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In most sensible conditions the filter concerned has a centre frequency near that of the sign. Chapter 231 the perception of sound] 3247 Extensive work has been directed in the direction of determining the characteristics of the auditory filters. Fletcher3 was one of the first folks to apply the auditory-filter concept to the masking of a sinusoidal tone by broadband noise. He assumed that to predict threshold it would be affordable to approximate the auditory filter as a easy rectangle, with a flat prime and vertical edges. Thus, all frequency parts falling within the flat high or passband would be handed equally, whereas parts outside the passband would be rejected. The masker was set at a quantity of totally different total ranges, and for every level the edge of a sinusoidal signal was determined as a function of signal frequency. Notice that at greater masker levels the slope of the masking pattern tends to decrease on the high-frequency side. This means that, at high sound ranges, low frequencies turn out to be comparatively more practical at masking high frequencies. There is a special auditory filter for every centre frequency, and the shape and bandwidth could change with centre frequency. As the signal frequency modifications, the auditory filter used to detect it also adjustments. One method of fixing this problem is analogous to that utilized by neurophysiologists in figuring out a neural tuning curve. The signal used is a sinusoid which is offered at a very low degree, say 10 dB above the absolute threshold. Thus, to a primary approximation, just one auditory filter is involved in detecting the sign. Normally, a filter attribute is decided by plotting the output as a perform of frequency for an input fastened in degree. Thus the filter shape may be obtained just by turning the tuning curve the different way up. Equivalently, the centre frequency of the filter used to detect the signal might change as the frequency of the masker is altered. The signal is fastened in frequency and the masker is a noise with a bandstop or notch centred at the sign frequency. The deviation of every fringe of the notch from the sign frequency is denoted by Df. Usually, the notch is symmetrically placed around the sign frequency and the evaluation assumes that the auditory filter is symmetric on a linear frequency scale. This assumption seems cheap, at least for the top a part of the filter and at average sound levels. The masker was a sinusoid which had a onerous and fast beginning part relationship to the 50-ms signal. The masker level required for threshold is plotted as a perform of masker frequency. The amount of noise passing via the auditory filter centred on the sign frequency is proportional to the blue areas. Hence, it appears reasonable to assume that for this task the topic solely uses the filter centred on the sign frequency. As the width of the notch is increased, less noise passes via the auditory filter; thus, the brink for detecting the signal drops. The quantity of noise passing through the auditory filter is proportional to the area under the filter over the frequency vary lined by the noise. Given the idea that threshold corresponds to a relentless signal-to-masker ratio on the output of the auditory filter, the change in threshold with notch width signifies how the area under the filter varies with Df. The space underneath a operate between sure limits is obtained by integrating the worth of the function over these limits. Hence, by differentiating the function relating threshold to Df, the form of the filter is obtained. In different phrases, the attenuation of the filter at a given deviation, Df, from the centre frequency is proportional to the slope of the operate relating signal threshold to notch width at that value of Df. The determine shows the relative response of the filter to totally different enter frequencies, assuming that the acquire of the filter at its tip is zero dB. The gain is outlined as the output stage minus the input level, when each are expressed in dB.
