Richard Berk (PSC Research Associate) was featured in a Penn Today article about his research for the 1968 Kerner Commission, which aimed to understand causes for civil unrest across the country and he reflects on how it relates to current events and COVID-19.
More »Jesús Fernández-Villaverde (PSC Research Associate) was interviewed in a Penn Today article about the U.S. economic recession and what recovery might look like after the COVID-19 pandemic.
More »Heather Schofield (PSC/PARC Research Associate) was featured in a Knowledge@Wharton article about how the COVID-19 lockdown is affecting India’s households. More »
Wendy Roth (PSC Research Associate) was featured in a Times of Israel article about the dangers of DNA testing to defend preexisting ideas of race.
More »Alison M. Buttenheim (PSC Research Associate) was quoted in an ABC News article about social distancing and the recent presidential rally.
More »New Population Center Work Paper (PSC/PARC): Amin, Vikesh, Jere Behrman, Jason Fletcher, Carlos Flores, Alfonso Flores-Lagunes, and Hans-Peter Kohler. 2020. "Genetic Risks, Adolescent Health and Schooling Attainment." University of Pennsylvania Population Center Working Paper (PSC/PARC), 2020-49.
More »Daniel Aldana Cohen (PSC) and the Socio-Spatial Climate Collaborative were cited in the inaugural print issue of Bloomberg Green. Be sure to check out an essay Cohen penned for The Century Foundation about how a green stimulus would uplift worke More »
Damon Centola (PSC Research Associate) was featured in a Penn Today article about exploring the root causes of vaccine hesitancy and actionable steps to address it.
More »Kevin G. Volpp (PSC/PARC Research Associate) was featured in Penn Today about how contact tracing can be used as an epidemiological tool to curb the spread of COVID-19.
More »Dirk Krueger (PSC Research Associate) was recently interviewed by Tim Phillips about Sweden's solution to COVID-19. Listen to the full podcast at Vox, CEPR Policy Portal.
More »Atheendar Venkataramani (PSC/PARC Research Associate) was quoted in a Newsweek article about racism in the time of COVID-19 and why it is also a public health issue.
More »Olivia S. Mitchell (PSC/PARC Research Associate) was featured in a Wall Street Journal article about whether people should dip into their retirement savings during a crisis.
More »Alison M. Buttenheim (PSC Research Associate) was quoted in a Philadelphia Inquirer article about potential challenges for the region as we move into the "yellow" phase.
More »New Korean Millennials Research Brief: Jung, Gowoon, "Religion and Mothers in the Discursive Construction of Multicultural Korea," 2020. Korean Millennials Research Briefs, No. 10. June 11, 2020.
More »New Population Center Working Paper (PSC/PARC): Sironi, Maria, Nicola Barban, Luca Maria Pesando, and Frank Furstenberg. 2020. "A Sequence-Analysis Approach to the Study of the Transition to Adulthood in Low- and Middle-Income Countries." University of Pennsylvania Population Center Working Paper (PSC/PARC), 2020-48.
More »Luca Maria Pesando (GGD '19) and Francesco Billari (PSC Research Affiliate) wrote an article published in PNAS entitled, "Leveraging mobile phones to attain sustainable development." Be sure to check out the coverage on iflscience.com.
More »Beth Soldo died peacefully on May 28, 2020, after a long illness, with her husband of more than 44 years at her side. Beth was the Principal Investigator of the Population Aging Research Center at the University of Pennsylvania from 1999-2011. She successfully led PARC as it's Director for over a decade and was a champion for demographic and aging research. Read the obituary.
More »Dirk Krueger (PSC Research Associate) along with co-authors recently wrote a report for the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis and a NBER working paper on building a model in which economic activity and disease progression are jointly determined. More »
Mark V. Pauly (PSC/PARC Research Associate) wrote a piece for The Philadelphia Inquirer examining how the U.S. can reopen and limit harm to Americans.
More »New Population Center Working Paper (PSC/PARC): Gaiha, Raghav, Shantanu Mathur, and Vani Kulkarni. 2020. "Rural Poverty and Disability in LMICs." University of Pennsylvania Population Center Working Paper (PSC/PARC), 2020-47.
