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Table 234. Full-time and part-time instructional faculty and staff in degree-granting institutions, by faculty characteristics and field: Fall 1992 and fall 1998

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                            |Number|____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
          Faculty           | in   |Number|           | Agriculture|            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |
      characteristics       |thou- |  in  |    All    |   and home |            |            |            |            |            |            |  Natural   |   Social   |
                            |sands,|thou- |   fields  |  economics |  Business  | Education  |Engineering |  Fine arts |   Health   | Humanities |  sciences  |  sciences  |   Other
                            | 1992 |sands |           |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |
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             1              |  2   |  3   |    4      |    5       |    6       |    7       |    8       |    9       |   10       |   11       |   12       |   13       |   14
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                            |                          Full-time instructional faculty and staff
                            |___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 Full-time, in thousands ...|  528 |  560 |560.4 (4.8)| 10.5  (0.4)| 38.7  (1.1)| 39.9  (1.4)| 25.0  (0.9)| 33.3  (1.4)| 83.8  (2.0)| 80.8  (1.8)|111.3  (2.1)| 58.4  (1.3)| 78.7  (2.1)
 Percent....................|      |      |100.0      |  1.9  (0.1)|  6.9  (0.3)|  7.1  (0.3)|  4.5  (0.3)|  5.9  (0.3)| 15.0  (0.4)| 14.4  (0.4)| 19.9  (0.5)| 10.4  (0.4)| 14.0  (0.5)
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                            |      |      |            Percentage distribution of full-time faculty
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   Total ...................|  528 |  560 |100.0      |100.0       |100.0       |100.0       |100.0       |100.0       |100.0       |100.0       |100.0       |100.0       |100.0   
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Sex                         |      |      |           |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |
  Male......................|  353 |  357 | 63.7 (0.6)| 80.5  (2.9)| 65.0  (2.1)| 42.5  (2.4)| 90.8  (1.8)| 68.5  (2.2)| 49.8  (1.9)| 55.9  (1.6)| 75.1  (1.1)| 67.6  (1.6)| 66.8  (1.7)
  Female....................|  176 |  203 | 36.3 (0.6)| 19.5  (2.9)| 35.1  (2.1)| 57.5  (2.4)|  9.2  (1.8)| 31.5  (2.2)| 50.2  (1.9)| 44.1  (1.6)| 24.9  (1.1)| 32.4  (1.6)| 33.2  (1.7)
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Race/ethnicity              |      |      |           |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |
  White, non-Hispanic ......|  457 |  477 | 85.1 (0.5)| 90.7  (1.9)| 86.7  (1.4)| 83.8  (1.7)| 77.0  (2.3)| 89.3  (1.4)| 85.5  (1.1)| 83.9  (1.4)| 85.5  (1.0)| 84.0  (1.3)| 87.3  (1.2)
  Black, non-Hispanic ......|   27 |   28 |  5.1 (0.4)|  4.1  (1.3)|  5.3  (0.9)|  8.6  (1.5)|  2.4  (0.5)|  6.7  (1.2)|  4.4  (0.6)|  4.5  (0.8)|  3.1  (0.5)|  6.7  (0.8)|  6.2  (0.8)
