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We're bursting with pride as our
#ImperialWomen
shine in their explorations on gravity, workplace gender equality, and climate change.
Let’s dive into their remarkable contributions below and join us in celebrating their groundbreaking work!
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NEWS FLASH! It’s not a dislike of “hard maths” that puts girls off studying or pursuing careers in maths + physics.
It’s outdated and damaging stereotypes that close doors on many talented girls and women.
Ready to hear about some of our most inspiring women physicists?
🧵
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The Telegraph has corrected and apologised for another untrue claim about Imperial
#COVID19
epidemiology. It's the 16th time they have had to correct or clarify false or misleading reporting on Imperial coronavirus research.
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If you think racism is only an issue in the US, you're wrong.
#BlackLivesMatter
and we stand with our Black students, staff and alumni.
For any members of our community feeling angry, sad, scared or frustrated, we are here to support you 👇🏿
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Introducing you to the Abdus Salam Library 📚
The library was named to honour Nobel Prize winning physicist and Imperial Professor, Abdus Salam. Find out more 👇
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Neil Ferguson and Imperial did not produce a model for Sweden pointing to 85,000 deaths
When Neil Ferguson’s Imperial model pointed to 85,000 Covid deaths for Sweden, the Swedish authorities has enough in-house expertise to identify why his model was wrong. Anders Tegnell, its state epidemiologist, explains how...
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#OnThisDay
1879: Scientist Maud Menten was born. She co-devised the Michaelis-Menten equation, one of the fundamental models in enzyme kinetics
#WomenInSTEM
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Today we’re celebrating the naming of
#OurImperial
Abdus Salam library!
There are so many exciting events taking place on our South Ken campus today 🎉
Want to see Abdus Salam's Nobel Prize up close? Or join us and
@ProfBrianCox
this evening? Find out more 🔽
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285 points.
We did it.
We have won
#UniversityChallenge
!
Congratulations team Imperial!
We just made history 🎉🎉🎉
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Our
@seis_matters
has experienced abuse following the announcement of his selection as a lecturer of the
@Ri_Science
#XmasLectures
. The abuse is vile and unacceptable. We're supporting Chris, and can't wait to see him take the stage this December and make history 💪🏾
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We stand in solidarity with our Iranian community, and everyone affected by the death of Mahsa Amini and reports of violence at Sharif University in Tehran.
Support + guidance for
#OurImperial
community 👇
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We're excited to announce that
@imperiallibrary
will be named the Abdus Salam Library in recognition of Nobel Prize winning physicist, Professor Abdus Salam.
Read more ⬇️
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1⃣ Prof. Michele Dougherty, our Head of Physics.
🪐 She leads missions to other planets. During
@NASASolarSystem
’s
#Cassini
mission to Saturn, she discovered an atmosphere on Saturn's moon Enceladus.
She's now gearing up to explore Jupiter's icy moons.
More from Michele👇🏾
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#OnThisDay
1970: A little known band named Queen performed for the first time on our campus as a group. Here's the original advert for the gig!
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At the Fleming Centre, scientists will work alongside patients, members of the public and policy makers to scope, test and scale solutions, so that antimicrobials can continue to keep the world safe.
Watch to find out more ⬇️
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#OnThisDay
1970: A little-known band named Queen performed for the first time on our campus as a group. Here's the original advert for the gig 👨🎤
@QueenWillRock
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This week we celebrated the launch of our Abdus Salam Library with a plaque unveiling ceremony, an exhibition featuring Abdus’ most loved possessions, and talks by Physicists, Brian Cox and Atish Dabholkar.
Here’s to celebrating
#OurImperial
legends 💙
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2⃣ Emeritus Prof. Joanna Haigh, who was also Head of Physics.
She's an influential climate scientist who was Co-Director of
@Grantham_IC
. Her research looks at the physics of Earth's atmosphere and how it's affected by CO2 and solar radiation.
🔗
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#OnThisDay
1912: Alan Turing was born. A mathematician, computer scientist, logician, cryptanalyst, philosopher, and theoretical biologist, Turing was highly influential in the development of theoretical computer science
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These are just seven of our fantastic women physicists.
Next time you hear someone say girls don’t like physics, remember there are many more amazing women physicists out there.
