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Giving Wings to Her Team A Novel About Learning to Coach the Toyota Kata Way

Giving Wings to Her Team A Novel About Learning to Coach the Toyota Kata Way

Denise dreamed of being the kind of leader who empowered and engaged her people but was becoming frustrated and disillusioned. Denise - a fast-rising young consultant at a large advisory firm - lands a job as a manager in industry. Crisis strikes as low-cost competitors take market share and general chaos generates late shipments. Denise goes into Lean consulting mode but quickly learns her supervisors are not buying it. They're not engaged and they find the Lean tools confusing and a distraction from their goals of getting product out. It's going to take some magic - magic that's available to you the reader too! Come with Denise on a journey of discovery and skill development as she moves beyond the tools and concepts of Lean and focuses on daily practice that helps her supervisors achieve their goals. It's about an approach called Toyota Kata that helps anyone develop and apply scientific thinking - an exploratory mindset of curiosity and experimentation. A mentor from an unlikely place appears and shares with Denise how to coach her team. Once her supervisors dig into real problems they face every day they begin to engage. Step by step with insightful inputs from her mentor Denise starts developing the skills to become a coaching manager. She watches her team meet their current challenges and be ready for more. When you teach and practice scientific thinking and coaching skills you give wings to your team and new worlds of opportunity open up. If you're a manager you'll identify with how the team in this story goes beyond general preaching about best practices to practicing how to get to where they want to be. If you're a Lean practitioner frustrated with applying tools with a limited half life you'll learn how to develop people so they can achieve their most important goals and keep going. And if you're already a Toyota Kata practitioner well . you will love this book! | Giving Wings to Her Team A Novel About Learning to Coach the Toyota Kata Way

GBP 24.99
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Motion Structures Deployable Structural Assemblies of Mechanisms

Motion Structures Deployable Structural Assemblies of Mechanisms

The Open Access version of this book available at http://www. routledge. com has been made available under a Creative Commons [Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND)] 4. 0 license. Motion structures are simply assemblies of resistant bodies connected by movable joints. Unlike conventional structures they allow large shape transformations to satisfy practical requirements and they can be used in: shelters emergency structures and exhibition stands aircraft morphing wings satellite solar panels and space antennas morphing core materials for composites medical implants for minimum invasive surgery. Though traditionally the subject falls within structural engineering motion structures are more closely related to other mechanisms and they draw on the principles of kinematic and geometrical analysis in their design. Indeed their design and analysis can be viewed as an extension of the theory of mechanisms such as rigid origami and can make effective use of a wealth of mathematical principles. This book outlines the relevant underlying theory of motion structural concepts and uses a number of innovative but simple structures as examples. | Motion Structures Deployable Structural Assemblies of Mechanisms

GBP 52.99
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Night Photography and Light Painting Finding Your Way in the Dark

Night Photography and Light Painting Finding Your Way in the Dark

Lance Keimig one of the premier experts on night photography has put together a comprehensive reference that will show you ways to capture images you never thought possible. This new edition of Night Photography presents the practical techniques of shooting at night alongside theory and history illustrated with clear concise examples and charts and stunning images. From urban night photography to photographing the landscape by starlight or moonlight from painting your subject with light to creating a subject with light this book provides a complete guide to digital night photography and light painting. | Night Photography and Light Painting Finding Your Way in the Dark

GBP 180.00
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Fundamentals of Internet of Things

Fundamentals of Internet of Things

The Internet of Things (IoT) networks have revolutionized the world and have innumerable real-time applications on automation. A few examples include driverless cars remote monitoring of the elderly remote order of tea or coffee of your choice from a vending machine and home/industrial automation amongst others. Fundamentals of Internet of Things build the foundations of IoT networks by leveraging the relevant concepts from signal processing communications net-works and machine learning. The book covers two fundamental components of IoT networks namely the Internet and Things. In particular the book focuses on networking concepts protocols clustering data fusion localization energy harvesting control optimization data analytics fog computing privacy and security including elliptic curve cryptography and blockchain technology. Most of the existing books are theoretical and without many mathematical details and examples. In addition some essential topics of the IoT networks are also missing in the existing books. Features: • The book covers cutting-edge research topics• Provides mathematical understanding of the topics in addition to relevant theory and insights• Includes illustrations with hand-solved numerical examples for visualization of the theory and testing of understanding• Lucid and crisp explanation to lessen the study time of the reader The book is a complete package of the fundamentals of IoT networks and is suitable for graduate-level students and researchers who want to dive into the world of IoT networks.

