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Author Sergio Escalera edit   pdf
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  Title Multi-Modal Human Behaviour Analysis from Visual Data Sources Type Journal
  Year 2013 Publication (up) ERCIM News journal Abbreviated Journal ERCIM  
  Volume 95 Issue Pages 21-22  
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  Abstract The Human Pose Recovery and Behaviour Analysis group (HuPBA), University of Barcelona, is developing a line of research on multi-modal analysis of humans in visual data. The novel technology is being applied in several scenarios with high social impact, including sign language recognition, assisted technology and supported diagnosis for the elderly and people with mental/physical disabilities, fitness conditioning, and Human Computer Interaction.  
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  ISSN 0926-4981 ISBN Medium  
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  Notes HuPBA;MILAB Approved no  
  Call Number Admin @ si @ Esc2013 Serial 2361  
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Author Laura Igual; Agata Lapedriza; Ricard Borras edit   pdf
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  Title Robust Gait-Based Gender Classification using Depth Cameras Type Journal Article
  Year 2013 Publication (up) EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing Abbreviated Journal EURASIPJ  
  Volume 37 Issue 1 Pages 72-80  
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  Abstract This article presents a new approach for gait-based gender recognition using depth cameras, that can run in real time. The main contribution of this study is a new fast feature extraction strategy that uses the 3D point cloud obtained from the frames in a gait cycle. For each frame, these points are aligned according to their centroid and grouped. After that, they are projected into their PCA plane, obtaining a representation of the cycle particularly robust against view changes. Then, final discriminative features are computed by first making a histogram of the projected points and then using linear discriminant analysis. To test the method we have used the DGait database, which is currently the only publicly available database for gait analysis that includes depth information. We have performed experiments on manually labeled cycles and over whole video sequences, and the results show that our method improves the accuracy significantly, compared with state-of-the-art systems which do not use depth information. Furthermore, our approach is insensitive to illumination changes, given that it discards the RGB information. That makes the method especially suitable for real applications, as illustrated in the last part of the experiments section.  
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  Notes MILAB; OR;MV Approved no  
  Call Number Admin @ si @ ILB2013 Serial 2144  
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Author Bhaskar Chakraborty; Andrew Bagdanov; Jordi Gonzalez; Xavier Roca edit   pdf
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  Title Human Action Recognition Using an Ensemble of Body-Part Detectors Type Journal Article
  Year 2013 Publication (up) Expert Systems Abbreviated Journal EXSY  
  Volume 30 Issue 2 Pages 101-114  
  Keywords Human action recognition;body-part detection;hidden Markov model  
  Abstract This paper describes an approach to human action recognition based on a probabilistic optimization model of body parts using hidden Markov model (HMM). Our method is able to distinguish between similar actions by only considering the body parts having major contribution to the actions, for example, legs for walking, jogging and running; arms for boxing, waving and clapping. We apply HMMs to model the stochastic movement of the body parts for action recognition. The HMM construction uses an ensemble of body-part detectors, followed by grouping of part detections, to perform human identification. Three example-based body-part detectors are trained to detect three components of the human body: the head, legs and arms. These detectors cope with viewpoint changes and self-occlusions through the use of ten sub-classifiers that detect body parts over a specific range of viewpoints. Each sub-classifier is a support vector machine trained on features selected for the discriminative power for each particular part/viewpoint combination. Grouping of these detections is performed using a simple geometric constraint model that yields a viewpoint-invariant human detector. We test our approach on three publicly available action datasets: the KTH dataset, Weizmann dataset and HumanEva dataset. Our results illustrate that with a simple and compact representation we can achieve robust recognition of human actions comparable to the most complex, state-of-the-art methods.  
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  Call Number Admin @ si @ CBG2013 Serial 1809  
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Author J.S. Cope; P.Remagnino; S.Mannan; Katerine Diaz; Francesc J. Ferri; P.Wilkin edit  url
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  Title Reverse Engineering Expert Visual Observations: From Fixations To The Learning Of Spatial Filters With A Neural-Gas Algorithm Type Journal Article
  Year 2013 Publication (up) Expert Systems with Applications Abbreviated Journal EXWA  
  Volume 40 Issue 17 Pages 6707-6712  
  Keywords Neural gas; Expert vision; Eye-tracking; Fixations  
  Abstract Human beings can become experts in performing specific vision tasks, for example, doctors analysing medical images, or botanists studying leaves. With sufficient knowledge and experience, people can become very efficient at such tasks. When attempting to perform these tasks with a machine vision system, it would be highly beneficial to be able to replicate the process which the expert undergoes. Advances in eye-tracking technology can provide data to allow us to discover the manner in which an expert studies an image. This paper presents a first step towards utilizing these data for computer vision purposes. A growing-neural-gas algorithm is used to learn a set of Gabor filters which give high responses to image regions which a human expert fixated on. These filters can then be used to identify regions in other images which are likely to be useful for a given vision task. The algorithm is evaluated by learning filters for locating specific areas of plant leaves.  