Fancy joining them? Check out our BSc in Physics now 👇🏾
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Good morning! 👋🏾 I’m Ijeoma and I’m a 2nd year PhD student in the group of Professor Molly Stevens,
@ImpMaterials
. I'm taking over this account today in honour of
#BlackHistoryMonthUK
and sharing a range of content that is important to me.
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We are the 8th best university in the world, according to the latest
@worlduniranking
QS World University Rankings
#QSWUR
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"His view was that if you wish to change people, or better people, or better the world, then use science or knowledge – these are the means for you to achieve that."
Thanks to
@BBCUrdu
for helping us celebrate the naming of the Abdus Salam
@imperiallibrary
- check it out👇
پاکستانی نژاد فزکس کے نوبل انعام یافتہ ڈاکٹر عبدالسلام کی علمی اور تحقیقی خدمات کے اعتراف میں لندن کے معتبر امپیریل کالج نے اپنی سینٹرل لائبریری کا نام عبدالسلام لائبریری رکھ دیا ہے۔ انھوں نے 1957 میں امپیریل کالج میں شمولیت اختیار کی تھی۔
#Imperialcollegelondon
#DrAbdusSalam
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For the second year in a row, we’ve been ranked 6th in the world and the top University in London by the QS World University Rankings!
Congratulations to everyone in
#OurImperial
community for making this happen💙
@worlduniranking
#QSWUR
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On this day in 1970, a little known band named Queen performed for the first time on our campus as a group. Here's the original advert for the gig!
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The Telegraph had come up with this claim by picking one of 72 analyses from a study - in this case clearly labelled as 'pessimistic' hypothetical and specific scenarios - and misleadingly presented it as a prediction of what 'would' happen. It was nothing of the sort.
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4⃣ Prof. Fay Dowker is a theoretical physicist who researches several areas, including quantum gravity and causal set theory.
In 2017, she talked about the nature of space-time on
@BBCRadio4
’s the Life Scientific:
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6⃣ Prof. Claudia de Rham's work on ‘massive gravity' is said to have had profound implications for the area of research now dubbed ‘beyond Einstein gravity’.
In 2020, she won the Physical Sciences & Engineering category of the
@BlavatnikAwards
:
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5⃣ Prof. Jenny Nelson's work on solar power looks at novel materials to use in solar cells.
Since 2010, she has been working with
@Grantham_IC
to explore how photovoltaic and other renewable technologies can help us mitigate
#ClimateChange
.
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7⃣ Prof. Ji-Seon Kim, Director of our Plastic Electronics Centre for Doctoral Training.
She researches soft electronic materials for application in biological sensors and energy harvesting, including solar cells that recycle indoor light:
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The newspaper falsely claimed that following a ‘brief spike in cases during summer 2021’ Prof Neil Ferguson predicted that ‘Britain would soon hit one million infections a day'. He and his Imperial team made no such prediction.
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#OnThisDay
1822: Chemist and biologist Louis Pasteur was born. He is considered the founder of microbiology
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Jess says: "I honestly can’t believe we’re still having this conversation. It’s patronising, it’s infuriating, and it’s closing doors to exciting careers in physics and engineering for generations of young women."
More from Jess in
@guardian
:
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We are deeply saddened at the tragic news that our PhD student Saeed Tahmasebi Khademasadi was among the passengers to have died in the plane crash in Iran this morning. 1/3
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We're supporting the campaign to reinstate the Kensington High Street cycle route 🚲
The cycle lanes provide a safe route for cyclists and are also instrumental for connecting our South Kensington campus to our other campuses in west London
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THREAD: Following our
#BlackLivesMatter
tweet on Monday, many members of our community have been in touch to ask - rightfully - what we are doing to help fight racism and inequality at Imperial and better-support our Black students and staff
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"Maths is truth. Once you discover something in maths, it applies to all eternity"
A huge congratulations to Professor Sir Martin Hairer from our
@ImperialMaths
who is the single winner of the $3m 2021 Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics (
@brkthroughprize
):
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We have won
@TheTimes
and
@TheSundayTimes
’ University of the Year and University of the Year for Student Experience 2022 🎉
#GoodUniGuide
We are so proud of this achievement and thankful to
#OurImperial
community.
Read more about the awards ⬇️
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We did it! 🎉 Huge congratulations to
#OurImperial
team Caleb, Brandon, Richard and Conor on winning this year's
#UniversityChallenge
!
