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131	Supply chain planning models with general backorder penalties, supply and demand uncertainty, and quantity discounts Megahed, Aly 21 September 2015 (has links) In this thesis, we study three supply chain planning problems. The first two problems fall in the tactical planning level, while the third one falls in the strategic/tactical level. We present a direct application for the first two planning problems in the wind turbines industry. For the third problem, we show how it can be applied to supply chains in the food industry. Many countries and localities have the explicitly stated goal of increasing the fraction of their electrical power that is generated by wind turbines. This has led to a rapid growth in the manufacturing and installation of wind turbines. The globally installed capacity for the manufacturing of different components of the wind turbine is nearly fully utilized. Because of the large penalties for missing delivery deadlines for wind turbines, the effective planning of its supply chain has a significant impact on the profitability of the turbine manufacturers. Motivated by the planning challenges faced by one of the world’s largest manufacturers of wind turbines, we present a comprehensive tactical supply chain planning model for manufacturing of wind turbines in the first part of this thesis. The model is multi-period, multi-echelon, and multi-commodity. Furthermore, the model explicitly incorporates backorder penalties with a general cost structure, i.e., the cost structure does not have to be linear in function of the backorder delay. To the best of our knowledge, modeling-based supply chain planning has not been applied to wind turbines, nor has a model with all the above mentioned features been described in the literature. Based on real-world data, we present numerical results that show the significant impact of the capability to model backorder penalties with general cost structures on the overall cost of supply chains for wind turbines. With today’s rapidly changing global market place, it is essential to model uncertainty in supply chain planning. In the second part of this thesis, we develop a two-stage stochastic programming model for the comprehensive tactical planning of supply chains under supply uncertainty. In the first stage, procurement decisions are made while in the second stage, production, inventory, and delivery decisions are made. The considered supply uncertainty combines supplier random yields and stochastic lead times, and is thus the most general form of such uncertainty to date. We apply our model to the same wind turbines supply chain. We illustrate theoretical and numerical results that show the impact of supplier uncertainty/unreliability on the optimal procurement decisions. We also quantify the value of modeling uncertainty versus deterministic planning. Supplier selection with quantity discounts has been an active research problem in the operations research community. In this the last part of this thesis, we focus on a new quantity discounts scheme offered by suppliers in some industries. Suppliers are selected for a strategic planning period (e.g., 5 years). Fixed costs associated with suppliers’ selection are paid. Orders are placed monthly from any of the chosen suppliers, but the quantity discounts are based on the aggregated annual order quantities. We incorporate all this in a multi-period multi-product multi-echelon supply chain planning problem and develop a mixed integer programming (MIP) model for it. Leading commercial MIP solvers take 40 minutes on average to get any feasible solution for realistic instances of our model. With the aim of getting high-quality feasible solutions quickly, we develop an algorithm that constructs a good initial solution and three other iterative algorithms that improve this initial solution and are capable of getting very fast high quality primal solutions. Two of the latter three algorithms are based on MIP-based local search and the third algorithm incorporates a variable neighborhood Descent (VND) combining the first two. We present numerical results for a set of instances based on a real-world supply chain in the food industry and show the efficiency of our customized algorithms. The leading commercial solver CPLEX finds only a very few feasible solutions that have lower total costs than our initial solution within a three hours run time limit. All our iterative algorithms well outperform CPLEX. The VND algorithm has the best average performance. Its average relative gap to the best known feasible solution is within 1% in less than 40 minutes of computing time. Wind turbines Supply chain management Tactical planning Backorder penalties Inventory Supply chain planning Supplier uncertainty/unreliability Stochastic programming Bill of materials Planning under uncertainty Lot sizing Quantity discounts Local search Mixed integer programming Variable neighborhood descent Supplier selection Integer programming-based search Production/distribution
