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      <title>SOFT ROCK EXPLORATION WITH PRESSURE EQUIPMENT</title>
      <link>https://trid.trb.org/View/121358</link>
      <description><![CDATA[A NEW INSTRUMENT, DEVELOPED FOR IN-SITU TESTING OF SOIL AND SOFT ROCK, PROMISES TO GIVE ACCURATE AND USEFUL INFORMATION ON STRESS-STRAIN CHARACTERISTICS AT ECONOMICAL COST. THE PRESSURE METER EQUIPMENT CONSISTS OF A COMBINATION VOLUMETER-MANOMETER CONNECTED TO A CYLINDRICAL BOREHOLE EXPANSION DEVICE. THIS PROBE IS CONSTRUCTED OF A STEEL TUBE SURROUNDED BY TWO FLEXIBLE RUBBER MEMBRANES, THE INTERIOR MEMBRANE FORMING THE MEASURING CELL AND THE EXTERIOR PROVIDING THE GUARD CELLS AT THE ENDS OF THE PROBE. THE GUARD CELL IS ACTIVATED BY GAS PRESSURE AND IS USED TO REDUCE END EFFECTS ON THE MEASURING CELL TO PROVIDE AN ESSENTIALLY TWO-DIMENSIONAL CONDITION. THE MEASURING CELL IS PRESSURIZED WITH WATER AND KEPT AT A SLIGHTLY HIGHER PRESSURE THAN THE GUARD CELL TO INSURE THAT IT IS ALWAYS PRESSING AGAINST THE BOREHOLE WALL. TWO CONCENTRIC TUBES CONNECT THE VOLUMETER TO THE PROBE. AFTER LOWERING THE PROBE TO THE DESIRED DEPTH, PRESSURE IS APPLIED TO THE BOREHOLE WALL BY INFLATING THE RUBBER MEMBRANES. TWO RECENT APPLICATIONS OF THIS EQUIPMENT ARE DESCRIBED - THE CASTAIC SURGE CHAMBER WITHIN THE CALIFORNIA AQUADUCT AND STOKES CANYON TUNNEL NEAR LOS ANGELES. /ASCE/]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 15 Aug 2004 02:39:03 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>A GROUND WATER-POTENTIAL PROBE WITH ELECTRONIC INDICATION (IN DUTCH)</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[THE FOKKENS MANOMETER APPARATUS FOR MEASURING GROUNDWATER POTENTIAL IS DESCRIBED. THE MAIN DISADVANTAGE IS THE TIME- COMSUMING AIR-FREE FILLING OF THE MANOMETER TUBE. AN ATTEMPT WAS MADE TO SPEED UP THE OPERATION BY A MEASUREMENT INSIDE THE PROBE, THUS OMITTING THE MANOMETER. THIS INVOLVES THE USE OF AN ISOLATED ELECTRODE WHICH IS LOWERED INSIDE THE PROBE; AS THE ELECTRODE REACHES GROUND WATER LEVEL AN INDICATOR LIGHT FLASHES, AND THE WATER LEVEL CAN BE MEASURED BY READING THE ELECTRODE DEPTH. /RRL/]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 15 Aug 2004 02:13:46 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>A MULTI-POINT WATER-TABLE RECORDER</title>
      <link>https://trid.trb.org/View/119125</link>
      <description><![CDATA[A PROTOTYPE APPARATUS FOR RECORDING DEPTHS OF WATER-TABLE, UTILIZING A MERCURY MANOMETER, FLOAT-OPERATED PEN, AND SPRING DRIVEN RECORDER CHART IS DESCRIBED. IT HAS OPERATED SATISFACTORILY IN THE FIELD FOR FIVE MONTHS. THE APPARATUS COSTS 100 - 150 POUNDS, IS SELF-CONTAINED AND RECORDS THREE WATER TABLES SIMULTANEOUSLY. WEEKLY SERVICING IS REQUIRED AT PRESENT, BUT MONTHLY SERVICING WOULD BE SUFFICIENT IF THE PENS COULD BE IMPROVED. IT SHOULD ALSO BE POSSIBLE TO RECORD PORE PRESSURES WITH THIS APPARATUS, BUT ONLY IN SOILS OF PREMEABILITY GREATER THAN ABOUT 10 TO THE MINUS 6 CM/S. /RRL/A/]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 15 Aug 2004 02:12:57 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>DESIGN OF A DIFFERENTIAL PORE PRESSURE MANOMETER AND ITS TIME LAG CHARACTERISTICS</title>
      <link>https://trid.trb.org/View/118182</link>
