It is well known that inclusions affect the properties of steels and alloys. Therefore, it is important to understand what type of inclusions that exist and how they behave and especially with a focus on large size inclusions. Thus, the large size non-metallic inclusions in ferroalloy FeTi70R were investigated in two dimensions (2D) by using scanning electron microscopy (SEM) in combination with an energy dispersive technique (EDS). It was found that the FeTi70R ferroalloy contain complex oxide inclusions consisting mostly of CaO, SiO2 and TiOx. Furthermore, experimental trials were performed to investigate how these inclusions behaved when entering a melt. More specifically, a comparison between pure Fe and an Alloy 825 grade were made. These results determined the parameters effect on the transformation of the inclusions in the melt. The large size non-metallic inclusions in Alloy 825 during the ladle treatment were investigated during industrial trials by using both two dimensional (2D) and three dimensional (3D) microscopic investigations. The results showed that inclusions consisted of spherical oxides and clusters made up of oxides and nitrides. Further investigations found that the spherical inclusions were transformed from existing NMI in the FeTi70R ferroalloy and slag particles. As for the clusters, they originate from deoxidation products. Furthermore, small inclusions precipitated in the local zones around the added FeTi70R ferroalloy and titanium nitrides. Investigations also found that only Al2O3-MgO and TiN clusters exist after casting. Industrial trials were performed during the last period of the ladle treatment and using a combined electromagnetic (EMS) and gas (GS) stirring. The purpose to investigate the effect of different EMS directions on the agglomeration and on the removal of Al2O3-MgO and TiN clusters. The investigations were then performed in 3D after an electrolytic extraction of the metal samples. The results show that electromagnetic stirring in the upwards direction is best for the agglomeration of the Al2O3-MgO and TiN clusters. However, electromagnetic stirring in the downwards direction is more effective to remove clusters from the melt. This is in agreement with the theoretical predictions based on Stokes’, Brownian and Turbulent collisions. Also, the calculations showed that for Al2O3-MgO clusters with sizes <20 μm the Turbulent collision is the defining factor for agglomeration. However, both Stokes’ and Turbulent collisions are dominant for larger inclusions. For the TiN clusters, turbulent collisions is the dominant factor. Further investigations with more heats and stirring modes were done by using 2D microscopic investigations. More specifically, the number, size, composition and morphology of different inclusions were determined by using SEM in combination with EDS and Inca Feature analyses. The results show that the EMS in downwards direction with a 0.04 m3 min-1 gas flow rate promotes a general removal of Al2O3-MgO and TiN inclusions. Furthermore, that the upwards EMS direction promotes a drastically increase of inclusions having an equivalent size smaller than 11.2 μm. Moreover, the stirring with a 0.02 m3 min-1 gas flow rate has a better removal rate for both downwards and upwards stirring directions compared to the stirring with a 0.04 m3 min-1 gas flow rate. However, no influence on the inclusion composition and morphology could be seen from the different stirring modes. / Det är välkänt att inneslutningar påverkar egenskaperna i stål och legeringar. Därför är det viktigt att förstå vilken sorts inneslutningar som existerar samt hur de beter sig, särskilt stora inneslutningar. Således undersöktes de stora icke-metalliska inneslutningarna i ferrolegeringen FeTi70R i två dimensioner (2D) genom att använda svepelektronmikroskopi (SEM) i kombination med energidispersionsteknik (EDS). Det visade sig att ferrolegeringen FeTi70R innehåller komplexa oxidinneslutningar bestående huvudsakligen av CaO, Si02 och TiOx. Vidare utfördes laborativa försök för att undersöka hur dessa inneslutningar uppträder när de kommer ner i det smälta stålet. Mer specifikt så gjordes en jämförelse mellan rent Fe och Alloy 825 legeringen. Dessa resultat fastställde hur olika parametrar påverkade inneslutningarnas omvandling i smältan. De stora icke-metalliska inneslutningarna i Alloy 825 legeringen under skänkugnsbehandlingen undersöktes vid industriella försök med hjälp av både tvådimensionella (2D) och tredimensionella (3D) mikroskopiska undersökningar. Resultaten visade att inneslutningarna