Barnett Family Professor, Stanford University
Thomas S. Dee, Ph.D., is the Barnett Family Professor at Stanford University’s Graduate School of Education (GSE), a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), a Senior Fellow at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR) and the Faculty Director of the John W. Gardner Center for Youth and Their Communities. His research focuses largely on the use of quantitative methods to inform contemporary issues of public policy and practice. The Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM) awarded his collaborative research the Raymond Vernon Memorial Award in 2015 and again in 2019. He currently serves on the editorial boards of the American Educational Research Journal, the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, and Education Finance and Policy.
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Manager of community-led change, Just Reinvest NSW, Indigenous Knowledge
Thomas Duncan is manager of community-led change at JustReinvest NSW.
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Research scientist, Freie Universität Berlin, Université Paris-Saclay
Much of my research focusses on assessing how invasive alien species adversely affect native species and human well-being. I am a member of the IUCN SSC Invasive Species Specialist Group (https://www.iucn.org/our-union/commissions/group/iucn-ssc-invasive-species-specialist-group), a founding member of the IUCN EICAT Authority (https://www.iucn.org/resources/conservation-tool/environmental-impact-classification-alien-taxa) and an Associate Editor for the journal BioInvasions Records (https://www.reabic.net/journals/bir/).
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Associate Professor in Earth Science, University of Southampton
My research explores the complex interactions between geological processes operating on different scales, and in different environments. My foundation in classic field geology and interest in the ‘big picture’ — the fundamental puzzle of how the Earth works — has resulted in a diverse research portfolio. Recent, exciting research has ranged from investigating the coupling between global tectonic and geochemical cycles in ‘deep time’ (e.g. “Snowball Earth”), to the regional controls on induced seismicity today. I apply a range of different techniques, including fieldwork, experiments, modelling, and analysis, to address these problems. I am currently involved in projects studying the impact cratering record of the Earth and Moon, the evolution of volcanism and seismicity in different tectonic environments, and understanding global-scale geochemical trends through Earth history.
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Assistant Professor of Accounting, Purdue University
Thomas Godwin's research and teaching interests include tax, data analytics, fraud and forensic accounting, financial accounting, ethics, and managerial accounting. He has a Ph.D. in Accounting from Purdue University, a M.P.Acc. in Tax from Clemson University, and a B.S. in Accounting from Clemson University. Dr. Godwin is also a licensed CPA and holds a CGMA designation. Prior to entering academia, he worked in tax consulting and compliance at a national public accounting firm, primarily serving large private equity clients and publicly-traded corporations. Dr. Godwin will join the Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management in the SC Johnson College of Business at Cornell University in 2023 as a Professor of Practice. He is also a national instructor and contributing editor for Becker Professional Education.
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Researcher in School of Economics and Finance, Tshwane University of Technology
Thomas Habanabakize is a Postdoctoral research fellow in the school of Economics and Finance at Tshwane University of Technology. He holds a PhD in Economics from North-West University. Before joining The Tshwane University of technology, he was a postdoctoral fellow at the North-West University where he published several articles within accredited international Journal. His research interests include the effects of macroeconomic variables in developing personal and societal well-being, financial economic and country risk impact on national economic growth, econometric modelling and forecasting, industrialization and job creation. He has published several papers on the aforementioned topics and he is currently buy with book chapters.
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Director of The Sia Furler Institute, University of Adelaide
Tom is Director of the Sia Furler Institute and Professor and Chair of Creative Technologies at the University of Adelaide, where he has built and delivered unique initiatives, such as the world-first Art Intelligence Agency (AIA), at the intersection of AI and creativity. With innovation and entrepreneurship in his DNA, he has pioneered competitively differentiated real-world creative arts learning experiences benefitting students.
His lustrous career fuses academia, creative arts, government, and the commercial industry. A globally-renowned catalyst of generational change, he is a prolific entrepreneur, renowned CEO of global music for media and digital innovation companies tomandandy and Disrupter and was South Australia’s first and only Chief Innovator. Talented at recognizing patterns with limited information, he has already anticipated and grasped the opportunity to deliver game-changing outcomes that will close the gap between Australia’s creative arts industry and the world’s digital scene. A solid academic background, an active speaking portfolio and an esteemed international profile underpin this futurist drive. Tom received a PhD and MA from Princeton University, a Presidential MBA from Pepperdine University and BMUS from the University of British Columbia.
