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Lydia Afman
Lydia Afman

Courtesy Professor

Nutritional Sciences
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Nooshin Ahmadi

Senior Lecturer

Human Centered Design
Focus areas
Architectural Design/Interior Architecture, Research-driven design, Human-centered design
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Misha Ailsworth

Assistant Professor

Psychology
Focus areas
Factors shaping Black girls’ mental health and wellness, Participatory action research, Impact of spaces that support Black girls’ development
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Adam Anderson

Professor

Psychology
Focus areas
Affect and cognition, Cognitive health across the lifespan, Understanding emotions as distinct tools intended to help us
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Laura Barre

Assistant Clinical Professor

Nutritional Sciences
Focus areas
Obesity, Disordered eating, Age related weight gain and weight cycling
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Joeva Barrow

Assistant Professor

Nutritional Sciences
Focus areas
Mitochondrial disease, Metabolic disease, Obesity
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Fatma Baytar

Associate Professor

Human Centered Design
Focus areas
Digitalization in the apparel industry, 3D body scan data + apparel simulation, 3D digital technologies
Leighton Beaman

Associate Professor of Practice

Human Centered Design
Focus areas
Spatial material culture, Socially conscious design, Environmentally responsible design
Tolunay Beker Aydemir
Tolunay Beker Aydemir

Assistant Professor

Nutritional Sciences
Focus areas
Micronutrient-gene, Micronutrient-macronutrient, Micronutrient-disease
Laura Bellows
Laura Bellows

Associate Professor

Nutritional Sciences
Focus areas
behavioral nutrition, physical activity, community-based interventions
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Daniel Berry

Andre Bensadoun Associate Professor

Nutritional Sciences
Focus areas
Adipose tissue biology, Systemic metabolism
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Kevin Robert Besler

Lab Manager

Nutritional Sciences
John Blume

Professor

Psychology
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Catherine Kueffer Blumenkamp

Lecturer

Human Centered Design
Focus areas
Fashion design, Vernacular art and architecture, Curation
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Charles Brainerd

Professor

Psychology
Focus areas
Cognitive development in children, Cognitive processes and aging
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Anthony Burrow

Ferris Family Associate Professor of Life Course Studies; Senior Associate Dean for Outreach and Extension; Director, Bronfenbrenner Center for Translational Research; Director, Purpose Science and innovation Exchange

Psychology, Cornell Human Ecology, Bronfenbrenner Center for Translational Research
Focus areas
Purpose in life, Racial identification
Daniel Casasanto

Associate Professor

Psychology
Focus areas
Cognitive diversity across cultures
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Marianella Casasola

Professor, Senior Associate Dean for Undergraduate Affairs

Psychology, Cornell Human Ecology
Focus areas
Infant cognitive development + early word learning, Interaction between language and thought, Parental beliefs of young children's learning
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Patricia Ann Cassano

The Alan D. Mathios Professor in the College of Human Ecology

Nutritional Sciences
Focus areas
Nutritional genomics of lung phenotypes, Nutrition translation and evidence synthesis, Nutrition for precision health
Stephen Ceci

Helen L. Carr Professor of Developmental Psychology

Psychology
Focus areas
Children and the law, Women and science, Intellectual development
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Melissa Conroy

Senior Lecturer

Human Centered Design
Focus areas
Surface design + textile design, Knit structure and design, Drawing
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Paige Cunningham

Assistant Professor

Nutritional Sciences
Focus areas
Eating behavior, Sensory science, Obesity, Satiation and energy intake
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Audun Dahl

Associate Professor

Psychology
Focus areas
Moral development across the lifespan
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Eve De Rosa

Mibs Martin Follett Professor in Human Ecology

Psychology, Cornell Human Ecology
Focus areas
Comparative cognitive neuroscience, Neurochemistry attention + learning, role of acetylcholine, Cholinergic hypothesis of age-related changes in cognition
Tatyana Dokuchayeva

Lecturer

Human Centered Design
Leiming Dong

Research Associate

Nutritional Sciences
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Rachel Dunifon

The Rebecca Q. and James C. Morgan Dean

Cornell Human Ecology
John Elliott

Associate Professor

Human Centered Design
Focus areas
Material culture in the built environment, Ecological literacy in design, Arborworks sculpture
David Erickson
David Erickson

Joint Professor

Nutritional Sciences
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Gary Evans

