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Exploring Spatiotemporal Impacts Of A Cemetery On Urban Water Quality In A Headwater Watershed With Varied Human-Built Infrastructure, Samuel Nesheim Sep 2023

Exploring Spatiotemporal Impacts Of A Cemetery On Urban Water Quality In A Headwater Watershed With Varied Human-Built Infrastructure, Samuel Nesheim

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Urban watersheds receive pollutant inputs from a variety of sources including industrial discharges, atmospheric deposition, road salt, and stormwater runoff. The limited presence of riparian zones exacerbates the uptake and degradation of pollutants in these urban watersheds. Cemeteries are integral components to urban ecosystems, providing benefits and ecosystem services similar to urban parks. However, studies have shown that burial products can export nutrients, trace elements, and other contaminants to nearby groundwater and soils, presumably leading to surface water contamination. In this study I focus on Meadowbrook Creek, an urban headwater stream in Syracuse, New York, which has shown significant nitrate …

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Hydrothermal Carbonization Of Biomass Wastes: Sustainability And Geochemistry, Michael A. Kruge, Teresa A. Centeno, Alvaro Amado-Fierro, José Manuel González-Lafuente, Ruben Forjan-Castro, José Luis Gallego Sep 2023

Hydrothermal Carbonization Of Biomass Wastes: Sustainability And Geochemistry, Michael A. Kruge, Teresa A. Centeno, Alvaro Amado-Fierro, José Manuel González-Lafuente, Ruben Forjan-Castro, José Luis Gallego

Department of Earth and Environmental Studies Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works

Introduction. To reduce the stream of solid waste going to landfills, innovative means for beneficial use are essential. The diversity and volume of organic wastes pose singular problems and opportunities for recovery and circularity. Common processes for organics include conversion to biofuels and carbonization to biochar, typically done by torrefaction (dry pyrolysis). Research on biochar explores its potential as pollutant adsorbent, agricultural or polluted soil amendment, biofuel (directly or as feedstock), and for carbon sequestration (Ighalo et al., 2022; Cavali et al., 2023). Recently, other processes at lower temperatures such as hydrothermal carbonization (HTC) offer new possibilities (Seshadri et al., …

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A Novel Fuzzy Relative-Position-Coding Transformer For Breast Cancer Diagnosis Using Ultrasonography, Yanhui Guo, Ruquan Jiang, Xin Gu, Heng-Da Cheng, Harish Garg Sep 2023

A Novel Fuzzy Relative-Position-Coding Transformer For Breast Cancer Diagnosis Using Ultrasonography, Yanhui Guo, Ruquan Jiang, Xin Gu, Heng-Da Cheng, Harish Garg

Computer Science Faculty and Staff Publications

Breast cancer is a leading cause of death in women worldwide, and early detection is crucial for successful treatment. Computer-aided diagnosis (CAD) systems have been developed to assist doctors in identifying breast cancer on ultrasound images. In this paper, we propose a novel fuzzy relative-position-coding (FRPC) Transformer to classify breast ultrasound (BUS) images for breast cancer diagnosis. The proposed FRPC Transformer utilizes the self-attention mechanism of Transformer networks combined with fuzzy relative-position-coding to capture global and local features of the BUS images. The performance of the proposed method is evaluated on one benchmark dataset and compared with those obtained by …

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The Rattler (Volume 112, Issue 1), St. Mary's University Sep 2023

The Rattler (Volume 112, Issue 1), St. Mary's University

The Rattler (Previous issues)

Founded in 1919, The Rattler is the student voice of St. Mary’s University in San Antonio, Texas. The newspaper documents campus life, academic and social issues, student opinion, and local and national events as they relate to the University community. Content typically includes news articles, editorial commentary, arts and culture coverage, sports reporting, and advertisements.

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September 13, 2023 Faculty Senate Minutes, University Of South Carolina Sep 2023

September 13, 2023 Faculty Senate Minutes, University Of South Carolina

Faculty Senate

No abstract provided.

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Should My Next Car Be An Ev?, Lorenzo Cena Sep 2023

Should My Next Car Be An Ev?, Lorenzo Cena

Sustainability Research & Practice Seminar Presentations

Sustainability Research & Practice Seminar on "Should My Next Car Be An EV?" by Professor Lorenzo Cena, Environmental Health Program, Department of Public Health Sciences, West Chester University of Pennsylvania.

