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List of research outcomes

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PublicationDate of PublicationType
On a characteristic property of the half-normal distribution
Sankhyā. Series A
2026-03-13Paper
Variations on the univariate and bivariate asymmetric Laplace themes2025-12-11Paper
New efficient estimators for the Weibull distribution
Communications in Statistics. Theory and Methods
2024-07-16Paper
A new bivariate Birnbaum-Saunders type distribution based on the skew generalized normal model2024-01-22Paper
Adversarial and Amiable Inference in Medical Diagnosis, Reliability and Survival Analysis
International Statistical Review
2023-11-10Paper
New closed-form efficient estimators for a bivariate Weibull distribution
Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation
2023-09-19Paper
Bayesian inference for pseudo-Poisson data
Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation
2023-09-19Paper
Characterization of the geometric distribution via linear combinations of observations and of records
Sankhyā. Series A
2023-08-21Paper
Bounds on Distributions Involving Partial Marginal and Conditional Information: The Consequences of Incomplete Prior Specification
Statistical Paradigms
2023-08-13Paper
Some power function distribution processes2023-05-22Paper
scientific article; zbMATH DE number 7679346 (Why is no real title available?)2023-04-27Paper
Preservation of distributional properties of component lifetimes by system lifetimes
Test
2023-01-13Paper
scientific article; zbMATH DE number 7608536 (Why is no real title available?)2022-10-27Paper
All conditional distributions for \(Y\) given \(X\) that are compatible with a given conditional distribution for \(X\) given \(Y\)
Sankhyā. Series A
2022-10-04Paper
Further Examples Related to the Identical Distribution of X/(X+Y) and Y/(X+Y)
The American Statistician
2022-09-28Paper
Bivariate distributions with equi-dispersed normal conditionals and related models2022-09-05Paper
Statistical inference for distributions with one Poisson conditional
Journal of Applied Statistics
2022-03-04Paper
On bivariate pseudo-exponential distributions
Journal of Applied Statistics
2022-03-01Paper
Sufficient conditions for Lorenz ordering with common finite support
Stochastic Processes and Functional Analysis
2022-01-27Paper
Conditional specification of statistical models: classical models, new developments and challenges
Journal of Multivariate Analysis
2022-01-03Paper
On a general class of gamma based copulas
Dependence Modeling
2022-01-03Paper
Multivariate inverse Gaussian and skew-normal densities
Statistics & Probability Letters
2021-09-29Paper
Asymmetric univariate and bivariate Laplace and generalized Laplace distributions
Journal of the Iranian Statistical Society
2021-09-17Paper
scientific article; zbMATH DE number 7353821 (Why is no real title available?)2021-06-02Paper
scientific article; zbMATH DE number 7307780 (Why is no real title available?)2021-02-08Paper
The power piecewise exponential model
Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation
2020-04-23Paper
Commentary on ``From unidimensional to multidimensional inequality: a review
Metron
2020-04-07Paper
A new approach for monitoring process variance
Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation
2020-04-01Paper
A test for equality of variances with censored samples
Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation
2020-03-27Paper
Finite form representations for Meijer \(G\) and Fox \(H\) functions. Applied to multivariate likelihood ratio tests using Mathematica, MAXIMA and R
Lecture Notes in Statistics
2019-09-27Paper
Near-exact distributions for certain likelihood ratio test statistics
Journal of Statistical Theory and Practice
2019-09-13Paper
Analytic expressions for multivariate Lorenz surfaces
Sankhyā. Series A
2019-08-07Paper
Inequality measures for multivariate distributions
Metron
2019-07-12Paper
Skewness and kurtosis orderings: an introduction2018-11-16Paper
Preservation of failure rate function shape in weighted distributions