KEY ACHIEVEMENTS
• Pioneered synergistic initiatives including The Art Intelligence Agency and the Open Music Initiative, the former pairing world-class AI and machine learning scientists with leading artists such as Laurie Anderson and Herbie Hancock, and the latter creating the first OMI node outside the US.
• Recently launched the South Australian Block Chain Lab, an extension of OMI bridging academic and industry to create block chain innovation.
• CEO of global companies tomandandy and Disrupter, generating +US$1BN for global economies and driving impact at scale, re-shaping the role of music and media and leading the innovative development of distributed Web infrastructure and AI worldwide with current engagements including the European Space Agency.
• Positioned Adelaide as Australia’s first gigabit city, creating the opportunity to transform the city’s future. Secured access to +US$5BN in annual funding for city-to-city innovation collaboration, signing an MOU in the White House.
• Holds the record number of NTROs for the University of Adelaide.
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Dr. Thomas Hastings is Research Associate at the Work, Organisation and Employment Relations Research Centre (WOERRC) at Sheffield University Management School and Associate Fellow at the Sheffield Political Economy Research Institute (SPERI). His research inquiries are geared to gaining a better understanding of working lives and the challenges people face when engaging with the labour market.
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Professor of physics, KU Leuven
I am a cosmologist and was for many years a close collaborator of the late Stephen Hawking. I received my doctorate from the University of Cambridge and am currently professor of theoretical physics at the University of Leuven, where I study the quantum nature of the Big Bang.
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Associate Professor of Criminal Justice, Michigan State University
Thomas J. Holt is an associate professor in the School of Criminal Justice at Michigan State University whose research focuses on computer hacking, malware, and the role of the Internet in facilitating all manner of crime and deviance. His work has been published in various journals including Crime and Delinquency, Deviant Behavior, the Journal of Criminal Justice, and Youth and Society.
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Post-doctoral research fellow, University of Cape Town
Thomas Isbell has a PhD from UCT (University of Cape Town). He is currently a post-doctoral research fellow at the Institute for Democracy, Citizenship and Public Policy in Africa at UCT, and also works for Afrobarometer.
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Lecturer in Political Communication, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Senior Lecturer in Microbiology, Western Sydney University
Dr Jeffries is a Senior Lecturer in Microbiology at Western Sydney. His research focuses on the ecology of the microbiome in diverse habitats, molecular microbiology, and the intersection between microbiology and history. He has published over 60 peer reviewed publications, been cites over 600 times, is the Branch Secretary of the Australian Society for Microbiology and is a Senior Editor at Letters in Applied Microbiology.
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Postdoctoral Researcher, Linköping University
I am a cultural geographer researching problems posed by human-technology relationships. My postdoctoral research focuses on the speculative problem of how to preserve memory of nuclear storage sites in Sweden into the distant future.
Project website: https://nuclearmemory.wordpress.com/
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Thomas Kochan is currently Professor of Management, MIT Sloan School of Management and teaches and studies Work and Employment Relations at the MIT Sloan School of Management. For the past 40 years I have applied my research by working intensively with leaders in business, labor, and government to update labor and employment policies and practices to catch up with changes in the workforce and the economy. I just published Shaping the Future of Work (Business Educators Press, 2016) that focuses on what workers, employers, government, and educators can do to meet the needs and aspirations of the "Next Generation" workforce.
I also teach a MIT "MOOC" on line course that addresses these issues. Information about the course can be found at: https://www.edx.org/course/american-dream-next-generation-mitx-15-662x#.VNuR5bDF9IU
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Research Officer in History, Australian National University
I am an early career historian based in Melbourne.
I studied at the University of Cambridge and the EHESS in Paris, before pursuing a doctorate at the Australian National University. My thesis on early French social science was awarded the John Moloney prize for best thesis in History in 2022.
In 2024-25, I will be taking up a Gustave Gimon fellowship at Stanford University.
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PhD Candidate, York St John University
I am a PhD student at York St John University, undertaking research concerning the health and quality of the UK's representative democracy. This incorporates a great deal of original analysis across various aspects of the UK's democratic landscape (e.g. the voting system; the media etc.), and involves both quantitative research and qualitative depth-interviews with voters to ascertain their perceptions.