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We've been ranked 7th in the world and 3rd in Europe in this year's QS World University Rankings
@worlduniranking
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#OnThisDay
1970: A little known band named Queen performed for the first time on our campus as a group 🎸
@QueenWillRock
Here's the original advert for the gig!
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Congratulations to Dr
@jesswade
(
@ImperialPhysics
) who has been recognised in this year's
#QueensBirthdayHonours
for services to Gender Diversity in Science. We also gave her a President's Award this week for Societal Engagement:
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"Our method provides evidence that Cycle Superhighways can be an effective intervention in metropolitan cities like London"
Special London cycle lanes which aim to boost commuting by bicycle do not negatively impact traffic speed, finds a new analysis:
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Thank you
@BillGates
&
@RishiSunak
for visiting our South Kensington Campus today for the launch of Cleantech for UK, an initiative supported by
@Breakthrough
to supercharge UK cleantech innovation.
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A HUGE congratulations to our brilliant team on winning this year’s University Challenge 🥳
We are now the most successful team in University Challenge history!
Suraiya, Adam, Sourajit and Justin - you have done
#OurImperial
community so proud! Well done!👏🏼💙
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We are extremely saddened by the death of Her Majesty The Queen. We offer our deepest condolences to the Royal Family.
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As
@JoeBiden
becomes President-elect, we look back to his 2018 Imperial visit and lecture on cancer research
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We continue to support the campaign for a safe cycle route on Kensington High Street. We know that a safe, protected and joined-up cycle route between South Kensington and our west London campuses is critically important to our student and staff community
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We did it - we’re in the final! 🎉 HUGE congrats to
#OurImperial
team and well-played
@TrinCollCam
! 👏👏
#UniversityChallenge
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Prime Minister
@chedetofficial
visited Imperial earlier today as we celebrated our thriving Malaysian connections
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We are defending our international values and making it clear that Imperial is open
#WeAreInternational
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“I am so very proud of all that my students and staff achieve as they carve out their careers - irrespective of their gender. It is astounding to me that senior leaders in the UK continue to make such unbelievably stereotypical comments, which are not backed up by data.”
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“I don’t want science to just be for the chosen few”: Our
@jesswade
talks to
@StylistMagazine
about her mission to change perceptions of
#womeninscience
#BeMoreJess
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We are the sixth best university in the world in this year’s
@worlduniranking
🎉 Congratulations to
#OurImperial
community 💙
Read more about the results:
📸: Edward Barrett
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We're excited to announce that the Prince of Wales
@KensingtonRoyal
will serve as the Patron of the appeal to launch The Fleming Centre - a new partnership between us and
@ImperialNHS
to tackle antimicrobial resistance (AMR)
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Her Royal Highness Catherine the Duchess of Cambridge (
@KensingtonRoyal
) visited our
@tommys
Centre for Miscarriage Research today to meet families who have lost babies, and speak to leading experts in pregnancy research, care and support
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#OnThisDay
1906: Marie Curie gave her inaugural lecture as the first female lecturer at the Sorbonne.
#WomenInSTEM
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Our coronavirus vaccine team led by Prof Robin Shattock
@roboskis
have been given £22.5 million by
@DHSCgovuk
to fast-track their vaccine development
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You've been asking us for a while, and we've heard and seen you.
It's time to talk about our historic motto and what we are doing about it. THREAD 👇🏿
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#OnThisDay
1913: Inventor and actress Hedy Lamarr was born. She helped develop a radio guidance system during
#WW2
, the principles of which are incorporated into today's wifi, GPS and Bluetooth technology.
#WomenInSTEM
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This just in - we've been ranked 9th in the world in this year's QS World University Rankings
@worlduniranking
! 🎉
#QSWUR
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We are the third best university in Europe, according to this year's
@THEworldunirank
rankings!
#OurImperial
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That's right... the champs are here! 🤩
After a tense final, we've been crowned the winners of this year's
#UniversityChallenge
🏆 (EXCITING!)
To our players, Michael, Max, Fatima and Gilbert, you made us all proud! 👏
Read more about our winners:
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THREAD: You may have seen false claims that Imperial COVID-19 "modelling envisaged Sweden paying a heavy price for its rejection of lockdown, with 40,000 Covid deaths by 1 May and almost 100,000 by June". Our researchers made no such prediction
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The
#REF2021
results are in…and confirm our status as a world-class research powerhouse!
