The state of nonprofit America / Lester M. Salamon, editor.

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Child-Care Services : Step-By-Step Startup Guide / the Staff of Entrepreneur Media. by Media, The Staff of Entrepreneur

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Your Finances Kay, Frances. by Kay, Frances

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101 great resumes / Ron Fry. by Fry, Ronald W.

Table of Contents: “…Marketing managerMaterials engineer; Medical transcriptionist; Nonprofit agency director; Nurse; Office manager; Operations manager; Paralegal; Pharmacist; Production control manager; Public information director; Public relations professional; Quality manager; Quality review auditor; Restaurant manager; Sales -- computer systems; Sales -- retail; School superintendant; Small business owner (seeking investors); Social worker; Tax accountant; Teacher -- elementary school; Teacher -- secondary school; Technical software director; Training manager; Writer; Copyright.…”
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Principles of Public Finance by Toshihiro Ihori. by Ihori, Toshihiro

Table of Contents: “…Public Finance and a Review of Basic Concepts -- 1 The Main Functions of the Public Sector -- 2 A Review of Analytical Basic Concepts -- 3 The Public Sector in Japan -- 4 Organization of the Book -- Appendix: Japan's Fiscal Management -- References -- Questions -- Part I Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance -- Chapter 2 The Macroeconomic Theory of Fiscal Policy I -- 1 The Simple Keynesian Model -- 2 The IS/LM Analysis -- 3 The Open Economy -- 4 The Efficacy of Fiscal Policy and the Policy Maker -- Appendix: Public Investment in Japan -- References -- Keywords -- Questions -- Chapter 3 The Macroeconomic Theory of Fiscal Policy II -- 1 The Permanent Level of Fiscal Variables -- 2 Consumption and Saving Behavior -- 3 The Labor Market and Supply Function -- 4 Equilibrium in the Goods Market -- 5 The Effect of Fiscal Policy -- 6 Evaluation of the Public Sector -- Appendix: The Size of Government Spending and the Private Sector's Evaluation -- References -- Keywords -- Questions -- Chapter 4 Public Debt -- 1 Ricard's Neutrality Theorem -- 2 The Shift of the Burden to Future Generations -- 3 Barro's Neutrality -- 4 Policy Implications of the Debt Neutrality Theorem -- 5 The Non-Keynesian Effect -- Appendix: Government Debt in a Overlapping Generations Model -- References -- Keywords -- Questions -- Chapter 5 Economic Growth and Fiscal Policy -- 1 A Simple Growth Model -- 2 Optimal Public Investment -- 3 The Solow Model -- 4 The Endogenous Growth Model -- 5 Inequality and Economic Growth -- Appendix A: Taxes on Capital Accumulation and Economic Growth -- Appendix B: Supply-Side Effect of Public Investment in Japan -- References -- Keywords -- Questions -- Chapter 6 Fiscal Management -- 1 Understanding Fiscal Management -- 2 Fiscal Bankruptcy -- 3 Fiscal Consolidation -- Appendix: Fiscal Deficits in a Growing Economy -- References -- Keywords -- Questions -- Chapter 7 The Public Pension -- 1 Justification of the Public Pension -- 2 Economic effect of the Public Pension -- 3 Public Debt and the Public Pension -- 4 Public Pension Reform -- 5 Privatization of the Pay-as-you-go System -- Appendix A: Intergenerational Conflict in an Aging Japan -- Appendix B: Simulation Analysis in an Aging Japan -- Conclusion -- References -- Keywords -- Questions -- Part II Microeconomic Aspects of Public Finance -- Chapter 8 The Theory of Taxation -- 1 Taxation and Labor Supply -- 2 The Efficiency of Taxation -- 3 Interest Income Tax and Saving -- 4 Investment and Tax -- 5 Consumption Tax -- Appendix: The Savings Elasticity Controversy -- References -- Keywords -- Questions -- Chapter 9 Tax Reform -- 1 Labor Income Tax and Interest Income Tax -- 2 The Theory of Optimal Taxation -- 3 The Theory of Tax Reform -- 4 General Consumption Tax and Labor Income Tax -- 5 The Timing Effect of Taxation -- 6 Simulation Analysis of Tax Reform -- Appendix A: Optimal Taxation in an Overlapping Generations Economy -- Appendix B: Tax Reform within Lump Sum Taxes -- References -- Keywords -- Questions -- Chapter 10 Income Redistribution -- 1 Progressive Income Tax -- 2 Endogenous Labor Supply -- 3 The Optimal Income Tax -- 4 Nonlinear Income Tax -- 5 Economic Constraint and Redistribution -- Appendix: Optimal Linear Income Tax -- References -- Keywords -- Questions -- Chapter 11 The Theory of Public Goods -- 1 Public Goods -- 2 Optimal Provision of Public Goods: The Samuelson Rule -- 3 The Theory of Public Good Provision: the Nash Equilibrium Approach -- 4 The Theoretical Analysis of Public Goods: the Lindahl Equilibrium -- 5 The Free Rider Problem -- 6 The Neutrality Theorem of Public Goods -- Appendix: Public Bads, Growth, and Welfare -- References -- Keywords -- Questions -- Chapter 12 Public Spending and the Political Process -- 1 The Failure of Government -- 2 The Voting Model -- 3 The Voting Model and Reality -- 4 Political Parties and Fiscal Policy -- 5 Theoretical Model of the Partisan Business Cycle -- 6 Further Comments -- Appendix A: Fiscal Privileges, Consolidation Attempts and Pigouvian Taxes -- Appendix B: Political Factors and Public Investment Policy in Japan -- References -- Keywords -- Questions -- Chapter 13 Local Public Finance -- 1 Intergovernmental Finance -- 2 The Supply of Local Public Goods -- 3 Tax Competition -- 4 The Time Consistency of a Tax Policy -- 5 The Principle of Local Tax -- 6 Redistribution among Local Governments -- 7 Further Issues on Intergovernmental Finance -- Appendix: Analytical Model of Central and Local Governments in Japan -- References -- Keywords -- Questions -- Index. .…”
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Advances in Accounting Behavioral Research. by Karim, Khondkar E.

