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Dr Malik Tahir Hayat

Dr Malik Tahir Hayat

Tenured Professor

Area of Interest: Environmental Pollution Assessment and Remediation

Email: [email protected]

HEC Approved PhD Supervisor

Academics / Degrees

  • PhD. Environmental Sciences  2012  Zhejiang University Hangzhou P.R.China
  • M.S  2007  PMAS-Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi
  • B.S 2004    PMAS-A rid Agriculture Unversity Rawalipindi

Profile / Bio

  • Assistant Professor,  08-2013 to date      COMSATS University,
    Department of Environmental Sciences.
  • Assistant Professor       05-2012 to 08-2013      Environmental Sciences,
    PMAS-Arid Agriculture University
    Rawalpindi, Pakistan
  • PhD Scholar/Researcher    2008-2012 Zhejiang
    University             Hangzhou, China     National Natural Science
    Foundation of China Project on remediation of POPs in root soil interface.
  • Research Officer 01-08-07 to
    15-09-08          Environmental Sciences  PMAS-Arid Agriculture University  Rawalpindi, Pakistan Under Pak-Italian
    Collaborative Research Program. On Climate change and resource management.
  • Research Associate/ Lab
    Incharge       01-01-07 to 30-07-07   National Agriculture
    Research center  Islamabad, Pakistan     Involve in the different
    national project on soil productivity management.

Research Interests

  • Environmental
    pollution Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs),
  •  Industrial and pharmaceutical pollutants,
  •  urban pollution and public health,
  • Micro
    toxin  organic and heavy metals,
  • Agricultural
    pollution,
  • Remediation
    of pollutant in soil and water.

 

Students Supervised

  • Integrated
    Biological Treatments to Management of Wastewater of Paper and Board Industry (    Shoaib Ahmad) 5th Semester

M.S

  • Impact of Automobile Workshops Waste on the
    Workers Health (Haifa Aman) 2014.
  • Phytoremediation Potential of Typha latifolia to
    Dissipate Halogenated Flame Retardants and
    Perfluorinated Compounds (Aniqa Sehrish) 2015
  • Remediation Potential of Microbial Community
    Existing in Rhizosphere of Typha latifolia to Degrade Polybrominated diphenyl
    ether (Muhammad Nauman) 2016
  •  Impact of Municipal Waste Dumping on the Health
    of Workers and Residents in Salhad, Abbottabad (Fareeha Haroon) 2018

  • Impact of Industrial Pollution on the Health of
    Residents in Hattar Industrial Estate( Tehmina ) 3    rd semester 



