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Sociology Essays

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Educational Sociology - Relationship between Race and Disadvantage Apparent in Classrooms Sociology Literature review
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Researchers in educational sociology have long perceived educational transitions and graduation from high schools as significant indicators of economic and social status. The Post World War expansion of education is associated with the broadening educational opportunities as well as a boost in social mobility acquired via educational attainment.
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The Role of Twitter and Facebook in Building and Maintaining a Culture of Dialogue Sociology Research Paper
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AS the paper tells, Twitter and Facebook represent two of the most popular social networking sites in the world. Their popularity, which can be attributed to a number of different factors, has made the sites important platforms on which online interaction between users occurs on the virtual online communities.
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The Narrative Voice in Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhy Sociology Book Report/Review
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When looking at the way the author has developed such voices, there is one single argument; how different voices air their oppressions. This theme has been brought out differently including the metaphorical connections between nature and man, more so in the conjunction with ethnicity and natural imagery, the changing nature of love, and the fragility of marriage.
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The American Creative Class and Globalization Sociology Term Paper
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The author of the paper argues in a well-organized manner that while in the 1950s to about the 1980s, the American economy grew on the basis of manufacturing development, the 1990s and 2000s have seen a resurgence of the creative class that has not only thrived themselves but has also contributed to the phenomenal growth and globalization.
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Understanding Everyday Life Sociology Assignment
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Social practice theories can be used to explain social behavior and social interaction people find themselves in within their everyday social environments. According to Bennett and Watson (2002), various social settings are associated with every day, including the street, workplace, home, and even the pub.
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Effects of Alcohol on the College Performance Sociology Research Paper
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Planning, organizing and pre-research study: There are several aspects to be considered before the aspect of research is carried out and they are with regard to following aspects: The philosophy and academic mission statement of the institution, the nature of the purpose of the institution, the level, and standards of the prevention resources available.
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Strategies to Tackle Bullying Sociology Term Paper
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Effective communication is an essential component of conflict resolution for all ages. Bullying behavior is often problematic for children due to the fact that those who are victimized are neither able to articulate their thoughts and feelings to themselves nor to others. Encouraging positive relationships in children allows them to renounce the victim role and take on a more proactive position.
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The Understanding of Social Cognition Sociology Essay
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One of the most common approaches to studying social cognition is experimental research. These are often used to test hypotheses about cause-and-effect relationships of the independent and dependent variables. Experimental researchers deploy methods and strategies in a controlled situation. 
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How Can Social Workers Promote Resilience Sociology Essay
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Child abuse constitutes posttraumatic stress turmoil resulted in vulnerable behavior, anxiety disorders, mental or physical depression and other psychiatric disorders among the children. Social workers can organize resilience programs in various layers of the community such as individual, family, school, society, and environmental.
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Should Single Sex Marriages Be Legal Sociology Essay
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The debate is about whether single-sex couples should be allowed to marry and whether this should be made legal. Supporters of single-sex marriage often cite universal human rights. Those who oppose single-sex marriage cite concerns about parenting and the social consequences of single-sex marriages. 
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The Role of Women in Latin American History Sociology Essay
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Irrespective of all the advancement that has happened within the socio-cultural domain of both Latin America and Spain, such discrimination against women's liberty and freedom has not been abolished; rather these aspects have plagued women at different points of time. The situation of married women was even worse. 
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Class, Race and Gender Sociology Essay
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Sociology cannot explain all aspects of human behavior within a particular social environment mostly because the responses of each individual to various social challenges are likely to be differentiated being influenced by his personal skills, his background and his willingness to align his decisions with the rules of his social environment.
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Why Black Men Between the Ages of 25 to 29 Are More Likely to Be in Jail Sociology Essay
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Unemployment in the African-American community augments the crisis in their socioeconomic status. Many blacks that face criminal charges on account of minor crimes suffer while they are in jail; and later when they are freed from prison. With a permanent blotch on their criminal records, they are barred from colleges and job market.