Elizabeth Lee Vincent Professor

Human Centered Design, Psychology
Focus areas
Children's environments (e.g. schools, housing), Environment of childhood poverty, Development of environmental attitudes/behaviors in children
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Martha Field

Associate Professor

Nutritional Sciences
Focus areas
Mitochondrial one-carbon metabolism, Erythritol as a biomarker
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Roger Figueroa

Assistant Professor in Social and Behavioral Science in Nutrition

Nutritional Sciences
Focus areas
Community-based interventions to promote nutrition security, Local agriculture and food insecurity, Urban food environments
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Julia Finkelstein

Associate Professor of Epidemiology and Nutrition

Nutritional Sciences
Focus areas
Epidemiology, One-carbon metabolism, Maternal and child nutrition
Alisha Gaines

Extension Associate

Nutritional Sciences
Focus areas
Food and nutrition education in communities, Farmer's market nutrition programs
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Navika Gangrade

Lecturer, CHE in NYC

Bronfenbrenner Center for Translational Research
Shibani Ghosh

Associate Professor

Nutritional Sciences
Focus areas
Global nutrition (maternal and infant), Food systems, Nutritional and environmental determinants, Public health interventions and policy
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Emily Wilcox Gier

Associate Professor of Practice, Dietetic Internship Director

Nutritional Sciences
Focus areas
Dietetics education and accreditation, Medical nutrition therapy + management
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Rhonda Gilmore

Senior Lecturer Emeritus

Human Centered Design
Focus areas
Interior design, Experience + exhibit design, Historic preservation
Raymond Glahn

Courtesy Professor

Nutritional Sciences
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Yarden Golan Maor

Assistant Professor

Nutritional Sciences
Focus areas
Molecular regulation of human milk production, Human milk composition
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Marlen Gonzalez

Assistant Professor

Psychology
Focus areas
Behavioral ecology of mind-body-environment dynamics, Affordances and neural sensitivity, Community-partnered neuroscience
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Denise N. Green

Lau Family Associate Professor, Director of Graduate Studies in Fiber Science & Apparel Design

Human Centered Design
Focus areas
Anthropological studies of style and fashion, History and curatorial practice of dress and textiles, Native American textiles and regalia
Erin Green

Lecturer & Didactic Program in Dietetics (DPD) Director

Nutritional Sciences
Focus areas
Dietetics, Early adolescent food choice, Community nutrition
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Keith Evan Green

Jean and Douglas McLean Professor, Director of Undergraduate Studies in Design + Environmental Analysis
 

Human Centered Design
Focus areas
Intersection of design + robotics + psychology, Robot “living rooms” interacting/adapting with inhabitants, Robots that improve community, learning and health
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Zhenglong Gu

Courtesy Professor

Nutritional Sciences
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Cindy Hazan

Andrew H. & James S. Tisch Distinguished University Professor

Psychology
Focus areas
Human mating and pair bonding, Ethological attachment theory, The processes by which social bonds develop
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Juan Hinestroza

Rebecca Q Morgan '60 Professor of Fiber Science & Apparel Design

Human Centered Design
Focus areas
Intersection Science-Design, Nanomaterials in Textiles, Use of waste as raw-material
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Will Hobbs

Assistant Professor

Psychology
Focus areas
Politics and health, Social impacts of government actions, Peoples adaptations to sudden changes
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John F. Hoddinott

H.E. Babcock Professor of Food & Nutrition Economics and Policy

Nutritional Sciences
Focus areas
Food security, Early life nutrition, Poverty
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Adam Hoffman

Assistant Professor

Psychology
Focus areas
Development of social identity, Social identity interventions, Mental health and well-being
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Ying Hua

Professor

Human Centered Design
Focus areas
Practice + approaches to creating optimal work + learning, Research methodology for post-occupancy evaluation (POE), Sustainable and resilience building practices in US + Asia
Samantha Lee Huey
Samantha Lee Huey

Research Associate

Nutritional Sciences
Focus areas
Maternal/child nutrition, Gut microbiome, Precision nutrition
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Elizabeth Johnson

Associate Professor

Nutritional Sciences
Focus areas
Host-microbe interactions, Infant nutrition, Sphingolipids
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Saleh Kalantari

Associate Professor

Human Centered Design
Focus areas
Wayfinding + spatial cognition using VR + simulation, Predictive design tools evaluating human responses to design, Human-environment interaction: built and virtual environment
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Cindy Hsin-Liu Kao

