.) |
Disciplina | 070.4495 |
Soggetto topico |
Scientific literature - Evaluation
Science - Evaluation Technical writing - Evaluation - Analysis Peer review Science - United States - Information services |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-281-32205-9
9786611322052 0-470-75080-4 0-470-75026-X |
Classificazione | 02.13 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Peer Review and Manuscript Management in Scientific Journals: Guidelines for Good Practice; Contents; Foreword by Robert Campbell and Sally Morris; Preface; Chapter 1: Introduction; What should peer review do?; What does peer review assume?; What is this book trying to achieve?; Chapter 2: The peer-review process - how to get going; The basic process; The people involved in running the peer-review process; Office organization; Choice of system and procedures; Record keeping; Systems available; Chapter 3: Manuscript submission and initial checks on completeness and suitability
Submission guidance to authorsJournal scope and editorial policy; Manuscript presentation; Manuscript submission; Checking and logging of submitted manuscripts; Transfer to editor; Initial assessment of suitability and rejection without external review; Manuscripts with language problems; Chapter 4: The full review process; Identifying and selecting appropriate reviewers; Reviewer information; How to go about identifying and selecting reviewers; Finding reviewers; To invite or not?; Inviting reviewers; Responses to invitations to review Getting the manuscript and associated material to the reviewersInformation reviewers will require; Associated material needed by reviewers; Monitoring review progress; Reminding and chasing reviewers; Problems during review; Reviewers not returning reviews; Receiving and checking of returned reviews; Checking of reviews; The ethics of amending reviewer reports for authors; The 'ideal' report; Back-to-back manuscripts; Dealing with enquiries on manuscript status; Chapter 5: The decision-making process for reviewed manuscripts; The organizational structure for decision making The decision-making processDivided opinions from reviewers; The decisions that can be made; Checks to be made before communicating decisions to authors; Communicating the decision to the authors; Rebuttals and appeals from authors; Dealing with revisions; Dealing with resubmissions; Problems with resubmissions; Acceptance; Decision making to consistent standards and the problem of availability of space; Special considerations in decision making: dual-use research and the possible misuse of information; Chapter 6: Moving to online submission and review; How do you choose an online system? How to prepare to move to online workingEvaluation of current workflow and responsibilities; Specification design for the journal; Questions and text options on the site; Preparation of editorial correspondence for the online site; Health and safety issues; Training and support; Data transfer; The launch and transition period; What to expect after going live online; Impact on submission numbers; Impact on the quality of submissions; Impact on geographical origin of submissions; Impact on reviewing and administration times; Problems that may be encountered and how to deal with them Online systems are never closed |
Record Nr. | UNISA-996218284703316 |
Hames Irene
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Malden, MA ; ; Oxford, : Blackwell Pub., 2007 | ||
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Peer review and manuscript management in scientific journals [[electronic resource] ] : guidelines for good practice / / by Irene Hames |
Autore | Hames Irene |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Malden, MA ; ; Oxford, : Blackwell Pub., 2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (308 p.) |
Disciplina | 070.4495 |
Soggetto topico |
Scientific literature - Evaluation
Science - Evaluation Technical writing - Evaluation - Analysis Peer review Science - United States - Information services |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-281-32205-9
9786611322052 0-470-75080-4 0-470-75026-X |
Classificazione | 02.13 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Peer Review and Manuscript Management in Scientific Journals: Guidelines for Good Practice; Contents; Foreword by Robert Campbell and Sally Morris; Preface; Chapter 1: Introduction; What should peer review do?; What does peer review assume?; What is this book trying to achieve?; Chapter 2: The peer-review process - how to get going; The basic process; The people involved in running the peer-review process; Office organization; Choice of system and procedures; Record keeping; Systems available; Chapter 3: Manuscript submission and initial checks on completeness and suitability
