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DISCCRS: Programs for Recent PhD's: 2005

144 total abstracts.


Adams, Amanda  S 2005. The relationship between topography and the Ross Ice Shelf Air Stream. University of Wisconsin-Madison (USA), 125 pp.

Aldy, Joseph  E 2005. Essays in Environmental Economics. Harvard University (USA), 173 pp.

Algesten, Grete   2005. Regulation of carbon dioxide emission from Swedish boreal lakes and the Gulf of Bothnia. Umeå University, Sweden (Sweden), 188 pp.

ANYAH, RICHARD  O 2005. Modelig multiscale variability of Lake Victoria Basin Climate. North Carolina State University (USA), 288 pp.

Arguez, Anthony   2005. Indexing, Mode Definition, and Signal Extraction in Climate Research: Analysis and Applications Involving the MJO, the AO, and ENSO. Florida State University (USA), 104 pp.

Bakker, Jonathan  D 2005. Long-term vegetation dynamics of ponderosa pine forests. Northern Arizona University (USA), 164 pp.

Barrón, Cristina   2005. Production and export of dissolved organic carbon in coastal benthic ecosystems . Instituto Mediterraneo de Estudios Avanzados (Spain), 148 pp.

Behara, Satyanarayana   2005. Ecobiology and Remote sensing based study of Coringa mangroves in the Godavari delta, East coast of India. Andhra University (India), 146 pp.

Bertrand, Sebastien   2005. Reconstruction of climate variability and seismotectonic activity in southern Chile since the Last Glacial Maximum from the sedimentary record of Icalma and Puyehue lakes (Chile, 40°S). University of Liege (Belgium), 154 pp.

Bhutiyani, Mahendra  R 2005. detection of hydrological and climatic trends in the northwestern himalaya:implications for climate change. PUNE UNIVERSITY (India), 228 pp.

Bookhagen, Bodo   2005. Late Quaternary Climate Changes and Landscape Evolution in the Northwest Himalaya. University of Potsdam (Germany), 78 pp.

Boon, Sarah   2005. Hydrometeorology of a high Arctic glacier. University of Alberta (Canada), 105 pp.

Brittle, Christine  J 2005. Global Warnings: The Impact of Scientific Elite Disagreement on Public Opinion. University of Michigan (USA), 198 pp.

Brown, Jaclyn  N 2005. The kinematics and dynamics of cross-hemispheric flow in the central and eastern equatorial Pacific. University of New South Wales (Australia), 346 pp.

Buckley, Lauren  B 2005. Lizard distributions on islands: community ecology and biogeography. Stanford University (USA), 110 pp.

Carey, Mark  P 2005. People and Glaciers in the Peruvian Andes: A History of Climate Change and Natural Disasters, 1941-1980. University of California, Davis (USA), 302 pp.

Choi, Woonsup   2005. Modeling hydrological response to potential climate change and urbanization in the Kishwaukee River Basin. University of Illinois (USA), 210 pp.

Cisneros Dozal, Luz Maria  M 2005. Using a 14C Release to Partition Soil Respiration Sources in a Southeastern Hardwood Forest. University of California at Irvine (USA), 142 pp.

Cleland, Elsa  E 2005. The Influence of Multiple Interacting Global Changes on the Structure and Function of a California Annual Grassland Ecosystem. Stanford University (USA), 93 pp.

Dahl, Elizabeth  E 2005. Photochemical production of oceanic alkyl nitrates. University of California at Irvine (USA), 205 pp.

Dahl, Kristina  A 2005. Tropical Climate Variability from the Last Glacial Maximum to the Present. MIT/WHOI Joint Program (USA), 149 pp.

Das, Lalu   2005. Climate change: Future scenarios development and implications on agriculture for Eastern India. Jadavpur University (India), 157pp

Dessai, Suraje   2005. Robust adaptation decisions amid climate change uncertainties. University of East Anglia (United Kingdom), 281 pp.

Duan, Hongxia   2005. Social Process of Environmental Risk Perception, Preferences of Risk Management and Public Participation in Decision Making: A Cross-Cultural Study between the United States and China . Ohio State University (USA), 234 pp.

