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Who betrayed France ?
Title
Who betrayed France ?.
Creator
Marty, André Pierre, Parti Communiste
Date Issued
1940
Identifier
1927062, CFDT1927062, ucf:4815
Format
Document (PDF)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/1927062
Who do I Play: Appraising the Impact of Teacher-in-Role with Kindergartners in an ESOL Classroom
Title
Who do I Play: Appraising the Impact of Teacher-in-Role with Kindergartners in an ESOL Classroom.
Creator
Brantley, Kathryn, Wood, Mary, Thaxton, Terry, Niess, Christopher, University of Central Florida
Abstract / Description
Educators employing process drama, a non-presentational dramatic form, establish memorable classroom environments where students co-author their learning with teachers. Process drama facilitators often use the dramatic structure of teacher-in-role to guide and support the students. An instructor heightens tension, introduces new ideas, and encourages participation by engaging alongside students as a character. An educator employing process drama needs to determine the appropriate type of role...
Show moreEducators employing process drama, a non-presentational dramatic form, establish memorable classroom environments where students co-author their learning with teachers. Process drama facilitators often use the dramatic structure of teacher-in-role to guide and support the students. An instructor heightens tension, introduces new ideas, and encourages participation by engaging alongside students as a character. An educator employing process drama needs to determine the appropriate type of role to impact the development of a classroom drama; while negotiating tension felt between desires for student-led discovery and the necessity of meeting curriculum benchmarks.Academic studies establish process drama as a tool to aid English Students of Other Languages or ESOL classrooms. Process drama heightens comprehension, whole language usage and ownership of learning. Using the methodology of reflective practice I analyzed my teaching in role to determine how I negotiate diverse and conflicting objectives. I facilitated a six week process drama with four to six-year-old ESOL students at a learning centre in Hong Kong. This study improved this teacher's understanding and usage of teacher-in-role. The ideals of a process centered classroom were not always realized, but the needs of the population necessitated adaption from expectations. The experiences of the researcher indicate ambiguous character may not be the best way to motivate dialogue among this population of ESOL students. Students' age and English experience suggests using co-participant characters whose motivations are clearly defined. This study contributes to the discussion on what differing (")role types(") offer facilitators of process drama and how it may be used to meet demands of curriculum including development of performances. Process drama with very young students presents a field for further research investigating methods and practices to effectively structure process dramas that address their learning.
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Date Issued
2012
Identifier
CFE0004227, ucf:48989
Format
Document (PDF)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFE0004227
Who fights for a free Cuba?
Title
Who fights for a free Cuba?.
Creator
Kaye, Martin, Perry, Louise
Date Issued
1933
Identifier
363430, CFDT363430, ucf:5325
Format
Document (PDF)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/363430
Who is the best judge of personality: Investigating the role of relationship depth and observational breadth on the accuracy of third-party ratings
Title
Who is the best judge of personality: Investigating the role of relationship depth and observational breadth on the accuracy of third-party ratings.
Creator
Tindall, Mitchell, Jentsch, Kimberly, Szalma, James, Wang, Wei, Piccolo, Ronald, University of Central Florida
Abstract / Description
To date, the vast majority of research regarding personality in IO Psychology has relied on self-report assessments. Despite support for the utility of third-party assessments, IO Psychologists have only just begun extensive research in this area. Connelly and Ones (2010) conducted a meta-analysis that demonstrated that accuracy of third-party ratings improved as intimacy between the judge and the target grew. This remained true with the exception of predicting behavioral criteria, where non...
Show moreTo date, the vast majority of research regarding personality in IO Psychology has relied on self-report assessments. Despite support for the utility of third-party assessments, IO Psychologists have only just begun extensive research in this area. Connelly and Ones (2010) conducted a meta-analysis that demonstrated that accuracy of third-party ratings improved as intimacy between the judge and the target grew. This remained true with the exception of predicting behavioral criteria, where non-intimates maintained superior predictability (Connelly (&) Ones, 2010). This was later contradicted by a recent investigation that found the best predictive validity for third-party assessments when they are taken from personal acquaintances as opposed to work colleagues (Connelly (&) Hulsheger, 2012). The current study is intended to investigate how the depth of the relationship and breadth of behavioral observations differentially moderate the relationship between third-party personality assessments and accuracy criteria (i.e., self-other overlap, discriminant validity and behavior). Results indicate that both depth and breadth impact accuracy criteria and they do so differentially based on trait visibility and evaluativeness. These findings will be discussed along with practical implications and limitations of the following research.
