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Freeze-Thaw Durability And Long-Term Performance Evaluation Of Shotcrete In Cold Regions, Pizhong Qiao, Zhidong Zhou Dec 2017

Freeze-Thaw Durability And Long-Term Performance Evaluation Of Shotcrete In Cold Regions, Pizhong Qiao, Zhidong Zhou

CESTiCC Project Reports

This study’s aim was to evaluate the freeze-thaw durability of shotcrete in cold regions and predict its long-term performance. One benchmark mix design from the WSDOT was chosen to prepare samples for performance evaluation. Shotcrete specimens were conditioned in accordance with ASTM C666. The long-term freeze-thaw performance after certain cycles was evaluated using the dynamic modulus of elasticity test (ASTM C215), fracture energy test (RILEM 50-FMC), and X-ray CT microstructure imaging analysis. Probabilistic damage analysis was conducted to establish the relation between the durability life and the damage parameter for different probabilities of reliability using the three-parameter Weibull distribution model. …

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Is Ultrasound Reliable For The Diagnosis Of Knee Medial Collateral Ligament Injury?, Chun-Li Liao, Chih-Wei Yu, Yu-Hsuan Cheng, Tyng-Guey Wang Dec 2017

Is Ultrasound Reliable For The Diagnosis Of Knee Medial Collateral Ligament Injury?, Chun-Li Liao, Chih-Wei Yu, Yu-Hsuan Cheng, Tyng-Guey Wang

Rehabilitation Practice and Science

Objective: To compare the diagnostic accuracy of ultrasound with that of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for injuries of the medial collateral ligament (MCL) of the knee. Materials and Methods: Fifty-one consecutive patients from September 1, 2014 to January 31, 2016 were included. Ultrasound of the knee MCL was performed by physiatrists, and the images were re-read by an experienced sonographer (also a physiatrist). MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) scans of the knee MCL were examined by radiologists and the reports were compared with the findings of the ultrasound. The knee MCL was determined to be injured or intact, and the correlation …

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Faith-Based Socially Responsible Enterprises: Selected Philippine Cases, Aliza D. Racelis Dec 2017

Faith-Based Socially Responsible Enterprises: Selected Philippine Cases, Aliza D. Racelis

Journal of Management for Global Sustainability

Faith-based organizations (FBOs) have long played a role in international development and are increasingly involved in sustainability initiatives. Since they are motivated by a distinctive set of values, have particular modes of operation and governance, and hold a unique place within communities and the larger society, these organizations are poised to be distinctively successful and sustainable. In the case of the Philippines, the situation is unique in the sense that there are a large number of Christian business leaders and entrepreneurs who put their faith “to the plow.” Based on a review of the literature on faith-based social enterprises as …

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Capital Planning, Selection, And Investment (Integrating Sustainability In Decision-Making), Marinilka B. Kimbro, Eric W. Wehrly Dec 2017

Capital Planning, Selection, And Investment (Integrating Sustainability In Decision-Making), Marinilka B. Kimbro, Eric W. Wehrly

Journal of Management for Global Sustainability

Inspired by Pope Francis’s call for a new journey that instills the importance of conservation and care for the environment, we propose a practical model that mathematically incorporates sustainability issues into capital planning, selection, and investment. Evidence suggests that managers apply net present value (NPV) methodologies in a way that disadvantages environmentally sustainable investments. If an NPV model does not consider the costs and risks of non-sustainable projects, then the potential benefits of alternative sustainable investments will appear much less valuable than present costs. Sustainable investments also often require larger initial investments with long-term benefits and distant cash flow time …

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Application Of Bradford’S Law Of Scattering To The Discipline Of Law: Analysis Of Doctoral Theses Citations Submitted By Universities In India, Jeyshankar -. Ramalingam -, Nishavathi Elangovan Dec 2017

Application Of Bradford’S Law Of Scattering To The Discipline Of Law: Analysis Of Doctoral Theses Citations Submitted By Universities In India, Jeyshankar -. Ramalingam -, Nishavathi Elangovan

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This study mainly examines the applicability and appropriateness of Bradford’s Law of Scattering to the literature of law. It also ranks the most cited law journals by the research scholars. This study covers citation of journals provided by the law research scholars in their Doctoral Theses submitted to various universities in India, which are available at Shodhganga is the digital repository of Indian electronic theses and dissertations. This study examines 773 journals, containing 3187 citations collected from 252 doctoral theses. Rank list was prepared to identify the core journals in law. Top most preferred journals among the law research scholars …

