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PUBLICATIONS

Conference proceedings, Posters, Books, Chapters and Journal papers

You may also access to up-to-date list of publications on Google Scholar and Researchgate (with full text access)

A. International peer-reviewed publications

 

A1. ISI (SSCI/SCI)/PubMed  indexed journals:

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  1. Sezgin E (2023) “Artificial intelligence in healthcare: Complementing, not replacing, doctors and healthcare providers”. Digital Health, 2023;9. doi:10.1177/20552076231186520

  2. Alemu Y, Chen L, Duan C, Caulley D, Arriga A, Sezgin E **(2023) “Detecting Clinically Relevant Emotional Distress and Functional Impairment in Children and Adolescents: Protocol for an Automated Speech Analysis Algorithm Development Study”. JMIR Research Protocols;12:e46970 doi: 10.2196/46970

  3. Sezgin E, Hussain SA, Rust S, Huang Y  (2023) “Extracting Medical Information from Free-text and Unstructured Patient-Generated Health Data using Natural Language Processing Methods: A Feasibility Study with Real-world Data JMIR Formative Research”. DOI: 30/01/2023:43014 (forthcoming/in press)

  4. Kocaballi AB*, Sezgin E*, Clark L*, Carroll JM, Huang Y, Huh-Yoo J, Kim J, Kocielnik R, Lee YC, Mamykina L, Mitchell EG, Moore RJ, Murali P, Mynatt ED, Park SY, Pasta A, Richards D, Silva LM, Smriti D, Spillane B, Zhang Z, Zubatiy T (2022) “Design and Evaluation Challenges of Conversational Agents in Healthcare and Wellbeing”. JMIR. DOI: 10.2196/38525

  5. Boch S*, Sezgin E*, Linwood S. “Ethical artificial intelligence in paediatrics”. The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health. DOI: 10.1016/S2352-4642(22)00243-7 

  6. Lieser T, Huang Y, Sezgin E**. "Current State of Mobile Apps Owned by Large Pediatric Hospitals in the U.S.: A Review of Google Play and Apple App Stores". JMIR Pediatrics and Parenting. DOI: 10.2196/38940

  7. Sirrianni J, Sezgin E, Claman D, Linwood S."Medical text prediction and suggestion using generative pre-trained transformer models with dental medical notes''. Methods of Information in Medicine. DOI: 10.1055/a-1900-7351

  8. Skeens M, Sezgin E et al. “A Mobile Health Application to Promote Adherence to Immunosuppressant Medication and Track Symptoms in Children After Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant: A Protocol for a Mixed Methods Usability Study”. JMIR Research Protocols.11(7):e39098 DOI: 10.2196/39098

  9. Lee JA, Yang S, Holland-Hall C, Sezgin E, et al. “Prevalence of Sensitive Terms in Clinical Notes: Observational study using natural language processing techniques" JMIR Medical Informatics. DOI:10.2196/38482

  10. C Demanuele, C Lokker, K Jhaveri, P Georgiev, E Sezgin et al. "Considerations for Conducting Bring Your Own “Device” (BYOD) Clinical Studies".  Digital Biomarkers. 6:47–60. DOI: 10.1159/000525080

  11. C Jacob, E Sezgin, A Sanchez-Vazquez, C Ivory (2022). “Socio-technical Factors Impacting Patients’ Adoption of Mobile Health Tools: Systematic Literature Review and Narrative Synthesis.” JMIR mHealth and uHealth. In-press. DOI: 10.2196/36284

  12. Sezgin E, D’Arcy S. “Editorial: Voice Technology and Conversational Agents in Health Care Delivery”. Frontiers in Public Health. DOI:10.3389/fpubh.2022.887492

  13. Sezgin E, Oiler B, Abbott A, Noritz G, Huang Y (2022). ““Hey Siri, help me take care of my child”: A feasibility study with caregivers of children with special healthcare needs (CSHCN) using voice interaction and automatic speech recognition in remote care management” Frontiers in Public Health.

  14. E Sezgin,  J Sirrianni, SL Linwood. “Operationalizing and implementing pretrained large AI linguistic models in the United States healthcare system:  An outlook of GPT-3 as a service” JMIR Medical Informatics.