Table of Contents: “…. ; Introduction; Background; Employment Classification Tax Impact; Employer -- Employee Guidelines; Revenue Ruling 87-41 (1987-1 CB 296); Prior Studies; Employee vs Independent Contractor/Methodology Literature; Gender Literature; Data; Research Questions; Methodology.…”
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Management for Sustainable and Inclusive Development in a Transforming Asia edited by Hiromi Shioji, Dev Raj Adhikari, Fumio Yoshino, Takabumi Hayashi.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- The importance of sustainable development in Asia -- Research on Oriental Management: Review and Prospects -- Inclusive Business and Sustainable Rural Development in India: The Community-Based Food Chain Constructed by AMUL -- Doing while Thinking in Dynamic Environment: A Review of Strategic Improvisation -- Study on the Effect of Factor Efficiency on Economic Restructuring under Supply - side Driving -- Impact of agglomeration and dispersion from an industrial location theory perspective- Empirical analysis of Japanese manufacturers in RCEP areas -- Research on Multi-interest Conflict Risk Assessment of super-giant project Based on PSR Model -- Sustainability Business Models of Multinational Enterprises in the Apparel Industry -- Knowledge Governance in Overseas Risk Intelligence Cooperation -- Inter-Firm Relationship and Knowledge Flow in Japan’s Shipbuilding Industry: A Comparative Analysis between Domestic Partners and Overseas Partners -- Creating brand value by product personalization in musical instruments industry -- The Role of Corporate Philosophy in Managing Foreign Subsidiary Employees: The Case of Japanese Subsidiaries in Thailand -- The Impact of R&D Strategy on Firm Performance of ICT Companies in China -- Development of the Vietnamese Iron and Steel Industry under International Economic Integration -- Examination of job satisfaction in commercial banking sector: Case study of PVcomBank, Vietnam -- Vocational Training Policy for Labor Ethnic Minority in the Northwest of Vietnam -- Quality of Personnel via Accountants’ Physical and Mental Strengths in Multinational Firms in Vietnam -- The satisfaction of corporations when using tax administrative services: Proceeding in Hanoi – Vietnam -- Factors Influencing the Intention to Choose Digital Wallet in Shopping Online: Case Study of Hanoi Citizens -- Conclusion.…”
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Money matters;local government finance in the people's republic of china. by Asian Development Bank