      <description><![CDATA[A NEW DIFFERENTIAL PORE PRESSURE MANOMETER HAS BEEN DESIGNED WHICH CAN REGISTER SIMULTANEOUSLY THE DIFFERENCE OF PORE PRESSURE AT BASE AND ANY OTHER POINT INSIDE THE TRIAXIAL SOIL SPECIMEN. THE DESIGN CRITERIA OF THE ABOVE DEVICE HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED. THE DIFFERENTIAL PORE PRESSURE MANOMETER IS USEFUL FOR SATURATION BY BACK PRESSURE AND MEASUREMENT OF PORE PRESSURE IN THE TRIAXIAL SPECIMEN WHERE THERE IS NO CONTROL OF CELL PRESURE. EXPERIMENTS HAVE BEEN CARRIED OUT TO MEASURE TIME LAG IN PORE PRESSURE MEASUREMENT AT BASE AS WELL AS CENTRE OF THE SPECIMEN. EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS CONFIRM GIBSONS THEORETICAL ANALYSIS FOR TIME LAG IN BASE PORE PRESSURE MEASUREMENT. PORE PRESSURES IN THE CENTER OF THE SPECIMEN WERE MEASURED THROUGH A PLASTIC PROBE CONTAINING A FILTER TIP AT ITS END. SUITABILITY OF OTHER TYPES OF PROBE HAVE ALSO BEEN DISCUSSED. TIME LAG IN PORE PRESSURE MEASUREMENT THROUGH PROBE HAS BEEN COMPARED WITH THE THEORETICAL VALUE FOR PIEZOMETER BURIED IN SEMI-INFINITE SOIL. IT IS PREDICTED THAT IF THE DIMENSIONSLESS FACTOR IS GREATER THAN 1000, THE SPECIMEN MAY BE TREATED AS SEMI- INFINITE MEDIA WITH RESPECT TO THE PROBE. THE TEDIOUS DIFFERENTIAL EQUATION FOR TIME LAG HAS BEEN SOLVED NUMERICALLY BY SCHMIDTS METHOD AND SIMPLE EMPIRICAL FORMULAE HAVE BEEN OBTAINED FOR TIME LAG IN PORE PRESSURE MEASUREMENT AT BASE AS WELL AS MID-HEIGHT OF THE SPECIMEN. IN CLAYEY SOILS, THE PORE WATER HAS CONCENTRATION OF IONS. CONSEQUENTLY, OSMOTIC PRESSURE WILL COME INTO PLAY DURING PORE PRESSURE MEASUREMENT. SOURCE OF ERROR DUE TO ABOVE CAUSE AND REMEDIAL MEASURES HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED. IT WAS OBSERVED THAT THE FILTER TIP WAS OFTEN CHOKED. BACK PRESSURE WAS FOUND VERY EFFECTIVE IN REMOVAL OF CHOKING FROM THE FILTER TIP. VOLUME CHANGES IN PORE PRESSURE LOAD OF BISHOPS PORE PRESSURE APPARATUS HAVE BEEN MEASURED WITH CHANGES IN ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE WHICH WERE FOUND TO BE OF CONSIDERABLE MAGNITUDE AND WOULD AFFECT THE PORE PRESSURE MEASUREMENT SUBSTANTIALLY. /AUTHOR/]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 15 Aug 2004 01:49:08 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>A NEW APPARATUS FOR RECORDING PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[A MANOMETER AND SENSITIVE CAPACITANCE TRANSDUCER FOLLOW THE DROP IN HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE AT A POINT NEAR THE BOTTOM OF A COLUMN OF SOIL SUSPENSION, DURING SEDIMENTATION. CURRENT FROM THE TRANSDUCER IS FED TO A RECORDER, WHICH TRACES AN ACCUMULATION CURVE. THE FIRST DERIVATIVE (SLOPE OF THE CURVE) GIVES A SUMMATION CURVE OF THE PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION. RESULTS ON FOUR SOILS WITH DIFFERENT PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS AGREE WITH THOSE OBTAINED BY A STANDARD PIPETTE-SAMPLING/SIEVING PROCEDURE OVER THE RANGE 20-200 MICRONS (MU) EFFECTIVE SETTLING DIAMETER. /LCPC/A/RRL/]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2003 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>DESIGN OF A DIFFERENTIAL PORE PRESSURE MANOMETER</title>
      <link>https://trid.trb.org/View/126673</link>
      <description><![CDATA[A NEW DIFFERENTIAL PORE PRESSURE MANOMETER HAS BEEN USED TO RECORD PORE PRESSURE AT THE CENTER OF THE SPECIMEN. GIBSONS THEORETICAL ANALYSIS FOR TIME LAG IN BASE PORE PRESSURE WAS CONFIRMED EXPERIMENTALLY. EMPIRICAL EQUATIONS WERE DEVELOPED TO PREDICT TIME LAG IN PORE-PRESSURE MEASUREMENT AT THE BASE AS WELL AS THE CENTER OF THE SPECIMEN. THE TECHNIQUE OF PORE-PRESSURE MEASUREMENT BY VARIOUS KINDS OF PROBES WAS EXAMINED. TWO SOURCES OF ERROR- CHOKING OF FILTER TIP AND DIFFERENCE OF IONIC CONCENTRATION IN PORE WATER AND WATER IN LEAD - WAS NOTED AND REMEDIAL PROCEDURE SUGGESTED.