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PLANEARY SESSION - I

TECHNICAL SESSION - A

TECHNICAL SESSION - B

PLANEARY SESSION - II

TECHNICAL SESSION - C

TECHNICAL SESSION - D

TECHNICAL SESSION - E

TECHNICAL SESSION - F

TECHNICAL SESSION - G

TECHNICAL SESSION - H

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS  

 

PLANEARY SESSION - I

(Invited Talks)

I-T-1

Atmospheric Aerosols and Their Radiative Forcing over Indian Region – an Insight Into the Spatio-Temporal Heterogeneity and Role of Long Range Transport.

K Krishnamoorthy , SPL, VSSC, Trivandrum, INDIA

I-T-2

Surface Ozone and Trace Gases : Possible Effects of Heterophase Chemistry.

Shyam Lal, Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad, INDIA

I-T-3

Aggregating Aerosols Radiative Forcing: Approaches and Issues.

Sachchidanand Singh, National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi, INDIA

I-T-4

Recent developments on aerosol deposition on surfaces: Modelling and Experiments.

Y S Mayya, BARC,Mumbai, INDIA

I-T-5

Optical Remote Sensing Techniques for Remote Sensing of the Earth’s Atmosphere.

U N Singh, NASA, Hampton, VA 23681 USA

I-T-6

Impact of Biomass Burning on Aerosol Properties - A Study Using Satellite Data and Ground Based Measurements.

K V S Badrinath, NRSA Hyderabad, INDIA

I-T-7

Measuring Aerosol Absorption from Space using OMI near UV observations.

Omar Torres, NASA-GSFC and UMBC-JCET, MD,  20771, USA

 

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TECHNICAL SESSION - A

AEROSOLS REMOTE SENSING

A-O-1

Influence of Aerosol Loading on  Sea Surface Temperature (SST) Variations – A Case Study.

Shailesh Kumar Kharol, K.V.S. Badarinath and P.K.Dileep

A-O-2

First-in-Asia DPMPL Investigations of Claim.

P.C.S. Devara, Y. Jaya Rao, M.G. Manoj, K.K. Dani, P. Ernest Raj and M.C.R. Kalapureddy

A-P-1

Aerosol-Cloud Interaction Inferred from MODIS Satellite Data over Indian Region

G. Pandithurai, P. Kulkarni and A.S. Panicker

A-P-2

Study of Seasonal Variability in the MODIS AOD Validation With  Ground Truth Data over Ahmedabad

Amit Misra, A Jayaraman and Dilip Ganguly

A-P-3

Effect of Thar Desert on Atmospheric Aerosols Study In Uv Ranges Over North- Central India Using TOMS Aerosols Data

B.M.Vyas  and Vimal Sarasawat

A-P-4

Vertical Distribution of Atmospheric Aerosols in the Lower Troposphere over Trivandrum

Bijoy V. Thampi, Manoj K. Mishra, K. Parameswaran, Korak Saha, C. Suresh Raju, K. Rajeev

A-P-5

Will the Aerosol Derived from the Ocm Satellite Sensor Be Representative of the Aerosol over Goa?

Madhubala Talaulikar, T.Suresh, Ancy Rodrigues, Elgar Desa, Prakash Chauhan

A-P-6

Micro Pulse Lidar for the Measurements of Aerosol and Clouds

B.C. Arya, Y. Nazeer Ahammed, Arun Kumar, D.K. Shukla, Ibrarul Haque,P.K. Dubey and S.L. Jain

 

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TECHNICAL SESSION - B

AEROSOL PHYSICAL CHARACTERIZATION URBAN SITES

I-T-8

Multi-Year Lidar and Radiometric Measurments for Climate Studies at IITM, Pune, India: Past, Present and Future Scenarios.