AStA. Advances in Statistical Analysis
2018-11-12Paper
Majorization and the Lorenz order with applications in applied mathematics and economics
Statistics for Social and Behavioral Sciences
2018-10-11Paper
Bivariate, multivariate, and matrix variate normal characterizations: A brief survey II
Communications in Statistics: Theory and Methods
2018-03-07Paper
scientific article; zbMATH DE number 6845722 (Why is no real title available?)2018-03-01Paper
Lorenz order with common finite support
Metron
2018-02-22Paper
Some alternative bivariate Kumaraswamy models
Communications in Statistics: Theory and Methods
2017-11-03Paper
Construction of bivariate and multivariate weighted distributions via conditioning
Communications in Statistics: Theory and Methods
2017-11-03Paper
Bivariate beta and Kumaraswamy models developed using the Arnold-Ng bivariate beta distribution2017-09-18Paper
Alternative approaches to conditional specification of bivariate distributions
Metron
2016-09-23Paper
Bias of the sample Lorenz curve
Ordered Data Analysis, Modeling and Health Research Methods
2016-05-17Paper
Orthogonal spacings
Communications in Statistics. Theory and Methods
2016-03-30Paper
A general near-exact distribution theory for the most common likelihood ratio test statistics used in multivariate analysis
Test
2016-03-23Paper
A Simple Approach for Monitoring Process Mean and Variance Simultaneously
Frontiers in Statistical Quality Control 11
2016-02-25Paper
A simple approach for monitoring business service time variation
The Scientific World Journal. Probability and Statistics
2016-01-13Paper
A doubly skewed normal distribution
Statistics
2016-01-04Paper
A new approach for monitoring process variance
Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation
2015-12-28Paper
A multivariate circular distribution with applications to the protein structure prediction problem
Journal of Multivariate Analysis
2015-12-23Paper
Univariate and multivariate Pareto models
Journal of Statistical Distributions and Applications
2015-10-06Paper
On Zenga and Bonferroni curves
Metron
2015-08-05Paper
The exact and near-exact distributions of the main likelihood ratio test statistics used in the complex multivariate normal setting
Test
2015-06-26Paper
Pareto distributions2015-04-15Paper
On segregation: ordering and measuring
Sankhyā. Series B
2015-03-02Paper
Multiple constraint and truncated skew models
Statistics
2014-12-22Paper
On the exact and near-exact distributions of the product of generalized gamma random variables and the generalized variance
Communications in Statistics. Theory and Methods
2014-08-18Paper
The multivariate alpha-power model
Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference
2014-02-06Paper
Inverse circular-circular regression
Journal of Multivariate Analysis
2014-01-10Paper
A Simple Approach for Monitoring Business Service Time Variation
The Scientific World Journal
2014-01-01Paper
Distributions that are both log-symmetric and R-symmetric
Electronic Journal of Statistics
2013-05-24Paper
Distributions that are both log-symmetric and R-symmetric
Electronic Journal of Statistics
2013-05-24Paper
Exponential characterizations motivated by the structure of order statistics in samples of size two
Statistics & Probability Letters
2013-05-13Paper
Power series with i.i.d. coefficients
Statistics & Probability Letters
2013-05-13Paper
On orthogonality of \((X+Y)\) and \(X/(X+Y)\) rather than independence
Statistics & Probability Letters
2013-05-13Paper
The distribution of the product of powers of independent uniform random variables -- a simple but useful tool to address and better understand the structure of some distributions
Journal of Multivariate Analysis
2012-11-29Paper
On the Amato inequality index
Statistics & Probability Letters
2012-09-11Paper
Majorization: here, there and everywhere
Statistical Science
2012-09-01Paper
Majorization: here, there and everywhere
Statistical Science
2012-09-01Paper
Generalized order statistic processes and Pfeifer records
Statistics
2012-06-25Paper
The generalized Cantor distribution and its corresponding inverse distribution