GBP 145.00
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The Temporalities of Waste Out of Sight Out of Time

The Temporalities of Waste Out of Sight Out of Time

This book investigates the complex and unpredictable temporalities of waste. Reflecting on waste in the context of sustainability materiality social practices subjectivity and environmental challenges the book covers a wide range of settings from the municipal garbage crisis in Beirut to food rescue campaigns in Hong Kong and the toxic by-products of computer chip production in Silicon Valley. Waste is one of the most pressing issues of the day central to environmental challenges and the development of healthier and more sustainable futures. The emergence of the new field of discard studies in addition to expanding research across other disciplines within the social sciences is testament to the centrality of waste as a crucial social material and cultural problem and to the need for multi- and transdisciplinary approaches like those provided in this volume. This edited collection seeks to develop a framework that understands the material properties of different kinds of waste not as fixed stable or singular but asdynamic relational and often invisible. It brings together new and cutting-edge research on the temporalities of waste by a diverse range of international authors. Collectively this research presents a persuasive argument about the need to give more credence to the capacities of waste to provoke us in materially and temporally complex ways especially those substances that complicate our understandings of life as bounded duration. This book will be of great interest to students and scholars of the environmental humanities cultural studies anthropology and human geography. | The Temporalities of Waste Out of Sight Out of Time

GBP 36.99
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Handbook of Philosophy of Education

Handbook of Philosophy of Education

The Handbook of Philosophy of Education is a comprehensive guide to the most important questions about education that are being addressed by philosophers today. Authored by an international team of distinguished philosophers its thirty-five chapters address fundamental timely and controversial questions about educational aims justice policy and practices. Part I (Fundamental Questions) addresses the aims of education authority to educate the roles of values and evidence in guiding educational choices and fundamental questions about human cognition learning well-being and identity. Part II (Virtues of Mind and Character) is concerned with the educational formation of personal attributes that are often seen as essential to flourishing individuals and societies. This section includes chapters on the cultivation of intellectual and character virtues the nature and formation of expertise Stoic virtues and intellectual vices. Part III (Education and Justice) addresses fundamental and emerging issues of educational justice from equal educational opportunity racial domination and linguistic justice in education to educational problems of mass migration global educational justice the education of working children around the world and the costs of higher education and upward mobility. Part IV (Educational Practices) addresses controversial aspects of contemporary education – pedagogical curricular and managerial practices – that deserve careful examination. These include controversies surrounding free speech and instruction in controversial issues; anti-racist sustainability and sex education; and the unfulfilled promises and demoralizing impact of high-stakes accountability schemes. The format and jargon-free writing in this volume ensure that topics are interesting and accessible helping facilitate the work of advanced students and professionals in Education.

GBP 99.99
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Theory of Nonclassical States of Light

Theory of Nonclassical States of Light

The term 'nonclassical states' refers to the quantum states that cannot be produced in the usual sources of light such as lasers or lamps rather than those requiring more sophisticated apparatus for their production. Theory of Non-classical States of Light describes the current status of the theory of nonclassical states of light including many new and important results as well as introductory material and the history of the subject. The authors concentrate on the most important types of nonclassical states namely squeezed even/odd ('Schrodinger cat') and binomial states including their generalizations. However a review of other types of nonclassical is also given in the introduction and methods for generating nonclassical states on various processes of light-matter interaction their phase-space description and the time evolution of nonclassical states in these processes is presented in separate chapters. This contributed volume contains all of the necessary formulae and references required to gain a good understanding of the principles and current status of the field. It will provide a valuable information resource for advanced students and researchers in quantum physics.

GBP 59.99
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Report of the Trial of the Directors and the Manager of the City of Glasgow Bank

Report of the Trial of the Directors and the Manager of the City of Glasgow Bank

This book first published in 1879 and reissued by Garland in 1984 analyses through the evidence from the original trial the collapse of the City of Glasgow Bank in 1878 and the reasons behind it. A history of gross mismanagement had been concealed by the directors by deceits facilitated by the absence of an independent audit. | Report of the Trial of the Directors and the Manager of the City of Glasgow Bank

GBP 44.99
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Design of Internet of Things

