The New Jersey Institute of Technology's Electronic Theses & Dissertations Project

Bozzelli, Joseph W.
has served on the committee of
137 theses/dissertations that are available online.

* indicates that the advisor was committee chair or co-chair.

Author	Degree	Year		Title	ETD#
Guzman, Francisco J.	PhD	© 2019	*	Speciation of gaseous oxidized mercury molecules relevant to atmospheric and combustion environments	njit-etd2019-064
Yan, Chao	PhD	© 2018		Kinetic study of free radical-radical reactions of combustion importance at elevated pressures	njit-etd2018-074
Purnell, Jr., Douglas Lee	PhD	© 2017	*	Thermochemistry of fluorinated aldehydes and corresponding radicals;thermochemistry and kinetics of diethyl ether and ethyl oxirane relative to reactions under atmospheric and combustion conditions	njit-etd2017-129
Wang, Heng	PhD	© 2016	*	Thermochemical properties of fluorinated hydrocarbons, hydroperoxides, and fluorinated hydroperoxides; thermochemistry and kinetics on dissociation and association reactions of oxiranyl radical	njit-etd2016-042
Yang, Zunjian	MS	© 2015	*	Bio-medicinal application for plasma electrolytic oxidation of metals	njit-etd2015-093
Yommee, Suriyakit	PhD	© 2015	*	Thermochemistry and kinetics: hydrogen atom addition reactions with alkenes, oxidation of cyclopentadienone, trifluoroethene and transport properties	njit-etd2015-061
Dory, Gabriela	PhD	© 2014		The experience of reducing environmental risks in an environmental justice community	njit-etd2014-094
Jian, Ruiqi	MS	© 2014	*	Thermochemical properties of c3 to c5 unsaturated carbonyl alkenes: enthalpies of formation, entropy, heat capacity, bond enthalpy	njit-etd2014-032
Auzmendi Murua, Itsaso	PhD	© 2013	*	Reaction mechanisms of hydrocarbon and mercury systems in the atmosphere and in combustion: A theoretical study of thermochemical and kinetic properties	njit-etd2013-064
Hudzik, Jason Michael	PhD	© 2013	*	Computational thermochemistry of hydrocarbons, oxygenates, cyclic alkanes, and furans	njit-etd2013-075
Sangwan, Manuvesh	PhD	© 2013		Study of elementary reactions of combustion importance at elevated temperatures and pressures	njit-etd2013-089
Snitsiriwat, Suarwee	PhD	© 2013	*	Thermochemistry reaction paths and oxidation kinetics on ketonyl and aldehydic nitrogen oxides, propene and isooctane: a theoretical study	njit-etd2013-091
Graham, Wycliffe A.	PhD	© 2012	*	Synthesis, molecular and solid state structures, and magnetic properties of sandwich lanthanide phthalocyanines lacking C-H bonds	njit-etd2012-057
Saini, Sherestha	PhD	© 2012		Transport of terrigenous sediment and horseshoe crab eggs in the swash zone of an estuarine foreshore in Delaware Bay, New Jersey, USA	njit-etd2012-046
Charaya, Sumit	MS	© 2011	*	Thermochemistry and bond energies of acetohydrazide, amides and cyclic alkyl ethers	njit-etd2011-071
Song, Guanghui	MS	© 2011	*	Thermochemical properties, bond energies and internal rotor potentials in methyl ethyl sulfide and oxygenated sulfur hydrocarbons intermediates for modeling its combustion and atmospheric chemistry	njit-etd2011-113
Patel, Hemantbhai	MS	© 2010		Development of pharmacophore and comfa study of rigid and flexible sigma 2 receptor ligands	njit-etd2010-009
Saxena, Sumit	PhD	© 2010		Atomic and electronic structure studies of nano-structured systems : Carbon and related materials	njit-etd2010-114
Suwattananont, Naruemon	PhD	© 2010		Multi-component boron coatings on low carbon steel AISI 1018	njit-etd2010-100
Snitsiriwat, Surawee	MS	© 2009	*	Thermochemistry and bond energies of nitro -alkanes, -alkenes, -carbonyls and corresponding nitrites	njit-etd2009-032
