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Acknowledgment A special thanks to the authors, many of whom put in their own time to complete their chapters. This is especially true because many of the authors were working on many other tasks during the preparation of this book. This “double-duty” was greatly appreciated. The author’s names appear throughout the text. I would also like to thank the many people who provided support and encouragement throughout this project, including my colleagues and the staff of De Gruyter. All materials in this book have been peer-reviewed by at least two persons. The following peer reviewers are acknowledged (in alphabetical order): Carl Brown, Emanuele Brunesi, Joaquim Casal, Adriana Gomez, Binyuan Hong, Wong King Jye, Sabarethinam Kameshwar, Adam Larussic, Yuanliang Liu, Roberto Nascimbene, Amos Necci, Tony Regalbuto, Ken Russel, Ghorbani Siamak, Graham Thomas, Ann Hayward Walker, Fushou Xie, and Huizhu Yang. xxiii Acknowledgment