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Vadose Zone Hydrology

Vadose Zone Hydrology

Vadose Zone Hydrology describes the elements of the physical processes most often encountered by hydrogeologists and ground-water engineers in their vadose zone projects. It illustrates the application of soil physics to practical problems relevant to the characterization and monitoring of the vadose zone. It includes an introduction to physical processes including basic flow theory and provides examples of important field-scale processes that must be recognizable by hydrogeologists. Considerable attention is given to the concepts of recharge including how it is most accurately evaluated in the vadose zone. Field and laboratory methods for characterizing hydraulic properties in the vadose zone are also covered and case studies illustrating these methods are provided. New and emerging technologies for monitoring the vadose zone particularly for the purpose of detecting contaminants are highlighted. In the last section of the book additional case studies are presented demonstrating applications related to seepage detection landfill monitoring and soil gas investigations. This book is written from the perspective of hydrogeologists and is designed to be directly applicable and to maintain continuity and consistency between chapters. It will be an invaluable primer for environmental or geotechnical consultants regulators or students who have no prior formal academic training in unsaturated flow concepts. Because the text contains some of the latest advances in this field it will be an excellent reference for geologists and engineers currently working on problems of vadose zone hydrology.

GBP 56.99
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Revival: Migration Processes in the Soil and Groundwater Zone (1991)

Revival: Migration Processes in the Soil and Groundwater Zone (1991)

This comprehensive work integrates knowledge from physics chemistry biology mathematics geology engineering and several other fields. Its purpose is to provide solution methods techniques of parameter estimation and tools for solving the complex problems of mathematical modeling. The main topics presented include fundamentals of mathematical modeling of migration processes; analytical numerical and inverse solutions to migration problems; and techniques of parameter estimation and monitoring of migration processes. The book is perfect for anyone involved in the areas of hydrogeology soil science environmental engineering subsurface cleanup water sciences agronomy land development and civil engineering. It provides professionals with a survey of the methodology of migration model building the mathematical tools for solving these models and the technique of parameter estimation in laboratories and in the field. Consultants will appreciate the book's multidisciplinary theoretical background and first approximations for a broad variety of migration data. Professors and students gain an integrated survey of subsurface solute and heat transport storage transformation and exchange processes in both theoretical and practical applications complete with example problems and solutions. | Revival: Migration Processes in the Soil and Groundwater Zone (1991)

GBP 74.99
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Optimization of Water Management in Polder Areas Some Examples for the Temperate Humid and the Humid Tropical Zone

Optimization of Water Management in Polder Areas Some Examples for the Temperate Humid and the Humid Tropical Zone

The demand on land to produce food for urban development such as housing industry shopping areas infrastructure and also for recreation has increased during the history of mankind. This has resulted in such activities as the reclamation of swamps flood plains tidal areas and even lakes by impoldering. Model simulations can be use to gain insight into the system behaviour of different land use and soil composition under temperate humid and humid tropic conditions The existing package OPOL based on a non steady model was further developed to the version OPOL5 for the simulation of hydrological conditions and optimization of the main components of water management systems in polder areas in the temperate humid and humid tropical zone. This model reveals a system's behaviour as well as the effects of variation in the main components of the systems to the overall costs. For example the designs of pumped drainage systems in polder areas can be optimized | Optimization of Water Management in Polder Areas Some Examples for the Temperate Humid and the Humid Tropical Zone

GBP 115.00
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Coastal Zone Management Handbook

Coastal Zone Management Handbook

Coastal Zone Management Handbook comprises the first complete manual on coastal resource planning and management technology. Written by an international consultant this handbook reflects a global perspective on the natural resources sensitivities economics development productivity and diversity of coastal zones. The emphasis is on tropical and subtropical coastal ecosystems but the information is widely applicable. In addition to its comprehensive coverage of general concepts related to coastal regions the book describes the strategic basis for coastal management provides a set of working tools for management and planning activities and presents case histories of management projects around the globe. Extensive references are provided for each management analysis practice technique and solution. Coastal Zone Management Handbook is made up of four sections:

