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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def get_element_name(parent, ns):
 # type: (_Element, str) -> str """Get element short name."""

    name = parent.find('./' + ns + 'SHORT-NAME')
    if name is not None and name.text is not None:
        return name.text
    return ""