Das kolorektale Karzinom zählt zu den häufigsten Malignomen der westlichen Welt. Bei Männern ist es der dritt-, bei Frauen der zweithäufigste zum Tode führende, bösartige Tumor. Aufgrund verbesserter Vorsorgeuntersuchungen werden die Tumore in immer früheren Stadien entdeckt. Dadurch können mehr Patienten unter kurativem Ansatz therapiert werden, was auch dazu führt, dass immer mehr Patienten mit der Erkrankung und den Auswirkungen der Therapie leben müssen. Nicht nur für das Wohlbefinden der Patienten, sondern auch unter wirtschaftswissenschaftlichen Gesichtspunkten ist es wichtig, Komplikationen zu vermeiden, den postoperativen Aufenthalt so kurz wie möglich zu gestalten und die Rekonvaleszenz zu beschleunigen. In den letzten Jahrzehnten ist es gelungen, Morbidität und Mortalität durch Maßnahmen wie strikte Einhaltung der Sterilität, verbesserte chirurgische Techniken, antibiotische Kurzzeitprophylaxe und präoperative Darmvorbereitung drastisch zu senken. Die Darmvorbereitung allerdings wird in letzter Zeit in zahlreichen Studien kontrovers diskutiert, nicht nur wegen der Nebenwirkungen, sondern auch, da einige Autoren in ihr eine Quelle für postoperative Komplikationen wie Wundheilungsstörungen, Infekte und Anastomoseninsuffizienzen sehen. Ziel der vorliegenden Arbeit war es, Nutzen und Risiken der präoperativen Darmvorbereitung kritisch zu bewerten. Zusätzlich wurden die aufgetretenen Komplikationen erfasst und deren Einfluss auf die Rekonvaleszenz betrachtet. Außerdem wurde ein besonderes Augenmerk auf die Lebensqualität und die Zufriedenheit der Patienten gelegt. Insgesamt wurden dafür die Daten von 100 Patienten erfasst, die sich zwischen April 2005 und Mai 2007 im Zentrum für Operative Medizin der Universität Würzburg einer elektiven onkologischen Darmresektion unterziehen mussten. Als Grundlage für die Datenerhebung dienten, neben mehrfachen persönlichen Gesprächen, die chirurgischen Krankenakten, Prämedikations- und Narkoseprotokolle sowie Operations- und Pflegeberichte, Pathologiebefunde, Arztbriefe und das Kliniknetzwerk der Universitätsklinik Würzburg (SAP). Außerdem wurden noch mehrere von den Patienten ausgefüllte Fragebögen erfasst und alle gesammelten Daten statistisch ausgewertet. Es wurden 67 Männer und 33 Frauen im Alter zwischen 40 und 86 Jahren operiert. Etwa die Hälfte der Patienten wurde vor dem Eingriff darmvorbereitet. Auffällig war, dass vor allem Patienten mit vielen Komorbiditäten keine präoperative Darmvorbereitung erhielten, wohl um diese den damit verbundenen Nebenwirkungen nicht auszusetzen. Obwohl die Patienten ohne Darmvorbereitung einen schlechteren ASA-Status hatten, traten bei Ihnen insgesamt weniger Komplikationen auf. Auch der Krankenhausaufenthalt war in dieser Gruppe kürzer. Am Häufigsten wurden tiefe anteriore Rektumresektionen durchgeführt, gefolgt von rechts- und linksseitigen Hemikolektomien sowie Sigmaresektionen. Etwa zwei Drittel der Patienten wurden ausschließlich mit einer primären Anastomose versorgt, 21 Patienten erhielten zusätzlich ein protektives, elf ein endständiges Stoma. Histopathologisch befanden sich die Kolonkarzinome meist im UICC-Stadium 3, die Rektumkarzinome im UICC-Stadium 2. Die häufigsten Komplikationen in der postoperativen Phase waren Erbrechen, Darmatonien und Wundheilungsstörungen. Insgesamt sieben Anastomoseninsuffizienzen wurden beobachtet, vorwiegend nach rektalen Eingriffen. Bei 19 Patienten wurde eine Revisionsoperation notwendig. Präoperativ wurde die Lebensqualität vor allem vom Allgemeinzustand, dem Krankheitsstadium und neoadjuvanten Radiochemotherapien beeinflusst. Meist sank die Lebensqualität und Zufriedenheit postoperativ, was abhängig war von der Art der