A List of My Major Publications

2011

·           J.A.R. Cannan and H. Hu, Human-Machine Interaction (HMI): A Survey, Technical Report CES-508, University of Essex, ISSN 1744-8050, January 2011.

·           L. Wei and H. Hu, Towards Multimodal Human-Machine Interface for Hands-free Control: A survey, Technical Report CES-510, University of Essex, ISSN 1744-8050, January 2011.

·           A. Alonso Fernández, I. González Alonso1 and H. Hu, Visual localisation of mobile devices in an indoor environment under network delay conditions, International Journal of Distributed and Parallel Systems, Vol. 2, No. 2, March 2011.

·           T.T. Li, T.G. Jia, M.R. Fei, H. Hu, Time delay characteristic of industrial wireless networks based on IEEE 802.15.4a, International Journal of Automation & Computing, Vol. 8, No. 2, May 2011, pages 170-176.

·           L. Wei and H. Hu, A Hybrid Human-machine Interface for Hands-free Control of an Intelligent Wheelchair, International Journal of Mechatronics & Automation, Vol. 1, No. 2, May 2011, pages 97-111.

·           B. Lu, D. Gu and H. Hu, Distributed Least Square Support Vector Regression for Environmental Field Estimation, Proc. IEEE International Conference on Information & Automation, Shenzhen, China, 6-8 June 2011, pages 617-622.

·           E.J. Rechy-Ramirez and H. Hu, Stages for Developing Control Systems using EMG and EEG Signals: A survey, Technical Report CES-513, University of Essex, ISSN 1744-8050, June 2011.

·           T. Theodoridis, A. Agapitos and H. Hu, A Gaussian Ground plan Projection Area Model for Evolving Probabilistic Classifiers, GECCO Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO-2011), Dublin, Ireland, 12-16 July 2011.

·           J. Oyekan, B. Lu, H. Hu, D. Gu, Using CFD in robotic simulators for pollution monitoring, Proc. of IEEE CEEC conference, Colchester, 13-14 July 2011, pages 92-97.

·           J. Oyekan, H. Hu and D. Gu, A Novel Bio-Inspired Distributed Coverage Controller for pollution monitoring, Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. on Information & Automation, Beijing, China, 7-10 August 2011, pages 1651-1656.

·           J. Oyekan and H. Hu, Market Evaluation for Colchester Catalyst on the Use of Robotic Wheelchairs, Technical Report CES-514, ISSN 1744-8050, University of Essex, 26 August 2011.

·           D. Gu and H. Hu, Renyi Entropy Based Target Tracking in Mobile Sensor Networks, Proceedings of the 18th IFAC World Congress, Milano, Italy, 28 August – 2 September 2011, pages 13558-135643.

·           D. Gu and H. Hu, Active Learning of Gaussian Processes for Spatial Functions in Mobile Sensor Networks, Proceedings of the 18th IFAC World Congress, Milano, Italy, 28 August – 2 September 2011, pages 13564-13569.

·           I.M. Rezazadeh, SMP Firoozabadi, SMRH Golpayegani, H. Hu, Controlling a Virtual Forehand Prosthesis Using an Adaptive and Affective Human-Machine Interface, Proceedings of the 33rd Annual International Conference of IEEE EMBS, Boston, USA, 30 Aug. – 3 Sept. 2011.

·           L. Chen and H. Hu, Towards Localisation and Mapping of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles: A Survey, Technical Report CES-515, University of Essex, 2 September 2011.

·           C. A. Pina-Garcia, D. Gu and H. Hu, A Composite Random Walk for Facing Environmental Uncertainty and Reduced Perceptual Capabilities, Proc. the 4th International Conference on Intelligent Robotics and Applications, Aachen, Germany, 6-8 Dec. 2011, pages 620-629.

·           J. Cannan and H. Hu, Automatic Circumference Measurement for Aiding in the Estimation of Maximum Voluntary Contraction (MVC) in EMG Systems, Proc. the 4th International Conference on Intelligent Robotics and Applications, Aachen, Germany, 6-8 Dec. 2011, pages 202-211.