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 1994 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>A MERCURY COLUMN VERTICAL MOVEMENT MEANING DEVICE FOR GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Methods of measuring the vertical movement of points below ground are briefly reviewed, whereafter the application of one particular method is closely examined.  The use of a mercury manometer, where only one leg of the mercury column is visible, is shown to be viable in South African temperature conditions and an improved method of determining the level of a buried settlement measuring cell, using a mercury column as a switch, is described. (TRRL)]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 1992 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>WATER-MANOMETER TENSIOMETERS INSTALLED AND READ FROM THE LAND SURFACE</title>
      <link>https://trid.trb.org/View/147917</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Soil-moisture tension has been measured beneath an artifical-recharge basin in Suffolk County, Long Island, N.Y., with water-manometer tensiometers that can be installed and read from the land surface.  The manometer-tensiometer unit is buried at the desired depth, and soil-moisture tension is measured from the land surface with a simple wire probe and electrical circuit that detect the level of water in the manometer.  The water manometer is more sensitive than other common methods for determining unsaturated pressure head or soil-moisture tension over small ranges and is most helpful in situations where small changes in soil-moisture tension can reflect significnat changes in hydraulic conductivity.  Although the configuration may not be appropriate for installation at great depth (greater than 6 m) or in extremely coarse or fine soils, it provides rapid, reliable measurement of soil-moisture tension. (Author)]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 1980 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>A MODIFIED MERCURY TENSIOMETER</title>
      <link>https://trid.trb.org/View/59388</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The present paper introduces a modified type of Hg tensiometer.  The manometer in this tensiometer uses the usual principal as for other Hg manometers.  However, the main difference is that the Hg manometer is contained within the tensiometer body itself.  A relatively small volume of Hg is used and the small mercury reservoir can be filled or emptied rather easily.  Once the reservoir is filled, the mercury can usually be safely left for the lifetime of the tensiometer.  Tensiometers of the proposed design have been handled successfully for scheduling irrigation on shallow soils by unskilled farmers in Cyprus for the last 4 years. /Author/]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 1977 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>PNEUMATIC MEASUREMENTS OF PRESSURE - THE PROBLEM OF HEAD LOSSES</title>