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  ISSN 0957-4174 ISBN Medium  
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  Notes ADAS Approved no  
  Call Number Admin @ si @ CRM2013 Serial 2438  
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Author Katerine Diaz; Francesc J. Ferri edit  url
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  Title Extensiones del método de vectores comunes discriminantes Aplicadas a la clasificación de imágenes Type Book Whole
  Year 2013 Publication (up) Extensiones del método de vectores comunes discriminantes Aplicadas a la clasificación de imágenes Abbreviated Journal  
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  Abstract Los métodos basados en subespacios son una herramienta muy utilizada en aplicaciones de visión por computador. Aquí se presentan y validan algunos algoritmos que hemos propuesto en este campo de investigación. El primer algoritmo está relacionado con una extensión del método de vectores comunes discriminantes con kernel, que reinterpreta el espacio nulo de la matriz de dispersión intra-clase del conjunto de entrenamiento para obtener las características discriminantes. Dentro de los métodos basados en subespacios existen diferentes tipos de entrenamiento. Uno de los más populares, pero no por ello uno de los más eficientes, es el aprendizaje por lotes. En este tipo de aprendizaje, todas las muestras del conjunto de entrenamiento tienen que estar disponibles desde el inicio. De este modo, cuando nuevas muestras se ponen a disposición del algoritmo, el sistema tiene que ser reentrenado de nuevo desde cero. Una alternativa a este tipo de entrenamiento es el aprendizaje incremental. Aquí­ se proponen diferentes algoritmos incrementales del método de vectores comunes discriminantes.  
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  ISSN ISBN 978-3-639-55339-0 Medium  
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  Notes ADAS Approved no  
  Call Number Admin @ si @ DiF2013 Serial 2440  
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Author Muhammad Muzzamil Luqman; Jean-Yves Ramel; Josep Llados edit  url
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  Title Multilevel Analysis of Attributed Graphs for Explicit Graph Embedding in Vector Spaces Type Book Chapter
  Year 2013 Publication (up) Graph Embedding for Pattern Analysis Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume Issue Pages 1-26  
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  Abstract Ability to recognize patterns is among the most crucial capabilities of human beings for their survival, which enables them to employ their sophisticated neural and cognitive systems [1], for processing complex audio, visual, smell, touch, and taste signals. Man is the most complex and the best existing system of pattern recognition. Without any explicit thinking, we continuously compare, classify, and identify huge amount of signal data everyday [2], starting from the time we get up in the morning till the last second we fall asleep. This includes recognizing the face of a friend in a crowd, a spoken word embedded in noise, the proper key to lock the door, smell of coffee, the voice of a favorite singer, the recognition of alphabetic characters, and millions of more tasks that we perform on regular basis.  
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  Publisher Springer New York Place of Publication Editor  
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  ISSN ISBN 978-1-4614-4456-5 Medium  
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  Notes DAG Approved no  
  Call Number Admin @ si @ LRL2013b Serial 2271  
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Author Miquel Ferrer; I. Bardaji; Ernest Valveny; Dimosthenis Karatzas; Horst Bunke edit  doi
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  Title Median Graph Computation by Means of Graph Embedding into Vector Spaces Type Book Chapter
  Year 2013 Publication (up) Graph Embedding for Pattern Analysis Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume Issue Pages 45-72  
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  Abstract In pattern recognition [8, 14], a key issue to be addressed when designing a system is how to represent input patterns. Feature vectors is a common option. That is, a set of numerical features describing relevant properties of the pattern are computed and arranged in a vector form. The main advantages of this kind of representation are computational simplicity and a well sound mathematical foundation. Thus, a large number of operations are available to work with vectors and a large repository of algorithms for pattern analysis and classification exist. However, the simple structure of feature vectors might not be the best option for complex patterns where nonnumerical features or relations between different parts of the pattern become relevant.  