Pillai, Shyamala Pravin	MS	© 2008	*	Structure and thermochemistry of disulfide-oxygen species	njit-etd2008-020
Wirpsza, Laura Ann	MS	© 2008		Development of pharmacophore and CoMFA studies for sigma2 receptor ligands	njit-etd2008-099
Goyal, Amit	PhD	© 2007	*	New approaches to scaled-up carbon nanotube synthesis and nanotube-based metal composites and sensors	njit-etd2007-065
Pandit, Deepangi	PhD	© 2007		Ligand-based drug design : I. conformational studies of GBR 12909 analogs as cocaine antagonists; II. 3d-QSAR studies of salvinorin a analogs as kappa opioid agonists	njit-etd2007-051
Silverman, Keith C.	PhD	© 2007		Community-based evaluation of the air toxic provisions of title III of the 1990 clean air act amendments : risks, costs and benefits	njit-etd2007-029
Misra, Milind	PhD	© 2006		Ligand-based design of dopamine reuptake inhibitors : fuzzy relational clustering and 2-D and 3-D QSAR modleing	njit-etd2006-031
Thornton, Rita L.	PhD	© 2006	*	Environmental justice education and atmospheric particulate analysis in urban environmental health policy development : indoor airborne particulate concentrations in preschools of asthmatic children in Newark	njit-etd2006-037
Arturo, Steven G.	PhD	© 2005		Fluid-phase thermodynamics from molecular-level properties and interactions based in quantum theory	njit-etd2005-062
Gilbert, Kathleen Mary	PhD	© 2005		Modeling of flexible drug-like molecules : qsar of GBR 12909 analog dat/sert selectivity	njit-etd2005-068
Rosty, Roberta	PhD	© 2005		The testing of semiconductor-based adsorption modified photosensitive sensors for their response to a volatile organic compound, oxygen, humidity, and heating	njit-etd2005-039
Wang, Yubing	PhD	© 2005		Functionalization, growth and applications of single wall carbon nanotubes	njit-etd2005-138
Jin, Fei	MS	© 2004	*	Thermochemical properties of small oxygenated sulfur hydrocarbons and kinetics - reaction pathways of methylthiomethyl radical with oxygen	njit-etd2004-130
Shah, Rajul	MS	© 2004	*	Kinetics of HO2 abstraction of H atoms from hydrocarbons and thermochemical properties of urethane monomers and radicals	njit-etd2004-013
Yang, Ling	PhD	© 2004		Toxicity of manufactured particulate materials on plant root growth	njit-etd2004-127
Goyal, Amit	MS	© 2003	*	Role of catalyst and substrate in synthesis of single wall carbon nanotubes	njit-etd2003-045
Lee, Jongwoo	PhD	© 2003	*	Thermochemistry and kinetic analysis on radicals of acetaldehyde + O2, allyl radical + O2 and diethyl and chlorodiethyl sulfides	njit-etd2003-111
Sun, Hongyan	PhD	© 2003	*	Thermochemistry and kinetics in pyrolysis and oxidation reaction of oxygenate chlorocarbons, neopentane, and ortho-xylene	njit-etd2003-115
Wang, Yun	MS	© 2003		Synthesis and application of novel chiral ionic liquids derived from alpha-pinene	njit-etd2003-103
Zhu, Li	PhD	© 2003	*	Thermochemistry and kinetics in pyrolysis and oxidation of oxygenated chlorocarbons and chlorinated aromatics	njit-etd2003-033
Bass, Jr., Charles A.	PhD	© 2002		Application of chemical kinetic modeling to improve design and performance criteria for a practical incineration system	njit-etd2002-014
Chern, Hsien-Tsung	PhD	© 2002	*	Thermal treatment of organic contaminated solids and waste : experiment, model and mass balance	njit-etd2002-078
Kim, Chol-han	MS	© 2002	*	Thermochemistry of vinyl alcohol and vinyl ether radical and kinetic analysis of neopentyl radical reaction with molecular oxygen	njit-etd2002-006