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3d Cfd Simulation Of A Bubble Column With Internals: Validation Of Interfacial Forces And Internal Effects For Local Gas Holdup Predictions, Hayder Al-Naseri, J. P. Schlegel, Muthanna H. Al-Dahhan Sep 2023

3d Cfd Simulation Of A Bubble Column With Internals: Validation Of Interfacial Forces And Internal Effects For Local Gas Holdup Predictions, Hayder Al-Naseri, J. P. Schlegel, Muthanna H. Al-Dahhan

Nuclear Engineering and Radiation Science Faculty Research & Creative Works

CFD models (turbulent models and interfacial forces) incorporated with the population balance model (PBM) have been validated, azimuthally, with the gamma-ray-computed tomography (CT) results to address the effect of the presence of internals with different arrangements and diameters. the superficial gas velocity applied was varied from 0.05 to 0.45 m/s. the results exhibit the capability to predict the hydrodynamics of the bubble column, further incorporating the population balance model and promoting the prediction of simulation in high superficial gas velocity. the effect of internals revealed that the gas holdup was significantly enhanced in the bubble column's wall region, while the …

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Small-Scale Testing Of Passive Fire Protection Systems For Structures On The Wildland-Urban Interface, Makenzie Wilson, Thomas H. Fletcher, Taylor J. Sorensen Sep 2023

Small-Scale Testing Of Passive Fire Protection Systems For Structures On The Wildland-Urban Interface, Makenzie Wilson, Thomas H. Fletcher, Taylor J. Sorensen

Faculty Publications

The average intensity and frequency of wildland fires have been on the rise over the years due to climate change. This, in combination with recent expansion and growth of rural areas, has led to an increased risk of wildfire damage for structures in the Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI). This paper proposes a permanent passive fire protection system that is built into the structure. A flame-resistant material would be attached to the sheathing underneath the roofing and siding material. This system would allow the easily replaceable exterior components of the structure to burn while leaving the interior of the structure protected. Small-scale …

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Student Senate Meeting Minutes September 13, 2023, Student Senate-Winona State University Sep 2023

Student Senate Meeting Minutes September 13, 2023, Student Senate-Winona State University

Student Senate Meeting Minutes

This document is the official Winona State University Student Senate Minutes September 13, 2023.

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Lean Six Sigma Body Of Knowledge For Healthcare Industry Administrators: Implementation Of Lessons Learned In Applied Engineering, Mohammed Ali Sep 2023

Lean Six Sigma Body Of Knowledge For Healthcare Industry Administrators: Implementation Of Lessons Learned In Applied Engineering, Mohammed Ali

Technology Faculty Publications and Presentations

The purpose of this paper is to propose a Lean Six Sigma (LSS) course curriculum for healthcare administration and management majors. It identifies the relevant opportunities and challenges for the application of LSS within the healthcare industry. The paper also discusses the cultural changes necessary to provide an appropriate climate for its long-term success. This work contains a comprehensive description of the body of knowledge in LSS, which were successful in applied engineering. Additionally, the paper describes how LSS may be applied in the hospital setting to improve processes in patient-care services. Upon successful completion of the course, the healthcare …

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Construction Parameters That Affect The Air Leaks Of The Envelope In Dwellings In Madrid, Roberto Alonso González-Lezcano, Gastón Sanglier Contreras, Carlos Miguel Iglesias Sanz, Rocío Sancho Alambillaga, Eduardo José López Fernández Sep 2023

Construction Parameters That Affect The Air Leaks Of The Envelope In Dwellings In Madrid, Roberto Alonso González-Lezcano, Gastón Sanglier Contreras, Carlos Miguel Iglesias Sanz, Rocío Sancho Alambillaga, Eduardo José López Fernández

Artículos científicos

In buildings, ventilation, or rather, a lack of airtightness facilitates air leaks, from the outside to the inside and vice versa, and is not controlled. Cold air enters through the enclosure, and warm air is lost to the outdoors, due to the poor hermeticity of the facades, roofs, carpentry, ducts, etc. In order to quantify the airtightness in multi-family dwellings in Madrid, 151 blower door tests have been carried out in multi-family dwellings built in different periods whose execution has been regulated by the UNE-EN 13829 standard. Through its quantification by an n50 value, the average values of …

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Pioneering The Valuation Of Priceless Environmental Goods, Aaron Sanborn Sep 2023

Pioneering The Valuation Of Priceless Environmental Goods, Aaron Sanborn

UNH Today Archive

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Better Models For High-Stakes Tasks, Jacob Ryan Epifano Sep 2023