  Hispanic..................|   14 |   19 |  3.3 (0.2)|  1.4  (0.6)|  1.6  (0.4)|  3.3  (0.6)|  3.9  (1.4)|  1.1  (0.3)|  3.3  (0.5)|  6.5  (0.9)|  2.9  (0.5)|  3.0  (0.5)|  2.6  (0.6)
  Asian/Pacific Islander ...|   28 |   33 |  5.8 (0.3)|  2.9  (0.9)|  5.2  (0.8)|  3.6  (0.9)| 16.1  (2.1)|  2.3  (0.6)|  6.1  (0.7)|  4.7  (1.0)|  8.2  (0.6)|  5.1  (0.8)|  2.9  (0.6)
  American Indian/          |      |      |           |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |
    Alaska Native ..........|    3 |    4 |  0.7 (0.1)|  1.0  (1.0)|  1.3  (0.8)|  0.8  (0.3)|  0.6  (0.4)|  0.6  (0.3)|  0.7  (0.2)|  0.4  (0.2)|  0.3  (0.1)|  1.3  (0.3)|  1.0  (0.3)
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Age                         |      |      |           |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |
  Under 30 .................|    8 |    9 |  1.6 (0.2)|  1.3  (0.8)|  1.8  (1.2)|  2.5  (1.8)|  1.6  (1.2)|  1.3  (0.4)|  1.3  (0.5)|  0.9  (0.2)|  1.1  (0.2)|  1.1  (0.3)|  3.2  (0.7)
  30 to 34 .................|   35 |   32 |  5.8 (0.3)|  7.9  (3.0)|  4.3  (0.7)|  3.2  (0.7)|  8.6  (1.7)|  3.9  (0.8)|  4.4  (0.6)|  7.3  (1.0)|  6.5  (0.7)|  7.1  (0.9)|  5.3  (0.7)
  35 to 39 .................|   67 |   60 | 10.7 (0.4)|  5.2  (1.6)| 10.8  (1.4)|  7.1  (0.9)| 10.6  (1.4)| 10.1  (1.6)| 13.9  (1.6)| 10.1  (0.9)| 12.8  (1.0)| 10.3  (1.2)|  8.0  (0.9)
  40 to 44 .................|   90 |   82 | 14.6 (0.5)| 10.6  (2.1)| 13.6  (1.7)|  9.8  (1.3)| 17.5  (2.6)| 16.3  (2.1)| 18.4  (1.4)| 10.7  (0.9)| 15.2  (1.0)| 14.4  (1.3)| 15.5  (1.3)
  45 to 49 .................|   98 |   97 | 17.3 (0.5)| 17.9  (2.7)| 16.5  (1.4)| 21.4  (2.1)| 17.2  (2.3)| 16.3  (1.7)| 20.4  (1.4)| 16.7  (1.3)| 14.0  (0.8)| 15.8  (1.3)| 18.6  (1.3)
  50 to 54 .................|   95 |  105 | 18.7 (0.5)| 21.8  (3.1)| 22.7  (1.9)| 20.7  (1.9)| 13.5  (1.6)| 23.4  (2.7)| 17.8  (1.2)| 16.2  (1.2)| 19.1  (1.2)| 17.5  (1.3)| 18.8  (1.4)
  55 to 59 .................|   67 |   90 | 16.1 (0.5)| 21.9  (3.3)| 17.4  (1.7)| 18.3  (2.0)| 14.3  (1.8)| 14.0  (2.2)| 12.8  (1.0)| 19.4  (1.3)| 14.3  (0.9)| 18.2  (1.5)| 16.4  (1.7)
  60 to 64 .................|   45 |   55 |  9.8 (0.4)|  8.5  (1.7)|  9.3  (1.3)| 11.8  (1.6)| 11.1  (2.0)| 11.0  (1.6)|  7.1  (0.7)| 11.2  (1.1)| 10.0  (0.8)| 11.3  (1.2)|  8.7  (0.9)
  65 or older  .............|   24 |   31 |  5.5 (0.3)|  4.9  (1.5)|  3.7  (0.7)|  5.1  (1.4)|  5.7  (1.0)|  3.8  (0.8)|  3.9  (0.5)|  7.7  (1.0)|  7.0  (0.9)|  4.3  (0.8)|  5.6  (1.0)
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Degree                      |      |      |           |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |
  Less than bachelor's .....|    6 |    7 |  1.2 (0.1)|  1.1  (0.7)|  0.3  (0.2)|  0.4  (0.2)|  1.5  (0.6)|  1.4  (0.5)|  1.7  (0.3)|  0.1  (0.1)|  0.4  (0.2)|  #     #   |  4.6  (0.8)
  Bachelor's ...............|   21 |   23 |  4.0 (0.3)|  5.3  (1.4)|  4.6  (0.9)|  1.5  (0.4)|  5.3  (1.5)|  4.8  (0.9)|  5.1  (0.7)|  0.9  (0.4)|  3.6  (0.6)|  0.9  (0.3)|  9.4  (1.1)