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In Search of Vikings Interdisciplinary Approaches to the Scandinavian Heritage of North-West England

In Search of Vikings Interdisciplinary Approaches to the Scandinavian Heritage of North-West England

The Viking Age lasted a little over three centuries but has left a lasting legacy across Europe. These dynamic warrior-traders from Scandinavia who fought and interacted with peoples as far apart as North America Russia and Central Asia are some of the most recognizable historical figures in the western world. In the modern imagination they represent ruthlessness heroism adventurousness and a unique prestige embellished by the wondrous tales and poetry of the sagas. Yet the sum of evidence for the Viking presence is far less clear than their reputation implies. In Search of Vikings presents a collection of papers from experts in a broad range of disciplines including history archaeology genetics and linguistics to provide a detailed understanding of the Vikings in peace and in war. This book focuses on one particularly exciting area of the Viking world namely the north-west region of England where they are known to have settled in large numbers. North-west England was the crossroads between Ireland Scotland Wales the Isle of Man and the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms. It was a battleground for distant powers and dynasties and its Irish Sea coastline created opportunities for trading and settlement. Silver hoards burials and Old Norse place-names attest to the Viking presence and Scandinavian DNA is detectable amongst the modern population. The 12 integrated studies in this book are designed to reinvigorate the search for Vikings in this crucial region and to provide must-reading for anyone interested in Viking history. | In Search of Vikings Interdisciplinary Approaches to the Scandinavian Heritage of North-West England

GBP 175.00
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Cadmium in the Environment

Cadmium in the Environment

The focus of this report is upon information essential to the understanding of the toxic action of cadmium and the relationship between dose (exposure) and effects on human beings and animals. The therapy of cadmium poisoning has not been discussed. This review on cadmium in the environment has been performed under a contract between the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Environmental Hygiene of the Karolinska Institute Sweden. The report is intended to serve as a background paper for a future Air Quality Criteria document on cadmium. Therefore particular attention has been given to information relevant for the evaluation of risks due to long-term exposure to low concentrations of cadmium. Acute effects from short-term exposure to high concentrations are dealt with briefly. In vitro studies without bearing on the main problem have not been dealt with. The report is not limited to effects from exposure via inhalation. Newly accessible information showing that large populations may be exposed considerably via the oral route can elucidate chronic effects of cadmium in general. Man and animals can be victims of secondary exposure through vehicles such as food and water which have been contaminated by cadmium in air.

GBP 140.00
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The Private Sector's Role in Disasters Leveraging the Private Sector in Emergency Management

The Private Sector's Role in Disasters Leveraging the Private Sector in Emergency Management

This book examines the role of the private sector in emergency management and how that role is changing through private sector intersections with government government agencies and the public sectors in all phases of emergency management. It particularly focuses on the areas in which government regulations and guidelines promote or encourage private sector involvement and looks at best practices for public–private partnerships as well as some of the common pitfalls of the contracting model. The private sector now plays a tremendous role in the creation of policies related to emergency management and their implementation at the federal state and local levels. The Private Sector’s Role in Disasters: Leveraging the Private Sector in Emergency Management explores some of the challenges of implementing policies in the current contracting model. It also compares emergency management to other government services that have been privatized. Case studies of recent disasters and examples of the privatization of some emergency management functions are presented to illustrate how to better plan for private sector involvement in future disasters. Given the sometimes dysfunctional relationships that have emerged from public–private partnerships in disaster situations it is important to analyze and improve principles and practices to work toward more effective partnership. This book provides thoughtful guidelines recommendations and best-practice approaches to public–private development implementation and collaboration throughout the disaster cycle. It gives focused directions for cultivating public–private working relationships to make emergency responses quicker and assistance more effective. | The Private Sector's Role in Disasters Leveraging the Private Sector in Emergency Management