P C S Devara, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune, INDIA

B-O-1

Urban Aerosol and Pre-Cursor Gas Characterization: Synergy between Two Decades of Aerosol Lidar, Radiometer and Satellite Data over Pune, India

R.L. Bhawar, P.C.S. Devara, S.K. Saha, P. Ernest Raj, Y. Jaya Rao, G. Pandithurai, K.K. Dani and S.M. Sonbawne

B-O-2

Matrix factorization modeling for air pollution source identification: Application to field data from Kanpur

Bhavin Mehta, Chandra Venkataraman, Mani Bhushan and Sachida Nand Tripathi

B-O-3

A Study of Statistical Distribution Pattern of PM2.5 Concentration in the urban environment of Delhi.

Amit Prakasha, Ujjwal Kumara,  Krishan Kumara, Naresh Kumarb, V. K. Jaina

B-O-4

Characteristics of PM2.5 and PM10 Aerosols at an Urban Site During Wintertime

R. Rengarajan, A. K. Sudheer and M. M. Sarin

B-O-5

Size Distribution Characteristics of Atmospheric Aerosols over an Urban Site, New Delhi, India

Y. Nazeer Ahammed, B.C. Arya, Arun Kumar, D.K. Shukla and Ibrarul Haque

B-O-6

Seasonal Variations in Aerosol Characteristics over Patiala, Northwest Region of India

Manjit Singh, Manoj Kumar and Darshan Singh

B-O-7

Atmospheric Particulate Matter Behavior at Delhi: Study of PM10 and PM2.5  Size Particles

S. Tiwari, Manoj K. Srivastava and D. S. Bisht

B-O-8

Variation of Fine Particulate Matter in the Different Indian Cities

Anuradha Shukla, Neelam Rana, S. Gangopadhaya

B-O-9

Study of Turbidity Parameters at Tropical Station Pune

Shantikumar Singh, G. R. Aher, Sanjay D. More, V. V. Agashe

B-O-10

Assessment of Personal Exposure to Indoor and Outdoor Particulate Matter for Residents of an Academic  Campus (IIT-Kanpur)

J. Jaidevi, T. Gupta, S. N. Tripathi and K. K. Ujinwal

B-P-1

Features of Atmospheric Aerosols at Pune

G.R.Aher,  N. Shanikumar Singh , S.D. More and V. V. Agashe

B-P-2

Trends in the Atmospheric Particulate Matter Collected During 2003-2005 at Trombay, Mumbai

I.V. Saradhi, P. Kothai, P. Prathibha, G.G. Pandit and V.D. Puranik

B-P-3

Near Surface Aerosol Characteristics at NPL New Delhi During ICARB 2006

Khem Singh, Arvind K. Jha, Nahar Singh, and Prabhat K Gupta

B-P-4

Unusual Behaviour of Angstrom’s Turbidity Parameters

Ganesh K E,  Umesh T K  and Narasimhamurthy B

B-P-5

A Study of the Suspended Particulate Matter over Gurgaon

Purba Chatterji, Sandeep Virdi, Praven Bhargava  and H.N. Dutta,V.B.Gupta

B-P-6

Particulate Aerosol Profile at Agra, India

D.Saha, F. Rehman and A. Gupta S.D. Makhijani and B. Sengupta

B-P-7

Characterization of Road Side Particulate Matter of Delhi Region

Sippy K Chauhan, Anuradha Shukla and S Gangopadhyay

B-P-8

Multi-Year Analysis of Columnar Ozone, Uvery and Uv-A over Tropical Urban Region of Hyderabad

Shailesh Kumar Kharol, K.V.S. Badarinath, A. Nirmala Jyothsna and K.Samatha

 

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PLANEARY SESSION - II

I-T-9

Characteristics and Sources of Atmospheric Carbonaceous Species over Indian Region

M M Sarin, Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad, INDIA

I-T-10

Overview of Aerosol Black Carbon; Its Instrumentation; and Some Examples of the Interpretation of Data

Tony Hansen, Magee Scientific, Berkeley, CA 94703, USA

I-T-11

Trends in Atmospheric Elemental Carbon Concentrations, ~1850 – 2005

Liaquat Husain, et al, State University of New York.Albany, NY 12201-0509, USA

 

