| BIO 2101: () Offerings |
| Prerequisites: One year of high school chemistry, CHM 1100, or equivalent. Intended for students majoring in biology. Surveys scientific method, chemistry of living organisms, organization of cells, and foundations of genetics and molecular biology. Includes laboratory. Extra fee. |
| Attributes:Natural Science A
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| BIO 2129: () Offerings |
| Studies the structure and function of the human organism. Includes cells and tissues, skeletal, integumentary, muscular, and nervous systems. Includes laboratory. |
| Attributes:Natural Science A
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| CHM 1211: () Offerings |
| Prerequisites: Requires two years high school mathematics (including algebra), a passing score on the SPU Mathematics Proficiency exam (or completion of the required MAT 0120 credits), one year of high school chemistry, or CHM 1100 and passing the Chemistry Placement test. Introduces properties of matter, stoichiometry, chemical reactions, thermochemistry, states of matter, chemical bonding, and atomic and molecular structure. Includes laboratory. Extra fee. |
| Attributes:Natural Science B
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| CPE 3350: () Offerings |
| Prerequisites: CSC 2431 and either CSC 3750 or CSC 3760 or CPE 3760 or EE 3760. Introduction to operating systems and systems programming. Surveys systems software; operating system interface and functions; utilities and shell programming; linkers and loaders; translators; and processes, concurrency and concurrent programming. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
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| CPE 4150: () Offerings |
| Prerequisite: CSC 3150. Covers topics in software engineering, including team programming, project planning and management, SDLC (software development life cycle) and software quality assurance. Course requirements include the design and implementation of a team software project. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
Restrictions:Senior students only. |
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| CPE 4350: () Offerings |
| Prerequisite: CPE/CSC 3350. Introduces the major functions of operating systems. Covers processes and concurrency; concurrent programming; resource allocation, contention and control; scheduling, memory management and device management. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
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| CPE 4750: () Offerings |
| Prerequisites: CSC 3750 or CSC 3760, or CPE 3760 or EE 3760. Recommended: CSC 2431. Studies concepts and terminology of computer networks, equipment, and protocols. Emphasis is on local area networks. A laboratory project is required. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
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| CPE 4760: () Offerings |
| Prerequisite: CSC 3750 or CSC 3760 or CPE 3760 or EE 3760. Recommended: CSC 2431. Studies the architecture of multiprocessor, vector, pipelined and parallel computers. Emphasis is placed on principles of parallelism and the architecture of state-of-the-art supercomputers. A team project is required. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
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| CSC 1230: () Offerings |
| Prerequisites: High school pre-calculus, math analysis, or equivalent and demonstratable computer literacy. An introduction to computer science, this course covers problem-solving methods and algorithm development; modern programming methodologies; and fundamentals of a high-level block structured language. |
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| CSC 2430: () Offerings |
| Prerequisite: CSC 1230 or equivalent. Develops discipline in program design, style, debugging, testing. Introduces object-oriented design with classes, methods, and encapsulation. Introduces dynamic storage allocation and pointers. Examines arrays, linked linear data structures, and recursion. |
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| CSC 4800: () Offerings |
| An advanced course studying a special interest topic in computer science. Topics and credits may vary between offerings. Computer science minors may take this course with instructor approval. May be repeated for an unlimited number of credits. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
Restrictions:Computer Science Majors only. |
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| EE 1210: () Offerings |
| Introduction to digital logic design including combinational and sequential logic design with implementation using programmable logic devices and CMOS transistors. Combinational logic covers truth tables, Boolean algebra, logic gates, Karnaugh maps, multiplexers, decoders, ROMs, PLAs and PALs. Sequential logic covers latches, flip-flops, clocks, registers, counters, finite state machines and CPLDs and FPGAs. Special emphasis is placed on design techniques. Laboratory exercises include designs using both discrete TTL gates and PLDs. Extra fee. |
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| EE 2726: () Offerings |
| Prerequisite: MAT 1228. Study of Basic Ohm's and Kirchhoff's laws, voltage/current sources, nodal and mesh analysis, power transfer, Thevenin's and Norton's theorems and superposition. Introduction to operational amplifiers, inductance, capacitance and first-order state variable analysis. Includes lab problems and introduction to Circuit Simulation and MATLAB computer software. The first of a three-course sequence in which the engineer as servant is discussed. |
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| EE 2727: () Offerings |
| Prerequisite: EE 2726. Introduction to second-order state variable analysis. Alternating current theory and analysis, power, frequency response, resonance and polo-zero concepts. Introduction to three-phase systems, transformers and analog filter design. Includes lab problems, Laplace transforms, Circuit Simulation and MATLAB. Extra fee. |
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| EE 3000: () Offerings |
| Seminar, small group discussion and Colloquia on topics related to the engineering mission statement and goals. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
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| EE 3028: () Offerings |
| Prerequisite: EE 2727. Introduction to two-port theory, analog filtering, and additional AC analysis techniques. The lab portion includes a design project, the use of Circuit Simulation, and Matlab. Includes a quarter long, team-based design project. Extra fee. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