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More and better jobs in South Asia / World Bank.

Table of Contents: “…-- Addressing disadvantages before school: The role of early childhood development -- Primary and secondary education -- Tertiary education and preemployment training systems -- On-the-job training -- Annex 5A: Additional tables and figures on education and skills -- Annex 5B: Projections of the educational attainment of South Asia's population and labor force -- 6. …”
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Edge Computing and IoT: Systems, Management and Security Third EAI International Conference, ICECI 2022, Virtual Event, December 13-14, 2022, Proceedings / edited by Zhu Xiao, Ping...

Table of Contents: “…Models and methods for data management in IoT -- Forecasting the Temperature of BEV Battery Pack based on Field Testing Data -- The Data Exchange Protocol over Multi-chain BlockchainUsing Zero-knowledge Proof -- A Hybrid Task Offloading and Service Cache Scheme for Vehicular Edge Computing -- On Enhancing Transmission Performance for IoV Based on Improved Greedy Algorithm -- Precise Segmentation on Poly-Yolo, YoloV5 and FCN -- Adaptive approaches to manage energy consumption and security of systems -- Research on DAG Based Consensus Mechanism for Adjustable Load Metering Data -- A Detection and Information Processing Model based on an Automatic Mechanism for Tax Payment Control in Developing Countries -- IEC-FOF: An Industrial Electricity Consumption Forecasting and Optimization Framework -- Demons Hidden in the Light: Unrestricted Adversarial Illumination Attacks -- Edge Intelligence Based Garbage Classification Detection Method -- Mobile computing in wireless networks -- Evaluation of Higher Education System -- Defense Mechanisms against Audio Adversarial Attacks: Recent Advances and Future Directions -- An Empirical Study of Worldwide Plastic Waste Mitigation -- Prediction for Surface Subsidence of Shield Construction in Water-Rich Sand Egg Stratum Based on Edge Intelligence -- Highly Accurate Dynamic Gesture Recognition Method Based on Edge Intelligence -- Distributed computing in IOT -- Edge Intelligence Based Garbage Classification Detection Method -- Adversarial Example Attacks in Internet of Things (IoT) -- Training Node Screening in Decentralized Trusted Federated Learning -- Exploration and Practice of Course Homework Metaverse Based on Extended Reality under Edge Computing -- Federated Learning Based User Scheduling for Real-Time Multimedia Tasks in Edge Devices -- A Co-caching Strategy for Edges Based on Federated Learning and Regional Prevalence -- LSTM-DAM: Malicious Network Traffic Prediction for Cloud Manufacturing System.…”
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San Marino and International Investments by Lorenzo Riccardi. by Riccardi, Lorenzo

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Elevate SwiftUI Skills by Building Projects Build Four Modern Applications Using Swift, Xcode 14, and SwiftUI for IPhone, IPad, Mac, and Apple Watch / Frahaan Hussain ; foreword by... by Hussain, Frahaan

Table of Contents: “…Validating the salary -- Passing the salary through to ResultsView -- Calculating tax breakdown -- Tax calculation -- Fixing the ContentView binding error -- Renaming ContentView to FrontView -- Extra tasks -- Different tax options -- Tax geography -- Summary -- Chapter 4: iPad Project -- Photo Gallery Overview -- Technical Requirements -- Understanding the Design Specifications -- Acceptance criteria -- Wireframe -- Building the Gallery UI -- Set Project to iPad -- Highlight Page -- Adding Highlight Page Components -- Implementing the Highlight View -- Summary…”
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Fly and Be Damned : What now for aviation and climate change?. by McManners, Peter