El Afandi, Gamal S 2005. simulation of the impact of climate change on crop production. University of Goettingen,Cairo University (Germany), 216 pp.

El Afandi, Gamal Salah  2005. simulation of the impact of climate change on crop production. Cairo University (Egypt), 216 pp.

Elwood Madden, Megan E 2005. Fluids in Planetary Systems. Virginia Tech (USA), 158 pp.

Enache, Mihaela  D 2005. Mid to late Holocene fire and climate dynamics inferred from lake sediments from Interior British Columbia, Canada. Queen's University (Canada), 142 pp.

FALL, Ousmane /  2005. Remote sensing and Gis-based mapping of environmental responses of the Senegal River Estuary to dam construction and their impacts on dependent livelihood.. Tokyo Metropolitan University (Japan), 120 pp.

Farmer, Emma  C 2005. Reconstructing Tropical Atlantic Climate From Mg/Ca and Oxygen Isotopes of Planktonic Foraminifera. Columbia University (USA), 356 pp.

Ferrio Diaz, Juan Pedro   2005. Reconstruction of climatic and crop conditions in the past based on the isotope signature of archaeobotanical remains. Universtitat de Lleida (Spain), 172 pp.

Fietz, Susanne   2005. Recent and fossil phytoplankton pigments in Lake Baikal as markers for community structure and environmental changes. Humboldt University Berlin (Germany), 149 pp.

Fortier, Daniel   2005. Holocene Geomorphological Evolution of Ice-wedge Polygons, Valley of Glacier C-79, Bylot Island, Canadian Arctic Archipelago. . Laval University (Canada), 166 pp.

Fougeres, Dorian   2005. Aquarian Capitalism and Transition in Indonesia. University of California at Berkeley (USA), 280 pp.

Gachev, Emil M 2005. Landscape and ecological conditions in Smolian minicipality (Rhodope mountains, Bulgaria) as a factor for sustainable development. Sofia University (Bulgaria), 203 pp.

Gandure, Sithabiso   2005. Coping with and adapting to drought in Zimbabwe. University of Witwatersrand (South Africa), 203 pp.

Gatari, Michael  J 2005. Development of an EDXRF Spectrometer and aerosol studies in the persepective of Climate and human health. Göteborg University (Sweden), 200 pp.

Gheiby, Abolhassan   2005. Multi-frequency signatures of atmospheric moisture and hydrometeors in microwave satellite data . University of Pune, India (India), 257 pp.

Gillikin, David  P 2005. Geochemistry of Marine Bivalve Shells: the potential for paleoenvironmental reconstruction. Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Belgium), 161 pp.

Goldstein, Noah  C 2005. The Computational Testing of Urban Growth Modeling. University of California at Santa Barbara (USA), 260 pp.

Greaver, Tara  L 2005. Eco-hydrology and physiology of coastal dune ecosystem on subtropical islands. University of Miami (USA), 113 pp.

Grigorov, Ivo   2005. Southern Ocean Palaeoceanography from Thalassiothrix antarctica deposits. Southampton University (United Kingdom), 90 pp.

Grover, Mansi   2005. Essays on Risk and Uncertainty in Greenhouse Gas Trading Markets. Virginia Tech (USA), 154 pp.

Guan, Huade   2005. Water above the mountain front -- Assessing mountain-block recharge in semiarid regions. New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (USA), 157pp

Gyllencreutz, Richard   2005. Holocene and Latest Glacial Paleoceanography in the North-Eastern Skagerrak. Stockholm university (Sweden), 100 pp.

Heald, Colette  L 2005. Asian combustion sources and transpacific transport: An integration of satellite and in situ observations. Harvard University (USA), 161 pp.

Hendrikx, Jordy   2005. An examination of the snow and avalanche hazard on the Milford Road, Fiordland, New Zealand. Canterbury University (New Zealand), 169 pp.

Hepburn, Cameron  J 2005. Concerning the future: Declining discount rates and intergenerational equity. University of Oxford (United Kingdom), 206 pp.

Hermes, Juliet  C 2005. Ocean model diagnosis of variability in the South Indian Ocean. University of Cape Town (South Africa), 200 pp.

Hofmockel, Kirsten  S 2005. Effects of elevated carbon dioxide on soil nitrogen cycling. Duke University (USA), 115 pp.

