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Stochastic Modeling and Optimization Methods for Critical Infrastructure Protection, Volume 1

Stochastic Modeling

by Alexei A. Gaivoronski, Pavel S. Knopov, Vladimir I. Norkin, Volodymyr A. Zaslavskyi ...

Series series ISTE Invoiced
Stochastic Modeling and Optimization Methods for Critical Infrastructure Protection is a thorough exploration of mathematical models and tools that are designed to strengthen critical infrastructures against threats – both natural and adversarial. Divided into two volumes, this first volume examines stochastic modeling across key economic sectors and their interconnections, while the second volume ... Read more

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Stochastic Modeling and Optimization Methods for Critical Infrastructure Protection is a thorough exploration of mathematical models and tools that are designed to strengthen critical infrastructures against threats – both natural and adversarial. Divided into two volumes, this first volume examines stochastic modeling across key economic sectors and their interconnections, while the second volume
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Data Analytics for Intelligent Transportation Systems

Edited by Mashrur Chowdhury, Kakan Dey, Amy Apon ...

Data Analytics for Intelligent Transportation Systems provides in-depth coverage of data-enabled methods for analyzing intelligent transportation systems (ITS), including the tools needed to implement these methods using big data analytics and other computing techniques. The book examines the major characteristics of connected transportation systems, along with the fundamental concepts of how to ... Read more

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Data Analytics for Intelligent Transportation Systems provides in-depth coverage of data-enabled methods for analyzing intelligent transportation systems (ITS), including the tools needed to implement these methods using big data analytics and other computing techniques. The book examines the major characteristics of connected transportation systems, along with the fundamental concepts of how to
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Empowering IoT with Big Data Analytics

Edited by Mohamed Adel Serhani, Yang Xu, Zakaria Maamar ...

Series series Intelligent Data-Centric Systems
Empowering IoT with Big Data Analytics provides comprehensive coverage of major topics, tools, and techniques related to empowering IoT with big data technologies and big data analytics solutions, thus allowing for better processing, analysis, protection, distribution, and visualization of data for the benefit of IoT applications and second, a better deployment of IoT applications on the ground. ... Read more

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Empowering IoT with Big Data Analytics provides comprehensive coverage of major topics, tools, and techniques related to empowering IoT with big data technologies and big data analytics solutions, thus allowing for better processing, analysis, protection, distribution, and visualization of data for the benefit of IoT applications and second, a better deployment of IoT applications on the ground.
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The Digital Prophet: Predicting the Next Decade of Disruption

GoodMan, #1

by Patrick Mukosha ...

Series Book 1 - GoodMan
A few bold voices venture to predict the future of every period. They are always remembered, occasionally honoured, and frequently mocked. In the midst of today's rapid technological change, society requires prophets as much as inventors and financiers. Those of digital foresight, not divine mysticism. I have tried to be one in this book. I'm not forecasting robot revolts or flying vehicles.I'm ... Read more

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A few bold voices venture to predict the future of every period. They are always remembered, occasionally honoured, and frequently mocked. In the midst of today's rapid technological change, society requires prophets as much as inventors and financiers. Those of digital foresight, not divine mysticism. I have tried to be one in this book. I'm not forecasting robot revolts or flying vehicles.I'm
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Data structure and algorithms for AI & ML

by anshu ...

Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) have revolutionized modern computing and technology, offering powerful solutions in fields ranging from natural language processing to autonomous systems. At the heart of AI and ML lie complex data manipulations and efficient algorithmic processes that transform raw data into meaningful patterns, predictions, and decisions.This book, Data ... Read more

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Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) have revolutionized modern computing and technology, offering powerful solutions in fields ranging from natural language processing to autonomous systems. At the heart of AI and ML lie complex data manipulations and efficient algorithmic processes that transform raw data into meaningful patterns, predictions, and decisions.This book, Data
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Models, Languages, and Tools for Concurrent and Distributed Programming

