Workshops List

58 ESF Exploratory Workshops in 2009:

1. EW08-266 - HUM (formerly SCH)

   Textile Terminology In The Ancient Near East And The Mediterranean Area In The 3rd And 2nd Millennia B.c.
   Dates and location: 4-8 March 2009, Copenhagen, Denmark
   Convened by: Marie-Louise Nosch (DK), Cécile Michel (FR)
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2. EW08-251 - HUM (formerly SCH)

   Redefining The Sacred: Religious Identity, Ritual Practice And Sacred Architecture In The Near East And Egypt, 1000 Bc – Ad 300
   Dates and location: 19-21 March 2009, Oxford, United Kingdom
   Convened by: Rubina Raja (DK), Elizabeth Frood (UK)
   ESF Representative(s): Bohuslav Mánek (CZ)
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3. EW08-070 - LEE (formerly LESC), MED (formerly EMRC)

   Indoor Contamination With Persistent Organic Compounds: An Important Exposure Pathway For People?
   Dates and location: 23-25 March 2009, Stockholm, Sweden
   Convened by: Cynthia De Wit (SE), Stuart Harrad (UK)
   ESF Representative(s): Sonja Lojen (SI), Katarína Poláková (SK)
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4. EW08-118 - PEN (formerly PESC)

   Curves, Coding Theory, And Cryptography
   Dates and location: 25-29 March 2009, Marseille, France
   Convened by: David Kohel (FR), Gilles Lachaud (FR), Christophe Ritzenthaler (FR)
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5. EW08-170 - HUM (formerly SCH)

   Applying Semantic Web Technologies To Medieval Manuscript Research
   Dates and location: 30 March-1 April 2009, Birmingham, United Kingdom
   Convened by: Wendy Scase (UK), Orietta Da Rold (UK)
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6. EW08-080 - PEN (formerly PESC), LEE (formerly LESC)

   Modularity For Versatile Motor Learning: From Neuroscience To Robotics And Back
   Dates and location: 8-11 April 2009, Certaldo, Italy
   Convened by: Andrea D'Avella (IT), Etienne Burdet (UK), Auke Ijspeert (CH)
   ESF Representative(s): Astrid Lunkes (FR)
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7. EW08-069 - LEE (formerly LESC)

   Improving Ecological Forecasts By Integrating Feedback Mechanisms
   Dates and location: 14-18 April 2009, Potsdam, Germany
   Convened by: Ursula Gaedke (DE), Francisco De Castro (DE), Florian Jeltsch (DE), Frank Schurr (DE), Richard Walters (DE)
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8. EW08-101 - LEE (formerly LESC)

   Synoptic-Scale Climate Dynamics Over The Last Millennium: A Case Study For The Mca-Lia Transition
   Dates and location: 17-20 May 2009, Kippel, Switzerland
   Convened by: Valerie Trouet (CH), Andy Baker (UK), Jan Esper (CH), Eduardo Zorita (DE)
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9. EW08-287 - HUM (formerly SCH)

   West Reads East – Interdependent Hermeneutics Of European And Middle Eastern Literatures
   Dates and location: 22-24 May 2009, Berlin, Germany
   Convened by: Stephan Guth (NO), Petra De Bruijn (NL), Andreas Pflitsch (DE)
   ESF Representative(s): Bohuslav Mánek (CZ)
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10. EW08-035 - MED (formerly EMRC)

    The Dreaming Mind-Brain, Consciousness And Psychosis: Bridging The Gap From The Phenomenology Of Mentation To Neurones
    Dates and location: 25-28 May 2009, Brusson (AO) , Italy
    Convened by: Silvio Scarone (IT)
    ESF Representative(s): Joaquim Ribeiro (PT)
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11. EW08-338 - SOC (formerly SCSS)

    Social, Cognitive And Affective Dimensions Of Collaborative Learning Interactions: Towards An Integrated Analysis
    Dates and location: 25-27 May 2009, Paris, France
    Convened by: Michael Baker (FR), Jerry Andriessen (NL), Sanna Järvelä (FI)
    ESF Representative(s): Thorlakur Karlsson (IS)
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12. EW08-064 - PEN (formerly PESC), LEE (formerly LESC)