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| EE 3280: () Offerings |
| Prerequisites: EE 1210 and EE/CSC/CPE 3760. Design of hardware and software for embedded systems using a modern microcontroller. Covers hardware interfacing including memory system design, interrupt interfacing, and use of internal and external peripheral devices. Emphasis is placed on assembly language programming of the microcontroller including device drivers, exception and interrupt handling, and interfacing with higher-level languages. Laboratory exercises require assembly language programming and hardware design. Extra fee. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
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| EE 3410: () Offerings |
| Prerequisites: EE 2727, MAT 1228, MAT 2401, familiarity with MATLAB computer software. Characterization of linear systems by impulse response, convolution and transfer function. Study of linear differential equations and linear difference equations as models. Study of continuous and discrete signals including filters and their effects. Uses transform methods including Fourier series and transforms, FFT, Laplace transforms and Z transforms. Includes computer problems. Extra fee. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
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| EE 3500: () Offerings |
| Prerequisite: EE 2727. Three-phase power generation, transmission and distribution systems. Safety and electric code standards. Practical training in material and component selection for commercial and industrial applications. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
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| EE 3510: () Offerings |
| Prerequisite: EE 3722. Studies semiconductor switching devices, rectification; switch-mode AC-DC, DC-DC, converters; switching dc power supplies, conditioners and uninterruptible supplies, residential and industrial applications. Includes laboratory exercises. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
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| EE 3550: () Offerings |
| Prerequisite: EE 2727. An introduction to principles of modern communication systems with an emphasis on current technological applications. Covers basics such as transmission media (electrical, optical and wireless), analog and digital signaling techniques, data encoding methods and multiplexing mechanisms. Modern communication protocols for networks and radio links are analyzed. High-level issues such as security, encryption, and cellular management are studied. Extra fee. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
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| EE 3721: () Offerings |
| Prerequisite: EE 2727. Study of electronic devices and basic circuit configurations. Topics covered include operational amplifiers, diodes, ac to dc conversion, amplifier principles, bipolar junction transistors, BJT amplifiers, frequency response and differential amplifiers. Includes project teaming with business students from the Operations Management course. Includes lab problems. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
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| EE 3722: () Offerings |
| Prerequisite: EE 3721. Studies field effect transistors, FET amplifiers, frequency response, feedback, output stages and power amplifiers, analog integrated circuits, and introduces power electronics. Continues project teaming with business students from the Operations Management course. Includes lab problems. Extra fee. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
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| EE 3730: () Offerings |
| Prerequisite: EE 3722. Team design and construction of industrial or self-designed projects. Typical EE projects require analog and digital electronic circuit design, development, construction and testing. Required components include formal documentation and the use of project management tools and principles. Interdisciplinary projects are encouraged. All projects require oral and written reports. Includes review and analysis of professional papers within a student's discipline. Includes project teaming with business students from the Operations Management course. Extra fee. |
| Attributes:Advanced Writing In Your Major, Upper-Division
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| EE 3760: () Offerings |
| Prerequisites: CSC 2430 and EE 1210. Study of organization and structuring of the major hardware and software components of computers. Includes mechanics of information transfer and control within a digital computer system. Introduces computer architecture, machine instruction sets and assembly language programming. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
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| EE 4211: () Offerings |
| Prerequisites: EE/CPE 3280 and EE/EGR 3730. Study of mixed digital and analog system design, including embedded software design. Student teams begin a system level design of a project (a nondisclosure agreement may be required). Projects typically include use of a microcontroller and may include analog-to-digital converters, digital signal-processing chips, external memories, power supplies, user interfaces and more. Students provide detailed schedules for building prototype systems and present periodic progress reports. During the course, students produce a technical specification, undergo several design reviews and build a working prototype system. Extra fee. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
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| EE 4212: () Offerings |
| Prerequisite: CPE/EE 4211. Continued study of mixed digital and analog system design, including embedded software design. Student teams design printed circuit boards for their products using CAD PCB layout tools and continue to refine the prototype hardware and software designs from EE 4211. Teams write detailed technical reports and submit their designs to design reviews. Periodic progress reports and team presentations are required. Extra fee. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
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| EE 4310: () Offerings |
| Prerequisites: MAT 1228, MAT 2228, and either PHY 1103 or PHY 1123. Study of electrostatics, magnetostatics, boundary conditions and boundary-value solutions, Maxwell's equations, electromagnetic waves and their propagation, transmission lines, and antennas. Includes computer and laboratory experiments. Extra fee.