·           J. Oyekan, D. Gu and H. Hu, Towards a Multi-Peclet Number Pollution Monitoring Algorithm, Proc. the 4th International Conference on Intelligent Robotics and Applications, Aachen, Germany, 6-8 Dec. 2011, pages 287-296.

·           J. Oyekan and H. Hu, Towards distributed coverage of complex spatiotemporal profiles, Proc. of IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Biomimetics, Phuket Island, Thailand, 7-11 December 2011, pages 2090-2095.

·           L. Wei and H. Hu, A multi-modal human machine interface for controlling an intelligent wheelchair using face movements, Proc. of IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Biomimetics, Phuket Island, Thailand, 7-11 December 2011, pages 2850-2855.

·           J. Oyekan, B. Lu and H. Hu, Using Panda3D to construct a Simulator for Testing a Shoal of Robotic Fish, Technical Report CES-517, University of Essex, 23 December 2011.

·           S. Wang and H. Hu, 3D Localisation using Cricket Systems, Technical Report CES-516, University of Essex, 27 December 2011.

·           L. Wei, H. Hu and Y. Zhang, Fusing EMG and Visual Data for Hands-free Control of an Intelligent Wheelchair, International Journal of Humanoid Robotics, Vol. 8 No. 4, 2011, pages 707-724.

2010

·         J. Ryde and H. Hu, 3D Mapping with Multi-Resolution Occupied Voxel Lists, International Journal of Autonomous Robots, Volume 28, Number 2, February 2010, pages 169-185.

·         H. Zhou and H. Hu, Reducing Drifts in the Inertial Measurements of Wrist and Elbow Positions, IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, Vol. 59, No. 3, March 2010, pages 575-585.

·         J. Liu and H. Hu, Biological Inspiration: From Carangiform Fish to Multi-joint Robotic Fish, Journal of Bionic Engineering, Vol. 7, No. 1, March 2010, pages 35-48.

·         J. Oyekan and H. Hu, Bacteria Controller Implementation on a Physical Platform for Pollution Monitoring, Proc. of IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation, Anchorage, Alaska, USA, May 3-8, 2010, pages 3781-3786.

·         N. Bellotto and H. Hu, A bank of unscented Kalman filters for multimodal human perception with mobile service robots, International Journal of Social Robotics, Vol. 2, No. 2, May 2010, pages 121-136.

·         N. Bellotto and H. Hu, Computationally efficient solution for tracking people with a mobile robot: an experimental evaluation of Bayesian filters, International Journal of Autonomous Robots, Vol. 28, No. 4, May 2010, pages 425-438.

·         L. Wei and H. Hu, EMG and Visual based HMI for hands-free control of an intelligent wheelchair, Proc. of the 8th World Congress on Intelligent Control & Automation (WCICA), Jinan, China, 6-9 July 2010, pages 1027-1032.

·         J. Oyekan and H. Hu, A Novel Bacterial Foraging Algorithm for Automated tuning of PID controllers of UAVs, Proc. of IEEE Int. Conf. on Information & Automation, Harbin, China, 20-23 June 2010, pages 693-698.

·         T. Theodoridis, A. Agapitos, and H. Hu, A QA-TSK Fuzzy model Vs Evolutionary Decision Trees towards Nonlinear Action Pattern Recognition, Proc. of IEEE Int. Conf. on Information and Automation, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China, 20-23 June 2010, pages 1813-1818.

·         H.F. Ghassem Nia, J.A.R. Cannan, M.A. Oskoei and H. Hu, Multimodal Human-Machine Interaction for Human Adaptive Manipulation, Technical Report CES-507, University of Essex, ISSN 1744-8050, July 2010.

·         Z.W. Huang, H. Hu, Y. Yang and K.C. Lin, A fast handover scheme based on multiple mobile router cooperation for a train-based mobile network, Int. Journal of Modelling, Identification & Control, Vol. 10, No. 3-4, 2010, pages 202-212.

·         T. Geng, J.Q. Gan and H. Hu, An EEG-based online brain computer interface for mobile robot control, International Journal of Advanced Mechatronics Systems, Vol. 2, Nos. 1-2, 2010, pages 28-35.