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Steps in Sociological Investigation Sociology Report
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Behind every scientific or sociological research, there must be objectives and in some cases a hypothesis. The process of conducting a sociological research is relatively complex, encompassing 10 unique steps, and involves the collection and analysis of data using methods that are scientifically acceptable.  
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The Breadgivers by Anzia Yerzierska Sociology Literature review
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Written in 1916, Susan Glaspell’s one-act play Trifles is more or less based on true events. Farmer John Wright has been murdered. His wife Minnie Wright is the prime suspect. The crime scene is inspected by men attorneys and their wives and the story describes how the perspectives of men and women are different.
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The Idea of Meme Sociology Literature review
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This theory, the theory of memes and memetics is an excellent way of explaining how we refine our thought process and ideology as humans. It feels that it definitely needs to be defined as a solid science but as with other sciences, it starts as an idea, then is refined into a theory, and now is in the process of being refined.
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To What Level does Social Inequality Dictate Consumption of Products Sociology Research Proposal
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Social inequality will be measured under the class system that drives most Westernized countries, defined as a type of social stratification based largely on the possessions of money or material possessions and individual holds (Henslin). Social inequality is “the most consistent predictor of his or her behavior, attitudes and life chances” (sociologyindex.com 2011, p.1).
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Affirmative Action in Higher Education Sociology Literature review
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Affirmative action in higher education is important as it offers the minority groups an opportunity to access higher education. However, this has not been the case as they voice that they are still underrepresented in higher education institutions. Benefits of the affirmative action have been outlined both for the minority group. 
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Childrens Court in Preventing Juvenile Delinquency Sociology Literature review
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The various changes happening in the society – the reorganizing of the labor market, changing educational opportunities and choices, shifting leisure activities and lifestyles – add new pressures on young people who are undergoing a transition from childhood to adulthood. Hence, it is no longer a surprise that juvenile crime levels have increased in almost every country in the world. 
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Critical Review on the Agency-Structure Relationship Sociology Literature review
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For instance, sociologists have postulated numerous theories in an attempt to define an individual’s actions in relation to society. All sociologists agree that a person cannot claim to be completely independent of the society around them though there have been contrasting views on how best to study an individual’s behavior.
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Michael Parenti's Criticism of the Pluralist Perspective Sociology Essay
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The establishment of the United States of America was upon a constitution designed to clearly define the limits for political authority, as well as for checking on the possible abuses of power. Notably, the very constitution has proven functionality over generations, as a “living document”, but through amendment and reinterpretation.
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Critique of a Piece of Research Sociology Literature review
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This necessitates questions and clarification of terminologies and concepts, which the researcher uses in communicating research findings. Therefore, the paper is a critique of a piece of research: ‘The Obligations of Ethnography: Exploring the ethical dilemmas of an Ethnographer’, Ethnography and Education: 5, 2: 159-173, done by A. Barbour, in 2010.
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Current Coalition Governments Approach to Welfare Reform Sociology Essay
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In this context, one can better understand welfare through a critique of the ideologies of welfare. As a critique of ideology, I would like to use certain insights of Marxism in order to de-mystify the ever-intensifying debate on welfare. Moreover, to delineate the welfare track of the present coalition government, I would be drawing primarily from the Department of Work and Pensions document “Universal Credit: welfare that works”. 
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Person Centred Planning Sociology Essay
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I will focus on Personal Centred Planning and explain why I used this tool. I will briefly touch on the Data Protection Act, to protect the personal identity of my focus person used as my model. Finally, I will provide my evaluation of Person Centred Planning in general and the specific tool that I used for my focus person.
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The Practical Consciousness as the Constitution of Society Sociology Literature review
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It will further examine the main argument of the text, the purpose of the author is proposing a concept, and the critical evaluation and reflection of the book’s content. Giddens highlighted in his book the relevance of practical consciousness. Practical consciousness is one of the three levels of consciousness that refer to the actors’ silent understanding of the consequences of their own action. 
