Hypothetical Needs Assessment

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Submit a 2-page paper outlining a hypothetical needs assessment related to the support group program for caregivers. Include the following:

· Abstract

  • The resources needed to operate this service
  • The program activities
  • The desired outcomes
  • A plan for gathering information about the population served
  • Justifications for your plans and decisions
  • A one-paragraph conclusion describing how you might conduct a follow-up to the needs assessment at the implementation stage of the program evaluation.

Background:

To prepare for this Assignment, review the needs assessment plans that you and your classmates generated for this week’s Discussion. Also, review the logic models that you created in Week 7 and any literature on needs of caregivers that you used to generate them. Consider the following to stimulate your thinking:

  • Getting information about the needs of the target population:
    • Who would informants be?
    • What is your purpose for interacting with them?
    • What questions would you ask?
    • What method would you use (interview, focus group, questionnaire)?
  • Finding potential clients:
    • Who would informants be?
    • What is your purpose for interacting with them?
    • What questions would you ask?
    • What method would you use?
  • Interacting with the target population:
    • Who would informants be?
    • What is your purpose for interacting with them?
    • What questions would you ask?
    • What method would you use?
 
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Socw 6500

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When interacting with a supervisor, it may be difficult to know how to act, what to expect—and how much to expect in terms of mentorship and guidance. You do not need to enter a supervisory relationship shrouded in mystery. In fact, like many other aspects of the internship experience, the best route to clear expectations is to develop a plan. In this Assignment, you develop a supervision plan in order to be proactive and prepared for supervision.

To Prepare

  • Review the Supervision Agenda from the Field Experience web site.
  • Read the assigned text chapter.
  • Review the resources provided this week about supervision.
  • Reflect on the productive and positive aspects of supervision you have already witnessed at your internship site. How do those align with your readings or resource material?
  • Reflect on productive and positive aspects of supervision that you have encountered in other professional settings.
  • Consider how you can be proactive and collaborative to foster proactive and positive supervisions. Refer to the resources provided in the course this week.

By Day 7

address the following:

INTERNSHIP IS WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES

  • Develop a supervision plan to guide productive and positive mentorship with your supervisor during supervision meetings.
  • Explain how supervision adds to your professional growth and development.
  • Explain how you used this week’s readings and resources to inform your plan.
  • Include at least three (3) specific items in your plan.
 
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The Boy Who Was Raised As A Dog

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  1. In the introduction to The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog, Perry draws a distinction between being human and being humane (Perry & Szalavitz, 2017, p. 12). What are the differences? Provide a personal or historical example to illustrate your point.
  2. What is the author’s main idea? Summarize it in 1–2 sentences. Does he consistently come back to this idea in each case he examines? Explain using examples from the various chapters.
  3. In many of the sessions Dr. Perry has with the children, he describes doing a coloring activity with them. How does this help his relationship with the children? What are some of his techniques?
  4. In your opinion, do the children you read about in The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog have an opportunity to experience a normal adult life? Explain your answer; cite the text if possible.
  5. In Chapter 4, “Skin Hunger,” Perry describes and explains the concept of the “failure to thrive” (Perry & Szalavitz, 2017, pp. 89–91). What does this mean? What were some key points about the ability to thrive that were made in the chapter? What are some of the causes and lasting problems associated with the condition?
  6. What is a good environment? Does this vary based on cultural or economic reasons?
  7. According to the text, why was Tina unable to behave normally for a child her age? Is she a “lost cause,” as they say, or does she still have the ability to overcome the difficulties of her youth? Cite the text, and provide evidence to support your opinion.
  8. In Chapter 5, “The Coldest Heart,” Leon is diagnosed as a sociopath (Perry & Szalavitz, 2017, pp. 112–113). In your well-read opinion, who is responsible for his condition? Explain, providing textual support and evidence. What can we learn from his story?
  9. Summarize the story of Chapter 6, “The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog,” in 5–8 sentences. What lessons did Dr. Perry learn from Connor and Justin?
  10. Which is more important, nature, which is biology, or nurture, which is the environment? Provide an example.
  11. Are the roles of socioeconomic class and race important elements in the work that Dr. Perry does? Does he handle these issues well? Explain.
  12. What is RAD (Perry & Szalavitz, 2017, pp. 192–194)? How does a child acquire the disorder, and what are the symptoms?
  13. In his conclusion, Dr. Perry gives a summation of his ideas. What are some of the ways in which Dr. Perry suggests children, and all people, can thrive?
  14. In Chapter 11, “Healing Communities,” Dr. Perry states, “The world we live in now is biologically disrespectful” (Perry & Szalavitz, 2017, p. 262). Explain what he means and interpret the idea. Do you agree?