Statistics & Probability Letters
2011-07-26Paper
Flexible bivariate beta distributions
Journal of Multivariate Analysis
2011-07-08Paper
Tests of hypotheses for exchangeable variables2011-05-04Paper
Inequalities: theory of majorization and its applications
Springer Series in Statistics
2010-12-28Paper
Some new independence properties of the inverse-Gaussian law
Sankhyā. Series A
2010-08-13Paper
Conditionally specified multivariate skewed distributions2010-08-12Paper
scientific article; zbMATH DE number 5769808 (Why is no real title available?)2010-08-12Paper
A goodness of fit test for the Pareto distribution in the presence of type II censoring, based on the cumulative hazard function
Computational Statistics and Data Analysis
2010-04-06Paper
On multivariate order statistics. Application to ranked set sampling
Computational Statistics and Data Analysis
2010-04-01Paper
Families of multivariate distributions involving ``triangular transformations
Communications in Statistics: Theory and Methods
2010-03-18Paper
On multiple constraint skewed models
Statistics
2009-09-18Paper
Some characterizations involving uniform and powers of uniform random variables
Statistics
2009-09-18Paper
scientific article; zbMATH DE number 5604057 (Why is no real title available?)2009-09-15Paper
Flexible univariate and multivariate models based on hidden truncation
Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference
2009-09-14Paper
Simple and Accurate Approximations for Computing Covariance Matrices of Gamma and Weibull Order Statistics
Communications in Statistics. Simulation and Computation
2009-05-12Paper
Multivariate order statistics via multivariate concomitants
Journal of Multivariate Analysis
2009-03-25Paper
On limit laws for sums of Pfeifer records
Extremes
2009-02-28Paper
Pareto and Generalized Pareto Distributions
Modeling Income Distributions and Lorenz Curves
2009-01-07Paper
Multivariate distributions defined in terms of contours
Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference
2008-10-29Paper
Bivariate distributions characterized by one family of conditionals and conditional percentile or mode functions
Journal of Multivariate Analysis
2008-08-06Paper
On the residual lifelengths of the remaining components in an \(n - k+1\) out of \(n\) system
Statistics & Probability Letters
2008-06-11Paper
Multivariate survival models incorporating hidden truncation2008-05-14Paper
A First Course in Order Statistics2008-04-25Paper
Goodness-of-fit tests based on record data and generalized ranked set data2008-02-08Paper
Variations on the classical multivariate normal theme
Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference
2007-10-04Paper
Skewing around: relationships among classes of skewed distributions
Methodology and Computing in Applied Probability
2007-09-10Paper
Distributions with Generalized Skewed Conditionals and Mixtures of Such Distributions
Communications in Statistics: Theory and Methods
2007-07-23Paper
Families of Multivariate Distributions Involving the Rosenblatt Construction
Journal of the American Statistical Association
2007-04-23Paper
Procrustean Strategies for Incompatible Conditional and Marginal Information
Calcutta Statistical Association Bulletin
2006-03-17Paper
Parametric inference with generalized ranked set data2006-01-24Paper
Distributions with conditionals in truncated weighted families
Statistics
2005-08-25Paper
On the Value of Imprecise Prior Information
Communications in Statistics: Theory and Methods
2005-06-14Paper
scientific article; zbMATH DE number 2147954 (Why is no real title available?)2005-03-21Paper
Compatibility of partial or complete conditional probability specifications
Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference
2004-10-04Paper
Some Skewed Multivariate Distributions
American Journal of Mathematical and Management Sciences
2004-09-06Paper
Conditionally specified distributions: An introduction. (With comments and a rejoinder).
Statistical Science
2004-05-27Paper
Skewed multivariate models related to hidden truncation and/or selective reporting. With discussion and a rejoinder by the authors.