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Partnership Working Sociology Essay
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The partnership involved a contract of cooperation where terms are defined to determine the nature of the contribution which will be sourced from parties involved. Some of these terms may include a combination of properties, capital, skills, knowledge, human capital, and profit or achievement of specific goals that are defined within the agreement. 
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An Autobiography of the Influence of Race in My Community Sociology Essay
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I am a working single mother who was born and raised in the Bronx.  I have lived in bad neighbourhoods, which we call ghettoes.  However, now I live in a pretty decent neighbourhood.  I have two grown-up children, who I am happy to say, are doing well. 
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What Determines a Person Support or Opposition to Death Penalty Sociology Report
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Those who oppose it claim that the death penalty system is seriously flawed (Randall 2000). To prove this claim, a study entitled The Justice Project reviewed 4,578 capital cases that were appealed between 1973 to 1995. 313 of these cases resulted in execution but the study showed that as much as 68%, or 7 out of 10 cases, could have been reversed.
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Bourdieus Social Reproductive Theory and Working Class in Education Sociology Research Paper
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The working-class culture was covertly taught to be valueless. As a result, many contributors found that any attempt to bring up a social class in the academy was quickly silenced. While the number of working and poverty class persons who hold a college degree is low, the subset of those that have attained a Ph.D. is undoubtedly far less. 
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The Habitus of Internet Users Sociology Literature review
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Pierre Bourdieu defines habitus as: “systems of durable, transposable dispositions, structured structures predisposed to function as structuring structures, that is, as principles which generate and organize practices and representations”.  Nevertheless, issues about Internet usage and its effects on people’s attitudes and behaviors have warranted significant scholarly attention. 
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The Nuances of Human Psyche Sociology Literature review
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Citing the discernible distance between the fields of aesthetics’ and psychoanalysis, Freud has tried to explain the emotional aura of an average human being as regards the hidden thoughts and carried over perceptions from historical generations, which make some experiences in life seem ‘uncanny’ or different from what is naturally expected.
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Self-enhancing Comparisons in Aerobics Sociology Research Paper
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The study attempted to measure the effects of two independent variables - the subjects' performance standard, and the standard of the class – on the type of comparison made by the subjects towards particular and generic others.
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Understanding Crime and the Crime Problem Sociology Essay
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Crime denotes any breach of rules or laws that are punishable by some governing authority using mechanisms such as legal systems. Certain crimes may also carry fewer repercussions such as cautions or warnings and they might also be unenforced. Different human societies have different methods of defining what constitutes a crime.
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What will the World Look like in 25 Years Sociology Essay
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Even these individuals never dreamed of companies such as Google or Facebook that we use each day.  We cannot predict everything, but with a little imagination, some technical knowledge and a look into the past, we can have a good idea concerning what the world will look like in twenty-five years.
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Critical Review of Three Articles Sociology Literature review
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By examining, F. Baums ‘Changes Not for the Fainthearted: Reorienting in Health Care Systems Toward Health Equity through Action on the Social Determinants of Health’, J. Beards ‘Influence of socioeconomic and cultural factors on rural health’ and T. Eikemo’s ‘Health inequalities according to educational levels in different welfare regimes. 
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The Importance of Rituals in Modern Society Sociology Literature review
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Rituals serve to create and focus on the state that the mind and the land can be considered as one. Rituals form of everyday life in modern society. Durkheim ascertains that rituals form an essential component of a meaningful life. The modern society applies rituals in almost all activities.
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5 Sociological Journals Sociology Literature review
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This inversion happens when they shift their views from being the victim of massive, swift historical and social forces, to views that are in essence more positive, and in a way empowering. The so-called “sociological imagination”, as Mills asserts, allows for this inversion.
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Social Inequalities Sociology Literature review
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These journal articles have been designated for analysis by the virtue of helping figure out answers to puzzling questions such as: why some races are predominantly rich; why some races such as the Hispanics and the African American have a higher affinity to particular crimes; and the most appropriate corrective measures to be administered as the best panacea to these seemingly racially-instigated disparities.     