 
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Sociology In Our Times…Chapters 4-6

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Sociology in our times – the Essentials ..Kendall

Chapter 4

 

1. Think of a person you know well who often irritates you or whose behavior grates on your nerves (it could be a parent, friend, relative, teacher).

First, list that person’s statuses and roles. Then analyze the person’s possible role expectations, role performance, role conflicts, and role strains.

Does anything you find in your analysis help to explain the irritating behavior? How helpful are the concepts of social structure in analyzing individual behavior?

 

2. You are conducting field research on gender differences in nonverbal communication styles.

How are you going to account for variations among age, race, and social class?

 

3. When communicating with other genders, races, and ages, is it better to express and acknowledge different styles or to develop a common, uniform style?

 

Chapter 5

 

1. Who might be more likely to conform in a bureaucracy, those with power or those wanting more power?

 

2. Do the insights gained from Milgram’s research on obedience outweigh the elements

of deception and stress that were forced on its subjects?

 

3. How would you organize a large-scale organization or company for the twenty-fi rst century?

 

Chapter 6

 

1. Does public toleration of deviance lead to increased crime rates? If people were forced to

conform to stricter standards of behavior, would there be less crime in the United States?

 

2. Should so-called victimless crimes, such as prostitution and recreational drug use, be decriminalized? Do these crimes harm society?

 

3. As a sociologist armed with a sociological imagination, how would you propose to deal

with the problem of crime in the United States and around the world?

 
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QSO/510 QSO 510 QSO510 Week 3 Module 3 – Final Project Milestone One

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the workplace (or, if you have limited work experience, that you would find it valuable to solve in your home life), and then identify what you wish to study. You must apply the theories and concepts from the course to interpret and formulate your hypotheses. Be sure to identify why the answer/solution matters. Once you have your hypotheses, go through the scientific method and statistical process to sample and answer the question. Be sure that you justify the statistical test that you use and either reject or fail to reject the null hypothesis based on the data. Your conclusion should be entirely data driven, with the implications clear.

 

The project is divided into two milestones, which will be submitted at various points throughout the course to scaffold learning and ensure quality final submissions. These milestones will be submitted in Modules Three and Seven. The final submission will occur in Module Nine.

 

Outcomes

In this assignment, you will demonstrate your mastery of the following course outcomes:

 

·         QSO.510.1 Provide students with a basic understanding of several quantitative techniques that are used extensively for decision making in business

·         QSO.510.2 Enable students to recognize problem areas in their fields of professional responsibilities and to apply the appropriate quantitative methods for obtaining rational solutions

·         QSO.510.3 Increase the student’s effectiveness in communicating with other specialists in the firm such as industrial engineers, production managers, operations researchers, statisticians, and other problem-solving and decision-making persons

·         QSO.510.4 Enable students to use the power of the spreadsheets and statistical software in the application of the quantitative techniques

 

Prompt

Statistics is the study that pertains to the collection, analysis, explanation or interpretation, and presentation of data. Interpretation of statistical information often involves the development of a null hypothesis—that whatever is proposed as a cause has no effect on the variable being measured.

 

Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed:

 

  1. Statistical Argument: Propose an argument that answers the prompt. Include a strong thesis statement connected to data-driven evidence. (QSO.510.3)
    1. Topic Selection (QSO.510.1): Select an appropriate topic and provide a detailed explanation of the significance.
    2. Citations (QSO.510.1): Paraphrase and/or integrate quotes effectively.
  2. Data Collection: Once you finalize your research question, compile your research and collect raw data. (QSO.510.4)
    1. Organization (QSO.510.3): Include a clearly stated thesis and a well-organized body section of your paper.
  3. Statistical Process (QSO 510.2):Using your knowledge of the scientific method and statistical process to analyze the data:
    1. Descriptive Statistics (QSO.510.2): Summarize the population data by describing what was observed in the sample set numerically or graphically.
    2. Inferential Statistics (QSO.510.4): Use patterns in the sample data to draw inferences about the population represented, accounting for randomness. These inferences may take the form of hypothesis testing (i.e., answering yes/no questions about the data), estimation (estimating numerical characteristics of the data), correlation (describing associations within the data), and modeling relationships within the data. (QSO.510.4)
    3. Null Hypothesis (QSO.510.2): Refer to a general or default position—that there is no relationship between two measured phenomena. Rejecting or disproving the null hypothesis is concluding that there are grounds for believing that there is a relationship between two phenomena or that a potential treatment has a measurable effect.
  4. Primary-Source Analysis (QSO.510.2): Select sources in support of your thesis statement. Critically examine the sources in context of your paper topic. Remember that this is not based on opinion, but rather based on analysis of the statistical data. The source methodology supports your thesis statement.