Operation, Komplikationen und besonders davon, ob ein Kontinenzerhalt möglich war. Etwa ein Fünftel der Patienten berichtete allerdings auch über eine Besserung. Die Erkenntnisse dieser Arbeit lassen, auch unter Berücksichtigung aktueller Literatur, den Schluss zu, dass die Darmvorbereitung in den meisten Fällen verzichtbar ist. Die Rekonvaleszenz nach kolorektalen Operationen wird von zahlreichen Faktoren beeinflusst. Sie zu beschleunigen, Komplikationen zu minimieren und kürzere Krankenhausverweildauern zu realisieren, sind Ziele multimodaler Konzepte wie das der Fast-Track-Chirurgie. Die diesbezüglich insgesamt positive Studienlage wird allerdings dadurch relativiert, dass bisher vorwiegend relativ „gesunde“ Patienten Gegenstand der Untersuchungen waren. Rektumkarzinom-Patienten, bei denen im Allgemeinen viele Komplikationen auftreten, wurden in bisherigen Studien ausgenommen. Um besser auf die Bedürfnisse der Patienten eingehen zu können, ist es wichtig zu wissen, wie Erkrankung und Therapie die Lebensqualität beeinflussen. Auch diesbezüglich ist die Datenlage insgesamt unbefriedigend, so dass weitere Studien unabdingbar erscheinen. / The aim of this prospective study was to examine if colorectal surgery can be performed safely without preoperative mechanical bowel preparation. The patients also were monitored in the postoperative period to identify factors that influence convalescence, quality of life and patient satisfaction.

South Africa is engaged in social redress and Education at all levels reflects this commitment. The period of transition from the apartheid policy of the National Party, (1948 – 1994), to the democratic policy of the African National Congress and its alliances, (1994 - ), continues to be in a state of flux. Education authorities struggle to maintain a balance between widening access to previously disadvantaged students whilst maintaining standards at the same time. Much of the recent debate on good teaching and learning practices suggests that teachers not only need to have a firm grasp of their discipline knowledge but that they also need to perform competently in pedagogic practice. This debate recognises sociological change in knowledge-discourses, fair and transparent assessment policy, and teacher and learner profiles, thereby creating an urgent need for a new professional identity for teachers. Efficient and effective teaching practices require school teachers to be sensitive to innovative and wide ranging culture-sensitive content as proposed by the Revised National Curriculum Statement (RNCS). This is a refined version of South Africa’s first national education policy, C2005, introduced to schools in 1998 and streamlined in 2000 by the Review Committee of C2005 to produce the RNCS. Music now fits into Arts and Culture, one of eight integrated learning areas. The Generalist-Specialist Music Educator is a new identity meant to empower classroom trainee-teachers in primary and secondary education who are new to the discipline of music. The majority of the teacher-trainees who have elected to take the Music in Education module at the University of The Witwatersrand’s School of Education are admitted under discretionary rules, and as a consequence they have little or no experience of formal music education. The Generalist-Specialist Music Educator comes from such a background and her aim would be to fast track her way towards a music orientation that would equip her to advise her own students who might want to learn music at school. Specifically, the Generalist-Specialist should enhance the open relationship between learner and teacher as well as contribute effectively to the multidisciplinary nature of today’s school curriculum.

