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A Systematic Approach for Large-scale, Rapid, Dilapidation Surveys of Historic, Masonry Buildings
(2012)
Clarke, Julie; Laefer, Debra F.
A Systematic Approach for Large-scale, Rapid, Dilapidation Surveys of Historic, Masonry Buildings
(2012)
Clarke, Julie; Laefer, Debra F.
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Dilapidation surveys may require extensive resources to achieve detailed accounts of damage for intervention purposes or may involve only limited resources but be restricted to an extremely rapid assessment (e.g. post-earthquake, life-safety inspection). Neither provides a holistic, cost-effective approach for evaluating the general health of a large number of structures, as is needed for urban planning, historic designation determination, and risk assessment due to adjacent works. To overcome this limitation, index images are introduced for a systematic approach for rapidly conducting large-scale, dilapidation surveys of historic masonry buildings. This method, the University College Dublin Inspection Method (UCDIM), is tested against both a detailed inspection and an alternative rapid approach to determine accuracy and resource intensiveness through its application by three inspectors of various levels of experience to six buildings in the city centre of Dublin, Ireland. The UCDIM...
http://hdl.handle.net/10197/4121
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Addressing Inequities in the College of the 21st Century
(2016)
Muzzin, Linda; Meaghan, Diane
Addressing Inequities in the College of the 21st Century
(2016)
Muzzin, Linda; Meaghan, Diane
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<p>Based on a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) funded study of college faculty and administrators in BC (part of a national study), we documented inequities that can be related to class, ethnoracial, and gender stratification. Participants in Early Childhood Education (ECE), practical nursing and literacy explained how government restructuring disadvantaged poorer women students, and placed heavy workloads on faculty and students. These feminized vocational fields are vulnerable to instability in the “new” college in which the “flexible” worker is the norm. Our interviews took place in former university colleges, and urban as well as rural colleges. We document how some strategies magnified these disparities after restructuring, while others attempted to address the problem. For example, faculty all took upon themselves the responsibility for delivering their programs; unions tried to protect vulnerable workers through new clauses in the collective agree...
http://arrow.dit.ie/heit161/7
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Advances in the Quantification of Turbulence: a Wind Resource Characteristic
(2013)
Woolmington, Thomas; Sunderland, Keith; Blackledge, Jonathan; Conlon, Michael
Advances in the Quantification of Turbulence: a Wind Resource Characteristic
(2013)
Woolmington, Thomas; Sunderland, Keith; Blackledge, Jonathan; Conlon, Michael
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<p>Wind resource assessment is a critical parameter in a diverse range of considerations within the built environment. Engineers and scientists, engaging in building design, energy conservation/application and air-quality/air-pollution control measures, need to be cognisant of how the associated wind resource imposes increased complexities in their design and modelling processes. In this regard, the topographical heterogeneities within these environments, present significant challenges to quantifying the resource and its turbulent characteristics. Indeed, from the perspective of assessing the wind resource within the built environment, topographical heterogeneity is the primary proponent of turbulence and the main inhibitor to acquiring meaningful measurements.</p> <p>This paper presents two aspects of turbulence assessment within the built environment. Firstly, an analysis of how turbulence is quantified is considered. The industry standard, turbulent intensity (T...
http://arrow.dit.ie/engscheleart/202
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Aerial Flightpath Considerations for Documenting Urban Heritage Using Laser Scanning
(2014)
Abuwarda, Saleh; Laefer, Debra F.
Aerial Flightpath Considerations for Documenting Urban Heritage Using Laser Scanning
(2014)
Abuwarda, Saleh; Laefer, Debra F.
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This paper provides guidance for the planning of urban heritage documentation using aerial laser scanning. The paper presents standard industrial considerations typically undertaken by commercial data providers and the additional factors that such be raised in the planning stage when urban heritage documentation is the goal.
http://hdl.handle.net/10197/7455
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An evaluation of urban flood estimation methodologies in Ireland
(2010)
O'Sullivan, J. J.; Gebre, F.; Bruen, Michael; Purcell, Patrick J.
An evaluation of urban flood estimation methodologies in Ireland
(2010)
O'Sullivan, J. J.; Gebre, F.; Bruen, Michael; Purcell, Patrick J.
