Anwar Assefa Adem (PhD)

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CURRICULUM VITAE

Last Name	: Adem
First Name	: Anwar Assefa
Date of birth	: 23 October 1987
Nationality	: Ethiopian
Sex	: Male
Marital status	: Married
Postal code	: 5501
Cell phone	: +251913640284
E-mail	: anwarasefa@gmail.com

Education

August 2020	Ph.D. (Distinction). Integrated Water Management, Faculty of Civil and Water Resources Engineering, Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia
July 2013	M.Sc. (Distinction). Water Resources Engineering (Engineering Hydrology), Faculty of Civil and Water Resources Engineering, Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia
July 2008	B.Sc. (Distinction). Meteorology Science, Water Technology Institute, Arba Minch University, Ethiopia.

Training taken

*Period/Issued*	*Topic*	*Place*
Oct. 5–Nov. 16, 2022	Spatial Data Science: The New Frontier in Analytics	ESRI E-learning, California, USA
September 27, 2022	Project Management Essentials Certificate	DisasterReady, California, USA
August 20, 2022	Introduction to Statistics for Data Science	Earn and Excel, London, UK
Sep. 7 to Nov. 1, 2021	Research and Proposal Writing in the Sciences	INASP, UK
Oct 8 to 10, 2019	East African Capacity Building Workshop on Drought Monitoring and Forecasting	UNECA, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Sep 01 to Oct 12, 2019	Going Places with Spatial Analysis	ESRI E-learning, California, USA
Oct 28 to Dec, 2018	Earth Imagery at Work	ESRI E-learning, California, USA
Sep 02 to Oct 13, 2018	Cartography	ESRI E-learning, California, USA
Mar 18 to May 18, 2018	Integrated Decision Support System: Specializing in Soil and Assessment Tool (SWAT) model	Feed the Future, Texas A&M University
Feb 8 to 12, 2016	Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT)	Feed the Future, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Nov 6 to Dec 7, 2013	11 Courses of Advanced GIS-Based Application for Land Use Planning	ULTIMO ICT Solutions, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia
Dec. 10 to 12, 2012	Geonetcast Infrastructure Setup and the Water and Food Security of Ethiopia Toolbox	WFP, Ethiopia
Apr. 26 to 28, 2010	The Application of Early Assessment Protection (LEAP)	WFP, Ethiopia

Language Skills:

	Written	Spoken
English	Excellent	Excellent
Amharic	Excellent	Excellent
Arabic	Fair	Fair

Professional Experience

Jul. 2020-Present	Assistant Professor, Department of Natural Resource Management, Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia
Apr. 2017 – Jul. 2020	Lecturer, Department of Natural Resource Management, Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia
May 2015 – Apr. 2017	Assistant Researcher, Faculty of Civil and Water Resources Engineering, Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia.
Aug. 2013 – May 2015	Water Resources Engineer, Amhara Design and Supervision Works Enterprise (ADSWE), Bahir Dar, Ethiopia.
Feb. 2009 – Aug. 2013	Meteorologist, Bahir Dar Meteorology Directorate, National Meteorological Agency (NMA), Ethiopia.

Professional Affiliations

Feb. 2019 – Present	Ethiopian Society of Hydrology
Nov. 2022 - Present	Associate Member, International Society for Development and Sustainability (ISDS)