132	A review of the impact of Canadian law, policy and P3 practice on the case for procuring capital-intensive infrastructure services via P3s Jatto, Lucky Bryce Jr 02 September 2011 (has links) This dissertation investigates the advantages of procuring capital-intensive infrastructure services via Public-Private Partnerships (P3s or PPPs) – cost and time savings and; innovation and high levels of efficiency – accounting for these advantages by reference to the underlying legal provisions and principles that facilitate them; and in this process highlights two significant directions in which Canadian P3 law, policy and practice has evolved – the enactment of P3 legislation and/or the formulation of non-statutory P3-related policy; as well as the establishment of legal institutions that promote and/or facilitate P3 procurements. The dissertation also addresses key arguments raised against P3s, by reference to aspects of Canadian law, policy and P3 practice. The research methodology comprises a detailed review of legal and non-legal sources. The implication of the research findings is that, given the foregoing developments in Canadian P3 law, policy and practice, the key arguments canvassed against P3s are overstated and lacking in merit. P3s PPPs P3 PPP PFI AFP PFIs AFPs infrastructure procurement investment private public public-private private-public policy law units conventional contract legislation statute case partnerships BOT BOO BOOT DBFM DBFO Operate finance project BF DBM DBOM partnership DBFOM concession concessions JVA JVAs O&M/M O&M BBO DB BT VfM risk penalties public-private partnerships
133	Overruling the Underclass? Homelessness and the Law in Queensland Walsh, Tamara January 2005 (has links) The impact of the law on the lives of homeless people in Queensland has, to date, remained largely unexplored by legal academics and researchers. This is despite the fact that homeless people experience a number of legal difficulties that seriously affect their lives. This thesis by published papers aims to make a significant and original contribution to filling this gap in the research evidence by presenting the results of analyses of the legal, theoretical and practical issues that arise in the context of homeless persons' interactions with the legal system in Queensland. Most notably, it is comprised of three pieces of empirical research which identify those areas of law that impact most on homeless people in Queensland and explore the consequences of the operation of these laws on their lives. In sum, this thesis examines the extent of the law's influence on the lives of homeless people in Queensland, and finds that the consequences of the law's operation on homeless people in Queensland are serious. The thesis first examines the effect on Queensland's homeless people of laws which regulate behaviour conducted in public space. The criminal offences of vagrancy, begging and public nuisance are analysed; their historical origins, the reasons for their retention on modern statute books, and arguments in favour of their repeal are discussed. The impact of 'public space law' on homeless people in Queensland is also explored through a survey of 30 homeless people residing in inner-city Brisbane. This part of the thesis concludes that public space law in Queensland results in breaches of homeless persons' human rights, as well as the contravention of rule of law principles. The thesis then explores the impact of the law on homeless persons' experiences of citizenship. Empirical research and theoretical analysis demonstrate that the application of various laws, particularly public space laws, social security laws and electoral laws, encroaches on homeless persons' citizenship rights. The thesis then reports on the results of a unique survey of Queensland's homelessness service providers. This survey is the most extensive piece of empirical research ever conducted on the extent to which various laws impact on homeless people. Respondents were asked to indicate which areas of law impact most adversely on their homeless clients. Based on the research findings outlined above, the hypothesis was that criminal law issues, particularly public space offences, would be proven to impact particularly adversely on homeless people in Queensland. Somewhat unexpectedly, the findings of the survey indicated that fines law, debt law and family law difficulties are those legal difficulties most often encountered by homeless people in Queensland. Difficulties produced by criminal laws, social security laws and electoral laws, while still generally relevant, rated less highly. However, the survey did demonstrate that experiences differ between sub-groups within the homeless population, for example Indigenous homeless people were reported to be most affected by criminal law issues, while young homeless people were reported to be most affected by social security law issues. Together, the five papers which comprise this thesis make an original and substantial contribution to knowledge by identifying empirically for the first time the various laws that have a significant impact on the lives of homeless people in Queensland, and analysing the consequences of this in terms of their effect on homeless persons' citizenship rights, human rights and rule of law entitlements. Homelessness and the law public space law social security law constitutional law electoral law citizenship human rights rule of law vagrancy begging public nuisance social security breach penalties fines voting political communication T.H. Marshalls citizenship theory right to equality before the law right to freedom from arbitrary arrest right to freedom from discrimination