My MA by Research thesis made an original contribution to the field by assessing volatility at UK General Elections, challenging mainstream assumptions which purport electoral change to be linear and gradual.
Previously, I have worked in the capacity of a Research Assistant and collected/collated popular vote results (%) for each party across every constituency (excl. constituencies in Northern Ireland) at General Elections between 2001 and 2019, to calculate the Effective Number of Parties at a constituency level. This project has yet to be published.
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Senior Lecturer in Grazing Lands Ecology, Lincoln University, New Zealand
My research interests focus on understanding ecological mechanisms of functionally-sustainable grazing lands, for the purpose of applied management of these agricultural landscapes in meeting the economic and social needs of humanity while maintaining the biophysical resource on which the ecosystem rests.
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I am an economist and finance professor at the Goizueta Business School at Emory University. I specialize in the economics and finance of sports, entertainment, education, franchise businesses, wages and productivity, labor and macroeconomic trends. I teach across all programs at Goizueta -- BBA, MBA, EvMBA, Executive MBA, Executive Education and even offer a finance course for non-business students.
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Ngurrara Traditional Owner and Ranger, Indigenous Knowledge
Thomas Nnarda is a Ngurrara Traditional Owner, with many years of experience as a ranger looking after desert country.
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Research Fellow, Biosciences, University of Exeter
I am interested in the complex interactions that govern collective behaviour, ecology, and self-organisation within social insects. My research centres upon the intersection between fundamental investigations of colony functioning, and applied work in ecology and epidemiology. I use ants, honeybees, bumblebees and termites as models to assess network dynamics, with a focus on the role of interindividual heterogeneity.
Currently, I am studying honeybee epidemiology and genetics, the dynamics of parasite-pathogen interactions within insect colonies, collective decision-making in ants, and the detection and behavioural classification of invasive hornets using artificial intelligence.
The central aim of my research is to leverage an understanding of the rules underpinning complex systems; both to solve real-world challenges, and enhance mechanistic knowledge at a variety of scales. I value social insect models, as they provide tractable and fascinating tools with which to investigate applied and fundamental questions in biology.
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Associate Professor of Sport Media, University of Iowa
Tom Oates holds degrees in American Studies and Mass Communication and holds a joint appointment with the School of Journalism and Mass Communication. His interdisciplinary scholarship has appeared in journals spanning communication, sport studies, and cultural studies. He is the author of "Football and Manliness" and the co-editor of "The NFL: Critical and Cultural Perspectives," and "Playing to Win: Sports, Video Games, and the Culture of Play."
He pursues research interests at the intersection of sport, media, and culture, focusing on how new media and neoliberalism are shaping articulations of race, gender, and sexuality around contemporary sport. His current project explores the connections between basketball with racialized and gendered meanings of space.
Tom teaches courses on the historical, economic, regulatory, and ideological forces shaping media production on the United States.
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Professor, Anthropology Department, Queens College, CUNY
Dr. Plummer's research focuses on reconstructing the behavior and ecology of extinct members of our biological family, the Hominidae. It includes a strong paleoecological component because paleoenvironmental information is integral to issues ranging from the origin of major morphological complexes (e.g. bipedalism), understanding adaptive shifts within and between hominid lineages (e.g. between hominids with gracile and robust chewing apparatuses) and elucidating the context of novel behaviors (e.g., the production of stone tools and the formation of the first archeological sites at ca. 2.6 million years ago).
His fieldwork focuses on investigating archeological and paleontological occurrences in late Pliocene and Pleistocene sediments on the Homa Peninsula, southwestern Kenya. He is particularly interested in probing the adaptive significance of the earliest stone tool industry, known as the Oldowan. His on-going excavations at the ca. 2.0 million year old Oldowan site of Kanjera South, Kenya, have uncovered the largest assemblage of artifacts and archeological fauna from an Oldowan site outside of Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania. Manuscripts describing and interpreting the finds from Kanjera are currently in preparation.
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Research Officer, Centre for Environmental Research Innovation and Sustainability (CERIS), Atlantic Technological University
My research interests revolve around the area of biomass and bioenergy. With a background in both chemistry and environmental chemistry, I am committed to contributing to the discovery of solutions that can help reduce carbon emissions and waste build-up in local communities. My expertise lies in hydrothermal processing of biomass, which I had the opportunity to explore during my master's thesis in Switzerland. Subsequently, I focused on producing bio-petroleum oil from microalgae using hydrothermal liquefaction. Additionally, I have worked on a project aimed at valorizing black liquor to produce hydrogen and agricultural waste to produce bio bitumen binder. My proficiency in this field makes me a valuable addition to any team focused on tackling the challenges of biomass and bioenergy.