List of Assignments and Projects

*Year*	*Description*
Jan 2021-Present	Research, Community Service Technology Transfer and University - Industry Linkage (RCSTTUIL) council member from 1 January 2022
2020 – 2021	Head of the Department of Natural Resources Management, College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Bahir Dar University.
2019 -2020	Work package leader and researcher in the SWEEP project which was a collaborative project of CARE Ethiopia and Bahir Dar University and focused on Water for Food Security, Women’s Empowerment, and Environmental Protection.
2017-2019	Course chair water resources under the department of Natural Resources Management, College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Bahir Dar University.
2019	Hydro-meteorologist (Internship), Nile Basin Initiative (NBI), and Eastern Nile Technical Regional Office (ENTRO), which was funded by the world bank and focused on drought risk assessment and mapping.
2015 - 2017	Senior Water Resources Engineer, Amhara Water Resource Development and Energy Bureau funded project which was focused on Assessment of Surface Water Potential of Amhara region.
2015 - 2017	Senior Water Resources Engineer, Amhara Agricultural Bureau funded a project which was focused on evaluating the effectiveness of watershed management works in improving water availability.
2013 - 2015	Water Resources Engineer, Bureau of Environmental Protection, Land Administration and Use (BoEPLAU) funded project which was focused on Hydrology and Water Resource Assessment of Tekeze development corridor.
2015 - 2016	Assistant Researcher, WLE-CGIAR – the Nile and East Africa focal region funded project, which focused on Sustaining Land Resources Management Interventions in the Ethiopia highlands.
2013 - 2015	Water Resources Engineer, Bureau of Environmental Protection, Land Administration and Use (BoEPLAU) funded project which was focused on Hydrology and Water Resource Assessment of Tana basin development corridor.
2013	Hydrologist (Internship), Tana Sub-Basin Organization (TaSBO), which was funded by the world bank and focused on the hydrological study of the Tana basin.
2015 – present	Advising MSc (10 completed and 5 ongoing) students working in the areas of natural resources management, hydrology, climate change, GIS and remote sensing applications, and water resources management.

Training given

*Period*	*Topic*	*Place*
Aug 9 to 14, 2021	Hydrological modeling in QGIS using the Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) and Climate Change Impact	Bahir Dar, Ethiopia
Dec 16 to 24, 2019	Water Resources Potential Assessment and Planning Using Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) hydrological model	Bahir Dar, Ethiopia
Oct 05 to 20, 2017	Basic ArcGIS, Multi-Critria Analysis Using ArcGIS, ArcSWAT, HEC-HMS, HEC-GeoHMS, and Reservoir Analysis	Bahir Dar, Ethiopia
Aug 07 to Sep 05, 2017	“Hydrological Modeling Using ArcSWAT” and “Hydrology and Water Resource Inventory for land Use Planning”	Bahir Dar, Ethiopia
July 24 to Aug 25, 2017	Feasibility Study, Detail Design, and Contract Administration of Small-Scale Irrigation	Bahir Dar, Ethiopia
Apr 20 to 24, 2015	Hydrological Modeling	Bahir Dar, Ethiopia
Nov 19 to 28, 2015	GIS and Remote Sensing	Bahir Dar, Ethiopia

Successful individual consultancies

*Period*	*Delivered tasks*	*Client*
07 Aug. to 20 Dec. 2021	Revising the study on the assessment of surface water potential of Amhara region based on stakeholder feedback.	ADSWE, Ethiopia
06 Mar. to 05 Apr. 2021	Study area map (Aba-Gerima watershed and the adjacent control or unprotect site); LULC maps for the last 30 years (1990; 2000; 2010; 2020) and report on LULC dynamics.	IWMI, Colombo, Sri Lanka
25 Oct. to 20 Dec. 2021	Study area map (Central Rift Valley); LULC maps for the last 45 years (1975; 1990; 2005; 2020) and maps showing the dynamics of LULC changes as well as tables on LULC changes across the 45 years.	IWMI, Colombo, Sri Lanka
01 Oct. 2013 to 31 Mar. 2014	Hydrometeorological investigation on Akli and Aukibin small scale irrigation projects.	Temesgn Getie Water Resources Consultants

Research Fund Raised

*Year*	*Description*
*2019*	CARE Ethiopian fund. Research focus: Water for Food Security, Women’s Empowerment and Environmental Protection. A two-year research project (2019 – 2020). The project was implemented in partnership with CARE Ethiopia and Bahir Dar University.
*2018*	USAID – ILSSI project fellowship grant, Fellowship focus: Integrated Decision Support System: specializing in Soil and Water Assessment (SWAT) model at the Texas A&M University, USA
*2017*	Bahir Dar Technology Institute (BiT) research grant, Research focus: Impacts of Natural Resource Management Interventions on Ecosystem Service in Upper Blue Nile Basin. A two-year project with a budget of about US$ 25,000. The project was implemented in Bahir Dar University.
*2015*	Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE) project research fund by CGIAR (2015). Research focus: Sustaining Land Resources Management Interventions in Ethiopia. A two-year research project (2015 – 2016). The project was implemented in partnership with government research institutes and universities, international research institutes and universities.