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The vascular pedicle runs in a curved direction downwards to meet the bisection level already described. A skin island of the appropriate measurement and form could additionally be drawn over the distal a half of the artery, to facilitate an appropriate arc of rotation. The borders of the pores and skin paddle should lie between the lateral fringe of the sternum medially and the nipple laterally. This approach permits for a better wound closure and provides a salvage flap for neck resurfacing. Remember that the flap will retract by 10 percent in all instructions when the skin is cut and this ought to be Chapter 206 Pedicled flaps in head and neck surgery] 2857 allowed for in planning, although some enlargement will happen when the muscle is sewn in beneath rigidity. Incise and mobilize the inferior attachments of the muscle to gain access to the subpectoral airplane, which is relatively avascular. If the skin paddle is thick or excessively cell, place sutures from the dermis of the pores and skin island to the muscle floor to forestall shearing and flap loss. Identify and ligate the main branch of the lateral thoracic artery to enhance the arc of rotation. Divide the sternal insertion of the muscle at the degree of the anterior axillary line and keep in mind to continue in a vertical direction. Do not curve the scissors medially at this point or you might reduce the pedicle � the last word disaster. The muscle shall be now rotated and the vascular pedicle will be clearly identified. Once the origin of the sternal portion of the muscle has been divided, the flap could additionally be simply elevated by blunt dissection in the subpectoral fascial space between pectoralis major and minor. The vascular pedicle is now clearly seen and the sternal fringe of the muscle could additionally be divided up to the extent of the clavicle with the pedicle in clear view. Haemostasis is maintained throughout the elevation of the flap by fastidiously cauterizing the intercostal perforators, as well as the perforators supplying the medial portion of the muscle from the interior mammary vessels. The flap is now totally raised and cellular and if additional mobility and arc of rotation are required, it may be islanded on the vessels by dividing the remaining muscular pedicle. This muscle could additionally be raised on its own as a free flap and utilized in facial reanimation techniques. Whilst the flap is being sewn in at the recipient site, the donor web site can usually be closed. Two massive drains are inserted and the defect is closed primarily utilizing a two-layer closure. If closure is anticipated to be tough, a one-layer blanket nylon or Ethilon stitch is a sublime strategy of closing the wound as it takes up the tension steadily in the identical method as a mastectomy wound is closed. Modifications of the flap embody harvesting of muscle alone when, for instance, closing large lower neck wounds, which require bulk with no pores and skin paddle. Access is achieved along the lateral border of the muscle and primary closure simply achieved. The incorporation of vascularized bone has been described where a half of both the fifth rib or the sternum may be transferred with the flap to provide composite gentle tissue and bony reconstruction. The vascular provide to these bony segments is at greatest precarious and, within the majority of situations, nonexistent. Newer and more effective methods for composite soft-tissue and bony reconstruction are available, obviating the need for the myo-osseous pectoralis main flap. Double skin paddles could additionally be used with de-epithelialized islands in between them to provide oral lining and cutaneous cover but, once more, in this situation, the muscle is very cumbersome and newer strategies, corresponding to double-paddled radial forearm flaps, are probably better. Where the extreme bulk of the pectoralis main is an issue, harvesting over the thinner, parasternal area has been described. This should be considered as a salvage method only, as higher free tissue switch strategies can be found. When the above pointers are followed, there are very few potential pitfalls with this flap. It is extremely dependable and even when the pores and skin paddle fails, the underlying muscle will usually survive and may be allowed to granulate and heal by secondary intention, or covered subsequently with a pores and skin graft. It is always worth checking for congenital absence of the pectoralis major, though it is extremely uncommon with an incidence of 1:eleven,000.
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The primary aims of rehabilitation are as follows: evaluation and remedy of incapacity produced by surgery; maximizing restoration of residual tissues and function; provision of appropriate aids; schooling of the affected person and relatives/carers in respect of likely impairments and an acceptable pretreatment appraisal indicating practical consequence targets; to facilitate improvement of coping strategies for patient, relatives and carers; to facilitate the education course of so that the affected person can perceive the potential effects of the operation. The chief issues where rehabilitation is more doubtless to be required are: speech; swallowing; tracheostoma problems; issues with lack of glottal occlusion. The patient should concentrate on the method to get further recommendation before the primary followup appointment, if required. For patients who discover longterm communication is poor, carers could find lip reading instruction useful and instruction in the methods of phone communication and summoning emergency aid must be advised. As lack of voice was thought of to be the main drawback after this operation, most effort was concentrated in this space as voice is required to talk. In earlier occasions, pseudowhisper and oesophageal speech have been thought-about to be acceptable rehabilitative strategies. In pseudowhisper, the patient uses air within the oral cavity moved by muscular tissues of the ground of the