  15. D Lin, M Guntu, E Sezgin, Gregory M, Huang Y, Lin S. (2022) “ Identifying the factors influencing patient’s telehealth visit satisfaction:  Structural Equation Modeling approach”. Telemedicine and eHealth

  16. D Lin, M Guntu, E Sezgin, L McLaughlin, R Ganta, J Lee, U Ramtekkar, Y Huang, S Lin (2022).  “Rapid development of a telehealth patient satisfaction survey using a multi-stakeholder approach”. Telemedicine and eHealth

  17. A Hussain, E Sezgin, K Krivchenia, J Luna, S Rust, Y Huang (2021). “Natural Language Processing Pipeline For Chronic Disease Management: Proposing A New Framework With A Cystic Fibrosis Case Study”. JAMIA Open

  18. S Boch, E Sezgin, D Ruch, K Kelleher, D Chisolm, S Lin. (2021)  “Unjust: The Health Records of Youth with Personal/Family Justice Involvement in a Large Pediatric Health System”. Journal of Health and Justice. DOI: 10.1186/s40352-021-00147-5 

  19. E. Sezgin (2021) "Can we use commercial mobile apps instead of research mobile apps in healthcare research?" Frontiers in Public Health. DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2021.685439 

  20. E. Sezgin, G. Noritz, S. Lin, Y. Huang. (2021) “Feasibility and Usability of voice interactive medical diary app: SpeakHealth”. JMIR Formative Research. 5(5):e25503. doi: 10.2196/25503

  21. S Moosavinasab, E Sezgin, H Sun, J Hoffman, Y Huang, S Lin. (2021) “DeepSuggest: Using Neural Networks to Suggest Related Keywords for a Comprehensive Search of Clinical Notes”. J of Applied Clinical Informatics (ACI) Open, 5: e1-12. doi: 10.1055/s-0041-1729982

  22. L. Militello* ,E. Sezgin*, Y. Huang, S. Lin (2021) Delivering Perinatal Health Information via a Voice Interactive App (SMILE): Mixed Methods Feasibility Study. JMIR Formative Research. 5(3):e18240. doi: 10.2196/18240

  23. E. Sezgin, Y. Huang, D. Lin, U. Ramtekkar, L. Pauline and S. Lin (2021). “Documented reasons of cancellation and rescheduling of telehealth appointments during the pandemic'. Telemedicine and e-health. doi.org/10.1089/tmj.2020.0454 

  24. SD Yang, JA Lee, E Sezgin, J Bridge, S Lin (2021). “Voice Assistant Clinical Advice in Postpartum Depression: An Empirical Investigation Using Apple Siri, Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant, and Microsoft Cortana”. JMIR mHealth uHealth.  https://mhealth.jmir.org/2021/1/e24045/

  25. E. Sezgin, Y. Huang, U. Ramtekkar, S. Lin (2020). “Readiness for voice assistants to support healthcare delivery during a health crisis and pandemic”. Nature (NPJ) Digital Medicine. 3 (122). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41746-020-00332-0

  26. E Sezgin, G Noritz, J Hoffman, Y Huang (2020). "Medical translation assistant for non-English speaking caregivers of CSHCN: A scalable and interoperable mobile app".JMIR Research Protocols. DOI: 10.2196/21038

  27. J Mittlesteadt, S. Bambach, A Dawes, E Wentzel, A Debs, E Sezgin, D Digby, Y Huang, A Ganger, S Bhatnagar, L Ehrenberg, S Nunley, P Glynn, S Lin, S Rust, A Patel (2020). “Evaluation of an Activity Tracker to detect Seizures Using Machine Learning”. J of Child Neurology. https://doi.org/10.1177/0883073820937515 

  28. R O'Donovan, E Sezgin, S Bambach, E Butter, S Lin (2020). “Detecting screams from home audio recordings to identify tantrums: a feasibility study using transfer machine learning”. JMIR Formative Research.  DOI: 10.2196/18279

  29. E. Sezgin, G. Noritz et al. (2020) “Capturing at-home health and care information for Children with Medical Complexity using voice-interactive technologies”. JMIR. 22(2):e14202. DOI:10.2196/14202 