More »New Population Center Working Paper (PSC/PARC): Smith, Herbert 2020. "Age-Period-Cohort Analysis: What Is It Good For?" University of Pennsylvania Population Center Working Paper (PSC/PARC), 2020-46.
More »The new book A Planet To Win: Why We Need A Green New Deal, co-authored by Daniel Aldana Cohen (PSC Research Associate), was reviewed by the Los Angeles Review of Books.
More »Angela Duckworth (PSC Research Associate) participated in the CNN Town Hall about the lasting effects the COVID-19 pandemic may have on children.
More »Atheendar Venkataramani (PSC/PARC Research Associate) penned a piece for the LDI Health Policy$ense blog entitled, "A Cautionary Tale About Medicaid Work Requirements." It is a historical analysis of welfare requirements and features an article Venkataramani co-authored pub More »
Daniel Aldana Cohen (PSC Research Associate) was quoted in a The Philadelphia Citizen article about the need for a green stimulus plan for Philadelphia.
More »Olivia S. Mitchell (PSC/PARC Research Associate) was quoted in a Washington Post article about how the coronavirus has affected where people are retiring.
More »Angela Duckworth (PSC Research Associates) along with co-authors wrote an opinion article published in The New York Times about getting people to wear masks.
More »Damon Centola (PSC Research Associate) was featured in a Knowable Magazine article entitled, "How We Make Decisions During A Pandemic."
More »Courtney Boen (PSC/PARC Research Associate) was quoted in a Penn Today article about the impact COVID-19 has had on black and brown communities.
More »Courtney Boen (PSC/PARC Research Associate) was quoted in an article in The Atlantic about non-medical solutions, such as paid sick leave, to combat effects of the pandemic.
More »Annette Lareau (PSC Research Associate) was quoted in an article in The Philadelphia Inquirer about how the pandemic has shone a light on classism.
More »New Korean Millennials Research Brief: Choi, Jaesung and Bae, Hannah, "Changes in Early Labor Market Outcomes Among Young College Graduates in South Korea." 2020. Korean Millennials Research Briefs, No. 9. May 13, 2020.
More »Pilar Gonalons-Pons (PSC/PARC Research Associate) wrote an op-ed article for The Philadelphia Inquirer about coronavirus and gender differences in domestic work, child care, and home schooling.
More »Alison M. Buttenheim (PSC Research Associate) was featured in a NPR article about vaccine hesitancy and a recent referendum in Maine.
More »Alison M. Buttenheim (PSC Research Associate) was interviewed for an article in Philadelphia Magazine about lifting restrictions and social distancing in Philadelphia. More »
Richard Berk (PSC) was quoted in a Philadelphia Magazine article about the rise of crime rates. He suggests looking at the data to understand possible coronavirus affects.
More »Alison M. Buttenheim (PSC Research Associate) was recently interviewed in a segment of NPR's The Pulse. The episode, which aired on May 1, 2020, is about the role of public health amid outbreaks and pandemics.
More »Dennis Culhane (PSC Research Associate) was quoted in a Seattle Times article about housing solutions in the midst of a pandemic.
More »Harsha Thirumurthy (PSC/PARC Research Associate) was featured in a recent Penn Today article "Disease Knows No Borders" about his paper in the Journal of International Affairs.
More »Courtney Boen (PSC/PARC Research Associate) and co-authors penned an article published in The Hill about the racial, ethnic and class disparities among COVID-19 patients.
More »Kevin G. Volpp (PSC/PARC Research Associate), David Asch, and Ralph Muller look to best practices in science and business to offer guidance on how to handle the current coronavirus pandemic. Read more here.
More »Annette Lareau (PSC Research Associate) received the Provost’s Award for Distinguished PhD Teaching and Mentoring. The Provost’s Award for Distinguished PhD Teaching and Mentoring was established in 2004, specifically to honor faculty who mentor PhD students. This prize is intended to underscore the University’s strategic emphasis on graduate education.
More »Mark V. Pauly (PSC/PARC Research Associate) recently wrote an article for The Philadelphia Inquirer about what the coronavirus pandemic could mean for health insurance premiums.
More »Iliana Kohler (PSC/PARC Research Associate) received an LDI research grant for a project entitled, “At the Frontline of the Pandemic in a Resource-Limited Setting: Health Care Providers and COVID-19 in Malawi.”