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| EE 4311: () Offerings |
| Prerequisite: PHY 4310. General theory of geometrical optics, physical optics, fiber optics, polarization and coherent states and optical devices. Four lectures and one laboratory each week. Offered on demand. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
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| EE 4450: () Offerings |
| Prerequisite: EE 3410. Analog and digital control system design using root locus, frequency and PID methods. Includes a comprehensive design and test of a realtime digital control system. MATLAB and Labview are used extensively as design tools. Extra fee. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
Restrictions:Electrical Engineering, Engineering Science Majors only. |
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| EE 4491: () Offerings |
| Prerequisite: PHY 2321; PHY 4441 recommended. Focuses on lattice statics and dynamics, electrons and Fermi surfaces, transport phenomena, semiconductors and superconductivity. Offered alternate years. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
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| EE 4560: () Offerings |
| Prerequisite: EE 3550. Students study radio frequency (RF) and other wireless communications systems with an emphasis on current methods and standards. Transmission and reception concepts including high- and low-gain antennas, power budget and analysis, attenuation, interference, fading and bandwidth are studied. Modern wireless communications protocols used for mobile telephones, computer networking and broadcast radio/television are explored in detail. Extra fee. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
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| EE 4899: () Offerings |
| Prerequisite: EE/CPE 4212. In this capstone course designs from EE 4212 are developed into a manufacturing prototype and tested. Covers testing methodology (hardware and software), board debugging and documentation methodology. Teams author operations manuals and detailed technical manuals. Periodic progress reports and final presentations are required. Includes study of vocation in engineering and writing reflective responses. Completion of the University Christian Faith Exploration (CFE) senior project is required. Extra fee. |
| Attributes:Advanced Writing In Your Major, Upper-Division
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| EE 4900: () Offerings |
| Student works independently with a faculty member on a mutually agreed upon topic. May be repeated for credit up to 15 credits. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
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| EE 4930: () Offerings |
| Practicum May be repeated for credit up to 5 credits. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
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| EE 4950: () Offerings |
| An advanced course studying a special interest topic in electrical engineering. Topics and credits may vary between offerings. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
Restrictions:Electrical Engineering, Engineering Science Majors only. Freshman, Sophomore students are excluded. |
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| EE 4960: () Offerings |
| Student works with faculty advisor and most likely an industrial representative on a mutually agreed upon project. Requires submission of application to EE chair three weeks prior to the start of the quarter. May be repeated for credit up to 15 credits. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
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| EE 4961: () Offerings |
| Gives final preparation and evaluation of engineering portfolios which are recorded on a CD. Refines presentation skills. Also includes components such as design, internship, service and growth. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
Restrictions:Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Enginering and Applied Science Majors only. Freshman, Sophomore students are excluded. |
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| EGR 1125: () Offerings |
| Required for all freshmen engineering non-honors students unless they receive a waiver based on the results of the math test given the first week in calculus. Designed to provide additional skill sets in math and science problem solving, test taking and study habits. Students will develop an individualized study/work plan to ensure engineering success. Must be repeated for credit each of the first three quarters unless a score of B- or better is achieved in the previous quarter's math class. May be repeated for credit in the sophomore year. May be repeated for credit up to 5 credits. |
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| EGR 1402: () Offerings |
| Required for all freshmen engineering students. This course is an introduction to the engineering career field and includes guest speakers from industry, reports of student internships, interviews with engineers and a team-based Lego Mindstorm robotic design competition. Extra fee. |
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| EGR 2891: () Offerings |
| Prerequisite: PHY 1121. Studies vector forces and their analysis, equilibrium of particles and of rigid bodies, structural analysis, distributed forces, center of gravity and centroids, and internal forces on beams and cables. Extra fee. |
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| EGR 3391: () Offerings |
| Prerequisites: CSC 1230 and EGR 2891. Study of stress and strain, properties of materials, axial load, torsion, bending, shear, strain and stress transformations, deflections of beams and shafts. Extra fee. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
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| EGR 3401: () Offerings |
| Prerequisites: CHM 1211, MAT 1228, and either PHY 1103 or PHY 1123. Studies, at the macroscopic level, equilibrium properties of matter, conservation laws, equations of state and transformations of state for systems in which temperature is an appropriate variable. Considers engineering applications. Extra fee. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
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| EGR 3402: () Offerings |