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Nuclear Analytical Techniques In Tanzania: A Review, Yusufu Koleleni Dec 2017

Nuclear Analytical Techniques In Tanzania: A Review, Yusufu Koleleni

Tanzania Journal of Science

It has been a tradition to perceive that Nuclear/Atomic radiations are only related to Nuclear/Atomic bombs, heavy ammunitions and consequently applications for human and non-peaceful destructions. In this paper the questions on how the Nuclear/Atomic radiations may be used for peaceful applications and specifically to Tanzanian situations are presented. Methods like Energy Dispersive X-Ray fluorescence (EDXRF), Particle Induced X-Ray Emission (PIXE), Electron probe Micro-Mass Analysis (EPMA), Neutron Activation Analysis (NAA) for investigations of different types of samples in geology; environmental, medical, biological and chemical are discussed.

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Design Of A Small Scale Wind Generator For Low Wind Speed Areas, Ra Msuya, Rrm Kainkwa, Mi Mgwatu Dec 2017

Design Of A Small Scale Wind Generator For Low Wind Speed Areas, Ra Msuya, Rrm Kainkwa, Mi Mgwatu

Tanzania Journal of Science

Most small scale level wind turbine generators are directly driven system, variable speed, and partially connected power electronic converter system. Choice of such system is to avoid costs associated with gearbox. However, due to low wind speed in most of the tropical countries, synchronous generators with smaller or medium speed Permanent Magnet (PM) generator design found to be important and given high performance efficiency. In order to be able to harvest wind energy in off-grid population efficiently, there was a need to design a synchronous generator that can be able to operate under low wind speed, directly connected to the …

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Cytotoxicity, Antimicrobial And Antioxidant Activities Of Boletus Bicolor, A Basidiomycetes Mushroom Indigenous To Tanzania, Donatha Tibuhwa Dec 2017

Cytotoxicity, Antimicrobial And Antioxidant Activities Of Boletus Bicolor, A Basidiomycetes Mushroom Indigenous To Tanzania, Donatha Tibuhwa

Tanzania Journal of Science

Boletus bicolor commonly known as coloured bolete is a basidiomyctes mushroom species widely used as a delicacy and its extract has been used traditionally to treat several human ailments in Tanzania. This study evaluates its extracts in order to provide a scientific foundation on the possible application in folk medicine system based on the biochemical evaluation. Standard microbes Bacillus subtilis and Candida albicans were used to test, the antifungal and antibacterial activity.  Cytotoxicity test was also done on the extracts using brine shrimp test. Besides, the extracts were also used to investigate for antioxidant activity using DPPH  (1, 1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl radical). …

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Improvisational Teaching For Emergent Bilinguals, Denchai Prabjandee Dec 2017

Improvisational Teaching For Emergent Bilinguals, Denchai Prabjandee

Journal of Educational Research and Innovation

The present collaborative ethnographic case study was design to explore teaching practices for English Language Learners (ELLs) in the United States, hereafter called "emergent bilinguals" (García, 2009). Through the theoretical lens of ethnographic vulnerability (Behar, 1996), I conducted 40-hour observations, four interviews, and artifact collections. By using an impressionist tale writing style throughout this article (Maanen, 2011), this paper presents the journey of an elementary school teacher who tries to employ classroom practices, teaching strategies, and assessments to educate emergent bilinguals. Drawing on ethnographic data, I propose an effective teaching approach called improvisational teaching. This teaching approach may be beneficial …

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Economic Security As A Prism Of National Interests, U. Khasanov Dec 2017

Economic Security As A Prism Of National Interests, U. Khasanov

International Relations: Politics, Economics, Law

The article is explored national interests in ensuring economic security under condition of today`s globalization and integration process. The article discusses that economic security of any country can hardly be resolved outside the context of the ongoing shifts in the world economy and in isolation from the existing economic trends, tendencies and realities in the rest of the world.

