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Book SynopsisThis book offers a comprehensive overview of social security in the Balkan states. Social security is presented from a broad perspective as a mechanism that addresses human needs, provides protection against social risks, reduces social tensions and secures peace. Various sectors of social policy, pension systems, health care systems, disability insurance, labor policy as well as social risks, such as poverty and unemployment have been analyzed from historical, economic, political, sociological and security perspective. The book also offers recommendations for improving the level of social security in the region. Contributors are: Predrag Bejaković, Mirela Cristea, Dorota Domalewska, Nikos Kourachanis, Effrosyni E. Kouskouna, Christos Koutsampelas, Velibor Lalić, Shkëlzen Macukulli, Irina Mindova Docheva, Grațiela Georgiana Noja, Teuta Nunaj Kortoci, Mile Šikman, Aspasia Strantzalou, Nevenko Vranješ, and Marzena Żakowska.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements List of Figures and Tables Abbreviations Notes on Contributors Social Security in the Balkans   Marzena Żakowska and Dorota Domalewska PART 1 Social Security: Overview of Reforms and Challenges 1 The Social System in Croatia  Challenges and Reforms   Predrag Bejaković 2 Security Threats, Challenges and Risks in Bosnia and Herzegovina  Social Security Perspectives   Nevenko Vranješ, Velibor Lalić and Mile Šikman 3 The Functionality of the Social Security Scheme in Albania Challenges and Perspectives   Teuta Nunaj Kortoci and Shkëlzen Macukulli PART 2 Pension System: Scheme and Development 4 The Pension System in Greece   Effrosyni E. Kouskouna and Aspasia Strantzalou 5 The Current and Future Consistency of the Pension System and Social Security in Romania in the Face of Demographic Changes   Mirela Cristea and Graţiela Georgiana Noja 6 The Pension System in Bulgaria  The Complexity of Socioeconomic Development towards Sustainable Social Security   Dorota Domalewska and Irina Mindova Docheva PART 3 Social Security Evolution and Economic Recession 7 The Evolution of the Social Security System in Greece   Nikos Kourachanis 8 Social Security in Greece in the Aftermath of the Economic Recession  Policies and Challenges Laying Ahead   Christos Koutsampelas Index

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Book SynopsisThe voices of orphans and other vulnerable children and young people and of their carers and professional development workers are documented and analysed to both criticise the inadequacies of current social development work and to create a new, alternative theory and practice of project management in Zimbabwe and southern Africa. This is the first extensive and intensive empirical study of Zimbabwean orphans and other vulnerable children and young people. Chronically poor children and their carers can be corrupted or silenced by management systems which fail to recognise their basic human needs. Resilience in the face of such adversity is celebrated by the dominant project management ideology and practice but is a major barrier to achieve genuine sustainable improvements in the lives of vulnerable children. We propose a new person-centred project management approach aimed at delivering comprehensive services for orphans, which explicitly recognises the needs of orphans and other poor children to be fully socially, politically and economically included within their communities and which avoids the reinforcement of power based inequalities and their unacceptable consequences. The moral bankruptcy of much social development work in Zimbabwe and elsewhere in Southern Africa is described and we delineate an alternative project management policy and practice.Table of ContentsList of Tables List of Figures Acknowledgements Preface Chapter 1: The social situation of orphans in southern Africa, and in Zimbabwe in particular. Chapter 2: Zimbabwe and its orphans: a geographical and political sketch. Chapter 3: Theory and practice in understanding and improving the social situation of Orphans and other Vulnerable Children (OVCs) in southern Africa Chapter 4: Systems, social development and the needs of OVCs. Chapter 5: Key conceptual frameworks for understanding the social situation of OVCs Chapter 6: The Zimbabwe research study of OVCs Chapter 7: What orphans want? Voices from the field Chapter 8: Social theory and social planning for OVCs Chapter 9: OVCs: policy and practice in a holistic tradition Chapter 10: Project management and OVCs in southern Africa Chapter 11: Moving policy and action forward for the benefit of OVCs in southern Africa References Index