134	L'évolution du droit pénal des mineurs délinquants en Haïti / . Alphonse, Katiuscia 09 January 2017 (has links) La construction du droit pénal des mineurs délinquants en Haïti a débuté avec le Code pénal de 1826, avant d’évoluer considérablement au XXe siècle. La loi du 16 juillet 1952 va marquer une première étape importante dans le traitement spécifique de la délinquance des mineurs. La loi du 7 septembre 1961 sur le mineur en face de la loi pénale et des tribunaux spéciaux pour enfants, s’inspirant de l’ordonnance française n° 45-174 du 2 février 1945 va ensuite mettre en place ce qui peut être décrit comme un véritable code fondamental de la minorité pénale, démontrant sans conteste la spécificité du droit pénal des mineurs. Cette affirmation d’une réponse pénale spécifique à la délinquance des mineurs, confirmée par l’avant projet du nouveau Code pénal de 2015, caractérise l’évolution du droit pénal des mineurs en Haïti. L’évolution du droit substantiel des mineurs délinquant se caractérise par la mise en place d’une réponse pénale spécifique. Sa spécificité s’affirme tant au niveau des conditions de sa mise en œuvre, à travers les règles de la responsabilité pénale des mineurs, que dans sa nature même, marquée par un objectif éducatif incontestable tout en conservant en parallèle un aspect répressif certain. Au niveau processuel, l’émergence d’une justice pénale des mineurs spécifique en Haïti se traduit par une adaptation des institutions, notamment par la création de juridictions spécifiques, et par l’élaboration de procédures adaptées / The construction of the criminal law of the juvenile offenders in Haiti began with the penal code of 1826, before evolving considerably in the 20th century. The law of July 16, 1952 will mark an important first step in the treatment of the juvenile delinquency. The Act of 7 September 1961 on minors facing criminal charges, inspired by the French ordinance No. 45-174 of 2 february 1945 will then establish what can be described as a real fundamental code of juvenile law, unquestionably demonstrating the specificity of the penal law of the minors. This affirmation of a specific criminal response to juvenile delinquency, confirmed by the preliminary draft of the new penal code of 2015, characterizes the evolution of juvenile justice in Haiti. The evolution of the substantive law of the juvenile delinquent is characterized by the implementation of a specific law response. Its specificity is asserted both in terms of its implementation, through the rules of the criminal responsibility of minors, and in its very nature, marked by a compelling educational goal while maintaining in parallel a certain repressive aspect. At the level of procedural, the emergence of a specific juvenile law in Haiti translates by an adaptation of institutions, especially through the establishment of specific jurisdictions, and the development of procedures that were adapted Evolution Droit pénal Mineurs délinquants Haïti Responsabilité pénale Spécificité Juridiction spécialisée Juges spécialisés Mesures éducatives Peines Constitution Evolution Criminal Law Juvenile offenders Haïti Criminal Specificity Specialized jurisdiction Specialized judges Educational measures Penalties American Convention on Human Rights Constitution
135	La limitation des droits fondamentaux constitutionnels par l’ordre public / The limitation to fundamental constitutional rights by considerations of public order Gervier, Pauline 05 December 2013 (has links) La dialectique de l’ordre public et des libertés sillonne la pensée juridique depuis le XVIIIème siècle. Généré par de nouvelles formes de délinquance et de criminalité, le renforcement des exigences de l’ordre public impose de s’interroger sur la limitation des droits fondamentaux constitutionnels. En dépit de la place névralgique qu’il occupe entre ordre public et libertés, le processus de limitation demeure indéterminé en droit français. Cette recherche, organisée autour de la détermination des limites aux droits garantis, de l’identification des « limites aux limites » aux droits fondamentaux, puis de la redéfinition des droits fondamentaux par les limites, permet de préciser ce mécanisme, mais aussi de cerner les restrictions apportées à l’exercice des droits et libertés. L’autolimitation du Conseil constitutionnel marque un infléchissement progressif de la protection des droits fondamentaux. Ce constat invite à réfléchir