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TECHNICAL SESSION - C

AEROSOL CHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION

C-O-1

Elemental Analysis of Environmental Aerosol in Gaborone,   Botswana

T.S.Verma, Shibu K.John and P.V.C.Luhanga

C-O-2

Chemical Characterization of Aerosols at A Tropical Coastal Site, Trivandrum

Susan K. George, Prabha R. Nair, K. Parameswaran, Salu Jacob and Annamma Abraham

C-O-3

Chemical Characterization of PM10 in Agra, A Semi-Arid Region

P. Gursumeeran Satsangi, A. Kulshrestha, A. Taneja and P.S.P. Rao

C-O-4

the Behavior of Toxic Gaseous Pollutants (NO2, SO2) in Sensitive Areas of the Northwestern Himalayan Region - A Case Study of Mohal-Kullu and Kothi-Manali

Manum Sharma, Jagdish C. Kuniyal, Harinder K. Thakur,R.P.Guleria and Sanjeev Sharma

C-O-5

Annual Cycle of Major Water Soluble Ionic Species in Aerosols at a High Altitude Station, Darjeeling, India (27001’N, 880 15’ E, ~2182 Masl)

A Chatterjee, A Adak, Manoj K Srivastava, Suresh Tiwari, Ajay K Singh, Y Yadav, A Mitra, S K Ghosh, Sibaji Raha

C-O-6

Measurement of SPM and SO2 at Sugar Factory, Rural Background Site and Semi-Urban Site

G. Beig, Sachin D. Ghude, S. D. Polade and Saroj K. Sahu

C-P-1

Characterization of Organic and Elemental Carbon in PM2.5 and PM10 Aerosols at Trombay, Mumbai.

S.K. Sahu, R.C. Bhangare, S. Sharma, G.G. Pandit and V.D. Puranik

C-P-2

Concentration of Trace Metals in PM10 at Urban- Rural Locations in Delhi

Vijay Shridhar, P. S. Khillare, Tripti Agarwal, Sharmila Ray

C-P-3

Seasonal Variation and Inter-Correlation of SO42-, NO3- NH4+ in PM10 Aerosols and Trace Gases SO2 and NH3 at Hyderabad

L A K Reddy, U C Kulshrestha, J Satyanarayana and Monika J Kulshrestha

C-P-4

Study of Ph and Conductivity at Three Different Environments (Rural, Urban and Himalayan) in the Northern Part of India

S. Behura, D. S. Bisht and S. Tiwari

C-P-5

Studies On Radon and Its Progeny in and Around Bangalore City

C. Ningappa, J. Sannappa, M.S Manjunatha, M.S. Chandrashekara and L. Paramesh

C-P-6

Radon, Thoron and their Progeny Levels in Dwellings of Mysore, Karnataka

Ramanna H C, V Nagesh, Sathish L A and  K Nagaraja

C-P-7

Radioactive Aerosols in Granitic Regions of Karnataka State, India

C Ningappa, J Sannappa, N Karunakara and H M Somashekarappa

 

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TECHNICAL SESSION - D

CARBONACEOUS AEROSOLS

D-O-1

Black Carbon Aerosol Variation and its Impact over Delhi

Tarannum Bano, Sachchidanand Singh, R K. Roshan, S. Nath, R.S. Tanwar and Monu Arora.

D-O-2

Black Carbon Aerosols During Transport and Chemical Evolution over the Pacific (TRACE-P) Experiment

Sunita Verma, John Worden, Swagata Payra2 and Line Jourdain

D-O-3

Atmospheric Carbonaceous Species (Ec, Oc): Temporal Variability over A High Altitude Site in Semi-Arid Region of Western India

Kirpa Ram and M M Sarin

D-O-4

Aircraft Measurements of Aerosol Black Carbon from A Coastal Location in the North-East Part of Peninsular India During ICARB

S. Suresh Babu, K. Krishna Moorthy, S.

D-O-5

Carbonaceous Aerosols over Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea in the Pre Monsoon Season

Trailokya Saud, T.K.Mandal , Y.N.Ahmed, S.Singh, Manoj K.Srivastav, J.K.Bassin, Papiya Mandal