Test
2003-05-18Paper
Back to Bayesics
Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference
2003-04-03Paper
MODELING THE LIFETIME OF LONGITUDINAL ELEMENTS
Communications in Statistics: Simulation and Computation
2003-01-08Paper
Exact and near compatibility of discrete conditional distributions
Computational Statistics and Data Analysis
2002-08-13Paper
A MULTIVARIATE VERSION OF STEIN'S IDENTITY WITH APPLICATIONS TO MOMENT CALCULATIONS AND ESTIMATION OF CONDITIONALLY SPECIFIED DISTRIBUTIONS
Communications in Statistics: Theory and Methods
2002-07-28Paper
QUANTIFICATION OF INCOMPATIBILITY OF CONDITIONAL AND MARGINAL INFORMATION
Communications in Statistics: Theory and Methods
2002-07-28Paper
BEADS, BAGS, BAYES, AND THE FUNDAMENTAL PROBLEM OF SAMPLING THEORY
Communications in Statistics: Theory and Methods
2002-07-28Paper
The skew-Cauchy distribution
Statistics & Probability Letters
2001-10-04Paper
Bayesian analysis for classical distributions using conditionally specified priors
Sankhyā. Series B. Methodological
2001-09-11Paper
Hidden truncation models
Sankhyā. Series A. Methods and Techniques
2001-09-11Paper
Variability ordering of functions
International Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences
2001-09-09Paper
Pareto processes2001-08-30Paper
Multiple modes in densities with normal conditionals
Statistics & Probability Letters
2000-12-03Paper
Estimation of a distribution function under generalized ranked set sampling
Communications in Statistics. Simulation and Computation
2000-07-11Paper
Characterization involving conditional specification
Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference
2000-04-09Paper
Variations on a Bhattacharyya Theme
Calcutta Statistical Association Bulletin
2000-03-19Paper
scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1335863 (Why is no real title available?)2000-03-14Paper
Parameter estimation under generalized ranked set sampling
Statistics & Probability Letters
2000-01-30Paper
Conditional specification of statistical models.
Springer Series in Statistics
2000-01-20Paper
Distributions most nearly compatible with given families of conditional distributions
Test
1999-11-16Paper
The asymptotic distribution of sums of records
Extremes
1999-08-10Paper
scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1222619 (Why is no real title available?)1999-04-22Paper
scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1212031 (Why is no real title available?)1998-10-18Paper
scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1064814 (Why is no real title available?)1998-09-20Paper
scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1194765 (Why is no real title available?)1998-08-30Paper
The use of conditionally conjugate priors in the study of ratios of gamma scale parameters.
Computational Statistics and Data Analysis
1998-08-13Paper
scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1098863 (Why is no real title available?)1998-05-25Paper
Variance estimation with diffuse prior information
Statistics & Probability Letters
1998-03-08Paper
Priors with Convenient Posteriors
Statistics
1997-11-04Paper
scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1058154 (Why is no real title available?)1997-09-04Paper
scientific article; zbMATH DE number 952742 (Why is no real title available?)1996-12-01Paper
Modeling the fatigue life of longitudinal elements1996-11-19Paper
scientific article; zbMATH DE number 865598 (Why is no real title available?)1996-09-30Paper
scientific article; zbMATH DE number 913132 (Why is no real title available?)1996-09-24Paper
Specification of distributions by combinations of marginal and conditional distributions
Statistics & Probability Letters
1996-07-31Paper
scientific article; zbMATH DE number 815740 (Why is no real title available?)1996-07-17Paper
The Tallest Man in the World
Statistical Theory and Applications
1996-06-04Paper
General conditional specification models
Communications in Statistics: Theory and Methods
1995-08-17Paper
Conjugate Exponential Family Priors For Exponential Family Likelihoods
Statistics
1995-04-10Paper
scientific article; zbMATH DE number 727404 (Why is no real title available?)1995-04-03Paper
On uniform marginal representation of contingency tables
Statistics & Probability Letters
1995-01-09Paper
Multivariate normality via conditional specification
Statistics & Probability Letters
1994-11-06Paper
The nontruncated marginal of a truncated bivariate normal distribution
Psychometrika
1994-09-08Paper
scientific article; zbMATH DE number 627762 (Why is no real title available?)1994-09-01Paper