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This paper summarises the findings of a study to evaluate the use in Ireland of the different flood estimation methodologies that can be applied to urban or urbanising catchments. The study, undertaken as part of the Office of Public Works‟ (OPW) Flood Studies Update programme, comprised both quantitative (posted questionnaires) and qualitative research (focus groups) targeting a range of organisations involved with planning and design issues pertaining to urban flooding. A total of 291 questionnaires was circulated. Of these, 100 were returned, equating to a response rate of 34%. Results indicate that formulae and methods for determining runoff rates in urban and urbanising catchments are being applied very generally without due consideration being given to the statistical foundation underlying the methods. The resulting inconsistencies in estimated runoff rates highlight the need for National Guidance for flow estimation in urban and urbanising catchments in Ireland.
http://hdl.handle.net/10197/3065
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Ballymun Needs Analysis: Summary Report
(2006)
Hayes, Noirin; Bradley, Siobhan
Ballymun Needs Analysis: Summary Report
(2006)
Hayes, Noirin; Bradley, Siobhan
http://arrow.dit.ie/cserrep/33
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Calculating population density for MOLAND in the Dublin urban area
(2008)
Foley, Ronan; Critchley, Martin; Convery, Sheila
Calculating population density for MOLAND in the Dublin urban area
(2008)
Foley, Ronan; Critchley, Martin; Convery, Sheila
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The EPA-funded Urban Environment Project seeks to apply MOLAND, a cellular automata based model, to predict a range of urban impacts in the Greater Dublin Region from 2006 onwards. One quantitative requirement, at least in the input stages of model building, is to establish average population densities for the different residential land use classes because the population must be allocated to cells in these classes. It has a separate output function when actually used within the MOLAND model, relating to the estimation of numbers of people affected by a particular scenario generated by the model. This working paper explores a series of approaches taken to identify population densities for a number of urban land-use categories. The results are documented against a number of differing spatial approaches to test for precision and applicability. Some suggestions are proposed as to the most effective method to use in developing the model.
http://hdl.handle.net/10197/2505
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Carbon Emissions, Transport and Location: a Sustainability Toolkit for Stakeholders in Office Development
(2013)
Byrne, Emer; Donnelly, Eamonn
Carbon Emissions, Transport and Location: a Sustainability Toolkit for Stakeholders in Office Development
(2013)
Byrne, Emer; Donnelly, Eamonn
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<p>The objective of this paper was to devise a tool to assist urban planners in the environmental component of decision making for the location of workplace destinations. It examines the transport related carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions generated per person travelling to workplace destinations in the Greater Dublin Area (GDA). The research was carried out based on the following datasets: (i) Central Statistics Office (CSO) 2006 Place of Work Census of Anonymised Records (POWCAR) and (ii) CO2 emissions per mode of transport. A model was created combining the datasets within a 250 metre grid square coding of the GDA. The calculations produced by the model were analysed spatially and numberically using geographical information systems (GIS) software. The results reveal a link between the location of workplace destinations and the carbon emissions generated per person travelling to that location. Work place destinations within close proximity to a range of public transport options ...
http://arrow.dit.ie/beschreccon/63
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Does MOLAND work as a tool for the assessment and/or as a predictor of the distribution of urban biodiversity in Dublin city?
(2008)
Brennan, Michael; Twumasi, Bright Osei
Does MOLAND work as a tool for the assessment and/or as a predictor of the distribution of urban biodiversity in Dublin city?
(2008)
Brennan, Michael; Twumasi, Bright Osei
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The MOLAND project's aim is to provide spatial planning tools that can be used to assess, monitor and model the development of urban and regional environments. To date it has been applied to an area of over 70,000km2 across Europe. MOLAND's use as a tool for the assessment and forecasting of biodiversity is examined with Dublin city as a case study. It was found that, in its current form, the MOLAND model's use as a biodiversity assessment tool was limited. Several recommendations are made for improvements to its capability in this area.
