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Technology and Healthy Eating, 2007.
This paper offers a critique of the article: 'Using technology to promote self-efficacy for healthy eating in adolescents' by J.D. Long & K.R. Stevens.
2,910 words (approx. 11.6 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 86.95
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In this article, the writer notes that the ability to critically assess a journal article is central to the skills required for advanced nursing. This paper presents a detailed critique of the nursing article "Using Technology to Promote Self-Efficacy for Healthy Eating in Adolescents", by nursing professors JoAnne D. Long and Kathleen R. Stevens. Critique details are broken down into the following sections: introduction, methodology and results.
Outline:
Problem statement
Literature review and theoretical framework
Hypothesis/Variables
Methodology
Design
Threats to internal and external validity
Subjects
Data collection methods/instrumentation
Results
Findings
Interpretation/Conclusions
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"Threats to internal validity normally are perceived as selection, history, maturation, testing, and instrumentation. Selection threats suggest that those who participated in the control or intervention group have characteristics that differ from those who were not included in the study. There is a possible selection bias given that student were from a school in an undisclosed area of the country, it is unknown whether these were rural or urban youth, from a public or private school or what other variables might affect their level of nutritional, health or independence awareness. History, or the events that happen to students during the course of the study which might affect results, could not be accounted for as all intervention took place in the school setting. Researchers acknowledged they were unable to control for social or family interventions that might run counter to their study goals. Instrumentation, maturation, dropout, and order effects were controlled by researchers directly or through statistical analysis for variance."
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Children's Television Advertisements, 2007.
This paper analyzes the influences of advertising in children's television shows.
828 words (approx. 3.3 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 29.95
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This paper looks at the television shows and advertising content on the Public Broadcasting System (PBS) channel when airing "Berenstein Bears", "Dragon Tales", "Bob the Builder" and "Angelina Ballerina". The paper presents two differing opinions in relation to television advertising and its influence on children. It also discusses the contention that all advertising can have an adverse affect on children, as well as the contention that, if parents take the time to explain advertising to their children, the child will learn to evaluate commercials effectively. The paper supports the second contention.
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"On the Berenstein Bears the family discussed the needs of the mother bear to work outside of the home and the family's responsibility at helping out with chores while the mother worked. On Dragon Tales the show focuses on one of the Dragon's being afraid to accomplish a task without his good luck charm, which he believed gave him the power to succeed. Bob the Builder told the tale of Bob and his friends helping to stop a plumbing leak at the local school. Finally, on Angelina Ballerina the "mouselings" fought to save an old tree in the park."
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Asperger Syndrome, 2007.
A research proposal to study children with Asperger Syndrome.
1,041 words (approx. 4.2 pages), 8 sources, MLA, $ 36.95
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Asperger Syndrome (AS), also known as Asperger's Disorder, is a neurobiological disorder in which individuals can exhibit a variety of characteristics. This paper proposes a study to examines the mainstream educational environment in connection with the AS child's social skills and language development.
Outline:
Statement of Problem
Purpose of Study
Review of the Literature
Connection to Area of Concentration
Research Questions
Design of the Study
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"In a discussion on the "hidden curriculum," Myles and Simpson (2001) discuss various interventions to help teach the AS child the skills that "we are not taught directly yet are assumed to know" such as social skills, actions, modes of dress and how to interpret slang or the use of idioms. The AS individual is very literal and thus does not understand the use of euphemisms. Bock (2001) also discusses the use of strategies to enhance social interaction skills in the AS child, with strategies similar to those discussed by Ganz (2001) through games for the AS child on how to interpret and subsequently use nonliteral English phrases."
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Insights into the Child Welfare System, 2007.
An analysis of the areas that call for attention in terms of revision within the child welfare system (CWS).
3,081 words (approx. 12.3 pages), 15 sources, MLA, $ 90.95
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This paper presents a welfare professional's insights into the child welfare system (CWS). The paper explains that the welfare professional was a foster child herself and then goes on to describe three areas that call for attention in terms of revision within CWS: These issues concern systems thinking and the interrelatedness of all CWS decisions, cultural issues in CWS dealings relating to both structural inequality and diversity theories and organizational structure issues, which are relevant in both leadership and change theories and organizational change theories.