D-O-6

Indoor and Outdoor Concentration of Carbon in Fine Particles at A Control Site in Mumbai City: A Case Study

Abba Elizabeth Joseph, Seema Unnikrishnan,Rakesh Kumar

D-O-7

Emissions of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in the Atmosphere: an Indian Scenario

D.P.Singh, Ranu Gadi and T.K.Mandal

D-O-8

Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Atmospheric Size-Segregated Aerosols at Trombay, Mumbai

G.G. Pandit, S.K. Sahu, P.Y. Ajmal and V.D. Puranik

D-O-9

Characterization of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Diesel Fuel and Diesel Exhaust Emissions

Nirat Rajput and Anita Lakhani

D-O-10

Indoor/Outdoor Levels of Gaseous Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (Pahs) in A Semi Arid Region of India

Amit Masih, Jamson Masih, Renuka Saini and Ajay Taneja

D-P-1

Characteristics of Carbonaceous Pollutants at High Altitude Station Sinhagad in India

S. Kewat, P.D. Safai, B. Krishnakant, P.S.P. Rao, G.A. Momin and K. Ali

D-P-2

Black Carbon Aerosol Mass Concentration Variations in Anantapur

R. R. Reddy, K. Rama Gopal, K. Narasimhulu, L. Siva Sankara Reddy and K. Raghavendra Kumar

D-P-3

Seasonal Variations of Carbonaceous Aerosols over Central Himalayas

U. C. Dumka, K. Krishna Moorthy, P. Pant, Ram Sagar, and Kavita Pandey

 

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TECHNICAL SESSION - E

SPECIAL STUDIES ON AEROSOLS

E-O-1

Simulation of Nucleation, Coagulation and Finite Rate Sintering in Nanoparticulate Aerosol Aggregate Formation

Anirban A. Roy, Natasha Kataria, Rajdip Bandyopadhayaya

E-O-2

A Study On Simultaneous Coagulation and Dispersion in A Concentrated Aerosol Cloud

S. anand and Y. S. Mayya

E-O-3

Aerosol Issues in Fast Reactor

R.Baskaran, V.Subramanian, R.Indira and M.Rajan

E-O-4

Analysis of Aerosol Behavior in the IPHWR Containment With NAUA5-M

Bhubneshwar. Gera, Pavan K. Sharma, R.K.Singh, A. K. Ghosh and H.S. Kushwaha

E-O-5

Analysis of Aerosol Number Concentration spectrum during fog over Delhi

Swagata Payra  and Manju Mohan

E-O-6

Studies On Atmospheric Electrical Conductivity Related Radon and Its Progeny Concentrations at Two Different Places in Mysore (12­o N, 76o E), India

N. Ragini, T.S. Shashikumar, M.S. Chandrashekara, L. Paramesh

E-O-7

Effect of Aerosol Loading On the Conductivity of the Stratosphere

K Nagaraja, B S N Prasad and N Srinivas

E-P-1

an Experimental Approach to Correlate Air Condutivity and Particulate Pollution

Adarsh  Kumar

 

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TECHNICAL SESSION - F

NEW TECHNIQUES

I-T-12

Metrology in Chemistry for Aerosols

P K Gupta, National Physical Laboratory,  New Delhi, INDIA

I-T-13

Inversion Techniques for Minor Constituents

S L Jain, National Physical Laboratory,  New Delhi, INDIA

F-O-1

Industrial Portable Filter Test Technology With Wide Range Aerosol Spectrometer WRAS

Friedhelm Schneider, Dr. Christian Gerhart

F-O-2

Modeling Measured Aerosol Particle Size Distributions from Animal Husbandry Using Wide Range Aerosol Spectrometer (5nm to 20µM) - A New Approach to Specify Particulate Emission from Agricultural Sources

Friedhelm Schneider, Nureseba Mahmoud - Yasin, Henry Onyeneke-Edwards

F-O-3

Size Segregated Particle Removal Efficiency Using Unipolar Ionizers for Combustion Aerosols in Indoor Environments