GBP 31.99
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Biosecurity in the Making The Threats the Aspects and the Challenge of Readiness

Biosecurity in the Making The Threats the Aspects and the Challenge of Readiness

The explosive growth of bioeconomy and bioscience coupled with an interconnected planet increases the potential impact of large-scale bio-events. Either causing public health threats as in epidemics or posing food security issues from mass poisonings to large-scale starvation such eventualities are direct threats and indirect destabilizers in a planetary context. The issue of Biosecurity thus pervades every affected aspect from exploitations of the agro-sector and the food industry to the Public Health management the novel therapeutic/treatment approaches the new age of space deep-sea and subterranean explorations and the interface with the cyber world and the massive or small-scale projection of violence. It has been present since ancient times tacitly and discreetly but only recently took its present guise the different aspects of which are explored in this book. | Biosecurity in the Making The Threats the Aspects and the Challenge of Readiness

GBP 105.00
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Statistics In the Pharmaceutical Industry

Statistics In the Pharmaceutical Industry

The growth of the pharmaceutical industry over the past decade is astounding but the impact of this growth on statistics is somewhat confusing. While software has made analysis easier and more efficient regulatory bodies now demand deeper and more complex analyses and pharmacogenetic/genomic studies serve up an entirely new set of challenges. For more than two decades Statistics in the Pharmaceutical Industry has been the definitive guide to sorting through the challenges in the industry and this Third Edition continues that tradition. Updated and expanded to reflect the most recent trends and developments in the field Statistics in the Pharmaceutical Industry Third Edition presents chapters written by experts from both regulatory agencies and pharmaceutical companies who discuss everything from experimental design to post-marketing studies. This approach sheds light on what regulators consider acceptable methodologies and what methods have proven successful for industrial statisticians. Both new and revised chapters reflect the increasingly global nature of the industry as represented by authors from Japan and Europe the increasing trend toward non-inferiority/equivalence testing adaptive design in clinical trials global harmonization of regulatory standards and multiple comparison studies. The book also examines the latest considerations in anti-cancer studies. Statistics in the Pharmaceutical Industry Third Edition demystifies the approval process by combining regulatory and industrial points of view making it a must-read for anyone performing statistical analysis at any point in the drug approval process.

GBP 42.99
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The Digital Age in Agriculture

The Digital Age in Agriculture

The Digital Age in Agriculture presents information related to the digital age in the agriculture sector. Agriculture is an essential activity for the continuity of life yet is very labor-intensive and faces a wide variety of challenges. In the struggle against these difficulties the superior features offered by technology provide important benefits. These technologies require expertise in various technical disciplines and The Digital Age in Agriculture provides information to readers allowing them to make more informed decisions and giving them the opportunity to improve agricultural productivity. Written by Mehmet Metin Özgüven an expert who has conducted field studies and with a working technical knowledge of various topics pertaining to the agriculture age this book covers many subjects important to the age of digital agriculture including precision agriculture and livestock farming using agricultural robots and unmanned arial vehicles in agriculture practices and image processing and machine vision. It is an essential read for researchers agriculture sector workers and agricultural engineers.

GBP 48.99
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Substance Abuse in the Workplace

Substance Abuse in the Workplace

Substance Abuse in the Workplace makes a valuable contribution to the national movement to help stem the tide of drug abuse. The book begins with the history of substance abuse continues with a discussion of how the human body functions normally or under the influence of chemicals and follows with a toxicological description of the more common chemicals abused today in America. It discusses ways to help the abuser through identification and assistance programs and also covers the laws involved. The broad audience for Substance Abuse in the Workplace is includes middle and upper management labor leaders industrial hygienists safety personnel and workers.