Holmgren, Camille  A 2005. Late Quaternary ecology, climatology, and biogeography of the northern Chihuahuan Desert from fossil packrat middens. University of Arizona (USA), 156 pp.

Hyer, Edward  J 2005. Investigating uncertainties in trace gas emissions from boreal forest fires using MOPITT measurements of carbon monoxide and a global chemical transport model. University of Maryland (USA), 246 pp.

Isaac, Joanne  L 2005. Life history variation and reproductive success in the common brushtail possum, Trichosurus vulpecula. James Cook University - Australia (Australia), 144 pp.

Jaggard, Lyn  D 2005. Germany. University of Birmingham (United Kingdom), 333 pp.

Jannot, Jason  E 2005. Developmental thresholds, life history trade-offs, and resource allocation in wetland caddisflies (Trichoptera). Purdue University (USA), 170 pp.

Jenkins, Emily  J 2005. Ecological investigation of a new host-parasite relationship: Parelaphostrongylus odocoilei in thinhorn sheep (Ovis dalli). University of Saskatchewan (Canada), 228 pp.

Jimenez-Moreno, Gonzalo   2005. Using pollen analysis for the reconstruction of the vegetation, climate ad paleoaltitudes along the European Alpine arc during the Miocene . University of Granada (Spain) and University of Lyon (France), 315 pp.

Johnson, Mark  S 2005. Linkages between hydrology and biogeochemistry on Amazonian pastures and forested headwater catchments. Cornell University (USA), 156 pp.

Johnston, Shaida  S 2005. Space in Environmental Diplomacy:Exploring The Role Of Earth Observation Satellites For Monitoring International Environmental Agreements. The George Washington University (USA), 225 pp.

Kaonga, Martin  L 2005. Understanding carbon dynamics in improved fallows in eastern Zambia. University of Cambridge (United Kingdom), 468 pp.

Keller, Jason  K 2005. Controls of Microbial Carbon Cycling in Nothern Peatlands. University of Notre Dame (USA), 386 pp.

Kim, Sophanarith   2005. Study on forest revenues in Cambodia . Gifu University (Japan), 137 pp.

Klene, Anna  E 2005. Urbanization, climate, and frozen ground in Barrow, Alaska.. University of Delaware (USA), 170 pp.

Knowlton, Kim  M 2005. Mortality in Metropolitan New York Under a Changing Climate. Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health (USA), 240 pp.

Koch, Hagen   2005. Integrated assessment of water resources management strategies in the context of global change. Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus (Germany), 151 pp.

Kriegler, Elmar   2005. Imprecise probability analysis for integrated assessment of climate change. University of Potsdam (Germany), 256 pp.

Kulkarni, Nitin  R 2005. Effect of tidal flux,salinity and phytoplankton assemblage composition on particulate dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSPp) in salt marsh tidal creeks. University of South Carolina (USA), 193 pp.

Kwon, Hyojung   2005. Temporal and Spatial Analysis of the Patterns and Controls on Carbon Dioxide, . University of California at Davis (USA), 170 pp.

LaDeau, Shannon L.   2005. The reproductive ecology of Pinus taeda growing in elevated CO2.. Duke University (USA), 152 pp.

LAFONT, DAMIEN   2005. retrieval of precipitation from microwave, infrared and visible satellites. Blaise Pascal University (France), 193 pp.

Lakatos, Monika   2005. Mathematical modeling of extreme meteorological events.. Eotvos Lorand University (Hungary), 90 pp.

Lamptey, Benjamin  L 2005. The role of land cover change in long-term climate change. The Pennsylvania State University (USA), 150 pp.

Lau, Winnie WY  2005. Understanding interactions between marine bacteria and phytoplankton: The influence of phytoplankton photorespiration on diversity and succession of glycolate-utilizing bacteria. WA (Other), 227 pp.

Leisnham, Paul  T 2005. Anthropogenic land use change and mosquitoes of public health importance in New Zealand. University of Otago (New Zealand), 176 pp.

Leksono, Yuliana  S 2005. Analytic Laplace Transform and Numerical Finite Difference Method for Integrated Water Quality Modeling Within Land-Ocean Interaction. Institute of Technology Bandung (Indonesia), 257 pp.