mouth/tongue with articulation carried out by the usual mechanisms. This is effectively, as its name suggests, a whisper and is troublesome to hear in background noise. More substantial speech is achieved by the affected person injecting air into the oesophagus and then by coordinated muscular motion it might be expelled causing the cricopharyngeus muscle or pharyngooesophageal segment to vibrate producing a noise which could be articulated into recognizable speech. Some patients use it as their main method of communication, particularly if surgical measures to help in voice production have proved unsuccessful or troublesome. Swallowing issues are widespread, notably if there was associated pharyngeal resection due to tumour spread and/or the consequences of radiotherapy. The alteration of body picture following laryngectomy can current the affected person with significant difficulties with a broad spectrum of issues from full-blown psychiatric circumstances such as loss of self-confidence to depression. In most kinds of laryngectomy where intensive surgery has been carried out, and positively after the whole resection of the larynx, tracheostomy is a permanent characteristic. Breathing on this means causes alteration within the physiology of the lower respiratory tract leading to repeated chest infections, crusting and sometimes aspiration by way of a surgically created tracheo-oesophageal fistula to facilitate voice rehabilitation. Loss of sense of odor by airway diversion can additionally be a problem for some sufferers. By removing the closure impact of the glottis, sufferers with tracheostomy can experience nice difficulty in executing manoeuvres where the intrathoracic pressure must be raised. Another instance is the copper Rand gadget, where the vibrating sound source is transmitted intraorally through a short pipe. Improved fluency and period of speech could be achieved by providing a source of air to preserve these vibrations aside from that held in the oesophageal reservoir. These procedures had been usually associated with significant postoperative problems, including mortality. In one of these procedures the proximal end of the trachea was sutured to the hypopharynx with a resulting tracheopharyngeal shunt composed of tracheal cartilage and pharyngeal mucosa. The valve was designed to be saved in place with occasional removal by the affected person or speech therapist for cleaning. There is no doubt that this was a benchmark innovation in the annals of voice restoration following laryngectomy. Voice production by this method has turn into the mainstay of speech restoration following whole laryngectomy and different valve prostheses have adopted, working alongside the same precept. Valve speech is related to elevated acceptability, intelligibility and with extra normal phrasing in comparison with that produced by different means, notably oesophageal voice. Later developments included using indwelling devices that are put in often at the time of laryngectomy or in a smaller variety of sufferers as a secondary process, the earliest of which was the Groningen valve16 and extra just lately the Provox. Initially, there was a lot controversy over the bodily characteristics and strain flow parameters of these valves in respect of the anticipated ease of use and perceived voice high quality and all of these valves had been famous to fail as a end result of the prosthesis degrades, often by the motion of candida and different organisms. Much has been written in regards to the in vitro aerodynamic properties of these valves, however this is now thought-about less important. The technical problems have now largely been surmounted and all the present fashionable range of valves have low in vitro and in vivo resistance. Its final goal was to achieve a coordinated and cohesive European method to post-laryngectomy rehabilitation. Most centres throughout Europe routinely carry out major surgical speech restoration, whilst others choose to anticipate the development of oesophageal voice earlier than deciding whether or not or not to recommend tracheooesophageal puncture.
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In consequence, we attempt to reproduce this using a fan-shaped muscle unfold from the anterior malar in entrance of the ear to the sternomastoid fascia below. Apart from the obvious surgical problems of haematoma and infection, the other concern is vascularization of the muscle graft. Muscle grafts which have been denervated for a time period are apt to set themselves somewhat tighter than regular and can have a restricted excursion. In the postoperative interval, if the muscle graft is discovered to be too tight in its static place, then changes could also be carried out at one yr. Our ordinary process is to soften the nasolabial fold using either appropriate development with an incision within the nasolabial fold or a lipodermal graft. If the angle of the mouth has been pulled over, then Y-V advancement will equalize the gap between the centre of the lip and the angle of the mouth. The fullness of the mucosa on both sides may be asymmetrical, both because of the surgical procedure or extended durations of paralysis. In very thin people, the pores and skin may adhere to the muscle graft producing creases within the cheek on smiling. Excess muscle bulk may also be a problem though this may nicely be as a result of bunching quite than true extra muscle but, if indicated, the deeper surface of the muscle can be thinned with underlying fat. The fixation of the muscle to the higher and decrease lip can turn out to be detached and, if this occurs, the muscle graft can be outlined and refixed to the upper and decrease lip using palmaris tendon or a chunk of fascia lata. This is carried out using a nasolabial fold incision ensuring to not damage the crossed facial nerve graft. It can be unwise to advance the muscle to the angle of the mouth as it might distort the static position. The causes of weakness of the decrease lip depressor are: congenital: idiopathic and first arch syndrome; acquired: division