Prof Valentina Donzella

Research

Perception Sensors, Data Compression, Machine Learning, Intelligent Vehicles, Intelligent Systems, LiDAR camera RADAR thermal

Publications

Publications of specific relevance to the Centre for Advanced Robotics

2025

Exploring Sensor Impact and Architectural Robustness in Adverse Weather on BEV Perception
Kumar S Sharma S Asghar R Mohandas R Brophy T Sistu G Grua EM Donzella V et al.
IEEE Open Journal of Vehicular Technology, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) vol. 6, 2857-2875.  

DOI 10.1109/ojvt.2025.3621862

QMRO

15-10-2025

Data-Driven Headlight Flare Model for Automotive Cameras
Li B Wang H Wang Y Chan PH Perks D Donzella V
IEEE Open Journal of Vehicular Technology, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) vol. 6, 2709-2720.  

DOI 10.1109/ojvt.2025.3601400

QMRO

21-08-2025

Robustness Requirement Coverage using a Situation Coverage Approach for Vision-based AI Systems
Shahbeigi S Proma NM Hodge V Hawkins R Li B Donzella V
In Arxiv 

DOI 10.48550/arxiv.2507.12986

17-07-2025

A New Approach for Bayer Adaption Techniques in Compression
Wang H Huggett A Donzella V
2025 IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium (IV). vol. 00, 2185-2191.  

DOI 10.1109/iv64158.2025.11097409

25-06-2025

Lightweight RAW Object Detection for Automated Driving
Souvalioti G Goswami A Singh A Debattista K Donzella V
2025 IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium (IV). vol. 00, 1856-1861.  

DOI 10.1109/iv64158.2025.11097580

25-06-2025

Real-Time Mitigation of LiDAR Mutual Interference
Robinson J Lovric M Woodman R Croft D Donzella V
2025 IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium (IV). vol. 00, 2100-2105.  

DOI 10.1109/iv64158.2025.11097804

25-06-2025

REHEARSE-3D: A Multi-modal Emulated Rain Dataset for 3D Point Cloud De-raining
Raisuddin AM Holmblad J Haghighi H Poledna Y Drechsler MF Donzella V Aksoy EE
In Arxiv 

DOI 10.48550/arxiv.2504.21699

30-04-2025

A Noise Analysis of 4D RADAR: Robust Sensing for Automotive?
Chan PH Roudposhti SS Ye X Donzella V
IEEE Sensors Journal, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) vol. 25 (10), 18291-18301.  

DOI 10.1109/jsen.2025.3556518

15-01-2025

Robustness Requirement Coverage using a Situation Coverage Approach for Vision-based AI Systems
Shahbeigi S Proma NM Hodge V Hawkins R Li B Donzella V
2025 IEEE 33rd International Requirements Engineering Conference Workshops (REW). vol. 00, 504-507.  

DOI 10.1109/rew66121.2025.00075

05-01-2025

Automotive DNN-Based Object Detection in the Presence of Lens Obstruction and Video Compression
Baris G Li B Chan PH Avizzano CA Donzella V
IEEE Access, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) vol. 13, 36575-36589.  

DOI 10.1109/access.2025.3544773

01-01-2025

LiDAR De-Snow Score (DSS): Combining Quality and Perception Metrics for Optimized De-Noising
Donzella V Chan PH Gummadi D Raisuddin AM Aksoy EE
IEEE Sensors Journal, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) vol. 25 (13), 25820-25828.  

DOI 10.1109/jsen.2025.3570478

01-01-2025

Raw Camera Data Object Detectors: An Optimisation for Automotive Video Processing and Transmission
Chan PH Wei C Huggett A Donzella V
IEEE Access, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) vol. 13, 21695-21706.  

DOI 10.1109/access.2025.3529287

01-01-2025

Robustness of Panoptic Segmentation for Degraded Automotive Cameras Data
Wang Y Zhao H Gummadi D Dianati M Debattista K Donzella V
IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) vol. 22, 21020-21032.  