Design of Internet of Things

The text provides a comprehensive overview of the design aspects of the internet of things devices and covers the fundamentals of big data and data science. It explores various scenarios such as what are the middleware and frameworks available and how to build a stable standards-based and Secure internet of things device. It discusses important concepts including embedded programming techniques machine-to-machine architecture and the internet of things for smart city applications. It will serve as an ideal design book for professionals senior undergraduate and graduate students in the fields including electrical engineering electronics and communication engineering and computer engineering. The book- Covers applications and architecture needed to deliver solutions to end customers and readers. Discusses practical aspects of implementing the internet of things in diverse areas including manufacturing and software development. Highlights big data concepts and embedded programming techniques. Presents technologies including machine to machine integrated sensors and radio-frequency identification. Introduces global system for mobile communication and precise details of standards based on internet of things architecture models. The book focuses on practical design aspects such as how to finalize a processor integrated circuit which operating system to use etc. in a single volume. It will serve as an ideal text for professionals senior undergraduate and graduate students in diverse engineering domains including electrical electronics and communication computer. | Design of Internet of Things

GBP 44.99
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Phytochemistry of Plants of Genus Phyllanthus

Phytochemistry of Plants of Genus Phyllanthus

Several Phyllanthus species are widely used in traditional medicine and herbal formulation for the treatment of a variety of ailments such as flu dropsy diabetes jaundice and bladder calculus. The medicinal properties of these species are due to the presence of lignans flavonoids tannins alkaloids and terpenoids. Phyllanthin and hypophyllanthin are the major lignans from Phyllanthus species having estrogenic properties that reduce toxicity and vascular tension and protect hepatocytes. This book deals with the importance of separation techniques in screening of major lignans flavonoids and terpenoids in Phyllanthus species using HPLC/UPLC coupled with mass spectrometric techniques. Features: Collection of Ayurvedic features and scientific evidence of important medicinal plants. Screening of major lignans flavonoids and terpenoids in plant parts/whole plant extracts and their geographical variations in Phyllanthus amarus. Easy-to-use analytical procedure for the quality control of Phyllanthus and its products. | Phytochemistry of Plants of Genus Phyllanthus

GBP 56.99
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The Legend of Guy of Warwick

The Legend of Guy of Warwick

This lavishly illustrated study is a comprehensive literary and social history which offers a record of changing genres manuscript/book production and cultural political and religious emphases by examining one of the most long lived popular legends in England. Guy of Warwick became part of history when he was named in chronicles and heraldic rolls. The power of the Earls of Warwick especially Richard de Beauchamp inspired the spread of the legend but Guy's highest fame came in the Renaissance as one of the Nine Worthies. Widely praised in texts and allusions Guy's feats were sung in ballads and celebrated on the stage in England and France. The first Anglo-Norman romance of Gui de Warewic a Saxon hero of the tenth century was written in the early 13th century; the latest retellings of the legend are contemporary. Examples of Guy's legend can be found in two English translations that survived the Middle Ages a new French prose romance a didactic tale in the Gesta Romanorum and late medieval versions in Celtic German and Catalan as well as English. Guy remained a favorite Edwardian children's story and was featured in the Warwick Pageant an historical extravaganza of 1906. The patriotism of World War II sparked a resurgence of interest that produced several new versions mostly folkloric. | The Legend of Guy of Warwick

GBP 48.99
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Cathedrals of Urban Modernity Creation of the First Museums of Contemporary Art

Cathedrals of Urban Modernity Creation of the First Museums of Contemporary Art

First published in 1998 this volume explores the expanding wave of a new kind of museums of contemporary art in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Lorente examines their ‘coming of age’ and the weight of their museological legacy arguing that the establishment of great national museums of art at London and Paris radiated out carrying their influence with it. This book emerged as part of a series on towns and cities and has a focus on London and Paris as centres of artistic innovation. | Cathedrals of Urban Modernity Creation of the First Museums of Contemporary Art

GBP 31.99
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The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Colour

The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Colour

From David Hume’s famous puzzle about the missing shade of blue to current research into the science of colour the topic of colour is an incredibly fertile region of study and debate cutting across philosophy of mind epistemology metaphysics and aesthetics as well as psychology. Debates about the nature of our experience of colour and the nature of colour itself are central to contemporary discussion and argument in philosophy of mind and psychology and philosophy of perception. This outstanding Handbook contains 29 specially commissioned contributions by leading philosophers and examines the most important aspects of philosophy of colour. It is organized into six parts:The Importance of Colour to PhilosophyThe Science and Spaces of ColourColour PhenomenaColour OntologyColour Experience and EpistemologyLanguage Categories and Thought. The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Colour is essential reading for students and researchers in philosophy of mind and psychology epistemology metaphysics and aesthetics as well as for those interested in conceptual issues in the psychology of colour.