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Book SynopsisThe book offers a comprehensive overview of social security in the Balkan states. Social security is presented from a broad perspective as a mechanism that addresses human needs, provides protection against social risks, reduces social tensions and secures peace. Various sectors of social policy, pension systems, health care systems, disability insurance, labor policy as well as social risks, such as poverty and unemployment, have been analyzed from historical, economic, political, sociological and security perspective. The book also offers recommendations for improving the level of social security in the region. Contributors are: Maja Bacović, Agata Domachowska, Dorota Domalewska, Tomasz Ferfecki, Afet Mamuti, Katerina Mitevska Petrusheva, Natalija Perišić, Kire Sharlamanov, Katerina Veljanovska Blazhevska, and Marzena Żakowska.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements List of Figures and Tables Abbreviations Notes on Contributors Abstracts Social Policy in the Republic of North Macedonia and the Republic of Montenegro Developments and Challenges   Marzena Żakowska and Dorota Domalewska part 1 Social Security in the Republic of North Macedonia 1 The Social Security Policy of the Republic of North Macedonia Reform Process, Opportunities and Perspectives   Katerina Veljanovska Blazhevska 2 Health, Pensions and Disability Insurance in the Republic of North Macedonia   Afet Mamuti 3 Poverty as a Social Phenomenon in the Republic of North Macedonia   Kire Sharlamanov and Katerina Mitevska Petrusheva 4 Unemployment in the Republic of North Macedonia Characteristics and Perspectives   Kire Sharlamanov and Katerina Mitevska Petrusheva part 2 Social Security in the Republic of Montenegro 5 Pension System and Reforms in Montenegro   Maja Bacović 6 The Public Health Care Sector in Post-Transition Montenegro   Natalija Perišić 7 Social Protection System in Montenegro   Marzena Żakowska and Tomasz Ferfecki 8 Unemployment and Emigration as a (Main) Challenge for the Social Security System and Stability of a Multiethnic State The Case of Montenegro   Agata Domachowska Index

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Book SynopsisListen to the podcast about Cory Blad's chapter in this book 'Searching for Saviors: Economic Adversities and the Challenge of Political Legitimacy in the Neoliberal Era'. This book seeks to explore welfare responses by questioning and going beyond the assumptions found in Esping-Andersen’s (1990) broad typologies of welfare capitalism. Specifically, the project seeks to reflect how the state engages, and creates general institutionalized responses to, market mechanisms and how such responses have created path dependencies in how states approach problems of inequality. Moreover, if the neoliberal era is defined as the dissemination and extension of market values to all forms of state institutions and social action, the need arises to critically investigate not only the embeddedness of such values and modes of thought in different contexts and institutional forms, but responses and modes of resistance arising from practice that might point to new forms of resilience.Table of Contents List of Figures and Tables  Notes on Contributors  1 Social Welfare Responses in a Neoliberal Era: Adaptive Responses, Sustained Need, and Exacerbated Hardships  Cory Blad and Mia Arp Fallov  2 Crisis Neoliberalism and the Social Welfare State: Structural Challenges and Policy Responses  Ricardo A. Dello Buono  3 Searching for Saviors: Economic Adversities and the Challenge of Political Legitimacy in the Neoliberal Era  Cory Blad  4 Welfare Regime, Neoliberal Transformation, and Social Exclusion in Mexico, 1980–2015  Lukasz Czarnecki and Delfino Vargas Chanes  5 Protest and the Politics of Unemployment Insurance: Reforming Welfare States in Times of Austerity  Rossella Ciccia and César Guzmán-Concha  6 We Need to Focus on the Resources: Struggling with Neoliberal Economic Rationales in Social Work with Children and Families  Maria Appel Nissen  7 Collective Action, Collective Impact and Community Foundations: The Emerging Role of Local Institution Building in an Era of Globalization and Declining Social Safety Nets  Frank Ridzi  8 Social Work in and around the Home: Using Home as a Site to Promote Inclusion  Mia Arp Fallov and Maria Appel Nissen  9 Potentiality, Development Ideals, and Realities of Social Work  Pia Ringø  10 Youth Experiencing Poverty in a Neoliberal Canadian Context: Understanding Systems Access from the Experiences of Young People and Frontline Staff  Naomi Nichols and Jayne Malenfant  11 Youth Responses to Neoliberal Erosion of Solidarity  Vibeke Bak Nielsen  12 Social Welfare Responses and Professional Resilience in a (Post)Neoliberal Era (Or How to Understand the Dangers and Potentials of Today)  Mia Arp Fallov and Cory Blad  References  Index