sur l’encadrement supra-législatif de la limitation des droits garantis, et conduit à se positionner en faveur de l’insertion d’une clause de limitation des droits fondamentaux dans la Constitution. / The dialectics of public order and freedoms has been traveling throughout legal thought since the 18th century. Sparked by new forms of delinquency and criminality, the strengthening of public order requirements leads to questioning the limitation of fundamental constitutional rights. Despite its crucible place between public order and freedoms, the limitation process remains undetermined in French law. This research, which aims at determining the limitations to protected rights, identifying the limitations to those limitations themselves, and then redefining fundamental rights through those limitations, not only helps to specify this mechanism, but also to identify the restrictions brought to the enjoyment of rights and freedoms. The Conseil constitutionnel self-restraint reveals a gradual shift in the protection of fundamental rights. Acknowledging the former leads to considering a supra legislative framework to the limitations to protected rights, and advocating in favor of the constitutional entrenchment of such a clause. Autorité judiciaire Conciliation Conseil constitutionnel Constitution Contrôle de proportionnalité Dangerosité Droits fondamentaux Droits-Garanties Droits-Libertés Fichiers Garde à vue Légalité des délits et des peines Limitation Mesures de sûreté Mesures privatives de liberté Mesures restrictives de liberté Ordre public Peines Police administrative Police judiciaire Recherche des auteurs d’infractions Régimes d’exception Sauvegarde de l’ordre public Terrorisme Judicial authority Conciliation Conseil constitutionnel Constitution Proportionality Dangerousness Fundamental rights Rights to processual guarantees Rights to freedoms Files Custody Legality of penalty and offences Limitation Detention order Deprivation of liberty Restriction of liberty Public order Penalties Administrative police Judicial police Search for perpetrators of offences Regime of exceptions Protection of public order Terrorism 340
136	Gestione del rapporto di lavoro e intervento pubblico nel sistema giuslavoristico / Management of the Labour Relationships and the Public Intervention in the Labour Law System CRO, PAOLO 23 February 2007 (has links) L'opera esamina l'intervento pubblico nella gestione del rapporto di lavoro sotto il profilo storico e giuridico nelle tre fasi d'instaurazione, gestione e cessazione del rapporto. Si valorizza anche il ruolo specifico dei tre poteri legislativo, esecutivo e giudiziario, con particolare riguardo all'analisi sistematica del diritto amministrativo del lavoro. L'opera intende porre in luce gli elementi logici, giuridici ed assiologici di questo ramo del diritto del lavoro, per ricondurne le fattispecie esaminate ad un sistema coerente e razionale e per suggerirne sia un metodo d'analisi de iure condito sia una prospettiva per una lettura ed una proposta de iure condendo. / This work analyses how public powers affects labour relationships both from the historical and the juridical points of view. The three main phases of labour relationships beginning, management and end are examined separately. The specific contributions by the three public powers legislative, administrative and judiciary especially by the public administration, are also dealt with. The goal is to illustrate the logical, juridical and ethical elements of this branch of the labour law, in order to build a rational system for both the analysis de iure condito and the debate de iure condendo. IUS/07: DIRITTO DEL LAVORO
137	Internprissättning och tullvärde : Det är bättre att förekomma än att förekommas / Transfer Pricing and Customs Value : Prevention is Better than Cure Söderberg, Anna January 2015 (has links) Globaliseringen bidrar till en ökad världshandel och medför även ett växande antal gränsöverskridande koncerninterna transaktioner inom multinationella företag. Prissättningen av transaktioner vilka vidtas mellan närstående företag måste ske i enlighet med armlängdsprincipen som om transaktionerna vidtagits mellan två oberoende företag. Skattemyndigheterna kan justera internpriserna i slutet av beskattningsåret i de fall de anser att internprissättningen avviker från armlängdsprincipen och marknadsmässiga villkor. Utöver inkomstbeskattning åläggs företagen att betala tullavgifter i samband med transaktioner vidtagna med närstående företag etablerade utanför EU. I likhet med skattemyndigheterna granskar tullmyndigheterna företagens importpriser i syfte att säkerställa att parternas närståenderelation inte påverkat prissättningen. Båda myndigheterna arbetar således för samma mål, att upprätthålla prissättningens förenlighet med marknadsmässiga villkor. Skatte- och tullmyndigheterna tillämpar dock olika prissättningsmetoder i syfte att uppnå målet. Inkomstskatten baseras på företagens totala inkomster, relaterade till transaktionerna och tullavgiften beräknas baserat på varje specifik transaktion