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<DIV>Dear Colleagues</DIV>
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<DIV>Are you aware of an exceptional ETD which was produced in one of your departments and is your institutions a member of NDLTD? The call for nominations for the annual NDLTD awards has just been announced - please ask your researchers to nominate a worthy candidate. Our university has delivered 4 winners in the past!</DIV>
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<P>NDLTD Innovative ETD Award 2005 : Pienaar, Rousseau <A href="http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-02212005-085046/">http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-02212005-085046/</A></P>
<P>NDLTD Innovative ETD Award 2007 : Van den Heever, Annemie <A href="http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-02162007-161618/">http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-02162007-161618/</A> </P>
<P>NDLTD Innovative Learning through ETDs Award 2010 : Orton, Jacques <A href="http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-02022010-163309/">http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-02022010-163309/</A></P>
<P>ETD Leadership Award 2010 : Monica Hammes <BR></P>
<P>The deadline for the nominations is 15 April 2011 and this year the awards will be presented at the ETD 2011 Symposium which will be held at the Pavilion Conference Centre in Cape Town! See more particulars below. </P>
<P>Regards</P>
<P>Elsabé<BR><BR>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 20pt; text-shadow: auto"><FONT face=Arial>Innovation & Leadership<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 20pt; text-shadow: auto"><FONT face=Arial>2011 ETD Awards<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 20pt; text-shadow: auto">- Call for Nominations</SPAN></B></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial><SPAN><A href="http://www.ndltd.org/events_and_awards/awards/call-for-nominations-ndltd-etd-awards-2011">http://www.ndltd.org/events_and_awards/awards/call-for-nominations-ndltd-etd-awards-2011</A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT face=Arial>The Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (</FONT></SPAN><A href="http://www.ndltd.org/"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT color=#800080 face=Arial>NDLTD</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT face=Arial>) consortium is pleased to announce the 2011 ETD Awards program. We invite all NDLTD members to nominate individuals they feel deserve the recognition!<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT face=Arial>The awards include several categories of appreciation.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<LI style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1" class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial><B><I><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">The Innovative ETD Award</SPAN></I></B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"> recognizes student efforts to transform the genre of the print dissertation through the use of innovative software to create multimedia ETDs. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT>
<LI style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1" class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial><B><I><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">The Innovative Learning through ETDs Award</SPAN></I></B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"> recognizes a student whose professional life has been enhanced by the ETD process. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT>
<LI style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1" class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial><B><I><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">The ETD Leadership Award</SPAN></I></B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"> recognizes members of the university community whose leadership and vision has helped raise awareness of the benefits of ETDs and whose efforts have improved graduate education and research through the use of ETDs.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></LI></UL>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT face=Arial>The awards will be presented at the </FONT></SPAN><A href="http://dl.cs.uct.ac.za/conferences/etd2011"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT color=#800080 face=Arial>ETD 2011 Symposium</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT face=Arial>, to be held September 13 - 17, 2011 at the Pavilion Conference Centre in Cape Town, South Africa.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT face=Arial>Eligibility, Nomination Procedures and Evaluation Criteria<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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<LI style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo2" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT face=Arial>Nominations will be reviewed by the NDLTD Awards Committee. Current members of the NDLTD Awards Committee are not eligible for nomination.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN>
<LI style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo2" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT face=Arial>Winners are encouraged but not required to attend the ETD Symposium.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN>
<LI style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo2" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT face=Arial>Travel scholarship funding of up to $500 will be provided to award winners to attend the ETD Symposium.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Scholarship funds will be provided on a reimbursement basis only.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN>
<LI style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo2" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT face=Arial>We request that winners who cannot attend the Symposium record a video acceptance message (approximately 2 - 3 minutes) that can be presented at the Symposium Awards ceremony and distributed online, or provide an acceptance message in writing (500 words or less). <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN>
<LI style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo2" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT face=Arial>Nomination letters should include: <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN>
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<LI style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: list 1.0in; mso-list: l2 level2 lfo2" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT face=Arial>A brief description (1,000 words or less) of background information, detail of the merits of the work and justification for nomination. <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN>
<LI style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: list 1.0in; mso-list: l2 level2 lfo2" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT face=Arial>Additional letters of support (i.e. from faculty, administration, students, Library or Graduate School Dean, Provost, etc.). <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN>
<LI style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: list 1.0in; mso-list: l2 level2 lfo2" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT face=Arial>Complete contact information for both the nominator and nominee, including home and/or University postal and email addresses.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></LI></UL>
<LI style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo2" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT face=Arial>Examples of previous award winners, links to multimedia ETDs and acceptance speech videos are available at </FONT></SPAN><A href="http://www.ndltd.org/events_and_awards/awards/etd-awards"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT color=#800080 face=Arial>http://www.ndltd.org/events_and_awards/awards/etd-awards</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT face=Arial>.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN>
<LI style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo2" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT face=Arial>Also see the news article "</FONT></SPAN><A href="http://www.ndltd.org/events_and_awards/awards/NDLTD%20ETD%20Awards%20Case%20Studies%202004-2010.pdf"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT color=#800080 face=Arial>NDLTD ETD Award Winners 2004 - 2010: Case Studies in Success</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT face=Arial>".<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN>