      <link>https://trid.trb.org/View/35690</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Glotzl measuring pressure cell is now used with a pneumatic measuring chain. The sensor is a manometer, which can be adapted to the value to be measured and recalibrated if needed. It is generally admitted that head losses are small and even negligible for the gas rates of flow and Rilsan pipes used.  The research reported gives the results of an experimental determination of the loss of head for various rates of flow, 4 x 6 mm and 2 x 6 mm and at different pressures in Rilsan pipes and is completed by the determination of loss of head in 1 x 2 mm Rilsan pipes, with which the ac50 counter-pressure pneumatic sensors with controlled rate of flow are equipped. When counter-pressure pneumatic devices are used for in-situ measurements the sensor must be protected against dust which could block the return opening or modify the behaviour of the sensitive membrane. Because of this, head losses caused by a filtering insert introduced in the Rilsan pipe and preventing all particles greater than 50 microns to enter the pipe were also measured. /TRRL/]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 1976 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>MERCURY-FILLED SETTLEMENT GAUGE</title>
      <link>https://trid.trb.org/View/126087</link>
      <description><![CDATA[A DESCRIPTION IS GIVEN OF A REMOTE-SENSING, MULTIPLE-POINT, MERCURY-FILLED SETTLEMENT GAUGE DESIGNED FOR MEASURING IN-PLACE SETTLEMENTS. THE GAUGE CONSISTS OF SETTLEMENT UNITS POSITIONED AT LOCATIONS WHERE SETTLEMENT MEASUREMENTS ARE DESIRED AND A MONITORING UNIT LOCATED OUTSIDE OF CONSTRUCTION LIMITS. SETTLEMENT READINGS ARE OBSERVED ON A MERCURY MANOMETER LOCATED AT THE MONITORING SITE AND ARE EQUAL TO THE DIFFERENCES IN INITIAL AND SUBSEQUENT PRESSURE-HEAD READINGS. COMPARISONS OF MEASUREMENTS OBTAINED AT HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION SITE FROM MERCURY GAUGE SETTLEMENT UNITS AND CONVENTIONAL SETTLEMENT PLATFORMS ARE PRESENTED AND SHOW VERY GOOD AGREEMENT. WITH THE MERCURY GAUGE, A LARGE AMOUNT OF SETTLEMENT INFORMATION CAN BE OBTAINED PER INSTALLATION, AND THE GAUGE DOE NOT HAVE MANY OF THE DISADVANTAGES ASSOCIATED WITH THE SETTLEMENT PLATFORM.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 1974 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>TELEMEASUREMENT OF THE MOISTURE CONTENT IN EMBANKMENTS BY MEANS OF MANOMETRIC WEIGHING /IN PORTUGESE/</title>
      <link>https://trid.trb.org/View/117577</link>
      <description><![CDATA[BECAUSE OF THE INFLUENCE OF IN-SITU MOISTURE CONTENT ON THE BEARING CAPACITY OF EMBANKMENTS AND PAVEMENTS, AN ATTEMPT WAS MADE TO DETERMINE THIS MOISTURE CONTENT INSIDE AN EMBANKMENT, BY NON-DESTRUCTIVE METHODS. THE METHOD DEVELOPED AT THE LNEC FOR MEASURING THE IN-SITU MOISTURE CONTENT IN EMBANKMENTS BY MANOMETRIC WEIGHING IS PRESENTED. DETAILS ARE GIVEN OF THE APPARATUS USED TO DETERMINE THE VARIATIONS IN WEIGHT OF A SOIL MASS PLACED IN A PERFORATED BOX, INSIDE AN EMBANKMENT. THE RESULTS OF THE CALIBRATION OF THIS EQUIPMENT ARE PRESENTED. THE PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS OF THIS APPARATUS WILL BE DISCUSSED LATER. /TRRL/]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 11 Jun 1972 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>WIND RESISTANCE OF MOTOR VEHICLES</title>
      <link>https://trid.trb.org/View/116360</link>
      <description><![CDATA[THE INVESTIGATION OF WIND RESISTANCE OF MOTOR VEHICLES WAS UNDERTAKEN. THE METHOD USED IN TESTS CONSISTS OF MEASURING THE AVERAGE PULL OF THE WIND OF A CAR SUPPORTED ON A PLATFORM WHICH FLOATED IN A LARGE TANK. AN AUTOMATIC DEVICE RECORDED THE VARIATIONS IN PULL, WHICH WERE AVERAGED BY MEANS OF PLANIMETER. WIND VELOCITY WAS DETERMINED BY MEANS OF ANEMOMETERS AND ITS DIRECTION DETERMINED BY WEATHER VANES. AFTER A YEAR'S WORK, THE METHOD WAS ABANDONED BECAUSE OF THE EXTREME VARIABILITY AND GUSTINESS OF THE NATURAL WINDS, AND A WIND TUNNEL LARGE ENOUGH TO BE USED IN TESTING FULL-SIZE CARS WAS DESIGNED AND BUILT. THE SET-UP IS DESCRIBED OF THE WIND TUNNEL, MOTORS AND FANS TO PRODUCE WIND VELOCITY OF 36 MPH. A SPRING BALANCE IS USED FOR MEASURING THE PULL ON THE CAR AND THE WIND VELOCITY IS MEASURED BY MEANS OF A PITOT TUBE AND AN INCLINED MANOMETER. A DEVICE FOR LIFTING THE CAR OFF THE PLATFORM IN ORDER TO OBTAIN THE EFFECT OF THE WIND ON THE PLATFORM ITSELF WAS PERFECTED.