More »Rachel M. Werner (PARC Research Associate) and Alison M. Buttenheim (PSC Research Associate) were featured in an LDI Virtual Seminar, the first in the new "Experts at Home" series. More »
Irma T. Elo (PSC/PARC Research Associate) and Emilio Parrado (PSC/PARC Research Associate) are among a group of researchers featured in a Penn Today article about the 2020 Census. More »
Sharon Wolf (PSC Research Associate) was featured in a Penn GSE article. Wolf’s research on childhood hunger offers a warning as pandemic threatens food security.
More »Atheendar Venkataramani (PSC/PARC Research Associate) says the U.S. does not have the public health infrastructure to foster a speedy economic recovery from the pandemic. Read more at NBC News.
More »Dennis Culhane (PSC Research Associate) explains his recent report about the effects of COVID-19 on homeless populations. Read more at NOLA, Penn Today and Daily Bruin.
More »Olivia S. Mitchell (PSC/PARC Research Associate) talks with Wharton Business Daily on Sirius XM about the downsides of 401(k) loans.
More »Research from Heather Schofield (PSC/PARC Research Associate) finds that after more than three weeks of daily 30-minute naps, employees at a data-entry job were 2.3% more productive and invested more of their money into savings accounts. Read more at MIT Sloan News.
More »Alison M. Buttenheim (PSC Research Associate) talks about the social distancing practices that will need to continue. Listen here.
More »Mark V. Pauly (PSC/PARC Research Associate) argues that other U.S. industries need more financial aid than the health care sector during the COVID-19 crisis. Read more at Bloomberg Law.
More »John M. MacDonald (PSC Research Associate) writes on the correlation between the high numbers of incarcerated persons and the spread of the COVID-19. Read more at Mother Jones
More »Iliana Kohler (PSC/PARC Research Associate) is now a LDI Senior Fellow. LDI’s more than 300 Senior Fellows are leaders in interdisciplinary health services and health policy research and have helped guide health policies at all levels of government and the private sector.
More »Research from Damon Centola (PSC Research Associate) shows that the tipping point for the spread of social norms can be as low as just 25% adoption to reshape society. Read more at Forbes.
More »New Population Center Working Paper (PSC/PARC): Florian, Sandra, Chenoa Flippen, and Emilio Parrado. 2020. "The Labor Force Trajectories of Immigrant Women: Intersecting Personal Characteristics and Migration Dynamics." University of Pennsylvania Population Center Working Paper (PSC/PARC), 2020-45.
More »Mark V. Pauly (PSC/PARC Research Associate) discuss the potential impact of a COVID-19 “all clear” being announced too soon. Listen here: Wharton Business Daily.
More »Xi Song (PSC Research Associate) and co-authors earned the IPUMS USA Published Research award for the paper, "Long-term Decline in Intergenerational Mobility in the United States Since the 1850s."
More »Jason Schnittker (PSC Research Associate) and Duy Do (GGD PhD Candidate) tied for the IPUMS Health Surveys Published Research award for their paper, "Pharmaceutical Side Effects and Mental Health Paradoxes Among Racial-Ethnic Minorities."
More »New Population Center Working Paper (PSC/PARC): Ciancio, Alberto, Fabrice Kämpfen, Iliana Kohler, Daniel Bennett, Wändi Bruine de Bruin, Jill Darling, Arie Kapteyn, Jürgen Maurer, and Hans-Peter Kohler. 2020. "Know Your Epidemic, Know Your Response: COVID-19 in the United States." University of Pennsylvania Population Center Working Paper (PSC/PARC), 2020-44.
More »Mark V. Pauly (PSC/PARC Research Associate) comments on how the COVID-19 pandemic will affect health insurance premiums in the private sector. Read more at The Philadelphia Inquirer.
More »Kevin G. Volpp (PARC/PSC Research Associate) writes about his idea to move the patients to the ventilators, instead of moving ventilators to the patients who need them. Read more here.
More »Dorothy Roberts (PSC Research Associate) appeared on MSNBC to discuss how to address economic inequality during the coronavirus pandemic with contributors Eddie Glaude and Ali Velshi. Check out the full segment on the MSNBC website.
More »Positive psychology course taught by Angela Lee Duckworth (PSC Research Associate) has been featured as part of five online courses that the University of Pennsylvania is offering for free. Read more at Business Insider.