Sheng, Chad	PhD	© 2002	*	Elementary, pressure dependent model for combustion of C1, C2 and nitrogen containing hydrocarbons : operation of a pilot scale incinerator and model comparison	njit-etd2002-019
Gurbani, Manish H.	MS	© 2001	*	Structures, intramolecular rotation barriers, and thermodynamic properties of methane and ethylene carbons bonding to two unsaturated groups : ethylene, acetylene, phenyl and carbonyl	njit-etd2001-017
Thipse, Sukrut S.	PhD	© 2001		Parametric study of heavy metal partitioning in a pilot scale incinerator burning simulated municipal solid waste	njit-etd2001-086
Yuan, Li	MS	© 2001		Coating of aluminum powder with polymers in supercritical carbon dioxide	njit-etd2001-030
Chen, Chiung-Ju	PhD	© 2000	*	Experiment, thermodynamic properties and modeling on combustion of methyl tert-butyl ether : isobutane and isobutene and thermodynamic properties of chloro alkanes and alkenes	njit-etd2000-046
Flynn, Ann Marie	PhD	© 2000		The impact and fate of aqueous sodium nitrate on hydrocarbon flames	njit-etd2000-017
Jung, Dawoon	MS	© 2000	*	Thermochemical properties of methyl and chloro-methyl hyplochlorites and ethers and reaction of methyl radical with CLO	njit-etd2000-057
Park, Byung-Ik	PhD	© 2000	*	Polymer pyrolysis and oxidation studies in a continuous feed and flow reactor : cellulose, polystyrene, and polyethylene	njit-etd2000-065
Sun, Hongyan	MS	© 2000	*	Structures, intermolecular rotation barriers, and thermodynamic properties of chlorinated methanols and chlorinated methyl hydroperoxides	njit-etd2000-085
Lee, Jongwoo	MS	© 1999	*	Thermodynamic and kinetic analysis on Cl.+RCI -- Cl2+R.reactions, CH3CjO+O2= products and CjCHO+O2= products	njit-etd1999-072
Yamada, Takahiro	PhD	© 1999	*	Oxidation of dimethyl-ether and ethylene in the atmosphere and combustion environment and thermodynamic studies on hydrofluorocarbons using ab initio calculation methods	njit-etd1999-109
Zhu, Li	MS	© 1998	*	Thermodynamic properties of chlorocarbons and kinetic analysis for a- and b -addition of OH+C2H3CL	njit-etd1998-117
Wei, Ru	PhD	© 1997	*	Modeling study on the neopentyl+ O2 reaction system and experimental and modeling study on MTBE pyrolysis and oxidation	njit-etd1997-120
Chen, Chiung-Ju	MS	© 1996	*	Oxidation of isobutane and isobutene reaction pathways and detailed mechanism	njit-etd1996-012
Ing, Wen-Chiun	PhD	© 1996	*	Reaction kinetics of methanol and MTBE oxidation and pyrolysis	njit-etd1996-117
Xu, Yonghua	PhD	© 1996		Continuous monitoring of volatile organic compounds using microtrap based gas chromatographic systems	njit-etd1996-113
Chiang, Hong-Ming	PhD	© 1995	*	Dichloromethane pyrolysis and oxidation : formation of chlorinated aromatic precursors to PCDD/F	njit-etd1995-015
Colson, Diane A.	MS	© 1995		Hazard recognition and regulation : an asbestos chronology	njit-etd1995-066
Lay, Tsan-Horng	PhD	© 1995	*	Section I: Thermodynamic properties of hydrocarbon radicals, peroxy hydrocarbon and peroxy chlorohydrocarbon molecules and radicals Section II: Kinetics and reaction mechanisms for : (1) chloroform pyrolysis and oxidation (2) benzene and toluene oxidation	njit-etd1995-013
Mao, Fuhe	PhD	© 1995		Combustion of methyl chloride, monomethyl amine, and their mixtures in a two stage turbulent flow reactor	njit-etd1995-059
Park, Byung Ik	MS	© 1994	*	Pyrolysis and oxidation reaction of 1,2, dichloroethylene in Ar; Ar and CH4; Ar, CH4 and O2 mixtures	njit-etd1994-021
Guo, Cheng	MS	© 1993	*	An elementary reaction model for thermal decomposition of CF2Cl2 in a H2 atmosphere and experimental studies on oxidation of CH3OH plus CH4 under fuel rich, stoichiometric and fuel lean conditions	njit-etd1993-088
