‘They do not understand us’: a psychosocial analysis of the everyday lived experiences of a CYCC care worker in semi-rural South Africa
- Authors: Pieters, Cinnamon-Paige
- Date: 2022-04-07
- Subjects: Child care workers South Africa Attitudes , Narrative inquiry (Research method) , Intersubjectivity , Free association (Psychology) , Child care South Africa Psychological aspects , Burn out (Psychology) South Africa
- Language: English
- Type: Article , text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/294482 , vital:57225
- Description: This paper employs a psychosocial framework to analyse the everyday lived experiences of a child and youth care worker in semi-rural South Africa. The aim is to provide a new perspective of care work by drawing on narrative analysis alongside a psychoanalytic approach to qualitative research. With an emphasis on the socially constructed nature of reality, the researcher aims to elucidate the rich unconscious depths of being a care worker and the dynamics of the intersubjective reality of care work. Employing a free association narrative interview technique allows the researcher to gain understanding of the narratives that the care worker draws on in the construction of his identity as a care worker. The use of a psychosocial approach enables the researcher to pay attention to both the social context that influences the narratives that he draws on, but also the psychological ‘pay offs’ of these constructions. Most notably, the study highlights how the care worker’s identity is mediated by a defended subjectivity and argues that his failures in mentalization might stem from the way he is treated as a care worker by other professionals as a result of their mindblindness. This maintains his narrative of invisibility, and the pervasive feeling of being misunderstood as a professional in his own right. The findings are discussed in terms of their contribution to understanding some of the challenges that CYCC care workers face. , Research Article (MA) -- Faculty of Humanities, Psychology, 2022
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- Date Issued: 2022-04-07
- Authors: Pieters, Cinnamon-Paige
- Date: 2022-04-07
- Subjects: Child care workers South Africa Attitudes , Narrative inquiry (Research method) , Intersubjectivity , Free association (Psychology) , Child care South Africa Psychological aspects , Burn out (Psychology) South Africa
- Language: English
- Type: Article , text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/294482 , vital:57225
- Description: This paper employs a psychosocial framework to analyse the everyday lived experiences of a child and youth care worker in semi-rural South Africa. The aim is to provide a new perspective of care work by drawing on narrative analysis alongside a psychoanalytic approach to qualitative research. With an emphasis on the socially constructed nature of reality, the researcher aims to elucidate the rich unconscious depths of being a care worker and the dynamics of the intersubjective reality of care work. Employing a free association narrative interview technique allows the researcher to gain understanding of the narratives that the care worker draws on in the construction of his identity as a care worker. The use of a psychosocial approach enables the researcher to pay attention to both the social context that influences the narratives that he draws on, but also the psychological ‘pay offs’ of these constructions. Most notably, the study highlights how the care worker’s identity is mediated by a defended subjectivity and argues that his failures in mentalization might stem from the way he is treated as a care worker by other professionals as a result of their mindblindness. This maintains his narrative of invisibility, and the pervasive feeling of being misunderstood as a professional in his own right. The findings are discussed in terms of their contribution to understanding some of the challenges that CYCC care workers face. , Research Article (MA) -- Faculty of Humanities, Psychology, 2022
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- Date Issued: 2022-04-07
Monitoring and Management Mechanisms on Stress in HEI in Eastern Cape Province in South Africa: Critical Review
- Asoba, Samson Nambei, Patricia, Nteboheng Mefi
- Authors: Asoba, Samson Nambei , Patricia, Nteboheng Mefi
- Date: 2021
- Subjects: Teachers--Job stress , Ill-Discipline of Learners , Middle school education -- Parent participation
- Language: English
- Type: text , article , Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/8068 , vital:61393 , xlink:href="https://www.abacademies.org/articles/monitoring-and-management-mechanisms-on-stress-in-hei-in-eastern-cape-province-in-south-africa-critical-review-10636.html"
- Description: Stress is a global phenomenon that affects everyone regardless of gender, resources and environment. Although this phenomenon is well researched, teachers’ experiences of stress remains a worrying challenge particularly to schools’ effectiveness. This study sought to establish how monitoring and management mechanism that can assist teachers to cope with stress challenges. These are some of the recommendation: that the school disciplinary committee should be trained in various disciplinary measures that may be implemented in the school to curb learner ill-discipline and lack of commitment, that working relationship should be built between schools and the Department of Basic Education, motivational speakers and educational counsellors should meet with all learners on a regular basis to motivate them to have high desire for and interest in education and to build their self-confidence in the classroom, providing all the schools with healthy environment in classrooms, provision of learning and teaching materials to all schools, schools should set up an effective school-parents partnership in order to promote a safe drug and alcohol free environment, employ enough teachers in all secondary schools and the Department of Basic Education at district level should make room for stress management workshops for teachers.