Table of Contents: “…Unleash the entrepreneurs; Launching a new aviation industry; Mobilizing innovation; Stepping back to a neutral perspective; Entrepreneurs waiting in the wings; Innovation beyond aviation; 14. Short haul to trains; The Cinderella of transport options; Investing in trains; Rail in the developing world; Focus on long-term solutions; 15. …”
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HCI International 2020 – Late Breaking Papers: Cognition, Learning and Games 22nd HCI International Conference, HCII 2020, Copenhagen, Denmark, July 19–24, 2020, Proceedings / edit...

Table of Contents: “…Basic study on incidence of micro-error in visual attention-controlled environment -- A Methodological Approach to Create Interactive Art in Artificial Intelligence -- The Effect of Different Icon Shape and Width on Touch Behavior -- Project Team Recommendation Model Based on Profiles Complementarity -- A Neurophysiological Sensor Suite for Real-Time Prediction of Pilot Workload in Operational Settings -- Consideration of How Different Rearview Presentations Used for Electronic Mirrors on Automobiles Affect Human Spatial Cognition -- Design Guidelines of Social-Assisted Robots for the Elderly: A Mixed Method Systematic Literature Review -- Examining the relationship between songs and psychological characteristics -- An Overview of Paper Documentation Moving to Onboard Information System (OIS) for Commercial Aircraft -- Influence of Visual Symbol's User Background and Symbol Semantic Abstraction Level on User's Cognition in AR Auxiliary Assembly Environment -- Information Visualization Design of Nuclear Power Control System based on Attention Capture Mechanism -- Design Suggestions for Smart Tax Return Software based on Reviewing Tax Compliance literature -- Applications of an Online Audience Response System in Different Academic Settings: An Empirical Study -- Perceived Restorativeness and Meditation Depth for Virtual Reality supported Mindfulness Interventions -- Global Mindset - A Complex Cognitive Model Used for Global Leadership Decision-making when Working Across Geographical Boundaries -- Assessing Variable Levels of Delegated Control – A Novel Measure of Trust -- Neuroergonomics Behind Culture: A Dynamic Causal Modeling (DCM) Study on Emotion -- A Typology of Non-functional Information -- Basic Study to Reduce the Artifact from Brain Activity Data with Auto-Regressive Model -- Producing an Immersive Experience using Human-Robot Interaction Stimuli -- How Virtual Reality is Changing the Future of Learning in K-12 and Beyond - Using Needs-Affordances-Features Perspective -- Tangible Storytelling to learn the Four Seasons: Design and Preliminary Observations -- Analyzing Students’ Behavior in a MOOC Course: A Process-Oriented Approach -- The Role of Learning City “Smart Teams” In Promoting, Supporting, and Extending the Community School Model -- Design and Development of a Web Extension to Help Facilitate the Learning of a Foreign Language -- Training Professionals to Bring Digital Transformation into Museums: the Mu.SA Blended Course -- Learning and Creativity through a Curatorial Practice using Virtual Reality -- How augmented reality influences student workload in engineering education -- The Influential Factors on E-learning Adoption and Learning Continuance -- A Real-Time Cross-Sectioning System for Visualization of Architectural Construction Details -- Exploring the Affordance of Distance Learning Platform (DLP) in COVID19 Remote Learning Environment -- Tirana Plug-in River: Catalyst Playful Experiences to Revitalize Albanian Informal Settlements -- Investigating the relation between sense of presence, attention and performance: virtual reality versus web -- Research on the Design of Intelligent Interactive Toys Based on Marker Education -- Designing a Faculty Chatbot through User-Centered Design Approach -- The Influence of Picture Book Interaction Design on Preschool Children's Reading Experience -- Enable 3A in AIS -- Adapting E-Learning to Dyslexia Type: an Experimental Study to Evaluate Learning Gain and Perceived Usability -- Reducing the Gap Between the Conceptual Models of Students and Experts Using Graph-based Adaptive Instructional Systems -- A Learning Engineering Model for Learner-Centered Adaptive Systems -- Technology in Education - Meeting the Future Literacy & Numeracy needs of Societ -- Adaptive Agents for Fit-for-Purpose Training -- Google Service-based CbITS Authoring Tool to Support Collaboration -- The Interplay Between Artificial Intelligence and Users' Personalities: A New Scenario for Human-Computer Interaction in Gaming -- Behavlet Analytics for Player Profiling and Churn Prediction -- The Kansei Research on the Manipulation Experience of Mobile Game with Joystick -- A Novel Investigation of Attack Strategies via the Involvement of Virtual Humans: A User Study of Josh Waitzkin, a Virtual Chess Grandmaster -- Systems Approach to Designing an Enjoyable Process for Game Designers -- Broader Understanding of Gamification by Addressing Ethics and Diversity -- Game-Based Learning and Instructional Effectiveness in Organizational Communication Classrooms -- Enhancing Social Ties through Manual Player Matchmaking in Online Multiplayer Games -- A Simulation Game to Acquire Skills on Industry 4.0 -- Personalised Semantic User Interfaces for Games -- Utilization of Neurophysiological Data to Classify Player Immersion to Distract from Pain.…”
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HCI International 2020 – Late Breaking Papers: Cognition, Learning and Games 22nd HCI International Conference, HCII 2020, Copenhagen, Denmark, July 19–24, 2020, Proceedings / edit...