<LI style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo2" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT face=Arial>Nominations must be sent by email to ETD Awards Committee Co-chair John Hagen (West Virginia University) at </FONT></SPAN><A href="mailto:John.Hagen@mail.wvu.edu"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT face=Arial>John.Hagen@mail.wvu.edu</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT face=Arial>.<BR style="mso-special-character: line-break"><BR style="mso-special-character: line-break"><o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></LI></UL>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in" class=MsoNormal align=center><FONT face=Arial><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Deadline for Nominations: April 15, 2011</SPAN></B><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></FONT></P><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><BR style="PAGE-BREAK-BEFORE: always; mso-special-character: line-break" clear=all></SPAN></B>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT face=Arial>Specific Awards Category Information and Requirements<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT face=Arial>Innovative ETD Award<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT face=Arial>ETDs submitted for this award must represent student efforts to transform the genre of the print dissertation through the use of ETDs. This award recognizes innovative use of software to create "cutting edge" ETDs. The application and integration of renderings, photos, data sets, software code and other multimedia objects that are included in the document will be considered as part of the innovation of the work.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<LI style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT face=Arial>An ETD can be nominated by an administrator, faculty member, librarian or student (self-nomination). The nominator and the nominee's University should be affiliated with the NDLTD. <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN>
<LI style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT face=Arial>Each NDLTD member may submit up to 2 nominees; self-nominations are not included in the institutional count. <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN>
<LI style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT face=Arial>The nomination for these awards should include links to the archived work, along with a brief statement about how the work uses technology to enhance the presentation of research. <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN>
<LI style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT face=Arial>ETD nominations may be in PDF and/or open (non-PDF) formats. Submissions of PDF formats should include hyper-linking and/or the source URL to any included supplementary multimedia material. <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN>
<LI style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT face=Arial>The ETD must be distributed online as open access. <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN>
<LI style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB" lang=EN-GB><FONT face=Arial>Preference will be given to ETDs approved for graduation during the 2010 calendar year (January through December 2010), although nominations from previous years will also be considered. <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN>
<LI style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT face=Arial>There may be up to two winners. <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN>
<LI style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT face=Arial>Each winner will receive $500 and will be eligible to receive an additional $500 in travel scholarship funding to attend the ETD Symposium.*<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></LI></UL>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT face=Arial>Innovative Learning through ETDs Award<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT face=Arial>A student whose professional life has been enhanced by the ETD process (not to include the value of the degree earned) will be recognized.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<LI style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo4" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT face=Arial>Self-nomination is appropriate for this award. <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN>
<LI style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo4" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT face=Arial>The nomination for this award should include a short essay (1,000 words or less) describing the student's ETD experience and how it improved/changed their graduate experience and their professional life. <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN>
<LI style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo4" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT face=Arial>The ETD may still be in-process or already completed at the time of nomination. <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN>
<LI style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo4" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT face=Arial>There is no time limit on when the ETD may have been completed. <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN>
<LI style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo4" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT face=Arial>There may be up to two winners. <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN>
<LI style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo4" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT face=Arial>Each winner will receive $500 and will be eligible to receive an additional $500 in travel scholarship funding to attend the ETD Symposium<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></LI></UL>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT face=Arial>This is open to individuals whose leadership and vision has helped raise awareness of the benefits of ETDs and whose efforts have improved graduate education through the use of ETDs. Letters of nomination should include details about the individual's ETD related activities and how the nominee's leadership has made significant advances in the area of ETDs at the local, regional, national or international levels.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<LI style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo5" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT face=Arial>Nominations should be submitted by the nominee's supervisor or related University administrator. <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN>
<LI style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo5" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT face=Arial>The nominee or nominee's institution must be affiliated as an NDLTD member. <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN>
<LI style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo5" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT face=Arial>There may be up to two winners. <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN>
<LI style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo5" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT face=Arial>Each winner will receive international honorary recognition.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></LI></UL>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT face=Arial>*I.R.S regulations require the NDLTD to report all award amounts distributed; citizens of the United States must provide a valid Social Security number to receive award distributions. Winners must agree to the conditions set forth in the eligibility requirements listed here and NDLTD policy. Winners must also agree to make acceptance / acknowledgments materials available to the NDLTD for the purpose of international promotions. <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal align=center><A href="http://dl.cs.uct.ac.za/conferences/etd2011"><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT color=#800080 face=Arial>ETD 2011 Symposium</FONT></SPAN></B></A><FONT face=Arial><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"> - </SPAN></B><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN" lang=EN>"From Islands to Global Interconnectedness"</SPAN></B></FONT></P>
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<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Co-Chair, <A href="http://www.library.pitt.edu/etd2009/"><FONT color=#800080>ETD 2009 Symposium</FONT></A><BR><BR>WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES<BR>Acquisitions Department<BR>Wise Library, Room 2510<BR>P.O. Box 6069 / 1549 University Ave.<BR>Morgantown, WV 26506-6069<BR> (304) 293-5267<BR></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><A href="http://www.wvu.edu/~thesis/"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt"><FONT color=#800080>http://www.wvu.edu/~thesis/</FONT></SPAN></A></SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></P>
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<DIV><FONT face=Calibri><FONT color=#00006f><STRONG><EM>Elsabe Olivier</EM></STRONG></FONT> </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Calibri>Manager: Open Scholarship</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Calibri>NDLTD Board Member</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Calibri>Department Library Services</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Calibri>University of Pretoria<BR>PRETORIA<BR>0002<BR>South Africa</FONT></DIV>
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