Better Models For High-Stakes Tasks, Jacob Ryan Epifano

Theses and Dissertations

The intersection of machine learning and healthcare has the potential to transform medical diagnosis, treatment, and research. Machine learning models can analyze vast amounts of medical data and identify patterns that may be too complex for human analysis. However, one of the major challenges in this field is building trust between users and the model. Due to things like high false alarm rate and the black box nature of machine learning models, patients and medical professionals need to understand how the model arrives at its recommendations. In this work, we present several methods that aim to improve machine learning models …

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Analysis Of The Drivers Of Industry 4.0 Technology Deployment To Achieve Agri-Food Supply Chain Sustainability: A Hybrid Approach, Guoqing Zhao, Paul Jones, Shaofeng Liu, Carmen Lopez, Denis Dennehy, Xiaoning Chen Sep 2023

Analysis Of The Drivers Of Industry 4.0 Technology Deployment To Achieve Agri-Food Supply Chain Sustainability: A Hybrid Approach, Guoqing Zhao, Paul Jones, Shaofeng Liu, Carmen Lopez, Denis Dennehy, Xiaoning Chen

Plymouth Business School

Agri-food supply chains (AFSCs) are struggling to achieve sustainability in the face of increasing social, environmental, and economic challenges. Industry 4.0 technologies are widely deployed to monitor, assess, and analyze their operational process, and thereby drive sustainable value. This study adopts a hybrid approach to analyze the drivers of industry 4.0 technology deployment to achieve AFSC sustainability. Thematic analysis of 24 interviews was carried out to identify 13 drivers, and these were used as inputs into the fuzzy analytic hierarchy process (AHP), total interpretive structural modeling (TISM), and fuzzy cross-impact matrix multiplications applied to classification (MICMAC). The results show that …

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Noise Reduction In The Obstetric Operating Room, Maddy Schroeder, Meghan Woodham Sep 2023

Noise Reduction In The Obstetric Operating Room, Maddy Schroeder, Meghan Woodham

Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Student Projects

Noise is a significant problem in the operating room with numerous negative impacts physically, mentally, and emotionally for both healthcare workers and patients. In particular, the obstetric operating room is the noisiest operating room in the hospital. The majority of patients in the obstetric operating room do not receive sedation medications and remain fully awake throughout the procedure; thus, they are fully aware of the noise levels surrounding them during their procedures. Elevated noise levels impair communication between providers and decrease satisfaction scores among patients and providers. Noise reduction strategies, including educating staff about the importance of noise reduction, have …

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The Impact Of Community Engagement On Undergraduate Social Responsibility Attitudes, Daniel S. Schiff, Jeonghyun Lee, Jason Borenstein, Ellen Zegura Sep 2023

The Impact Of Community Engagement On Undergraduate Social Responsibility Attitudes, Daniel S. Schiff, Jeonghyun Lee, Jason Borenstein, Ellen Zegura

Department of Political Science Faculty Publications

The literature on student development cautions that social responsibility attitudes may stagnate or decline as students proceed through college. Given the importance of students’ future professional obligations to society, identifying ways to reverse this trend is crucial. In turn, an important aim of this study, situated at a large public university, is to evaluate the prospects of community engagement as a strategy to foster professional social responsibility development. The study uses longitudinal results from an instrument known as the Generalized Professional Responsibility Assessment (GPRA) to assess personal and professional social responsibility attitudes. The study’s sample includes 128 students who completed …

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Senate Meeting, September 13, 2023, Academic Senate Sep 2023

Senate Meeting, September 13, 2023, Academic Senate

Academic Senate Minutes

No abstract provided.

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Uc Transcript 2023-09-13, Northern Illinois University Sep 2023

Uc Transcript 2023-09-13, Northern Illinois University

University Council Archives

No abstract provided.

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Consequences And Incentives Of Fair Learning, Andrew Estornell Sep 2023

Consequences And Incentives Of Fair Learning, Andrew Estornell

McKelvey School of Engineering Graduate Student Theses & Dissertations

As algorithmic decision-making systems become increasingly entrenched in human-centric domains such as hiring and lending, it is crucial that these systems do not perpetuate historical bias or unfairly discriminate against sensitive demographics. However, in these domains, considering group fairness as the sole factor often leads to two significant consequences: 1) incentivizing individuals to strategically alter their behavior to obtain desired outcomes (e.g., hiding debt to qualify for a loan), and 2) achieving fairness at the expense of individual welfare (e.g., equalizing lending rates between groups by offering fewer total loans). We explore these consequences from both theoretical and empirical perspectives …