bestod av sfäriska oxider och kluster uppbyggda av oxider och nitrider. Ytterligare undersökningar visade att de sfäriska inneslutningarna omvandlades från befintliga icke-metalliska inneslutningar i ferrolegeringen FeTi70R och slaggpartiklar. När det gäller kluster härrör de från desoxidationsprodukter. Vidare så bildades små inneslutningar i de lokala zonerna kring den tillsatta FeTi70R legeringen och kring titanitriderna. Undersökningarna fann också att endast Al2O3-MgO och TiN-kluster existerar efter gjutning. De industriella försöken utfördes under den sista perioden av skänkugnsbehandlingen och med en kombinerad elektromagnetisk (EMS) och gas (GS) omröring. Syftet med detta var att undersöka effekten av olika riktningar på EMS omrörningen på agglomerationen och avskiljningen av Al2O3-MgO- och TiN klustren. Undersökningarna utfördes sedan i 3D efter en elektrolytisk extraktion av metallproverna. Resultaten visar att en uppåtriktad elektromagnetisk omröring är bäst för agglomereringen av Al2O3-MgO inneslutningar och TiN kluster. Emellertid så är en nedåtriktad elektromagnetisk omröring effektivare för att avlägsna kluster från smältan. Dessa resultat överensstämmer med de teoretiska förutsägelserna baserade på Stokes, Brownian och Turbulent kollisionsvolymer. Dessutom visade beräkningarna att för Al2O3-MgO kluster med storlekar <20 μm är det turbulenta kollisioner som är den avgörande faktorn för agglomerering. Dock är det både Stokes och de Turbulenta kollisionerna som dominerar för större inneslutningar. För TiN klustren är det de turbulenta kollisionerna som är den dominerande faktorn. Ytterligare undersökningar med fler charger av Alloy 825 och olika omrörningsmetoder gjordes baserade på 2D mikroskopiska undersökningar. Mer specifikt så bestämdes antalet, storleken, sammansättningen och morfologin för olika inneslutningar med användning av SEM i kombination med EDS och Inca Feature analyser. Resultaten visar att en nedåtriktad EMS i kombination med ett gasflöde på 0,04 m3 min-1 främjar ett generellt avlägsnande av Al2O3-MgO och TiN inneslutningar. Vidare främjar den uppåtriktade EMS omrörningen en drastisk ökning av inneslutningar med en ekvivalent storlek av 11,2 μm eller mindre. Vidare har omröringen med ett gasflöde på 0,02 m3 min-1 en bättre avskiljningshastighet för inneslutningar i både nedåt och uppåtgående omrörningsriktningar jämfört med omrörningen med ett gasflöde på 0,04 m3 min-1. Emellertid kunde inget inflytande på sammansättningen och morfologin ses från de olika omrörningssätten.

Le démélange spectral est l’un des problèmes centraux pour l’exploitation des images hyperspectrales. En raison de la faible résolution spatiale des imageurs hyperspectraux en télédetection, la surface représentée par un pixel peut contenir plusieurs matériaux. Dans ce contexte, le démélange consiste à estimer les spectres purs (les end members) ainsi que leurs fractions (les abondances) pour chaque pixel de l’image. Le but de cette thèse estde proposer de nouveaux algorithmes de démélange qui visent à améliorer l’estimation des spectres purs et des abondances. En particulier, les algorithmes de démélange proposés s’inscrivent dans le cadre du démélange non-supervisé et non-linéaire. Dans un premier temps, on propose un algorithme de démelange non-supervisé dans lequel une régularisation favorisant la parcimonie des groupes est utilisée pour identifier les spectres purs parmi les observations. Une extension de ce premier algorithme permet de prendre en compte la présence du bruit parmi les observations choisies comme étant les plus pures. Dans un second temps, les connaissances a priori des ressemblances entre les spectres à l’échelle localeet non-locale ainsi que leurs positions dans l’image sont exploitées pour construire un graphe adapté à l’image. Ce graphe est ensuite incorporé dans le problème de démélange non supervisé par le biais d’une régularisation basée sur le Laplacian du graphe. Enfin, deux algorithmes de démélange non-linéaires sont proposés dans le cas supervisé. Les modèles de mélanges non-linéaires correspondants incorporent des fonctions à valeurs vectorielles appartenant à un espace de Hilbert à noyaux reproduisants. L’intérêt de ces fonctions par rapport aux fonctions à valeurs scalaires est qu’elles permettent d’incorporer un a priori sur la ressemblance entre les différentes fonctions. En particulier, un a priori spectral, dans un premier temps, et un a priori spatial, dans un second temps, sont incorporés pour améliorer la caractérisation du mélange non-linéaire. La validation expérimentale