Logistic processes involving markovian minimization
Communications in Statistics: Theory and Methods
1994-07-26Paper
A conditional characterization of the multivariate normal distribution
Statistics & Probability Letters
1994-05-24Paper
scientific article; zbMATH DE number 469372 (Why is no real title available?)1993-12-20Paper
Linnik distributions and processes
Journal of Applied Probability
1993-12-19Paper
Multivariate distributions with generalized Pareto conditionals
Statistics & Probability Letters
1993-12-12Paper
On some properties of bivariate weighted distributions
Communications in Statistics: Theory and Methods
1993-10-17Paper
Centered distributions with cauchy conditionals
Communications in Statistics: Theory and Methods
1993-10-11Paper
scientific article; zbMATH DE number 218824 (Why is no real title available?)1993-06-29Paper
Relations, bounds and approximations for order statistics
Lecture Notes in Statistics
1993-06-05Paper
scientific article; zbMATH DE number 125956 (Why is no real title available?)1993-02-21Paper
scientific article; zbMATH DE number 125957 (Why is no real title available?)1993-02-21Paper
Logistic and semi-logistic processes
Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics
1993-01-16Paper
scientific article; zbMATH DE number 63499 (Why is no real title available?)1992-09-27Paper
Conditionally specified distributions
Lecture Notes in Statistics
1992-09-18Paper
Lorenz ordering of exponential order statistics
Statistics & Probability Letters
1991-01-01Paper
scientific article; zbMATH DE number 4201366 (Why is no real title available?)1990-01-01Paper
Sequential Sampling Estimation for Finite Populations ofN = nr Objects
Biometrical Journal
1990-01-01Paper
A flexible family of multivariate Pareto distributions
Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference
1990-01-01Paper
Compatible Conditional Distributions1989-01-01Paper
Elliptical Lorenz curves
Journal of Econometrics
1989-01-01Paper
Autoregressive logistic processes
Journal of Applied Probability
1989-01-01Paper
Bayesian Estimation and Prediction for Pareto Data1989-01-01Paper
A characterization of the Pareto process among stationary stochastic processes of the form \(X_ n=c\,\min (X_{n-1},Y_ n)\)
Statistics & Probability Letters
1989-01-01Paper
New moment-identities based on the integrated survival function
IEEE Transactions on Reliability
1989-01-01Paper
Bivariate Distributions With Exponential Conditionals1988-01-01Paper
On multivariate mean remaining life functions
Journal of Multivariate Analysis
1988-01-01Paper
Pareto processes
Journal of Applied Probability
1988-01-01Paper
Conditional characterizations of multivariate distributions
Metrika
1988-01-01Paper
Bounds on the expected maximum
Communications in Statistics: Theory and Methods
1988-01-01Paper
Estimation of the Number of Classes in a Population
Biometrical Journal
1988-01-01Paper
Variance bounds using a theorem of Polya
Statistics & Probability Letters
1988-01-01Paper
A logistic process constructed using geometric minimization
Statistics & Probability Letters
1988-01-01Paper
scientific article; zbMATH DE number 4107914 (Why is no real title available?)1988-01-01Paper
Bivariate distributions with Pareto conditionals
Statistics & Probability Letters
1987-01-01Paper
Majorization and the Lorenz order: a brief introduction
Lecture Notes in Statistics
1987-01-01Paper
The Rating of Players in Racquetball Tournaments
Applied Statistics
1987-01-01Paper
scientific article; zbMATH DE number 4129864 (Why is no real title available?)1986-01-01Paper
scientific article; zbMATH DE number 4107917 (Why is no real title available?)1986-01-01Paper
Lorenz ordering of means and medians
Statistics & Probability Letters
1986-01-01Paper
scientific article; zbMATH DE number 4005340 (Why is no real title available?)1986-01-01Paper
scientific article; zbMATH DE number 4017994 (Why is no real title available?)1986-01-01Paper
p-norm bounds on the expectation of the maximum of a possibly dependent sample
Journal of Multivariate Analysis
1985-01-01Paper
On the inconsistency of Bayesian non-parametric estimators in competing risks/multiple decrement models
Insurance Mathematics & Economics
1984-01-01Paper
scientific article; zbMATH DE number 3872427 (Why is no real title available?)1984-01-01Paper
Limit laws in the best of 2n - 1 bernoulli trials
Naval Research Logistics Quarterly
1984-01-01Paper
Bayesian inference for Pareto populations
Journal of Econometrics
1983-01-01Paper
Technical Note—When Does the βth Percentile Residual Life Function Determine the Distribution?