More »Hanming Fang (PSC Research Associate) investigates the importance of social distancing measures, and the horrible consequences of not doing it. Read more at The Philadelphia Inquirer.
More »Alison M. Buttenheim (PSC Research Associate) discusses how the spread of misinformation regarding the COVID-19 should be checked at all levels of government. Read more at RollCall.
More »Mark V. Pauly (PSC/PARC Research Associate) wrote a piece published in The Philadelphia Inquirer about coronavirus testing and why the government should pay Americans to take the Coronavirus test.
More »Alison M. Buttenheim (PSC Research Associate) talks about how important and difficult it is to adhere to social distancing guidelines to flatten the coronavirus curve. Read more at Tradeoffs.
More »Congratulations to Courtney Boen (PSC/PARC Research Associate), on getting funding from the Network on Life Course Health Dynamics and Disparities in 21st Century America (NLCHDD) for a pilot project titled, “The Roles of State and Local Immigration Policy in Shaping Patterns of Health Inequality”. More »
Alison M. Buttenheim (PSC Research Associate) was quoted in article by The Philadelphia Inquirer discussing how social distancing measures can reduce the spread of the coronavirus.
More »Angela Lee Duckworth (PSC Research Associate) and Dorothy Roberts (PSC Research Associate) featured in article on the stories of women in male-dominated fields. Read more at The Philadelphia Inquirer.
More »Alison Buttenheim (PSC Research Associate) discusses individual behaviors that can stop the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19). Read more here
More »Regina S. Baker (PSC Research Associate) and collaborator have been awarded grants by the Russell Sage Foundation-Gates Foundation Pipeline competition. The emerging scholars will be conducting research on the development of a holistic measure on how socioeconomic origin affects social mobility.
More »Courtney Boen (PSC/PARC Research Associate) was recently named "Member of the Month" by the Interdisciplinary Association for Population Health Science.
More »David S. Mandell (PSC Research Associate), Molly Candon (PARC Research Associate) and co-author write about the problems with buprenorphine waivers and its effect on opioid treatments. Read more at the Penn Center for Mental Health
More »Killing the Black Body, a book by Dorothy Roberts (PSC Research Associate), has been included in the list of books recommended to understand the history of Roe v Wade. Read more here
More »Olivia S. Mitchell (PSC/PARC Research Associate) talks to Megan Leonhardt about how much millennials should save right now to retire at 67. Read more here
More »David S. Mandell (PSC Research Associate) was quoted in a Spectrum News about racial disparities among hospitalized autistic children.
More »In a recent WHYY Radio Times segment, David S. Mandell (PSC Research Associate) explains the limited options for Pennsylvania families who need non-emergency transportation services for children.
More »A recent NBER working paper by Olivia S. Mitchell (PSC/PARC Research Associate) was recently featured in Marketwatch. The study shows that using target-date funds as 401(k) plan defaults makes participants far more likely to invest in them.
More »Angela Lee Duckworth (PSC Research Associate) was included in the top 10 of Education Week’s 2020 Edu-Scholar Public Influence Rankings. The list, created by Rick Hess, the director of education policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute, recognizes scholars whose work shapes public discussion around education. Read more
More »Morgan Hoke (PSC/PARC Research Associate) is quoted in a SAPIENS article that investigates the features of Baby Yoda that makes it adorable.
More »New Population Center Working Paper (PSC/PARC): Batyra, Ewa, Hans-Peter Kohler, and Frank Furstenberg. 2020. "Changing Gender Gaps in the Timing of Partnership Formation in Sub-Saharan Africa." University of Pennsylvania Population Center Working Paper (PSC/PARC), 2020-43.
More »A recent study by Olivia S. Mitchell (PSC/PARC Research Associate) and collaborators about the role of financial literacy in retirement planning was featured in Business Times.
More »The proposal spearheaded by Alison M. Buttenheim,(PSC Research Associate) and Harsha Thirumurthy, (PSC/PARC Research Associate) have been named in the Top 100 in the MacArthur Foundation 100&Change competition, which offers a single $100 million grant to help solve one of the world’s most critical social challenges.
More »CGTN's Sean Callebs spoke to Hans-Peter Kohler (PSC/PARC Research Associate) about the economic impact of slowing population growth.