Research interests

Climate modeling, hydrological modeling, water quality modeling, GIS and remote sensing applications, climate change impact, drought monitoring and forecasting, land use change impact, land resource management and its effectiveness, water-food-energy-ecosystems (NEXUS), and others

Publications

In Peer-reviewed Journals

1. Bogale, A. G., Adem, A. A., Mekuria, W., & Steenhuis, T. S. (2023). Application of geomorphometric characteristics to prioritize watersheds for soil and water conservation practices in the Lake Tana Basin, Ethiopia. Geocarto International, 1-27. https://doi.org/10.1080/10106049.2023.2184502

2. Adem, A. A., Yibeltal, M., Mhiret, D. A., Tilahun, S. A., Zimale, F. A., Worqlul, A. W., Enku, T., & Teferi, E. T. (2022). Identification of suitable land for supplemental surface irrigation in semi-arid areas of North-western Ethiopia. Remote Sensing Applications: Society and Environment, 100899. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsase.2022.100899

3. Gashaw, T., Worqlul, A. W., Dile, Y. T., Sahle, M., Adem, A. A., Bantider, A., Teixeira, Z., Alamirew, T., Meshesha, D. T., & Bayable, G. (2022). Evaluating InVEST model for simulating annual and seasonal water yield in data-scarce regions of the Abbay (Upper Blue Nile) Basin: implications for water resource planners and managers. Sustainable Water Resources Management, 8(5), 170. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40899-022-00757-3

4. Abebe, B. K., Zimale, F. A., Gelaye, K. K., Gashaw, T., Dagnaw, E. G., & Adem, A. A. (2022). Application of Hydrological and Sediment Modeling with Limited Data in the Abbay (Upper Blue Nile) Basin, Ethiopia. Hydrology, 9(10), 167. https://doi.org/10.3390/hydrology9100167

5. Admas, B. F., Gashaw, T., Adem, A. A., Worqlul, A. W., Dile, Y. T., & Molla, E. (2022). Identification of soil erosion hot-spot areas for prioritization of conservation measures using the SWAT model in Ribb watershed, Ethiopia. Resources, Environment and Sustainability, 100059. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resenv.2022.100059

6. Gashaw, T., Bantider, A., Zeleke, G., Alamirew, T., Jemberu, W., Worqlul, A. W., Dile, Y. T., Bewket, W., Meshesha, D. T., Adem, A. A., & Addisu, S. (2021). Evaluating InVEST model for estimating soil loss and sediment export in data scarce regions of the Abbay (Upper Blue Nile) Basin: Implications for land managers. Environmental Challenges, 5(100381), 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envc.2021.100381

7. Abebe, W. B., Tilahun, S. A., Moges, M. M., Wondie, A., Dersseh, M. G., Assefa, W. W., Mhiret, D. A., Adem, A. A., Zimale, F. A., Abera, W., Steenhuis, T. S., & McClain, M. E. (2021). Ecological Status as the Basis for the Holistic Environmental Flow Assessment of a Tropical Highland River in Ethiopia. Water, 13(14), 1913. https://doi.org/10.3390/w13141913

8. Adem, A. A., Mekuria, W., Belay, Y., Tilahun, S. A., & Steenhuis, T. S. (2020). Exclosures improve degraded landscapes in the sub-humid Ethiopian Highlands: the Ferenj Wuha watershed. Journal of environmental management, 270, 110802. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2020.110802

