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Arbeitsgruppe Prof. Dr. W. Shotyk
Inorganic Environmental Geochemistry
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Curriculum Vitae
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Name
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Basem Hasan Shomar
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Nationality
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Palestinian
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Date of Birth
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06 February 1968
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Place of Birth
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Palestine
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00 49 6221 546009 (Office)
00 49 6221 655526 (Home)
00 49 178 3577180 (Mobile) |
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00 49 6221 545228 |
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Email
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bshomar@ugc.uni-heidelberg.de
basemshomarphd@hotmail.com
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Education
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1986
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General Secondary School, Palestine. Grade: Excellent, 91%.
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1994
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BSc. Biology and Biochemistry, Birzeit University, Palestine. Grade: Excellent, 88%.
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1999
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MSc. Environmental and Water Quality, UNESCO-IHE, Delft, The Netherlands.
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2005
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PhD. Environmental Geochemistry, University of Heidelberg, Germany. Grade: 1.0.
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2006
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Postdoc. February 2005- August 2006.
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Current Job
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2006-2009
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Project Manager and Group Leader of Scientific Work: MSc students of Gaza Project.
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Research and Teaching
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1992–1993
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Research Assistant: Chemical composition of snail’s saliva, Department of Biology and Biochemistry, Birzeit University, Palestine (Prof. Dr. Adimar Zogheier).
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1993-1994
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Research Assistant: Male fertility and Diabetes of rats, Department of Biology and Biochemistry, Birzeit University, Palestine (Prof. Dr. Nabiel Nahhas).
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Research Assistant: Modes of heredity in Dorosophilla, Department of Biology and Biochemistry, Birzeit University, Palestine (Prof. Dr. Ahed Abdel Khaliq).
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1994-1995
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Teaching Assistant: Department of Biology and Biochemistry, Birzeit University, Palestine.
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1994-1997
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Researcher on Environmental sciences, Center for Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, Birzeit University, Palestine.
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1995-1997
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Teacher Assistant, Biology & Biochemistry Department, Al Azhar University, Gaza, Palestine (Part-Time Job).
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Job Experience
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1994-1997
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Director of Center for Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences- Birzeit University- Branch Gaza
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Dutch Project: Monitoring of groundwater quality surrounding the solid waste dumping site of Gaza.
Evaluation of the project in terms of selection of the monitoring
wells, management of groundwater quality, coordination with
municipalities and reporting to the Dutch team leader.
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Italian Project: Desalination Plants in
Khan Younis area. Project management, assessment of water quality in
the area, evaluation of desalination plants performance, and reporting.
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Japanese Project: Wastewater treatment
plant in Khan Yunis area. Evaluation of wastewater situation,
communication with different stakeholders, policy makers and public
representatives. Monitoring of groundwater quality of five wells
surrounding the proposed plant. Reporting to the Japanese Team.
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USAID project: Wastewater Treatment Plant
of Gaza area. Implementation of sampling schemes, sample analysis,
adopting financial issues, and reporting to the team leader.
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1999-2001
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UNDP Consultant for the Ministry of the Environmental Affairs (MEnA), Gaza, Palestine (Participation in Environmental Strategy, Action Plan and several Environmental reports).
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Focal Point of UNDP project- Institutional
Capacity Building of MEnA, communication, reporting and planning to
Environmental Inspection and Monitoring Program (with Mr. T. Rothermyl,
UNDP Director General).
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Focal Point of Sensitivity mapping project. Coordination, communication and arrangement for training courses in MEnA and USA.
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Organizer and Facilitator of UNDP-GEF Project. Rehabilitation and Protection of Wadi Gaza as a natural Reserve.
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Focal Point for the Gaza Marine and coastal zone Environmental management Plan. EU Project, LIFE Third countries.
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Member of Coastal Aquifer Management Plan (CAMP). Monitoring of groundwater in the Gaza Strip. USAID Project.
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Member of Groundwater protection Plan (Dutch project).
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Organizer and Facilitator of Sector Working Group on the Environment.
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Training Courses
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1994
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Water and Environmental Research, CEOHS, Birzeit University, Palestine.
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1995
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Food Quality Control, Al Azhar University, Gaza, Palestine.
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1995
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Water and Wastewater Management, CDG (Germany).
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1996
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Water and Wastewater Treatment Technologies, JICA, Japan
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1999
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Protection of sea and sea shore from oil spills
organized by the American National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA).
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2003
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Short Course, Chemical Reactions at Mineral and Bacteria Surfaces, Institute of Environmental Geochemistry, Heidelberg, Germany.
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2003
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Presenting and Publishing of Scientific Work, Springer Verlag,Heidelberg, Germany.
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TV Programs
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1999-2000
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Three TV programs for the Palestinian TV about Environmental Health in Palestine.
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Publications
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March 1996
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Deterioration of water quality in Palestine, an inventory studies (Arabic Language Articles in Al Quds Newspaper)
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June 1996
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Impacts of Solid Waste leachate on the groundwater
quality of selected Groundwater wells surrounding the solid waste
dumping site of Gaza Governorate.
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March 1999
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Heavy metals in the groundwater of Gaza Strip, MSc Thesis.
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2004
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Shomar B, Yahya A, Müller G. 2004. Potential
use of treated wastewater and sludge in the agricultural sector of the
Gaza Strip. Journal of Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy, 6, 128-137.