·         Q.F. Yang, H. Hu and W.H. Gui, A Novel Information Fusion based FTT Algorithm for a Driver Fatigue Monitoring System, Int. Journal of Modelling, Identification & Control, Vol. 10, No. 3-4, 2010, pages 230-237.

·         L. Lin, X.H. Jiang, Z.W. Huang and H. Hu, Application of advanced fault diagnosis technology to electric locomotives, International Journal of Modelling, Identification & Control, Vol. 10, No. 3-4, 2010, pages 292-300.

·         T. Li, M. Fei and H. Hu, Performance Analysis of Industrial Wireless Network Based on IEEE 802.15.4a, Life System Modelling and Intelligent Computing, Communications in Computer and Information Science, 2010, Volume 97, Part 1, pages 64-69

·         B. Lu, D. Gu and H. Hu, Environmental Field Estimation of Mobile Sensor Networks using Support Vector Regression, Proc. of IEEE/RSJ Int. Conf. on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Taipei, Taiwan, 18-22 October 2010, pages 2926-2931.

·         D. Gu and H. Hu, Distributed Mini-max Filter for Tracking and Flocking, Proc. of IEEE/RSJ Int. Conf. on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Taipei, Taiwan, 18-22 October 2010, pages 3562-3567.

·         T. Theodoridis, P. Theodorakopoulos, and H. Hu, Evolving Aggressive Biomechanical Models with Genetic Programming, Proc. of IEEE/RSJ Int. Conf. on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Taipei, Taiwan, 18-22 October 2010, pages 2495-2500

·         L. Wei and H. Hu, Multi-modality - EMG and Visual based Hands-free Control of an Intelligent Wheelchair, Proc. of International Conference on Intelligent Robotics and Applications (ICIRA 2010), Shanghai, China, 10-12 Nov 2010.

·         J. Oyekan, H. Hu, and D. Gu, Bio-inspired Coverage of Invisible hazardous substances in the Environment, Journal of Information Acquisition, Vol. 7, No. 3, 2010, pages 193–204.

·         L. Wei, H. Hu, T. Lu and Kui Yuan, Evaluating the Performance of a Face Movement based Wheelchair Control Interface in an Indoor Environment, Proceedings of IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Biomimetics, Tianjin, China, 14-18 December 2010, pages 387-392.

·         J. Oyekan, H. Hu and D. Gu, Exploiting Bacteria Swarms for Optimal Coverage of Dynamic Pollutant Profiles, Proceedings of IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Biomimetics, Tianjin, China, 14-18 December 2010, pages 1692-1697.

·         J. Oyekan and H. Hu, A Novel Bio-Controller for Localizing Pollution Sources in a Medium Peclet Environment, Journal of Bionic Engineering, Vol. 7, No. 4, Dec. 2010, pages 345-353.

2009

·         D. Gu and H. Hu, A model predictive controller for robots to follow a virtual leader, Int. Journal of Robotica, Vol. 27, Issue 4, 2009, pages 1-9.

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2003

·         D. Golubovic and H. Hu, Parameter optimisation of an evolutionary algorithm for on-line gait generation of quadruped robots, Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Industrial Technology - ICIT'03, Maribor, Slovenia, 10 - 12 Dec. 2003 

·         L. Cragg and H. Hu , Application of mobile agents to robust teleoperation of Internet robots in nuclear decommisioning, Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Industrial Technology - ICIT'03, Maribor, Slovenia , 10 - 12 Dec. 2003 

·         Y. Tao and H. Hu, Building a visual tracking system for home-based rehabilitation, Proceedings of CACSCUK, ISBN 0-9533890-6-5, pages 343-348, Luton, England, 20 September 2003

·         J. Liu and H. Hu, Building a simulation environment for optimising control parameters of an autonomous robotic fish, Proceedings of CACSCUK, ISBN 0-9533890-6-5, pages 317-322, Luton, England, 20 September 2003

·         C. Lazarus and H. Hu, Evolving goalkeeper behaviours for simulated soccer competition, Proceedings of The Third IASTED International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Applications (AIA 2003), September 8-10, 2003 Benalmádena, Spain D.