9. Adem, A. A., Dile, Y. T., Worqlul, A. W., Ayana, E. K., Tilahun, S. A., & Steenhuis, T. S. (2020). Assessing Digital Soil Inventories for Predicting Streamflow in the Headwaters of the Blue Nile. Hydrology, 7(8), 1-19. https://doi.org/10.3390/hydrology7010008

10. Adem, A. A., Addis, G. G., Aynalem, D. W., Tilahun, S. A., Mekuria, W., Azeze, M., & Steenhuis, T. S. (2020). Hydrogeology of Volcanic Highlands Affects Prioritization of Land Management Practices. Water, 12(10), 2702. https://doi.org/10.3390/w12102702

11. Bogale, A., Aynalem, D., Adem, A., Mekuria, W., & Tilahun, S. (2020). Spatial and temporal variability of soil loss in gully erosion in upper Blue Nile basin, Ethiopia. Applied Water Science, 10(5), 106. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13201-020-01193-4

12. Worqlul, A. W., Taddele, Y. D., Ayana, E. K., Jeong, J., Adem, A. A., & Gerik, T. (2018). Impact of Climate Change on Streamflow Hydrology in Headwater Catchments of the Upper Blue Nile Basin, Ethiopia. Water, 10(2), 120. https://doi.org/10.3390/w10020120

13. Zerihun, M., Mohammedyasin, M. S., Sewnet, D., Adem, A. A., & Lakew, M. (2018). Assessment of soil erosion using RUSLE, GIS and remote sensing in NW Ethiopia. Geoderma Regional(12). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geodrs.2018.01.002

14. Adem, A. A., Aynalem, D. W., Tilahun, S. A., & Steenhuis, T. S. (2017). Predicting Reference Evaporation for the Ethiopian Highlands. Journal of Water Resource and Protection, 9, 1244-1269. https://doi.org/10.4236/jwarp.2017.911081

15. Assefa, T. T., Jha, M. K., Tilahun, S. A., Yetbarek, E., Adem, A. A., & Wale, A. (2015). Identification of Erosion Hotspot Area using GIS and MCE Technique for Koga Watershed in the Upper Blue Nile Basin, Ethiopia. American Journal of Environmental Sciences, 11(4), 245. https://doi.org/10.3844/ajessp.2015.245.255

16. Worqlul, A., Maathuis, B., Adem, A., Demissie, S., Langan, S., & Steenhuis, T. (2014). Comparison of TRMM, MPEG and CFSR rainfall estimation with the ground observed data for the Lake Tana Basin, Ethiopia. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 18(12), 4871-4881. https://doi.org/10.5194/hessd-11-8013-2014

Book/Book Chapters

Mesfin, S., Adem, A. A., Mullu, A., & Melesse, A. M. (2021). Historical Trend Analysis of Rainfall in Amhara National Regional State. In Nile and Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (pp. 475-491). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-76437-1_25
Atanaw, S. B., Aynalem, D. W., Adem, A. A., Mekuria, W., & Tilahun, S. A. (2018). Effects of Soil and Water Conservation Practices on Runoff, Soil and Nutrient Losses in Alekt Wenz Watershed, Ethiopian Highland. 6th EAI International Conference on Advances of Science and Technology, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia: 5-7 October 2018, https://doi.org/110.1007/978-3-030-15357-1_14
Bogale, A. G., Aynalem, D. W., Adem, A. A., Mekuria, W., & Tilahun, S. A. (2018). Evaluating the Role of Runoff and Soil Erosion on Nutrient Loss in the Chenetale Watershed, Upper Blue Nile Basin, Ethiopia. 6th EAI International Conference on Advances of Science and Technology, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia: 5-7 October 2018, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-15357-1_23
Adem, A. A., Tilahun, S. A., Ayana, E. K., Worqlul, A. W., Assefa, T. T., Dessu, S. B., & Melesse, A. M. (2016a). Climate Change Impact on Sediment Yield in the Upper Gilgel Abay Catchment, Blue Nile Basin, Ethiopia. Landscape Dynamics, Soils and Hydrological Processes in Varied Climates, 615-644. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-18787-7_28
Adem, A. A., Tilahun, S. A., Ayana, E. K., Worqlul, A. W., Assefa, T. T., Dessu, S. B., & Melesse, A. M. (2016b). Climate change impact on stream flow in the upper Gilgel Abay Catchment, Blue Nile Basin, Ethiopia. Landscape Dynamics, Soils and Hydrological Processes in Varied Climates, 645-673. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-18787-7_29
Adem, A. A., Melesse, A. M., Tilahun, S. A., Setegn, S. G., Ayana, E. K., Wale, A., & Assefa, T. T. (2014). Climate change projections in the upper Gilgel Abay River catchment, Blue Nile basin Ethiopia. In Nile river basin (pp. 363-388). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-02720-3_19