DOI 10.1109/tase.2025.3605753

01-01-2025

2024

Creation of digital models for accelerated and reliable testing of automated systems in adverse weather
Herranen T Martí EH Chan PH Poledna Y Duthon P Ben-Daoued A Drechsler MF Donzella V
Autonomous Systems for Security and Defence. vol. 13207 

DOI 10.1117/12.3031473

13-11-2024

Dynamic risk assessment and assurance for configurable UAVs (Conference Presentation)
Shahbeigi S Molloy J Stefanakos I Zou J Chan H Donzella V Ryan P
Autonomous Systems for Security and Defence. 

DOI 10.1117/12.3031469

13-11-2024

From operational design domain to test cases: A methodology to include harsh weather
Warg F Donzella V Chan PH Robinson J Poledna Y Liandrat S Cihan U Aramrattana M et al.
Open Research Europe, F1000research vol. 4 

DOI 10.12688/openreseurope.18592.1

29-10-2024

Parametric Physics-Based Snow Model for Automotive Cameras
Chan PH Debattista K Donzella V
2024 IEEE SENSORS. vol. 00, 01-04.  

DOI 10.1109/sensors60989.2024.10784836

23-10-2024

Influence of AVC and HEVC compression on detection of vehicles through Faster R-CNN
Chan PH Huggett A Souvalioti G Jennings P Donzella V
2024 IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium (IV). vol. 00, 3140-3140.  

DOI 10.1109/iv55156.2024.10588501

05-06-2024

Exploring Generative AI for Sim2Real in Driving Data Synthesis
Zhao H Wang Y Bashford-Rogers T Donzella V Debattista K
2024 IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium (IV). vol. 00, 3071-3077.  

DOI 10.1109/iv55156.2024.10588493

05-06-2024

REHEARSE: adveRse wEatHEr datAset for sensoRy noiSe modEls
Poledna Y Drechsler MF Donzella V Chan PH Duthon P Huber W
2024 IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium (IV). vol. 00, 2451-2457.  

DOI 10.1109/iv55156.2024.10588491

05-06-2024

Exploring Generative AI for Sim2Real in Driving Data Synthesis
Zhao H Wang Y Bashford-Rogers T Donzella V Debattista K
In Arxiv 

DOI 10.48550/arxiv.2404.09111

13-04-2024

Taming Transformers for Realistic Lidar Point Cloud Generation
Haghighi H Samadi A Dianati M Donzella V Debattista K
In Arxiv 

DOI 10.48550/arxiv.2404.05505

08-04-2024

Benchmarking the Robustness of Panoptic Segmentation for Automated Driving
Wang Y Zhao H Gummadi D Dianati M Debattista K Donzella V
In Arxiv 

DOI 10.48550/arxiv.2402.15469

23-02-2024

A Novel Score-Based LiDAR Point Cloud Degradation Analysis Method
Shahbeigi S Robinson J Donzella V
IEEE Access, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) vol. 12, 22671-22686.  

DOI 10.1109/access.2024.3359300

01-01-2024

The inconvenient truth of ground truth errors in automotive datasets and DNN-based detection
Chan PH Li B Baris G Sadiq Q Donzella V
Data-Centric Engineering, Cambridge University Press (Cup) vol. 5 

DOI 10.1017/dce.2024.39

01-01-2024

2023

A Unified Generative Framework for Realistic Lidar Simulation in Autonomous Driving Systems
Haghighi H Dianati M Donzella V Debattista K
In Arxiv 

DOI 10.48550/arxiv.2312.15817

25-12-2023

Influence of AVC and HEVC Compression on Detection of Vehicles Through Faster R-CNN
Chan PH Huggett A Souvalioti G Jennings P Donzella V
IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) vol. 25 (1), 203-213.  

DOI 10.1109/tits.2023.3308344

11-09-2023

Accelerating Stereo Image Simulation for Automotive Applications Using Neural Stereo Super Resolution
Haghighi H Dianati M Donzella V Debattista K
IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) vol. 24 (11), 12627-12636.  