·         Golubovic and H. Hu, GA-based gait generation of Sony quadruped robots, Proceedings of The Third IASTED International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Applications (AIA 2003), September 8-10, 2003 Benalmádena, Spain

·         D. Gu, H. Hu and L. Spacek, Learning fuzzy logic controller for reactive robot behaviours, IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics, pages 46-51, Kobe, Japan, 20-24 July 2003

·         D. Gu, H. Hu, J. Reynolds, E. Tsang, GA-based learning in behaviour based robotics, IEEE International Symposium on Computational Intelligence in Robotics and Automation, pages 1521-1526, Kobe, Japan, 16-20 July 2003

·         B. Li and H. Hu, Texture-based pattern recognition algorithms for the RoboCup challenge, Proceedings of the 7th International Symposium on RoboCup, Padua, Italy, 10-11 July 2003

·         D. Golubovic, B. Li and H. Hu, A hybrid software platform for Sony AIBO robots, Proceedings of the 7th International Symposium on RoboCup, Padua, Italy, 10-11 July 2003

·         L. Cragg, P.W. Tsui and H. Hu, Building a fault tolerant architecture for Internet robots using mobile agents, Proceedings of the 1st Workshop on Internet and Online Robots, University of Reading, 28 May 2003

·         C.A. Acosta Calderon and H. Hu, Goals and actions: learning by imitation, Proceedings of AISB 2003 Convention: Cognition in Machines and Animals, University of Wales, Aberystwyth, United Kingdom, 7th - 11th April 2003

·         C.A. Acosta Calderon and H. Hu, Robotics societies: elements of learning by imitation, Proceedings of the 21st IASTED Int. Conference on Applied Informatics, pp. 315-320, Innsbruck, Austria, 10-13 February 2003

·         B. Li, H. Hu and L. Spacek, An adaptive colour segmentation algorithm for Sony legged robots, Proceedings of the 21st IASTED Int. Conference on Applied Informatics, pp. 126-131, Innsbruck, Austria, 10-13 February 2003

2002

·    D. Gu and H. Hu, Neural predictive control for a car-like mobile robot, International Journal of Robotics and Autonomous Systems, Vol. 39, No. 2, pages 73-86, May 2002 

·    D. Golubovic and H. Hu, An interactive software environment for gait generation and control design of Sony legged robots, Proceedings of the 6th International Symposium on RoboCup, Fukuoka, Japan, 24-25 June 2002

·    D. Gu and H. Hu, Reinforcement learning of fuzzy logic controller for quadruped walking robots, Proceedings of 15th IFAC World Congress, Barcelona, Spain, July 21-26, 2002

·    T. Thurston and H. Hu, Distributed agent architecture for port automation, Proceedings of the 26th Annual Int. Computer Software and Applications Conference, Oxford, England, 26-29 August 2002

·    N. Kalyviotis and H. Hu, A Neural Network decision module for the Adaptive Strategic Planning Framework in RoboCup, International Symposium on Robotics and Automation, Toluca, Mexico, 1-4 September 2002

·    A. Elly, A. Ball, C. Cockell, P. Coste, D. Dickensheets, H. Edwards, H. Hu, C. Kolb, H. Lammer, R. Lorenz, G. Mckee, L. Richter, A. Winfield, C. Welch, Robotic Astrobiology - the Need for Sub-Surface Penetration of Mars, Proc. of the 2nd European Workshop on Exo-Astrobiology, Graz, Austria, 16-19 September 2002

·    D. Gu and H. Hu, GA-based Automatic Acquisition of Fuzzy Rules for Controlling Quadruped Walking Robots, Proc. Conference of Institute of Automation, Beijing, China, 21 September 2002

·    B. Li, H. Hu and L. Spacek, A Hybrid Experimental Platform for Sony Legged Robots, Proceedings of CACSCUK'2002, UMIST, England, ISBN 0 9533890 5 9, 21 September 2002