GBP 56.99
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Concrete in the Marine Environment

Concrete in the Marine Environment

Concrete has clearly emerged as the most economical and durable material for the building of the vast majority of marine structures. Reinforced concrete too has overcome the technological problems making it a suitable material for the construction of advanced marine structures such as offshore drilling platforms superspan bridges and undersea tunnels. As the world becomes increasingly ocean-oriented for energy and other resources it is predicted that construction activities during the 21st century will be dominated by concrete sea structures. The performance of concrete in the marine environment is presented here in a logical manner giving state-of-the-art reviews of the nature of the marine environment the composition and properties of concrete history of concrete performance in seawater major causes of deterioration of concrete in the marine environment selection of materials and mix proportioning for durable concrete recommended concrete practice and repair of deteriorated marine structures. It is of value to any design or construction engineer responsible for marine structures.

GBP 59.99
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The Cloud in IoT-enabled Spaces

The Cloud in IoT-enabled Spaces

The Cloud in IoT-enabled Spaces addresses major issues and challenges in IoT-based solutions proposed for the Cloud. It paves the way for IoT-enabled spaces in the next generation cloud computing paradigm and opens the door for further innovative ideas. Topics include Cloud-based optimization in the IoT era scheduling and routing medium access data caching secure access uncertainty home automation machine learning in wearable devices energy monitoring and plant phenotyping in farming. Smart spaces are solutions where Internet of Things (IoT)-enabling technologies have been employed towards further advances in the lifestyle. It tightly integrates with the existing Cloud infrastructure to impact several fields in academia and industry. The Cloud in IoT-enabled Spaces provides an overview of the issues around small spaces and proposes the most up-to-date alternatives and solutions. The objective is to pave the way for IoT-enabled spaces in the next-generation Cloud computing and open the door for further innovative ideas.

GBP 42.99
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The Role of the Nucleus of the Solitary Tract in Gustatory Processing

The Role of the Nucleus of the Solitary Tract in Gustatory Processing

Providing an essential brainstem relay for three cranial nerves the NST coordinates highly complex sensory information. While other functions of the NST have received attention its role in gustatory processing has received little. The first reference devoted exclusively to gustatory processing The Role of the Nucleus of the Solitary Tract in Gustatory Processing offers an in-depth review of one of the most important central relay stations in the brain. Combining widely dispersed research into a comprehensive single volume it presents a thorough historical background documents the anatomy of the rostral nucleus of the solitary tract (rNST) and explores the properties of synaptic transmitters and neurons within that tract. The book examines the role of reflex activities and considers factors that influence how gustatory rNST neurons respond to taste stimuli. It describes the development and maturational changes the rNST undergoes and considers the challenge involved with identifying rNST neural circuits. The Role of the Nucleus of the Solitary Tract in Gustatory Processing brings together expert investigators who have contributed substantially to the current knowledge of the anatomy physiology and developmental biology of the solitary nucleus. This pertinent work serves as a standard reference for those involved in the field providing ready access to past investigations and inviting practitioners to create new approaches that will advance knowledge about the central processing of gustatory information.

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Professionalism in the Built Heritage Sector Edited Contributions to the International Conference on Professionalism in the Built Heritage S

Professionalism in the Built Heritage Sector Edited Contributions to the International Conference on Professionalism in the Built Heritage S