Operations Research
1983-01-01Paper
Some limiting distributions associated with sequences of multinomial trials
Naval Research Logistics Quarterly
1983-01-01Paper
Identifiability for dependent multiple decrement/competing risk models
Scandinavian Actuarial Journal
1983-01-01Paper
Strong ergodicity for continuous-time, non-homogeneous Markov chains
Journal of Applied Probability
1982-01-01Paper
Maximal Deviation Between Sample and Population Means in Finite Populations1981-01-01Paper
On excess life in certain renewal processes
Journal of Applied Probability
1981-01-01Paper
Two characterizations of the geometric distribution
Journal of Applied Probability
1980-01-01Paper
Some Properties of the Arcsine Distribution1980-01-01Paper
Distribution-Free Bounds on the Mean of the Maximum of a Dependent Sample
SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics
1980-01-01Paper
Correction to: Bounds on expectations of linear systematic statistics based on dependent samples
The Annals of Statistics
1980-01-01Paper
Bounds on expectations of linear systematic statistics based on dependent samples
The Annals of Statistics
1979-01-01Paper
scientific article; zbMATH DE number 3694255 (Why is no real title available?)1979-01-01Paper
The Admissibility of a Preliminary Test Estimator When the Loss Incorporates a Complexity Cost1979-01-01Paper
scientific article; zbMATH DE number 3612285 (Why is no real title available?)1979-01-01Paper
SOME CHARACTERIZATIONS OF THE CAUCHY DISTRIBUTION
Australian Journal of Statistics
1979-01-01Paper
Bounds on deviations of estimates arising in finite population regression models
Communications in Statistics: Theory and Methods
1978-01-01Paper
Two modifications of Goodman’s technique for improving estimates
Trabajos de Estadistica Y de Investigacion Operativa
1978-01-01Paper
Some Elementary Variations of the Lyapunov Inequality
SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics
1978-01-01Paper
Strong ergodicity for continuous-time Markov chains
Journal of Applied Probability
1978-01-01Paper
On norml characterizations by the distribution of linear forms, assuming finite variance
Stochastic Processes and their Applications
1978-01-01Paper
Recurrence relations between expectations of functions of order statistics
Scandinavian Actuarial Journal
1977-01-01Paper
A characterization of geometric distributions by distributional properties of order statistics
Scandinavian Actuarial Journal
1976-01-01Paper
On solutions to min $$(X,{\text{ Y}})\mathop = \limits^d aX$$ and min $$(X,{\text{ Y}})\mathop = \limits^d aX\mathop = \limits^d bY$$
Zeitschrift für Wahrscheinlichkeitstheorie und Verwandte Gebiete
1976-01-01Paper
scientific article; zbMATH DE number 3558659 (Why is no real title available?)1975-01-01Paper
Characterization of distributions by sets of moments of order statistics
The Annals of Statistics
1975-01-01Paper
Multivariate exponential distributions based on hierarchical successive damage
Journal of Applied Probability
1975-01-01Paper
Significant category clustering in free recall
Psychometrika
1975-01-01Paper
Bounds for deviations between sample and population statistics
Biometrika
1974-01-01Paper
Schwarz, Regression, and Extreme Deviance
The American Statistician
1974-01-01Paper
scientific article; zbMATH DE number 3438205 (Why is no real title available?)1974-01-01Paper
Independence of squared order statistics
Communications in Statistics
1973-01-01Paper
Some Characterizations of the Exponential Distribution by Geometric Compounding
SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics
1973-01-01Paper
Response distributions for a generalized urn scheme under noncontingent reinforcement
Journal of Mathematical Psychology
1973-01-01Paper
The waiting time until first duplication
Journal of Applied Probability
1972-01-01Paper
scientific article; zbMATH DE number 3371312 (Why is no real title available?)1972-01-01Paper
Inadmissibility of the Usual Scale Estimate for a Shifted Exponential Distribution1970-01-01Paper
Hypothesis Testing Incorporating a Preliminary Test of Significance1970-01-01Paper
scientific article; zbMATH DE number 3316571 (Why is no real title available?)1970-01-01Paper
Parameter Estimation for a Multivariate Exponential Distribution
Journal of the American Statistical Association
1968-01-01Paper
A modification of a result due to Moran
Journal of Applied Probability
1968-01-01Paper
Response distribution for the continuous-time N-element pattern model
Journal of Mathematical Psychology
1967-01-01Paper
A generalized urn scheme for simple learning with a continuum of responses
Journal of Mathematical Psychology
1967-01-01Paper


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