of the marginal mandibular branch of the twelfth nerve, for instance parotidectomy, block dissection of the neck and liposuction. This will achieve paralysis for about four months after which might require repetition. It is deepened through platysma until the anterior belly of digastric is displayed. As the dissection proceeds laterally, the tendon of the digastric can be seen in relation to the hyoid, which proceeds laterally to become the posterior stomach, and that is divided as far laterally as potential. The important a part of the operation is to divide the branches of the hilar vessels passing to the myelohyoid. This vessel bifurcates with branches to the anterior belly and to the myelohyoid and it should be separated from the myelohyoid to allow free elevation of the muscle and subsequent upward rotation. Similarly, a nerve could be seen passing in shut association with the vessels and this have to be preserved as it passes into the anterior stomach. The muscle viability can be confirmed by its pink appearance and an intact nerve supply by very light stimulation with a nerve stimulator. The anterior stomach and the tendon are then handed through a broad tunnel and hooked up to the decrease lip underneath slight constructive rigidity. The operation is surprisingly successful in view of the fact that its practical value is a little unsure. The graft may be taken throughout to the paralyzed aspect and marked at the mandibular border. Six months later, after a Tinel is confirmed on the end of the nerve graft, a muscle graft may be transferred and our traditional selection is to use extensor digitorum brevis of the foot. In a bilateral facial palsy, the paralysis is symmetrical and in some respects much less distressing than in a unilateral one. Reanimation is often finest carried out earlier than the age of seven years since retraining is more easily accomplished at this age. In a Moebius syndrome reconstruction, the first decision is which nerve to make use of as the motor one. At the primary operation, the facial pores and skin is elevated through a parotidectomy incision; the facial artery and vein are dissected along with the masseteric branch of the fifth nerve.
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Behavior of human horizontal vestibulo-ocular reflex in response to high-acceleration stimuli. Mechanoelectrical and voltage-gated ion channels in mammalian vestibular hair cells. Physiological proof that the vestibular system participates in autonomic and respiratory control. The impact of hair bundle shape on hair bundle hydrodynamics of inside ear cells at high and low frequencies. Putting ion channels to work: Mechanoelectrical transduction, adaptation, and amplification by hair cells. Regulation of pressure in hair-cell transduction channels: Displacement and calcium dependence. The actions of calcium on the mechanoelectrical transducer present of turtle hair cells. Mechanoelectrical transduction and adaptation in hair cells of the mouse utricle, a low-frequency vestibular organ. The mammalian otolithic receptors: A advanced morphological and biochemical group. Inputs from frequently and irregularly discharging vestibular nerve afferents to secondary neurons in the vestibular nuclei of the squirrel monkey. Vestibular nerve inputs to the vestibulo-ocular reflex: A useful ablation examine within the squirrel monkey. In: Twenty-second Midwinter Meeting of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology. Utricular sensitivity and preponderance assessed by the unilateral centrifugation take a look at. The peripheral auditory system acts to break down complicated sounds into their sinusoidal frequency components, but with limited decision. The process of frequency resolution is usually modelled by assuming that the cochlea contains an array of bandpass filters, with centre frequencies starting from roughly 50 to 15,000 Hz. It is the bandwidth of a super rectangular filter which has the same peak transmission because the filter being studied, and which passes the same power of white noise. The frequency analysis which takes place in the ear has penalties for a lot of elements of auditory notion, including: the audibility of particular person components in complex tones; the masking of 1 sound by another; musical consonance and dissonance; the notion of timbre (sound quality); and the notion of pitch. Hence, the chapter begins by reviewing a few of the ways in which the frequency selectivity of the ear has been measured. The pitch of the tone is said to its frequency, and the loudness mainly to its depth. If two sinusoids are offered concurrently, the percept relies upon upon their frequency separation. If the 2 components are broadly spaced in frequency, say one hundred and 10,000 Hz, two separate tones are perceived. If the parts are intently spaced in frequency, say one thousand and 1030 Hz, then a single sound is perceived comparable to the combination of the two. A continuum of results is noticed as the frequency separation between two sinusoids is slowly increased from a very small value. The variety of beats per second is the identical as the frequency separation between the 2 sinusoids. The minimal frequency separation at which the 2 tones may be heard separately is dependent upon their imply frequency. For instance, the advanced tones produced by musical devices or the human voice are normally heard as having a single pitch. In truth, for a posh tone with equal-amplitude harmonics, only approximately the primary five to eight harmonics are resolvable. This is a vital level for theories of pitch perception for advanced tones (see the notion of pitch below). The amount of masking is defined because the number of decibels by which the edge for the sign is raised above the absolute threshold (see under for a definition of absolute threshold). One conception of auditory masking is predicated on the concept of the auditory filters. The results described up to now were based on the assumption that the auditory filter is symmetric, which is the case for average sound levels.