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2004
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Shomar B, Yahya A, Müller G, Askar S, Sansur
R. 2004. Fluorides in groundwater, soil and infused-black tea and the
occurrence of dental fluorosis among school children of the Gaza Strip,
International Journal of Water and Health, 2, 23-36.
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2005
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Shomar B. 2005. Inorganic and organic
environmental geochemical issues of the Gaza Strip-Palestine. Shaker
Verlag, ISBN 3-8322-3845-X, Aachen, Germany.
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2005
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Shomar B. Müller G. Yahya A. 2005. Geochemical Features of Topsoils in the Gaza Strip: Natural Occurrence and Anthropogenic Inputs. Journal of Environmental Research, 98, 372-382.
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2005
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Shomar B, Yahya A, Müller G. 2005. Chemical characterization of soil and water from a wastewater treatment plant in Gaza. Soil and Sediment Contamination: an International Journal, 14, 309-327.
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2005
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Shomar B, Yahya A, Müller G. 2005. Seasonal
variations of chemical composition of water and bottom sediments in the
wetland of Wadi Gaza, Gaza Strip, Journal of Wetlands Ecology and Management, 13, 419-431.
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2006
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Shomar B, Yahya A, Müller G. 2006. Occurrence of Pesticides in the Groundwater and the Topsoil of the Gaza Strip. Water, Air, & Soil Pollution, 171, 237–251.
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2006
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Shomar B. 2006. Groundwater of the Gaza Strip: is it drinkable? Environmental Geology, 50, 743-751.
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2006
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Shomar B. 2006. Trace Elements in Major Solid-Pesticides Used in the Gaza Strip. Chemosphere, 65, 898-905.
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Shomar B. 2007. Sources of Adsorbable
Organic Halogens (AOX) in Sludge of Gaza.
Chemosphere, 69,
1130-1135. |
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Shomar B. 2007. Water and Wastewater in the Gaza Strip:
Environmentally as Hot as Politically. Zeitschrift für Geologische
Wissenschaften, 35, 165-176.
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Shomar B, Osenbrück K, Yahya, A. 2008.
Elevated Nitrate Levels in the Groundwater of the Gaza Strip: Distribution
and Sources. The Science of the Total Environment (in press).
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Shomar B. 2008. Sources
and build up of Zn, Cd, Cr and Pb in the sludge of Gaza. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment (in press). |
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Shomar B. 2008. Gaza
Strip: Politics and Environment (under review).
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Conferences
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2000
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Impacts of Climate change on ecosystems, organized by the UNDP-GEF, Amman Jordan, February 2000.
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2000
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Renewable sources of Energy, Organized by the
Middle East Desalination Center, Oman, Utilization of Passive Solar
Energy for water desalination. May 2000.
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2003
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Performance of Wastewater Treatment Plants in the
Gaza Strip, Current situation and future approach. Proceedings of the
International Water Association (IWA) Specialist Conference, BIOSOLIDS
2003, Wastewater Sludge as a Resource, Norwegian University of Science
and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway, June 23-25, 2003. pp. 429-437.
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2004
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Environmental Aspects of the Gaza
Strip, Case Studies: Soil Geochemistry and Fluoride Geochemistry.
Bilateral Meeting, Environmental research and Wildlife Development
Agency, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 25-30 February 2004.
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2004
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Fluorides in groundwater, soil and infused-black
tea and the occurrence of dental fluorosis among school children of the
Gaza Strip. Third International Conference on Children’s Health
and the Environment, London, UK, 31 March-2 April 2004.
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2004
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Deterioration of Groundwater Quality in the Gaza Strip: Alarm for Actions. Proceedings of 2nd International IWA Conference on Automation in Water Quality Monitoring, AutMoNet 2004, Vienna, Austria, April 19-20, 2004. pp. 373-378.
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2004
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Gaza Streifen: eine brisante Umweltsituation auf
heißem Terrain, Umweltbörse, institut für Umwelt
Geochemie, University of Heidelberg, 1 July 2004.
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2004
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Seasonal variations of chemical composition of
water and bottom sediments in the wetland of Wadi Gaza, Gaza Strip. The
7th INTECOL International Wetlands Conference, Utrecht, the Netherlands, 25 - 30 July 2004.
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2004
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Wastewater of Gaza, Chemistry and Management Approach. Second International Conference: Water for Life in the Middle East, Turkey, Antalya, 10-14 October 2004.
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2005
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International conference: Water value and rights, May 2-4, 2005. Ramallah, Palestine. Pp. 62-63.
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2005
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Impact of wastewater reuse on soil and
groundwater. First International Conference on Sustainable Urban
Wastewater Treatment and Reuse, SUWTR 2005. September 15-16, 2005, Nicosia – Cyprus.
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Water Issues in Palestine.
The Third International Conference on the “Water Resources in the Mediterranean Basin” WATMED. 1-3 November 2006. Tripoli, Lebanon. |
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Elevated Nitrate Levels in the Groundwater of the Gaza Strip: Distribution
and Sources. The second International Conference of Science
and Development. 6-7 March 2007, Gaza, Palestine. |
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14th European Water, Wastewater and Solid Waste Symposium. 5-9 May 2008, Munich, Germany. |
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Memberships
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Member of International Water Association (IWA).
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Journal Reviewer
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Water and Health
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Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety
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Science of the Total Environment
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Environmental
Geology
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Indian Journal of Dental Research |
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Languages
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Arabic (Mother Tongue)
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English (Very Good)
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German (Fair)
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I Love
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Literature (Arabic and English).
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Virgin Nature.
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Children songs.
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All human beings.
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