och vara. Det faktum att myndigheterna inkluderar olika tillgångar i de respektive beskattningsunderlagen kan medföra att de bedömer värdet av samma transaktion olika. Varierande bedömningar av samma pris kan vidare medföra krav på olika prisjusteringar i syfte att uppnå marknadsmässig prissättning. Prisjusteringar kan leda till onödiga skattetillägg och liknande straffavgifter. Det föreligger svårigheter för multinationella företag att bestämma transaktionspriser som uppfyller båda myndigheternas i syfte att undvika straffavgifter. Problematiken är ännu relativt ouppmärksammad av företag i världen. I amerikansk praxis framkommer att möjligheterna är små för företag att förlita sig på dokumentation upprättad för internprissättning, i syfte att styrka tullavgifter och tullvärde. Det är således betydelsefullt att företag upprättar dokumentationer för både internprissättning och tullvärde för att undvika straffavgifter. Dokumentationen utgör huvudsakligt bevis och ligger till grund för bedömningen av huruvida företagen uppfyllt bevisbördan avseende prisernas förenlighet med marknadsmässiga villkor. Företagen bör etablera en öppen kommunikation med de respektive myndigheterna i syfte att minimera risker för missförstånd eventuella framtida prisjusteringar. Det är bättre att förekomma än att förekommas. / The ‘arm’s length principle’ is fundamental to transfer pricing and cross-border intercompany transactions. The principle states that the prices charged for transactions of goods between related parties must be the same as if the parties were unrelated. Simply, the price needs to equal market values. If the Tax Authority finds the pricing to be inconsistent with the arm’s length principle, the price may be adjusted. In relation to cross-border intercompany transactions outside of the EU, companies have to pay customs duty and regard customs values. The Customs Authorities work to ensure that the price has not been influenced by the intercompany relationship. Thus, the Tax and Customs Authorities share the same goal, which is to ensure that the transaction price is consistent with market values. However, the methods of pursuing the goal differ. The Tax Authorities determine the amount of income tax based on the company’s total revenues deriving from cross-border intragroup transactions. The Customs Authorities on the contrary determine the amount of taxable income based on the value of every specific imported product. The authorities usually consider different values and assets when determining the amount of taxable income. Therefore the same transaction price may be evaluated differently by the Tax and Customs authorities. Price adjustments may be made if the transaction price is considered to differ in relation to market values. Thus, the companies may be obligated to pay tax surcharges or similar monetary penalties. The authorities’ different assessments of the same transaction price may result in difficulties for multinational enterprises in their efforts of meeting both requirements. The problem is regarded in varying degrees in different countries. In American precedent the court has determined the opportunities to be low for companies to depend on transfer pricing documentation when supporting customs value. It is important for companies to keep detailed documentation of both transfer pricing and customs valuation. The documentation serve as vital evidence when proving the compatibility of transaction prices with market values. Companies should also establish good communications with the authorities in order to prepare them for potential future price adjustments. Prevention is better than cure. Transfer pricing customs value prevention better than cure arm’s length principle cross-border intercompany transactions cross-border intercompany transactions intercompany transactions market value market China USA Sweden Swedish tax authority pricing unrelated adjusted customs duty customs duty Customs Authorities intercompany relationship income tax methods taxable income imported products import price adjustments transaction price tax surcharge tax surcharges monetary penalties american precedent documentation transfer pricing documentation future communication customs declaration Tullvärde internprissättning globalisering transaktioner koncernintern gränsöverskridande handel prissättning multinationella multinationell företag multinationellt företag armlängdsprincipen närstående företag närstående företag närstående bolag bolag oberoende företag oberoende skattemyndigheten skattemyndighet internpris koncern bolagskoncern marknadsmässig marknadsmässiga villkor inkomstbeskattning tullavgift tullavgifter tullmyndighet tullmyndigheter importpris importpriser närståenderelation prissättningsmetod prissättningsmetoder transaktion transaktioner beskattningsunderlag prisjustering prisjusteringar skattetillägg straffavgift straffavgifter ouppmärksammat problem dokumentation bevisbörda kommunikation förekomma förekommas internprissättningar OECD svensk lagstiftning kinesisk lagstiftning amerikansk lagstiftning WTO GATT marknadsprismetoden CUP-metoden återförsäljningsprismetoden RPM-metoden kostnadsplusmetoden CPM-metoden nettomarginalmetoden TNMM-metoden vinstfördelningsmetoden PSM-metoden transaktionsvärde transaktionsvärdet identiska varor liknande varor försäljningspris produktionsvärde rimliga medel dokumentationskrav OECD:s riktlinjer riktlinjer jämförelse bevisbörda Kina USA amerikansk CVA amerikanska marknaden svenska marknaden kinesiska marknaden förhållandet mellan ökad samverkan dokumentationspolicy dokumentationskrav kostnader importdeklaration preliminär preliminär importdeklaration