Research by Kevin G. Volpp (PSC/PARC Associate) cited in Medium article about applicable nudge insights to the health field.
More »New Population Center Working Paper (PSC/PARC): Gonalons-Pons, Pilar, Christine Schwartz, and Kelly Musick. 2020. "Changes in Couples’ Earnings Following Parenthood and Trends in Family Earnings Inequality." University of Pennsylvania Population Center Working Paper (PSC/PARC), 2020-42.
More »A study by Olivia S. Mitchell (PSC/PARC Associate) and co-author about the effects of "Rothification" for employees and tax revenue was mentioned in the Wall Street Journal and Wharton Business Daily.
More »New Population Center Working Paper (PSC/PARC): Ciancio, Alberto, Fabrice Kämpfen, Hans-Peter Kohler, and Iliana Kohler. 2020. "Health Screening for Emerging Disease Burdens Among the Global Poor." University of Pennsylvania Population Center Working Paper (PSC/PARC), 2020-41.
More »In a recent article by The Economic Times, Olivia S. Mitchell (PSC/PARC Research Associate) recommends changes to how people save and invest.
More »Olivia S. Mitchell (PSC/PARC Research Associate) explains how the administration’s proposed 2021 budget affects retirement benefits for employees. Read more at InvestmentNews.
More »Kevin G. Volpp (PSC/PARC Research Associate) co-authored a study which found that when patients were 32% more likely to continue sending health data to the research team than those using wearables. Read more here
More »Morgan Hoke (PSC/PARC Associate) was featured in Penn Today about the Penn Anthropology colloquium and her research on nutrition and growth.
More »Revised and updated Population Center Working Paper (PSC/PARC): Amin, Vikesh, Jere Behrman, Jason Fletcher, Carlos Flores, Alfonso Flores-Lagunes, and Hans-Peter Kohler. 2019. "Mental Health, Schooling Attainment and Polygenic Scores: Are There Significant Gene-Environment Associations?." University of Pennsylvania Population Center Working Paper (PSC/PARC), 2020-24.
More »Alison M. Buttenheim (PSC Research Associate) and Harsha Thirumurthy (PSC/PARC Research Associate) have received a grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to establish a first-of-its-kind nudge unit focused on HIV prevention in South Africa. They will co-lead this three-year initiative with their colleagues at HE²RO. More »
New Population Center Working Paper (PSC/PARC): Kämpfen, Fabrice 2020. "The Effects of Negative Economic Shocks at Birth on Child Health in Sub-Saharan Africa." University of Pennsylvania Population Center Working Paper (PSC/PARC), 2020-40.
More »Mark V. Pauly (PSC/PARC Research Associate) was interviewed by Senator Bill Frist on A Second Opinion Podcast.
More »Olivia S. Mitchell (PSC/PARC Research Associate) explains that 40% of older Americans dealing with debt, rising housing costs, student loans, and medical expenses to Chris Taylor of Reuters.
More »New Population Center Working Paper (PSC/PARC): Ciancio, Alberto, Adeline Delavande, Hans-Peter Kohler, and Iliana Kohler. 2020. "Mortality Risk Information, Survival Expectations and Sexual Behaviors." University of Pennsylvania Population Center Working Paper (PSC/PARC), 2020-39.
More »Olivia S. Mitchell (PSC/PARC Research Associate) and Stephen P. Utkus of Vanguard find that target date funds can pay retirement savers higher returns with lower risk in their new study. See also Plansponsor and Canadian Investment Review
More »Olivia S. Mitchell (PSC/PARC Research Associate) who served on the 2014-5 Chilean Pension Reform Commission, explains that proposed pension reforms thus far will help but not solve Chile’s old-age system problems. Read more here
More »Research by Atheendar Venkataramani (PSC/PARC Associate) on how to increase the length of life for the poorest among us has been cited in a recent article by Los Angeles Times.
More »An article by Good Housekeeping featured research by Linda H. Aiken (PSC/PARC Research Associate) in an attempt to explain the cause of nurse shortages in schools.
More »Another recession by end-2021 predicted by 7 of 10 economists, Olivia S. Mitchell (PSC & PARC Associate) outlines steps you can take now to shore up your retirement savings and overall finances with Dan Loney on the Wharton Business Daily podcast.