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Book SynopsisCare Relations in Southeast Asia: The Family and Beyond, edited by Patcharawalai Wongboonsin and Jo-Pei Tan, examines the care relations and transactions within and beyond the family network across three middle-income Southeast Asian countries, namely the Federation of Malaysia, the Kingdom of Thailand and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam at the national and sub-national level. On the national level, changes and continuity in care relations along the changing demographic, socio-economic and political contexts of each country are addressed. On the sub-national level, the complex dimensions of care relations are analyzed by looking at the attitude towards and practice of elderly and child care within, between and beyond the family system. These regional analyses are based on merged data of three most recent family surveys in Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok Metropolis, and Hanoi. Alternative and innovative policy recommendations for current and future challenges are also offered. Contains contributions by: Asmidawati Ashari, Ki Soo Eun, Tengku Aizan Hamid, Rahimah Ibrahim, Thuttai Keeratipongpaiboon, Nguyen Huu Minh, Pataporn Sukontamarn, Jo-Pei Tan, Tran Thi Minh Thi, Kua Wongboonsin and Patcharawalai WongboonsinTable of ContentsPreface  Patcharawalai Wongboonsin and Jo-Pei Tan List of Illustrations List of Abbreviations Notes on Contributors 1 Introduction  Patcharawalai Wongboonsin and Jo-Pei Tan Part 1: Cultural, Demographic and Socio-economic Background of Care Relations 2 Cultural, Demographic, Socio-economic Background and Care Relations in Malaysia  Rahimah Ibrahim, Jo-Pei Tan, Tengku Aizan Hamid and Asmidawati Ashari 3 Changes in Family Composition and Care Relations in the Kingdom of Thailand  Patcharawalai Wongboonsin, Thuttai Keeratipongpaiboon and Kua Wongboonsin 4 Changes in Family Structure and Care Relations in Vietnam  Nguyen Huu Minh Part 2: Attitudes and Practices in Care 5 Care Relations Within the Family  Jo-Pei Tan and Rahimah Ibrahim 6 Care Relations Among Non-coresident Families  Nguyen Huu Minh, Tran Thi Minh Thi, Patcharawalai Wongboonsin, Jo-Pei Tan and Rahimah Ibrahim 7 Main Elderly and Child Care Provider: Who is and Who Should Be?  Patcharawalai Wongboonsin and Pataporn Sukontamarn Part 3: Synopsis and Way Forward 8 Convergence versus Divergence: Care Relations across Three Societies  Jo-Pei Tan, Ki Soo Eun, Patcharalawai Wongboonsin, Kua Wongboonsin, Rahimah Ibrahim and Nguyen Huu Minh 9 Synopsis and Way Forward  Patcharawalai Wongboonsin, Rahimah Ibrahim, Jo Pei Tan and Tengku Aizan Hamid Appendix Index