Ho, Wenpin	PhD	© 1993	*	Pyrolysis and oxidation of chloromethanes experiment and modeling	njit-etd1993-034
Wang, Limin	MS	© 1993		Investigation of the effects of methyl chloride addition on premixed, laminar, methane/air flat flames	njit-etd1993-150
Chiang, Hong-Ming	MS	© 1992	*	Thermal decomposition of dichloromethane in absence and presence of added oxygen and/or methane	njit-etd1992-036
Gotlieb, Erez	MS	© 1992	*	I. Removal of chromium from a highly contaminated soil/slag matrix by soil washing at low ph, II. Removal of chromium from impregnated clay matrices by soil washing at low ph	njit-etd1992-039
Liu, Jian	MS	© 1992	*	Thermal oxidative decomposition of chlorobenzene in a tubular flow reactor	njit-etd1992-016
Wang, Dawei	MS	© 1992	*	Catalytic ozone/ultraviolet light oxidation of organics in water : integrated charcoal/ozonation/UV radiation	njit-etd1992-115
Wu, Yo-Ping	PhD	© 1992	*	Thermal desorption and decomposition of hazardous organic compound I: Mass transfer of benzene and chlorobenzene in soil matrices II: Oxidation and pyrolysis of 1,1,1-trichloroethane in methane/oxygen/argon	njit-etd1992-031
Yu, Qing-Rui	MS	© 1992	*	I: Reaction of CH3C1 with H2 and CH4 under oxidation and pyrolysis conditions II: Kinetic analysis of C2H6, C2H4, and C2H2 reactions with OH, O, H, and Cl	njit-etd1992-048
Zhong, Xian	MS	© 1992	*	Quantitative measurement of pyrolysis and combustion species concentration by molecular-beam-sampling-mass-spectrometry	njit-etd1992-017
Ho, Kin	MS	© 1991	*	Charcoal catalyzed ozone decomposition of organic pollutants in water	njit-etd1991-060
Peng, Qianping	MS	© 1991	*	Liquid-vapor equilibria and Henry's law constants for volatile organics in surfactants	njit-etd1991-059
Won, Yang Soo	PhD	© 1991	*	Kinetic studies on pyrolytic and oxidative decomposition of chlorocarbons in a tubular flow reactor	njit-etd1991-047
Boddu, Shobha R.	MS	© 1990	*	Trends of metals (Pb, Zn, Cd, Cr, Mn, Fe, Hg and Ni) concentration in the New Jersey air environment	njit-etd1990-026
Dong, Jong-In	Dr. Eng. Sci.	© 1990	*	Mass transfer of hazardous organic compounds in soil matrices relevant to thermal desorption/incineration	njit-etd1990-033
Du, Jun	MS	© 1990		The oxidation of methylene chloride over manganese dioxide catalyst	njit-etd1990-011
Karim, Md. Hasan Ul	MS	© 1990	*	Modeling a fuel rich premixed laminar methane flame OH, CH, NH, CN profiles, including prompt NO	njit-etd1990-043
Kwon, Jaeil	MS	© 1990	*	Thermal desorption of hazardous and toxic organic compounds from sand matrices	njit-etd1990-044
Patel, Sanjiv Narendra	MS	© 1990	*	Dioxin formation : thermodynamics and reaction pathways during the oxidation/incineration of chloroaromatics	njit-etd1990-045
Uang, Liang-Jiun	MS	© 1990	*	Degradation of refractory organic pollutants in tar, water and soil matrices by ozone or hydrogen peroxide with ultraviolet light	njit-etd1990-049
Yang, Chen-Lu	MS	© 1990		Aqueous absorption of NOx induced by sodium chlorite oxidation	njit-etd1990-007
Young, Jia-Ling Linda	MS	© 1990	*	Kinetic mechanism of the reactions of dichloromethane and chloroform with atomic hydrogen at low pressure and room temperature	njit-etd1990-057
Baliga, Satish	Dr. Eng. Sci.	© 1989		Thermotropic liquid crystalline polyesters based on the monomer of poly(ethylene terephthalate)	njit-etd1989-029
Gao, Minsen	MS	© 1989		A study of volatile organic compound emissions in the ambient air of a sanitary landfill in Richard W. DeKorte State Park, New Jersey	njit-etd1989-048
Liao, Chih-Hsiang	MS	© 1989		Organics in ambient air by collection on tenax, thermal desorption,and capillary chromatography with parallel FID/ECD analysis	njit-etd1989-043