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Learning In Large Interactive Environments, Hai S. Le Sep 2023

Learning In Large Interactive Environments, Hai S. Le

McKelvey School of Engineering Graduate Student Theses & Dissertations

In both Planning and Reinforcement Learning, an interactive environment is a dynamic system with which an agent interacts to achieve its goals. In planning, the agent uses its knowledge of the environment to generate a plan offline and then executes it in the interactive environment, adapting if necessary. In reinforcement learning, the agent learns and refines its policy while actively engaging with the environment, receiving feedback in the form of rewards or penalties, and balancing exploration and exploitation. However, when the environment becomes large and complex, the number of possible states and actions can become overwhelming. These are referred to …

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An Experimental And Phenomenological Investigation Of Size And Charge Of Aerosolized Lunar Dust, Abhay Vidwans Sep 2023

An Experimental And Phenomenological Investigation Of Size And Charge Of Aerosolized Lunar Dust, Abhay Vidwans

McKelvey School of Engineering Graduate Student Theses & Dissertations

A new wave of lunar exploration is underway. The Artemis program aims to place humans on the Moon for the first time since the 1972 Apollo 17 mission. The main objective of the Artemis program is to enable sustained presence on the Moon. A significant inhibitor to such a sustained presence on the Moon is lunar dust. The fine, electrostatically-charged dust mobilizes through various anthropogenic and natural mechanisms, all of which are poorly understood, and adheres to nearly every surface with which it comes into contact. Hence, to ensure nominal long-term operation on the lunar surface, extensive measures must be …

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Enhanced Shortwave Absorption And Rapid Covid-19 Spread: A Tale Of Two Aerosol-Driven Impacts, Payton Beeler Sep 2023

Enhanced Shortwave Absorption And Rapid Covid-19 Spread: A Tale Of Two Aerosol-Driven Impacts, Payton Beeler

McKelvey School of Engineering Graduate Student Theses & Dissertations

Aerosols have a major influence on Earth’s climate and cause adverse health effects by degrading ambient air quality. Aerosols impact Earth’s climate directly, by scattering and absorbing incoming shortwave radiation, and indirectly by altering cloud optical properties, cloud formation, and precipitation. Uncertainties in our understanding of these processes limit our current knowledge about the effect of aerosols on Earth’s climate. Poor air quality is globally the largest environmental health risk. Epidemiological studies have uncovered clear relationships of gaseous pollutants and particulate matter (PM) with adverse health outcomes, including increased risk of cardiovascular and respiratory diseases. However, the effects of PM …

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Microplastic Intake Of Unio Mancus Lamarck 1819 Collected From Ataturk Dam Lake, Türkiye, Sedat Gündoğdu Sep 2023

Microplastic Intake Of Unio Mancus Lamarck 1819 Collected From Ataturk Dam Lake, Türkiye, Sedat Gündoğdu

Turkish Journal of Zoology

No abstract provided.

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The Effects Of Various Lake Typologies On The Distribution Of Chironomus Spp. (Diptera), And Arguments On Optional Factors Of Water Framework Directive In Turkiye, Recep Bakir, Gürçay Kivanç Akyildiz, Mustafa Duran Sep 2023

The Effects Of Various Lake Typologies On The Distribution Of Chironomus Spp. (Diptera), And Arguments On Optional Factors Of Water Framework Directive In Turkiye, Recep Bakir, Gürçay Kivanç Akyildiz, Mustafa Duran

Turkish Journal of Zoology

No abstract provided.

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Defining And Measuring Equity In Public Transportation, Christopher E. Ferrell, David Reinke, John M. Eels, Matthew M. Schroeder Sep 2023

Defining And Measuring Equity In Public Transportation, Christopher E. Ferrell, David Reinke, John M. Eels, Matthew M. Schroeder

Mineta Transportation Institute

Transit should serve all users, regardless of age, race, ability, or any other identity. Policies and planning must be conscious of inequities when defining and measuring equity in public transportation. This study was done to aid the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) and the state’s transit agencies in assessing transit service equity and assisting with evaluating past, existing, and future inequities. This report identifies and evaluates policies and practices associated with equity measurement in public transit from extant academic and professional literature sources. These include the Federal laws and regulations addressing Title VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Act and …

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A Multi-Scale Feature Attention Image Recognition Algorithm, Xin Ming Yuan, Ang Ling Weay, Sellappan Palaniappan Sep 2023

A Multi-Scale Feature Attention Image Recognition Algorithm, Xin Ming Yuan, Ang Ling Weay, Sellappan Palaniappan