Denna studie syftar till att undersöka hur kvinnliga tränare på elitnivå inom svensk friidrott, upplever sin roll som ledare utifrån ett jämställdhetsperspektiv. Vidare undersöks hur jämställdhetsarbetet inom svensk friidrott ser ut och hur det ska kunna utvecklas. Metoden som användes för att besvara detta syfte var kvalitativa intervjuer med fem kvinnor som är tränare på elitnivå. Resultatet visar att upplevelserna främst baseras på bemötandet av andra inom miljön, att de tycker det är svårt att bli accepterad och behöver jobba hårt för att respekteras för det jobb de gör. Eftersom studien är liten med få respondenter är det svårt att fastställa en generell slutsats men den ger en indikation på vad dessa fem tränare har upplevt. Det visar sig att för att få en utveckling gällande jämställdhet så behövs det förebilder och mentorer. Det är viktigt med nätverk för de kvinnliga ledarna där de kan lyfta erfarenheter och föra diskussioner och föreningarna bör uppmärksamma frågan redan på klubbnivå. Vidare behövs de normer och könstereotypa föreställningar som finns lyftas fram och diskuteras. / This study aims to investigate how female trainers at elite level in Swedish athletics experience their role as leaders from a gender perspective. Furthermore, it is examined how gender equality work in Swedish athletics looks and how it can be developed. The method used to answer this purpose was qualitative interviews with five women who are trainers at the elite level. The result shows that the experiences are mainly based on the treatment of others in the environment, that they find it difficult to accept and need to work hard to be respected for the job they do. Since the study is small with few respondents, it is difficult to establish a general conclusion but it gives an indication of what these five trainers have experienced. It turns out that in order to get a development regarding gender equality, role models and mentors are needed. The network for the female coaches is important because they can raise experiences and conduct discussions and the associations should pay attention to the issue already at club level. Furthermore, it is examined how gender equality work in Swedish athletics is portrayed and how it can be developed.

Esse trabalho tem como principal objetivo propor um dispositivo de medição de deslocamentos (deflexões) verticais para avaliar o comportamento mecânico de lastro ferroviário \"in situ\", tomando-se como estudo de caso a Estrada de Ferro Carajás (EFC). Foram feitas campanhas de medições, contemplando três segmentos com diferentes condições de lastro, a saber: colmatado, novo e desguarnecido. Avaliou-se como cada condição do lastro se comporta em função da carga imposta pelo material rodante e do número de solicitações em milhões de toneladas brutas transportadas (MTBT). Em diversas ferrovias, um parâmetro usado como indicador da resposta elástica e qualidade da via permanente é o módulo de via (u). Nessa pesquisa adotou um modelo analítico para obter tal parâmetro, além de utilizá-lo como indicador de avalição da condição estrutural da via. Além disso, em virtude dos materiais geotécnicos subjacentes ao lastro (sub-lastro e subleito) influenciarem na resposta mecânica da via, a capacidade de suporte dos mesmos também foi determinada \"in situ\" utilizando-se o Dynamic Cone Penetrometer (DCP), bem como foram verificados os deslocamentos verticais através de settlement pegs. Adicionalmente, do material amostrado do sublastro e das diferentes condições de lastro, verificou-se em laboratório que o solo possui elevada resiliência, confirmando a alta resistência verificada em campo através do DCP, enquanto que na caracterização física completa dos lastros, os resultados mostraram que as curvas granulométricas do lastro novo e desguarnecido, estão fora dos limites da faixa adotada na especificação da Vale, e que o lastro colmatado apresentou baixa porcentagem de material passante na peneira de 12,5 mm. Os resultados mostraram deslocamentos calculados através do modelo analítico próximos aos medidos, confirmando que o uso do dispositivo é viável para a obtenção de deslocamentos em campo, sendo estes posteriormente empregados na determinação do módulo de via, permitindo a definição de indicadores da condição de elasticidade ou rigidez da estrutura. Assim, o dispositivo demonstra-se uma ferramenta útil para auxiliar na manutenção ferroviária. / This work aims to propose a vertical displacement measuring device (deflections) to evaluate the mechanical behavior of railway ballast \"in situ\", using as a case study Estrada de Ferro Carajás (EFC). \"In situ\" tests were carried out in three sections with different ballast conditions fouled, fresh, recycled. It evaluated how each ballast condition behaves according to the load imposed by the rolling stock and the number of millions gross tons (MGT). In several railways, a parameter used to estimate the elastic response and quality of the permanent way is track modulus (u). In this research an analytical model for calculating this parameter was adopted, as well as using it as an indicator of structural track condition. Furthermore, because of geotechnical underlying ballast material (subballast and subgrade) that influence the mechanical response of the track, the bearing capacity was also determined \"in situ\" using the Dynamic Cone Penetrometer (DCP), as well as they were checked through vertical displacements through settlement pegs. In addition, of the sampled material in the subballast and different ballast conditions, it was found in the laboratory that the soil has high resilience, confirming the high resistance verified in the field through the DCP, whereas in the full physical characterization of the ballast, the results showed that the granulometric distribution curves of the ballast new and recycled, are outside the limits of the range adopted in the Vale specification, and than the fouled ballast presented low percentage of passing material in the 12.5 mm sieve. The results showed displacements calculated using the analytical model next to the measured, confirming that the use of the device is feasible to obtain displacements in the field, which are subsequently used in the determination of the track modulus, allowing the definition of elasticity or stiffness condition indicators of the structure. Thus, the device is shown to be a useful tool to assist railway maintenance.