Lewis, Joanna  I 2005. From Technology Transfer to Local Manufacturing: China’s Emergence in the Global Wind Power Industry. University of California, Berkeley (USA), 356 pp.

Liutkus, Cynthia  M 2005. Paleoclimate Reconstruction Using Stable Isotopes of Freshwater Phreatic Carbonates. Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (USA), 210 pp.

Lufafa, Abel   2005. Spatial Analysis and Modeling of Carbon Storage in Native Shrubs of Senegal’s Peanut Basin.. Oregon State University (USA), 154 pp.

Lynch, Lisa  M 2005. Restoring the river; an ecopsychological novel and essay. Union Institute and University (USA), 386 pp.

Mantha, Gopikrishna   2005. Studies on the marine cyclopoid copepods. University of Madras (India), 157 pp.

MARINOV, IRINA   2005. Controls on the air-sea balance of carbon dioxide. Princeton University (USA), 234 pp.

Martz, Todd  R 2005. A tracer monitored titration for seawater total alkalinity. University of Montana (USA), 155 pp.

Mathukumalli, Bala Krishna Prasad   2005. Nutrient dynamics in the Pichavaram mangrove ecosystem, south east coast of India. Jawaharlal Nehru University (India), 135 pp.

Metcalfe, Daniel  B 2005. Understanding the effects of drought upon carbon allocation and cycling in an Amazonian rain forest. University of Edinburgh (United Kingdom), 227 pp.

MIAO, Xiaodong   2005. Aeolian records of Holocene climate change in the central Great Plains. University of Wisconsin-Madison (USA), 138 pp.

Mincks, Sarah  L 2005. Benthic-pelagic coupling on the Antarctic continental shelf: Impacts of seasonal phytodetritus deposition on the benthic community. University of Hawaii at Manoa (USA), 256 pp.

Mohovic, Bruna   2005. Protection against UV radiation in marine phytoplankton: A new method of estimation with basis on in vivo fluorescence and the effects of UV-B augmentation at two latitudes. Oceanographic Institute of the University of Sao Paulo (Brazil), 152 pp.

Moore, Pippa   2005. The role of biological interactions in modifying the effects of climate change on intertidal assemblages. University of Plymouth (United Kingdom), 253 pp.

Moy, Andrew  D 2005. Late Pleistocene Palaeoceanographic and Geochemical Evolution of the South Tasman Rise. University of Tasmania (Australia), 235 pp.

Nardoto, Gabriela  B 2005. Understanding the Controls over Spatial Patterns of N Cycle Openness within the Brazilian Amazon Basin. University of Sao Paulo (Brazil), 100 pp.

Nelson, David  M 2005. Influence of aridity and fire on Holocene vegetational patterns in the tallgrass prairie peninsula . University of Illinois (USA), 94 pp.

Olwoch, Jane  M 2005. Climate change and tick-host relationships in Africa. University of Pretoria, South Africa (South Africa), 267 pp.

Orr, Shannon  K 2005. Organized Interests and International Climate Change Policy. Wayne State University (USA), 188 pp.

Oswald, Stephen  A 2005. Responses of Great Skuas to climate. University of Leeds (United Kingdom), 253 pp.

Palen, Wendy  J 2005. Effects of ultraviolet radiation on montane amphibians of the Pacific Northwest; a comparison across scales.. University of Washington (USA), 117 pp.

Peros, Matthew  C 2005. Middle to late Holocene environmental change and archaeology on the north coast of central Cuba. University of Toronto (Canada), 121 pp.

Pittman, Jasna  V 2005. Transport in the Tropical and Subtropical Lower Stratosphere: Insights from in situ Measurements of Chemical Tracers. Harvard University (USA), 165 pp.

Pohlmann, Holger   2005. Mechanisms and predictability of North Atlantic - European climate. University Hamburg (Germany), 105 pp.

Potito, Aaron  P 2005. A combined paleolimnological and dendroclimatological study on climate change and impacts in the eastern Sierra Nevada, California. University of California at Los Angeles (USA), 427 pp.