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  Publisher Springer New York Place of Publication Editor Yun Fu; Yungian Ma  
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  ISSN ISBN 978-1-4614-4456-5 Medium  
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  Notes DAG Approved no  
  Call Number Admin @ si @ FBV2013 Serial 2421  
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Author Lluis Pere de las Heras; Joan Mas; Gemma Sanchez; Ernest Valveny edit   pdf
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  Title Notation-invariant patch-based wall detector in architectural floor plans Type Book Chapter
  Year 2013 Publication (up) Graphics Recognition. New Trends and Challenges Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 7423 Issue Pages 79--88  
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  Abstract Architectural floor plans exhibit a large variability in notation. Therefore, segmenting and identifying the elements of any kind of plan becomes a challenging task for approaches based on grouping structural primitives obtained by vectorization. Recently, a patch-based segmentation method working at pixel level and relying on the construction of a visual vocabulary has been proposed in [1], showing its adaptability to different notations by automatically learning the visual appearance of the elements in each different notation. This paper presents an evolution of that previous work, after analyzing and testing several alternatives for each of the different steps of the method: Firstly, an automatic plan-size normalization process is done. Secondly we evaluate different features to obtain the description of every patch. Thirdly, we train an SVM classifier to obtain the category of every patch instead of constructing a visual vocabulary. These variations of the method have been tested for wall detection on two datasets of architectural floor plans with different notations. After studying in deep each of the steps in the process pipeline, we are able to find the best system configuration, which highly outperforms the results on wall segmentation obtained by the original paper.  
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  Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title LNCS  
  Series Volume Series Issue Edition  
  ISSN 0302-9743 ISBN 978-3-642-36823-3 Medium  
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  Notes DAG; 600.045; 600.056; 605.203 Approved no  
  Call Number Admin @ si @ HMS2013 Serial 2322  
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Author Fadi Dornaika; Alireza Bosaghzadeh; Bogdan Raducanu edit   pdf
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  Title Efficient Graph Construction for Label Propagation based Multi-observation Face Recognition Type Conference Article
  Year 2013 Publication (up) Human Behavior Understanding 4th International Workshop Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 8212 Issue Pages 124-135  
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  Abstract Workshop on Human Behavior Understanding
Human-machine interaction is a hot topic nowadays in the communities of multimedia and computer vision. In this context, face recognition algorithms (used as primary cue for a person’s identity assessment) work well under controlled conditions but degrade significantly when tested in real-world environments. Recently, graph-based label propagation for multi-observation face recognition was proposed. However, the associated graphs were constructed in an ad-hoc manner (e.g., using the KNN graph) that cannot adapt optimally to the data. In this paper, we propose a novel approach for efficient and adaptive graph construction that can be used for multi-observation face recognition as well as for other recognition problems. Experimental results performed on Honda video face database, show a distinct advantage of the proposed method over the standard graph construction methods.
 
  Address Barcelona  
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  Publisher Springer International Publishing Place of Publication Editor  
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  ISSN 0302-9743 ISBN 978-3-319-02713-5 Medium  
  Area Expedition Conference HBU  
  Notes OR;MV Approved no  
  Call Number Admin @ si @ DBR2013 Serial 2315  
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Author Sandra Jimenez; Xavier Otazu; Valero Laparra; Jesus Malo edit   pdf
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  Title Chromatic induction and contrast masking: similar models, different goals? Type Conference Article
  Year 2013 Publication (up) Human Vision and Electronic Imaging XVIII Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 8651 Issue Pages  
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  Abstract Normalization of signals coming from linear sensors is an ubiquitous mechanism of neural adaptation.1 Local interaction between sensors tuned to a particular feature at certain spatial position and neighbor sensors explains a wide range of psychophysical facts including (1) masking of spatial patterns, (2) non-linearities of motion sensors, (3) adaptation of color perception, (4) brightness and chromatic induction, and (5) image quality assessment. Although the above models have formal and qualitative similarities, it does not necessarily mean that the mechanisms involved are pursuing the same statistical goal. For instance, in the case of chromatic mechanisms (disregarding spatial information), different parameters in the normalization give rise to optimal discrimination or adaptation, and different non-linearities may give rise to error minimization or component independence. In the case of spatial sensors (disregarding color information), a number of studies have pointed out the benefits of masking in statistical independence terms. However, such statistical analysis has not been performed for spatio-chromatic induction models where chromatic perception depends on spatial configuration. In this work we investigate whether successful spatio-chromatic induction models,6 increase component independence similarly as previously reported for masking models. Mutual information analysis suggests that seeking an efficient chromatic representation may explain the prevalence of induction effects in spatially simple images. © (2013) COPYRIGHT Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE). Downloading of the abstract is permitted for personal use only.  