des modèles et des algorithmes proposés sur des données synthétiques et réelles montre une amélioration des performances par rapport aux méthodes de l’état de l’art. Cette amélioration se traduit par une meilleure erreur de reconstruction des données / Spectral unmixing has been an active field of research since the earliest days of hyperspectralremote sensing. It is concerned with the case where various materials are found inthe spatial extent of a pixel, resulting in a spectrum that is a mixture of the signatures ofthose materials. Unmixing then reduces to estimating the pure spectral signatures and theircorresponding proportions in every pixel. In the hyperspectral unmixing jargon, the puresignatures are known as the endmembers and their proportions as the abundances. Thisthesis focuses on spectral unmixing of remotely sensed hyperspectral data. In particular,it is aimed at improving the accuracy of the extraction of compositional information fromhyperspectral data. This is done through the development of new unmixing techniques intwo main contexts, namely in the unsupervised and nonlinear case. In particular, we proposea new technique for blind unmixing, we incorporate spatial information in (linear and nonlinear)unmixing, and we finally propose a new nonlinear mixing model. More precisely, first,an unsupervised unmixing approach based on collaborative sparse regularization is proposedwhere the library of endmembers candidates is built from the observations themselves. Thisapproach is then extended in order to take into account the presence of noise among theendmembers candidates. Second, within the unsupervised unmixing framework, two graphbasedregularizations are used in order to incorporate prior local and nonlocal contextualinformation. Next, within a supervised nonlinear unmixing framework, a new nonlinearmixing model based on vector-valued functions in reproducing kernel Hilbert space (RKHS)is proposed. The aforementioned model allows to consider different nonlinear functions atdifferent bands, regularize the discrepancies between these functions, and account for neighboringnonlinear contributions. Finally, the vector-valued kernel framework is used in orderto promote spatial smoothness of the nonlinear part in a kernel-based nonlinear mixingmodel. Simulations on synthetic and real data show the effectiveness of all the proposedtechniques

<div>The orbits of interest for potential missions are stable or nearly stable to maintain long term presence for conducting scientific studies and to reduce the possibility of rapid departure. Near Rectilinear Halo Orbits (NRHOs) offer such stable or nearly stable orbits that are defined as part of the L1 and L2 halo orbit families in the circular restricted three-body problem. Within the Earth-Moon regime, the L1 and L2 NRHOs are proposed as long horizon trajectories for cislunar exploration missions, including NASA's upcoming Gateway mission. These stable or nearly stable orbits do not possess well-distinguished unstable and stable manifold structures. As a consequence, existing tools for stationkeeping and transfer trajectory design that exploit such underlying manifold structures are not reliable for orbits that are linearly stable. The current investigation focuses on leveraging stretching direction as an alternative for visualizing the flow of perturbations in the neighborhood of a reference trajectory. The information supplemented by the stretching directions are utilized to investigate the impact of maneuvers for two contrasting applications; the stationkeeping problem, where the goal is to maintain a spacecraft near a reference trajectory for a long period of time, and the transfer trajectory design application, where rapid departure and/or insertion is of concern.</div><div><br></div><div>Particularly, for the stationkeeping problem, a spacecraft incurs continuous deviations due to unmodeled forces and orbit determination errors in the complex multi-body dynamical regime. The flow dynamics in the region, using stretching directions, are utilized to identify appropriate maneuver and target locations to support a long lasting presence for the spacecraft near the desired path. The investigation reflects the impact of various factors on maneuver cost and boundedness. For orbits that are particularly sensitive to epoch time and possess distinct characteristics in the higher-fidelity ephemeris model compared to their CR3BP counterpart, an additional feedback control is applied for appropriate phasing. The effect of constraining maneuvers in a particular direction is also investigated for the 9:2 synodic resonant southern L2 NRHO, the current baseline for the Gateway mission. The stationkeeping strategy is applied to a range of L1 and L2 NRHOs, and validated in the higher-fidelity ephemeris model.