Journal of Informatics and Web Engineering

The success of image classification using small samples is contingent on neural network models' capability to derive image representations from the data. A proposed solution is a small-sample image classification system that leverages attention mechanisms and meta-learning to capture more comprehensive image information. Due to its ability to efficiently suppress irrelevant characteristics and accentuate pertinent ones, this technique may extract more robust multiscale features and enhance classification performance through meta-learning.In this paper, the effectiveness of the multi-scale attention network is verified on two datasets, namely, Mini-ImageNet and Tiered-ImageNet, and the accuracy of the method is 58.54% for 5-way 1shot and …

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Dropout Prediction Model For College Students In Moocs Based On Weighted Multi-Feature And Svm, Zhang Yujiao, Ang Ling Weay, Shi Shaomin, Sellappan Palaniappan Sep 2023

Dropout Prediction Model For College Students In Moocs Based On Weighted Multi-Feature And Svm, Zhang Yujiao, Ang Ling Weay, Shi Shaomin, Sellappan Palaniappan

Journal of Informatics and Web Engineering

Due to the COVID -19 pandemic, MOOCs have become a popular form of learning for college students. However, unlike traditional face-to-face courses, MOOCs offer little faculty supervision, which may result in students being insufficiently motivated to continue learning, ultimately leading to a high dropout rate. Consequently, the problem of high dropout rates in MOOCs requires urgent attention in MOOC research. Predicting dropout rates is the first step to address this problem, and MOOCs have a large amount of behavioral data that can be used for such predictions. Most existing models for predicting MOOC dropout based on behavioral data assign equal …

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Predicting Travel Insurance Purchases In An Insurance Firm Through Machine Learning Methods After Covid-19, Shiuh Tong Lim, Joe Yee Yuan, Khai Wah Khaw, Xinying Chew Sep 2023

Predicting Travel Insurance Purchases In An Insurance Firm Through Machine Learning Methods After Covid-19, Shiuh Tong Lim, Joe Yee Yuan, Khai Wah Khaw, Xinying Chew

Journal of Informatics and Web Engineering

Travel insurance serves as a crucial financial safeguard, offering coverage against unforeseen expenses and losses incurred during travel. With the advent of the proliferation of insurance types and the amplified demand for Covid-related coverage, insurance companies face the imperative task of accurately predicting customers’ likelihood to purchase insurance. This can assist the insurance providers in focusing on the most lucrative clients and boosting sales. By employing advanced machine learning techniques, this study aims to forecast the consumer segments most inclined to acquire travel insurance, allowing targeted strategies to be developed. A comprehensive analysis was carried out on a Kaggle dataset …

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Building Cyber Resilience: Key Factors For Enhancing Organizational Cyber Security, Thavaselvi Munusamy, Touraj Khodadi Sep 2023

Building Cyber Resilience: Key Factors For Enhancing Organizational Cyber Security, Thavaselvi Munusamy, Touraj Khodadi

Journal of Informatics and Web Engineering

The increasingly pervasive influence of technology on a global scale, coupled with the accelerating pace of organizations operating in cyberspace, has intensified the need for adequate protection against the risks posed by cyber threats. This paper aims to identify cyber resilience management attributes that can enable organizations to sustain and continually adapt in the face of evolving cyber risks and threats. The researcher explores the intersections between cybersecurity and resilience by reviewing existing frameworks, models, studies, and surveys. This study establishes the attributes of resilience with the integration of resilience theory and security theory, along with their position in the …

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Aira: An Intelligent Recommendation Agent Application For Movies, Ayesha Anees Zaveri, Ramsha Mashood, Sarama Shehmir, Misbah Parveen, Naveera Sami, Mobeen Nazar Sep 2023

Aira: An Intelligent Recommendation Agent Application For Movies, Ayesha Anees Zaveri, Ramsha Mashood, Sarama Shehmir, Misbah Parveen, Naveera Sami, Mobeen Nazar

Journal of Informatics and Web Engineering

An intelligent Recommendation App has been developed to assist caregivers. This project's primary objective is to assist parents in determining whether a particular movie/cartoon/drama is adequate for their children by providing ratings that will assist them in identifying age-appropriate content. This application will provide reliable evaluations, reviews, and recommendations to parents. Each rating and review are based on fundamental, essential child development principles. Intelligent Recommendation Agent aids families in making intelligent media selections. It provides the most extensive and reliable database of learning ratings, age recommendations, and content evaluations for films, television series, and dramas. In addition, there will be …

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