  Master's..................|  156 |  156 | 27.8 (0.7)| 19.2  (3.1)| 42.5  (2.4)| 27.2  (2.3)| 16.4  (2.2)| 58.9  (2.9)| 23.0  (1.6)| 30.5  (1.6)| 20.0  (1.2)| 16.0  (1.4)| 34.4  (1.9)
  First-professional........|   58 |   52 |  9.2 (0.6)|  0.8  (0.5)|  3.9  (0.8)|  0.9  (0.3)|  0.5  (0.3)|  1.4  (0.9)| 41.1  (2.1)|  2.3  (0.9)|  2.0  (0.5)|  2.3  (0.9)| 12.6  (1.3)
  Doctorate ................|  284 |  324 | 57.7 (0.8)| 73.7  (3.7)| 48.7  (2.3)| 70.1  (2.4)| 76.3  (2.7)| 33.6  (2.7)| 29.0  (1.7)| 66.3  (1.7)| 74.1  (1.3)| 80.8  (1.6)| 39.1  (2.1)
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Rank                        |      |      |           |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |
  Full professor............|  161 |  172 | 30.7 (0.7)| 42.9  (4.4)| 23.9  (1.9)| 24.8  (2.1)| 37.3  (2.8)| 29.9  (2.6)| 21.1  (1.3)| 30.9  (1.6)| 38.2  (1.5)| 38.8  (1.9)| 28.8  (2.0)
  Associate professor.......|  124 |  132 | 23.6 (0.6)| 23.2  (3.2)| 26.4  (2.1)| 23.7  (2.0)| 27.9  (2.6)| 25.8  (2.6)| 28.4  (1.7)| 21.5  (1.3)| 23.1  (1.2)| 24.0  (1.6)| 18.0  (1.3)
  Assistant professor.......|  124 |  125 | 22.3 (0.6)| 16.5  (3.4)| 19.8  (1.7)| 24.8  (2.1)| 20.4  (2.3)| 21.3  (2.2)| 30.5  (1.5)| 21.3  (1.4)| 20.7  (1.2)| 22.6  (1.4)| 18.6  (1.3)
  Instructor or lecturer ...|   74 |   75 | 13.4 (0.6)|  8.0  (2.0)| 19.5  (2.2)| 10.9  (1.5)|  8.6  (2.2)| 11.9  (2.2)| 14.9  (1.2)| 15.4  (1.3)| 10.1  (0.8)|  7.0  (1.1)| 20.6  (1.6)
  Lecturer  ................|   12 |   14 |  2.5 (0.3)|  2.0  (0.9)|  3.4  (0.9)|  4.3  (1.9)|  0.9  (0.4)|  2.1  (0.6)|  0.9  (0.2)|  5.0  (0.9)|  2.0  (0.3)|  1.1  (0.3)|  3.2  (0.7)
  Other/no rank ............|   17 |   26 |  4.7 (0.3)|  5.6  (1.4)|  3.8  (0.7)|  8.5  (1.3)|  4.3  (1.4)|  3.3  (0.7)|  3.1  (0.5)|  2.3  (0.4)|  3.6  (0.5)|  4.2  (0.7)|  6.8  (0.7)
  No rank  .................|   17 |   16 |  2.8 (0.4)|  1.8  (0.9)|  3.3  (0.8)|  2.9  (0.9)|  0.5  (0.4)|  5.8  (1.5)|  1.1  (0.3)|  3.7  (0.7)|  2.3  (0.4)|  2.3  (0.5)|  4.0  (0.7)
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                            |                          Part-time instructional faculty and staff
                            |___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 Part-time, in thousands ...|  377 |  416 |416.0 (5.9)|  2.5  (0.2)| 31.6  (1.8)| 33.6  (1.6)|  9.3  (0.8)| 38.1  (1.5)| 48.7  (2.2)| 74.1  (2.1)| 65.5  (2.2)| 41.2  (2.4)| 71.6  (2.1)
 Percent ...................|      |      |100.0      |  0.6  (0.1)|  7.6  (0.6)|  8.1  (0.5)|  2.2  (0.3)|  9.2  (0.5)| 11.7  (0.7)| 17.8  (0.7)| 15.7  (0.7)|  9.9  (0.7)| 17.2  (0.8)
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                            |      |      |            Percentage distribution of part-time faculty
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   Total ...................|  377 |  416 |100.0      |100.0       |100.0       |100.0       |100.0       |100.0       |100.0       |100.0       |100.0       |100.0       |100.0   
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Sex                         |      |      |           |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |
