Nelson Ssewante
ID: UNCST-2025-R021497
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Development and pilot-evaluation of the FEBRIS algorithm for management of childhood febrile illness in primary healthcare settings in Busoga, Uganda
REFNo: HS8933ES
1. To develop a simplified, evidence-informed digital clinical decision support algorithm (FEBRIS Algorithm) to improve adherence to the Uganda clinical guidelines for management of childhood febrile illnesses in primary health facilities in Busoga sub-region.
2. To train healthcare workers in the use of the FEBRIS algorithm before its introduction into routine clinical practice in selected primary healthcare facilities in Busoga sub-region.
3. To assess the feasibility, acceptability, appropriateness, adoption, and fidelity of the FEBRIS Algorithm for clinical management of childhood febrile illnesses among healthcare workers in primary healthcare settings in Busoga sub-region.
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Uganda |
2026-10-26 17:32:28 |
2029-10-26 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
Non-Clinical Trial |
Non-degree Award |
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Kasim Matovu Ziryawulawo
ID: UNCST-2026-R026483
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SELF LEADERSHIP, JOB SATSIFACTION AND WORK BEHAVIOR AMONG POLICE OFFICERS IN GREATER KAMPALA METROPOLITAN AREA: THE MEDIATING ROLE OF EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE
REFNo: SS6309ES
i. To establish the effect of job satisfaction on work behaviour among police officers in Greater Kampala Metropolitan Area.
ii. To examine the effect of self-leadership on work behaviour among police officers in Greater Kampala Metropolitan Area.
iii. To investigate the effect of emotional intelligence on work behaviour among police officers in Greater Kampala Metropolitan Area.
iv. To establish the effect of job satisfaction on emotional intelligence among police officers in Greater Kampala Metropolitan Area.
v. To examine the effect of self-leadership on emotional intelligence among police officers in Greater Kampala Metropolitan Area.
vi. To investigate the mediating effect of emotional intelligence in the relationship between job satisfaction and work behaviour among police officers in Greater Kampala Metropolitan Area.
vii. To establish the mediating effect of emotional intelligence in the relationship between self- leadership and work behaviour among police officers in Greater Kampala Metropolitan Area.
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Uganda |
2026-10-26 17:26:13 |
2029-10-26 |
Social Science and Humanities |
Non-Clinical Trial |
Degree Award |
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SSEDYABANE FRANK
ID: UNCST-2022-R011175
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EXPLORING THE APPLICATION OF SERUM P16INK4A FOR DETECTION OF HIGH GRADE CERVICAL INTRAEPITHELIAL LESIONS AMONG WOMEN LIVING WITH HIV IN UGANDA
REFNo: HS8835ES
Assess the acceptability and feasibility of integration of blood-based biomarker testing into routine cervical cancer care workflows.,Analyze the serum expression profiles and the diagnostic accuracy of p16ink4A for the detection of CIN2+ among older WLWH in south western Uganda. ,To analyze the serum expression profiles and the diagnostic accuracy of p16ink4A for the detection of CIN2+ among older WLWH in south western Uganda and also assess the acceptability and feasibility (in terms of system fit, practicality and demand) of integration of blood-based biomarker testing into routine cervical cancer care workflows.,
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Uganda |
2026-10-26 17:24:33 |
2029-10-26 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
Non-Clinical Trial |
Non-degree Award |
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Pauline Waititu
ID: UNCST-2026-R026865
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African Lived Values and Child Safeguarding: Exploring Indigenous African Cultural Practices that Promote the Safeguarding of Children with Disabilities in East Africa (MAKSHSREC-2026-275).
REFNo: SS6302ES
• Identifying African lived cultural values that can be used to promote safeguarding of children.
• Examining community attitudes and beliefs regarding disability in relation to international laws of safeguarding.
• Establishing the relationship between Ubuntu lived values and the level of attitude toward students with disabilities.
• Developing a student safeguarding framework that links Ubuntu values with legal child protection framework in Eastern Africa.
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Kenya |
2026-10-26 17:10:51 |
2029-10-26 |
Social Science and Humanities |
Non-Clinical Trial |
Degree Award |
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Mbwali Fiona
ID: UNCST-2025-R020211
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Exploring Factors influencing cervical cancer screening among female sex workers in Makindye Ssabagabo Municipality Wakiso District, Uganda
REFNo: HS7895ES
1. To assess the perceptions of CaCx among FSWs in Makindye Ssabagabo Municipality in Wakiso District, Uganda.
2. To identify enablers of CaCx screening among FSWs in Makindye Ssabagabo Municipality in Wakiso District, Uganda.
3. To study the barriers of CaCx screening among FSWs in Makindye Ssabagabo Municipality in Wakiso District, Uganda.
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Uganda |
2026-10-26 17:06:15 |
2029-10-26 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
Non-Clinical Trial |
Non-degree Award |
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Allen Namagembe Sekitoleko
ID: UNCST-2019-R000214
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A pilot evaluation of FP Mentor AI-delivered versus instructor-delivered theoretical training for DMPA-SC and self-injection service delivery in private-sector pharmacies in Uganda: adoption, acceptability, usability, and cost.