DOI 10.1109/tits.2023.3287912

05-07-2023

Semantic-Aware Video Compression for Automotive Cameras
Wang Y Chan PH Donzella V
IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) vol. 8 (6), 3712-3722.  

DOI 10.1109/tiv.2023.3267443

17-04-2023

The Effect of Camera Data Degradation Factors on Panoptic Segmentation for Automated Driving
Wang Y Zhao H Debattista K Donzella V
2023 IEEE 26th International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSC). vol. 00, 2351-2356.  

DOI 10.1109/itsc57777.2023.10421803

28-01-2023

Enhanced Object Detection by Integrating Camera Parameters into Raw Image-Based Faster R-CNN
Wei C Wu G Barth M Chan PH Donzella V Huggett A
2023 IEEE 26th International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSC). vol. 00, 4473-4478.  

DOI 10.1109/itsc57777.2023.10422473

28-01-2023

2022

Optimising Faster R-CNN Training to Enable Video Camera Compression for Assisted and Automated Driving Systems
Donzella V Chan PH Huggett A
2022 2nd International Conference on Robotics, Automation and Artificial Intelligence (RAAI). vol. 00, 234-239.  

DOI 10.1109/raai56146.2022.10092961

11-12-2022

Methodology To Investigate Interference Using Off-The-Shelf LiDARs
Robinson J Venturi A Dudley R Bevilacqua M Donzella V
2022 2nd International Conference on Robotics, Automation and Artificial Intelligence (RAAI). vol. 00, 124-130.  

DOI 10.1109/raai56146.2022.10092997

11-12-2022

Testing ground-truth errors in an automotive dataset for a DNN-based object detector
Li B Baris G Chan PH Rahman A Donzella V
2022 International Conference on Electrical, Computer, Communications and Mechatronics Engineering (ICECCME). vol. 00, 1-6.  

DOI 10.1109/iceccme55909.2022.9988623

18-11-2022

A Two-stage H.264 based Video Compression Method for Automotive Cameras
Wang Y Chan PH Donzella V
2022 IEEE 5th International Conference on Industrial Cyber-Physical Systems (ICPS). vol. 00, 01-06.  

DOI 10.1109/icps51978.2022.9816916

26-05-2022

Analysis of Automotive Camera Sensor Noise Factors and Impact on Object Detection
Li B Chan PH Baris G Higgins MD Donzella V
IEEE Sensors Journal, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) vol. 22 (22), 22210-22219.  

DOI 10.1109/jsen.2022.3211406

15-01-2022

2021

Public acceptance of driver state monitoring for automated vehicles: Applying the UTAUT framework
Smyth J Chen H Donzella V Woodman R
Transportation Research Part F Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, Elsevier vol. 83, 179-191.  

DOI 10.1016/j.trf.2021.10.003

01-11-2021

Ethical considerations and moral implications of autonomous vehicles and unavoidable collisions
Robinson J Smyth J Woodman R Donzella V
Theoretical Issues in Ergonomics Science, Taylor & Francis vol. 23 (4), 435-452.  

DOI 10.1080/1463922x.2021.1978013

15-10-2021

The data conundrum: compression of automotive imaging data and deep neural network based perception
Chan PH Souvalioti G Huggett A Kirsch G Donzella V
London Imaging Meeting, Society For Imaging Science & Technology vol. 2 (1), 78-82.  

DOI 10.2352/issn.2694-118x.2021.lim-78

20-09-2021

Realistic LiDAR With Noise Model for Real-Time Testing of Automated Vehicles in a Virtual Environment
Espineira JP Robinson J Groenewald J Chan PH Donzella V
IEEE Sensors Journal, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) vol. 21 (8), 9919-9926.  

DOI 10.1109/jsen.2021.3059310

15-01-2021

2020

A Review and Perspective on Optical Phased Array for Automotive LiDAR
Hsu C-P Li B Solano-Rivas B Gohil AR Chan PH Moore AD Donzella V
IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) vol. 27 (1), 1-16.  