    Frontiers In European Research On Liquid Crystalline Soft Matter
    Dates and location: 26-30 May 2009, Bandol, France
    Convened by: Jan Lagerwall (DE), Sven Lagerwall (FR)
    ESF Representative(s): Kenneth Ruud (NO)
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13. EW08-204 - HUM (formerly SCH), SOC (formerly SCSS)

    Exploring Creative Cities; The Cultural And Economic Values Of Cultural Industries Clusters
    Dates and location: 28-29 May 2009, Rotterdam, Netherlands
    Convened by: Erik Hitters (NL)
    ESF Representative(s): Thorlakur Karlsson (IS)
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14. EW08-313 - SOC (formerly SCSS)

    Microfinance And Entrepreneurship In Developing Countries: Evaluation, Constraints And Opportunities
    Dates and location: 31 May-2 June 2009, Oxford, United Kingdom
    Convened by: Rocco Macchiavello (UK), Robin Burgess (UK), Greg Fischer (UK), Imran Rasul (UK)
    ESF Representative(s): Patrick Paul Walsh (IE)
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15. EW08-055 - LEE (formerly LESC)

    Defining The Lithosphere-Asthenosphere Boundary Beneath Continents (DefLAB)
    Dates and location: 2-6 June 2009, Dublin, Ireland
    Convened by: Alan G. Jones (IE), Sergei Lebedev (IE), Lothar Viereck-Götte (DE)
    ESF Representative(s): Constantin Doukas (GR)
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16. EW08-194 - HUM (formerly SCH)

    Eurobus
    Dates and location: 11-13 June 2009, Helmond, Netherlands
    Convened by: Gijs Mom (NL)
    

17. EW08-219 - HUM (formerly SCH)

    Intermedialities: Theory, History, Practice
    Dates and location: 12-14 June 2009, Amsterdam, Netherlands
    Convened by: Ivo Blom (NL), Francesco Casetti (IT), Agnes Petho (RO), Jens Schroeter (DE), Antonio Somaini (IT), Yvonne Spielmann (UK), Ginette Verstraete (NL)
    ESF Representative(s): Arianna Ciula (FR)
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18. EW08-115 - PEN (formerly PESC), LEE (formerly LESC)

    Biosignatures On Exoplanets; The Identity Of Life
    Dates and location: 22-26 June 2009, Mulhouse, France
    Convened by: Nigel Mason (UK), Ewa Szuszkiewicz (PL)
    ESF Representative(s): Sonja Lojen (SI)
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19. EW08-142 - LEE (formerly LESC)

    Ways To Reduce Carbon Foot Print Of Portland Cement Production And Cementitious Products.
    Dates and location: 22-23 June 2009, Coventry, United Kingdom
    Convened by: Eshmaiel Ganjian (UK), Mark Tyrer (UK)
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20. EW08-063 - PEN (formerly PESC), LEE (formerly LESC)

    Exploring The Interactions Between Carbon And Organic Chemical Cycling In Terrestrial Ecosystems
    Dates and location: 24-26 June 2009, Lancaster, United Kingdom
    Convened by: Luca Nizzetto (UK), Andrew Jarvis (UK), Kevin C. Jones (UK)
    ESF Representative(s): Aslihan Kerç (TR)
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21. EW08-243 - HUM (formerly SCH)

    Occupations In World War One. Sources And Analyses
    Dates and location: 1-4 July 2009, Munich, Germany
    Convened by: Gustavo Corni (IT), Martin Baumeister (DE)
    ESF Representative(s): Ilie Parvu (RO)
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22. EW08-316 - HUM (formerly SCH), SOC (formerly SCSS)

    Music And The Brain: New Perspectives For Stimulating Cognitive And Sensory Processes
    Dates and location: 3-5 July 2009, Gdansk, Poland
    Convened by: Emmanuel Bigand (FR), Simone Dalla Bella (PL), Barbara Tillmann (FR)
    ESF Representative(s): Ewa Dahlig-Turek (PL)
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23. EW08-005 - PEN (formerly PESC), LEE (formerly LESC), MED (formerly EMRC)