Journal Publications

1. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=412" title="Dr. Malik Tahir Hayat">M. Tahir</a> Green synthesis of nanoscale zero-valent iron impregnated walnut shell biochar as efficient adsorbent for metal(loid)s purification: Performance and mechanism insight, December 2024, 2024
2. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=412" title="Dr. Malik Tahir Hayat">M. Tahir</a> Empirical linkages among financial development, digital infrastructure, energy transition and natural resources footprints in BRICS region, Elsevier March 2024, 2024
3. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=412" title="Dr. Malik Tahir Hayat">M. Tahir</a> Efficient performance of InP and InP/ZnS quantum dots for photocatalytic degradation of toxic aquatic pollutants, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, March 2024, 2024
4. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=112" title="Dr. Qaisar Mahmood">Q.Mahmood</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=127" title="Dr. Bibi Saima Zeb">B.Zeb</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=412" title="Dr. Malik Tahir Hayat">M. Tahir</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=119" title="Dr. Maria Siddique">M.Siddique</a> UV/ Fenton based treatment of paper recycling industry wastewater, Desalination and Water Treatment, 2023
5. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=112" title="Dr. Qaisar Mahmood">Q.Mahmood</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=412" title="Dr. Malik Tahir Hayat">M. Tahir</a> UV/Fenton based treatment of paper recycling industry wastewater, Elsevier , July 2023, 2023
6. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=112" title="Dr. Qaisar Mahmood">Q.Mahmood</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=412" title="Dr. Malik Tahir Hayat">M. Tahir</a> Anaerobic Biological Treatment of Wastewater from Paper Recycling Industry by UASB Reactor., April 2023, 2023
7. Aaima Iftikhar,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=112" title="Dr. Qaisar Mahmood">Q.Mahmood</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=118" title="Dr. Zulfiqar Ahmad Bhatti">Z. A. Bhatti</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=119" title="Dr. Maria Siddique">M.Siddique</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=127" title="Dr. Bibi Saima Zeb">B.Zeb</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=412" title="Dr. Malik Tahir Hayat">M. Tahir</a> Anaerobic Biological Treatment Wastewater from Paper Recycling Industry by UASB Reactor, Sains Malaysiana, 2023
8. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=112" title="Dr. Qaisar Mahmood">Q.Mahmood</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=118" title="Dr. Zulfiqar Ahmad Bhatti">Z. A. Bhatti</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=127" title="Dr. Bibi Saima Zeb">B.Zeb</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=412" title="Dr. Malik Tahir Hayat">M. Tahir</a> Anaerobic Biological Treatment of Wastewater from Paper Recycling Industry by UASB Reactor, Sains Malaysiana, 2023
9. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=412" title="Dr. Malik Tahir Hayat">M. Tahir</a> Production of Glucoamylase from Novel Strain of Alternaria Alternata under Solid State Fermentation, Bio Med Research Inter. 2022, 2022
10. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=412" title="Dr. Malik Tahir Hayat">M. Tahir</a> Chemo-Blended Ag & Fe Nanoparticles Effect on Growth, Physiochemical and Yield Traits of Wheat (Triticum aestivum), March 2022, 2022
11. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=412" title="Dr. Malik Tahir Hayat">M. Tahir</a> Exogenous Application of Zinc Sulphate at Heading Stage of Wheat Improves the Yield and Grain Zinc Biofortification, March 2022, 2022
12. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=412" title="Dr. Malik Tahir Hayat">M. Tahir</a> Model sorption of industrial wastewater containing Cu2+, Cd2+, and Pb2+ using individual and mixed rice husk biochar, November 2021, 2021
13. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=412" title="Dr. Malik Tahir Hayat">M. Tahir</a> Formulation of biofertilizer for improving growth and yield of wheat in rain dependent farming system, Environmental Technology & Innovation, 2021
14. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=412" title="Dr. Malik Tahir Hayat">M. Tahir</a> The effect of deforestation on soil quality in Lesser-Himalayan community forests of Abbottabad, Pakistan, Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2021
15. Waheed Anjum,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=608" title="Dr. Nadia Riaz">N. Riaz</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=675" title="Dr. Muhammad Saqib Khan">M. S. Khan</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=412" title="Dr. Malik Tahir Hayat">M. Tahir</a>,Zahid Ullah,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=112" title="Dr. Qaisar Mahmood">Q.Mahmood</a> Occupational health impacts of transport industry: collagen degrader, blood lead, and respiratory illnesses, Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2021
16. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=412" title="Dr. Malik Tahir Hayat">M. Tahir</a> Exogenous melatonin mitigates chromium toxicity in maize seedlings by modulating antioxidant system and suppresses chromium uptake and oxidative stress, Environmental Geochemistry and Health, 2021
17. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=412" title="Dr. Malik Tahir Hayat">M. Tahir</a> Hexachlorocyclohexane toxicity in water bodies of Pakistan: challenges and possible reclamation technologies, Water Science and Technology, 2021
18. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=112" title="Dr. Qaisar Mahmood">Q.Mahmood</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=118" title="Dr. Zulfiqar Ahmad Bhatti">Z. A. Bhatti</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=412" title="Dr. Malik Tahir Hayat">M. Tahir</a> Chemidegradation of polychlorinated biphenyls from transformer oil wastewater, International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, 2021
19. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=412" title="Dr. Malik Tahir Hayat">M. Tahir</a> Health risk assessment of hexachlorocyclohexane in soil, water and plants in the agricultural area of Potohar region, Punjab, Pakistan, Environmental Geochemistry and Health , 2021
20. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=112" title="Dr. Qaisar Mahmood">Q.Mahmood</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=412" title="Dr. Malik Tahir Hayat">M. Tahir</a> Efficient bacterial isolate from roots of cactus degrading Reactive Black 5, Environmental Technology & Innovation, November 2020, 101082 , 2020
21. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=112" title="Dr. Qaisar Mahmood">Q.Mahmood</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=412" title="Dr. Malik Tahir Hayat">M. Tahir</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=127" title="Dr. Bibi Saima Zeb">B.Zeb</a> Polyethylene Terephthalate Degradation by Microalga Chlorella vulgaris Along with Pretreatment, September 2020, Materiale Plastice, 2020
22. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=112" title="Dr. Qaisar Mahmood">Q.Mahmood</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=412" title="Dr. Malik Tahir Hayat">M. Tahir</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=109" title="Dr. Arshid Pervez">A.Pervez</a> Risk Assessment of Heavy Metals in Selected Marine Fish Species of Gadani Shipbreaking Area and Pakistan, 24 September 2020, Animals, 2020
23. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=112" title="Dr. Qaisar Mahmood">Q.Mahmood</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=118" title="Dr. Zulfiqar Ahmad Bhatti">Z. A. Bhatti</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=412" title="Dr. Malik Tahir Hayat">M. Tahir</a> Ozone oxidation of wastewater containing trichlorobiphenyl and used transformer oil, Heliyon, 2020
24. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=112" title="Dr. Qaisar Mahmood">Q.Mahmood</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=412" title="Dr. Malik Tahir Hayat">M. Tahir</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=127" title="Dr. Bibi Saima Zeb">B.Zeb</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=566" title="Dr. Shamyla Nawazish">S.Nawazish</a> ASSOCIATION OF NEPHROLITHIASIS WITH DRINKING WATER QUALITY AND DIET IN PAKISTAN , Environmental Engineering and Management Journal, 2020
25. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=112" title="Dr. Qaisar Mahmood">Q.Mahmood</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=412" title="Dr. Malik Tahir Hayat">M. Tahir</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=118" title="Dr. Zulfiqar Ahmad Bhatti">Z. A. Bhatti</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=113" title="Dr. Faridullah">Faridullah</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=110" title="Dr. Muhammad Irshad">M.Irshad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=139" title="Dr. Usman Irshad">U.Irshad</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=114" title="Dr. Muhammad Bilal">M.Bilal</a> Allium cepa assay based comparative study of selected vegetables and the chromosomal aberrations due to heavy metal accumulation, Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences, 2020
26. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=412" title="Dr. Malik Tahir Hayat">M. Tahir</a> Rhizoremediation of Hexachlorocyclohexane Through Pesticide Contaminated Soil by Solanum nigrum, December 2018, 2018
27. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=112" title="Dr. Qaisar Mahmood">Q.Mahmood</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=412" title="Dr. Malik Tahir Hayat">M. Tahir</a> Physiology and selected genes expression under cadmium stress in Arundo donax L, September 2018, 2018
28. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=112" title="Dr. Qaisar Mahmood">Q.Mahmood</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=412" title="Dr. Malik Tahir Hayat">M. Tahir</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=127" title="Dr. Bibi Saima Zeb">B.Zeb</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=118" title="Dr. Zulfiqar Ahmad Bhatti">Z. A. Bhatti</a> Industrial wastewater treatment in internal circulation bioreactor followed by wetlands containing emergent plants and algae, August 2018, 2018
29. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=112" title="Dr. Qaisar Mahmood">Q.Mahmood</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=412" title="Dr. Malik Tahir Hayat">M. Tahir</a> Physiology and selected genes expression under cadmium stress in Arundo donax L, 29bAugust 2018, 2018
30. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=412" title="Dr. Malik Tahir Hayat">M. Tahir</a> Assessment of water pump’s corrosion scales and water quality of selected schemes in Abbottabad, Pakistan, 15 OCT, 2017
31. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=412" title="Dr. Malik Tahir Hayat">M. Tahir</a> Physiological and antioxidant response of wheat (Triticum aestivum) seedlings to fluoroquinolone antibiotics, 17 June 2017, 2017
32. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=412" title="Dr. Malik Tahir Hayat">M. Tahir</a> Characterization of magnetic biochar amended with silicon dioxide prepared at high temperature calcination, Materials Science-Poland, 2016
33. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=412" title="Dr. Malik Tahir Hayat">M. Tahir</a> Characterization of magnetic biochar amended with silicon dioxide prepared at high temperature calcination. , October 2016, 2016
34. Shahida Shaheen,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=112" title="Dr. Qaisar Mahmood">Q.Mahmood</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=109" title="Dr. Arshid Pervez">A.Pervez</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=125" title="Ms. Nosheen Mirza">N.Mirza</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=118" title="Dr. Zulfiqar Ahmad Bhatti">Z. A. Bhatti</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=412" title="Dr. Malik Tahir Hayat">M. Tahir</a>,S.S.Meryam,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=113" title="Dr. Faridullah">Faridullah</a> Chromium uptake by giant reed under rhizobacterial inhibition, Int. J. Environ. Sci. Technol. , 2016
35. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=412" title="Dr. Malik Tahir Hayat">M. Tahir</a> Alleviation of chromium toxicity by glycinebetaine is related to elevated antioxidant enzymes and suppressed chromium uptake and oxidative stress in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.), July 2015, 2015
36. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=412" title="Dr. Malik Tahir Hayat">M. Tahir</a> ASSESSMENT OF OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE TOVOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS IN POULTRY WORKERS , Feb 2015, 2015
37. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=412" title="Dr. Malik Tahir Hayat">M. Tahir</a> EDTA enhanced plant growth, antioxidant defense system, and phytoextraction of copper by Brassica napus L., Jan 2015, 2015
38. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=412" title="Dr. Malik Tahir Hayat">M. Tahir</a> Fenton-biological coupled biochemical oxidation of mixed wastewater for color and COD reduction, July 2014, 2014
39. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=413" title="Wj Zhou">W. Zhou</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=412" title="Dr. Malik Tahir Hayat">M. Tahir</a> 5-Aminolevulinic Acid Ameliorates the Growth, Photosynthetic Gas Exchange Capacity, and Ultrastructural Changes Under Cadmium Stress in Brassica napus L., Journal ofPlant Growth Regulation , 2013
40. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=412" title="Dr. Malik Tahir Hayat">M. Tahir</a> Responses of microbial community in rhizosphere soils when ryegrass was subjected to stress from PCBs, December 2011, 2011
41. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=412" title="Dr. Malik Tahir Hayat">M. Tahir</a> Dissipation of Pentachlorophenol in the Aerobic–Anaerobic Interfaces Established by the Rhizosphere of Rice (Oryza sativa L.) Root, Nov 2011, 2011
42. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=412" title="Dr. Malik Tahir Hayat">M. Tahir</a> Butachlor Sorption in Organically Rich Soil Particles, 10 Nov 2010, 2010
43. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=412" title="Dr. Malik Tahir Hayat">M. Tahir</a> Quantitative structure–activity relationship (QSAR) models for polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) dissipation in rhizosphere based on molecular structure and effect size, August, 2010
44. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=412" title="Dr. Malik Tahir Hayat">M. Tahir</a> Microbial community structure changes during Aroclor 1242 degradation in the rhizosphere of ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum L.), October 2009, 2009