REFNo: HS8724ES
4. To identify technical, workflow, and contextual barriers and facilitators to FP Mentor AI engagement, in order to inform tool refinement and future scale-up.,3. To estimate the incremental costs of FP Mentor AI theory delivery relative to instructor-led theory delivery, and assess its potential cost advantages, given that hands-on practicum and post-training supervision are provided identically in both study arms.,2. To evaluate the effect of AI-delivered versus instructor-delivered theoretical training on providers\' knowledge of DMPA-SC and self-injection (SI) training.,1. To assess the adoption, acceptability, and usability of FP Mentor AI as a modality for DMPA-SC/self-injection (SI) theoretical training among private-sector pharmacy providers, including patterns of use, user engagement, perceived usefulness, and ease of use.,
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Uganda |
2026-10-26 17:03:59 |
2029-10-26 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
Non-Clinical Trial |
Non-degree Award |
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Boaz Arinda
ID: UNCST-2026-R026773
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Diagnosis Urban and Semi-urban Drivers of Diurnal PM2.5 variability in a tropical secondary city: Evidence from Mbarara, Uganda
REFNo: NS1423ES
1. To validate and compare ERA5 and MERRA-2 global reanalysis meteorological data
using ground-based observations from Mbarara City;
2. To quantify the influence of meteorological conditions, temporal patterns, and urban
semi-urban location on diurnal PM?.? concentrations;
3. To diagnose the dominant physical processes and emission-timing drivers that control
extreme PM?.? episodes in urban and semi-urban settings;
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Uganda |
2026-10-26 16:46:10 |
2029-10-26 |
Natural Sciences |
Non-Clinical Trial |
Degree Award |
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JONATHAN SSEBUGGWAWO
ID:
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CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF REMOVED ORTHOPEDIC IMPLANTS USED FOR TREATING PATIENTS AND BODY RESPONSES AT MULAGO NATIONAL REFERRAL HOSPITAL;
REFNo: HS8803ES
1.
To analyze the indications and timing of implant removal among trauma patients at Mulago National Specialized Hospital.
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To analyze the elemental chemical composition of explanted orthopaedic implants among trauma patients at Mulago National Specialized Hospital in Uganda
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To describe the peri-implant histopathological patterns among trauma patients with orthopaedic implants at Mulago National Specialized Hospital.
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To determine serum levels of selected metal ions before implant removal and assess short term changes 30 days after implant removal among trauma patients with orthopaedic implants at Mulago National Specialized Hospital
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Uganda |
2026-10-26 13:22:46 |
2029-10-26 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
Non-Clinical Trial |
Degree Award |
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Kathy Burgoine
ID: UNCST-2022-R011521
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Improving Survival and Development of Small and Sick Newborns in Eastern Uganda: A Mixed-Methods Health Systems Evaluation of Hospital and Outreach Interventions
REFNo: HS8938ES
To assess sustainability and scalability of the integrated neonatal care model within the Ugandan health system,To explore caregiver and healthcare worker experiences, acceptability, and perceived barriers and facilitators to implementation of neonatal interventions,To evaluate changes in health system capacity, including workforce skills, infrastructure, equipment functionality, and referral systems,To assess growth and neurodevelopmental outcomes among high-risk infants enrolled in follow-up and early intervention programmes,To determine coverage, outcomes, and feasibility of the Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP) screening and treatment programme,To evaluate the effectiveness of outreach neonatal services (BabyBus) in improving access to high-risk infant follow-up, early intervention services, and specialised neonatal care in District Hospitals and Health Centre IV facilities,To assess trends in neonatal mortality, morbidity, and service utilisation at Mbale Regional Referral Hospital following implementation of neonatal care strengthening interventions,To conduct a system evaluation of the impact, implementation, and sustainability of integrated neonatal health system strengthening interventions led by Born on the Edge, on survival and developmental outcomes among small and sick newborns in Eastern Uganda,
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UK |
2026-10-26 13:12:59 |
2029-10-26 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
Non-Clinical Trial |
Non-degree Award |
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Julian Bagyendera Kobutungi
ID:
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Uganda Commercial Forestry Value Chain Study
REFNo: SS6248ES
8. To recommend practical interventions, priority supply models, partners and pilots to improve market functioning, grower returns, replanting investment and long-term sector sustainability.,7. To identify bottlenecks affecting market efficiency and supply-chain coordination and assess their implications for grower outcomes and long-term supply security.,6. To identify the commercial conditions required for each supply model to operate sustainably.,5. To analyse prices, costs and margins across the forestry value chain and supply models, including the drivers of farm-gate and factory-gate price differentials.,4. To compare direct processor sourcing, intermediary-led supply, collective marketing or grower-association aggregation, integrated plantation supply and hybrid supply models.,3. To assess how access to improved planting material affects plantation productivity, grower returns and replanting decisions.,2. To assess the formality and effectiveness of transactions between growers, intermediaries and processors.,1. To assess replanting incentives, constraints, decision drivers and long-term investment behaviour across different grower typologies.,The overall objective is to determine which processor-anchored roundwood supply models are commercially viable, scalable and capable of improving grower returns, replanting incentives and long-term supply security.,
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Uganda |
2026-10-21 23:31:18 |
2029-10-21 |
Social Science and Humanities |
Non-Clinical Trial |
Non-degree Award |
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FIONA KABAGENYI
ID:
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Enhancing emergency ENT clinical competency during residency training at two public universities in Uganda using simulation-based learning: A co-designed intervention, effectiveness and acceptability
REFNo: HS8663ES
1. To determine the burden of emergency ENT procedures conducted among patients at
public regional and national referral hospitals.