We have a greater proportion of 4* “world-leading” research than any other UK university – a testament to
#OurImperial
community 👉
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Our free online course explaining the science behind
#coronavirus
is currently the most popular course launched on
@coursera
in 2020! The course features
#COVID19
experts from
@MRC_Outbreak
and
@Imperial_JIDEA
:
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Why is the
@RoyalAlbertHall
so warm on Graduation Day? 🤔
Because there are thousands of degrees packed in there! 🥁😆
Congratulations to all
#OurImperial
graduates today - we are so proud of all of you! 💙
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Happy 150th birthday to our friend and neighbour
@RoyalAlbertHall
! 🎂🎈
You don't look a day over 140 😜
#RAH150
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@MotherGoose64
@jesswade
@StylistMagazine
We like to think that promoting women in science and encouraging more young women to study STEM subjects isn't 'irrational BS'. Keep up the good work, Jess, and thank you for all that you're doing!
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@peterwalker99
Hi Peter - we have no one named Gareth Isaacs in our staff or student directories
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A new
#COVID19
sub-variant is spreading rapidly in the US, with some cases now in the UK.
#XBB15
is an offshoot of Omicron and currently presents similar symptoms. But should we be worried? 🦠
Our Prof
@wendybarclay11
explains what you need to know 🧵
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Last night, we made history as the most successful
#UniversityChallenge
team of all time.
What a journey it has been for team Imperial! 👏🏽
Read reflections from our Provost, Professor Ian Walmsley, and team captain, Suraiya Haddad.
@Imp_Prov
👇🏽
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We're speaking up for trans equality! 🏳️⚧️ We care about supporting our trans staff, students, alumni and the wider trans community because
#TransRightsAreHumanRights
every day 👉
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We are extremely saddened by the passing of Stephen Hawking. A true visionary, he made vast contributions to science and influenced countless people over his long career. Our thoughts are with his family at this time.
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You can read that summer 2021 study online: . You can also access the
@MRC_Outbreak
team's wider research:
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#OnThisDay
1918: Mathematician Katherine Johnson was born. Her calculations of orbital mechanics were critical to the success of the first and subsequent
@NASA
manned space flights
#WomenInSTEM
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From vaccine development to mathematical models, meet the inspirational
#ImperialWomen
battling
#COVID19
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It's been a long while since 1908 and as of 2020, our crest will no longer include this motto and it will not be used on any new materials. This is to better reflect our culture and values today
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Swapping the car for walking, cycling and e-biking even just one day a week makes a significant impact on personal
#CarbonEmissions
in cities – reveals a new report from
@TSUOxford
including researchers from our
@IC_CEP
as part of the
@EUPASTA
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Our Professor Neil Ferguson, Director of
@Imperial_JIDEA
, and the
@MRC_Outbreak
team have just published important new evidence about the spread of
#COVID
ー19 coronavirus and how interventions impact on it (1/4)
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"I hope my doll will remind girls that when you reach for the stars, anything is possible" ✨
#OurImperial
alumna Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock has been named as a Barbie Role Model for her work promoting science careers to girls 👩🏿🔬👩🏻💻👩🏾🚀👩🏼🔧
#ImperialWomen
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Some jobs are just out of this world! 🚀🌌🪐
Congratulations to
#OurImperial
alumnus
@astro_andreas
, who has become the commander of the International Space Station!
When you look up at the night sky tonight, give Andreas a wave and say congrats! 👋💙
📷:
@esa
@NASA
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#OnThis
Day 1920: Chemist Rosalind Franklin was born. She made significant contributions to the discovery of the molecular structure of DNA
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We are pleased to announce we've been ranked 3rd in the UK and 8th in the world in the latest
@timeshighered
World University Rankings 🎉
The
#THEUniRankings
is based on key areas such as teaching, research and international outlook.
Congratulations to
#OurImperial
community 💙
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We have close and historic ties with The Queen, who has witnessed several of our important milestones.
We remember Britain's longest reigning monarch.
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Truly a night with the stars! 🤩
@ProfBrianCox
helped us celebrate the naming of the Abdus Salam Library by delivering a lecture all about the fundamental forces of nature 🪐
Find out more about the life of Abdus Salam and his achievements ➡️
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