Potts, Daniel  L 2005. Rainfall variability and carbon cycling in semi-arid ecosystems. University of Arizona (USA), 204 pp.

Poulter, Benjamin   2005. Interactions between landscape disturbance and gradual environmental change: Plant community migration in response to fire and sea level rise. Duke University (USA), 216 pp.

Pypker, Thomas  G 2005. The Influence of Canopy Structure and Epiphytes on the Hydrology of Douglas-fir Forests. Oregon State University (USA), 193 pp.

Ramesh, KV   2005. Numerical Modelling of Air-Sea Interactions in the Indo-Pacific . Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology and University of Pune (India), 204 pp.

RAY, DEEPAK  K 2005. Climatic Impact of Land Use Change on the Mesoamerican Biological Corridor. UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA HUNTSVILLE (USA), 124 pp.

Reitz, Anja   2005. Diagenetic and Paleoceanographic variations in sedimentary Mn, Ba, and CaCO3, with emphasis on the eastern Mediterranean sapropel S1. Utrecht University (Netherlands), 154 pp.

Reuss, Nina   2005. Sediment pigments as biomarkers of environmental change. Copenhagen University (Denmark), 33 pp.

Rigor, Ignatius  G 2005. Interdecadal Variations in Arctic Sea ice. University of Washington (USA), 99 pp.

Rodrigues, Lisa  J 2005. Physiology and biogeochemistry of bleached and recovering corals from Hawaii. University of Pennsylvania (USA), 265 pp.

Rosenheim, Brad  E 2005. An investigation of the sclerosponge Ceratoporella nicholsoni as a high-resolution paleoclimate proxy. University of Miami (USA), 170 pp.

Roy, Shouraseni Sen  2005. An analysis of the spatio temporal patterns of precipitation in India. Arizona State University (USA), 150 pp.

Russell, Marc  J 2005. Net ecosystem metabolism in Texas shallow water estuaries: an indicator of freshwater inflow effects, scales of variability, and changes due to climate change and watershed development. The University of Texas at Austin (USA), 140 pp.

Ryu, Soung-Ryoul   2005. Effect of disturbances on fuel loading, fire spread, and interteractions in managed forest landscapes. The University of Toledo (USA), 140 pp.

Schmidt, Matthew  W 2005. Salinity and Temperature Variability in the Caribbean and the North Atlantic Gyre During the Last Three Ice Age Cycles on Millennial and Orbital Time Scales. University of California Davis (USA), 200 pp.

Schmitt, Laura  K 2005. Soil Erosion, Poverty and Sustainability: A Biophysical Model of a Rural Philippine Economy. State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry (USA), 209 pp.

Schneider, David P 2005. Antarctic climate of the past 200 years from an integration of instrumental, satellite, and ice core proxy data. University of Washington (USA), 150 pp.

Sepp, Mait   2005. Influence of atmospheric circulation on environmental variables in Estonia. University of Tartu (Estonia), 155 pp.

Shaw, Alison   2005. Imbued Meaning: Science-Policy Interactions in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change . University of British Columbia (Canada), 187 pp.

Shoo, Luke  P 2005. Predicting and Detecting the Impacts of Climate Change on Montane Fauna in Australian Tropical Rainforests. Griffith University (Australia), 121 pp.

Shrestha, Rajendra Prasad  2005. Management of Environment in Nepal: With Reference to Environmental Pollution in Kathmandu Valley. Tribhuvan University (Nepal), 355 pp.

Sibold, Jason  S 2005. Multiscale subalpine forest dynamics, Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado. University of Colorado at Boulder (USA), 135 pp.

Sobek, Sebastian   2005. Carbon dioxide supersaturation in lakes: Causes, consequences and sensitivity to climate change. Uppsala University (Sweden), 235 pp.

Somers, Jayne  m 2005. Integrated Strategies for Reducing Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) and Carbon Dioxide: A Multi-Pollutant Analysis of Dane County, Wisconsin VOC Incinerators and their Greenhouse Gas Emission Trade-Offs.. University of Wisconsin - Madison (USA), 238 pp.

Sonneborn, Carrie  L 2005. Industry capacity building with respect to market-based approaches to greenhouse gas reduction - US and Australian Perspectives. Murdoch University (Australia), 346 pp.