Essays Dedicated to Rocco De Nicola on the Occasion of His 65th Birthday

Edited by Michele Boreale, Flavio Corradini, Michele Loreti, Rosario Pugliese ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
This volume was published in honor of Rocco De Nicola’s 65th birthday. The Festschrift volume contains 27 papers written by close collaborators and friends of Rocco De Nicola and was presented to Rocco on the 1st of July 2019 during a two-day symposium held in Lucca, Italy.The papers present many research ideas that have been influenced by Rocco's work. They testify his intellectual curiosity, ... Read more

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This volume was published in honor of Rocco De Nicola’s 65th birthday. The Festschrift volume contains 27 papers written by close collaborators and friends of Rocco De Nicola and was presented to Rocco on the 1st of July 2019 during a two-day symposium held in Lucca, Italy.The papers present many research ideas that have been influenced by Rocco's work. They testify his intellectual curiosity,
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Understanding-Oriented Multimedia Content Analysis

by Zechao Li ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
This book offers a systematic introduction to an understanding-oriented approach to multimedia content analysis. It integrates the visual understanding and learning models into a unified framework, within which the visual understanding guides the model learning while the learned models improve the visual understanding. More specifically, it discusses multimedia content representations and analysis ... Read more

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This book offers a systematic introduction to an understanding-oriented approach to multimedia content analysis. It integrates the visual understanding and learning models into a unified framework, within which the visual understanding guides the model learning while the learned models improve the visual understanding. More specifically, it discusses multimedia content representations and analysis
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Information Refinement Technologies for Crisis Informatics

User Expectations and Design Principles for Social Media and Mobile Apps

by Marc-André Kaufhold ...

Marc-André Kaufhold explores user expectations and design implications for the utilization of new media in crisis management and response. He develops a novel framework for information refinement, which integrates the event, organisational, societal, and technological perspectives of crises. Therefore, he reviews the state of the art on crisis informatics and empirically examines the use, ... Read more

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Marc-André Kaufhold explores user expectations and design implications for the utilization of new media in crisis management and response. He develops a novel framework for information refinement, which integrates the event, organisational, societal, and technological perspectives of crises. Therefore, he reviews the state of the art on crisis informatics and empirically examines the use,
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Jupyter Cookbook

Over 75 recipes to perform interactive computing across Python, R, Scala, Spark, JavaScript, and more

by Toomey, Nikhil Borkar, Nikhil Akki, Juan Tomás Oliva Ramos ...

Leverage the power of the popular Jupyter notebooks to simplify your data science tasks without any hassle Key FeaturesCreate and share interactive documents with live code, text and visualizationsIntegrate popular programming languages such as Python, R, Julia, Scala with JupyterDevelop your widgets and interactive dashboards with these innovative recipesBook DescriptionJupyter has garnered a ... Read more

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Leverage the power of the popular Jupyter notebooks to simplify your data science tasks without any hassle Key FeaturesCreate and share interactive documents with live code, text and visualizationsIntegrate popular programming languages such as Python, R, Julia, Scala with JupyterDevelop your widgets and interactive dashboards with these innovative recipesBook DescriptionJupyter has garnered a
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Accelerator Programming Using Directives

7th International Workshop, WACCPD 2020, Virtual Event, November 20, 2020, Proceedings

Edited by Sridutt Bhalachandra, Sandra Wienke, Sunita Chandrasekaran, Guido Juckeland ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the proceedings of the 7th International Workshop on Accelerator Programming Using Directives, WACCPD 2020, which took place on November 20, 2021. The workshop was initially planned to take place in Atlanta, GA, USA, and changed to an online format due to the COVID-19 pandemic.WACCPD is one of the major forums for bringing together users, developers, and the software and ... Read more

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This book constitutes the proceedings of the 7th International Workshop on Accelerator Programming Using Directives, WACCPD 2020, which took place on November 20, 2021. The workshop was initially planned to take place in Atlanta, GA, USA, and changed to an online format due to the COVID-19 pandemic.WACCPD is one of the major forums for bringing together users, developers, and the software and
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去繁从简：交互设计知识体系精讲

by 吴轶 ...