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"Finally, changes in the organizational structure and overall running protocol of CWS agencies will allow improvements in the system. Expecting and fostering accountability will create an environment of strength and security, greatly improving the chances of success for CWS clients. Additional collaboration with outside and connected organizations will provide support and insight while maintaining that accountability through open expectations and goal sharing with those agencies. Most importantly, these changes must occur while moving CWS toward a flat organizational structure. This will address current structural and bureaucratic problems while increasing inter-agency communication. Reducing levels of management will also allow management to work more closely with "front line" staff and improve quality of care."
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School Nurses, 2007.
This paper explores the implementation of a nurse practitioner role in the student's local environment.
2,761 words (approx. 11.0 pages), 18 sources, MLA, $ 82.95
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The paper presents a case study which explores the roles and status of the advance practice nurse in relation to school nursing. The paper discusses the need for school-based clinics run by advance practice nurses and examines budgetary considerations. The paper outlines a series of evaluations, both pre-development and post-development to be used for audit purposes, to assess program efficacy and measure original goals and objectives against current measures of success.
Outline:
Executive Summary
Introduction
Organizational Aims and Objectives
Description of Services Provided
Potential Benefits
Key Outcome Criteria
Audit and Research Plan
Position Description
Budget for the Position
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"Research tells us the school nurse must possess skills in more than theory and clinical knowledge, that skills in political awareness and activism, public relations and management are essential for today's school nurse (Oda, 2001). Competencies in "program planning, research and evaluation skills, management by objective techniques and statistical data collection and compilation" are additional skills required and are only found in the educational preparation and requirements consistent with the Advance Practice Nurse (APN)(Oda, 2001)."
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Theoretical Perspectives of Development, 2007.
An analysis of the psychoanalytic, psychosocial, learning and cognitive theories of development.
1,166 words (approx. 4.7 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 40.95
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This paper highlights various major developmental theories -specifically the psychoanalytic, psychosocial, learning and cognitive theories of development. It describes the framework of each theory in relation to a child's physical capabilities. The paper concludes that, through this analysis, it becomes apparent that each theory overlaps with others.
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"One of the most well known cognitive developmental theorists is Piaget, who gave us four major steps to cognitive development beginning with the sensorimotor stage that begins with birth through approximately two years of age when the child organizes his actions based on the environment perceived through sensory and motor activity (Papalia, Olds & Feldman, 2006). The next phases are the preoperational stage from two years to seven years of age when language skills take the forefront through symbols or words, the concrete operations stage running from seven to eleven years of age when the child can begin thinking in terms of logical progression, but cannot yet think abstractly (Papalia, Olds & Feldman, 2006). The final stage in Piaget's theory is the formal operations stage that begins at age 11 and continues into adulthood where the individual can think in the abstract and can entertain "what-if" thinking (Papalia, Olds & Feldman, 2006)."
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Child Exploitation, 2007.
This paper discusses the issue of child exploitation and abuse.
1,240 words (approx. 5.0 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 42.95
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The paper defines child exploitation as any active mistreatment or intentional neglect of a child that results in harm or injury and which cannot be reasonably explained as inadvertent. The paper maintains that more needs to be done by governments, law enforcement agencies, social workers and the general public if child exploitation is to be reduced and ultimately eliminated.
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"Child exploitation is a form of abuse generally defined as any active mistreatment or intentional neglect of a child that results in harm or injury, and which cannot be reasonably explained as inadvertent. Child exploitation primarily involves overt abuse such as physical harm or maltreatment related to sexual abuse or labor exploitation, and inevitably inflicts severe emotional and psychological damage, as well as physical suffering."
"Drew Oosterbaan, the head of the United States Justice Department's Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, warns "that children are in more danger than ever before from child exploitation. We see child pornography escalating, not just in terms of numbers, not just in the amount or frequency of distribution of child pornography we see, but most especially in the nature of the child pornography we see," (Bansal) which is increasingly featuring pornographic Internet images of children being violently raped and abused."