More »New Population Center Working Paper (PSC/PARC): Anand, Paul, Jere Behrman, Hai-Anh H. Dang, and Sam Jones. 2019. "Does Sorting Matter for Learning Inequality? Evidence from East Africa." University of Pennsylvania Population Center Working Paper (PSC/PARC), 2019-38.
More »New Population Center Working Paper (PSC/PARC): Behrman, Jere, Yuan Hu, and Junsen Zhang. 2020. "The Causal Effects of Parents' Schooling on Children's Schooling in Urban China." University of Pennsylvania Population Center Working Paper (PSC/PARC), 2020-37.
More »New Population Center Work Paper (PSC/PARC): Behrman, Jere, C. Simon Fan, Xiangdong Wei, Hongliang Zhang, and Junsen Zhang. 2020. "After-School Tutoring, Household Substitution and Student Achievement: Experimental Evidence from Rural China." University of Pennsylvania Population Center Working Paper (PSC/PARC), 2020-36.
More »Alison M. Buttenheim (PSC Research Associate) and Harsha Thirumurthy (PSC/PARC Research Associate) were featured in a collection of behavioral science projects titled “Imagining the Next Decade of Behavioral Science.” Read more about their projects here.
More »Olivia S. Mitchell (PSC & PARC Associate) is mentioned in Business Insider article, the article explores the effect of increased longevity and low investment returns on retirement.
More »Atheendar Venkataramani (PSC/PARC Research Associate) was quoted in Healio article about how social mobility may decrease income-based life expectancy gap.
More »New Population Center Working Paper (PSC/PARC): Chen, Yi, and Hanming Fang. 2020. "The State of Mental Health Among the Elderly Chinese." University of Pennsylvania Population Center Working Paper (PSC/PARC), 2020-35.
More »New Population Center Working Paper (PSC/PARC): Chen, Yi, and Hanming Fang. 2019. The Long-Term Consequences of Family Planning in Old Age: Evidence from China's "Later, Longer, Fewer" Campaign. University of Pennsylvania Population Center Working Paper (PSC/PARC), 2019-34.
More »A research paper by Samuel H. Preston (PSC/PARC Research Associate) and co-authors released today in PLOS One show that U.S. Drug Deaths Might Be Twice as High as Thought. The article has been cited in U.S. More »
Olivia S. Mitchell (PSC/PARC Research Associate) and John D. Stoll at the Wall Street Journal discuss the changing definition of retirement, and how this will impact work options.
More »New Population Center Working Paper (PSC/PARC): Kohler, Iliana, Chiwoza Bandawe, Alberto Ciancio, Fabrice Kämpfen, Collin Payne, James Mwera, James Mkandawire, and Hans-Peter Kohler. 2020. "The Mature Adults Cohort of the Malawi Longitudinal Study of Families and Health (MLSFH-MAC)." University of Pennsylvania Population Center Working Paper (PSC/PARC), 2020-33.
More »Congratulations to Principal Investigators, Atul Gupta and David S. Mandell, alongside Co-Investigators, Alison M. Buttenheim, Norma Coe, and Harsha Thirumurthy, on receiving 2020 LDI pilot research grants. The various early stage health services research projects target challenges in health and health care delivery. More »
A new study by Atheendar Venkataramani (PSC/PARC Associate) and co-authors links eroding economic opportunity to opioid deaths. Read more in Penn Today.
More »New educational apps and games can also boost financial literacy & understanding, says Glenn Gillis at Independent Online. The study cited findings from research done by Profs. Annamaria Lusardi of GWSB and Olivia S. Mitchell of Wharton.
More »An opinion piece written by Mark V. Pauly (PSC/PARC Research Associate) and Ari Friedman on how to solve the problem of overcrowding in the emergency room was featured in The Philadelphia Inquirer.
More »New Population Center Working Paper (PSC/PARC): Myroniuk, Tyler, Hans-Peter Kohler, and Iliana Kohler. 2020. "Marital Dissolutions and Changes in Mental Health: Evidence from Rural Malawi." University of Pennsylvania Population Center Working Paper (PSC/PARC), 2020-32.
More »Irma T. Elo (PSC/PARC Research Associate) was featured in an NBC investigative report about the massive effort to involve thousands of temporary workers and experts in the 2020 U.S. Census.
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