这是一本有关交互设计规范与思维方式的指导用书。全书分为8章：第1章介绍交互设计的基本知识，第2章讲解交互设计的基本原则，第3章讲解iOS和Material Design系统的交互设计规范，第4章是作者结合自身经验梳理总结的一套移动端的设计规范，第5章讲解Web端的设计规范，第6章讲解交互原型图的设计规范与设计方法，第7章讲解的是团队产品交互设计的工作流程，第8章是对交互设计的综合分析与讲解。 ... Read more

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这是一本有关交互设计规范与思维方式的指导用书。全书分为8章：第1章介绍交互设计的基本知识，第2章讲解交互设计的基本原则，第3章讲解iOS和Material Design系统的交互设计规范，第4章是作者结合自身经验梳理总结的一套移动端的设计规范，第5章讲解Web端的设计规范，第6章讲解交互原型图的设计规范与设计方法，第7章讲解的是团队产品交互设计的工作流程，第8章是对交互设计的综合分析与讲解。
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Mastering Three.js: A Journey Through 3D Web Development

by Kameron Hussain, Frahaan Hussain ...

"Mastering Three.js: A Journey Through 3D Web Development" is an essential guide for any web developer or designer looking to incorporate 3D graphics into their websites and applications. This comprehensive book dives deep into the capabilities of Three.js, a powerful JavaScript library that enables the creation of stunning 3D graphics in a web browser using WebGL.The journey begins with an ... Read more

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"Mastering Three.js: A Journey Through 3D Web Development" is an essential guide for any web developer or designer looking to incorporate 3D graphics into their websites and applications. This comprehensive book dives deep into the capabilities of Three.js, a powerful JavaScript library that enables the creation of stunning 3D graphics in a web browser using WebGL.The journey begins with an
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The Descent of Artificial Intelligence

A Deep History of an Idea Four Hundred Years in the Making

by Kevin Padraic Donnelly ...

A 2025 Choice Outstanding Academic TitleThe idea that a new technology could challenge human intelligence is as old as the warning from Socrates and Plato that written language eroded memory. With the emergence of generative artificial intelligence programs, we find ourselves once again debating how a new technology might influence human thought and behavior. Researchers, software developers, and ... Read more

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A 2025 Choice Outstanding Academic TitleThe idea that a new technology could challenge human intelligence is as old as the warning from Socrates and Plato that written language eroded memory. With the emergence of generative artificial intelligence programs, we find ourselves once again debating how a new technology might influence human thought and behavior. Researchers, software developers, and
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精通Spark数据科学

Chinese Edition

by Posts & Telecom Press, Andrew Morgan, Antoine Amend, David George, Matthew Hallett ...

用Spark构建商业级数据科学解决方案Key Features通过一系列典型的案例讲解，由浅入深使用Spark构建商业级数据科学解决方案Book DescriptionApache Spark是专为大规模数据处理而设计的快速通用的计算引擎。这是一本专门介绍Spark的图书，旨在教会读者利用Spark构建实用的数据科学解决方案。本书内容包括14章，由浅入深地介绍了数据科学生态系统、数据获取、输入格式与模式、探索性数据分析、利用Spark进行地理分析、采集基于链接的外部数据、构建社区、构建推荐系统、新闻词典和实时标记系统、故事除重和变迁、情感分析中的异常检测、趋势演算、数据保护和可扩展算法。本书适合数据科学家以及对数据科学、机器学习感兴趣的读者阅读，需要读者具备数据科学相关的基础知识，并通过阅读本书进一步提升Spark运用能力，从而创建出高效且实用的数据科学解决方案。What you ... Read more

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用Spark构建商业级数据科学解决方案Key Features通过一系列典型的案例讲解，由浅入深使用Spark构建商业级数据科学解决方案Book DescriptionApache Spark是专为大规模数据处理而设计的快速通用的计算引擎。这是一本专门介绍Spark的图书，旨在教会读者利用Spark构建实用的数据科学解决方案。本书内容包括14章，由浅入深地介绍了数据科学生态系统、数据获取、输入格式与模式、探索性数据分析、利用Spark进行地理分析、采集基于链接的外部数据、构建社区、构建推荐系统、新闻词典和实时标记系统、故事除重和变迁、情感分析中的异常检测、趋势演算、数据保护和可扩展算法。本书适合数据科学家以及对数据科学、机器学习感兴趣的读者阅读，需要读者具备数据科学相关的基础知识，并通过阅读本书进一步提升Spark运用能力，从而创建出高效且实用的数据科学解决方案。What you
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Learn Microsoft Fabric

A practical guide to performing data analytics in the era of artificial intelligence

by Arshad Ali, Bradley Schacht ...