http://hdl.handle.net/10197/2356
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Estimating the Yield of Micro Wind Turbines in an Urban Environment: A Methodology
(2010)
Sunderland, Keith; Conlon, Michael
Estimating the Yield of Micro Wind Turbines in an Urban Environment: A Methodology
(2010)
Sunderland, Keith; Conlon, Michael
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<p><strong>Micro wind turbines currently have the majority share of micro (electricity) generation installations in Ireland. These technologies are being installed predominantly in rural environments, and current applications to the <em>Distribution Services Operator</em> (DSO) for connection of all types of micro generator stand at less than 500. Poor market dissemination of information and research findings compounded with poor options for spill payment - as well as onerous planning restrictions do not –it appears - create a platform conducive to encouraging development in this market.</strong></p> <p><strong> This paper outlines the complexities associated with evaluating the wind resource within an urban environment and investigates the means to ‘estimate’ wind regimes in an urban environment based on an extrapolation of a reference wind speed from a rural environment into the urban area. Methodologies for estimating the wind speed...
http://arrow.dit.ie/engscheleart/171
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Irish youth, urban horses and Equine Assisted Activities (EAA): a critically appraised topic
(2012)
Power, Mairead
Irish youth, urban horses and Equine Assisted Activities (EAA): a critically appraised topic
(2012)
Power, Mairead
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Since the 1980’s, caring for horses has become an urban phenomenon, particularly for male youths, in many disadvantaged Irish communities, where high levels of social and occupational deprivation exist (Kelleher Associates and O’Connor 2007). Limited evidence on this occupation exists. There is also growing use of Equine Assisted Activities (EAA) with adolescents in Ireland. This critically appraised topic (CAT) aims to examine the psychosocial effects of EAA for adolescents aged between 10-18 years old. An extensive search of databases, which includes CINAHL Plus, Web of Knowledge, and PsycINFO, was conducted between April 2011 and March 2012. Papers were selected based on inclusion and exclusion criteria, then analysed using the Oxford Centre for Evidence Based Medicine (2011). Overall 8 studies met the inclusion criteria, these include 4 quantitative, 2 mixed method and 2 qualitative studies. The significance of participating in the occupation of keeping horse/s and its potential...
http://hdl.handle.net/10344/3166
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Loosening the Ties that Bind:Grangegorman Masterplan
(2009)
Brady, Noel
Loosening the Ties that Bind:Grangegorman Masterplan
(2009)
Brady, Noel
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<p>Interview with James Mary O'Connor, Architect and Masterplanner with Moore Rubel Yudell designers of the Masterplan for DIT at Grangegroman, Dublin</p>
http://arrow.dit.ie/bescharcart/23
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Performance expectations of early 20th century urban American building foundations
(2008)
Laefer, Debra F.
Performance expectations of early 20th century urban American building foundations
(2008)
Laefer, Debra F.
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Foundation reuse is a tricky business at the best of times. For structures predating the mid-20th century, the challenge is exacerbated by the presence of a variety of foundation types, techniques, and materials no longer in current usage, such as lime based mortar. Accordingly, the modern engineer is presented with the difficulty of making decisions about assessment and intervention strategies for construction systems, geometries, and methods for which there is no applicable current building code or easily accessible textbook. As foundation reuse, particulary of early 20th century urban buildings, gains in popularity, accessing such information will only gain in criticality. This paper was designed to help amalgamate such information and provide upper limits regarding perfomance expectations of such foundations based on early 1900s’ building codes, practices, and testing data, with a typical upperbound of 10MPa in lime.
http://hdl.handle.net/10197/2165
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Reassessing Foundation Reuse Assessment Tools
(2014)
Laefer, Debra F.; Farrell, Kelly-Ann
Reassessing Foundation Reuse Assessment Tools
(2014)
Laefer, Debra F.; Farrell, Kelly-Ann
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A greater emphasis on sustainability and increased ground congestion in urban areas has made foundation reuse increasingly important. While several decision-making aids and assessment tools have been developed, none have been independently assessed. The aim of this project is to analyse three prominent assessment tools through their application to five cases. Through the comparison and analysis of the five case studies and the applied assessment methods, benefits and difficulties associated with their usage became apparent. Observations were made and which led to recommendations on how these difficulties could be overcome.
http://hdl.handle.net/10197/7697
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Size does matter: city scale and the asymmetries of climate change adaptation in three coastal towns
(2016)
Paterson, Shona K.; Pelling, Mark; Nunes, Lucí Hidalgo; de Araújo Moreira, Fabiano; Gui...