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 1970 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>A NEW NON-DESTRUCTIVE METHOD FOR CONCRETES STRENGTH DETERMINATION /IN GREEK AND ENGLISH/</title>
      <link>https://trid.trb.org/View/98835</link>
      <description><![CDATA[DETAILS ARE GIVEN OF THE 'HELLENIC METHOD', A NON-DESTRUCTIVE TEST WHICH CONSISTS IN DRIVING A STANDARD NAIL INTO A CONCRETE SURFACE, LEAVING IT FOR 10 MINUTES IN A PERPENDICULAR POSITION, AND EXTRACTING IT; THE NECESSARY PULLOUT FORCE IS MEASURED IN KG WITH A MANOMETER. A SERIES OF TESTS WAS CARRIED OUT TO ESTABLISH A CORRELATION BETWEEN THE PULLOUT FORCE AND THE STRENGTH VALUE OF THE CONCRETE UNDER VARIOUS CONDITIONS OF COMPOSITION AND AGE. /RRL/]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 1970 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>PIEZOMETERS FOR PORE PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS IN CLAY</title>
      <link>https://trid.trb.org/View/119087</link>
      <description><![CDATA[EQUIPMENT AND MATERIALS REQUIRED FOR INSTALLATION OF PIEZOMETERS ARE DESCRIBED. SARAN OR POLYETHYLENE PLASTIC TUBING IS RECOMMENDED FOR THE RISER PIPE. FOR THE POROUS POINT, A CERAMIC TUBE IS RECOMMENDED. A TAMPING HAMMER, HAMMER-CABLE ASSEMBLY IS USED TO: (1) TAMP THE BENTONITE LAYERS AND ASSURE A WATER-TIGHT SEAL BETWEEN THE CASING AND THE PLASTIC TUBING, (2) CENTER THE PLASTIC TUBING WHILE THE BENTONITE SEAL IS BEING TAMPED INTO PLACE, AND (3) MEASURE DEPTHS AT VARIOUS STAGES OF THE INSTALLATION. THE ASSEMBLY OF THE POROUS POINT IN PLASTIC TUBING IS DESCRIBED. ONE END OF THE POROUS TUBE SHOULD BE PLUGGED WITH THE NEOPRENE OR RUBBER STOPPER, AND THE PLASTIC TUBING SHOULD BE ATTACHED TO THE OTHER END BY MEANS OF THE NEOPRENE OR RUBBER BUSHING. A CASED HOLE SHOULD BE ADVANCED TO THE ELEVATION OF THE BOTTOM OF THE PERVIOUS SPACE THAT WILL CONTAIN THE POROUS TUBE EMBEDDED IN SAND. AFTER THE CASING IS ADVANCED TO THE DESIRED DEPTH, THE INSTALLATION OF THE POROUS POINT AND SEAL IS DESCRIBED. FINALLY, THE BENTONITE SEAL CONSISTS OF FIVE LAYERS OF BENTONITE BALLS, EACH ONE PLACED AND COMPACTED. WHEN THE WATER LEVEL IS BELOW THE TOP OF THE PLASTIC TUBING, AN ELECTRIC SOUNDING DEVICE IS USED, CONSISTING OF A SHIELDED MICROPHONE CABLE AS SOUNDING WIRE AND AN OHMMETER TO WHICH THE UPPER END OF THE SOUNDING WIRE IS CONNECTED. WHEN THE PIEZOMETRIC HEAD IS ABOVE THE TOP OF THE STANDPIPE, READINGS CAN BE MADE EASILY WITH A RELIABLE BOURDON GAUGE ATTACHED FIRMLY TO THE STANDPIPE, OR A MERCURY MANOMETER. DIRECTIONS ARE GIVEN FOR IMPROVISING A SATISFACTORY MERCURY MANOMETER. IT IS EMPHASIZED THAT IT IS IMPORTANT TO PROTECT THE TOP OF THE PIEZOMETER PIPE, AND ANY INSTRUMENTS ABOVE THE GROUND, AGAINST DIRECT RAYS OF THE SUN. TO MINIMIZE ERRORS DUE TO TEMPERATURE VARIATIONS, THE READING SHOULD PREFERABLY BE MADE AT THE SAME HOUR EARLY IN THE MORNING.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 1970 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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