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Mentoring Young People Leaving Care Someone for Me by Jasmine Clayden and Mike Stein Sociology Literature review
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The aim of the research was to make contributions to literature focusing on natural mentoring among high-risk youth (Munson & McMillen, 2009 pp108). The researchers felt the need to determine the existing findings generalized the samples of young people leaving care (Munson & McMillen, 2009 pp 108).
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Someone for Me by Jasmine Clayden and Mike Stein Sociology Literature review
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Natural mentoring is a delicate form of mentoring especially because it involves a highly vulnerable group in the society. This means that a high standard of ethical behaviour should be observed. The interviewers who conduct the research on the foster youth must observe due protocol and codes of ethics (Munson & McMille, 2009).
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Defenition of Chineseness as a Thing Sociology Essay
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In the morning at around 11:00 am, it is the time of breakfast at Xintiandi. Different restaurants offer breakfast menus from a variety of cuisines. In the morning, the place is still windy and cold as usual and it also frequently rains in the morning. The foreigners can also be located at Xintiandi in the morning at the restaurants.
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Harrison View of the Concept of Power Sociology Essay
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Power is viewed as the ability of powerful individuals to realize their will over the powerless individuals. Power is also seen as the ability to make the powerless individuals do the things they are unwilling to do. Power is also viewed as possession by individuals and individuals, who are powerless, to try and avoid the control by those in powers.
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To What Extent is Inequalities in Society an Inherent Consequence of Capitalism Sociology Essay
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Contemporary political thinkers, like Lash and Urry, try to move away from the Marxist perspective in their analysis of social inequality. Lash believes that Marx’s critical theory is no longer an accurate explanation of today’s social inequalities. Lash argues that the current world order is ‘information listed, yet more than ever capitalist’.
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Main Point of Queer Theory Sociology Essay
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Butler (1990) has written essays which are related to queer theory, and, in one of her essays, she explores how gender is a cultural construct, and how gays and lesbians often subvert the culturally “acceptable” meaning of the terms “man” and “woman.” For instance, she notes that the feminine pronoun “she” may or may not belong to an actual woman.
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The Decline of the Traditional Nuclear Family Sociology Essay
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The traditional nuclear family has profoundly changed over in the recent past decades. These developments will lead to a diminished form of family. The stable environment and behavioral stability practised in the nuclear setting will change to something undesirable (Popenoe 1988). Moral standards will always be questioned.
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Equal Chance of Educational Success Sociology Essay
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More scrutiny is given to the favored race translating to the lagging performance of the other students. If bright students are choosing not to attend some higher education institutions because they think their face does not fit the environment then that becomes a big constraint to educational success.
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The Broken Windows Theory Sociology Essay
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Every individual needs protection from crime because it affects young people as much as it affects the elderly group. The community and police officers need to be alert to detect any danger in any form that may cost the society dearly. In the community level, disorder and crime are perceived as linked activities in their development.
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Stereotypes Regarding Black Women Sociology Literature review
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The stereotype of black women being left by their husbands as a result of other parties in their relationships is vehement in the U.S. The problem that arises in the book Passing is that of lack of trust in pure African American relationships and consequently resulting to broken marriages and divorces.
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Ludwig Pongratzs and Bulman's Essays Sociology Literature review
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Among the individuals receiving the punishments especially younger ones, confusion or problems such as understanding why these punishments are dealt with and the legitimacy of doing so might be harder for them to comprehend, which might lead to the possibility of soft punishments to become ineffective.
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Teenage Hoodies: A Threat to Society or a Media-made Panic Sociology Research Proposal
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In Australia and this case New Zealand, there is a day specifically dedicated to the hood. In 2008, in order to challenge the media and the youth stereotypes on the issue of the hood, New Zealand set a day as part of the annual youth week and named it the ‘hoodie day’.
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