138	Streamlining Certification Management with Automation and Certification Retrieval : System development using ABP Framework, Angular, and MongoDB / Effektivisering av certifikathantering med automatisering och certifikathämtning : Systemutveckling med ABP Framework, Angular och MongoDB Hassan, Nour Al Dine January 2024 (has links) This thesis examines the certification management challenge faced by Integrity360. The decentralized approach, characterized by manual processes and disparate data sources, leads to inefficient tracking of certification status and study progress. The main objective of this project was to construct a system that automates data retrieval, ensures a complete audit, and increases security and privacy. Leveraging the ASP.NET Boilerplate (ABP) framework, Angular, and MongoDB, an efficient and scalable system was designed, developed, and built based on DDD (domain-driven design) principles for a modular and maintainable architecture. The implemented system automates data retrieval from the Credly API, tracks exam information, manages exam vouchers, and implements a credible authentication system with role-based access control. With the time limitations behind the full-scale implementation of all the planned features, such as a dashboard with aggregated charts and automatic report generation, the platform significantly increases the efficiency and precision of employee certification management. Future work will include these advanced functionalities and integrations with external platforms to improve the system and increase its impact on operations in Integrity360. Certification Management Automation Certification Retrieval ABP Framework Angular MongoDB Credly API Exam Information Exam Vouchers Authentication Role-Based Access Control Data Retrieval Audit Security Privacy Efficiency Accuracy Scalability Maintainability Domain-Driven Design Software Development User Interface Data Encryption HTTPS Input Validation Identity Management Audit Logging Cybersecurity Education Training Employee Certification Study Progress Centralized Platform Data Integration Consolidated View Graphs Bar Charts Manual Data Entry Information Silos Decision Making Compliance Industry Standards Partner Levels Financial Penalties Reputation Damage Business Opportunities NoSQL Database Unstructured Data Semi-structured Data Software Architecture Layered Architecture Presentation Layer Application Layer Domain Layer Entities Value Objects Aggregates Repositories Domain Services Data Transfer Objects (DTOs) Business Logic Domain Semantics Modern Web Applications User Authentication Authorization Audit Logging Dynamic Web Applications Component-Based TypeScript Type Safety Code Quality Maintainability Active Community Charts Graphs Secure Submission LeptonX Lite Responsive Design Navigation Sidebar Menu Bar Tabs Table Attributes Properties Buttons Modal Dialogs Profile Settings System Admin Panel Account Management Permissions System Settings Certifikathantering Automatisering Certifikathämtning ABP Framework Angular MongoDB Credly API Examinformation Examenvouchers Autentisering Rollbaserad åtkomstkontroll Datahämtning Granskning Säkerhet Integritet Effektivitet Noggrannhet Skalbarhet Underhållbarhet Domändriven design Programvaruutveckling Användargränssnitt Datakryptering HTTPS Indata validering Identitetshantering Granskningsloggning Cybersäkerhet Utbildning Träning Medarbetarcertifiering Studie Framsteg Centraliserad plattform Dataintegration Konsoliderad vy Grafer Stapeldiagram Manuell datainmatning Informationssilos Beslutsfattande Efterlevnad Branschstandarder Partnernivåer Ekonomiska påföljder Ryktesskada Affärsmöjligheter NoSQL-databas Ostrukturerad data Semistrukturerad data Programvaruarkitektur Skiktad arkitektur Presentationslager Applikationslager Domänlager Entiteter Värdeobjekt Aggregat Repositories Domäntjänster Dataöverföringsobjekt (DTO) Affärslogik Domänsemantik Moderna webbapplikationer Användarautentisering Auktorisering Granskningsloggning Dynamiska webbapplikationer Komponentbaserad TypeScript Typsäkerhet Kodkvalitet Underhållbarhet Aktiv gemenskap Diagram Grafer Säker inlämning LeptonX Lite Responsiv design Navigering Sidofält Menyrad Flikar Tabell Attribut Egenskaper Knappar Modala dialogrutor Profilinställningar Systemadministratörspanel Kontohantering Behörigheter Systeminställningar Software Engineering Programvaruteknik

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