Associate Professor

Human Centered Design
Focus areas
Wearable technology and on-skin interfaces, Designing skins across scales, Social perceptions towards on-body technologies
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Gunisha Kaur

Courtesy Associate Professor

Nutritional Sciences
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Sander Kersten

Division Director; Schleifer Family Professor

Nutritional Sciences
Focus areas
Lipid metabolism, Molecular response to fasting, Precision nutrition
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Eddy Man Kim

Senior Lecturer

Human Centered Design
Focus areas
Design technology + digital media, Computational design, Product design, development and management
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Fran Kozen

Senior Lecturer, Director of Undergraduate Studies for FSAD Majors

Human Centered Design
Focus areas
Natural dyes, Environment/sustainability in fashion + textiles industries, Textile durability, testing and laundering
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Tashara M. Leak

Associate Professor
Associate Dean for CHE in NYC

Nutritional Sciences
Focus areas
Nutrition and health equity, Adolescents, Community-based interventions
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Xingen Lei

Joint Professor

Nutritional Sciences
Focus areas
Sustainable animal agriculture, Food security, Environmental protection
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Sang Leigh

Assistant Professor

Human Centered Design
Focus areas
Accessible interactive technologies, Human-computer interaction, Design innovation – bridging art, technology and UX
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Renata Leitao

Assistant Professor

Human Centered Design
Focus areas
Design for Indigenous empowerment, Transformational design for societal + environmental change, Intercultural design knowledge
Van Dyk Lewis

Associate Professor

Human Centered Design
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Janet Loebach

The Evalyn Edwards Milman Assistant Professor in Child Development

Human Centered Design
Focus areas
children's environments, participatory research & design, behavior mapping
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Corinna Loeckenhoff

Janet and Gordon Lankton Professor of Developmental Psychology, Professor of Gerontology in Medicine

Psychology
Focus areas
Age-related differences in health decision-making, Lifespan personality and social cognition, Cultural perspectives on aging
Marla Lujan

Associate Professor

Nutritional Sciences
Focus areas
Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), Ovarian morphology and follicle development, Nutritional and metabolic regulation of ovulation
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Mduduzi Mbuya

Courtesy Assistant Professor

Nutritional Sciences
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Melisa Medina-Rivera

Lecturer

Nutritional Sciences
Focus areas
Biomedical sciences, Biochemistry, Breastfeeding and viral disease transmission
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Saurabh Mehta

Janet and Gordon Lankton Professor

Nutritional Sciences
Focus areas
Precision nutrition, Global health, Point-of-care diagnostics
Jane Mendle

Professor

Psychology
Focus areas
Puberty impacts on psychological health and well-being, Transition from childhood to adolescence
Andrew R. Milewski

Lecturer Visiting

Nutritional Sciences
Focus areas
Human rights, Medicine
Roberta Militello

Lecturer

Human Centered Design
Eva Monterrosa
Eva Monterrosa

Courtesy Lecturer

Nutritional Sciences
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Marion Nestle

Courtesy Professor

Nutritional Sciences
Sumit Niogi

Director, Cornell MRI Facility

Cornell Human Ecology
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Kimberly O'Brien

Professor

Nutritional Sciences
Focus areas
Maternal/fetal nutrition, Vitamin D + iron, Gut microbiome
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Angela Odoms-Young

The Nancy Schlegel Meinig Associate Professor of Maternal and Child Nutrition

Nutritional Sciences
Focus areas
Health equity/racism, Food and nutrition security, Social and structural determinants
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Anthony Ong

Professor

Psychology
Focus areas
Health + aging, emotion, relationships, race + social class, Developmental psychology, Vunerability and adaptation across the lifespan
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Heeju Terry Park

Vincent V.C. Woo Professor

Human Centered Design
Focus areas
Activewear and protective clothing, Smart wearable interface, Ethics of design and fashion
Juan Pablo Peña-Rosas
Juan Pablo Peña-Rosas

Courtesy Professor

Nutritional Sciences
Focus areas
nutritional epidemiology, global policy, international nutrition
Erica Phillips
Erica Phillips

Joint Professor

Nutritional Sciences
Focus areas
Cancer prevention
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Kimberly Phoenix

Senior Lecturer

Human Centered Design
Focus areas
Improving patterning/fit with custom half-scale dress forms
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Karl Pillemer

Hazel E. Reed Professor, Professor of Gerontology in Medicine

Psychology
Focus areas
Aging and the life course, Sociology of the family, Intervention research
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Angela Poole