  30. S DeForte*, E Sezgin*, J Huefner, S Lucius, J Luna, A Satyapriya, P Malhotra (2020). “Usability of a mobile app for improving the literacy of children with hearing impairment: Focus group study”. JMIR Human Factors. 7(2):e16310 DOI: 10.2196/16310

  31. E. Sezgin*, L. Militello*, Y. Huang, S. Lin (2020). “A Scoping Review of Patient-Facing, Behavioral Health Interventions with Voice Assistant Technology Targeting Self-management and Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors”. Translational Behavioral Medicine. In Press. DOI: 10.1093/tbm/ibz141. 

  32. C Pope, E Sezgin, S Lin, N Morris, M Zhu. (2020) “Adolescents’ intentions to use smartphone technology to promote safe driving behavior”. Transportation Research: Interdisciplinary Perspectives. DOI: 10.1016/j.trip.2020.100090 

  33. E Sezgin, M Weiler, A Weiler, S Lin, L Hart (2020). “It’s a life journey: A roadmap of teens with chronic diseases in transitioning to independence”. J of Pediatric Health Care. DOI: 10.1016/j.pedhc.2020.02.001

  34. E. Sezgin and S. Lin (2019), “Safe driving training for adolescents: A rapid review on technology-based interventions, assessments and solutions”, JMIR mHealth and uHealth.7(1):e11942. 

  35. E. Sezgin, M. Weiler, A. Weiler, S. Lin (2018) “An Ecosystem of Digital-Health Solutions is Needed for Teens with Chronic Conditions Transitioning to Self-management and Independence”, Journal of Medical Internet Research. Vol. 20(9). 

  36. E. Sezgin, S. Ozkan-Yildirim & S. Yildirim (2018), "Understanding the perception towards using mHealth applications in practice: physicians’' perspective", Journal of Information Development (Sage), 34(2) pp. 182-200 (First published in 2016). 

  37. E. Sezgin, S. Ozkan-Yildirim and S. Yildirim (2017), "Investigation of Physicians' Awareness and Use of mHealth Apps: A Mixed Method Study", Health Policy and Technology (Elsevier), 6(3), pp 251-267. 

  38. E. Sezgin & S. Özkan-Yıldırım (2016), “A Cross-sectional Investigation of Acceptance of Health Information Technology: A Nationwide Survey of Community Pharmacists in Turkey ", Research in Social & Administrative Pharmacy (Elsevier), (12), pp.949- 965. 

    A2. International Conference proceedings:
     

  39. Z. Hu, E. Sezgin, S. Lin, P. Zhang, H.Y. Hoh, S. Pan (2019) "Device-free Sleep Stage Recognition through Bed Frame Vibration Sensing", ACM proceedings of Device-Free Human Sensing (DFHS 19), pp.39-43. DOI: 10.1145/3360773.3360883

  40. E. Sezgin (2016), "Assessment of cloud services: An economic perspective", IEEE 14th International Conference on Industrial Informatics (INDIN), pp. 310-315. DOI: 10.1109/INDIN.2016.7819178

  41. E. Sezgin, O. Alasehir & S. Ozkan (2014), “Work in Progress toward Adoption of an e-Health application by Healthcare personnel: A model validation”, Procedia Technology (Elsevier), Vol.16, pp.1317-1326. 

  42. E. Sezgin & S. Ozkan (2014), “A Literature Review on Attitudes of Health Professionals towards Health Information Systems: From e-Health to m-Health”, Procedia Technology (Elsevier), Vol.16, pp.1327–1333. 

  43. E. Sezgin & S. Ozkan (2013), “A Systematic Literature Review on Health Recommender Systems”, Proceedings of e-Health and Bioengineering Conference (IEEE), pp.1-4, Iasi, Romania.

  44. O. Alasehir, E. Sezgin & S. Ozkan (2013), “The role of Gender in Pharmacists Attitudes towards E-pharmacy Application”, Procedia-Social and Behavioral Sciences (Elsevier), Vol. 83, pp. 1111-15. 