Size does matter: city scale and the asymmetries of climate change adaptation in three coastal towns
(2016)
Paterson, Shona K.; Pelling, Mark; Nunes, Lucí Hidalgo; de Araújo Moreira, Fabiano; Guida, Kristen; Marengo, Jose Antonio
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Globally, it is smaller urban settlements that are growing most rapidly, are most constrained in terms of adaptive capacity but increasingly looked to for delivering local urban resilience. Data from three smaller coastal cities and their wider regional governance systems in Florida, US; West Sussex, UK and São Paulo, Brazil are used to compare the influence of scale and sector on city adaptive capacity. These tensions are described through the lens of the Adaptive Capacity Index (ACI) approach. The ACI is built from structuration theory and presents an alternative to social-ecological systems framing of analysis on adaptation. Structuration articulates the interaction of agency and structure and the intervening role played by institutions on information flow, in shaping adaptive capacity and outcomes. The ACI approach reveals inequalities in adaptive capacity to be greater across scale than across government, private and civil society sector capacity in each study area. This has im...
http://hdl.handle.net/10468/3779
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Spatial Planning & Transport Engineering Using Children's Maps to Locate Areas of Perceived Danger on Children's Routes to School
(2014)
Bondzio, Frank
Spatial Planning & Transport Engineering Using Children's Maps to Locate Areas of Perceived Danger on Children's Routes to School
(2014)
Bondzio, Frank
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<p>Dublin faces many of the modern day transport problems associated with automobile transport. The bicycle is increasingly being viewed by Urban Planners as an interesting form of individual transportation which can form part of an integrated transportation solution to this problem. For cycling to be a sustainable mode of transport it must be all inclusive. However, there are some identifiable barriers which prevent certain groups in society from cycling. Barriers to children cycling are directly linked to safety concerns and strategies to encourage cycling to school in Ireland currently focus on promotion and cycle training with road safety engineering measures playing a minor role. This research developed a new, ethically sound methodology to locate areas of danger or perceived danger to children in an existing road network. The aim of the study was to improve the decision making process of planners and engineers when designing cycling infrastructure and road safety measure...
http://arrow.dit.ie/builtmas/18
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SWEET (Small Wind Energy Estimation Tool)
(2013)
Woolmington, Thomas; Sunderland, Keith
SWEET (Small Wind Energy Estimation Tool)
(2013)
Woolmington, Thomas; Sunderland, Keith
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<p><strong>Description:</strong><strong> </strong></p> <p>Generic Wind Energy Estimation Model incorporating Turbulence Intensity.</p> <p><strong>Requirements:</strong><strong> </strong></p> <p>Manufacturer specific wind turbine characteristic</p> <p>Mean wind speed at a specific height</p> <p>Site conditions in terms of TI and Surface Roughness</p> <p><strong>Disclaimer:</strong><strong> </strong></p> <p>This model has been designed as an estimation tool for estimating the wind power yield of a custom turbine for an idealised set of site conditions for a given year.</p> <p>While the assumptions that are made in this estimation tool are mathematically plausible they should not in any way be interpreted as an alternative to a real world site assessment.</p> <p>A list of assumptions to which the model ...
http://arrow.dit.ie/engschelecon/8
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The Greater Dublin Area: Ireland's Potential City-State of the Early 21st. Century
(2010)
Hughes, Brian
The Greater Dublin Area: Ireland's Potential City-State of the Early 21st. Century
(2010)
Hughes, Brian
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<p>Dublin’s superior population and employment growth, its scale size and unique urban agglomerative momentum will result in it emerging as Ireland’s ‘city state’ by mid-tolate 21st century. The hypothesis states that by then, the GDA is expected to be approaching half of the State’s population. The pivotal research question addressed is: can the GDA long-term differential population growth to that of the RoS area result in a 50% convergence of their respective populations and if so, when might this occur? The thesis develops the Hughes Years Matrix of Convergence ‘HYMOC’1 mathematical model, which represents this author’s spreadsheet matrix time indicator in years, to such convergence. This includes varying population parameters of differential exponential compound annual growth rates, from scenarios of demographic-specific start-points: ones which can accommodate select assumptions as to the GDA and RoS population sizes. From published CSO 2006 census data on town size, spec...
http://arrow.dit.ie/builtdoc/5
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Thoracic CT in the ED: a study of thoracic computed tomography utilisation.