  Male......................|  209 |  217 | 52.2 (1.1)| 34.5 (10.1)| 61.9  (4.1)| 28.2  (2.8)| 95.8  (1.6)| 48.5  (3.1)| 41.3  (3.8)| 44.3  (2.2)| 62.8  (2.3)| 55.1  (3.7)| 61.8  (2.8)
  Female....................|  168 |  199 | 47.9 (1.1)| 65.5 (10.1)| 38.1  (4.1)| 71.8  (2.8)|  4.2  (1.6)| 51.5  (3.1)| 58.7  (3.8)| 55.7  (2.2)| 37.3  (2.3)| 44.9  (3.7)| 38.2  (2.8)
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Race/ethnicity              |      |      |           |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |
  White, non-Hispanic ......|  333 |  364 | 87.6 (0.7)| 88.2  (7.0)| 91.1  (1.7)| 89.2  (2.1)| 75.0  (6.2)| 92.4  (1.7)| 90.2  (1.5)| 86.6  (1.4)| 86.8  (1.5)| 85.2  (2.3)| 86.3  (2.2)
  Black, non-Hispanic ......|   18 |   19 |  4.5 (0.4)|  1.3  (1.3)|  5.4  (1.4)|  5.1  (1.4)|  4.9  (2.5)|  2.9  (0.9)|  2.8  (0.7)|  2.7  (0.6)|  6.0  (1.1)|  8.1  (1.7)|  4.4  (0.9)
  Hispanic..................|   11 |   16 |  3.7 (0.4)|  3.9  (3.1)|  1.4  (0.4)|  3.5  (1.1)| 11.2  (5.7)|  3.1  (1.3)|  1.9  (0.5)|  5.8  (1.0)|  2.4  (0.5)|  4.8  (1.4)|  4.1  (0.8)
  Asian/Pacific Islander ...|   12 |   13 |  3.2 (0.4)|  6.6  (6.3)|  2.2  (0.6)|  0.5  (0.3)|  8.1  (2.6)|  1.0  (0.3)|  3.7  (0.9)|  3.7  (0.8)|  4.3  (0.8)|  1.0  (0.3)|  4.3  (2.0)
  American Indian/          |      |      |           |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |
    Alaska Native ..........|    2 |    4 |  1.0 (0.2)|  #     #   |  #     #   |  1.9  (1.3)|  0.9  (0.9)|  0.7  (0.4)|  1.4  (0.8)|  1.3  (0.5)|  0.5  (0.3)|  0.9  (0.4)|  1.0  (0.7)
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Age                         |      |      |           |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |
  Under 30 .................|   20 |   15 |  3.6 (0.4)|  #     #   |  1.3  (0.5)|  1.6  (0.5)|  #     #   |  5.3  (1.7)|  2.0  (0.6)|  7.4  (1.4)|  3.8  (0.9)|  3.4  (0.8)|  2.4  (0.5)
  30 to 34 .................|   36 |   37 |  8.9 (0.7)| 15.9  (7.6)|  9.4  (4.2)|  5.1  (1.5)|  3.7  (2.4)|  8.6  (1.9)|  7.7  (1.8)|  9.7  (1.3)|  7.9  (1.0)|  9.1  (2.5)| 11.6  (1.8)
  35 to 39 .................|   59 |   47 | 11.4 (0.7)| 25.6  (8.0)|  8.1  (1.5)|  9.3  (2.1)| 13.4  (4.8)| 14.6  (2.4)| 15.5  (2.9)|  7.1  (1.0)| 13.6  (1.8)|  8.8  (1.7)| 12.6  (1.7)
  40 to 44 .................|   70 |   60 | 14.5 (0.8)| 18.0  (5.5)| 13.7  (2.2)|  8.9  (2.0)| 19.7  (6.2)| 20.4  (2.7)| 17.0  (2.2)| 13.0  (1.7)| 12.8  (1.7)| 14.7  (2.0)| 16.1  (2.3)
  45 to 49 .................|   68 |   72 | 17.3 (0.8)| 18.4  (8.1)| 15.6  (2.6)| 16.4  (2.8)|  8.0  (2.5)| 16.5  (1.8)| 23.9  (2.4)| 14.5  (1.4)| 14.9  (1.8)| 22.3  (3.9)| 18.0  (2.0)
  50 to 54 .................|   45 |   70 | 16.8 (0.8)| 16.5  (6.9)| 20.1  (2.9)| 24.1  (2.8)| 14.7  (3.4)| 14.9  (1.9)| 16.4  (2.4)| 15.7  (1.5)| 17.3  (2.0)| 15.4  (2.6)| 15.5  (1.9)
  55 to 59 .................|   29 |   47 | 11.3 (0.6)|  #     #   | 13.4  (2.0)|  8.7  (1.4)| 17.2  (5.2)|  8.7  (1.5)|  6.5  (1.4)| 13.1  (1.6)| 15.3  (2.0)| 10.8  (1.8)| 10.4  (1.4)
  60 to 64 .................|   23 |   29 |  6.9 (0.5)|  3.2  (3.1)|  8.3  (1.8)| 13.3  (2.8)|  6.8  (2.1)|  4.9  (1.3)|  3.0  (0.8)|  7.8  (1.2)|  6.1  (1.0)|  9.3  (2.4)|  5.3  (1.1)