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Book SynopsisAsian Migrant Workers in the Arab Gulf States (edited by Masako Ishii, Naomi Hosoda, Masaki Matsuo and Koji Horinuki) examines how nationals and migrants construct new relationships in the segregated socioeconomic spaces of the region (namely, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates). Instead of assuming that segregation is disadvantageous for migrant workers, it emphasizes multiple aspects and presents various voices. In this way, the book tries to unfold the region’s segregated socioeconomic space, as well as its new forms of networking and connectedness, in order to understand how the various peoples coexist: a situation that often entails conflict and discrepancies between expectations and reality.Table of Contents Acknowledgements  Notes on Editors  Introduction: Socioeconomic Spaces and Migrants’ Lives in the Arab Gulf States   Masaki Matsuo, Naomi Hosoda, Koji Horinuki and Masako Ishii Part 1: Migration Policy and the Relationship between Nationals and Migrant Workers  1 International Labor Migration and the Arab Gulf States: Trends, Institutions, and Relations   Koji Horinuki  2 Political Economy of the Labor Market in the Arab Gulf States   Masaki Matsuo  Excursus 1: What Are the Arab Gulf States?   Masaki Matsuo and Koji Horinuki  Excursus 2: Economic Development in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and Doha   Sadashi Fukuda  3 Gender and “Tradition”: Power Negotiation between Employers and Domestic Workers in Saudi Arabia   Namie Tsujigami  4 In/Dependence of the Local and Dependence of the Foreign: The UAE Family, Domestic Service, and a Precarious Future   Rima Sabban  5 Enhancing Resilience: The Roles of Pre-departure Programs for the Migrant Domestic Workers toward Arab Gulf States   Akiko Watanabe Part 2: Lives, Community, and Networks among Asian Migrant Workers  6 Formal and Informal Protection for Domestic Workers: A Case of Filipinas   Masako Ishii  7 Survival Strategies and Migrant Communities in the Arab Gulf States: A Case of Filipino Workers in the UAE   Naomi Hosoda  8 Does Religious Conversion Transcend the Boundaries of Multiple Hierarchies? Filipino Migrant Workers Embracing Islam in the UAE and Qatar   Akiko Watanabe  9 Transnational Community Networks of Goan Migrant Workers   Kyoko Matsukawa  Excursus 3: Recruitment of Bangladeshi Migrants in the Arab Gulf States: A Typology of Work Visas   Md Mizanur Rahman  Excursus 4: An Indian Expatriate’s Perspective about the UAE   N. Janardhan  Excursus 5: Education, Career, and the Future of Middle-Class Asian Children   Kyoko Matsukawa and Naomi Hosoda  Index

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Book SynopsisThe Evolution of the Israeli Third Sector reviews the development of the nonprofit sector in Israel and analyzes it within existing nonprofit theories. It takes a historical perspective in looking at its evolution, in light of political, social, ideological, and economic changes in the world and in the country. It discusses the development of policy and government involvement on the one hand and the unique features of Israeli philanthropy, both Jewish and Arab, on the other. It analyzes Israel’s civil society and social movements as well as social entrepreneurship and their expression in the Third Sector. The book also covers the development of research and education on the Third Sector; it includes a review of research centers, databases, journals, and specific programs that were developed by Israeli universities.

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Book SynopsisThe book offers a comprehensive overview of social security in the Balkan states. Social security is presented from a broad perspective as a mechanism that addresses human needs, provides protection against social risks, reduces social tensions and secures peace. Various sectors of social policy, pension systems, health care systems, disability insurance, labor policy as well as social risks, such as poverty and unemployment have been analyzed from historical, economic, political, sociological and security perspective. The book also offers recommendations for improving the level of social security in the region. Contributors are: Dritero Arifi, Ngadhnjim Brovina, Pëllumb Çollaku, Dorota Domalewska, Besnik Fetahu, Remzije Istrefi, Maja Jandrić, Gordana Matković, Ruzhdi Morina, Artan Mustafa, Katarina Stanić, and Marzena Żakowska.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements List of Figures and Tables Abbreviations Notes on Contributors Abstracts Serbia and Kosovo EU Integration and the Development of the Social Security Systems   Marzena Żakowska part 1 Social Security in Serbia 1 Overview of Social Protection in Serbia Current Perspective and Challenges   Katarina Stanić and Gordana Matković 2 The Pension System in Serbia Developments, Current State and Challenges   Katarina Stanić 3 Decentralization of Social Care Services in Serbia   Gordana Matković 4 Unemployment in Serbia Characteristics and Challenges   Maja Jandrić and Marzena Żakowska part 2 Social Security in Kosovo 5 The Renegotiation of Social Policy in Kosovo Gradual Institutional Change since Independence   Artan Mustafa and Pëllumb Çollaku 6 Developments and Challenges in the Kosovo Pension System   Remzije Istrefi and Ruzhdi Morina 7 Buying Social Peace Lessons from Kosovo   Besnik Fetahu and Marzena Żakowska 8 Kosovo Society Coexistence, Challenges and Opportunities   Dritero Arifi and Ngadhnjim Brovina part 3 Conclusion 9 Social Security in the Balkans Lessons and Recommendations   Marzena Żakowska and Dorota Domalewska Index