Harness the power of Microsoft Fabric to develop data analytics solutions for various use cases guided by step-by-step instructionsKey FeaturesExplore Microsoft Fabric and its features through real-world examplesBuild data analytics solutions for lakehouses, data warehouses, real-time analytics, and data scienceMonitor, manage, and administer your Fabric platform and analytics system to ensure ... Read more

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Harness the power of Microsoft Fabric to develop data analytics solutions for various use cases guided by step-by-step instructionsKey FeaturesExplore Microsoft Fabric and its features through real-world examplesBuild data analytics solutions for lakehouses, data warehouses, real-time analytics, and data scienceMonitor, manage, and administer your Fabric platform and analytics system to ensure
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Computer-Human Interaction Research and Applications

9th International Conference, CHIRA 2025, Marbella, Spain, October 20–21, 2025, Proceedings, Part I

Edited by Josef F. Krems, Hugo Plácido da Silva, Pietro Cipresso ...

Series Book 1 - Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
The three volume set CCIS 2834-2836 constitutes the proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Computer-Human Interaction Research and Applications, CHIRA 2025, held Marbella, Spain, during October 2025.The 21 full papers and 64 short papers presented in the proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from 106 submissions. These papers focus on the research advancements and practical ... Read more

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The three volume set CCIS 2834-2836 constitutes the proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Computer-Human Interaction Research and Applications, CHIRA 2025, held Marbella, Spain, during October 2025.The 21 full papers and 64 short papers presented in the proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from 106 submissions. These papers focus on the research advancements and practical
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Natural Interaction with Robots, Knowbots and Smartphones

Putting Spoken Dialog Systems into Practice

Edited by Martine Garnier-Rizet, Laurence Devillers, Sophie Rosset, Joseph Mariani ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
These proceedings presents the state-of-the-art in spoken dialog systems with applications in robotics, knowledge access and communication. It addresses specifically: 1. Dialog for interacting with smartphones; 2. Dialog for Open Domain knowledge access; 3. Dialog for robot interaction; 4. Mediated dialog (including crosslingual dialog involving Speech Translation); and,5. Dialog quality ... Read more

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These proceedings presents the state-of-the-art in spoken dialog systems with applications in robotics, knowledge access and communication. It addresses specifically: 1. Dialog for interacting with smartphones; 2. Dialog for Open Domain knowledge access; 3. Dialog for robot interaction; 4. Mediated dialog (including crosslingual dialog involving Speech Translation); and,5. Dialog quality
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The Smart Marketer's Guide to Digital Accessibility

by Sassy Wyatt ...

How to make inclusion your advantageThe Smart Marketer's Guide to Digital Accessibility is indispensable for every digital marketer looking to broaden their reach and make a meaningful impact. Whether you're a freelance content creator, a comms leader, or running a brand's online presence, this guide is written for you.Authored by Sassy Wyatt, a pioneering Accessibility Consultant, it sheds light ... Read more

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How to make inclusion your advantageThe Smart Marketer's Guide to Digital Accessibility is indispensable for every digital marketer looking to broaden their reach and make a meaningful impact. Whether you're a freelance content creator, a comms leader, or running a brand's online presence, this guide is written for you.Authored by Sassy Wyatt, a pioneering Accessibility Consultant, it sheds light
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AI Computing Systems

An Application Driven Perspective

by Yunji Chen, Ling Li, Wei Li, Qi Guo, Zidong Du, Zichen Xu ...