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- Date Issued: 2021
- Authors: Asoba, Samson Nambei , Patricia, Nteboheng Mefi
- Date: 2021
- Subjects: Teachers--Job stress , Ill-Discipline of Learners , Middle school education -- Parent participation
- Language: English
- Type: text , article , Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/8068 , vital:61393 , xlink:href="https://www.abacademies.org/articles/monitoring-and-management-mechanisms-on-stress-in-hei-in-eastern-cape-province-in-south-africa-critical-review-10636.html"
- Description: Stress is a global phenomenon that affects everyone regardless of gender, resources and environment. Although this phenomenon is well researched, teachers’ experiences of stress remains a worrying challenge particularly to schools’ effectiveness. This study sought to establish how monitoring and management mechanism that can assist teachers to cope with stress challenges. These are some of the recommendation: that the school disciplinary committee should be trained in various disciplinary measures that may be implemented in the school to curb learner ill-discipline and lack of commitment, that working relationship should be built between schools and the Department of Basic Education, motivational speakers and educational counsellors should meet with all learners on a regular basis to motivate them to have high desire for and interest in education and to build their self-confidence in the classroom, providing all the schools with healthy environment in classrooms, provision of learning and teaching materials to all schools, schools should set up an effective school-parents partnership in order to promote a safe drug and alcohol free environment, employ enough teachers in all secondary schools and the Department of Basic Education at district level should make room for stress management workshops for teachers.
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- Date Issued: 2021
Retracted COVID-19 Papers and the level of 'citation pollution': a preliminary analysis and directions for future research
- Van der Walt, Wynand, Willems, Kris A, Friedrich, Wernher, Hatsu, Sylvester, Krauss, Kirstin
- Authors: Van der Walt, Wynand , Willems, Kris A , Friedrich, Wernher , Hatsu, Sylvester , Krauss, Kirstin
- Date: 2020
- Subjects: Retraction watch , Research -- Evaluation , Bibliographical citations -- Evaluation , Science publishing -- Corrupt practices , Scholarly publishing -- Corrupt practices , Learning and scholarship -- Corrupt practices , Medical publishing -- Corrupt practices , COVID-19 (Disease) -- Publishing
- Language: English
- Type: Article , text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/167732 , vital:41508 , https://www.abd-bvd.be/nl/bladen-voor-documentatie/2020-3-4/
- Description: Retraction Watch maintains a "running list" of retracted papers on Covid-19 related research. By the end of September 2020, thirty-three retracted Covid-19 papers were listed. We analysed these retracted papers, focusing specifically on how they have been cited by review papers, and subsequently how they have penetrated and potentially distorted public discourse and legitimate research on Covid-19. The study demonstrates the need for more in-depth studies that focus on the phenomenon of citation pollution. We show that the "Covid-19 publication race", amplified by a pressure-to-publish research culture, distorted published science on Covid-19. We highlight the urgency to engage popular media and critical decision makers on how to distinguish between questionable and legitimate science. We also emphasise the importance of dealing with illegitimate research in a timely manner, both from a scholarly communications and research quality perspective. , Retraction Watch maintient une "liste courante" des articles rétractés sur les recherches liées au Covid-19. Fin septembre 2020, trente-trois articles rétractés sur le Covid-19 étaient répertoriés. Nous avons analysé ces articles rétractés, en nous concentrant spécifiquement sur la façon dont ils ont été cités par d'autres articles, et ensuite sur la façon dont ils ont pénétré et potentiellement faussé le discours public et la recherche légitime sur le Covid-19. L'étude démontre le besoin d'études plus approfondies qui se concentrent sur le phénomène de la pollution des citations. Nous montrons que la "course à la publication sur le Covid-19", amplifiée par une culture de la pression à la publication de la recherche, a déformé l'information scientifique publiée sur le Covid-19. Nous soulignons l'urgence d'engager les médias populaires et les décideurs critiques sur la manière de distinguer la science douteuse de la science légitime. Nous soulignons également l'importance de traiter rapidement les recherches illégitimes, tant du point de vue de la communication scientifique que de la qualité de la recherche. , Retraction Watch houdt een "lopende lijst" bij van ingetrokken papieren over Covid-19-gerelateerd onderzoek. Eind september 2020 waren drieëndertig ingetrokken Covid-19 papieren op de lijst geplaatst. We hebben deze ingetrokken papieren geanalyseerd, waarbij we ons specifiek hebben gericht op de manier waarop ze zijn geciteerd door review papers, en vervolgens op de manier waarop ze zijn doorgedrongen en mogelijk vervormd in het publieke discours en het legitieme onderzoek naar Covid-19. De studie toont aan dat er behoefte is aan meer diepgaande studies die zich richten op het fenomeen van de citatievervuiling. We tonen aan dat de "Covid-19-publicatierace", versterkt door een druk om te publiceren onderzoekscultuur, de gepubliceerde wetenschap over Covid-19 vertekend heeft. We benadrukken de urgentie om de populaire media en kritische besluitvormers te betrekken bij het maken van een onderscheid tussen twijfelachtige en legitieme wetenschap. We benadrukken ook het belang van het tijdig aanpakken van onrechtmatig onderzoek, zowel vanuit het oogpunt van wetenschappelijke communicatie als vanuit het oogpunt van de kwaliteit van het onderzoek.