GBP 42.99
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Smart Innovation of Web of Things

Smart Innovation of Web of Things

The Web of Things (WoT) is a concept that describes approaches programming tools and software architectural systems which interface networks of real-world objects with the World Wide Web. The book is organized into 11 chapters each focusing on a unique wireless technological aspect of the Web of Things and it aims to comprehensively cover each of its various applications including: A strong emphasis on WoT problems and solutions identifying the main open issues innovations and latest technologies behind WoT A blend of theoretical and simulation-based problems for better understanding of the concepts behind WoT Various exemplifying applications in which the use of WoT is very attractive and an inspiration for future applications The book will be useful to researchers software developers and undergraduate and postgraduate students as well as practitioners. | Smart Innovation of Web of Things

GBP 120.00
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Routledge Handbook of the Philosophy of Sport

Routledge Handbook of the Philosophy of Sport

The Routledge Handbook of the Philosophy of Sport is a landmark publication in sport studies. It goes further than any book has before in tracing the contours of the discipline of the philosophy of sport and in surveying the core themes approaches and theories that form its disciplinary fabric. The book explores the ways in which an understanding of philosophy can inform our understanding of important prevailing issues in sport. Edited by two of the most significant figures in the development of the philosophy of sport Mike McNamee and Bill Morgan and with contributions from many of the world’s leading sport philosophers this is an invaluable companion reference volume for any course in the social scientific study of sport and an essential addition to the bookshelf of any serious scholar of the philosophy and/or ethics of sport.

GBP 48.99
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The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Agency

The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Agency

One of the most basic and important distinctions we draw is between those entities with the capacity of agency and those without. As humans we enjoy agency in its full-blooded form and therefore a proper understanding of the nature of agency is of great importance to appreciate who we are and what we should expect and demand of our existence. The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Agency is an outstanding reference source to the key issues problems and debates in this exciting subject and is the first collection of its kind. Comprising 42 chapters by an international team of contributors the Handbook is divided into eight clear parts: The Metaphysics of Agency Kinds of Agency Agency and Ability Agency: Mind Body and World Agency and Knowledge Agency and Moral Psychology Agency and Time Agency Reasoning and Normativity. A broad range of topics are covered including the relation of agency to causation teleology animal agency intentionality planning skills disability practical knowledge self-knowledge the will responsibility autonomy identification emotions personal identity reasons morality the law aesthetics and games. The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Agency is essential reading for students and researchers within philosophy of action philosophy of mind metaphysics philosophy of psychology and ethics.

GBP 205.00
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Aspects of British Policy and the Treaty of Versailles Of War and Peace

Aspects of British Policy and the Treaty of Versailles Of War and Peace

Aspects of British Policy and the Treaty of Versailles looks at some key issues involving British policy and the Treaty of Versailles one of the twentieth century’s most controversial international agreements. The book discusses the role of experts and the Danzig Question at the Paris Peace Conference; the establishment of diplomatic history as a field of academic research; and the role of David Lloyd George and his Vision of Post-War Europe. Contributors also look at the restitution of cultural objects in German possession and after the war the Treaty’s impact on both Britain’s enemy Germany and its ally France revealing how it profoundly affected the European balance of power. Aspects of British Policy and the Treaty of Versailles will be of great interest to scholars of diplomatic history as well as modern history and international relations more generally. The chapters were originally published as a special issue of Diplomacy & Statecraft. | Aspects of British Policy and the Treaty of Versailles Of War and Peace

GBP 130.00
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A Dictionary of the History of Medicine

A Dictionary of the History of Medicine

This is a unique extensively illustrated dictionary of terms people events and dates spanning the entire history of medicine. It is a monumental work of scholarship totaling some 700 double-column pages with a large number of rare and exceptional illustrations from many original sources painstakingly compiled over years of far-searching inquiry involving more than 5 000 books and hundreds of journals. It is a major resource of hard-to-find information about notable medical figures instruments conditions procedures and dates and a storehouse of captivating anecdotes and background material. The book contains a wealth of material for concise historical introductions to a broad range of subjects and is the sine qua non authority on both well and little known facts of medical history. With this single volume-an unprecedented tour de force representing more than 7 000 hours of exhaustive research-clinicians and researchers from all fields of medicine can quickly and easily find authoritative detailed definitions and descriptions with dates of medical terms and of the people and events contributing to the development of medicine from earliest times to the present day. The entries range widely from such as abacterial pyuria to zygote including Latin and Greek origins of terms compact biographies with dates eponymic information of all kinds and rarely seen drawings and photographs of antique medical instruments and little-known conditions. | A Dictionary of the History of Medicine

GBP 59.99
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The Routledge Companion to Virtue Ethics