Professionalism entails the conduct aims and qualities that characterise a profession. The term is also used to describe education and training standards for the knowledge and skills necessary to perform a specific profession. In practice professional standards of practice and ethics are agreed upon and maintained by recognised associations. In the past professionalism has not occupied a central place in built heritage discussions policy and research. Recent changes in terms of public attitudes and sustainability concerns have had a cumulative impact on the requirements for professionalism in the built heritage sector. The future success of the sector will depend on the availability of adequate professionals and an appropriately skilled workforce. In practice the built heritage sector involves much more than interventions to conserve preserve rehabilitate or restore a heritage structure. Bringing a project to fruition begins with the formulation of a policy proceeds to the design and execution of intervention strategies and ends with ongoing maintenance of heritage structures and related future programming. This process requires sufficient interactions between different professionals to obtain a common vision and hold that vision throughout a project. At the same time the sustainability of the sector is also defined by effective governance societal support and cultural rationales. Professionalism in the Built Heritage Sector contains reports on the lectures of the international conference organized by the Raymond Lemaire International Centre for Conservation (Leuven Belgium February 5th-8th 2018). The contributions in this volume meet the increasing demand for shared information to support the transition towards a more sustainable conservation process. The volume consists of three main parts that deal with practice-led research or scientific research: Profiles and capacities Education training and quality labels and Obstacles and changes. | Professionalism in the Built Heritage Sector Edited Contributions to the International Conference on Professionalism in the Built Heritage S

GBP 105.00
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Heavy Metals in the Environment

Heavy Metals in the Environment

A successful modern heavy metal control program for any industry will include not only traditional water pollution control but also air pollution control soil conservation site remediation groundwater protection public health management solid waste disposal and combined industrial-municipal heavy metal waste management. In fact it should be a total environmental control program. Comprehensive in scope Heavy Metals in the Environment provides technical and economical information on the development of a feasible total heavy metal control program that can benefit industry and local municipalities. The book discusses the importance and contamination of metals such as lead chromium cadmium zinc copper nickel iron and mercury. It covers important research of metals in the environment the processes and mechanisms for metals control and removal the environmental behavior and effects of engineered metal and metal oxide nanoparticles environmental geochemistry of high arsenic aquifer systems nano-technology applications in metal ion adsorption biosorption of metals and heavy metal removal by expopolysaccharide-producing cyanobacteria. The authors delineate technologies for metals treatment and management metal bearing effluents metal-contaminated solid wastes metal finishing industry wastes and brownfield sites and arsenic-contaminated groundwater streams. They also discuss control treatment and management of metal emissions from motor vehicles. The authors reflect the breadth of the field and draw on personal experiences to provide an in-depth presentation of environmental pollution sources waste characteristics control technologies management strategies facility innovations process alternatives costs case histories effluent standards and future trends for each industrial or commercial operation. The methodologies and technologies discussed are directly applicable to the waste management problems that must be met in all industries.

GBP 74.99
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Grass Varieties in the United States

Grass Varieties in the United States

This user-friendly handbook is a working guide to the status of named and experimental grasses available for use in the United States. It provides physical descriptions and status profiles of grass varieties including turf grass varieties. The handbook also contains maps and descriptions of Land Resources Regions and Plant Hardiness Zones that assist in the understanding of plant adaptation areas. Whenever available the information in the handbook includes: | Grass Varieties in the United States

GBP 175.00
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Managing Violence in the Workplace

Managing Violence in the Workplace

Managing Violence in the Workplace is a prescription that contains many lists of do's and don'ts and how to's for proactive and reactive responses to workplace violence. The authors have analyzed numerous incidents in the workplace and constructed how to guidelines. Be prepared for managing workplace violence. Develop procedures to reduce the potential for violence create contingency plans fulfill your legal and moral obligation to employees and the public reduce your company's liability and provide a safer environment for all. Who can benefit from Managing Violence in the Workplace? Any organizational executive risk manager security or human resource professional. anyone working to create a comprehensive organizational program for response to potential and actual incidents of workplace violence.