DOI 10.1109/jstqe.2020.3022948

09-09-2020

A Framework to Analyze Noise Factors of Automotive Perception Sensors
Chan PH Dhadyalla G Donzella V
IEEE Sensors Letters, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) vol. 4 (6), 1-4.  

DOI 10.1109/lsens.2020.2996428

21-05-2020

2019

Advances in Silicon Photonic Sensors Using Sub-Wavelength Gratings
Luan E Donzella V Cheung K Chrostowski L
2019 24th OptoElectronics and Communications Conference (OECC) and 2019 International Conference on Photonics in Switching and Computing (PSC). vol. 00, 1-3.  

DOI 10.23919/ps.2019.8817799

07-07-2019

2018

MAINTAINING THE PACE: DESIGNING TECHNICAL POST-GRADUATE COURSES FOR THE 21ST CENTURY AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY
Allen A Donzella V
ICERI2018 Proceedings. vol. 1, 6847-6853.  

DOI 10.21125/iceri.2018.2635

01-11-2018

THE POWER OF PLAY IN HIGHER EDUCATION TEACHING
Donzella V
ICERI2018 Proceedings. vol. 1, 8565-8566.  

DOI 10.21125/iceri.2018.0573

01-11-2018

2017

BOARD-GAME FOR TEACHING AUTOMOTIVE GUIDELINES IN THE TECHNICAL ACCREDITATION SCHEME AT WMG
Donzella V Allen AJ Dhadyalla G
ICERI2017 Proceedings. vol. 1, 1010-1017.  

DOI 10.21125/iceri.2017.0347

01-11-2017

2016

Sub-wavelength grating for enhanced ring resonator biosensor
Flueckiger J Schmidt S Donzella V Sherwali A Ratner DM Chrostowski L Cheung KC
Optics Express, Optica Publishing Group vol. 24 (14), 15672-15686.  

DOI 10.1364/oe.24.015672

01-07-2016

Accuracy of 1D Compact Laser Model Laser Model Results from 1D Compact Model Compared with Detailed 2D Simulation
Pacradouni V Klein J Donzella V Pond J Li ZQ Li S
2016 IEEE 6th International Conference on Photonics (ICP)., 1-2.  

DOI 10.1109/icp.2016.7510002

01-03-2016

2015

Sinusoidal anti-coupling SOI strip waveguides
Zhang F Yun H Donzella V Lu Z Wang Y Chen Z Chrostowski L Jaeger NAF
Conference on Lasers and Electro Optics Europe Technical Digest. vol. 2015-August 
10-08-2015

Propagation Loss in Sub-Wavelength Grating Waveguides
Sherwali A Donzella V Chrostowski L
2015 Photonics North., 1-1.  

DOI 10.1109/pn.2015.7292535

01-06-2015

Design and fabrication of SOI micro-ring resonators based on sub-wavelength grating waveguides
Donzella V Sherwali A Flueckiger J Grist SM Fard ST Chrostowski L
Optics Express, Optica Publishing Group vol. 23 (4), 4791-4803.  

DOI 10.1364/oe.23.004791

17-02-2015

2014

Silicon-on-insulator sensors using integrated resonance-enhanced defect-mediated photodetectors
Fard ST Murray K Caverley M Donzella V Flueckiger J Grist SM Huante-Ceron E Schmidt SA et al.
Optics Express, Optica Publishing Group vol. 22 (23), 28517-28529.  

DOI 10.1364/oe.22.028517

07-11-2014

Compact and Broad Band Directional Coupler for Sub-Wavelength Grating SOI Components
Donzella V Flueckiger J Sherwali A Fard ST Grist SM Chrostowski L
2014 IEEE Photonics Conference., 607-608.  