B. K. Sapra, P.S. Kothalkar, A. Khan and Y.S. Mayya

F-O-4

Development and Characterisation of an Electro-Hydrodynamic Aerosol Spray System

Sanjay Singh, Arshad Khan, B.K. Sapra, P.C. Gupta and Y.S. Mayya

F-P-1

Development of A Multipurpose Sampler to Measure Human Exposure to Respirable Airborne Particulate Matter

Kamal Kant Ujinwal and Tarun Gupta

F-P-2

Particulate Matter Control in Engine Exhaust Using    Activated Carbon Fiber

Rajveer Singh, Nishith Verma,  Avinash Agarwal

F-P-3

Calibration of Aerodynamic and Optical Particle Sizing Instruments With the Electrical Mobility Sizer

Arshad Khan, P.S. Kothalkar, B.K. Sapra and Y.S. Mayya

 

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TECHNICAL SESSION - G

AEROSOL PHYSICAL CHARACTERIZATION INDIAN REGION

G-O-1

Aerosols in the UTLS Region at Tropics

Bijoy V Thampi, S V SunilKumar and K.Parameswaran

G-O-2

Evaluation of Methods to Determine the Spectral Variations of Aerosol Optical Thickness

T.Suresh, Madhubala Talaulikar, Ancy Rodrigues, Elgar Desa, Prakash Chauhan

G-O-3

Spatial distribution of aerosols over the marine environment of BoB during ICARB

Prabha R Nair, Susan K George, K Parameswaran, Annamma Abraham, Salu Jacob and K S Abhilash

G-O-4

Aerosol, gases, and radiative features around Arabian Sea during ICARB-06 Ship cruise

M C R  Kalapureddy, P C S  Devara, and  S K  Saha

G-O-5

Asian Dust Episode in June 2006: Aerosol Observations over A High Altitude Site in the Central Himalayas

P. Hegde, P. Pant, M. Naja, U. C. Dumka

G-O-6

Altitude profiles of aerosol optical depth, size parameters and mass concentration of bc over nanital in the Himalayas

U. C. Dumka, K. Krishna Moorthy, S. K. Satheesh, Ram Sagar, and P. Hegde

G-O-7

Spatial Heterogeneities in the Mass Concentration of Near-Surface Aerosols over the Arabian Sea During ICARB

Vijayakumar S Nair, S Suresh Babu, V Sreekanth, Siva Sankara Reddy,

G-O-8

Aerosols Characteristics Variations in Different Environment over Indian Region

S. Kumar, M.G. Manoj, P.C.S. Devara, G. Pandithurai and P.D. Safai

G-O-9

Aerosol Characteristics over India During the ICARB

Naseema Begum, K. Krishna Moorthy, Vijayakumar S Nair, SK Satheesh, V Vinoj,

G-P-1

Effect of Meteorological Parameters On Aerosol Number Density During  Pre-Monsoon Season

D. K. Sharma and P. K. Sharma; Jagdish Rai

G-P-2

Aerosol Size Distributions and their Seasonal Variations over Tropical Semi-Arid Region: Rajkot

Ritweej  Rajeev Ranjan, K. N. Iyer and H. P. Joshi

G-P-3

Investigation of the Wavelength Dependence of Aerosol Optical Depthsover Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea

Sumita Kedia and S.  Ramachandran

G-P-4

Changes in Aerosol Characteristic Due to Changes in Land-Sea Breeze Observed over Kalpakkam

Sanat K. Das and A. Jayaraman

G-P-5

Columnar and Near-Surface Aerosol Size Distributions over CENTRAL HIMALAYAS

U. C. Dumka, Kavita Pandey, K.  Krishna Moorthy,  S.K. Satheesh, and Ram Sagar

G-P-6

Inter-Annual Variability of Aerosols in the Indian Region During 1996-1999 Using General Circulation Modeling and Potential Source Contribution Function

Ribu Cherian, S.Ramachandran, Chandra Venkataraman ,M.S. Reddy and O. Boucher

G-P-7

Generation, Transport and Distribution Features of Aerosols over Bay of Bengal During ICARB