 

Milestones

Milestone One: Topic Selection

 

In task 3-2, you will submit a 2–3-page paper summarizing your topic selection. Why did you select this topic? What is the significance? Which statistical method(s) will be used? The feedback provided by the instructor should be applied to your final research paper. This milestone is graded with the Milestone One Rubric.

 
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Mini Case On Page 329, 330 Calendonia

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It’s been two months since you took a position as an assistant financial analyst at Caledonia Products.  Although your boss has been pleased with your work, he is still a bit hesitant about unleashing you without supervision.  Your next assignment involves both the calculation of the cash flows associated with a new investment under consideration and the evaluation of several mutually exclusive projects.  Given your lack of tenure at Caledonia, you have been asked not only to provide a recommendation, but also to respond to a number of questions aimed at judging your understanding of the capital-budgeting process.  The memorandum you received outlining your assignment follows:

To: The Assistant Financial Analyst

From: Mr. V. Morrison, CEO, Caledonia Products

Re:  Cash Flow Analysis and Capital Rationing

We are considering the introduction of a new product.  Currently we are in the 34% tax bracket with a 15% discount rate.  This project is expected to last five years and then, because this is somewhat of a fad project, it will be terminated.  The following information describes the new project:

Cost of new plant and equipment: $7,900,000

Shipping and Installation Costs: $100,000

Unit Sales:

Sales Price per Unit:  $300/unit in years 1-4 and $260/unit in year 5

Variable Cost per Unit: $180/unit

Annual Fixed Costs:  $200,000 per year

Working capital requirements: There will be an initial working capital requirement of $100,000 just to get production started.  For each year, the total investment in net working capital will be equal to 10% of the dollar value of sales for that year.  Thus, the investment in working capital will increase during years 1 through 3, then decrease in year 4.  Finally, all working capital is liquidated at the termination of the project at the end of year 5.  Depreciation method: Straight-line over 5 years assuming the plant and equipment have no salvage value after 5 years.

Years     Unit Sold

1         70,000

2         120,000

3         140,000

4         80,000

5         60,000

 

Question 1 – What is the project’s net present value?

 

 

 

parts “a” to “d,” summarize your analysis in a concise management statement not to exceed a total of 1,200 words. For parts “e” to “k,” use formulas to calculate the ratios and format the cells to insert a comma if there is more than three numbers. Round to the nearest whole number. Clearly label your analysis and your conclusions in not more than 500 words. Mini Case: We are considering the introduction of a new product. Currently we are in the 34% marginal tax bracket with a 15% required rate of return or cost of capital. This project is expected to last 5 years and then, because this somewhat of a fad product, be terminated. The following information describes the new project. Cost of new plant & equipment= $7,900,00 Shipping and installation costs=$100,000 Unit Sales: Year 1 units sold 70,000 Year 2 units sold 120,000 Year 3 units sold 140,000 Year 4 units sold 80,000 Year 5 units sold 60,000 Sales price per unit= $300/unit in the years 1-4, Year 5 $260/unit Variable costs per unit = $280/unit Annual fixed costs= $200,000 Working capital requirements: There will be an initial working-capital requirement of $100,000 just to get production started. For each year, the total investment in the net working capital will be equal to 10% of the dollar value of the sales for that year. Thus, the investment in working capital will increase during years 1-3, then decrease in year 4. Finally, all working capital is liquidated at the termination of the project at the end of year 5. The depreciation method: Use the simplified straight-line method over 5 years. Assume that the plant and equipment will have no salvage value after 5 years.   A)should the company focus on cash flow or accounting profits in making its capital-budgeting decisions? Should the company be interested in incremental cash flows, incremental profits, total free cash flows, or total profits? B) How does depreciation affect free cash flows? C) How do sunk costs effect the determination of cash flows? D) What is the projects initial outlay? E) What are the differential cash flows over the projects life? F) What is the terminal cash flow? G) Draw a cash flow diagram for this project H) What is its net present value? I)What is the internal rate of return? J) Should the project be accepted? Why or why not? K) In Capital budgeting, risk can be measured from 3 perspectives. What are those 3 measures of a projects risk? L) According to the CAPM, which measurement of a projects risk is relevant? What complications does reality introduce into CAPM view of risk, and what does that mean for our view of the relevant measure of a projects risk? M) Explain how simulation works. What is the value of using the simulation approach? N) What is sensitivity analysis and what is its purpose?