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Family Changes, 2007.
This paper provides an interview that conveys changing perceptions of family structure.
1,707 words (approx. 6.8 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 55.95
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The paper discusses how the composition, practices and values of the traditional family have shifted. The paper relates that talking to the people who have experienced those changes provides useful insight into the critical studies and research that quantifies those changes. The writer includes an interview with his/her grandparents, each of whom grew up in the post-World War II era.
Outline:
Introduction
Interview
Analysis
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"Numerous studies and analyses of the subject of intergenerational structural changes in the family have found that the traditional family of even a few decades ago has already changed dramatically and significantly. The dissolution of the nuclear family into less rigid, one-parent households has even been attributed as a factor in rising inequality and poverty. In fact, the number of children in one-parent households jumped from 15% to 28% between 1970 and 1991, a significant amount (Lerman 119)."
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Military Families and 9/11, 2007.
This paper examines the impact of 9/11 upon military personnel and their families.
1,156 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 39.95
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The paper looks at the emotional trauma, the practical, every-day impact and the psychological issues which emerged when soldiers were called away from their families to fight the war against terror. The paper discusses how, while they seem to handle the situation better than their families, military men and women still have to deal with the terrific strain that any deployment places upon family life.
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"To begin with, American soldiers are, first and foremost, Americans. As a result, they too must surely have felt the shock, confusion and pain that all other Americans felt throughout the morning, afternoon, and evening of September 11, 2001. However, whereas most other Americans were largely powerless to do anything about the attacks (save become more hyper-vigilant on the home front in "rooting out" possible terrorists and/or saboteurs), members of the United States Army, Air Force and Navy were uniquely equipped to take positive action. In fact, whatever reservations many of them may have had in leaving behind their loved ones, the available evidence seems to indicate that military morale was quite strong after 9/11: Amy Puckett for one writes in the Army Times that ex-soldiers began to beat a steady path to their local enlistment office in the hopes of securing a military position as the Afghanistan stage of the "War on Terror" got underway (2001)."
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Video Game Violence, 2007.
This paper examines the effects of video game violence on children.
1,081 words (approx. 4.3 pages), 9 sources, MLA, $ 37.95
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The paper explores whether violent video games have a detrimental effect on children and how they cause behavior changes. The paper examines various research studies and concludes with the consensus that violent video games can contribute to violent behavior for some players, notably for young males who play for many hours at a time. The paper also emphasizes, however, that the games are not creating an entire generation of violent people as some have claimed and the degree of effect will differ greatly from one person to another and one group to another.
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"Concerns about the effect of media violence on children extends back at least to the beginning of the mass media, with the issue raised with reference to films, radio, television, comic books, and so on. As technology brings new types of media to the fore, the issue shifts to depictions of violence in these new media. Both popular sources and scholarly address this issue, asking in effect how violent video games change children's behavior and make them more violent, assuming that it is believed that this is the case."
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Suicide Rates, 2007.
This paper discusses suicide rates, focusing mainly on adolescents and on the elderly.
2,327 words (approx. 9.3 pages), 23 sources, MLA, $ 71.95
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In this article, the writer discusses that two main groups of people appear to have significant suicide rates and these are the elderly and adolescents. The suicide rates of these particular age groups are discussed in this study. The writer notes that with adolescents, suicide risks come more from the problems that are faced with drugs, school, peer pressure ,and other concerns. The writer then notes, that for the elderly, however, the reasons usually relate more to health problems, a lack of support from family and friends, and other issues that people often face as they get older.
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"Determining why children and adolescents commit suicide is a concern that many individuals in the helping professions face. Obviously, they commit suicide because they are depressed in many instances, but it is also accurate to say that there are other reasons why many of these adolescents choose to take their own lives. Some of them are involved in substance abuse and other issues that cause them to think suicide is the right idea. Others are involved with crowds of other adolescents that drag them down into painful issues and problems that they have trouble facing. When this happens, some of these individuals begin to feel that they are trapped in these problems, and the only way that some of them find to escape those problems is through suicide. Tragic though it is, it becomes the choice all too often - especially when the adolescent already has a mental disorder."