Ma, Hsien-Chih	Dr. Eng. Sci.	© 1989		Protein separation with mathematical modeling for chromatographic operation	njit-etd1989-002
Nolau, Manuel S.	MS	© 1989	*	Thermal desorption of hazardous and toxic organic compounds	njit-etd1989-046
Ritter, Edward Robert	Dr. Eng. Sci.	© 1989	*	Kinetic study on pyrolysis of C6H5Cl and m-C6H4Cl2 diluted in H2 : detailed reaction kinetics and thermodynamic property estimation techniques	njit-etd1989-030
Wu, Li-Li	MS	© 1989	*	Analysis of C2 and C3 hydrocarbons in ambient air. Part 1 ; Development of simple analysis for polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. Part 2	njit-etd1989-042
Wu, Yo-Ping	MS	© 1989	*	Thermal decomposition of 1,1,1-thrichloroethane-methane-oxygen mixture in tubular flow reactor	njit-etd1989-057
Yang, Chun-Chen	MS	© 1989	*	Thermal decomposition of chlorobenzene reaction with hydrogen and oxygen mixture in an atmosphere	njit-etd1989-058
Yeh, Chen-Chung	MS	© 1989	*	Thermal decomposition of 1,1,2- trichloroethane in hydrogen in tubular flow reactors at atmospheric pressure	njit-etd1989-060
Cebula, Robert	MS	© 1988		Determination of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons from incineration emission samples	njit-etd1988-009
Chang, Tsong-Sheng	MS	© 1988	*	Analysis of C2 and C3 hydrocarbons in ambient air. Section I ; Identification and quantification of volatile organics emitted from a landfill. Section II	njit-etd1988-035
Chemburkar, Arun S.	MS	© 1988	*	Thermal desorption of hazardous and toxic organic compounds from soil matrices : dichloromethane, chloroform, benzene, toluene, 1-chloronaphthalene, 1, 2, 4-trichlorobenzene	njit-etd1988-036
Shah, Atul R.	MS	© 1988	*	Hydrodechlorination reactions of trichloroethylene and 1,1 1, trichloroethane over alumina supported palladium catalysts, and, trichloroethylene over nickel catalyst	njit-etd1988-046
Shen, Yong-jin	MS	© 1988		An improved method of gas chromatographic determination of trace organic vapors in ambient air collected in canisters	njit-etd1988-047
Tavakoli-Attar, Javad	Dr. Eng. Sci.	© 1988	*	Gas-phase reactions of methylene chloride and methylene chloride-trichloroethylene mixture with methane in tubular flow reactor and atmospheric pressure	njit-etd1988-031
Won, Yang Soo	MS	© 1988	*	Thermal decomposition of dichloromethane/1,1,1-trichloroethane mixture in an atmosphere of hydrogen	njit-etd1988-053
Zhu, Larry Jiyuan	MS	© 1988	*	Formation of light hydrocarbons and soot in the pyrolysis reactions of chloro, dichlorobenzene, acetylene and benzene in an atmosphere of hydrogen	njit-etd1988-054
Chen, Yung-Ming	MS	© 1987	*	Hydrodechlorination reactions on silica-supported rhodium catalysts	njit-etd1987-017
Huang, Shun-Hsien	MS	© 1987	*	Reactions of atomic hydrogen with dichloromethane in a flow system	njit-etd1987-021
Siozopoulos, Thomas	MS	© 1987	*	High temperature reactions of chloroform with methane	njit-etd1987-026
Tsao, Hun	MS	© 1987	*	Reaction of hydrogen with methylene chloride and carbon tetrachloride at high temperature	njit-etd1987-027
Wang, Yalan	MS	© 1987		Analysis of nitrated polycyclic hydrocarbons, PAH-quinones and related compounds in ambient air	njit-etd1987-005
Adamowitz, Dianne	MS	© 1986		Characterization of microorganisims after feeding with phenolic compounds : comparing a domestic sludge to an industrial sludge	njit-etd1986-025
Anderson, Charles E.	MS	© 1986	*	High temperature reactions of 1,2-dichloroethane with water vapor in a tubular reactor	njit-etd1986-026