Technical/Policy Briefs

Fasikaw A. Zimale, Seifu A. Tilahun, Anwar A. Adem (2021). Monitoring upland watersheds for sustainable land management practices in Belesa area, Technical brief no. 3, SWEEP Project, CARE Ethiopia and Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia: May 2021
Anwar A. Adem, Temesgen Mengist, Seifu A. Tilahun (2020). Exclosures are effective in improving degraded landscapes in watersheds of Belesa Districts, Technical brief no. 2, SWEEP Project, CARE Ethiopia and Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia: December 2020
Yassin Ahmed, Ermias Tesfaye, Seifu A. Tilahun, Anwar A. Adem (2020). What motivates farmers to engage in and sustain watershed development interventions? Learning brief no. 1, SWEEP Project, CARE Ethiopia and Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia: June 2020

Proceedings & Conference papers

Adem, A. A, Addis, Gashaw G. Addis, Seifu A. Tilahun, Tammo S. Steenhuis (2022). Hydrogeology of Volcanic Highlands Affects Prioritization of Land Management Practices. 3^rd International Conference on Environment & Society (EAS), 2022 International Conference on Water, Food and Energy Security: The Role of Science and Communities in Post War Reconstruction, July 4-5, 2022, Sapphire Addis Hotel, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Adem, A. A., Dile, Y. T., Worqlul, A. W., Ayana, E. K., Tilahun, S. A., & Steenhuis, T. S. (2022). Assessing Digital Soil Inventories for Predicting Streamflow in the Headwaters of the Blue Nile. 9^th Annual National Conference of College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences (CAES#9), Research and policy innovations for food systems transformation in Ethiopia, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia, 04-05 June 2022.
Adem, A. A. (2021). Meteorological and hydrological drought monitoring in the Eastern Nile River Basin, 6^th Nile Development Forum (NBDF6), Webinar Stream: Adaptation to Climate Change, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 19-25 March 2021.
Adem A. A., Dessalew W. Aynalem, Seifu A. Tilahun and Tammo S. Steenhuis (2020), Predicting Reference Evaporation for the Ethiopian Highlands, 7th Annual National Conference on Agriculture and Environmental Management for Sustainable Development, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia: 6-7 March 2020
Adem, A. A., Dessalew W. Aynalem, Seifu A. Tilahun, Wolde Mekuria, Mulugeta Azeze, Tammo S. Steenhuis (2017). Runoff response and the associated soil and nutrient loss in two northwestern Ethiopian highland watersheds, The 5th International Conference on the Advancement of Science and Technology (ICAST-2017), Bahir Dar, Ethiopia: 19-20 May, 2017
Aynalem, Dessalew W., Adem A. A., Seifu A. Tilahun, Wolde Mekuria, Charles F. Nicholson and Tammo S. Steenhuis (2016). Enhancing ecosystem services in the upper Blue Nile Basin, Ethiopia through the implementation of soil and water conservation measures. First African ESP conference; Nairobi, Kenya: 21-25 Nov 2016.
Adem, A. A., Dessalew W. Aynalem, Seifu A. Tilahun, Wolde Mekuria, Mulugeta Azeze, Tammo S. Steenhuis (2016). Effectiveness of land and water management interventions in reducing runoff and soil erosion in the northwestern highlands of Ethiopian.First African ESP conference; Nairobi, Kenya: 21-25 Nov 2016.
Adem, A. A., Dessalew W. Aynalem, Seifu A. Tilahun And Tammo S. Steenhuis (2016). Predicting Reference Evapotranspiration in Humid and Sub-Humid Areas of Ethiopia, International Conference on the Advancements of Science and Technology (ICAST-CWRE-2016), Faculty of Civil and Water Resources Engineering, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia: 17-18 June 2016.
Adem, A. A., And Leykun G. Ayele (2015). Impacts of Land Cover Change on Sediment Load of Lake Tana; a Case of Gilgel Abay Watershed, Blue Nile, Ethiopia, Tropical lakes in a changing environment: Water, land, biology, climate and humans, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia: 26-27 September 2015
Adem, A. A. (2014). Impact of Climate Change on Stream Flow and Sediment Yield in the Upper Gilgel Abay River Catchment. National Workshop on Erosion and Sedimentation. Blue Nile Water Institute (BNWI), Bahir Dar, Ethiopia.28 - 29 April 2014
Adem, A. A. (2012). Mean Water Resources Potential Over Awash Catchments Based on Thornthwaite’s aridity indices. Colloque International Conference, Bangui, Central African Republic: 24-27 October 2012.
Adem, A. A. (2010). Mean Water Resources Potential Over Awash Catchments Based on Thornthwaite’s aridity indices. International Workshop on Climate and Environmental Change: Challenges for Developing Countries. CTWF, Beijing, China: 17-19 November 2010.