Die Dissertation beschreibt die Entwicklung eines Triggers fuer den Backward Silicon Tracker (BST). Der Detektor wurde im Jahre 2001 installiert und nach der Modifizierung von HERA zur Erreichung hoeherer Luminositaet in Betrieb genommen. Der Backward Silicon Tracker des H1-Experiments wird in Verbindung mit einem Blei-Scintillationsfaser Kalorimeter zur detaillierten Untersuchung der inklusiven tief inelastischen Streuung von Leptonen an Protonen, und der Charm-Erzeugung bei kleinen Werte der Bjorken Variable x eingesetzt. Die guten Eigenschaften von Festkoerper-Halbleitern, geringes elektronisches Rauschen und schnelle Signalantworten, wurden bei der Entwicklung des Silizium Pad-Detektors zum Nachweis von Spuren in der Rueckwaertsregion des H1-Experiments in der ersten Stufe des Triggersystems ausgenutzt. Der neue Triggerdetektor des BST, der Pad-Detektor und die dafuer entwickelte Ausleseelektronik wie auch die implementierte Logik werden beschrieben. Resultate von Teststrahlmessungen und von ersten Messungen unter Luminositaetsbedingungen an HERA-II werden dargestellt. / The Backward Silicon Tracker of the H1 experiment is being used in conjunction with a lead-fiber Calorimeter for detailed investigations of inclusive deeply inelastic scattering of leptons from protons, and of charm production at small values of the Bjorken variable x. In this thesis the development of a trigger for the Backward Silicon Tracker is described. The detector was installed in 2001 and started to operate in H1 after the HERA upgrade. Exploiting the low noise performance and fast time response of solid state semiconductors, a silicon pad detector telescope was developed for the first level trigger on tracks scattered in the backward region of the H1 detector. The design of the new trigger part of the BST consisting of silicon pad detectors and dedicated fast readout circuitry is described. Results of beam tests and first luminosity data are presented.

O fosfogesso é um resíduo da indústria de fertilizantes fosfatados que concentra radionuclídeos naturais. Neste trabalho foi estudada a taxa de exalação de 222Rn em placas e tijolos de fosfogesso, visando sua utilização na construção de residências. Para tanto, foram determinadas a taxa de exalação de 222Rn por meio da técnica da câmara de acumulação com detectores sólidos de traços nucleares (SSNTD) inseridos em uma câmara de difusão e a dose efetiva para um indivíduo habitando uma residência construída com esses materiais. A título de comparação foi também determinada a taxa de exalação teórica, por meio do modelo proposto pela UNSCEAR, a partir da concentração de 226Ra nas placas e tijolos de fosfogesso. A contribuição do revestimento na superfície dos materiais para a diminuição da taxa de exalação de radônio foi também avaliada. Foram estudados placas e tijolos fabricados com fosfogesso das empresas Bunge Fertilizantes, Ultrafertil e Fosfertil e tijolos fabricados com gesso comum. Os valores médios obtidos foram 0,19 0,06 Bq m-2 h-1, 1,3 0,3 Bq m-2 h-1 e 0,41 0,07 Bq m-2 h-1 para as placas fabricadas com fosfogesso proveniente das empresas Bunge, Ultrafertil e Fosfertil, respectivamente. Já para os tijolos de fosfogesso, os valores foram 0,11 0,01 Bq m-2 h-1, 1,2 0,6 Bq m-2 h-1, 0,47 0,15 Bq m-2 h-1, para o fosfogesso da Bunge, Ultrafertil e Fosfertil. O tijolo fabricado com gesso comum apresentou valor médio de 0,18 0,08 Bq m-2 h-1. As doses efetivas anuais para um indivíduo habitando uma residência construída como os tijolos ou placas de fosfogesso de qualquer uma das procedências ficaram abaixo do limite de dose efetiva para indivíduos do público de 1 mSva-1 estabelecido pela Comissão Internacional de Proteção Radiológica. / Phosphogypsum is a waste of the fertilizer industry that concentrates radionuclides. In this work, the 222Rn exhalation rate from phosphogypsum paltes and blocks from different origins used at dwellings construction was studied. The 222Rn exhalation rate was determined through the accumulation chamber technique with solid state nuclear track detectors (SSNTD). The effective dose for an individual living in a residence built with phosphogypsum based materials was evaluated. It also was calculated the 222Rn exhalation rate through the UNSCEAR model, from the 226Ra concentration in the materials, in order to compare the experimental results. It was evaluated the contribution of building component (paint) to the reduction of 222Rn exhalation