Table of Contents: “…Basic study on incidence of micro-error in visual attention-controlled environment -- A Methodological Approach to Create Interactive Art in Artificial Intelligence -- The Effect of Different Icon Shape and Width on Touch Behavior -- Project Team Recommendation Model Based on Profiles Complementarity -- A Neurophysiological Sensor Suite for Real-Time Prediction of Pilot Workload in Operational Settings -- Consideration of How Different Rearview Presentations Used for Electronic Mirrors on Automobiles Affect Human Spatial Cognition -- Design Guidelines of Social-Assisted Robots for the Elderly: A Mixed Method Systematic Literature Review -- Examining the relationship between songs and psychological characteristics -- An Overview of Paper Documentation Moving to Onboard Information System (OIS) for Commercial Aircraft -- Influence of Visual Symbol's User Background and Symbol Semantic Abstraction Level on User's Cognition in AR Auxiliary Assembly Environment -- Information Visualization Design of Nuclear Power Control System based on Attention Capture Mechanism -- Design Suggestions for Smart Tax Return Software based on Reviewing Tax Compliance literature -- Applications of an Online Audience Response System in Different Academic Settings: An Empirical Study -- Perceived Restorativeness and Meditation Depth for Virtual Reality supported Mindfulness Interventions -- Global Mindset - A Complex Cognitive Model Used for Global Leadership Decision-making when Working Across Geographical Boundaries -- Assessing Variable Levels of Delegated Control – A Novel Measure of Trust -- Neuroergonomics Behind Culture: A Dynamic Causal Modeling (DCM) Study on Emotion -- A Typology of Non-functional Information -- Basic Study to Reduce the Artifact from Brain Activity Data with Auto-Regressive Model -- Producing an Immersive Experience using Human-Robot Interaction Stimuli -- How Virtual Reality is Changing the Future of Learning in K-12 and Beyond - Using Needs-Affordances-Features Perspective -- Tangible Storytelling to learn the Four Seasons: Design and Preliminary Observations -- Analyzing Students’ Behavior in a MOOC Course: A Process-Oriented Approach -- The Role of Learning City “Smart Teams” In Promoting, Supporting, and Extending the Community School Model -- Design and Development of a Web Extension to Help Facilitate the Learning of a Foreign Language -- Training Professionals to Bring Digital Transformation into Museums: the Mu.SA Blended Course -- Learning and Creativity through a Curatorial Practice using Virtual Reality -- How augmented reality influences student workload in engineering education -- The Influential Factors on E-learning Adoption and Learning Continuance -- A Real-Time Cross-Sectioning System for Visualization of Architectural Construction Details -- Exploring the Affordance of Distance Learning Platform (DLP) in COVID19 Remote Learning Environment -- Tirana Plug-in River: Catalyst Playful Experiences to Revitalize Albanian Informal Settlements -- Investigating the relation between sense of presence, attention and performance: virtual reality versus web -- Research on the Design of Intelligent Interactive Toys Based on Marker Education -- Designing a Faculty Chatbot through User-Centered Design Approach -- The Influence of Picture Book Interaction Design on Preschool Children's Reading Experience -- Enable 3A in AIS -- Adapting E-Learning to Dyslexia Type: an Experimental Study to Evaluate Learning Gain and Perceived Usability -- Reducing the Gap Between the Conceptual Models of Students and Experts Using Graph-based Adaptive Instructional Systems -- A Learning Engineering Model for Learner-Centered Adaptive Systems -- Technology in Education - Meeting the Future Literacy & Numeracy needs of Societ -- Adaptive Agents for Fit-for-Purpose Training -- Google Service-based CbITS Authoring Tool to Support Collaboration -- The Interplay Between Artificial Intelligence and Users' Personalities: A New Scenario for Human-Computer Interaction in Gaming -- Behavlet Analytics for Player Profiling and Churn Prediction -- The Kansei Research on the Manipulation Experience of Mobile Game with Joystick -- A Novel Investigation of Attack Strategies via the Involvement of Virtual Humans: A User Study of Josh Waitzkin, a Virtual Chess Grandmaster -- Systems Approach to Designing an Enjoyable Process for Game Designers -- Broader Understanding of Gamification by Addressing Ethics and Diversity -- Game-Based Learning and Instructional Effectiveness in Organizational Communication Classrooms -- Enhancing Social Ties through Manual Player Matchmaking in Online Multiplayer Games -- A Simulation Game to Acquire Skills on Industry 4.0 -- Personalised Semantic User Interfaces for Games -- Utilization of Neurophysiological Data to Classify Player Immersion to Distract from Pain.…”
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Allowances for corporate equity in practice / prepared by Alexander Klemm. by Klemm, Alexander