  45. E. Sezgin and S. Ozkan (2011), “Assessing Information Technology Use in Organizations: Developing a Framework”, Communications in Computer and Information Science (Springer), Vol.220, P.2, pp.388-397.

  46. E. Sezgin, S. Ozkan & O. Alasehir (2011), “Attitudes of Pharmacists towards E-Pharmacy Application: A Work in Progress Research on Medula Project”, Proceedings of 6th International Symposium on Health Informatics and Bioinformatics –HIBIT (IEEE), pp.8-15, Izmir- Turkey. 

    A3. Book(s): 
     

  47. E. Sezgin, S. Yildirim, S. Ozkan-Yildirim and E. Sumuer (Eds) (2018), "Current and Emerging mHealth Technologies: Adoption, Implementation, and Use", Springer International Publishing. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-73135-3 ISBN: 978-3-319-73134-6. 

    A4. Book Chapters:
     

  48. E. Sezgin, S. Yildirim, S. Ozkan-Yildirim (2018), “Intention vs. perception: Understanding the differences in physicians attitudes towards mobile health applications”, Current and Emerging mHealth Technologies: Adoption, Implementation, and Use. Springer. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-73135-3_10

  49. E. Sezgin (2018), “Introduction to Current and Emerging mHealth Technologies: Adoption, Implementation, and Use”. Current and Emerging mHealth Technologies: Adoption, Implementation, and Use. Springer. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-73135-3_1

  50. E. Sezgin & S. Ozkan-Yildirim (2016), “Current Trends of Factors Affecting the Acceptance of Health Information Systems by Professionals”, Encyclopedia of E-Health and Telemedicine (IGI-Global), pp. 1090-1109. DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-9978-6.ch085

  51. E. Sezgin & S. Ozkan (2014), “Assessment of Information Technology Use in Small and Medium-sized Enterprises: Empirical Investigation in Five Cases”, Information Systems and Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) - State of Art of IS Research in SMEs (Springer), pp. 97-121. ISBN: 978-3-642-38244-4

  52. E. Sezgin, T.D. Medeni, M.B.K. Önaçan, R. Kömürcü, Ö. Dalbay and Ä°.T. Medeni (2013), “The Perception of Electronic Document Management Systems (EDMS) As a Transformational Information and Communication Technology (ICT) for Public Institutions in Turkey”,Public Administration Reform Market Demand from Public Organizations, (Routledge -Taylor & Francis), pp.279-300, ISBN: 978-0-415-83667-8 ​

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B. Scientific presentation and posters

 

  1. Hussain A, Sezgin E et al.“Personal medical diaries meet AI: Feasibility of using medical notes to improve remote - care for CSHCN during pandemic” presented at 43nd Society of Behavioral Medicine (SBM) Annual Meeting (2021)

  2. Militello L, Sezgin E. ““it’ s a hustle” Can we use digital interventions for stress management among low - income families with young children.” presented at 43nd Society of Behavioral Medicine (SBM) Annual Meeting (2021)

  3. E Sezgin, SA Hussain, K Krivchenia, J Luna, S Rust, Y Huang (2021). “Artificial intelligence (AI) meets patient generated notes: A novel NLP method to improve self management and remote care for families having children with special healthcare needs (CSHCN)”Research Retreat 2021, Columbus OH

  4. S Boch, SA Hussain,S Bambach,E Sezgin,C DeShelter, K Kelleher, D Chisholm, S Lin. (2021) “Bridging Data Science Approaches to Improve the Health and Care of Children of Incarcerated Parents”. Presentation at AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting (ARM). In the proceedings at Health Services Research. 2021 Sep;56:88-9.

  5. E. Sezgin (2021). “Design and development of “DigaMedico”: A Medical Translation Assistant for Non–English Speaking Caregivers of Children With Special Health Care Needs.” Panel presentation. American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) Clinical Informatics Conference 2021 (virtual). 