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The Life and Words of a Kung Woman, 2007.
This paper discusses child discipline in Kung! society versus western society.
1,042 words (approx. 4.2 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 36.95
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In this article, the writer notes that in both Kung! and Western society, the mother-child bond is considered to be the primary bond between parent and child. The writer points out that fathers play a role in child rearing, but the mother-child bond is the most intense. The writer notes that unlike the conventional, nuclear parental division of authority and discipline in the West, Kung! women have the authority. The writer explains that the father coming home from work dispensing discipline is not the figure of reverence and/or fear as in the West. In Kung! society it is the mother. The writer discusses that this division of disciplinary labor is accepted, there is neither patriarchy nor an attempt for mother and father to have equal authority upon the child.
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"In both Western and Kung! culture there is some anxiety attached to the correct time to sever the close bond between mother and child upon weaning and to give the child the status of a formal, autonomous member of the tribe. But unlike Western mothers who must work outside the home, Kung! mothers have little motivation or resources to find other ways of providing nutrition for their children other than breast-feeding. There seems to be little anxiety about nurturing a child correctly, perhaps because rather than the multiplicity of models of motherhood that Western women are subject to, Kung! society is far more mono-cultural. Because it is not thought appropriate or healthy for a pregnant mother to nurse a child, the justification for weaning is usually biological rather than sociological, as Western women may be apt to wonder about harming the child's socialization. Kung! mothers wean their children much later, usually around the age of three, and as late as age five, if they are expecting no other children."
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The Mother-Child Relationship, 2007.
This paper explores quality vs. quantity parenting as well as different parenting styles across cultures.
2,895 words (approx. 11.6 pages), 10 sources, MLA, $ 85.95
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The paper analyzes quality parenting vs. quantity parenting, providing a comparison between stay-at-home mothers and working mothers. The paper examines the shared activities and the amount of time spent with the child. The paper considers the mother-child relationship across different cultures residing in Southern California. The paper concludes that although more research is needed, the majority of the research supports the value of quality parenting over quantity parenting, regardless of whether the mother stays at home or works.
Outline:
Introduction
The Importance of Quality Parenting vs. Quantity Parenting
Comparison of Stay-at-home Mothers and Working Mothers
Cultural Parenting
Conclusion
From the Paper
"In the past decade, different parenting styles across cultures and the quality parenting displayed by both stay-at-home mothers and working mothers has emerged as a significant concern among parents, educators, and policy-makers alike. This concern over the topic regarding the differences in quality parenting and quantity parenting has been spurred by the problems raised by the educational system and police departments. Delinquent acts committed by children have become a major issue in the United States; in Southern California the public has been overwhelmed with stories from the media, providing graphic evidence of a crime wave generated by our youth who, according to media reports, are victims of poor parenting styles."
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Video Game Violence, 2007.
A proposed study of video game violence as a contributing factor in aggressive behavior toward women in young adult men.
1,042 words (approx. 4.2 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 36.95
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The paper relates that a positive correlation between violent video game play and aggression has been identified by many individual studies. The paper presents a study to research whether violence and sexual objectification of women in video games increases aggression toward women in college aged men. The paper notes the ethical issues that will exist in the proposed study.
Outline:
Abstract
Introduction
Methods
Results
Discussion
Ethical Issues
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"Four groups of young adult men will be selected. Each group will be tested in advance with adjective matching and oral testing from female researchers to identify their attitudes and reactions toward women. The first two groups will play one to two hours of violent and sexually offensive video game play for five days. The third group will include individuals who have limited previous video game exposure and will not play video games during the experiment. Groups one and three will be orally tested by a female researcher following the week of video game play. Groups two and four will be tested by a male researcher. Results will be compared to identify differences between reactions in video game users and non-users."
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The Blended Family, 2007.
This paper discusses the challenges and issues faced by a blended family.