2. To explore the perceptions of key stakeholders regarding relevance, value and
perceived role of SBL in emergency ENT care at Mak and MUST.
3. To co-design a contextually appropriate simulation-based learning intervention in
Emergency ENT for postgraduates.
4. To evaluate the feasibility and preliminary effect of the simulation-based learning
intervention on the acquisition of knowledge, technical and non-technical competency
among post-graduate students in managing emergency ENT cases.
5. To explore the acceptability of an SBL intervention among post-graduate students and
faculty members at Mak and MUST.
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Uganda |
2026-10-21 23:28:43 |
2029-10-21 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
Non-Clinical Trial |
Degree Award |
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Nnyanzi Mabingo Vicent
ID: UNCST-2026-R023442
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Slavery and Land use types in Buganda, 1832-1964
REFNo: SS6301ES
The study will be guided by four specific objectives:
1.To examine the indigenous land use types in Buganda.
2.To examine the enslavement systems that existed in pre-colonial Buganda.
3.To analyse how slavery transformed agriculture and settlement in Buganda.
4.To assess how the abolition of slavery influenced agriculture and settlement in Buganda.
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Uganda |
2026-10-21 23:26:11 |
2029-10-21 |
Social Science and Humanities |
Non-Clinical Trial |
Degree Award |
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KEKIRUNGA BEYENDEZAPERUTH
ID: UNCST-2026-R026880
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ECOCRITICAL EXPLORATIONS IN TIMOTHY WANGUSA’S POETRY
REFNo: SS6257ES
i. To examine the representation of human-nature relationships in Wangusa’s poetry through an ecocritical lens.
ii. To analyze the poetic devices used to represent human-nature relationships in conveying ecological consciousness.
iii. To analyze how ecocriticism of Wangusa’s poetry enhances the understanding of literature as a medium for ecological insight and environmental consciousness.
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Uganda |
2026-10-21 23:22:44 |
2029-10-21 |
Social Science and Humanities |
Non-Clinical Trial |
Degree Award |
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Justine Nakakande
ID: UNCST-2026-R024299
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REDESIGNING MUMBWA MEDICINAL SCULPTURAL FORMS DESIGNS FOR REVITALIZATION OF INDIGENOUS MEDICINE AMONG THE BAGANDA OF CENTRAL UGANDA
REFNo: SS6243ES
1. To analyze the indigenous knowledge embedded in traditional Mumbwa medicinal forms of the Baganda of central Uganda.
2. To examine contemporary sculptural design approaches that can be used to reinterpret
Mumbwa medicinal forms of the Baganda of central Uganda.
3. To redesign Mumbwa medicinal forms through sculptural concepts that contribute to the revitalization of the indigenous medicine of the Baganda in central Uganda.
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Uganda |
2026-10-21 23:21:35 |
2029-10-21 |
Social Science and Humanities |
Non-Clinical Trial |
Degree Award |
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MASEREKA ERIC
ID:
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Household Plastic Waste Management and Sustainable Environmental Management Practices in Kampala Capital City Authority, Uganda
REFNo: SS5939ES
General objective
To examine the contribution of household plastic waste management initiatives and policy implementation to sustainable environmental management practices, and identify the challenges affecting effective plastic waste management at the household level in Kampala City, Uganda.
Specific objectives
To examine current household plastic waste management initiatives and sustainable environmental management practices in Kampala City, Uganda.
To assess how household implementation of plastic waste management policies and regulations influences sustainable environmental management practices in Kampala City, Uganda.
To examine the challenges faced by households in plastic waste management and sustainable environmental management practices in Kampala City, Uganda.