DOI 10.1109/ipcon.2014.6995286

01-10-2014

Improving the performance of silicon photonic rings, disks, and Bragg gratings for use in label-free biosensing
Schmidt S Flueckiger J Wu W Grist SM Fard ST Donzella V Khumwan P Thompson ER et al.
Biosensing and Nanomedicine VII. vol. 9166 

DOI 10.1117/12.2062389

27-08-2014

Sub-wavelength grating components for integrated optics applications on SOI chips
Donzella V Sherwali A Flueckiger J Fard ST Grist SM Chrostowski L
Optics Express, Optica Publishing Group vol. 22 (17), 21037-21050.  

DOI 10.1364/oe.22.021037

22-08-2014

Performance of ultra-thin SOI-based resonators for sensing applications
Fard ST Donzella V Schmidt SA Flueckiger J Grist SM Fard PT Wu Y Bojko RJ et al.
Optics Express, Optica Publishing Group vol. 22 (12), 14166-14179.  

DOI 10.1364/oe.22.014166

02-06-2014

2013

Study of waveguide crosstalk in silicon photonics integrated circuits
Donzella V Fard ST Chrostowski L
Photonics North 2013. vol. 8915 

DOI 10.1117/12.2042366

11-10-2013

Fabrication and experimental characterization of cascaded SOI micro-rings for high-throughput label-free molecular sensing
Donzella V Fard ST Chrostowski L
2013 IEEE Photonics Conference., 614-615.  

DOI 10.1109/ipcon.2013.6656444

01-09-2013

Sensitivity analysis of thin waveguide SOI ring resonators for sensing applications
Fard ST Donzella V Schmidt SA Ratner DM Bojko RJ Chrostowski L
2013 IEEE Photonics Conference., 616-617.  

DOI 10.1109/ipcon.2013.6656445

01-09-2013

Modelling of asymmetric slot racetracks for improved bio-sensors performance
Donzella V Fard ST Chrostowski L
2013 13th International Conference on Numerical Simulation of Optoelectronic Devices (NUSOD)., 25-26.  

DOI 10.1109/nusod.2013.6633106

01-08-2013

Silicon photonic micro-disk resonators for label-free biosensing.
Grist SM Schmidt SA Flueckiger J Donzella V Shi W Talebi Fard S Kirk JT Ratner DM et al.
Optics Express, Optica Publishing Group vol. 21 (7), 7994-8006.  

DOI 10.1364/oe.21.007994

26-03-2013

Label-free silicon photonic biosensors for use in clinical diagnostics
Fard ST Grist SM Donzella V Schmidt SA Flueckiger J Wang X Shi W Millspaugh A et al.
Silicon Photonics VIII. vol. 8629 

DOI 10.1117/12.2005832

14-03-2013

High Performance Time Domain FBG Dynamic Interrogation Scheme Based on Pulse Coding
Zaidi F Nannipieri T Signorini A Taki M Donzella V Di Pasquale F
IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) vol. 25 (5), 460-463.  

DOI 10.1109/lpt.2013.2241046

06-02-2013

2012

Recent Patents on Silicon Photonics Optical Amplifiers and Lasers
Donzella V Faralli S
Recent Patents on Electrical & Electronic Engineering E, Bentham Science Publishers vol. 5 (2), 120-133.  

DOI 10.2174/2213111611205020120

01-06-2012

2011

Optical biosensors to analyze novel biomarkers in oncology
Donzella V Crea F
Journal of Biophotonics, Wiley vol. 4 (6), 442-452.  

DOI 10.1002/jbio.201000123

13-05-2011

2010

Ion-exchanged Er3+/Yb3+ co-doped waveguide amplifiers longitudinally pumped by broad area lasers.
Donzella V Toccafondo V Faralli S Di Pasquale F Cassagnettes C Barbier D Figueroa HH
Optics Express, Optica Publishing Group vol. 18 (12), 12690-12701.  

DOI 10.1364/oe.18.012690

28-05-2010

2009

Phosphate glass ion-exchange Er3+/Yb3+ co-doped waveguide amplifiers longitudinally pumped by broad area lasers
Donzella V Toccafondo V Faralli S Di Pasquale F Barbier D Figueroa HH
2009 International Conference on Photonics in Switching. vol. 1, 1-2.  