  6. E. Sezgin, Y Huang, D Lin, L Pauline, U Ramtekkar, S Lin (2021). "Reasons for cancellation and rescheduling of telehealth appointments during the pandemic: a retrospective qualitative study" presented at 42nd Society of Behavioral Medicine (SBM) Annual Meeting (2021) (virtual). In proceedings of Annals of Behavioral Medicine 

  7. E. Sezgin, Y Huang, D Lin, L Pauline, U Ramtekkar, S Lin (2021). “Engagement as another challenge of telehealth encounters during the pandemic: A study of cancellation and rescheduling from clinical documentations”Presented at 9th Annual CCTS Scientific Meeting (2021) (virtual).

  8. D. Lin, E. Sezgin, Y. Huang (2021) “Perspectives of patients and families on the quality, opportunities, and challenges of telehealth at a large pediatric hospital”. Presented at American Telemedicine Association (ATA) Conference 2021. in proceedings of Telemedicine and eHealth

  9. L. Militello, E. Sezgin, Y. Huang and S. Lin (2020) “Feasibility and Usability of Interactive Voice Assistant Technology to Support Maternal Infant Health”. To be presented at the 44th MNRS Annual Research Conference on Advancing Nursing Research With Diverse Populations.April 2020, IL.

  10. E. Sezgin, M. Bailey, T. Lieser, G. Noritz, S. Rust, S. Lin and Y. Huang (2019) “SpeakHealth: Transform care management and coordination at home setting with an AI-assisted voice-interaction app”. 7th CCTS Annual Scientific Meeting, Columbus OH

  11. S. Bambach, J Mittlesteadt, A Dawes, E Wentzel1, A Debs, A Ganger, S Bhatnagar, L Ehrenberg, S Nunley, P Glynn, E Sezgin, D Digby, Y Huang, S Lin, S Rust, A Patel (2019). “Evaluation of an Activity Tracker to Detect Seizures Using Machine Learning”. Research Retreat 2019, Columbus OH

  12. E. Sezgin, L. Militello, Y. Huang and S. Lin (2019) “Look to the future and SMILE: Feasibility of interactive voice assistant technology to support maternal infant health” iproc 2019;5(1):e15231 DOI: 10.2196/15231. https://www.iproc.org/2019/1/e15231/Connected Health 2019 & 7th CCTS Annual Scientific Meeting 2019, Columbus OH.

  13. C.N. Pope, E. Sezgin, S. Lin, M. Zhu (2018), “What explains teens’ intentions to engage in safe driving and safe driving-related technology?” Research Retreat 2018, Columbus OH

  14. E. Sezgin, M. Weiler, A. Weiler, S. Lin (2018). “A roadmap of transition to health independence: A patient-centered study of self-management and digital-health solutions among teens with chronic conditions” Annual Symposium of AMIA 2018 San Francisco CA & Research Retreat 2018, Columbus OH

  15. A. Hussain, S. Moosavinasab, E. Sezgin, Y. Huang, S. Lin (2018), “Char2Vec: Learning the Semantic Embedding of Rare and Unseen Words in the Biomedical Literature” Annual Symposium of AMIA 2018 San Francisco, CA

  16. E. Sezgin, Y. Huang, C. Miyajima, A. Tamamori, C. Pope, M. Zhu, K. Takeda, S. Lin (2017), “Behind the Wheels- An open platform to quantify on-the-road driving behavior and to promote behavior change of adolescent using smartphone, gamification, and big data”, Research Retreat 2017, Columbus, OH.

  17. S. Moosavinasab, E. Sezgin, D. Digby, K. Jinna, R. Strouse, T. Bourgeois, Y. Huang, S. Lin (2017), "DeepSuggest: Query Expansion for Clinical Notes by Deep Learning", Annual Symposium of AMIA 2017, Washington DC. 