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Date Issued
2015
Identifier
CFE0006014, ucf:51007
Format
Document (PDF)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFE0006014
WHOSE SUSTAINABILITY? AN ANALYSIS OF A COMMUNITY FARMING PROGRAM'S FOOD JUSTICE AND ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY AGENDA
Title
WHOSE SUSTAINABILITY? AN ANALYSIS OF A COMMUNITY FARMING PROGRAM'S FOOD JUSTICE AND ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY AGENDA.
Creator
Davenport, Sarah, Mishtal, Joanna, University of Central Florida
Abstract / Description
As the 1960s Environmental movement has grown, sustainability and justice discourses have come to the fore of the movement. While environmental justice discourse considers the unequal effects of environmental burdens, the language that frames "sustainability" is often socially and politically neutral. This thesis critically examines sustainability initiatives and practices of an urban farming organization in Florida. Based on ethnographic fieldwork in 2017, I explore the extent to which these...
Show moreAs the 1960s Environmental movement has grown, sustainability and justice discourses have come to the fore of the movement. While environmental justice discourse considers the unequal effects of environmental burdens, the language that frames "sustainability" is often socially and politically neutral. This thesis critically examines sustainability initiatives and practices of an urban farming organization in Florida. Based on ethnographic fieldwork in 2017, I explore the extent to which these initiatives incorporate race, ethnicity, and socioeconomic class when working to provide sustainably grown food in diverse communities. I argue that the organization's focus on justice for the environment, rather than for communities, and education as a barrier in low-income, food desert neighborhoods neglects to integrate experiences of those living on the margins into their initiatives. This research raises awareness of the need for a critical examination of sustainability in practice and a politically aware incorporation of environmental justice themes into sustainability agendas.
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Date Issued
2018
Identifier
CFH2000402, ucf:45805
Format
Document (PDF)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFH2000402
Why be moral?
Title
Why be moral?.
Creator
Hawton, Hector
Date Issued
[1940]
Identifier
2669183, CFDT2669183
Format
Document (PDF)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/2669183
Why Communism? Plain talks on vital problems
Title
Why Communism? Plain talks on vital problems.
Creator
Olgin, Moissaye J. (Moissaye Joseph)
Date Issued
1935
Identifier
671412, CFDT671412, ucf:5579
Format
Document (PDF)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/671412
Why did they confess?: A study of the Radek-Piatakov trial
Title
Why did they confess?: A study of the Radek-Piatakov trial.
Date Issued
1937
Identifier
2683067, CFDT2683067, ucf:5018
Format
Document (PDF)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/2683067
Why do Individuals Act Fairly or Unfairly? An Examination of Psychological and Situational Antecedents of Organizational Justice
Title
Why do Individuals Act Fairly or Unfairly? An Examination of Psychological and Situational Antecedents of Organizational Justice.
Creator
Ganegoda, Deshani, Folger, Robert, Ambrose, Maureen, Schminke, Marshall, Latham, Gary, University of Central Florida
Abstract / Description
Most studies on organizational justice have focused on individuals' reactions to justice. As such, a key question has been left largely unanswered: Why do individuals act fairly or unfairly? The present research adopted a person-situation interactionist approach (Trevino, 1986) to examine psychological and situational antecedents of individuals' fair behavior. The social identity model of deindividuation (SIDE; Reicher, Spears, (&) Postmes, 1995) and side-bet theory of continuance commitment ...
Show moreMost studies on organizational justice have focused on individuals' reactions to justice. As such, a key question has been left largely unanswered: Why do individuals act fairly or unfairly? The present research adopted a person-situation interactionist approach (Trevino, 1986) to examine psychological and situational antecedents of individuals' fair behavior. The social identity model of deindividuation (SIDE; Reicher, Spears, (&) Postmes, 1995) and side-bet theory of continuance commitment (Becker, 1960) was used to examine how organizational identification and continuance commitment might influence employees' fair or unfair behavior depending on an organization's justice climate. Based on SIDE, it was hypothesized that organizational identification relates positively to employees' feelings of deindividuation. Based on side-bet theory, it was further hypothesized that employees' continuance commitment relates positively to their adoption of a subordinate role. Both deindividuation and adoption of a subordinate role were argued to make employees more susceptible to external influences and, therefore, make individuals more likely to behave in ways that are normative in a given context. Individuals who have higher levels of continuance commitment and organizational identification were, therefore, argued to engage in fair or unfair behavior depending on the level of the justice climate and the strength of the justice climate of their workgroup. The results of three studies provided support for the majority of hypotheses. Theoretical and practical implications of the results are discussed.