Submission guidance to authorsJournal scope and editorial policy; Manuscript presentation; Manuscript submission; Checking and logging of submitted manuscripts; Transfer to editor; Initial assessment of suitability and rejection without external review; Manuscripts with language problems; Chapter 4: The full review process; Identifying and selecting appropriate reviewers; Reviewer information; How to go about identifying and selecting reviewers; Finding reviewers; To invite or not?; Inviting reviewers; Responses to invitations to review Getting the manuscript and associated material to the reviewersInformation reviewers will require; Associated material needed by reviewers; Monitoring review progress; Reminding and chasing reviewers; Problems during review; Reviewers not returning reviews; Receiving and checking of returned reviews; Checking of reviews; The ethics of amending reviewer reports for authors; The 'ideal' report; Back-to-back manuscripts; Dealing with enquiries on manuscript status; Chapter 5: The decision-making process for reviewed manuscripts; The organizational structure for decision making The decision-making processDivided opinions from reviewers; The decisions that can be made; Checks to be made before communicating decisions to authors; Communicating the decision to the authors; Rebuttals and appeals from authors; Dealing with revisions; Dealing with resubmissions; Problems with resubmissions; Acceptance; Decision making to consistent standards and the problem of availability of space; Special considerations in decision making: dual-use research and the possible misuse of information; Chapter 6: Moving to online submission and review; How do you choose an online system? How to prepare to move to online workingEvaluation of current workflow and responsibilities; Specification design for the journal; Questions and text options on the site; Preparation of editorial correspondence for the online site; Health and safety issues; Training and support; Data transfer; The launch and transition period; What to expect after going live online; Impact on submission numbers; Impact on the quality of submissions; Impact on geographical origin of submissions; Impact on reviewing and administration times; Problems that may be encountered and how to deal with them Online systems are never closed |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910145306703321 |
Hames Irene
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Malden, MA ; ; Oxford, : Blackwell Pub., 2007 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Peer review and manuscript management in scientific journals [[electronic resource] ] : guidelines for good practice / / by Irene Hames |
Autore | Hames Irene |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Malden, MA ; ; Oxford, : Blackwell Pub., 2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (308 p.) |
Disciplina | 070.4495 |
Soggetto topico |
Scientific literature - Evaluation
Science - Evaluation Technical writing - Evaluation - Analysis Peer review Science - United States - Information services |
ISBN |
1-281-32205-9
9786611322052 0-470-75080-4 0-470-75026-X |
Classificazione | 02.13 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Peer Review and Manuscript Management in Scientific Journals: Guidelines for Good Practice; Contents; Foreword by Robert Campbell and Sally Morris; Preface; Chapter 1: Introduction; What should peer review do?; What does peer review assume?; What is this book trying to achieve?; Chapter 2: The peer-review process - how to get going; The basic process; The people involved in running the peer-review process; Office organization; Choice of system and procedures; Record keeping; Systems available; Chapter 3: Manuscript submission and initial checks on completeness and suitability
Submission guidance to authorsJournal scope and editorial policy; Manuscript presentation; Manuscript submission; Checking and logging of submitted manuscripts; Transfer to editor; Initial assessment of suitability and rejection without external review; Manuscripts with language problems; Chapter 4: The full review process; Identifying and selecting appropriate reviewers; Reviewer information; How to go about identifying and selecting reviewers; Finding reviewers; To invite or not?; Inviting reviewers; Responses to invitations to review Getting the manuscript and associated material to the reviewersInformation reviewers will require; Associated material needed by reviewers; Monitoring review progress; Reminding and chasing reviewers; Problems during review; Reviewers not returning reviews; Receiving and checking of returned reviews; Checking of reviews; The ethics of amending reviewer reports for authors; The 'ideal' report; Back-to-back manuscripts; Dealing with enquiries on manuscript status; Chapter 5: The decision-making process for reviewed manuscripts; The organizational structure for decision making The decision-making processDivided opinions from reviewers; The decisions that can be made; Checks to be made before communicating decisions to authors; Communicating the decision to the authors; Rebuttals and appeals from authors; Dealing with revisions; Dealing with resubmissions; Problems with resubmissions; Acceptance; Decision making to consistent standards and the problem of availability of space; Special considerations in decision making: dual-use research and the possible misuse of information; Chapter 6: Moving to online submission and review; How do you choose an online system? How to prepare to move to online workingEvaluation of current workflow and responsibilities; Specification design for the journal; Questions and text options on the site; Preparation of editorial correspondence for the online site; Health and safety issues; Training and support; Data transfer; The launch and transition period; What to expect after going live online; Impact on submission numbers; Impact on the quality of submissions; Impact on geographical origin of submissions; Impact on reviewing and administration times; Problems that may be encountered and how to deal with them Online systems are never closed |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910830145603321 |
Hames Irene
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Malden, MA ; ; Oxford, : Blackwell Pub., 2007 | ||
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