AI Computing Systems: An Application Driven Perspective adopts the principle of "application-driven, full-stack penetration" and uses the specific intelligent application of "image style migration" to provide students with a sound starting place to learn. This approach enables readers to obtain a full view of the AI computing system. A complete intelligent computing system involves many aspects ... Read more

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AI Computing Systems: An Application Driven Perspective adopts the principle of "application-driven, full-stack penetration" and uses the specific intelligent application of "image style migration" to provide students with a sound starting place to learn. This approach enables readers to obtain a full view of the AI computing system. A complete intelligent computing system involves many aspects
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Industry 4.0 Driven Manufacturing Technologies

Edited by Ajay Kumar, Parveen Kumar, Yang Liu ...

Series series Engineering (R0)
This book is a comprehensive guide to the latest advancements in manufacturing, adopting an Industry 4.0 approach. It covers the core principles of big data informatics, digital twin technology, artificial intelligence, and machine learning strategies. Readers will gain insights into the realm of cyber-physical intelligent systems in production, the role of blockchain, and the significance of ... Read more

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This book is a comprehensive guide to the latest advancements in manufacturing, adopting an Industry 4.0 approach. It covers the core principles of big data informatics, digital twin technology, artificial intelligence, and machine learning strategies. Readers will gain insights into the realm of cyber-physical intelligent systems in production, the role of blockchain, and the significance of
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The Rise of AI Agents

Integrating AI, Blockchain Technologies, and Quantum Computing

by Petar Radanliev ...

Discover the Future of Technology with The Rise of AI AgentsIn The Rise of AI Agents, you'll explore how Artificial Intelligence (AI), Blockchain, and Quantum Computing are revolutionizing the world. This book goes beyond theory, offering a practical and insightful journey into the possibilities and challenges of these groundbreaking technologies.Drawing from years of experience in AI, ... Read more

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Discover the Future of Technology with The Rise of AI AgentsIn The Rise of AI Agents, you'll explore how Artificial Intelligence (AI), Blockchain, and Quantum Computing are revolutionizing the world. This book goes beyond theory, offering a practical and insightful journey into the possibilities and challenges of these groundbreaking technologies.Drawing from years of experience in AI,
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Natural Language Processing for Business and Organizations

Research and Innovation

Edited by Rachit Garg, Debashis Guha, Arvind Kiwelekar, Rajat Guglani, Anshul Gupta ...

This book offers a comprehensive and application-oriented exploration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Natural Language Processing (NLP), addressing both foundational principles and modern, data-driven methodologies. It is designed to equip readers with a deep understanding of how intelligent systems learn from data, interpret human language, and support automated decision-making across real ... Read more

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This book offers a comprehensive and application-oriented exploration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Natural Language Processing (NLP), addressing both foundational principles and modern, data-driven methodologies. It is designed to equip readers with a deep understanding of how intelligent systems learn from data, interpret human language, and support automated decision-making across real
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The Data Consultant's Handbook

Master stakeholder management and client delivery to drive business impact in data consulting

by Juan Manuel Perafan, Tony Zeljkovic ...

Learn to navigate client relationships, deliver impactful data projects, and translate technical work into business results. Covers presales, stakeholder management, execution, and handover with templates and real-world strategiesKey FeaturesData-specific strategies and advice for the consultancy lifecycleCommunication frameworks tailored for executives, technical teams, and diverse ... Read more

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Learn to navigate client relationships, deliver impactful data projects, and translate technical work into business results. Covers presales, stakeholder management, execution, and handover with templates and real-world strategiesKey FeaturesData-specific strategies and advice for the consultancy lifecycleCommunication frameworks tailored for executives, technical teams, and diverse
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The Subscription Model Masterclass: Building Sustainable eCommerce Revenue

by Anthony Bailey ...

The rise of subscription models in eCommerce has transformed the way businesses engage with consumers, creating a sustainable revenue stream that prioritizes customer retention and loyalty. As traditional one-time purchase models face challenges such as market saturation and dwindling consumer attention, subscription services offer a compelling alternative that not only enhances customer ... Read more

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The rise of subscription models in eCommerce has transformed the way businesses engage with consumers, creating a sustainable revenue stream that prioritizes customer retention and loyalty. As traditional one-time purchase models face challenges such as market saturation and dwindling consumer attention, subscription services offer a compelling alternative that not only enhances customer
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