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Date Issued
2012
Identifier
CFE0004255, ucf:49498
Format
Document (PDF)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFE0004255
WHY DO WOMEN AND CHILDREN JOIN INSURGENCIES? A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE PKK AND THE FARC
Title
WHY DO WOMEN AND CHILDREN JOIN INSURGENCIES? A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE PKK AND THE FARC.
Creator
Melendez, Stephanie, Tezc�r, G�ne? Murat, University of Central Florida
Abstract / Description
Why do women and children join insurgency groups? The subject has been a matter of extensive debate, with experts offering theories of motivation on well-known groups such as the National Liberation Front (FLN) or the Irish Republican Army (IRA). However, there has been a small amount of work comparing two insurgency groups and their participants to one another. This paper addresses the underlying reasons for why women and children join insurgencies, explicitly focusing on the Revolutionary...
Show moreWhy do women and children join insurgency groups? The subject has been a matter of extensive debate, with experts offering theories of motivation on well-known groups such as the National Liberation Front (FLN) or the Irish Republican Army (IRA). However, there has been a small amount of work comparing two insurgency groups and their participants to one another. This paper addresses the underlying reasons for why women and children join insurgencies, explicitly focusing on the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in Turkey from their origins to the present. The paper uses interviews from other scholarly works on the two groups and their participants. In doing this, the paper showcases that despite differences across geographic location and each group's motivation, there are similar indicators that motivate women and children to join insurgency groups. This paper finds that women and children are primarily motivated to join the FARC because of harsh gender inequality and economic poverty. Regarding women and children joining the PKK, their motivations primarily concern ethnic discrimination and gender inequality. The implications of this research will provide information about dynamics leading large numbers of women and children to join violent organizations. Furthermore, it will find that despite regional differences and group's overall goals, there are universal motivating factors, like gender inequality, which influence women and children to participate in political violence.
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Date Issued
2018
Identifier
CFH2000345, ucf:45756
Format
Document (PDF)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFH2000345
WHY EVIDENCE MATTERS: EXAMINING THE KNOWLEDGE AND PERCEPTION OF PRE-SERVICE TEACHERS
Title
WHY EVIDENCE MATTERS: EXAMINING THE KNOWLEDGE AND PERCEPTION OF PRE-SERVICE TEACHERS.
Creator
Campbell, Stefanie, Storey, Valerie, University of Central Florida
Abstract / Description
Evidence-based educational policymaking has become a global phenomenon (Wiseman, 2010). According to the Institute of Education Sciences, evidence-based education is "an integration of the professional wisdom and the best available empirical evidence on making decision about how to deliver instructions" (IES, US Department of Education, 2012). This suggests that best practice requires teachers to ensure that instructional strategies and programs implemented in their classroom have been...
Show moreEvidence-based educational policymaking has become a global phenomenon (Wiseman, 2010). According to the Institute of Education Sciences, evidence-based education is "an integration of the professional wisdom and the best available empirical evidence on making decision about how to deliver instructions" (IES, US Department of Education, 2012). This suggests that best practice requires teachers to ensure that instructional strategies and programs implemented in their classroom have been studied in scientific experiments to determine their effectiveness. The general public, as well as practicing teachers, holds an assumption that educators have knowledge as to what is evidence-based education. However, this is not always the case. The objective of this these include: to document how pre-service teachers access research findings and what types of findings they use in their practice, to identify the purposes of its utilization, to identify the factors that influence research utilization, and to ensure the accessibility of the findings of this study. The population for this study will be pre-service teachers at a large public higher education institution and one state college. In order to meet these objectives I conducted a survey, a pre-service teacher focus group, and an interview with faculty. Research findings will impact pre-service teacher preparation programs and increase our understanding of the link between the researchers and educators
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Date Issued
2014
Identifier
CFH0004707, ucf:45406
Format
Document (PDF)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFH0004707
Why I resigned from the Trotsky Defense Committee
Title
Why I resigned from the Trotsky Defense Committee.
Creator
Hallgren, Mauritz Alfred
Date Issued
1937
Identifier
1927059, CFDT1927059, ucf:4812
Format
Document (PDF)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/1927059
Why is Democracy in Decline: Democratic Backsliding in Venezuela and Turkey
Title
Why is Democracy in Decline: Democratic Backsliding in Venezuela and Turkey.
Creator
Bayraktar, Fatih, Ash, Konstantin, Wilson, Bruce, Dolan, Thomas, University of Central Florida
Abstract / Description
It has long been argued that the end of the 20th century marked the triumph of liberal democracy. The third wave of democracy has increased the number of democracies in the world unprecedentedly and gave hope to many that democratic revolution is underway. However, in the last decade, this democratization process seems to have halted; there has been decline both in the number and quality of democracies. This thesis proposes an agent-based theory of democratic backsliding. More specifically,...