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Professeur en Physique, Utrecht University
Development and application of isotope techniques to investigate physics and chemistry of the atmosphere
Global trace gas budgets
Impact of anthropogenic activities on the atmosphere.
Stratosphere-Troposphere exchange
Stratospheric water vapor
Development of air sampling devices for atmospheric trace gases (e.g. high altitude research aircraft "Geophysica", stratospheric balloon experiments).
Investigation of kinetic isotope effects in laboratory experiments
Investigation and application of mass independent isotope effects
Reconstruction of the paleo-atmosphere using air samples from Arctic and Antarctic ice and firn
Member of the Netherlands Earth System Science Center consortium
Chair
Atmospheric physics and chemistry
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Senior Research Fellow, NZ Work Research Institute, Auckland University of Technology
Thomas Schober is a Senior Research Fellow at the NZ Work Research Institute. His research interests include health, family, and labour economics. He has extensive experience in working with administrative data and applying quantitative econometric methods. Before joining the AUT, Thomas worked for the Department of Economics at the Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria.
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Associate Professor in Physics, The University of Queensland
A/Prof Stace completed his PhD at the Cavendish Lab, University of Cambridge in the UK on quantum computing, followed by postdoctoral research at the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, also at Cambridge. During this time he was a fellow at Queens' College. He has been a researcher at the University of Queensland since 2006, firstly on an ARC Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, then an ARC Research Fellowship, and currently on a Future Fellowship.
His research has largely focused on applying methods from quantum optics to solid state devices for use in quantum information applications, and more recently on error correction protocols. He also works on high precision measurement in collaboration with experimental colleagues at the University of Adelaide, in a project whose ultimate aim is to contribute to the international definition of Boltzmann's constant, and some biophysics.
Dr Stace also consults for UniQuest, UQ's commercial arm, on scientific and technical matters.
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Lecturer in Communications, Gustavson School of Business, University of Victoria
I work as a lecturer at the University of Victoria, where I facilitate courses on collaboration, communication, and cultural analysis. Over time, I have shifted from literary analysis to examine the intersection of sustainability, culture, and communication. My curiosity has led me from a PhD in 19th Century Literary Culture (2020) to an MBA in Sustainable Innovation (2024). My past research in genre fiction laid the groundwork for my current analysis of cultural narratives connecting business and environmental impact. Today, I apply these insights to teach and develop sustainable communication strategies. I teach and write on the social impacts of sustainable policy. My work aims to merge cultural understanding with practical communication skills, driving forward a discourse on our most urgent sustainability concerns.
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Prof. Vandervelde has two B.S. degrees in both Astronomy and Physics from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and an M.A. and Ph.D in Physics from the University of Virginia. Tom has extensive research experience in optoelectronics and photonics. His research group, The Renewable Energy and Applied Photonics (REAP) Labs, at Tufts University works on developing new optolectronic materials and devices to garner a better understanding of how light and matter interact while creating a better future for us all.
Tom is an Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Adjunct Professor of Mechanical Engineering, and Adjunct Professor of Physics at Tufts University. His research group is the Renewable Energy and Applied Photonics Laboratories (REAP Labs) at Tufts. He is also the Director of the Tufts Epitaxial Core Facility, which is a user facility dedicated to providing semiconductor epitaxial services to the local, national, and international community for most semiconductor materials systems.
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Professor of Sociology, University of California, Davis
I am a Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Davis, a research affiliate at the UC Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation (IGCC), and currently a board member and a faculty affiliate of the UC Davis Designated Emphasis in Environmental Humanities. My research interests and expertise focus on risks & hazards, the environment, community politics & movements, and institutions, organizations, & economy. These interests have taken shape through studies of mass media and the anti-war movements, the petroleum industry and an oil spill disaster, technological innovation in the commercial construction and real estate industries, risk disputes and civic political conflict, and the political discourse and theatre that currently surrounds "public tragedies." Across my career, within these broad areas of interest, I have focused on the collective construction of rationality and how situated membership(s) in organizations, communities, and social movement groups shape interpretation, expectations, and preferences in significant ways.