Marina Aloysius, Mannil Mohan, K. Parameswaran and K. Krishnamoorthy

G-P-8

Some Results of Summer Aerosol Characterization Experiments over Maitri and Larsemann Hill in Antarctica

S.M. Sonbawne, P.C.S. Devara and S.K. Saha

G-P-9

Aerosol Properties and BC Mass Mixing Ratios over the Arabian Sea During ARMEX 2004

Vijayakumar S Nair, S Suresh Babu and K Krishnamoorthy

G-P-10

Mesospheric Dust/Aerosol Density from A Detailed Heterogeneous Ion-Chemistry Model

N. Srinivas and K. Narasimhamurthy

 

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TECHNICAL SESSION - H

AEROSOLS’ IMPACT

H-O-1

Three year sun/sky radiometer measurements of aerosol optical properties over an urban site:  Effects on local direct radiative forcing and heating rates

C.  Seethala, G. Pandithurai, P.C.S. Devara and R.T. Pinker

H-O-2

Aerosol Radiative Properties in the Semi-Arid Region

R. R. Reddy, K. Rama Gopal, K. Narasimhulu, L. Siva Sankara Reddy and K. Raghavendra Kumar

H-O-3

Aerosol radiative effects over Kanpur region, northern India

Sagnik Dey and S. N. Tripathi

H-O-4

Long-term variation of Aerosol Optical Thickness, Angstrom Exponent and Aerosol Radiative Forcing estimates over Delhi

R K. Roshan, Sachchidanand Singh, Tarannum Bano, Shambhu Nath, and R.S. Tanwar

H-O-5

Observation of Aerosol Effects in the UV- B Spectral Region

A. S. Panicker, G. Pandithurai, P.C.S. Devara, P. Ernest Raj and R.T. Pinker

H-O-6

Effect of Anthropogenic Activities on Uv Index Variations – A Study Using Ground-Based Measurements and Satellite Data

Shailesh Kumar Kharol, K.V.S. Badarinath, V. Krishna Prasad E.U.B.Reddi, D.G. Kaskaoutis, and H.D. Kambezidis

H-O-7

Impact of Black Carbon on the Optical Properties of Aerosols  During the Summer and Winter Season at Pune During 2005

P.D. Safai, S. Kewat, G. Pandithurai, P.S.P.Rao, G.A.Momin and K.Ali

H-O-8

Effect of Absorbing Aerosols on Cloud droplet Size Distribution

Suresh K. Varghese, S. Gangamma

H-O-9

A case study on the impact of atmospheric aerosols in modifying the regional meteorology

K. Rajeev, K. Parameswaran, Sandhya K Nair, S. Meenu

H-O-10

Seasonal behavior of the cloud radiative forcing and its association with the Indian summer monsoon

S D Patil, A A Munot and Nityanand Singh

H-O-11

Regional aspects of global warming trend in recent decades

D. R. Kothawale, A. A. Munot and K. Krishna Kumar

H-O-12

Environmental Sciences Program at Hyderabad Campus of  TIFR

R.K. Manchanda

H-P-1

Study of Monsoon with the Impact of Aerosols in LMDZ General Circulation Model

Hashmi Fatima, Rashmi Mittal, H. C. Upadhyaya and O. P. Sharma

H-P-2

an Experimental Investigation of the Effects of Environmental and Fog Condensation Nuclei Parameters on Fog Visibility

Vivek Pratap, Bharath V., Nikita Tripathi, S. N. Tripathi2, Tarun Gupta, Anmol Mishra Utpal Das

H-P-3

Study of Aerosol Effect on the Distribution of Solar Radiation over Hyderabad Under Clear-Sky Conditions

R.K. Manchanda, P.R. Sinha, S. Srinivasan

H-P-4

Influence of Major Dust Storms on the Ozone Column and Climatic Conditions of the Indo-Gangetic Plains

 

Anup K. Prasad, Ramesh P. Singh and Menas Kafatos
 

H-P-5

Air Pollution Benefits Due to a Shopping Mall in Gurgaon- A New Perception

Purba Chatterji ,  Praven Bhargava, H.N. Dutta  and V.B.Gupta

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