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Uganda |
2026-10-21 23:19:59 |
2029-10-21 |
Social Science and Humanities |
Non-Clinical Trial |
Degree Award |
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Catriona Waitt John
ID: UNCST-2019-R001068
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PHARMACOKINETICS OF METRONIDAZOLE DURING TREATMENT FOR POST-PARTUM SEPSIS: AN OBSERVATIONAL PHARMACOKINETIC STUDY
REFNo: HS8627ES
ii. To describe the covariates influencing drug exposure in maternal plasma, breastmilk, and infant plasma,i. To develop a population lactation pharmacokinetic model characterizing the transfer of metronidazole from maternal plasma to breast milk, to estimate infant exposure, and facilitate simulation-based predictions of the effect of different patient and clinical factors on metronidazole plasma and breastmilk exposure.,ii. To determine the plasma clearance and volume of distribution, and the area under concentration-time curve (AUC) in plasma and breastmilk for metronidazole during the treatment of postpartum sepsis,i. To describe the transfer of metronidazole from maternal plasma to breastmilk and estimate infant plasma exposure during the treatment of postpartum sepsis.,
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UK |
2026-10-21 23:16:22 |
2029-10-21 |
Medical and Health Sciences |
Non-Clinical Trial |
Non-degree Award |
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Brian Musitwa
ID: UNCST-2025-R022503
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A Historiography of Corruption in Uganda
REFNo: SS4657ES
1. To examine selected corruption incidents that have occurred in the post-colonial Uganda.
2. To examine the government strategies used to resolve these corruption incidents in Uganda.
3. To investigate the role of non-state actors in addressing corruption incidents in Uganda’s history.
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Uganda |
2026-10-21 23:12:17 |
2029-10-21 |
Social Science and Humanities |
Non-Clinical Trial |
Degree Award |
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Mellon Tumuhimbise
ID: UNCST-2026-R024222
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Distribution, Bioesticidal activity and Phytochemical composition of three priority invasive plant species from Queen Elizabeth National Park
REFNo: NS1420ES
i. To determine the distribution and abundance of the three invasive alien plant species across habitat strata in QENP.
ii. To determine the effect of the three species on the composition, richness and diversity of native vegetation in invaded and uninvaded sites.
iii. To evaluate the bio-pesticidal activity of their crude extracts against Brevicoryne brassicae (L) and Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith) under laboratory conditions.
iv. To determine the phytochemical composition of the extract(s) with the highest bio-pesticidal activity.
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Uganda |
2026-10-19 8:33:01 |
2029-10-19 |
Natural Sciences |
Non-Clinical Trial |
Degree Award |
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Collins Mwesigwa
ID: UNCST-2019-R000001
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Commercialisation Performance of Science, Technology, and Innovation (STI) in Uganda
REFNo: SS6340ES
Main Objective
1. The general objective of this study is to examine the relationship between firm collective capabilities, appropriability mechanisms, complementary assets, and Commercialisation Performance of STI firms as mediated by competitive intelligence, firm innovations and dominant design.
Specific Objectives
1. To establish the relationship between appropriability mechanisms and Commercialization Performance of STIs.
2. To examine the relationship between collective capabilities and Commercialisation Performance of STIs.
3. To explain the relationship between complementary assets and Commercialisation Performance of STIs.
4. To examine the relationship between appropriate mechanism, competitive intelligence and Commercialization Performance of STIs.
5. To examine the relationship between collective capabilities, firm innovations and Commercialization Performance of STIs.
6. To examine the relationship between complementary assets, dominant design and Commercialization Performance of STIs.
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Uganda |
2026-10-19 8:09:35 |
2029-10-19 |
Social Science and Humanities |
Non-Clinical Trial |
Degree Award |
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Kyomuhendo Florence
ID: UNCST-2026-R028734
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INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERSHIP AND EFFECTIVE IMPLEMENTATION OF COMPETENCY BASED CURRICULUM MEDIATED BY TEACHER READINESS IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN EASTERN UGANDA
REFNo: SS6210ES
This research will be based on the following set objectives to:
i. To assess the influence of instructional leadership on effective implementation of competency- based curriculum in secondary schools in Eastern Uganda.
ii. To establish the influence of teacher readiness on effective implementation of competency- based curriculum in secondary schools in Eastern Uganda.
iii. To analyse the influence of instructional leadership on teacher readiness in secondary schools in Eastern Uganda.
iv. To explore the status of instructional leadership on effective implementation of competency- based curriculum in secondary schools in Eastern Uganda.
v. To test the mediating effect of teacher readiness and instructional leadership on effective implementation of competency-based curriculum in secondary schools in the Eastern Uganda.
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Uganda |
2026-10-19 11:07:29 |
2029-10-19 |
Social Science and Humanities |
Non-Clinical Trial |
Degree Award |
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