The National Science Foundation, the California Energy Commission, the UC Toxics Research and Teaching Fellowship, and the Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation are just some of the institutions that have funded my research. From my research, I have published three books, Silent Spill: The Organization of an Industrial Crisis (2002, MIT Press), Community at Risk: Biodefense and the Collective Search for Security (2015, Stanford University Press), and After Tragedy Strikes: Why Claims of Trauma and Loss Promote Public Outrage and Encourage Political Polarization (2024, University of California Press). I have also published in leading journals like The Journal of Social Problems, Annual Review of Sociology, The American Behavioral Scientist, Environment & Planning C: Government & Policy, and Organization and Environment, among others.
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Professor of Animal and Dairy Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Thomas D. Crenshaw is a Professor in the Department of Animal and Dairy Sciences with an affiliation with the Interdepartmental Graduate Program in Nutritional Sciences. His primary research emphasis is animal nutrition. Crenshaw received a Ph.D. (1980) and M.S. (1977) degrees at the University of Nebraska in swine nutrition and a B.S. (1974) degree in Animal Sciences at the University of Tennessee-Martin.
Swine nutrition is Crenshaw’s primary area of expertise. Throughout his research career, two primary research themes have focused on nutritional factors that enhance bone integrity and the cation-anion balance of mineral elements. These research efforts have required integration of biochemical, physiological, and cellular pathways, with inorganic chemistry, and mechanical engineering principles. Crenshaw’s research expertise has attracted strong interactions with researchers in academia and the commercial swine nutrition industry. His expertise in the use of swine as a biomedical model has allowed collaborations with researchers in mechanical engineering, orthopedic surgery, urology, human nutrition, and biochemistry. Additional major research efforts have included projects in amino acid nutrition and use of fatty acids as energy supplements to enhance neonatal pig survival.
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Professor of Political Science, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
I am professor of political science at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. I started at UMBC in 1998, shortly after completing my PhD at the University of North Carolina in 1997. I am the author of The Stronghold: How Republicans Captured Congress but Surrendered the White House, Whistling Past Dixie: How Democrats Can Win Without the South, and co-author (with fellow UMBC political scientist Tyson King-Meadows) of Devolution and Black State Legislators: Challenges and Choices in the Twenty-First Century. Along with Paul Waldman, I am author of White Rural Rage: The Threat to American Democracy (Random House, 2024). A former political columnist for the Baltimore Sun, I have published commentaries in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, The American Prospect, Politico, and The New Republic, and have appeared on ABC News, MSNBC, The Colbert Report, National Public Radio and C-SPAN. Since 2004, I have given lectures on American elections in 19 countries on behalf of the U.S. State Department.
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Chercheur Doctoral (Technologie, Relations Internationales, et Affaires Militaires) | Doctoral Researcher (Technology, International Relations, and Military Affairs), University of Kent
Thomas Chevalier est chercheur doctoral à la Brussels School of International Studies (University of Kent) et travaille sur les questions spatiales militaires et les nouveaux domaines de conflictualité. Il est particulièrement intéressé par l'interaction entre politique, science et technologie, and imagination dans la fabrique des politiques publiques de défense.
Thomas Chevalier is a doctoral researcher at the Brussels School of International Studies (University of Kent). He works on space military studies and new domains of conflicts. He is particularly interested in the interplay between politics, science and technology, and imagination in defence policymaking.
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Postdoctoral Fellow in International Affiars, Georgia Institute of Technology
At Georgia Tech’s Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, I lead a research portfolio dedicated to issues of international coordination, sustainability, and security in outer space. I develop analytic approaches to recognize and predict satellite behavior in the most congested portions of the near-Earth space environment to better inform the development of international norms of behavior for satellite operations. I also teach classes on topics at the intersection of space technology and policy.
My academic work has been supported by the Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation, the National Science Foundation, Schmidt Futures, and Switzerland’s State Secretariat for Education, Research, and Innovation. My professional practice as an advisor for outer space affairs has been recognized with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s (MIT) Prize for Open Data, the Geneva Centre for Security Policy’s Prize for Innovation in Global Security, and a placement on Forbes Magazine’s 30 Under 30 in Science list.
Prior to my work at Georgia Tech, I studied astrodynamics and technology policy at MIT and astrophysics and Russian language at Princeton University.
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