GBP 160.00
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The Board Game Designer's Guide to Careers in the Industry

The Board Game Designer's Guide to Careers in the Industry

Are you thinking about working in the board game industry? Here’s what you need to know. There are so many jobs and roles that need to be filled in the board game industry. You might just have the right skills and experience to excel. But first you need to know what opportunities exist and what the hardest gaps are to fill! In this book you’ll discover • What jobs are really in demand • How you can get your foot in the door with a publisher • Jobs in the industry you’ve never even thought of • What other opportunities exist for people with skills just like yours With insights from over 40 industry pros as well as the author’s many years of experience you’ll be able to put your own skills and experience to great use in an amazing growing industry. | The Board Game Designer's Guide to Careers in the Industry

GBP 34.99
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Practical Sanitation in the Food Industry

Practical Sanitation in the Food Industry

This book provides a clear practical approach to sanitation in the food industry. The content ranges from the principles of microbial growth through descriptions of cleaning chemicals to the management of Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) systems. It will be an invaluable basic text for all tertiary students who intend to work in the food industry as well as for the existing industry personnel. | Practical Sanitation in the Food Industry

GBP 175.00
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Cellular Dialogues in the Holobiont

Cellular Dialogues in the Holobiont

This book examines how the growing knowledge of the huge range of protist- animal- and plant-bacterial interactions whether in shared ecosystems or intimate symbioses is fundamentally altering our understanding of biology. The establishment and maintenance of these interactions and their contributions to the health and survival of all partners relies on continuous cell-to-cell communication between them. This dialogue may be concerned with all aspects of the biology of both partners. The book includes chapters devoted to exploring explaining and exposing these dialogues across a broad spectrum of plant and animal eukaryotes to a broad field of biologists. Key Features: Explores the nature of the interactions between eukaryotic hosts and their microbial symbionts Examines the links between prostist animal and plant evolution and microbial communities Reviews specific taxa and the microbial diversity associated with these taxa Illustrates the role microbes play in the physiology and etiology of several model species Includes chapters by an international team of leading scholars The Open Access version of this book available at http://www. taylorfrancis. com has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4. 0 license. | Cellular Dialogues in the Holobiont

GBP 39.99
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Conscious Mind in the Physical World

Conscious Mind in the Physical World

We have seen remarkable progress in our detailed understanding of the physical world from the smallest constituents of atoms to the remotest distances seen by telescopes. However we have yet to explore the phenomenon of consciousness. Can physical things be conscious or is consciousness something else forever outside the range of physics? And how does consciousness interact with physical things? A lively account of quantum theory and its puzzles Conscious Mind in the Physical World examines two developments in particular that have altered the context of discussions about consciousness. One is computer technology which allows us to make machines that can calculate at speeds far greater than the human brain while the other is the study of the microscopic world. The book explores philosophical issues such as idealism and free will and speculates on the relationship of consciousness to quantum mechanics. This resource will stimulate physicists with an interest in philosophy philosophers interested in physics and anyone fascinated about the waking state of the mind.

GBP 59.99
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The Clinical Audit in Pharmaceutical Development

The Clinical Audit in Pharmaceutical Development

This blue-chip guide adds quality to the pharmaceutical clinical development process by detailing the need for and stressing the importance of an independent audit of clinical data to protect participants and validate study results. Examines the use of personal computers the Internet and third-party organizations to assist in data validation! Positioning the audit as the only reliable tool to verify that a drug has been shown to be safe and effective in clinical trials The Clinical Audit in Pharmaceutical Development recommends establishing auditing and quality assurance at the beginning of a clinical study describes Good Clinical Practices (GCPs) and the role of regulatory agencies in the review validation and auditing processes outlines the clinical process from trial design through report writing compares and contrasts United States and international regulatory statutes identifies monitoring as the key to guaranteeing high-quality data focuses on the role of the clinical audit in achieving unity in a multinational study discusses the worldwide influence of the US Food and Drug Administration audit analyzes findings from previous FDA clinical audits to reveal trends and future directions provides guidelines for fraud detection and considers the ramifications of falsified data and more! Confirming that all clinical information has been properly collected and reported The Clinical Audit in Pharmaceutical Development is a crucial reference for clinical and research pharmacists and pharmacologists; biostatisticians; clinical research associates coordinators and investigators; quality control quality assurance and regulatory compliance managers; and upper-level undergraduate and graduate students in these disciplines.

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