 
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GEN 499 Week 4 Discussion 1

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Elements of Critical Thinking
Prepare: In preparation for discussing the importance of critical thinking skills, please read the following articles: Critical Thinking and the Challenges of Internet and Common Misconceptions of Critical Thinking. You may also read other applicable sources found under the Week Four Resources tab to gain a better understanding of what it takes to be a critical thinker.
Reflect: Reflect on the characteristics of a critical thinker. What makes you a critical thinker? Critical thinking gets you involved in a dialogue with the ideas you read from others in this class. To be a critical thinker, you need to be able to summarize, analyze, hypothesize, and evaluate new information that you encounter.
Write: For this discussion, you will address the following prompts. Keep in mind that the article or video you’ve chosen should not be about the topic “critical thinking,” but should be about someone making a statement, claim, or argument. One source should demonstrate good critical thinking skills and the other source should demonstrate the lack or absence of critical thinking skills. Personal examples should not be used.

  • Explain at least five elements of critical thinking that you found in the reading material.
  • Search the Internet, media, or the Ashford University Library, and find an example in which good critical thinking skills are being demonstrated by the author or speaker. Summarize the content and explain why you think it demonstrates good critical thinking skills.
  • Search the Internet, media, or the Ashford University Library and find an example in which the author or speaker lacks good critical thinking skills. Summarize the content and explain why you think it demonstrates the absence of good, critical thinking skills.

Your initial post should be at least 250 words in length, which should include a thorough response to each prompt. You are required to provide in-text citations of applicable required reading materials and/or any other outside sources you use to support your claims. Provide full reference information of all sources cited at the end of your response. Please use correct APA format when writing in-text citations and references.
 
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Bivariate Analysis

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Simple Statistics, Part C: Bivariate analysis

As might be expected, bivariate analysis is simply the statistical analysis of data on two variables at the same time. The prefix bi refers to two, as in bicycle. Examples of this kind of analysis would include the earlier hypothetical study of the differences in GPA between males and females. (G.P.A. is one variable, sex is the other.) If data were gathered on educational achievement and earned income, the researcher would have data on two different variables and could see if people with more education tended to earn higher incomes or not. (Education is one variable, income is the second.)

Much of the time, bivariate data is presented to the reader in table form such that the values of one variable are the columns of the table (the vertical lines) and the values of the other variable are the rows (the horizontal lines). Table 8.1 shows hypothetical (fake) data on the variables education level completed (the columns) and annual earned income (the rows).

 

  High School Graduate College Graduate Master’s Degree
Low Income 75% 25% 10%
Middle Income 20% 60% 50%
High Income 5% 15% 40%

Table 8.1. Annual earned income by education level completed

 

If one looks at the column labeled High School Grad., it is seen that only 5% of those whose highest educational achievement was to graduate from high school were earning what was described as a High Income. On the other hand, those graduating from college and those with master’s degrees placed 15% and 40%, respectively, into the High Income bracket. Thus, it could be concluded that there is something about getting a college degree, and especially a master’s degree, that increases the chance that one will earn a high income. This table, then, would be called a bivariate table because it presents the data on two different variables at the same time.

Bivariate tables (sometimes called contingency tables) provide answers to questions such as “Has the percentage of adult Americans who are willing to vote for a woman president increased since 1972?” or, more generally, to questions such as “Is there a difference between sample members that fall into one category of an independent variable and their counter parts in other categories in their experience of another characteristic?”

 
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SOCW 6200 week 6

 

 

cheraldo Sweatt

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Discussion: Dalia’s Behavior

A brief explanation of self-harming behaviors that Dalia is exhibiting.

Dalia exhibits necessary behaviors which are considered not to be normal even by her parents (Zastrow, 2016). For example, the argumentative behavior, especially with authority figures, does her more harm than good in her life.  At the same time, physical altercations with her peers, verbal combativeness, highly sexualized behaviors and more so, her impulsive nature is some of the self-harming behaviors which she exhibits.

Theoretical approaches and practical skills you would employ in working with Dalia.

Cognitive therapy is the best approach which should be applied to this situation. In the case of Dalia, cognitive therapy will help in creating an emphasis on what she thinks, rather than what she does. Dysfunctional thinking will be professionally approached, hence dysfunctional emotions and behaviors changed. Skills I would employ include; remaining patient, listening to the victim, and professional interaction to get to understand the situation at a better angle.

How might familial relationships result in Dalia’s self-harming behavior?