Conference Publications

1. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=412" title="Dr. Malik Tahir Hayat">M. Tahir</a> Dynamic Behavior of Persistent Organic Pollutants in Soil and Their Interaction with Organic Matter, , 2010

Books and Book Chapters

1. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=412" title="Dr. Malik Tahir Hayat">M. Tahir</a> Plans and policies framework for enhancing the energy efficiency in the agriculture sector, , 2025
2. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=412" title="Dr. Malik Tahir Hayat">M. Tahir</a> Nanomaterial for Postharvest Management, , 2024
3. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=412" title="Dr. Malik Tahir Hayat">M. Tahir</a> Role of Plant Defence System in Crop Protection against Fusarium Pathogens, , 2024
4. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=412" title="Dr. Malik Tahir Hayat">M. Tahir</a> Global Prospects of Climate-Resilient Agriculture, , 2023
5. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=412" title="Dr. Malik Tahir Hayat">M. Tahir</a> Bioremediation and Phytoremediation Aspects of Crop Improvement, , 2023
6. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=412" title="Dr. Malik Tahir Hayat">M. Tahir</a> Biofortification for Crop Quality Enhancement, , 2022
7. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=412" title="Dr. Malik Tahir Hayat">M. Tahir</a> Lifecycle Assessment of Emerging Water Pollutants, , 2022
8. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=608" title="Dr. Nadia Riaz">N. Riaz</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=675" title="Dr. Muhammad Saqib Khan">M. S. Khan</a>,Maria Sabeen,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=127" title="Dr. Bibi Saima Zeb">B.Zeb</a>,Shahida Shaheen,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=412" title="Dr. Malik Tahir Hayat">M. Tahir</a> "Wastewater Irrigation and Plant Growth: An Insight into Molecular Studies." Sustainable Plant Nutrition under Contaminated Environments: 57., , 2022
9. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=412" title="Dr. Malik Tahir Hayat">M. Tahir</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=112" title="Dr. Qaisar Mahmood">Q.Mahmood</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=127" title="Dr. Bibi Saima Zeb">B.Zeb</a> Effects of Polychlorinated Biphenyls on Plant Growth, , 2022
10. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=127" title="Dr. Bibi Saima Zeb">B.Zeb</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=112" title="Dr. Qaisar Mahmood">Q.Mahmood</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=412" title="Dr. Malik Tahir Hayat">M. Tahir</a> Uptake of Organic Pollutants and the Effects on Plants, , 2022
11. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=412" title="Dr. Malik Tahir Hayat">M. Tahir</a> Agronomic Crop Responses and Tolerance to Metals/Metalloids Toxicity, , 2020
12. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=412" title="Dr. Malik Tahir Hayat">M. Tahir</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=112" title="Dr. Qaisar Mahmood">Q.Mahmood</a> Use of Phytohormones to Improve Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Wheat, , 2019
13. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=412" title="Dr. Malik Tahir Hayat">M. Tahir</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=112" title="Dr. Qaisar Mahmood">Q.Mahmood</a> Morphological and Physiological Responses of Plants to Cadmium Toxicity, , 2019
14. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=412" title="Dr. Malik Tahir Hayat">M. Tahir</a> Cadmium Contamination in Water and Soil, , 2018
15. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=412" title="Dr. Malik Tahir Hayat">M. Tahir</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=127" title="Dr. Bibi Saima Zeb">B.Zeb</a> Phytoremediation of Cd Contaminated Soil and Water, , 2018
16. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=412" title="Dr. Malik Tahir Hayat">M. Tahir</a> EnvironmentalHazardsof Cadmium:Past,Present,and Future, , 2018
17. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=412" title="Dr. Malik Tahir Hayat">M. Tahir</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=414" title="xu jianming">X. Jinmin</a> Humic Substances as a Reductant for Hydrophobic Organic Compounds, , 2013
18. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=414" title="xu jianming">X. Jinmin</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=412" title="Dr. Malik Tahir Hayat">M. Tahir</a> The Sorption Behavior and Bioavailability of Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in Soils, , 2013
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