rate. The plates and blocks were manufactured with phosphogypsum from Bunge Fertilizantes, Ultrafertil and Fosfertil. Blocks manufactured with ordinary gypsum was also evaluated. The average results obtained were 0.19 ± 0.06 Bq m-2 h-1, 1.3 ± 0.3 Bq m-2 h-1 and 0.41 ± 0.07 Bq m-2 h-1for plates manufactured with phosphogypsum from Bunge Fertilizer, Ultrafertil and Fosfertil, respectively. For the phosphogypsum blocks the values were 0.11 ± 0.01 Bq m-2 h-1, 1.2 ± 0.6 Bq m-2 h-1, 0.47 ± 0.15 Bq m-2 h-1, for Bunge, Ultrafertil and Fosfertil. The blocks manufactured with ordinary gypsum presented average value of 0.18 ± 0.08 Bq m-2 h-1. All phosphogypsum plates and blocks evaluated in this study presented effective dose for radon inhalation lower than the recommended value of 1mSv y1, the annual effective dose limit for public exposure by International Commission on Radiological Protection.

Visual tracking, a building block for many applications, has challenges such as occlusions,illumination changes, background clutter and variable motion dynamics that may degrade the tracking performance and are likely to cause failures. In this thesis, we propose Track-Evaluate-Correct framework (self-correlation) for existing trackers in order to achieve a robust tracking. For a tracker in the framework, we embed an evaluation block to check the status of tracking quality and a correction block to avoid upcoming failures or to recover from failures. We present a generic representation and formulation of the self-correcting tracking for Bayesian trackers using a Dynamic Bayesian Network (DBN). The self-correcting tracking is done similarly to a selfaware system where parameters are tuned in the model or different models are fused or selected in a piece-wise way in order to deal with tracking challenges and failures. In the DBN model representation, the parameter tuning, fusion and model selection are done based on evaluation and correction variables that correspond to the evaluation and correction, respectively. The inferences of variables in the DBN model are used to explain the operation of self-correcting tracking. The specific contributions under the generic self-correcting framework are correlation-based selfcorrecting tracking for an extended object with model points and tracker-level fusion as described below. For improving the probabilistic tracking of extended object with a set of model points, we use Track-Evaluate-Correct framework in order to achieve self-correcting tracking. The framework combines the tracker with an on-line performance measure and a correction technique. We correlate model point trajectories to improve on-line the accuracy of a failed or an uncertain tracker. A model point tracker gets assistance from neighbouring trackers whenever degradation in its performance is detected using the on-line performance measure. The correction of the model point state is based on the correlation information from the states of other trackers. Partial Least Square regression is used to model the correlation of point tracker states from short windowed trajectories adaptively. Experimental results on data obtained from optical motion capture systems show the improvement in tracking performance of the proposed framework compared to the baseline tracker and other state-of-the-art trackers. The proposed framework allows appropriate re-initialisation of local trackers to recover from failures that are caused by clutter and missed detections in the motion capture data. Finally, we propose a tracker-level fusion framework to obtain self-correcting tracking. The fusion framework combines trackers addressing different tracking challenges to improve the overall performance. As a novelty of the proposed framework, we include an online performance measure to identify the track quality level of each tracker to guide the fusion. The trackers in the framework assist each other based on appropriate mixing of the prior states. Moreover, the track quality level is used to update the target appearance model. We demonstrate the framework with two Bayesian trackers on video sequences with various challenges and show its robustness compared to the independent use of the trackers used in the framework, and also compared to other state-of-the-art trackers. The appropriate online performance measure based appearance model update and prior mixing on trackers allows the proposed framework to deal with tracking challenges.