Show moreIt has long been argued that the end of the 20th century marked the triumph of liberal democracy. The third wave of democracy has increased the number of democracies in the world unprecedentedly and gave hope to many that democratic revolution is underway. However, in the last decade, this democratization process seems to have halted; there has been decline both in the number and quality of democracies. This thesis proposes an agent-based theory of democratic backsliding. More specifically, it is argued that leaders with undemocratic normative preferences and their ability to mobilize previously persecuted segments of society are the driving factors behind the present-day authoritarian resurgence. While the leader's fight with the oppressors of the marginalized group can bring a short-term of democratization, we argue that the unconditional support given by the marginalized group to the leader can allow the leader to undermine democracy by removing the checks on his power. The paper attempts to investigate similarities in the process of democratic derogation in a comparative case study of Venezuela and Turkey. The study shows that the support given to Erdogan and Chavez by the previously persecuted groups in their respective countries, religious/conservatives in Turkey and poor in Venezuela, allowed both leaders to undermine democracy in a subtle and incremental way.
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Date Issued
2018
Identifier
CFE0007155, ucf:52302
Format
Document (PDF)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFE0007155
Why They Stop Attending Church: An Exploratory Study of Religious Participation Decline Among Millennials from Conservative Christian Backgrounds
Title
Why They Stop Attending Church: An Exploratory Study of Religious Participation Decline Among Millennials from Conservative Christian Backgrounds.
Creator
Chase, Jessica, Gay, David, Grauerholz, Elizabeth, Lynxwiler, John, University of Central Florida
Abstract / Description
Using a grounded theory approach, this study examines the reasons why Millennials from conservative Christian backgrounds stop attending church. The purpose is to understand why attendance attrition is at an all time high for those in the Millennial generation, ages 18 to 29. Data from 18 semi-structured interviews with former attendees demonstrate that this phenomenon is not due to a simplistic list of reasons but is actually a result of a complex development involving varying interrelated...
Show moreUsing a grounded theory approach, this study examines the reasons why Millennials from conservative Christian backgrounds stop attending church. The purpose is to understand why attendance attrition is at an all time high for those in the Millennial generation, ages 18 to 29. Data from 18 semi-structured interviews with former attendees demonstrate that this phenomenon is not due to a simplistic list of reasons but is actually a result of a complex development involving varying interrelated processes. The primary processes at work are cognitive and spiritual disconnection and disengagement for personal wellbeing.
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Date Issued
2013
Identifier
CFE0004830, ucf:49698
Format
Document (PDF)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFE0004830
Why unemployment
Title
Why unemployment.
Creator
Keracher, John
Date Issued
1935
Identifier
360085, CFDT360085, ucf:5243
Format
Document (PDF)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/360085
WIDE VIEWING ANGLE LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS
Title
WIDE VIEWING ANGLE LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS.
Creator
Hong, Qi, Wu, Shin-Tson, University of Central Florida
Abstract / Description
In this dissertation, novel phase compensation technologies are applied to the designs of wide viewing angle and high transmittance liquid crystal displays. First, a design of wide viewing angle liquid crystal displays utilizing crossed linear polarizers is proposed. The designed multi-domain vertical-alignment liquid crystal display predicts superb contrast ratio over wide viewing angles. Next, to increase the bright state transmittance while maintain the high contrast. Finally, to reduce...
Show moreIn this dissertation, novel phase compensation technologies are applied to the designs of wide viewing angle and high transmittance liquid crystal displays. First, a design of wide viewing angle liquid crystal displays utilizing crossed linear polarizers is proposed. The designed multi-domain vertical-alignment liquid crystal display predicts superb contrast ratio over wide viewing angles. Next, to increase the bright state transmittance while maintain the high contrast. Finally, to reduce the cost and improve the applicability of the broadband and wide-view circular polarizer, the device configuration of the broadband and wide-view circular polarizer is significantly simplified by the application of biaxial compensation films. The produced states of polarization remain close to the ideal circular polarization over a wide range of incident angles within the visual spectrum. With this circular polarizer, the presented wide-view liquid crystal display predicts high contrast ratio as well as high and uniform transmittance over wide viewing angles within the visual spectrum. ratio, wide viewing angle circular polarizers are developed. The produced states of polarization are very close to the ideal circular state of polarization over a wide range of incident angles within the visual spectrum. This guarantees not only high contrast ratio but also high and uniform transmittance.