</div><div><br></div><div>For missions with potential human presence, a rapid transfer between orbits of interest is a priority. The magnitude of the state variations along the maximum stretching direction is expected to grow rapidly and, therefore, offers information to depart from the orbit. Similarly, the maximum stretching in reverse time, enables arrival with a minimal maneuver magnitude. The impact of maneuvers in such sensitive directions is investigated. Further, enabling transfer design options to connect between two stable orbits. The transfer design strategy developed in this investigation is not restricted to a particular orbit but applicable to a broad range of stable and nearly stable orbits in the cislunar space, including the Distant Retrograde Orbit (DROs) and the Low Lunar Orbits (LLO) that are considered for potential missions. Examples for transfers linking a southern and a northern NRHO, a southern NRHO to a planar DRO, and a southern NRHO to a planar LLO are demonstrated.</div>

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Für die Simulation technischer Bauteile mit Hilfe der Finite-Elemente-Methode (FEM) werden tensorielle Stoffgesetze benötigt, die zu einem beliebigen dreidimensionalen Verzerrungszustand und gegebenenfalls der Belastungsvorgeschichte und -geschwindigkeit des Materials die zugehörige Spannungsantwort liefern. Die Entwicklung derart komplexer Materialmodelle verläuft oftmals über Zwischenstufen, die zunächst nur Vorhersagen für den einachsigen Zug-/Druckversuch erlauben. Zur automatischen Verallgemeinerung solcher eindimensionaler Materialbeschreibungen zu vollständig dreidimensionalen Stoffgesetzen für die Finite-Elemente-Methode wird im Rahmen dieser Arbeit das Konzept repräsentativer Raumrichtungen vorgeschlagen, welches auf der Integration einachsiger Spannungszustände über eine diskrete Anzahl gleichmäßig verteilter (repräsentativer) Raumrichtungen basiert. Zur Untersuchung der grundlegenden Eigenschaften des Algorithmus wurden verschiedene inelastische tensorielle Beispielstoffgesetze herangezogen, deren eindimensionale Formulierung als Eingangsmodell für die repräsentativen Raumrichtungen dient. Hierbei zeigt sich, dass die wesentlichen Materialeigenschaften des jeweiligen uniaxialen Eingangsmodells bei der Verallgemeinerung vollständig erhalten bleiben. Weiterhin werden einige wichtige Effekte vom Konzept automatisch generiert, wie z. B. die anisotrope Entfestigung technischer Gummiwerkstoffe oder die formative Verfestigung metallischer Werkstoffe, was eine realitätsnahe Simulation dieser Materialklassen ohne zusätzlichen Arbeitsaufwand erlaubt. Das Konzept wurde zusätzlich auf Stoffgesetze angewendet, die ausschließlich in Form einer eindimensionalen Materialbeschreibung vorliegen und somit konkrete Anwendungsfällle darstellen. Darüber hinaus wurden für einige ausgewählte Stoffgesetze in repräsentativen Raumrichtungen Vergleiche mit Ergebnissen aus experimentellen Versuchen vorgenommen, wobei sich stets eine gute Übereinstimmung zwischen Experiment und Simulation ergibt. Das Konzept repräsentativer Raumrichtungen wurde in die zwei kommerziellen Finite-Elemente-Programme MSC.Marc und ABAQUS implementiert. Hiermit können Simulationen inhomogener Verzerrungs- und Spannungsverteilungen durchgeführt werden, obwohl das zugrunde liegende Stoffgesetz lediglich einachsige Spannungszustände beschreibt. In diesem Zusammenhang werden verschiedene Methoden vorgestellt, mit deren Hilfe die Effizienz einer FEM-Simulation erheblich gesteigert werden kann. Dies betrifft zum einen die Generierung einer gleichmäßigen Verteilung von repräsentativen Raumrichtungen mit Hilfe eines numerischen Algorithmus zur Simulation sich abstoßender elektrischer Punktladungen auf der Kugeloberfläche. Zum anderen besteht die Möglichkeit, die einzelnen Sätze von repräsentativen Raumrichungen in den Gaußpunkten eines finiten Elementes unterschiedlich zueinander auszurichten, was bei gleichbleibendem Rechenaufwand eine beträchtliche Erhöhung der Rechengenauigkeit erlaubt. / The simulation of technical components using the finite element method (FEM) requires tensorial constitutive models which describe the complete relation between a given three-dimensional state of strain (in some cases also the loading history and strain rate) and the corresponding state of