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C. Non-academic (Outreach, media release, news)

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  1. Jessica Nye, “How Can We Ensure Use of Artificial Intelligence in Pediatric Medicine Is Ethical?” [Interview]. Pediatrics Nationwide. 2022

  2. Response letter to Office of Science and Technology Policy at  The White House RFI “Comments on Request for Information (RFI) on Strengthening Community Health Through Technology issued by the Office of Science and Technology Policy" [2021-28193]

  3. Karen Blum. “Virtual assistants’ role in health care still being explored though questions persist” [Interview]. (2021) Association of Health Care Journalists: AHCJ

  4. Katie Palmer. Interview on the value of voice tech in clinical care. (2021) Statnews

  5. Darius Tahir & Mohana Ravindranath, “What Siri and Alexa can do for COVID?” [Quote]. Politico, Future Pulse newsletter (11/18/2020) URL: https://www.politico.com/newsletters/future-pulse/2020/11/18/data-concerns-bedevil-vaccine-rollout-791722 

  6. Mohana Ravindranath, “Can voice tech limit COVID spread?”[Interview]. Politico, Morning eHealth Newsletter. 11/30/2020. URL: https://subscriber.politicopro.com/newsletter/2020/11/the-case-for-voice-assistants-in-covid-19-care-791927  (Open access copy)

  7. Mary Bates, “The Role of Health Care Voice Assistants During a Pandemic and Beyond” [Interview]. Pediatrics Nationwide. 2020. URL:https://pediatricsnationwide.org/2020/11/10/the-role-of-health-care-voice-assistants-during-a-pandemic-and-beyond/  

  8. Emre Sezgin, “Are we ready to use voice assistants (VA) in healthcare delivery during the pandemic” [Blog]. NPJ Digital Medicine Community. 2020. URL: https://npjdigitalmedcommunity.nature.com/posts/are-we-ready-to-use-voice-assistants-va-in-healthcare-delivery-during-the-pandemic

  9. Toni Bacala, “Usability of a Mobile App for Improving Literacy in Children With Hearing Impairment: Focus Group Study” [News article]. The Hearing Journal & Oncology Times by  Wolters Kluwer Health. 2020. URL: https://journals.lww.com/thehearingjournal/Fulltext/2020/09000/Literacy_App_Found_Promising_for_Kids_with_Hearing.3.aspx 

  10. Justin T. Worsley. “Research Shows Need for Multidimensional Approach to Teens with Chronic Diseases” [Press release]. National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners (NAPNAP) 2020. URL: https://www.napnap.org/research-shows-need-multidimensional-approach-teens-chronic-diseases 

  11. Anon. writer. “Can voice assistants lead to healthier new moms and babies?” [Interview] 2019. URL: https://insights.osu.edu/health/voice-assistant-pregnancy

  12. Sezgin, E. “Not an App, We Need a Digital Health Ecosystem” [Featured brief]. Pediatrics Nationwide. 2019. URL: https://pediatricsnationwide.org/2019/07/12/not-an-app-we-need-a-digital-health-ecosystem/ 

  13. Brind'Amour, K. “Hey Google, Siri and Alexa, How Do We Bring Voice Technology into Healthcare?” [Press release/ Interview]. Pediatrics Nationwide. 2019. URL:https://pediatricsnationwide.org/2019/04/16/hey-google-siri-and-alexa-how-do-we-bring-voice-technology-into-health-care/. (Archived by WebCite® at http://www.webcitation.org/77g6bUSYh )

  14. Militello, L., Sezgin, E., Huang, Y., Lin, S.. “Voice Technology: Can it Help Me Take Better Care of Myself and My Baby?”.[Blog] HIMSS. 2019. URL:https://www.himss.org/news/voice-technology-can-it-help-me-take-better-care-myself-and-my-baby. (Archived by WebCite® at http://www.webcitation.org/77g7NF7Uo )

  15. Patel, Kunal. “Book Review: Current and Emerging mHealth Technologies: Adoption, Implementation and Use”. Journal of Interprofessional Care. 2018. URL:http://jicareblog.org/book-review-current-and-emerging-mhealth-technologies-adoption-implementation-and-use/  (Archived by WebCite® at http://www.webcitation.org/77g97tznD )

  16. Ozturk, Derya. (Turkish) “Türkiye’de Mobil SaÄŸlık Uygulamaları Doktorlar Tarafından Ne Kadar Benimsendi?” [Interview]. www.tekdozdijital.com  2018. URL:http://www.tekdozdijital.com/turkiyede-mobil-saglik-uygulamalari-doktorlar-tarafindan-ne-kadar-benimsendi.html  (Archived by WebCite® at http://www.webcitation.org/77g8keQsp )

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