    Bionanotechnology: Development And Application Of Principles Of Nano- and Bio-Sciences To Sensing, Diagnostics & Therapy
    Dates and location: 31 August-2 September 2009, Sintra, Portugal
    Convened by: Iseult Lynch (IE), Ricardo Franco (PT)
    ESF Representative(s): Salim Belouettar (LU), Constantin Doukas (GR), Martin Röllinghoff (DE)
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24. EW08-197 - HUM (formerly SCH)

    European Cultures Of The Cold War
    Dates and location: 3-6 September 2009, Sheffield, United Kingdom
    Convened by: Holger Nehring (UK), Adam Piette (UK), Erica Sheen (UK)
    ESF Representative(s): Margaret Kelleher (IE)
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25. EW08-270 - HUM (formerly SCH)

    The Ecology Of Crusading: The Environmental Impact Of Conquest And Colonisation In The Medieval Baltic
    Dates and location: 4-6 September 2009, Malbork, Poland
    Convened by: Aleksander Pluskowski (UK)
    ESF Representative(s): Bernhard Palme (AT)
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26. EW08-299 - SOC (formerly SCSS)

    European Contract Law And The Welfare State
    Dates and location: 7-8 September 2009, Amsterdam, Netherlands
    Convened by: Jacobien Rutgers (NL)
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27. EW08-073 - LEE (formerly LESC), HUM (formerly SCH)

    Interdisciplinary Water Management In European Agricultural Landscapes
    Dates and location: 8-11 September 2009, Birmingham, United Kingdom
    Convened by: Gilles Pinay (UK), Julian Clark (UK)
    ESF Representative(s): Aslihan Kerç (TR)
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28. EW08-112 - PEN (formerly PESC)

    Applications Of The AdS/CFT Duality To QCD
    Dates and location: 8-12 September 2009, Porto, Portugal
    Convened by: Miguel Costa da Sousa (PT), Lorenzo Cornalba (IT), Joao Penedones (US), Pedro Vieira (DE)
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29. EW08-198 - HUM (formerly SCH), SOC (formerly SCSS)

    European Feminism's Engagement With Its Own Past: The Utility Of Historical Narratives In Constructing Gender-Based Identities
    Dates and location: 8-11 September 2009, Lincoln, United Kingdom
    Convened by: Krista Cowman (UK), Jirina Smejkalova (UK)
    ESF Representative(s): Algis Krupavicius (LT)
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30. EW08-041 - MED (formerly EMRC)

    Understanding The Genetic, Physiological And Psychological Mechanisms Underlying Disabling Medically Unexplained Symptoms And Somatisation
    Dates and location: 10-12 September 2009, Munich, Germany
    Convened by: Peter Henningsen (DE), Francis Creed (UK)
    ESF Representative(s): János Réthelyi (HU)
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31. EW08-254 - HUM (formerly SCH)

    Religious Migrants And European Identities, 1400-2009
    Dates and location: 10-12 September 2009, Hamburg, Germany
    Convened by: Susanne Lachenicht (DE), William Gallois (UK)
    ESF Representative(s): Kostas Gouliamos (CY)
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32. EW08-068 - LEE (formerly LESC)

    Improved Quantitative Fire Description With Multi-Species Inversions Of Observed Plumes
    Dates and location: 14-16 September 2009, Farnham, United Kingdom
    Convened by: Johannes Kaiser (UK), Martin Schultz (DE), Martin Wooster (UK)
    ESF Representative(s): Paavo Pelkonen (FI)
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33. EW08-057 - LEE (formerly LESC)

    Diurnal- to Century-Scale Controls On Soil Respiratory Fluxes. Towards A New Generation Of Integrated Experimental And Modelling Approaches
    Dates and location: 20-23 September 2009, Innsbruck, Austria
    Convened by: Michael Bahn (AT), Ivan Janssens (BE), Markus Reichstein (DE)
    ESF Representative(s): Giuseppe Scarascia-Mugnozza (IT)
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34. EW08-123 - SOC (formerly SCSS)