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Yorktown / Kathleen Manley and Richard Shisler. by Manley, Kathleen, Shisler, Richard

Table of Contents: “…Worship, Restaurants, and Main Street -- 3. Government, Holiday, and Taxes -- 4. …”
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The personal finance guide for tech professionals : building, protecting, and transferring your wealth / Tom Taulli. by Taulli, Tom, 1968-

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The Role of Government in the Industrialization of Iraq 1950-1965 (RLE Economy of Middle East). by Jalal, Ferhang

Table of Contents: “…1 Plans of the Development Board2 Plans of the Planning Board; 3 Size of Plans; 4 The Sectoral Allocation; 5 The Choice of Projects; IV Implementation of Government Investment Programmes: 1951-65; 1 The Experience of Implementation; 2 The Main Causes of Failure; V Financial Institutions and Industrialization; 1 Commercial Banks and the Finance of Industry; 2 The Industrial Bank; VI Other Policies to Promote Industrialization; 1 Protection; 2 Tax Exemption; 3 The Licensing of Industrial Enterprises; VII Summary and Conclusions; Bibliography; Index.…”
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Wealth Management : Private Banking, Investment Decisions, and Structured Financial Products. by Chorafas, Dimitris N.

Table of Contents: “…Case studies with the three main classes of structured productsFixed income structured products; Practical examples with fixed income derivatives; Equity-type structured products; Practical examples with equity-type derivatives; Currency exchange structured products; Appendix: Derivatives as a tax haven; Introduction; Wealth tax; Derivatives, offshores and private individuals; Companies have been masters in using derivatives and offshores; Shifting the ris.…”
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