Internationally as well as in Sweden, efforts for improvement in gynaecological surgery in recent decades have mainly focused on three new treatment concepts: (1) Use of minimally invasive procedures: since there is an interdependency between the extent of surgical trauma and the risk for adverse outcome, increased use of supposedly atraumatic endoscopic procedures has revolutionized several aspects of surgical care (2) A multimodal approach to eliminate harmful procedures in the peri-operative process based on evidence-based principles (3) Introduction of implants to support damaged tissue with synthetic mesh in incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse patients. Research question 1: Is introduction of a minimally invasive operation enough per se or is the measured improvement mediated by elimination of harmful procedures in the perioperative process? Findings: Our study (Paper I) indicates that by applying a multimodal intervention programme for the pre- and postoperative care of patients undergoing supravaginal hysterectomy, the surgical procedure per se is of less importance than generally considered. Patient-related parameters such as length of postoperative hospital stay, number of days at home with need of painkillers, number of days before return to normal activities, and patient satisfaction did not differ between patients undergoing the laparoscopic procedure and patients undergoing abdominal supravaginal hysterectomy. When evaluating a new and presumably improved operative procedure against an established standard procedure, it is mandatory and of fundamental importance that the two methods are aligned in terms of perioperative care provided. Research question 2: Under which circumstances can it be assumed that a new surgical procedure showing promising efficacy in one setting can be reproduced with similar results in a different clinical setting (Paper I)? Findings: The operating surgeons concluded that, in their hands and under local conditions, laparoscopic technique for supravaginal hysterectomy was not superior to traditional open hysterectomy and stopped using laparoscopic technique. It seems necessary, prior to routine use, to monitor, using scientific tools, whether the advantages described in the literature are achievable under local conditions. Research question 3: Do expected advantages of implants outweigh the unwanted effects and complications caused by implants in operations for recurrent cystocele (Paper II)? Findings: Mesh has better durability but more (minor) complications. It is not possible to determine whether mesh is "generally better" than native tissue operation. Some may focus on the improved durability, others on the increased risks. The surgeon must make a risk assessment for each individual case. The patient must be sufficiently informed to understand the risks and make a personal, informed decision whether she wants an augmentation by implant. Essential for this process is a clear, comprehensible picture of both desired and unwanted effects of the planned surgery. In this context, studies like ours might be of use.

O presente trabalho teve como objetivo: projetar, construir e testar os imas principais do acelerador race-track microtron booster do ifusp, que tem como funcao defletir e focalizar o feixe de eletrons, permitindo a sua recirculacao. Esses imas desempenham papel fundamental quanto a qualidade do feixe obtido que, por sua vez, constitui um fator primordial para experiencias em fisica nuclear. O trabalho desenvolve a teoria do funcionamento do acelerador e os calculos analiticos que fundamentam a geometria dos imas. A ausencia da uniformidade do campo magnetico e a presenca de campos de borda inadequados comprometem o sincronismo. Utilizou-se bobinas corretoras confeccionadas na forma de circuitos impressos, que limitaram a falta de uniformidade a valores relativos de campo magnetico da ordem de \'10 POT.-5\'. Os imas possuem pecas polares auxiliares (clamps) que criam campos de borda reversos ao campo principal. Os clamps foram projetados por meio de simulacoes realizadas com os programas poisson e ptrace, de forma a se obter uma distribuicao para o campo magnetico que propicie aceleracao para uma distancia conveniente entre os imas / The present work had the purpose of designing, building and testing the bending magnets of the IFUSP race-track microtron booster that deflect and focus the electron beam and allow its recirculation. These magnets play a fundamental role in terms of the beam quality, which is important in Nuclear Physics research. This work develops the theory conceming the functioning of the accelerator and the analytical calculations that establish the geometry ofthe magnets. The lack of magnetic field uniformity and the presence of inadequate fringing fields damage the synchronism. The magnetic fields were corrected using coils made of etched printed circuit boards. This method provides uniformity of a few parts in 10 \'10 POT.-5\' . The magnets have auxiliary poles (clamps) that produce reverse fringing fields. The clamps were designed using Poisson and Ptrace programs in order to get a magnetic field distribution that allows acceleration for a convenient distance between the magnets. The beam trajectories determined by Ptrace program were confirmed with agreement of 0,1% using the floating wire technique.

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