    Evidence-Based Environmental Design For Older People: From Initiation To Dissemination, Enhancing The Paradigm Of Design Research.
    Dates and location: 21-23 September 2009, Portsmouth, United Kingdom
    Convened by: Taraneh Dean (UK), Amy Drahota (UK), Christina Victor (UK)
    ESF Representative(s): Akile Gürsoy (TR)
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35. EW08-007 - MED (formerly EMRC), SOC (formerly SCSS)

    Can Complexity Improve European Health Policy?
    Dates and location: 23-25 September 2009, Lancaster, United Kingdom
    Convened by: Robert Geyer (UK), Helen Cooper (UK)
    ESF Representative(s): Akile Gürsoy (TR)
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36. EW08-238 - HUM (formerly SCH)

    Neuroesthetics: When Art And The Brain Collide
    Dates and location: 23-26 September 2009, Milan, Italy
    Convened by: Riccardo Manzotti (IT), Paolo Moderato (IT), Patrizia Nerozzi Bellman (IT)
    ESF Representative(s): Arianna Ciula (FR)
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37. EW08-153 - SOC (formerly SCSS)

    Beyond Mainstream: Understanding Sexuality In Europe
    Dates and location: 30 September-4 October 2009, Turin, Italy
    Convened by: Raffaella Ferrero Camoletto (IT), Chiara Bertone (IT)
    ESF Representative(s): Bogdan Mach (PL)
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38. EW08-335 - SOC (formerly SCSS)

    Rights, Legal Mobilization And Political Participation In Europe
    Dates and location: 8-11 October 2009, Athens, Greece
    Convened by: Dia Anagnostou (GR)
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39. EW08-290 - HUM (formerly SCH)

    Words In Action: Interdisciplinary Approaches To Understanding Word Processing And Storage
    Dates and location: 11-14 October 2009, Pisa, Italy
    Convened by: Vito Pirrelli (IT)
    ESF Representative(s): Marko Tadic (HR)
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40. EW08-265 - HUM (formerly SCH), SOC (formerly SCSS)

    Technology And Religion: Structural Affinities And Cultural Challenges
    Dates and location: 14-16 October 2009, Glasgow, United Kingdom
    Convened by: Werner G. Jeanrond (UK), Ward Blanton (UK)
    ESF Representative(s): Javier Esparcia Pérez (ES)
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41. EW08-124 - PEN (formerly PESC)

    How To Constrain The High Density Symmetry Energy
    Dates and location: 15-18 October 2009, Zagreb, Croatia
    Convened by: Zoran Basrak (HR)
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42. EW08-025 - MED (formerly EMRC)

    Neuropsychiatric Disorders Associated With Streptococcal Infection In Europe
    Dates and location: 22-24 October 2009, London, United Kingdom
    Convened by: Gavin Giovannoni (UK), Pieter Hoekstra (NL), Davide Martino (IT)
    ESF Representative(s): Haluk Topaloglu (TR)
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43. EW08-033 - MED (formerly EMRC)

    The Adolescent Brain. New Insights From Clinical And Animal Models
    Dates and location: 22-24 October 2009, Roma, Italy
    Convened by: Giovanni Laviola (IT)
    ESF Representative(s): Emmanuelle Wollman (FR)
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44. EW08-350 - SOC (formerly SCSS)

    The Human Costs Of Border Control In The Context Of EU Maritime Migration Systems
    Dates and location: 25-27 October 2009, Amsterdam, Netherlands
    Convened by: Thomas Pieter Spijkerboer (NL), Jørgen Carling (NO), Ernesto Kiza (DE)
    ESF Representative(s): Pieter Hooimeijer (NL)
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45. EW08-349 - SOC (formerly SCSS)

    The Effects Of Super-Diversity In Europe
    Dates and location: 26-28 October 2009, Tilburg, Netherlands
    Convened by: Jan Blommaert (NL), Paul de Guchteneire (FR), Steven Vertovec (DE)
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46. EW08-329 - SOC (formerly SCSS)