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Ict Use By Smallholder Farmers In Rural Mozambique: A Case Study Of Two Villages In Central Mozambique, Kathlee Freeman, Fridah Mubichi Dec 2017

Ict Use By Smallholder Farmers In Rural Mozambique: A Case Study Of Two Villages In Central Mozambique, Kathlee Freeman, Fridah Mubichi

Journal of Rural Social Sciences

This study adds to the empirical evidence of information and communication technology (ICT) use by smallholder farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa. The study draws on qualitative data collected from eight focus groups segmented by gender and consisting of adult farmers in two villages in central Mozambique. Special attention was given to the types of ICTs that farmers have access to and the dissemination of agriculture information through various ICTs. Findings indicate that the characteristics of ICTs explain why cell phone and radio use is prevalent, while access to television remains limited. The type of information accessed also varied by ICT type, …

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Effect Of Mobile Telecommunication Technologies On Globalization Of Nigerian Rural Areas, O. A. Lawal-Adebowale Dec 2017

Effect Of Mobile Telecommunication Technologies On Globalization Of Nigerian Rural Areas, O. A. Lawal-Adebowale

Journal of Rural Social Sciences

The globalization of a country is today measured with respect to indices of globalization such as the Maastricht Globalization Index (MGI) and the Konjunkturforschungsstelle (KOF). These indices of national globalization often have an urban bias. This study however explores the extent to which these international measures include rural environments of the globalizing country. Application of the MGI/KOF indices for determination of the Nigerian rural environment inclusion in globalization showed that the country’s rural communities were mainly integrated technologically by virtue of telephony (communication technology) penetration of rural areas. An attempt to modify the MGI/KOF globalization indexes for rural inclusion showed …

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Semantic Hierarchies For Extracting, Modeling, And Connecting Compliance Requirements In Information Security Control Standards, Matthew L. Hale, Rose F. Gamble Dec 2017

Semantic Hierarchies For Extracting, Modeling, And Connecting Compliance Requirements In Information Security Control Standards, Matthew L. Hale, Rose F. Gamble

Interdisciplinary Informatics Faculty Publications

Companies and government organizations are increasingly compelled, if not required by law, to ensure that their information systems will comply with various federal and industry regulatory standards, such as the NIST Special Publication on Security Controls for Federal Information Systems (NIST SP-800-53), or the Common Criteria (ISO 15408-2). Such organizations operate business or mission critical systems where a lack of or lapse in security protections translates to serious confidentiality, integrity, and availability risks that, if exploited, could result in information disclosure, loss of money, or, at worst, loss of life. To mitigate these risks and ensure that their information systems …

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Mapping The Jadhav Dispute At The World Court: Evaluating India And Pakistan’S Arguments, Sagnik Das, Aarushi Nargas Dec 2017

Mapping The Jadhav Dispute At The World Court: Evaluating India And Pakistan’S Arguments, Sagnik Das, Aarushi Nargas

California Western International Law Journal

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Accountability In Policing: How Complicity Perpetuates Institutional Injustice And Inequities In The United States And South Africa, Aditi Juneja Dec 2017

Accountability In Policing: How Complicity Perpetuates Institutional Injustice And Inequities In The United States And South Africa, Aditi Juneja

California Western International Law Journal

No abstract provided.

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Justifications For The Three-Tiered Judicial System In Afghanistan: Comparative Perspectives On Islamic Jurisprudence, Ziaulrahman Mushkalamzai Dec 2017

Justifications For The Three-Tiered Judicial System In Afghanistan: Comparative Perspectives On Islamic Jurisprudence, Ziaulrahman Mushkalamzai

California Western International Law Journal

No abstract provided.

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Fake News: The Commoditization Of Internet Speech, Brittany Vojak Dec 2017

Fake News: The Commoditization Of Internet Speech, Brittany Vojak

California Western International Law Journal

No abstract provided.

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Our Lives As Predatory Publishers, Jill Emery, Michael Levine-Clark Dec 2017

Our Lives As Predatory Publishers, Jill Emery, Michael Levine-Clark

Collaborative Librarianship

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A Collaborative Intervention: Measuring The Impact Of A Flipped Classroom Approach On Library One-Shots For The Composition Classroom, Maureen Garvey, Anne Hays, Amy F. Stempler Dec 2017

A Collaborative Intervention: Measuring The Impact Of A Flipped Classroom Approach On Library One-Shots For The Composition Classroom, Maureen Garvey, Anne Hays, Amy F. Stempler

Collaborative Librarianship

Instruction Librarians teaching one-shot information literacy (IL) sessions to freshman composition classes at academic universities across the U.S. experience a familiar set of issues. In response, librarians have produced a bounty of literature detailing flipped instruction approaches, collaborative case studies with outside departments, and critiques of the library one-shot, but there is little research describing attempts to combine these three approaches in one study. Both a case study and an impact-assessment study, this article describes a collaborative intervention between the Library Instruction team, the Writing Across the Curriculum program, and the English Department, with the purpose of studying the intervention’s …