·    D. Golubovic and H. Hu, A Hybrid Evolutionary Algorithm for Gait Generation of Sony Legged Robots, Proceedings of the 28th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, Sevilla, Spain, Nov. 5 to 8 2002

·    P.W. Tsui and H. Hu, A Framework for Multi-robot Foraging over the Internet, Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Industrial Technology, Bangkok, Thailand, 11-14 December 2002

2001

·         H. Hu and D. Gu, Reactive Behaviours and Agent Architecture for Sony Legged Robots to Play Football, International Journal of Industrial Robot, Vol. 28, No. 1, pages 45-53, ISSN 0143-991X, January 2001

·         N. Kalyviotis and H. Hu, A Cooperative Framework for Strategic Planning, Proceedings of the 3rd British Conference on Autonomous Mobile Robotics & Autonomous Systems, Manchester, 5th April 2001

·         C. Lazarus and H. Hu, Using Genetic Programming to Evolve Robot Behaviours, Proceedings of the 3rd British Conference on Autonomous Mobile Robotics & Autonomous Systems, Manchester, 5th April 2001

·         H. Hu, L. Yu, P.W. Tsui, and Q. Zhou, Internet-based Robotic Systems for Teleoperation, International Journal of Assembly Automation, Vol. 21, No. 2, pages 143-151, May 2001

·         K. Z Deng and H. Hu, A Framework for Coordination of Embedded Web Agents in Intelligent Buildings, IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics, pages 37-42, Como, Italy, 8-11 July 2001

·         L. Yu, P.W. Tsui, Q. Zhou and H. Hu, A Web-based Telerobotic System for Research and Education at Essex, IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics, pages 284-289, Como, Italy, 8-11 July 2001

·         D. Gu and H. Hu, Evolving Fuzzy Logic Controllers for Sony Legged Robots, Proc. of the RoboCup 2001 International Symposium, Seattle, Washington, 4-10 August 2001

·         M. Hunter and H. Hu, A Generalised Approach to Position Selection for Simulated Soccer Agents, Proc. of the RoboCup 2001 International Symposium, Seattle, Washington, 4-10 August 2001

·         H. Hu, K. Kostiadis, M. Hunter and N. Kalyviotis, Essex Wizards 2001 Team Description, Lecture Notes on Artificial Intelligence 2377: RoboCup 2001, A. Birk, S. Coradeschi and S. Tadokoro (Eds.), pp. 511-514, 2001

·         H. Hu, D. Gu, D. Golubovic, B. Li and Z. Liu, Essex Rovers 2001 Team Description, Lecture Notes on Artificial Intelligence 2377: RoboCup 2001, A. Birk, S. Coradeschi and S. Tadokoro (Eds.), pp. 679-700, 2001

·         C. Candea, H. Hu, L. Iocchi, M. Piaggio and D. Nardi, Coordination and Behavioural Issues in RoboCup, International Journal of Robotics & Autonomous Systems, Vol. 35, No. 2-3, pages 67-87, August 2001

·         D. Gu and H. Hu, Fuzzy Behaviour Learning for Sony Legged Robots, EUSFLAT 2001 - European Society for Fuzzy Logic and Technology Conference, De Montfort University, Leicester, UK, September 5-7, 2001

·         K. Kostiadis and H. Hu, K-RL: Kanerva-based Generalisation and Reinforcement Learning for Possession Football, Proceedings of IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Hawaii, USA, November 2001

·         H. Duman and H. Hu, United We Stand, Divided We Fall -- Team formation for multiple mobile robot applications, International Journal of Robotics and Automation, Vol. 16, November 2001

·         N. Kalyviotis and H. Hu, ASPF: an Adaptive Strategic Planning Framework, Proceedings of IASTED International Conference on Robotics & Applications, Florida, USA, 19-22 November 2001

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1998

·         H. Hu, Dongbing Gu and Michael Brady, A Modular Computing Architecture for Autonomous Robots, International Journal of Microprocessors and Microsystems, Vol. 21, No. 6, pp. 349-362, March 1998