The Routledge Companion to Virtue Ethics

Virtue ethics is on the move both in Anglo-American philosophy and in the rest of the world. This volume uniquely emphasizes non-Western varieties of virtue ethics at the same time that it includes work in the many different fields or areas of philosophy where virtue ethics has recently spread its wings. Just as significantly several chapters make comparisons between virtue ethics and other ways of approaching ethics or political philosophy or show how virtue ethics can be applied to real world problems. | The Routledge Companion to Virtue Ethics

GBP 46.99
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Anselm of Canterbury The Beauty of Theology

Anselm of Canterbury The Beauty of Theology

Anselm is a major figure in theological philosophical and historical studies. This book provides a fresh approach to the study of this great figure; one which provides critical interaction with current critical thinking whilst arguing in favour of the idea of theological unity in Anselm's corpus. Exploring the Proslogion but also more 'minor' works David Hogg interacts with the theological content of Anselm's writings: showing how Anselm's ontological argument fits into the wider context of his theology; comparing the holistic approach of Anselm's thought with that of other medieval personages and fitting him into the wider medieval context; and revealing how Anselm's theology integrates the atonement and questions of predestination the fall of the Devil and free will and other issues. The book concludes with an assessment of the impact of Anselm's theology during his own time and the continuing effect his thinking has had on succeeding centuries of theological development. | Anselm of Canterbury The Beauty of Theology

GBP 175.00
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The Routledge Handbook of Phenomenology of Agency

The Routledge Handbook of Phenomenology of Agency

Phenomenology has primarily been concerned with questions about knowledge and ontology. However in recent years the rise of interest and research in phenomenology and embodiment the emotions and cognitive science has seen the concept of agency move to a central place in the study of phenomenology generally. The Routledge Handbook of Phenomenology of Agency is an outstanding reference source to this topic and the first volume of its kind. It comprises twenty-seven chapters written by leading international contributors. Organised into two parts the following key topics are covered: • major figures• the metaphysics of agency• rationality• voluntary and involuntary action• moral experience• deliberation and choice• phenomenology of agency and the cognitive sciences• phenomenology of freedom• embodied agency Essential reading for students and researchers in phenomenology philosophy of mind metaphysics and philosophy of cognitive science The Routledge Handbook of Phenomenology of Agency will also be of interest to those in closely related subjects such as sociology and psychology.

GBP 42.99
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The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Responsibility

The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Responsibility

The philosophical inquiry of responsibility is a major and fast-growing field. It not only features questions around free will and moral agency but also addresses various challenges in the social institutional and legal contexts in which people are being held responsible. The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Responsibility is an outstanding survey and exploration of these issues. Comprised of forty-one chapters by an international team of contributors the Handbook is divided into three clear parts – on the history the theory and the practice of responsibility – within which the following key topics are examined: responsibility and wrongdoing responsibility and determinism the scope of responsibility the responsibility of individuals within society the concepts of responsibility the conditions and challenges of responsibility the practices of being and holding responsible the ethics and politics of responsibility responsibility in the law Including suggestions for further reading at the end of each chapter The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Responsibility provides an extremely useful guide to the topic. It will be valuable reading for students and researchers in philosophy and applied ethics as well as for those in related fields such as politics law and policymaking.

GBP 205.00
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The Political Ideology of Ayatollah Khamenei Out of the Mouth of the Supreme Leader of Iran

The Political Ideology of Ayatollah Khamenei Out of the Mouth of the Supreme Leader of Iran

Ayatollah ʿAli Hosseini Khamenei Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran is one of the most controversial and influential Muslim leaders in the world today. As Iran’s main decision-maker his theocratic ideology and decisions carry global consequences. The Political Ideology of Ayatollah Khamenei is the first book to identify and analyze the development and evolution of the theocratic ideology of the Supreme Leader from 1962 to 2014 using his own writings speeches and biographies as well as literature published in the Islamic Republic of Iran. This work provides new insights into Khamenei’s political thought and behavior and their impact on Iran’s domestic regional and international policies. Correlating the development of Khamenei’s personality character and political behavior with Iran’s internal and external challenges this study explores key issues of the Middle East region in particular Iran’s political posture toward Israel the United States and the Muslim world and the diplomatic crises unfolding over Iran’s nuclear development program. This work provides a comprehensive chronological and thematic survey of Khamenei’s life. This book will be of interest to students scholars researchers diplomats and policymakers focusing on Middle Eastern politics Iranian affairs Islamic studies and international relations; and could serve as an essential resource for those striving to understand Iran’s policies toward Israel the United States and the Muslim world as shaped by its supreme autocrat. | The Political Ideology of Ayatollah Khamenei Out of the Mouth of the Supreme Leader of Iran

GBP 39.99
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