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- Date Issued: 2020
- Authors: Van der Walt, Wynand , Willems, Kris A , Friedrich, Wernher , Hatsu, Sylvester , Krauss, Kirstin
- Date: 2020
- Subjects: Retraction watch , Research -- Evaluation , Bibliographical citations -- Evaluation , Science publishing -- Corrupt practices , Scholarly publishing -- Corrupt practices , Learning and scholarship -- Corrupt practices , Medical publishing -- Corrupt practices , COVID-19 (Disease) -- Publishing
- Language: English
- Type: Article , text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/167732 , vital:41508 , https://www.abd-bvd.be/nl/bladen-voor-documentatie/2020-3-4/
- Description: Retraction Watch maintains a "running list" of retracted papers on Covid-19 related research. By the end of September 2020, thirty-three retracted Covid-19 papers were listed. We analysed these retracted papers, focusing specifically on how they have been cited by review papers, and subsequently how they have penetrated and potentially distorted public discourse and legitimate research on Covid-19. The study demonstrates the need for more in-depth studies that focus on the phenomenon of citation pollution. We show that the "Covid-19 publication race", amplified by a pressure-to-publish research culture, distorted published science on Covid-19. We highlight the urgency to engage popular media and critical decision makers on how to distinguish between questionable and legitimate science. We also emphasise the importance of dealing with illegitimate research in a timely manner, both from a scholarly communications and research quality perspective. , Retraction Watch maintient une "liste courante" des articles rétractés sur les recherches liées au Covid-19. Fin septembre 2020, trente-trois articles rétractés sur le Covid-19 étaient répertoriés. Nous avons analysé ces articles rétractés, en nous concentrant spécifiquement sur la façon dont ils ont été cités par d'autres articles, et ensuite sur la façon dont ils ont pénétré et potentiellement faussé le discours public et la recherche légitime sur le Covid-19. L'étude démontre le besoin d'études plus approfondies qui se concentrent sur le phénomène de la pollution des citations. Nous montrons que la "course à la publication sur le Covid-19", amplifiée par une culture de la pression à la publication de la recherche, a déformé l'information scientifique publiée sur le Covid-19. Nous soulignons l'urgence d'engager les médias populaires et les décideurs critiques sur la manière de distinguer la science douteuse de la science légitime. Nous soulignons également l'importance de traiter rapidement les recherches illégitimes, tant du point de vue de la communication scientifique que de la qualité de la recherche. , Retraction Watch houdt een "lopende lijst" bij van ingetrokken papieren over Covid-19-gerelateerd onderzoek. Eind september 2020 waren drieëndertig ingetrokken Covid-19 papieren op de lijst geplaatst. We hebben deze ingetrokken papieren geanalyseerd, waarbij we ons specifiek hebben gericht op de manier waarop ze zijn geciteerd door review papers, en vervolgens op de manier waarop ze zijn doorgedrongen en mogelijk vervormd in het publieke discours en het legitieme onderzoek naar Covid-19. De studie toont aan dat er behoefte is aan meer diepgaande studies die zich richten op het fenomeen van de citatievervuiling. We tonen aan dat de "Covid-19-publicatierace", versterkt door een druk om te publiceren onderzoekscultuur, de gepubliceerde wetenschap over Covid-19 vertekend heeft. We benadrukken de urgentie om de populaire media en kritische besluitvormers te betrekken bij het maken van een onderscheid tussen twijfelachtige en legitieme wetenschap. We benadrukken ook het belang van het tijdig aanpakken van onrechtmatig onderzoek, zowel vanuit het oogpunt van wetenschappelijke communicatie als vanuit het oogpunt van de kwaliteit van het onderzoek.