3,061 words (approx. 12.2 pages), 12 sources, MLA, $ 89.95
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The paper explores the dynamics of the blended family, with a focus on the children of the new family unit. The paper discusses the stages and process of "blending" a new family and examines the counseling of blended families in crisis. The paper shows how the success of the new family depends on their ability to form a cohesive group and establish boundaries. The paper concludes that more research needs to address the significant characteristics of the blended family so that family therapists can develop programs that are only available for the nuclear family.
Outline:
Social Dynamics of the Blended Family
Stages to Becoming Blended
Counseling Blended Families in Crisis
Discussion and Recommendations
From the Paper
"According to the 200o US Census, approximately 52-62% of all marriages end in divorce (US Census Bureau, 2001). These numbers are staggering when one considers that out of every 100 marriages 43% involve a previously married spouse. Nearly 60% of all remarriages will end in divorce (US Census Bureau, 2001). In 2001, 5.4 million children lived in a blended family consisting of one biological parent and either a stepparent or adoptive parent (Kreider & Fields, 2005). In every case, it would be easy to say that both parties had the best intentions in mind when they made the decision to marry, but something went wrong. These statistics highlight the importance of family counseling in the attempt to help families work out their problems, or help them cope when a relationship ends."
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Augmentative and Alternative Communications Systems, 2007.
This paper discusses the benefits of augmentative and alternative communications (AAC) systems.
1,337 words (approx. 5.3 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 44.95
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The paper discusses how augmentative and alternative communications systems have dramatically impacted and enhanced the ability of impaired individuals to function and communicate. The paper describes how these systems replace or augment speech by use of gesture and body language, manual signs, handwriting and communication aids. The paper relates the history and development of AAC systems and focuses on the ways they help those children who cannot verbally communicate.
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"Although the majority of individuals take their ability to verbally communicate for granted, this is a disability that millions of individuals suffer from. Individuals with severe communication disorders do not have the luxury of being able to clearly and succinctly communicate with others through speech. This problem has been a persistent one within society and that has only recently been greatly helped by the creation of tools for those with communication disorders."
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African-American Grandmothers, 2007.
This paper compares the historic role of African-American grandmothers and their contemporary role as sole parent for their grandchildren.
1,675 words (approx. 6.7 pages), 5 sources, APA, $ 54.95
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This paper explains that, under slavery and during the period afterward, older African-American women played active and respected roles in their communities as based on their African heritage, which venerated its elderly. The author points out that, in light of this history, it is not surprising that, in record numbers, African-American older women today are assuming the role of primary caregivers to their grandchildren due to social and addiction problems of the mothers of these grandchildren. The paper relates that the considerable stress of these women, who are permanently primary caregivers for their grandchildren, has resulted in their having many social, economic, physical and psychological problems.
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"The number of grandmothers raising their grandchildren nearly doubled between 1970 and 2000--from 2.2 million to 4.5 million. During the 1990s, the biggest increase was among families with no parent present, usually because of social problems such as the mother's alcohol or drug abuse. Death from AIDS, long-term incarceration, and mental illness are other reasons. The trend has become a "dominant theme" for social work research, and the term skipped generation caregiver has come into use. Of all the children living with grandparents in the U.S., nearly 44% are African-American, a proportion that is six times greater than in white families."
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Street Racing, 2007.
This paper discusses the merits of street racing, a practice common to adolescents across the United States.
1,629 words (approx. 6.5 pages), 12 sources, MLA, $ 53.95
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The paper explains that while known to many as a dangerous, disruptive activity, there are also several positive aspects of street racing that many argue are beneficial to today's youth. The paper discusses the origin of the practice, the individuals who participate and the positive outcomes for youth in today's culture.
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"Street racing, or the practice of teenagers and young adults racing on roadways at high speeds, was actually born in the 1930's, as a man named Wally Parks attended some of the first racing trials in the United States in southern California. Racers began to gather secluded in the Mojave Desert, where, in the 30's, racing speeds topped 100 mph (NHRA). Showing a knack for racing, Parks founded the Road Runners club in 1937, and helped form the Southern California Timing Association (NHRA)."
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