stress. The development of such complex material models often leads to an intermediate stage that enables the prediction of uniaxial tension and compression only. The automatic generalization of those one-dimensional material descriptions to complete three-dimensional constitutive models for the finite element method can be accomplished by using the concept of representative directions which is based on the integration of uniaxial stresses over a discrete number of uniformly distributed (representative) directions in space. In order to investigate the fundamental characteristics of the algorithm several inelastic tensorial constitutive models were used, whose one-dimensional formulation serves as the input model for the use within the representative directions. In this context it becomes evident that the essential material properties of the respective uniaxial input model are completely preserved during the process of generalization. Furthermore, some important effects are produced automatically by the concept such as the anisotropic stress softening of technical rubber materials or the distortional hardening of metallic materials, which enables a realistic simulation of those material classes without spending additional effort. The concept was also applied to material models that are available in form of a one-dimensional material description only, so that these can be regarded as concrete applications. In addition, some of the material models in representative directions were compared to experimental data, whereas a good agreement between measurement and simulation can be noticed. The concept of representative directions has been implemented into the commercial finite element programs MSC.Marc and ABAQUS. This enables simulations of inhomogeneous strain and stress distributions even though the underlying material model describes uniaxial loading processes only. In this context, several methods are introduced which can be applied to increase the efficiency of a finite element simulation to a great extent. On the one hand this affects the generation of a uniform distribution of representative directions using a numerical algorithm simulating the repulsion of electric charges on the surface of a sphere. On the other hand, it is possible to adjust the sets of representative directions at the integration points of a finite element differently, which leads to an increasing computational accuracy at constant computational effort.

В первой главе магистерской диссертации определено понятие кадрового потенциала организации, изучены методы анализа кадрового потенциала и основные подходы к его развитию, проведен сравнительный анализ существующих подходов. Изучены система диагностики и методы анализа кадрового потенциала. Во второй главе проведен анализ развития кадрового потенциала в дошкольных образовательных учреждениях. Исследованы основные направления развития кадрового потенциала в ДОУ. Проведен анализ результативности деятельности МАДОУ г. Екатеринбурга в развитии кадрового потенциала. В третьей главе был разработан проект по совершенствованию процесса развития кадрового потенциала в ДОУ. Разработана концепция проекта по совершенствованию процесса развития кадрового потенциала в ДОУ на основе унифицированной модели по управлению развитием кадрового потенциала. Разработан план мероприятий по реализации проекта в МАДОУ г. Екатеринбурга. Определены риски проекта, мероприятия по их снижению и дана оценка эффективности проекта с позиций ключевых участников. / In the first Chapter of the master's thesis, the concept of human resources of the organization is defined, the methods of analyzing human resources and the main approaches to its development are studied, and a comparative analysis of existing approaches is carried out. The system of diagnostics and methods of personnel potential analysis are studied. The second Chapter analyzes the development of human resources in pre-school educational institutions. The main directions of development of personnel potential in DOW are investigated. An analysis of the performance of MADOU G. Yekaterinburg in the development of human resources. In the third Chapter, a project was developed to improve the process of developing human resources in DOW. The concept of a project to improve the process of human resource development in DOW based on a unified model for managing the development of human resources has been developed. A plan of measures for the implementation of the project in MADOU has been developed. Ekaterinburg's. Project risks, measures to reduce them are identified and given.