(2010)
Williams, Emma; Gilligan, Peadar; Logan, Mark P
Thoracic CT in the ED: a study of thoracic computed tomography utilisation.
(2010)
Williams, Emma; Gilligan, Peadar; Logan, Mark P
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<p>The original article is available at www.imj.ie</p>
<p>The aim of this retrospective study was to investigate the use of thoracic Computed Tomography (CT) in the Emergency Department of a Dublin Academic Teaching Hospital over a six month period. Data was retrieved using the hospital's computerised information system. There were 202 referrals in total for thoracic CT from the Emergency Department during this time period. The most common indication for thoracic CT referral was for the investigation of pulmonary embolism with 127 (63%) referrals. There were 40 (25%) referrals for suspected malignancy and lung disease, whilst 8 (4%) of the referrals were for investigation of thoracic aortic dissection, 8 (4%) for infection, and 6 (3%) were for investigation of thoracic injury. Only 8 (4%) of all referrals were for investigation of injury as a result of chest trauma.</p>
http://epubs.rcsi.ie/emermedart/2
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Twenty years of property-led urban regeneration in Ireland : outputs, impacts, implications
(2011)
Norris, Michelle; Gkartzios, Meneloas
Twenty years of property-led urban regeneration in Ireland : outputs, impacts, implications
(2011)
Norris, Michelle; Gkartzios, Meneloas
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In the mid-1980s fiscal incentives were introduced to encourage new private residential construction and refurbishment in the inner areas of Ireland's main cities. These were subsequently extended to include the city suburbs and large towns and were abolished only in 2006. At the same time the economic context for their implementation changed radically as an economic, housing and population boom, replaced prolonged recession and population decline. This article reviews the changes to the design of these fiscal incentives over their lifetime, describes their outputs and critically assesses their impacts, intended and unintended. It argues that, in their early years, they were successful in drawing development and higher-income residents into declining areas. However, the decision to extend their lifespan and geographical focus was problematic as, during Ireland's economic boom they had less success in achieving their aims and were associated with deadweight, displaceme...
http://hdl.handle.net/10197/2970
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Understanding teacher collaboration in disadvantaged urban primary schools: uncovering practices that foster professional learning communities
(2011)
McCarthy, Jacinta
Understanding teacher collaboration in disadvantaged urban primary schools: uncovering practices that foster professional learning communities
(2011)
McCarthy, Jacinta
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This study is set in the context of disadvantaged urban primary schools in Ireland. It inquires into the collaborative practices of primary teachers exploring how class teachers and support teachers develop ways of working together in an effort to improve the literacy and numeracy levels of their student. Traditionally teachers have worked in isolation and therefore ‘collaboration’ as a practice has been slow to permeate the historically embedded assumption of how a teacher should work. This study aims to answer the following questions. 1). What are the dynamics of teacher collaboration in disadvantaged urban primary schools? 2). In what ways are teacher collaboration and teacher learning related? 3). In what ways does teacher collaboration influence students’ opportunities for learning? In answering these research questions, this study aims to contribute to the body of knowledge pertaining to teacher learning through collaboration. Though current policy and literature advocate and ...
http://hdl.handle.net/10468/950
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Urban Systems
(2013)
Urban Systems
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Yes
http://hdl.handle.net/10395/1647
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Worldviews apart? Perceptions of place among rural, farm and urban young people in Ireland.
(2012)
McGrath, Brian; Nic Gabhainn, Saoirse
Worldviews apart? Perceptions of place among rural, farm and urban young people in Ireland.
(2012)
McGrath, Brian; Nic Gabhainn, Saoirse
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In this paper, we report findings from a national survey of 8,316 Irish young people in 2002,which reveals the ways in which socio-spatial context impacts on young people's perceptions of the places in which they live and their views about the nature of certain 'social capital' aspects of their local communities, such as safety, friendliness, potential support from others, opportunities for recreation, and physical environment. It is clear from the evidence presented that perceptions of place are coloured by key contexts such as age, gender and social background. Our evidence also points to the striking significance that socio-spatial location implies for young people's perceptions of their communities. Differences are apparent between rural and urban young people, particularly the strength of positive perceptions among rural youth, while simultaneously reflecting the influence of gender, age and occupational status of parents. Within the rural environment, farm ...
http://hdl.handle.net/10379/2675
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