DOI 10.1109/ps.2009.5307801

01-09-2009

Er-doped Si nanoclusters waveguides longitudinally pumped by broad area lasers for optical amplification
Donzella V Toccafondo V Faralli S Di Pasquale F Pitanti A Daldosso N Pavesi L Gourbilleau F et al.
Photonics North 2009. vol. 7386 

DOI 10.1117/12.839908

10-06-2009

Effect of Si-nc to ${\hbox {Er}}^{3+}$ Coupling Ratio in EDWAs Longitudinally Pumped by Visible Broad-Area Lasers
Donzella V Faralli S Toccafondo V Di Pasquale F
Journal of Lightwave Technology, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) vol. 27 (16), 3342-3350.  

DOI 10.1109/jlt.2008.2010627

17-04-2009

2008

Effect of Si-nc to Er³⁺ coupling ratio and multimode resonant pumping on EDWAs performance
Donzella V Faralli S Di Pasquale F
LEOS 2008 - 21st Annual Meeting of the IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society., 595-596.  

DOI 10.1109/leos.2008.4688758

01-11-2008

Using Semiconductor-Optical Amplifiers with Constant Envelope WDM Signals
Ciaramella E D'Errico A Donzella V
IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) vol. 44 (5), 403-409.  

DOI 10.1109/jqe.2007.914883

01-05-2008

2007

Parameters Affecting the Performance of WDM-DPSK Systems Based on SOA Amplifiers
Ciaramella E Donzella V D'Errico A
2007 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO)., 1-2.  

DOI 10.1109/cleo.2007.4452542

01-05-2007

Field-trial of SOA-based WDM-DPSK 8×10 Gbit/s system over 300 km with conventional amplification span
D'Errico A Donzella V Contestabile G Betti S Carrozzo V Curti F Guglielmucci M Ciaramella E
Electronics Letters, Institution of Engineering and Technology (Iet) vol. 43 (7), 404-405.  

DOI 10.1049/el:20073778

29-03-2007

In-Field WDM-DPSK $8\times 10$ Gb/S Transmission over 300 km Using Four Common SOAs
Ciaramella E D'Errico A Donzella V Contestabile G Betti S Carrozzo V Curti F Guglielmucci M
OFC/NFOEC 2007 - 2007 Conference on Optical Fiber Communication and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference., 1-3.  

DOI 10.1109/ofc.2007.4348371

01-03-2007

Parameters affecting the performance of WDM-DPSK systems based on SOA amplifiers
Ciaramella E Donzella V D'Errico A
Optics Infobase Conference Papers. 
01-01-2007

In-field WDM-DPSK 8x10 Gb/s transmission over 300 km using four common SOAs
Ciaramella E D'Errico A Donzella V Contestabile G Betti S Carrozzo V Curti F Guglielmucci M
Optics Infobase Conference Papers. 
01-01-2007

Advancing Blink Detection in Driver Monitoring with Improved Eye Landmark Analysis
Rahman A Woodman R Donzella V
The IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSC) 2025. 

QMRO

A Survey and New Perspective of Sensing in the Dark for Intelligent Transportation Systems
Wang Y Li B Wei Z Rahman A Gummadi D Zhao H Donzella V
IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers 

QMRO

Grants

Grants of specific relevance to the Centre for Advanced Robotics

BA Horizon Europe Pump Priming: BROADVIEW-ED Boosting Resilience of Automated Driving in Extreme Weather and Eco-Design - PI Donzella
Valentina Donzella
£10,000 British Academy
01-08-2025 - 31-01-2026

Grant Transfer - Sim4CAMSens - Extension to RESWM4456
Valentina Donzella
£131,575 Innovate UK
01-07-2025 - 31-03-2026

Research Group

PhD Students

• Yufeng Zhang
  Robust Domain Adaptation For Perception in Automated Driving

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