Das mittlere Baruther Urstromtal und Umgebung zwischen Luckenwalde und Golßen (Brandenburg, Deutschland) ist reich an äolischen Bildungen (DE BOER, 1990). Aus einer Kombination der bekannten Dünentypen (Parabel-, Längs-, Quer- und Kupstendünen) wird eine Reihe von 6 Dünenkomplexen abgeleitet. Sie sind aus einem oder mehreren Dünentypen aufgebaut und haben eine unterschiedliche Genese, Unterschiede im Alter und der Alterssfolge sowie eine bestimmte topographische Lage. Die (oberflächig anstehenden) Talsande/Flug(deck)sande, die Alt- und die Jungdünensande werden von Fein- bis Mittelsanden gebildet. In den jeweiligen Vertikalprofilen ist nach dem Körnungsbild eine Dreiteilung zu erkennen: die "liegenden" (Urstromtalterrassen-)Sande, die Altdünensande und die "hangenden" Jungdünensande. Das Liegende der ältesten Binnendünen ähnelt den Terrassensanden sehr. Daher darf angenommen werden, daß die oberen Urstromtalsande eine starke äolische Komponente besitzen. Altersbestimmungen wurden durch relative Positionierung, Feststellungen zur Art der Bodenbildungen, archäologische Funde, Pollenanalysen sowie Karten- und Literaturstudien vorgenommen, ergänzt durch Radiokarbon- (14C-) und Thermolumineszenzdatierungen. Eine methodische Neuerung ist die automatisierte Bearbeitung der Dünnschliffbilder. Mit dem Quantimet-970-Bildverarbeitungssystem wurde die Einregelung der Längsachsen von Quarzkörnern ermittelt. Die Messungen ergaben, dass die (N)NO-(S)SW-, die ONO-WSW- und die SSO-NNW-Richtungen vorherrschen. Es ist zu vermuten, dass die wichtigsten dünenbildenden Winde im Weichselspätglazial und im Holozän aus den westlichen und südlichen Quadranten wehten, wobei Südwestwinde vorgeherrscht haben dürften. Auf Grund der Forschungsergebnisse werden 12 Phasen der Dünenbildung unterschieden. Sie vermitteln ein Bild der äolischen Prozesse und Landschaftsformen, welches mit Daten aus Niedersachsen und West-Polen größtenteils übereinstimmt. / The Central Baruth Ice-Marginal Valley and surroundings between Luckenwalde and Golßen (Brandenburg, Germany) is rich in aeolian deposits and aeolian landscape forms DE BOER (1990). From a combination of the well-known dune forms (longitudinal, transverse, parabolic and hummocky dunes) a series of 6 dune complexes can be identified. These dune complexes are built by one or several dune types and differ in genesis or building sequence, in age or age sequence as well as in topographic position. The (surficial) valley/aeolian sands, the cover sands and the drift sands are mainly composed of fine- to medium-grained fractions. Based on grain-size analysis three units can be distinguished in the studied vertical profiles: the underlying (valley terrace) sands, the cover sands ("Altdünensande") and the overlying drift sands ("Jungdünensande"). The sands of the substratum of the oldest inland dunes are very similar to these dune sands. Therefore it is accepted that the upper parts of the valley sands contain a strong aeolian component. A modernization is the automated method of long axes orientation measurements on elongated quartz grains in thin sections with the Quantimet-970 Image Analyzer. The results showed that the (N)NE-(S)SW-, the ENE-WSW- and the SSE-NNW-directions dominated. It is to be expected that the most important dune building winds during the Weichselian Late Glacial and during the Holocene were winds from the western and southern quadrants, with southwest winds most likely being the most important. Dating was done by means of relative positioning, palaeosols, archaeological finds, pollen analysis, cartographic and literature research as well as by means of the 14C- and thermoluminescence dating methods. Based on the results of this research 12 dune-forming phases have been distinguished. They give an impression of aeolian processes and landscape forms that are in accordance with dates obtained from dunes in Niedersachsen and west Poland.

Dissertation .. The approaches towards death and burial in different historical epochs of mankind dealing with a view of death in intellectual conceptions during the history. People have been engaged in the question of life and deaths for ages. It is one of the oldest, the hardests and the most fundamental questions which are asked. We can think of the death in two levels: a general and a personal. The comprehension of deaths was developing in history. Thesis traces, what affected and how it is possible, that the today`s subject of personal death states taboo, even if masmedia floods us with death of others. For understanding, the thesis goes throught history. From the methodological aspects it follows the time line, divides the history into ancient world, the Middle Ages and modern period, as well as on horizontal line following individually nations and their intellectual directions.

The aim of this thesis is to analyse and interpret the existent and future needs of the people and environment of the mission station, Kwasizabantu,to ensure settlement growth that will enhance the social, economical and environmental aspects of the settlement. This will result in a development framework of the whole site, a master plan for the lifespan of the settlement and detailed design of the heart of the settlement. / Dissertation (ML(Prof))--University of Pretoria, 2009. / Architecture / unrestricted

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