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- Date Issued: 2020
A longitudinal cohort study of rural adolescent vs adult South African mothers and their children from birth to 24 months
- Authors: Karl le Roux1
- Date: 2019
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/4626 , vital:44144
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- Authors: Karl le Roux1
- Date: 2019
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/4626 , vital:44144
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Antihypertensive effects of the hydroethanol extract of Senecio serratuloides DC in rats
- Benedicta Ngwenchi Nkeh-Chungag
- Authors: Benedicta Ngwenchi Nkeh-Chungag
- Date: 2019
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/5216 , vital:44380
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- Authors: Benedicta Ngwenchi Nkeh-Chungag
- Date: 2019
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/5216 , vital:44380
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Article
- Authors: Bernard L. Ngota
- Date: 2019
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/3765 , vital:43944
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- Authors: Bernard L. Ngota
- Date: 2019
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/3765 , vital:43944
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Effects of diet on the childhood gut microbiome and its implications for atopic dermatitis
- Authors: Ben Gaunt
- Date: 2019
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/3725 , vital:43938
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- Authors: Ben Gaunt
- Date: 2019
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/3725 , vital:43938
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Eligibility for co-trimoxazole prophylaxis among adult HIV-infected patients in South Africa
- Date: 2019
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/3815 , vital:43950
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- Date: 2019
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/3815 , vital:43950
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Ellisras Longitudinal Study 2017: association of hypertension with increasing levels of adiposity in 10- to 14-year-old boys and girls in the Eastern Cape (ELS 31)
- CM Tata
- Authors: CM Tata
- Date: 2019
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/5128 , vital:44352
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- Authors: CM Tata
- Date: 2019
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/5128 , vital:44352
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European Xtramile Centre of African Studies
- Paul N. Acha-Anyi, Simplice A. Asongu
- Authors: Paul N. Acha-Anyi , Simplice A. Asongu
- Date: 2019
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/4032 , vital:43995
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- Authors: Paul N. Acha-Anyi , Simplice A. Asongu
- Date: 2019
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/4032 , vital:43995
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Factors associated with consistent condom use: a cross-sectional survey of two Nigerian universities
- Authors: Wilson Akpan
- Date: 2019
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/4634 , vital:44146
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Factors associated with consistent condom use: a cross-sectional survey of two Nigerian universities
- Authors: Wilson Akpan
- Date: 2019
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/4634 , vital:44146
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First-episode psychosis and substance use in Nelson Mandela Bay: Findings from an acute mental health unit
- Authors: Linda K. Tindimwebwa
- Date: 2019
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/3781 , vital:43946
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- Authors: Linda K. Tindimwebwa
- Date: 2019
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/3781 , vital:43946
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Inequality in uptake of isoniazid prevention therapy and Mantoux test among pregnant women with HIV in the Eastern Cape, South Africa
- Authors: Oladele Vincent Adeniyi
- Date: 2019
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/4657 , vital:44150
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- Authors: Oladele Vincent Adeniyi
- Date: 2019
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/4657 , vital:44150
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Inequality in uptake of isoniazid prevention therapy and Mantoux test among pregnant women with HIV in the Eastern Cape, South Africa
- Authors: Oladele Vincent Adeniyi
- Date: 2019
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/4650 , vital:44147
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- Authors: Oladele Vincent Adeniyi
- Date: 2019
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/4650 , vital:44147
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Low awareness and use of pre-exposure prophylaxis among adolescents and young adults in high HIV and sexual violence prevalence settings
- Authors: Anthony Idowu Ajayi
- Date: 2019
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/4040 , vital:43996
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- Authors: Anthony Idowu Ajayi
- Date: 2019
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/4040 , vital:43996
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Metal Sulphides and Their Carbon Supported Composites as Platinum-Free Counter Electrodes in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells: A Review
- Authors: Materials
- Date: 2019
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/4048 , vital:43997
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- Authors: Materials
- Date: 2019
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/4048 , vital:43997
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Metformin-associated lactic acidosis treated successfully by peritoneal dialysis in a resource limited setting: case report
- Khaled Elmezughi, Department of Internal Medicine
- Authors: Khaled Elmezughi , Department of Internal Medicine
- Date: 2019
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/5184 , vital:44376
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- Authors: Khaled Elmezughi , Department of Internal Medicine
- Date: 2019
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/5184 , vital:44376
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Multilayer perceptron artificial neural network for the prediction of heating value of municipal solid waste
- Authors: Stephen Akinlabi
- Date: 2019
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/3757 , vital:43943
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- Authors: Stephen Akinlabi
- Date: 2019
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/3757 , vital:43943
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- Authors: J John
- Date: 2019
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/3823 , vital:43951
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Pesticidal activity of Tithonia diversifolia (Hemsl.) A. Gray and Tephrosia vogelii (Hook f.); phytochemical isolation and characterization: A review
- N. Kerebba, A.O. Oyedeji, R. Byamukama, S.K. Kuria, O.O. Oyedeji
- Authors: N. Kerebba , A.O. Oyedeji , R. Byamukama , S.K. Kuria , O.O. Oyedeji
- Date: 2019
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/3733 , vital:43940
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- Authors: N. Kerebba , A.O. Oyedeji , R. Byamukama , S.K. Kuria , O.O. Oyedeji
- Date: 2019
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11260/3733 , vital:43940
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