Sotiropoulou, Rafaella - Eleni  P 2005. Simulation of physicochemical processes of biogenic aerosols: Their impact on air quality and climate change in the Mediterranean area. University of the Aegean (Greece), 208 pp.

Speekmann, Christa  L 2005. Use of RNA:DNA ratios for assessing secondary production of planktonic food webs: effects of temperature, salinity, food and heavy metals . The University of Texas at Austin (USA), 156 pp.

Spokas, Kurt  A 2005. Impacts of soil fumigation on greenhouse gas emission. University of Minnesota (USA), 243 pp.

Stephenson, Tannecia  S 2005. The Caribbean Dry Season: Modes, Circulation Features and Statistical Models. University of the West Indies (Other), 151 pp.

Suttle, Kenwyn  B 2005. Spider interactions with arthropod prey and their consequences in temperate and tropical communities. University of California at Berkeley (USA), 129 pp.

Taddei, Renzo  R 2005. Of clouds and streams, prophets and profits: the political semiotics of climate and water in the Brazilian Northeast. Columbia University (USA), 405 pp.

Teh, Yit Arn   2005. Methane cycling in humid tropical forests: stable isotope geochemistry and effects of oxygen dynamics. University of California at Berkeley (USA), 169 pp.

Titiz Maybach, Beyhan  2005. SIGNATURES IN THE SOIL: SOIL CHARCOAL AND PHOSPHORUS DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS ALONG AN ELEVATIONAL GRADIENT IN A COSTA RICAN TROPICAL RAINFOREST. University of Denver (USA), 162 pp.

Ueland, Jeffrey  S 2005. Ecological modeling and human dimensions of mangrove change in Florida. Florida State University (USA), 182 pp.

Verma, Sunita   2005. Global Model Simulations of Sulfate Aerosols. Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (India), 168 pp.

Wang, Jun   2005. Air quality and radiative impacts of long-range transported aerosols over the southeastern United States. University of Alabama in Huntsville (USA), 161 pp.

Webster, DG   2005. The Fortunes of Fishes and Fishers: The Political Economy of Innovation in Atlantic Resource Management. University of Southern California (USA), 415 pp.

WEDYAN, MOH  A 2005. aminio acids in the atmospheric and marine environments: distributions and the influnce of chiral charactristices. Al Hussein Bin Talal University (Jordan), 326 pp.

Whitmarsh, Lorraine  E 2005. A Study of Public Understanding of and Response to Climate Change in the South of England. University of Bath, UK (United Kingdom), 427 pp.

Wilcox, Andrew  C 2005. Interactions between flow hydraulics and channel morphology in step-pool streams. Colorado State University (USA), 124 pp.

Wise, Russell  M 2005. Agroforests as carbon sinks: a bio-economic analysis of Indonesian systems. University of New England, Australia (Australia), 198 pp.

Xu, Yongsheng   2005. Statistical analysis of sea surface height and bottom pressure in the Japan/East Sea. University of Rhode Island (USA), 260 pp.

Xu, Yongsheng   2005. Statistical analysis of sea surface height and bottom pressure in the Japan/East Sea. University of Rhode Island (USA), 267 pp.

Zaric, Snjezana   2005. Seasonal variability of planktic foraminiferal downward fluxes induced by environmental sensitivity of foraminiferal species - from observation to prediction. University of Bremen (Germany), 468 pp.

Zaro, Gregory   2005. Human Ecology and Ancient Agrarian Land Use at Wawakiki Spring, South Coast Peru, A.D. 1000-2000. University of New Mexico (USA), 282 pp.

ZEGRAR, AHMED   2005. impact of climate change in forest ecosystem analysis by remote sensning. Algerian Space Agency / National Center of Spaces Technics (Other), 360 pp.

 

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DISCCRS V
Symposium

March 13 - 20, 2010
Saquaro Lake Ranch

Eligibility

PhD completed between
April 1, 2007 -
July 31, 2009
in any discipline

Application Deadline
August 31, 2009

Selection will favor applicants who plan to engage in interdisciplinary research careers in any subject within or relevant to climate change and its impacts. A committee will select 34 scholars based on the submitted applications.

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