  Address San Francisco CA; USA; February 2013  
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  Notes CIC Approved no  
  Call Number Admin @ si @ JOL2013 Serial 2240  
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Author Patricia Marquez; Debora Gil; Aura Hernandez-Sabate edit   pdf
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  Title Evaluation of the Capabilities of Confidence Measures for Assessing Optical Flow Quality Type Conference Article
  Year 2013 Publication (up) ICCV Workshop on Computer Vision in Vehicle Technology: From Earth to Mars Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume Issue Pages 624-631  
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  Abstract Assessing Optical Flow (OF) quality is essential for its further use in reliable decision support systems. The absence of ground truth in such situations leads to the computation of OF Confidence Measures (CM) obtained from either input or output data. A fair comparison across the capabilities of the different CM for bounding OF error is required in order to choose the best OF-CM pair for discarding points where OF computation is not reliable. This paper presents a statistical probabilistic framework for assessing the quality of a given CM. Our quality measure is given in terms of the percentage of pixels whose OF error bound can not be determined by CM values. We also provide statistical tools for the computation of CM values that ensures a given accuracy of the flow field.  
  Address Sydney; Australia; December 2013  
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  Notes IAM; ADAS; 600.044; 600.057; 601.145 Approved no  
  Call Number Admin @ si @ MGH2013b Serial 2351  
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Author Jose Manuel Alvarez; Theo Gevers; Antonio Lopez edit  url
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  Title Evaluating Color Representation for Online Road Detection Type Conference Article
  Year 2013 Publication (up) ICCV Workshop on Computer Vision in Vehicle Technology: From Earth to Mars Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume Issue Pages 594-595  
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  Abstract Detecting traversable road areas ahead a moving vehicle is a key process for modern autonomous driving systems. Most existing algorithms use color to classify pixels as road or background. These algorithms reduce the effect of lighting variations and weather conditions by exploiting the discriminant/invariant properties of different color representations. However, up to date, no comparison between these representations have been conducted. Therefore, in this paper, we perform an evaluation of existing color representations for road detection. More specifically, we focus on color planes derived from RGB data and their most com-
mon combinations. The evaluation is done on a set of 7000 road images acquired
using an on-board camera in different real-driving situations.
 
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  Notes ADAS;ISE Approved no  
  Call Number Admin @ si @ AGL2013 Serial 2794  
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Author Jiaolong Xu; Sebastian Ramos; David Vazquez; Antonio Lopez edit  openurl
  Title DA-DPM Pedestrian Detection Type Conference Article
  Year 2013 Publication (up) ICCV Workshop on Reconstruction meets Recognition Abbreviated Journal  
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  Keywords Domain Adaptation; Pedestrian Detection  
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  Area Expedition Conference ICCVW-RR  
  Notes ADAS Approved no  
  Call Number Admin @ si @ XRV2013 Serial 2569  
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Author Yainuvis Socarras; Sebastian Ramos; David Vazquez; Antonio Lopez; Theo Gevers edit   pdf
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  Title Adapting Pedestrian Detection from Synthetic to Far Infrared Images Type Conference Article
  Year 2013 Publication (up) ICCV Workshop on Visual Domain Adaptation and Dataset Bias Abbreviated Journal  
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  Keywords Domain Adaptation; Far Infrared; Pedestrian Detection  
  Abstract We present different techniques to adapt a pedestrian classifier trained with synthetic images and the corresponding automatically generated annotations to operate with far infrared (FIR) images. The information contained in this kind of images allow us to develop a robust pedestrian detector invariant to extreme illumination changes.  
  Address Sydney; Australia; December 2013  
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  Publisher Place of Publication Sydney, Australy Editor  
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  Area Expedition Conference ICCVW-VisDA  
  Notes ADAS; 600.054; 600.055; 600.057; 601.217;ISE Approved no  
  Call Number ADAS @ adas @ SRV2013 Serial 2334  
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Author Ivo Everts; Jan van Gemert; Theo Gevers edit  doi
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  Title Evaluation of Color STIPs for Human Action Recognition Type Conference Article
  Year 2013 Publication (up) IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume Issue Pages 2850-2857  
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  Abstract This paper is concerned with recognizing realistic human actions in videos based on spatio-temporal interest points (STIPs). Existing STIP-based action recognition approaches operate on intensity representations of the image data. Because of this, these approaches are sensitive to disturbing photometric phenomena such as highlights and shadows. Moreover, valuable information is neglected by discarding chromaticity from the photometric representation. These issues are addressed by Color STIPs. Color STIPs are multi-channel reformulations of existing intensity-based STIP detectors and descriptors, for which we consider a number of chromatic representations derived from the opponent color space. This enhanced modeling of appearance improves the quality of subsequent STIP detection and description. Color STIPs are shown to substantially outperform their intensity-based counterparts on the challenging UCF~sports, UCF11 and UCF50 action recognition benchmarks. Moreover, the results show that color STIPs are currently the single best low-level feature choice for STIP-based approaches to human action recognition.  
  Address Portland; oregon; June 2013  
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  ISSN 1063-6919 ISBN Medium  
  Area Expedition Conference CVPR  
  Notes ALTRES;ISE Approved no  
  Call Number Admin @ si @ EGG2013 Serial 2364  
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