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Book SynopsisThis volume provides an exciting introduction to social wellbeing and different epistemological standpoints. Targeted at researchers, students, academics, policy makers, practitioners and activists, the volume allows stakeholders to collectively problematise and address marginalised populations’ social wellbeing, providing perspectives and applications from various disciplines such as education, health, public policy and social welfare. Chapters continue to debate social wellbeing within their disciplines, and challenges practitioners’ and researchers’ experience, particularly interactions between individual and social aspects of wellbeing. Contributors provide practical and academic discussions, drawing upon different cultural, historical, political and social paradigms, putting forward available empirical data. Contributors are: Andrew Azzopardi, Amanda Bezzina, Trevor Calafato, Joanne Cassar, Marlene Cauchi, Carmel Cefai, Marilyn Clark, Maureen Cole, Katya De Giovanni, Melanie E. Demarco, Andreana Dibben, Ruth Falzon, Marvin Formosa, Natalie Kenely, Dione Mifsud, Brenda Murphy, Claudia Psaila, Sandra Scicluna, Anabel Scolaro, Miriam Teuma, Anna Maria Vella, Sue Vella and Carla Willing,Table of ContentsAcknowledgements List of Figures and Tables Notes on Contributors Introduction  Andrew Azzopardi, Marilyn Clark and Ruth Falzon PART 1: Adolescents and Emerging Adults 1 Promoting Resilience and Wellbeing in Children and Young People  Carmel Cefai 2 “Teachers Teach Me, You Help Me Grow!”: Maltese PSD Methodology toward Emotional Literacy and Wellbeing  Amanda Bezzina and Ruth Falzon 3 Preparing Our Students to Leap: Learning from the Experiences of Maltese Female Adolescents in Their Transition to Further Education  Katya DeGiovanni 4 Social Wellbeing as a Contributor to Young People’s Leisure  Joanne Cassar and Miriam Teuma PART 2: Professional Issues 5 Promoting Wellbeing: A Counselling Perspective  Melanie E. Demarco and Carla Willig 6 Reflective Practice and Reflexivity for Developing Practitioner Wellbeing  Maureen Cole, Natalie Kenely and Claudia Psaila PART 3: Gender Perspectives 7 Women and Substance Use: Current Status, Future Directions  Marilyn Clark and Anna Maria Vella 8 Re-writing Motherhood: Insights from a Feminist Ethnography with Teenage Mothers in Malta  Andreana Dibben 9 Desperately Seeking Wellbeing: Toxic Media Portrayals and the Pursuit of Happiness  Brenda Murphy PART 4: Systemic Perspectives 10 Civil Society Should Be a Strong Political Force  Andrew Azzopardi 11 Families and Poverty in European Malta: A Research Agenda  Sue Vella PART 5: Reflections on Wellbeing 12 Translating Transcultural Well-Being into Practice: A Holistic Counselling Approach  Marlene Cauchi and Dione Mifsud 13 Residents’ Perceptions of Dignity in Nursing Homes for Older Persons: A Maltese Case-Study  Anabel Scolaro and Marvin Formosa 14 Wellbeing in Corrections: Prisoners and Prison Officers  Sandra Scicluna and Trevor Calafato Index