Research and Project Reports

Adem, A. A. and Sileshie Mesfin (2021). Amhara Region Water Resource and Irrigation Development Potential and Existing Irrigation Schemes Performance Assessment Study Project, Volume I: surface water potential assessment, Bureau of Water Resources Development (BoWD), Report No-1, 1-115.
Adem, A. A., Melania Peter & Mubarak Omer, (2019). Drought Risk Assessment and Mapping for Eastern Nile Basin, Final Report, Eastern Nile Technical and Regional Office (ENTRO), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Adem, A. A., (2016). Tekeze Basin Integrated Land Use Planning and Environmental Study Project: Technical Report III: Hydrology and Water Resource Assessment. ADSWE, LUPESP/TekSB, Report No-3, 1-240.
Adem, A. A., (2016). Impact of soil and water conservation on water resources change in Amhara Regional State. Bahir Dar, Ethiopia, ADSWE-ENRCiAR Thematic Report No-4: 1-59.
Adem, A. A. (2015). Tana Sub Basin Integrated Land Use Planning and Environmental Study Project: Technical Report III: Hydrology and Water Resource Assessment. ADSWE, LUPESP/TaSB, Report No-3, 1-252.
Adem, A. A. & Worqlul, A. W. (2013). Water Resource Assessment and Water Balance of Lake Tana Basin Ethiopia. Tana Sub-Basin Office (TaSBO), Bahir Dar.

Journal Reviewer

Journal of Physical Geography
Journal of Environmental Management
International Journal of River Basin Management
International Journal of Digital Earth
Heliyon
Geo-spatial information science
Geomatics, Natural Hazards and Risk
Geocarto International
Ecological Indicators
Water Resources Management
Journal of College of Agriculture and Environmental Science
Blue Nile Journal of Agricultural Research (BNJAR)

References

1. Tammo S. Steenhuis, Ph.D, International Professor on Hydrology, Cornell University, USA. Tel: +1 (607) 255 2489, Email: tammo@cornell.edu

2. Seifu Admassu Tilahun, Ph.D, Professor of Hydrology, Bahir Dar Institute of Technology, Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia. Tel: +251978501750, Email: satadm86@gmail.com

3. Abeyou Wale Worqlul, PhD, Researcher, International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Tel: +251965556430, Email: a.worqlul@cgiar.org

4. Wolde Mekuria, Ph.D, Land resources management researcher, International Water Management Institute (IWMI), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Tel: +251923786360, Email: W.Bori@cgiar.org

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