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Date Issued
2006
Identifier
CFE0001378, ucf:46963
Format
Document (PDF)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFE0001378
WIKIPDF - A TOOL TO HELP SCIENTISTS UNDERSTAND THE LITERATURE OF THE BIOLOGICAL, HEALTH, AND LIFE SCIENCES
Title
WIKIPDF - A TOOL TO HELP SCIENTISTS UNDERSTAND THE LITERATURE OF THE BIOLOGICAL, HEALTH, AND LIFE SCIENCES.
Creator
Calloway, David, Parkinson, Christopher, University of Central Florida
Abstract / Description
Biological sciences literature can be extraordinarily difficult to understand. Papers are commonly filled with terminology unique to a particular sub-discipline. Readers with expertise outside that sub-discipline often have difficulty understanding information the author is trying to convey. The WikiPDF project that is the subject of this thesis helps readers understand the biological sciences literature by automatically generating a customized glossary for each page of any technical paper...
Show moreBiological sciences literature can be extraordinarily difficult to understand. Papers are commonly filled with terminology unique to a particular sub-discipline. Readers with expertise outside that sub-discipline often have difficulty understanding information the author is trying to convey. The WikiPDF project that is the subject of this thesis helps readers understand the biological sciences literature by automatically generating a customized glossary for each page of any technical paper available in Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) format. WikiPDF relies on the Wikipedia®, an on-line encyclopedia created and supported by a host of volunteers, as a source of definitions used in its glossaries. WikiPDF uses the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Medline/PubMed database of journal papers to organize, index, and locate WikiPDF glossaries. Design and implementation of this project relied exclusively on open-source software, including the Linux operating system, the Apache Tomcat web server, and the MySQL relational database system.
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Date Issued
2006
Identifier
CFE0001084, ucf:46782
Format
Document (PDF)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFE0001084
Wild sports in the South; or, The camp-fires of the Everglades
Title
Wild sports in the South; or, The camp-fires of the Everglades.
Creator
Whitehead, Charles E. (Charles Edward), PALMM (Project)
Abstract / Description
A collection of tales about hunting and interactions with indians in Florida during the middle of the Nineteenth Century.
Date Issued
1860
Identifier
AAB6340QF00001/18/200508/04/200516448BfamIa D0QF, FHP C CF 2005-01-19, huc3090202, FCLA url 20050420xOCLC, 60544644, CF00001695, 2581474, ucf:24945
Format
E-book
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/tc/fhp/CF00001695.jpg
WILL LEASING LOSE ITS LUSTER: AN ANALYSIS OF LEASE REPORTING UNDER FAS 13
Title
WILL LEASING LOSE ITS LUSTER: AN ANALYSIS OF LEASE REPORTING UNDER FAS 13.
Creator
Gates, Casey, Pamela Roush, Dr., University of Central Florida
Abstract / Description
When standards for financial reporting are amended, potential for change in the appearance of financial position for companies reporting under those standards arises. Currently standards set forth by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) allow for two methods of reporting lease obligations on the financial statements. The first of these methods is the operating method, which allows lease payments to be expensed within the period they are incurred and only a decrease in cash or an...
Show moreWhen standards for financial reporting are amended, potential for change in the appearance of financial position for companies reporting under those standards arises. Currently standards set forth by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) allow for two methods of reporting lease obligations on the financial statements. The first of these methods is the operating method, which allows lease payments to be expensed within the period they are incurred and only a decrease in cash or an increase in an account payable is recognized on the balance sheet. The second method is the capital method, which requires the present value of the future lease payments to be recognized on the balance sheet as an asset and a corresponding liability. Both are reduced annually through depreciation and lease payments respectively. The FASB has recently proposed discontinuing the operating method of reporting a lease obligation and allowing only for the capital method to be used. The objective of this study is to examine some of the changes in appearance of financial position that might be brought on by this potential change in reporting standards. The airline industry has been selected to illustrate the effects of capitalizing future operating lease payments on the balance sheet. These future payments under operating leases for companies within the industry are capitalized using two different methods of depreciation. The companies are then ranked in order of proximity to an industry average for eight well known financial ratios. The rankings for each treatment on a given ratio are compared and differences between the expensed ranking and each capitalized ranking are measured and discussed.
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Date Issued
2013
Identifier
CFH0004366, ucf:45011
Format
Document (PDF)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFH0004366
William Lovett, 1800-1877
Title
William Lovett, 1800-1877.
Creator
Hammond, Barbara Bradby, Fabian Society (Great Britain)
Date Issued
1922
Identifier
357439, CFDT357439, ucf:5186
Format
Document (PDF)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/357439

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