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Book SynopsisThis volume provides an exciting introduction to social wellbeing and different epistemological standpoints. Targeted at researchers, students, academics, policy makers, practitioners and activists, the volume allows stakeholders to collectively problematise and address marginalised populations’ social wellbeing, providing perspectives and applications from various disciplines such as education, health, public policy and social welfare. Chapters continue to debate social wellbeing within their disciplines, and challenges practitioners’ and researchers’ experience, particularly interactions between individual and social aspects of wellbeing. Contributors provide practical and academic discussions, drawing upon different cultural, historical, political and social paradigms, putting forward available empirical data. Contributors are: Andrew Azzopardi, Amanda Bezzina, Trevor Calafato, Joanne Cassar, Marlene Cauchi, Carmel Cefai, Marilyn Clark, Maureen Cole, Katya De Giovanni, Melanie E. Demarco, Andreana Dibben, Ruth Falzon, Marvin Formosa, Natalie Kenely, Dione Mifsud, Brenda Murphy, Claudia Psaila, Sandra Scicluna, Anabel Scolaro, Miriam Teuma, Anna Maria Vella, Sue Vella and Carla Willing,Table of ContentsAcknowledgements List of Figures and Tables Notes on Contributors Introduction  Andrew Azzopardi, Marilyn Clark and Ruth Falzon PART 1: Adolescents and Emerging Adults 1 Promoting Resilience and Wellbeing in Children and Young People  Carmel Cefai 2 “Teachers Teach Me, You Help Me Grow!”: Maltese PSD Methodology toward Emotional Literacy and Wellbeing  Amanda Bezzina and Ruth Falzon 3 Preparing Our Students to Leap: Learning from the Experiences of Maltese Female Adolescents in Their Transition to Further Education  Katya DeGiovanni 4 Social Wellbeing as a Contributor to Young People’s Leisure  Joanne Cassar and Miriam Teuma PART 2: Professional Issues 5 Promoting Wellbeing: A Counselling Perspective  Melanie E. Demarco and Carla Willig 6 Reflective Practice and Reflexivity for Developing Practitioner Wellbeing  Maureen Cole, Natalie Kenely and Claudia Psaila PART 3: Gender Perspectives 7 Women and Substance Use: Current Status, Future Directions  Marilyn Clark and Anna Maria Vella 8 Re-writing Motherhood: Insights from a Feminist Ethnography with Teenage Mothers in Malta  Andreana Dibben 9 Desperately Seeking Wellbeing: Toxic Media Portrayals and the Pursuit of Happiness  Brenda Murphy PART 4: Systemic Perspectives 10 Civil Society Should Be a Strong Political Force  Andrew Azzopardi 11 Families and Poverty in European Malta: A Research Agenda  Sue Vella PART 5: Reflections on Wellbeing 12 Translating Transcultural Well-Being into Practice: A Holistic Counselling Approach  Marlene Cauchi and Dione Mifsud 13 Residents’ Perceptions of Dignity in Nursing Homes for Older Persons: A Maltese Case-Study  Anabel Scolaro and Marvin Formosa 14 Wellbeing in Corrections: Prisoners and Prison Officers  Sandra Scicluna and Trevor Calafato Index

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Book SynopsisHistorie van de jeugdzorg.- Kinderbescherming.- Jeugdzorg.- Geestelijke gezondheid.- Kinder- en jeugdpsychiatrie.- Stromingen in jeugdzorgland.- Wetenschappelijk onderzoek.- Pedagogische invalshoeken.- De psychodynamische invalshoek.- Gedragsmatige en leergerichte strategieën.- Cliëntgerichte benadering.- Systeemdenken, systeemtherapie en gezinstherapie.- Integratieve psychotherapie.- Oplossingsgerichte hulpverlening.- Sociaal-ecologische analyse.- Gedragsgenetische modellen.- Specifieke doelgroepen.- Epidemiologie van psychopathologie.- Chronisch zieke kinderen.- Problemen op school.- Thuisloze jongeren.- Vluchtelingenkinderen en -gezinnen.- Traumatische gebeurtenissen.- Verwaarlozing en mishandeling.- Seksueel misbruik.- Jeugdprostitutie.- Jeugdcriminaliteit.- Kinderen van verslaafde ouders.- Kinderen van probleemdrinkers.- Verslaafde jongeren.- Kinderen van ouders met psychiatrische problemen.- Kinderen en jongeren met psychiatrische problemen.- Jeugdige delinquenten met psychische stoornissen.

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