| Required for all transfer engineering students who have not taken EE 2726 at SPU. Introduction to the SPU engineering program. Provides instruction on the software and hardware that is utilized in the labs at Seattle Pacific University, which is normally covered in beginning classes. Included is the discussion of a Christian worldview, the engineering department's mission statement and goals, and their implications for engineers. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
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| EGR 3600: () Offerings |
| Prerequisites: CHM 1211, BIO 2101. Studies the fundamentals of air- and water-quality systems: filters, scrubbers and precipitators, control of volatile organic compounds, gaseous emissions, particulate matter, waste water, and solid and hazardous wastes, environmental toxicity and industrial health and safety issues. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
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| EGR 3650: () Offerings |
| Prerequisite: EE 2726. Introduces different energy sources and investigates methods to convert this energy into a useful form. Energy sources that are investigated, designed, built and tested include solar, hydro, wind, biomass, hydrogen fuel cell and water purification. Includes examples of the use of each of these power sources. Extra fee. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
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| EGR 3800: () Offerings |
| Prerequisites: BIO 2101 and EE 2726, or special permission of instructor. Introduction to the history of biomedical engineering, biosensors, bioelectric phenomena, bioinstrumentation, biosignal processing, biomechanics, cardiovascular mechanics and ultrasound. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
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| EGR 3841: () Offerings |
| Prerequisites: MAT 1228, 2401, and PHY 1101 or 1121. Study of vectorial treatment of Newton's laws for undamped and damped linear, rotational and vibrational motion in several coordinate systems. Includes solving problems for particles and rigid bodies using energy, momentum and angular momentum conservation laws. Extra fee. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
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| EGR 4740: () Offerings |
| Preparatory course for those planning to take EGR 4940, Engineering Internship. Includes resume preparation, interviewing-skills development, exploration of job opportunities, and discussion of the Christian worldview on the internship experience. |
| Attributes:Advanced Writing In Your Major, Upper-Division
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| EGR 4940: () Offerings |
| Internship is normally a paid summer job with an engineering company or a university research lab. Other career-related job experiences may be considered. Students will give a written and oral presentation of their work the following Autumn Quarter. The job is fully coordinated between the intern's faculty advisor and an engineer in the host company. The jobs are intended to be a professional learning experience for the student. May be repeated for credit up to 5 credits. |
| Attributes:Advanced Writing In Your Major, Upper-Division
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| MAT 1225: () Offerings |
| Prerequisite: MAT 1110 or its equivalent and passing score on Mathematics Proficiency exam. Explores differential and integral calculus of functions of one or more variables. Sequence begins both Autumn and Winter Quarters. |
| Attributes:Mathematics (MAT)
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| MAT 1226: () Offerings |
| Prerequisite: MAT 1225. Explores differential and integral calculus of functions of one or more variables. Sequence begins both Autumn and Winter Quarters. |
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| MAT 1228: () Offerings |
| Prerequisite: MAT 1226. Studies infinite series, general solutions of linear, and certain nonlinear differential equations, solutions of systems of differential equations and series solutions. |
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| MAT 2228: () Offerings |
| Prerequisites: MAT 1226, 2401. Studies vectors and analytic geometry in three dimensions, partial differentiation, and multiple integration. |
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| MAT 2375: () Offerings |
| Prerequisite: MAT 1226. MAT 1228 recommended. Studies combinatorial methods, elementary probability, random variables, discrete and continuous probability distributions, expected values, and moments. |
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| MAT 2376: () Offerings |
| Prerequisite: MAT 2375. Further study in discrete and continuous probability distributions, sampling, sampling distributions, central limit theorem, estimation, and hypothesis testing. |
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| MAT 2401: () Offerings |
| Prerequisite: MAT 1226. Studies vector spaces, matrices, and linear transformations. |
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| MAT 3724: () Offerings |
| Prerequisites: MAT 1228 and 2228. Studies vector analysis, Fourier series, partial differential equations, and boundary value problems. Offered alternate years. |
| Attributes:Upper-Division
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| PHY 1121: () Offerings |
| Prerequisite: MAT 1225 may be taken concurrently. The first quarter of an introduction to physics using calculus. Covers mechanics. Lectures and laboratory each week. |
| Attributes:Natural Science B
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| PHY 1122: () Offerings |
| Prerequisite: PHY 1121 and MAT 1225. The second quarter of an introduction to physics using calculus. Covers gravitation, oscillations, fluid mechanics, thermal physics, waves and electrostatics. Lectures and laboratory each week. |
| Attributes:Natural Science B
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| PHY 1123: () Offerings |
| Prerequisite: PHY 1122. The third quarter of an introduction to physics using calculus. Covers electricity, magnetism and optics. Lectures and laboratory each week. |
| Attributes:Natural Science B
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