    Qualities In Perception Science
    Dates and location: 2-6 November 2009, Rovereto, Italy
    Convened by: Liliana Albertazzi (IT)
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47. EW08-034 - HUM (formerly SCH)

    The Communication Of Deaf-Blind People As A Model For Exploring Language Modality, Social Communication, And Neural Plasticity
    Dates and location: 5-7 November 2009, London, United Kingdom
    Convened by: Bencie Woll (UK)
    ESF Representative(s): Maria del Carmen Picallo Soler (ES)
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48. EW08-288 - HUM (formerly SCH)

    When East Meets West –Turkey, Islam, Human Rights And Secular Values
    Dates and location: 6-8 November 2009, Istanbul, Turkey
    Convened by: Murat Tumay (UK), Peter Cumper (UK)
    ESF Representative(s): Kostas Gouliamos (CY)
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49. EW08-211 - HUM (formerly SCH)

    Historical Trajectories Of Contemporary Societies. The Development Of Civil Society In Europe From The Middle Ages Till Today
    Dates and location: 11-15 November 2009, Antwerp, Belgium
    Convened by: Maarten Van Dijck (BE), Bert De Munck (BE)
    ESF Representative(s): Kostas Gouliamos (CY)
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50. EW08-024 - MED (formerly EMRC), HUM (formerly SCH)

    Multidisciplinary Workshop On Suffering
    Dates and location: 12-15 November 2009, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
    Convened by: Smadar Bustan (LU)
    ESF Representative(s): Eva Hoogland (FR)
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51. EW08-047 - HUM (formerly SCH), SOC (formerly SCSS)

    A Caring Europe? Care, Migration And Gender
    Dates and location: 12-13 November 2009, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
    Convened by: Umut Erel (UK), Parvati Raghuram (UK), Nicola Yeates (UK)
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52. EW08-309 - SOC (formerly SCSS)

    Immigration And Education In Southern Europe
    Dates and location: 12-14 November 2009, Barcelona, Spain
    Convened by: Silvia Carrasco Pons (ES)
    

53. EW08-013 - LEE (formerly LESC)

    GPCR Signalling Systems: A New Avenue For Drug Discovery?
    Dates and location: 24-25 November 2009, Paris, France
    Convened by: Eric R. Reiter (FR)
    ESF Representative(s): Pilar Perez (ES)
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54. EW08-356 - SOC (formerly SCSS)

    Trust And The Human Resource Management (hrm) Cycle
    Dates and location: 24-26 November 2009, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
    Convened by: Rosalind Searle (UK), Deanne Den Hartog (NL), Denise Skinner (UK)
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55. EW08-011 - MED (formerly EMRC)

    Exploring New Directions For The Assessment Of Dietary Intake And Physical Activity Levels In Population Studies That Aim To Tackle The Obesity Epidemic Across Europe
    Dates and location: 25-27 November 2009, Stockton-on-Tees, United Kingdom
    Convened by: Carolyn Summerbell (UK)
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56. EW08-085 - PEN (formerly PESC), LEE (formerly LESC)

    Observation, Characterisation And Evolution Of Habitable Exoplanets And Their Host Stars
    Dates and location: 29 November-1 December 2009, Bairisch Kölldorf, Austria
    Convened by: Arnold Hanslmeier (AT), Helmut Lammer (AT), Jean Schneider (FR)
    ESF Representative(s): Ivanka Stateva (BG)
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57. EW08-058 - LEE (formerly LESC)

    Diversity And Function In Ectomycorrhizal Communities
    Dates and location: 6-9 December 2009, Nancy, France
    Convened by: Jean Garbaye (FR)
    ESF Representative(s): Bernard Avril (FR)
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58. EW08-325 - SOC (formerly SCSS)

    Post Conflict Politics: Building On Political Legitimacy
    Dates and location: 10-11 December 2009, Paris, France
    Convened by: Karine Gatelier (FR)
    ESF Representative(s): Silvia Miháliková (SK)
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