·         H. Hu and M. Brady, Towards Advanced Mobile Robots for Manufacturing, a Chapter in the Book ``Artificial Intelligence and mobile robots'', Editors David Kortenkamp, Pete Bonasso, and Robin Murphy, pp. 297-321, ISBN 0-262-61137-6, MIT Press, May 1998

·         W.S. Harwin, H. Hu, D. Stinchcombe, G.T. Foster, An Agent based Hospital Delivery System, Proc. of the 6th International Symposium on intelligent Robotic Systems(SIRS'98), Edinburgh, July 1998

·         H. Hu and D. Gu, Concurrent Navigation and Map Building for Mobile Robots, Proceedings of CACUK'98, pages 207-212, Leicester, ISBN 0 9533 8900 6, 19-20, September 1998

·         D. Gu and H. Hu, Kohonen Neural Networks for Self-localization of Mobile Robots, Proceedings of CACUK'98, pages 187-190, ISBN 0 9533 8900 6, Leicester, 19-20 September 1998

·         H. Hu, I. Kelly, D.A. Keating, D. Vinagre, Coordination of Multiple Mobile Robots via Communication, Proc. of SPIE'98, Mobile Robots XIII Conference, pages 94-103, Boston, November 1998

1997

1996

·         P.J. Probert, H. Hu, R.M. Taylor, Architectures for Multi-sensor Robot Control, Proceedings of Int. Symposium on Robotics and Manufacturing, World Automation Congress, France, July 1996

·         H. Hu, Guidance and Control of a car-like Mobile Robot, Proceedings of ECAC'96, pp. 151-156, Oxford, U.K., 21-22, September, 1996

·         H. Hu, J.M. Brady, F. Li, Embedded Computing Architecture for Intelligent Control of Autonomous Robots, Proceedings of the1st European Embedded Computing Conference, Paris, France, 1-2 October 1996

·         H. Hu and M. Brady, A Parallel Processing Architecture for Sensor-based Control of Intelligent Mobile Robots, International Journal of Robotics and Autonomous Systems, Vol. 17, No. 4, pp 235-258, 1996

1995

·         H. Hu, J.M. Brady, P.J. Probert, F. Li, Concurrent Sensing and Action Framework for Intelligent Mobile Robots, Proceedings of Int. Conference on Intelligent Autonomous Systems, pp. 319-326, Karlsruhe, Germany, March 1995

·         M. Brady and H. Hu, Software And Hardware Architecture of a Mobile Robot for Manufacturing, Proceedings of AAAI Spring Symposium on Implemented Software Structures for Physical Agents, USA, March, 1995

·         H. Hu, Concurrently Intelligent Control of Mobile Robots, Proceedings of the 2nd National Conference of Young Scientists, pp. 1-8, Beijing, China, 26-28 July 1995

·         H. Hu, J.M. Brady, F. Du, P.J. Probert, Distributed Real-time Control of a Mobile Robot, International Journal of Intelligent Automation and Soft Computing, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 63-83, 1995

·         H. Hu, J.M. Brady, J. Grothusen, F. Li, P.J. Probert, LICAs: A Modular Architecture for Intelligent Control of Mobile Robots, Proceedings of Int. Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, pp. 471-476, Pittsburgh, USA, 5-9 August 1995

·         H. Hu, Parallel Processing and Intelligent Control of Mobile Robots, Proceedings of the 1st European Chinese Automation Conference, pp. 149-154, London, U.K., 16-17 September 1995

·         H. Hu and M. Brady, Application of Parallel Processing to Intelligent Control of Mobile Robots, Proceedings of IEEE Int. Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, pp. 2910-2915, Vancouver, Canada, 22-25 October 1995

·         F. Li, J.M. Brady, H. Hu, Visual Guidance of an AGV, Proceedings of the 7th International Symposium of Robotics Research, pp 403-415, Munich, Germany, 21-24 October, 1995

·         F. Li, J.M. Brady, I. Reid, H. Hu, Parallel Image Processing for Object Tracking using Disparity Information, Proceedings of the 2nd Asian Conference on Computer Vision, pp. 762-766, Singapore, 5-8 December 1995 [II-762] [II-763] [II-764] [II-765] [II-766].

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