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There should be no interference with the move of irrigation to the operative web site during drilling. This is important in cooling the bone and Chapter 209 Principles of osseointegration and the position of prosthetics] 2913 washing debris away from the operative web site. The buccal face template is used for oral placement and could be tailored for use at extra-oral sites. The use of an incision distant from the implant site avoided wound closure instantly over an implant. However, this has been superseded by surgical strategy over or near the proposed implant placement. This is positioned using an appropriate landmark, such because the tragus, eye socket, nasal bridge or adjoining teeth, to find it and, where attainable, the template is retained in position with clasps or screwed immediately into the underlying bone. A gap is drilled via the template and the underlying delicate tissues into the bone. This leads to a longer buccal flap with extra-keratinized tissue introduced from the palate to the labial/buccal facet of the ridge. This can then be contoured to give the very best gentle tissue cuff across the implant for each useful and aesthetic purposes. Flaps are raised in the subperiosteal aircraft and any relieving incisions placed remote from the implant web site. The quantity of flap reflection is limited to enable sufficient entry and evaluation of the bony architecture. Any concavities that will lead to fenestration or dehiscence of the implant physique are famous. Where potential, the implant ought to be inserted at an angle that may place it completely inside bone. However, this could not compromise abutment place, emergence profile or construction of the prosthesis. The alternate options of selecting one other implant web site, or considering using guided tissue regeneration or bone grafting, are depending on local elements, the sort of reconstruction deliberate and the expertise of the surgeon. In an edentulous mouth, the surgical stent must be precisely positioned so that the dental centreline line is right. It may be secured in place with a 2 mm mini screw into the palatal vault or mandibular symphysis. A long drill, inserted in the midline of the jaw on the appropriate angulation, may also be useful as a information to implant alignment. However, even in these circumstances, a template ensures parallel implant placement. It is comparatively straightforward to exceed the 471C temperature that causes bone necrosis, notably when drilling in dense bone at increasing depths. An intermittent drilling technique clears the slicing end of the drill of bone particles, permits the irrigant to attain the depth of the opening and promotes heat dissipation. This could be checked at the time of surgical procedure with the depth gauges equipped with every implant system. Assessment of the native anatomy on the time of surgical procedure could lead to modification of the depth. Surgical tapping and threading of bone to increase floor area of contact Once prepared to the correct length, the implant website may be irrigated to clear any remaining particles. Where a screw implant is to be used, a thread is tapped into the bone if it is too dense for a self-tapping implant. In some circumstances, solely the cortical plate may require tapping, thereby allowing easier insertion of the threaded implant with lowered native trauma. Irrigation and cooling of bone With all implant methods, a series of drills are used to enlarge and deepen the implant gap. Continuous irrigation and cooling of the burs is crucial if overheating of the bone is to be prevented. After implant insertion, the injuries are closed meticulously with a nonirritant suture materials that may remain clean, significantly if within the mouth. The avoidance of direct stress over the implant website in the course of the therapeutic period is important. This is greatest achieved with tooth-supported bridges or dentures that stop contact or loading of the underlying soft tissue and implants. It is important, if possible, to keep away from the use of adhesives to retain prostheses as these might intrude with the wound healing process.