  65 or older  .............|   27 |   38 |  9.2 (0.6)|  2.4  (2.4)| 10.2  (2.3)| 12.8  (1.8)| 16.5  (4.4)|  6.1  (1.2)|  8.1  (1.5)| 11.7  (1.4)|  8.4  (1.5)|  6.3  (1.5)|  8.3  (1.8)
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Degree                      |      |      |           |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |
  Less than bachelor's .....|   17 |   20 |  4.9 (0.5)| 11.6  (5.4)|  3.1  (1.4)|  0.5  (0.3)|  3.7  (1.7)|  3.3  (0.9)|  7.7  (1.8)|  0.2  (0.1)|  4.3  (1.3)|  0.2  (0.2)| 13.4  (1.8)
  Bachelor's ...............|   63 |   59 | 14.1 (0.7)| 20.0  (8.2)| 18.0  (2.8)| 11.9  (2.9)| 19.1  (4.4)| 27.0  (3.3)| 15.1  (2.1)|  7.1  (1.1)| 14.1  (1.7)|  4.1  (1.3)| 17.7  (1.9)
  Master's..................|  190 |  225 | 54.1 (1.2)| 54.6  (8.8)| 65.7  (3.4)| 59.7  (3.5)| 32.3  (6.7)| 59.5  (3.3)| 34.8  (3.7)| 69.6  (2.0)| 57.6  (2.4)| 56.3  (0.4)| 39.3  (2.8)
  First-professional........|   40 |   36 |  8.7 (0.8)|  2.7  (2.7)|  3.8  (1.0)|  2.1  (0.6)|  4.2  (2.3)|  1.4  (0.5)| 33.3  (4.3)|  2.9  (0.7)|  2.7  (0.8)|  6.7  (1.6)| 15.2  (2.0)
  Doctorate ................|   59 |   76 | 18.2 (0.8)| 11.1  (4.7)|  9.4  (2.0)| 25.8  (2.9)| 40.7  (7.1)|  8.7  (1.6)|  9.0  (1.6)| 20.2  (1.8)| 21.3  (2.0)| 32.8  (3.3)| 14.5  (2.1)
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Rank                        |      |      |           |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |
  Full professor............|   32 |   30 |  7.3 (0.7)| 5.63  (3.9)|  6.3  (2.0)|  4.3  (1.0)| 16.8  (4.1)|  6.5  (1.7)|  8.1  (1.9)|  6.7  (1.1)|  7.4  (1.6)| 10.0  (4.0)|  7.3  (1.4)
  Associate professor.......|   23 |   19 |  4.7 (0.5)| 3.01  (3.0)|  3.7  (1.0)|  3.5  (1.0)|  9.9  (4.5)|  3.0  (0.9)| 11.3  (1.9)|  2.4  (0.7)|  4.1  (1.0)|  5.5  (1.7)|  3.8  (1.0)
  Assistant professor.......|   24 |   23 |  5.6 (0.6)| 2.58  (2.4)|  3.0  (0.8)|  4.5  (1.0)|  2.2  (1.2)|  5.7  (1.4)| 16.8  (3.7)|  3.3  (0.7)|  3.4  (0.7)|  6.2  (1.1)|  4.3  (0.9)
  Instructor or lecturer ...|  215 |  205 | 49.4 (1.2)|64.47  (9.0)| 50.6  (4.2)| 43.5  (3.3)| 37.5  (6.4)| 53.4  (3.1)| 46.0  (3.9)| 54.9  (2.3)| 51.0  (2.5)| 43.2  (3.6)| 48.9  (2.9)
  Lecturer .................|   45 |   46 | 11.1 (0.8)|10.23  (4.4)| 11.4  (2.3)| 12.9  (2.8)|  9.3  (2.8)| 14.5  (2.5)|  5.9  (1.6)| 11.9  (1.5)| 10.8  (1.6)| 12.8  (2.4)| 11.3  (2.6)
  Other/ no rank ...........|   28 |   75 | 18.1 (0.8)|11.46  (5.0)| 21.0  (2.6)| 24.8  (2.8)| 18.1  (4.6)| 12.0  (1.8)| 10.8  (1.5)| 17.6  (1.8)| 17.1  (1.7)| 20.2  (2.4)| 21.7  (2.3)
  No rank ..................|    9 |   16 |  4.0 (0.4)| 2.62  (2.6)|  4.1  (1.6)|  6.4  (2.2)|  6.2  (4.2)|  5.0  (1.1)|  1.3  (0.4)|  3.3  (0.7)|  6.1  (1.2)|  2.1  (0.7)|  2.7  (0.6)
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Not applicable.
# Rounds to zero.

NOTE: Totals may differ from figures reported in other tables because of varying survey methodologies. Detail may not sum to totals due to survey item nonresponse and rounding. Standard errors appear in parentheses.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Study of Postsecondary Faculty (NSOPF), 1993 and 1999. (This table was prepared July 2001.)


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