Ejiofor, Geoffrey Ike	MS	© 1986	*	Trends in metal (Pb, Zn, Ni, As and Se) concentrations in the New Jersey air environment	njit-etd1986-028
Lee, Wei-Lian	MS	© 1986	*	Gas-phase reaction of 1,2-dichloroethane with hydrogen in a tubular flow reactor	njit-etd1986-035
Ritter, Edward Robert	MS	© 1986	*	Thermal decomposition of chlorobenzene in an atmosphere of hydrogen	njit-etd1986-038
Varuntanya, Chirasakdi	Dr. Eng. Sci.	© 1986		The use of pure cultures as a means of understanding the performance of a mixed culture in the biodegradation of phenol	njit-etd1986-024
Yang, Yuh-Der	Dr. Eng. Sci.	© 1986	*	Reactions of chlorocarbon species with hydrogen over palladium on alumina catalyst and zeolite catalyst-development of deactivation models	njit-etd1986-023
Asteriou, George C.	MS	© 1985		The quantitative analysis of airborne particulates by x-ray flourescence	njit-etd1985-013
Chang, Shih-Hsin	Dr. Eng. Sci.	© 1985	*	Kinetic modeling of a laminar-flow reactor	njit-etd1985-008
Hwang, Chii-Guang	MS	© 1985	*	Conversion and kinetics in the reaction of chloroform with water vapor at high temperatures	njit-etd1985-022
Jo, Wan-Kuen	MS	© 1985	*	Reaction of atomic hydrogen with chloroform in a discharge flow reactor	njit-etd1985-023
Mahmood, Burhan	MS	© 1985	*	Reactions of hydrogen with chloroform and trichloroethylene at high temperatures	njit-etd1985-024
Pak, Daewon	MS	© 1985		The biodegradation of phenolics using mixed liquor from Passaic Valley Sewerage Commissioners Plant, Newark, New Jersey	njit-etd1985-026
Bobenhausen, Catherine Coombs	MS	© 1984	*	Analysis of selected volatile organic substances associated with residential kerosene heater use and the health implications	njit-etd1984-020
Colish, Jeffery	MS	© 1984		The Biodegradation of phenol and O-chlorophenol using activated sludge bacteria	njit-etd1984-022
Eveleens, Carol Sophia	MS	© 1984		Three studies on airborne polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons	njit-etd1984-024
Hsu, Ming-Teh	Dr. Eng. Sci.	© 1984		Mixing effect on chemical reaction in liquid phase	njit-etd1984-018
Huang, Jing James	Dr. Eng. Sci.	© 1984		Mathematical simulation of proteins separation in a packed bed	njit-etd1984-002
Jabalameli, Nahid	MS	© 1984	*	Calibration of flame ionization detector for chlorinated hydrocarbons	njit-etd1984-027
Lu, Ching-Hwang	MS	© 1984		The dry removal process of sulphur dioxide from flue gases using aluminum oxide	njit-etd1984-009
Manthani, Satyanarayana	MS	© 1984		Homogenous reaction kinetics of reduction of sulfur dioxide	njit-etd1984-030
Wang, Keng Chao	Dr. Eng. Sci.	© 1984		Mathematical modeling of carrier mediated mass transfer through liquid membrane systems	njit-etd1984-001
Watson, George Patrick	MS	© 1984		X-ray fluorescence spectroscopic analysis of coal ash	njit-etd1984-034
Barat, Robert Benedict	MS	© 1983	*	Flow tube reactions of selected chlorocarbons with molecular hydrogen or water vapor in a microwave induced plasma reactor	njit-etd1983-001
Desai, Samir Shrikant	MS	© 1983		Kinetics of biodegradation of phenol and 2,6-dichlorophenol	njit-etd1983-022
Yee, David Kim	MS	© 1982		Prediction of vapor-liquid equilibrium from ternary liquid-liquid equilibrium data	njit-etd1982-014
Malalis, Conrado Mendoza	MS	© 1981	*	A purely chemical nitrogen dioxide laser	njit-etd1981-015
Vibulbhan-Watts, Ing-On	MS	© 1980		Transient phenomena of polymer : Aniline-formaldehyde fiber and copolymer aniline-phenol-formaldehyde fiber	njit-etd1980-013
Vaccaro, Richard Michael	MS	© 1979	*	Adsorption capabilities of adsorbents for selected toxic air pollutants	njit-etd1979-015

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