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Fractures may not be evident after an damage however with continued growth the nostril may turn into deviated together with a practical difficulty often not appreciated till puberty. Frequently, there are asymmetries of progress within the entire nasal skeleton which makes absolute correction of this sort of deformity very difficult, the clinician relying on disguising strategies and grafting to produce the phantasm of a straight nose. Deviation from despair or lateral displacement of the nasal bones with a septal fracture also wants to be simple to right with realignment of the fragments; nevertheless, incomplete reduction or an untreated septal fracture is a common reason for failure of closed manipulation of fractured and displaced nasal bones. Therefore, defining the midline turns into the first step and this may be taken because the facial centre point � midpoint between the medial canthi on the nose with the pinnacle within the Frankfurt plane. Depending on the length of the nasal bones, this enables the clinician to compartmentalize the planned restore, as the management of every third is different. The upper third, or bony vault, normally requires osteotomies, which must be fastidiously tailor-made to the precise deformity depending on the presence or absence of a dorsal hump. The center third, involving the septum/upper lateral complex, has each aesthetic and practical considerations related to the width of the nose and the perform of the inner nasal valve. The lower third additionally entails the comparatively unsupported dorsal and caudal septum, decrease lateral cartilages and the nasal base. Substantial nasal deviations are at all times associated with a deformity of the nasal septum, and tons of publications highlight the necessity for adequate correction of the septum so as to obtain a passable end result. They are often the cause of the strain or torque in the quadrilateral cartilage, which can in itself be normal however pulled out of place by the hyperlink with the bony abnormality. The septal deformity can often be predicted clinically, notably in the mid and lower thirds of the nostril by the external deformity. Vertically oriented deviations or fractures produce lateral deviation of the nostril with a bulging of the higher lateral cartilage the place the septum impacts on the lateral nasal wall. A horizontal fracture may coexist and produce a mid-third saddle or nostril and tip asymmetry as properly as deviation. The first point to determine after evaluation of the deformities is whether or not or not the correction requires mobilization and realignment of the skeleton or if a camouflage approach is necessary to have the ability to create an phantasm of a straight nostril by mixtures of discount and augmentation, with out the doubtless destabilizing impact of septoplasty and osteotomies. These rules apply to main and secondary (revision) rhinoplasty as properly as post-traumatic noses. Noses that have a deviation and a dorsal hump can be handled by discount strategies. Deviated noses without a dorsal hump require septal surgical procedure, normally together with a variant of the usual osteotomies, and the presence of a deviation with saddling wants an augmentation, typically using camouflaging methods. This strategy undoubtedly allows correct shave reductions and augmentations with grafts sutured in place. Camouflaging, particularly for revision instances, is ideally carried out through a closed approach with exact pockets created for nonstructural grafts. This avoids broad dissection of the soft tissue envelope and the consequent threat of unpredictable healing. Minor deviations may be treated by unilateral osteotomies, leaving the alternative sidewall to present support. The keystone space, the junction of the cartilage and bone on the rhinion, is a crucial help point and disruption right here can result in notching of the dorsum and even collapse with saddling. Lateral, transverse and medial osteotomies on the longer facet with outfracture, and if necessary slight reduction in height of the osseocartilagenous flap, are followed by a paramedian osteotomy on the more vertical side. Reduction of the convex aspect by powered debrider or rasp, plus augmentation by grafting utilizing thin wafers of cartilage on the concave aspect, may produce a extra steady repair. To obtain symmetric nasal bones before osteotomies, a tangential excision of the hump is required taking extra from the longer aspect, i. Medial, lateral and, if essential, transverse percutaneous osteotomies at the stage of the medial canthus using the best (2 mm) chisels ought to enable shifting of the pyramid back to the midline. The septum must be corrected initially, which will contain separation from the higher laterals. This should be carried out extramucosally to reduce potential inferomedial collapse postoperatively, facilitating placement of any grafts and minimizing contamination with the nasal cavity. Treatment of the lower third the nasal tip place is influenced by the position of the anterior and posterior septal angles, and these have to be corrected earlier than any tip work. Loss of the anterior septal angle will normally lead to a lower in nasal tip projection. Angulations or displacement of the caudal septum produce nostril asymmetry and deviation of the tip. Ellis and Gilbert5 described a locking method where the untrimmed displaced caudal septum is positioned on the contralateral side of a thinned nasal spine as soon as all the opposite twisting forces have been launched.
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