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Determine Criteria And Levels For The Tests Of Flight Time And Accuracy Of Shooting For Youth Handball Players, Hardan Aziz Salman, Imad Abbas Hussein Dec 2017

Determine Criteria And Levels For The Tests Of Flight Time And Accuracy Of Shooting For Youth Handball Players, Hardan Aziz Salman, Imad Abbas Hussein

Modern Sport

The scientific development in the present time depends on testing, measurement and evaluation, where they play an important role in the development of programs, curricula, planning, organizing and evaluation processes in the various fields of general education and mathematical mathematics in particular. It helps to identify the physical state and level of motor skill of the individual and its characteristics and mental and social characteristics .The variables (flight time and accuracy of the correction) are the basic foundation through which the player can perform the skill of shooting the handball under different conditions or under the pressure or performance of …

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Can The Provision Of Long-Term Liquidity Help To Avoid A Credit Crunch? Evidence From The Eurosystem's Ltro, Philippe Andrade, Christophe Cahn, Henri Fraisse, Jean-Stèphane Mèsonnier Dec 2017

Can The Provision Of Long-Term Liquidity Help To Avoid A Credit Crunch? Evidence From The Eurosystem's Ltro, Philippe Andrade, Christophe Cahn, Henri Fraisse, Jean-Stèphane Mèsonnier

Documents

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Factors To Be Considered When Purchasing, Using, Maintaining And Monitoring The Condition Of Plant And Equipment For Promoting Sustainable Development, S. M. Ratnaweera Dec 2017

Factors To Be Considered When Purchasing, Using, Maintaining And Monitoring The Condition Of Plant And Equipment For Promoting Sustainable Development, S. M. Ratnaweera

Journal of Innovation in Science, Engineering and Technology

It has been found that a vast majority of organizations in this country do not have proper guidance about monitoring their plant and equipment in order to enhance productivity. First of all there should be a guide line for the selection and purchase of plant & equipment. There after we should know how to use them correctly, and also how to maintain and monitor their condition periodically. Without introducing such arrangements, most organizations suffer in their business activities and incur heavy losses. Only a few organizations have any clear idea of the factors that have to be taken into consideration …

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Maritime English At Cinec: A Needs Analysis, Rohini Chandrica Widyalankara Dec 2017

Maritime English At Cinec: A Needs Analysis, Rohini Chandrica Widyalankara

Journal of Innovation in Science, Engineering and Technology

The goal of this study is to investigate the needs of Sri Lankan students at Colombo International Nautical and Engineering College (CINEC) in learning and using English in maritime contexts. Derived from concepts of Task-based Needs Analysis this study compiled data on academic and professional contexts along with self-assessed receptive and productive skills in English of the respondents. The methodology consisted of a questionnaire and random interviews with 115 respondents across three strata: entry level Cadets and Ratings who are the target population; Experienced (M=15 years) seafarers who construct a contrastive population. All respondents were bilingual in Sinhala/Tamil and a …

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Strategic Marketing Approach In Container Shipping: Application Of Ten S Model, Lalith Edirisinghe Dec 2017

Strategic Marketing Approach In Container Shipping: Application Of Ten S Model, Lalith Edirisinghe

Journal of Innovation in Science, Engineering and Technology

The application of strategic marketing theories is rather difficult due to the complexities in demand and supply factors in the shipping industry. Shipping is a derived demand of international trade. The supply of shipping also has its exclusiveness leading to very complicated outcomes. Given the fact that shipping has more services characteristics than that of a product the key fundamentals such as perishability, intangibility, non-separability, and heterogeneity make it further complicated. This paper attempts to systematically apply the Ten S marketing model because it is expected that the model could be applied in highly complicated marketing environments.

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The Scope Of Colonial Writing In Enhancing Sri Lankan Cultural Diplomacy, Achala K. Dissanayake Dec 2017

The Scope Of Colonial Writing In Enhancing Sri Lankan Cultural Diplomacy, Achala K. Dissanayake

Journal of Innovation in Science, Engineering and Technology

Culture is a necessary ingredient in the definition of a nation. Cultural diplomacy is the use of cultural values and norms by nations in the processes of strengthening, revising, or redefining their national identities both within the country and externally. Works of literature are among the many tools of cultural diplomacy. As a source of soft power widely used by countries in their relationships with foreign nations, cultural diplomacy has been criticized from a postcolonial perspective for contributing to the homogenization of cultures and nations. This paper argues that, where Sri Lankan cultural diplomacy is concerned, certain literary representations of …