Dalia seems to have everything she wants in life, including all the comfort and freedom.  She believes that her mother is always trying to control her and at the same time, her father lets her do anything she wants (Moorey, 2010).  She does not have a perfect relationship with her siblings a well. In my view, this familial relationship is rather intensive and complicated, which might be the sole reason as to why Dalia exhibits the behaviors she has in her life.  No one seems to be there to look after her, and nobody is present for her to talk to. She feels very neglected and alone, with no significant meaning to life.

 

References

Zastrow, C. H., & Kirst-Ashman, K. K. (2016). Understanding human behavior and the social environment (10th ed.). Boston, MA:  Cengage Learning.

Moorey, S. (2010). Managing the unmanageable: Cognitive behavior therapy for deliberate        self-harm. Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, 24(2), 135–149. Retrieved from the Walden        Library databases.

 

 

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1. Response to the professor on the question on my posted discussion. Remember I need citations and references in APA format style

 

Cheraldo:

Good post.  Currently the stage of development using Erickson’s model would put Dalia in the identity versus role confusion stage.  However, there is a stage where she may also not have completely mastered due to her sickle cell anemia.  What stage is that and how could this be affecting her now ?

 

 

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Discussion: Dalia’s Behavior

 

A brief explanation of self

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harming behaviors that Dalia is exhibiting.

 

Dalia exhibits necessary behaviors which are considered not to be normal even by her parents

(Zastrow, 2016). For example, the argumentative behavior, esp

ecially with authority figures,

does her more harm than good in her life.

 

 

At the same time, physical altercations with her peers,

verbal combativeness, highly sexualized behaviors and more so, her impulsive nature is some of

the self

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harming behaviors whi

ch she exhibits.

 

Theoretical approaches and practical skills you would employ in working with Dalia.

 

Cognitive therapy is the best approach which should be applied to this situation. In the case of

Dalia, cognitive therapy will help in creating an empha

sis on what she thinks, rather than what

she does. Dysfunctional thinking will be professionally approached, hence dysfunctional

emotions and behaviors changed. Skills I would employ include; remaining patient, listening to

the victim, and professional int

eraction to get to understand the situation at a better angle.

 

 

 

How might familial relationships result in Dalia’s self

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harming behavior?

 

Dalia seems to have everything she wants in life, including all the comfort and freedom.

 

 

She

believes that her moth

er is always trying to control her and at the same time, her father lets her

do anything she wants (Moorey, 2010).

 

 

She does not have a perfect relationship with her

SOCW 6200 week 6

 

 

cheraldo Sweatt

RE: Discussion – Week 6

COLLAPSE

 

Discussion: Dalia’s Behavior

A brief explanation of self-harming behaviors that Dalia is exhibiting.

Dalia exhibits necessary behaviors which are considered not to be normal even by her parents

(Zastrow, 2016). For example, the argumentative behavior, especially with authority figures,

does her more harm than good in her life. At the same time, physical altercations with her peers,

verbal combativeness, highly sexualized behaviors and more so, her impulsive nature is some of

the self-harming behaviors which she exhibits.

Theoretical approaches and practical skills you would employ in working with Dalia.

Cognitive therapy is the best approach which should be applied to this situation. In the case of

Dalia, cognitive therapy will help in creating an emphasis on what she thinks, rather than what

she does. Dysfunctional thinking will be professionally approached, hence dysfunctional

emotions and behaviors changed. Skills I would employ include; remaining patient, listening to

the victim, and professional interaction to get to understand the situation at a better angle.

How might familial relationships result in Dalia’s self-harming behavior?

Dalia seems to have everything she wants in life, including all the comfort and freedom. She

believes that her mother is always trying to control her and at the same time, her father lets her

do anything she wants (Moorey, 2010). She does not have a perfect relationship with her

 
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Social Science Assignment 1 Activity 2

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Select four advertisements to support your work on the projects throughout this course. You can either choose all four from the Advertisement Examples provided or include up to four ads that you find yourself. Guidance for selecting your own ads is included at the end of the Advertisement Examples handout. Your selected ads may be print, video, or radio. Either way, you should choose a total of four ads. If you include your own ads, be sure that they display interactions between people or convey ways that the product or service advertised will impact or influence people.. Your instructor will review your submissions and will ask you to resubmit any ads that do not meet this criterion. You may revise and resubmit your advertisement selection as many times as needed before the end of this theme to gain full credit for this assignment.. Enter your four ad selections. If you are choosing ads that are not on the provided list, enter the URL for the ad or for an image that depicts the ad.. This assignment will help you prepare your work for your first major project. You can review the details of this project by accessing the Project 1: Comparison Template Guidelines and Rubric document.. You can directly enter your submissions using the “Write Submission” button below. However, you are encouraged to save your work in a document saved on your own computer before submitting. You will be using these advertisement selections in later assignments..

 
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