Assistant Professor

Nutritional Sciences
Focus areas
Precision nutrition, Gut microbiota and metabolic health, Oral microbiota and pathologies
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Shu-Bing Qian

James Jamison Professor

Nutritional Sciences
Focus areas
Translational reprogramming, Nutrient stress response, mRNA epigenetics
Kelly Quinn
Kelly Quinn

Lecturer

Nutritional Sciences
Focus areas
Community-engaged learning, Dietetics
Kripa Rajagopalan

Lecturer

Nutritional Sciences
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Jaleesa Reed

Assistant Professor

Human Centered Design
Focus areas
Self-definition + consumption for marginalized groups, Feminist theory + Black geography, Racism + representation in relation to beauty + identity
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Valerie Reyna

Professor, Department Extension Leader

Psychology
Focus areas
Judgement and decision making; risk and rationality, False memory, Fuzzy Trace Theory, Cognitive, developmental and social neuroscience
Annett Richter

Research Associate

Nutritional Sciences
Caitlin Romagnola
Caitlin Romagnola

Courtesy Lecturer

Nutritional Sciences
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Jonathan A. Rottenberg

Professor

Psychology
Focus areas
Mental health, Well-being after depression + related
Philip Ruppert

Research Associate

Nutritional Sciences
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David Sahn

Professor

Nutritional Sciences
Focus areas
Global health, Nutrition + economics in developing countries, Global food policy
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Jessica Salerno

Associate Professor

Psychology
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Nick Schweitzer

Associate Research Professor

Psychology
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Michelle Scott-Pierce

Associate Director of Operations
EFNEP Coordinator

Nutritional Sciences
Focus areas
Nutrition education with low income families and youth
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Larissa Shepherd

Assistant Professor

Human Centered Design
Focus areas
Tailoring fibers (spinning) for practical applications, Optically responsive fabrics, Immersion electrospinning
Jung-hye Shin
Jung-hye Shin

Professor and Chair

Human Centered Design
Focus areas
Environmental design, Aging in place
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Robert Sternberg

Professor

Psychology
Focus areas
Adaptive intelligence, Transformational giftedness, Creativity, wisdom, ethics, leadership and emotion
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Felix Thoemmes

Associate Professor, Department Chair

Psychology
Focus areas
Statistics, Causal inference, Missing data
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Tamer Uyar

Associate Professor

Human Centered Design
Focus areas
Nanofibers and nanotextiles, Medical textiles and drug delivery, Water treatment, food packaging
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Nathaniel Vacanti

Assistant Professor

Nutritional Sciences
Focus areas
Molecular nutrition, Proteomics, Bioinformatics
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Meng Wang

Assistant Professor

Nutritional Sciences
Focus areas
Nutrition and metabolism in DNA damage, Cancer and aging, Targeted treatments for DNA damage
Qi Wang

Professor

Psychology
Focus areas
Cognitive and social development, Culture and cognition, Memory and thinking
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Yuhan Wang

Assistant Professor

Nutritional Sciences
Focus areas
Brain-body interactions that govern metabolic regulation
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Jenna Wells

Assistant Professor

Psychology
Focus areas
Emotion and relationship contributions to health, Caregiving and neurodegenerative diseases, dementia, Positive interpersonal processes and wellbeing, resilience
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Nancy M. Wells

Senior Associate Dean for Research + Graduate Education, Professor

Human Centered Design, Cornell Human Ecology
Focus areas
Environmental psychology, Effects of the built and natural environment on human health, Environmental design + policy impacts on consumption + reuse
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Jennifer Wilkins

Courtesy Professor of Practice

Nutritional Sciences
Wendy Williams

Professor

Psychology
Focus areas
Components of practical thinking and reasoning, Training practical and creative thinking skills, Cognitive and social-cognitive sex differences and career
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Jay (JungKyoon) Yoon

Associate Professor, Director of Graduate Studies in Design + Environmental Analysis

Human Centered Design
Focus areas
Experience-driven design, Design for emotion, subjective well-being + behavior change, Product design + development
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So-Yeon Yoon

Professor

Human Centered Design
Focus areas
Human-computer interaction in virtual environments, Large-scale interface/interaction design, Interior design
Rana Zadeh
Rana Sagha Zadeh

Associate Professor

Human Centered Design
Focus areas
User-centered design in healthcare, Systems approach, Healthcare entrepreneurship
Victor Wenze Zhong
Victor Wenze Zhong

Courtesy Assistant Professor

Nutritional Sciences

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