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December 30, 2017 (Pages 7823-7914), Pennsylvania Legislative Reference Bureau Dec 2017

December 30, 2017 (Pages 7823-7914), Pennsylvania Legislative Reference Bureau

Volume 47 (2017)

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Improving Tensile Bond Strength Of Orthodontic Bracket By Applying Papain Gel As An Email Deproteinization Agent, Niswati F. Rosyida, Sri Suparwitri, Pinandi S. Pudyani Dec 2017

Improving Tensile Bond Strength Of Orthodontic Bracket By Applying Papain Gel As An Email Deproteinization Agent, Niswati F. Rosyida, Sri Suparwitri, Pinandi S. Pudyani

Journal of Dentistry Indonesia

An effort to improve the bonding between bracket and tooth surface is required. Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of papain gel on tensile bond strength (TBS) and adhesive remnant index (ARI) of the orthodontic brackets. Methods: A total of 42 healthy human premolars were randomly divided into six groups. 1) Resin-modified glass ionomer cement (RMGIC) without papain, 2) RMGIC with papain 8%, 3) RMGIC with papain 10%, 4) Composite resin (CR) without papain, 5) CR with papain 8%, 6) CR with papain 10%. The TBS was determined using a universal testing machine. Bond failure …

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Pengaruh Model Pembelajaran Terhadap Pemahaman Konsep, Sikap Ilmiah, Dan Kemampuan Pemecahan Masalah Matematis Ditinjau Dari Motivasi Belajar Siswa Kelas Iv, Firdaus Dyah Utami, Ery Tri Djatmika, Cholis Sa’Dijah Dec 2017

Pengaruh Model Pembelajaran Terhadap Pemahaman Konsep, Sikap Ilmiah, Dan Kemampuan Pemecahan Masalah Matematis Ditinjau Dari Motivasi Belajar Siswa Kelas Iv, Firdaus Dyah Utami, Ery Tri Djatmika, Cholis Sa’Dijah

Jurnal Pendidikan: Teori, Penelitian, dan Pengembangan

This research aims to determine the effect of (1) learning models on the understanding concepts, scientific attitudes, and students' mathematical problem solving ability which are taught by guided inquiry model and conventional and (2) with different levels of motivation; (3) the interaction between learning model and learning motivation toward those variables. This research is a quasi experiment with non equivalent control group design. The sample is Fourth grade students at SDN Blimbing 01 which amounted to 76 students which determined by purposive sampling technique. The experimental class is Fourth grade students of IV A totaled 38 students , the same …

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Skin Beauty As Erotic Capital And Production Of “Luckiness”: A Look At Menopausal Women Using Hormone Therapy Replacement For Skin Treatment In Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Huynh Thi Xuan Tam, Pimpawun Boonmongkon, Xiaochuan Wang, Thomas E. Guadamuz Dec 2017

Skin Beauty As Erotic Capital And Production Of “Luckiness”: A Look At Menopausal Women Using Hormone Therapy Replacement For Skin Treatment In Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Huynh Thi Xuan Tam, Pimpawun Boonmongkon, Xiaochuan Wang, Thomas E. Guadamuz

Asia-Pacific Social Science Review

According to social and cultural constructs of aging and femininity, menopausal women‘s bodily transitions cause them to initiate hormone therapy replacement (HRT) to restore their youth and beauty. For example, they might take HRT to improve their wrinkled and sagging skin. A problem emerges, however, because there is little systematic research that explains the specific factors that motivate women to take HRT for the purpose of anti-aging skin treatment. This study aims to examine the intertwined social and cultural contexts influencing menopausal women’s choice of HRT in a dermatological hospital in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Four dermatologists and 15 …

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Doomed To Separate: A Neoclassical Realist Perspective Of The Third India–Pakistan War Of 1971 And Independence Of Bangladesh, Shafiqur Rahman Dec 2017

Doomed To Separate: A Neoclassical Realist Perspective Of The Third India–Pakistan War Of 1971 And Independence Of Bangladesh, Shafiqur Rahman

Asia-Pacific Social Science Review

Within South Asian politics and society, events of the year 1971 with the bloody military crackdown on East Pakistan, the third India–Pakistan war, and subsequent emergence of Bangladesh as an independent country, still hold a living and outsized presence. Most popular historical accounts of the events argue that the separation of the two halves of Pakistan was not an inevitable outcome but a product of contingency, world historical developments, and choices made by political actors. In this paper, I argue from a perspective of Neoclassical Realist theory of international policy-making that not only the separation of the two halves of …

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