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BioKoinos is an inter-institutional philosophy of biology group based in Madrid. The group hosts its primary activities at the Complutense University of Madrid. Our research focuses on the metaphysics, epistemology, and history of the life sciences.

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BioKoinos @biokoinos.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
🍃BioKoinos Research Group begins a new academic year with new members, ongoing research stays, seminar series, and more. Thank you to everyone who follows and supports us. Keep up with our activities on this account and at biokoinos.org @filosofiaucm.bsky.social
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BioKoinos @biokoinos.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Turad Miguel Turad, PhD student at Biokoinos, is starting a three-month research stay on the project "Spins to Birds to Traders: Model Adaptation in the Study of Critical Behavior" (MACBeh), funded by the European Research Council, at the University of Salzburg (PLUS). @unisalzburg.bsky.social
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BioKoinos @biokoinos.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Carolina Cuadrado Bastos, PhD student at Biokoinos, is starting a three-month research stay at the Epistemology of Climate Change centre in Switzerland. The group investigates the philosophy of science and the ethical/normative dimensions of climate and environmental challenges. philoclimate.ch
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BioKoinos @biokoinos.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
🌱 We’re beginning the week with some good news! Laura Menatti @lauramenatti.bsky.social has joined Biokoinos Research Group. Welcome, Laura!
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BioKoinos @biokoinos.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
¡Próximo BioKoinos Research Seminar! El próximo lunes, 5 de octubre, David Ricote Hernández presentará "El Genotipo extendido: una interpretación integradora". 📍11:00 a 13:00h en el Seminario 30 (Facultad de Filosofía, Edificio A, 3ª Planta, UCM)
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BioKoinos @biokoinos.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
¡Enhorabuena al premiado y a los finalistas del TFM premiado por la SLMFCE 2024-2025!
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BioKoinos @biokoinos.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Juan Jacobo Ibarra, estudiante de doctorado de BioKoinos defenderá su tesis doctoral "Los giros pragmatista y perspectivista en el debate sobre el realismo científico: hacia una reconfiguración del problema de la relación entre ciencia, realidad y verdad" este próximo 23 de septiembre🍀
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BioKoinos @biokoinos.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Last monday, we had the pleasure of welcoming Halley Caro Fernández (@maxplanck.de) to the Biokoinos Research Seminar! Halley talked to us about “monstrous” lizards 🦎, development and how we might rethink biological variation.
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BioKoinos @biokoinos.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Last week, Vanessa Triviño Alonso (URJC, BioKoinos) took part in the workshop ‘From Life to Mind: The Return of Hylomorphism in Embodied Cognition’ to speak on ‘Metaphysical tools for explaining the priority of organisms: anchoring and hylomorphism’.
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BioKoinos @biokoinos.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
¡Empezamos el curso con un nuevo BioKoinos Research Seminar! El próximo lunes, 14 de septiembre, Halley Caro Fernández presentará "¿Lagartijas monstruosas? Estudiar el desarrollo para (re)pensar la variación". 📍12:00 a 14:00h en el Seminario 36 (Facultad de Filosofía, Edificio A, 3ª Planta, UCM)
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BioKoinos @biokoinos.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Many months of hard work have come to an end 🎉Last week we were at #ECAP12, supporting the organisation. Several PhD students from our group presented their research internationally, exchanging knowledge and experiences with researchers from around the world 🌍🎓 @ecap12th.bsky.social
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METIS research group @metisuned.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
❇️ El seminario está abierto a doctorandos y doctorandas de cualquier institución, con o sin afiliación a grupos de investigación. 👉 Para más información, no dudéis en escribir a los coordinadores: 🔹Irene @irene-adansi.bsky.social: ireadan@ucm.es 🔹Josep @josepgasol.com: josep.gasol@upce.cz
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METIS research group @metisuned.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
📢 Abierta la convocatoria para participar en el Seminario de Doctorandos BioKoinos–METIS 26/27, un espacio para presentar y discutir trabajos en un entorno colaborativo y constructivo. 📅 Fecha límite para enviar propuestas: 13/09/26 Formulario de inscripción: forms.gle/FsJ9L4ED33EA...
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PHD Seminar BioKoinos-METIS 2026-2027
Envía aquí tu propuesta para presentar en el Seminario de Doctorandos BioKoinos-METIS 2026-2027.
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Leyre Celada-Marcén @leyreceladamarcen.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Lucia C. Neco (UM): The prospect of plant sociality #XIVPBCS
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Leyre Celada-Marcén @leyreceladamarcen.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Carlos Esteban-Jiménez (UCM): The cognitive dimension of experimental niche construction: an epistemological problem? #XVIPBCS
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Leyre Celada-Marcén @leyreceladamarcen.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
⭐️Keynote speaker season⭐️ José Antonio Pérez-Escobar (UNED/ @metisuned.bsky.social) Mathematical explanations in biology: A Neo-Aristotelian proposal
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Leyre Celada-Marcén @leyreceladamarcen.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Tommaso Zorzini (UniMi): Reciprocal causation in EES is still unidirectional and diachronic #XIVPBCS
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Leyre Celada-Marcén @leyreceladamarcen.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Elias Cohen (EHESS/Jean-Nicod Paris): Situating mental representation: Perry’s “Thoght without representation” in an enactivist context #XIVPBCS
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Leyre Celada-Marcén @leyreceladamarcen.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
David Sánchez (UGR): Teleology without representation: meaning and function in ecological physiology #XIVPBCS
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Leyre Celada-Marcén @leyreceladamarcen.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Benedetta Cogo (UOW): Keeping it rational in the philosophy of psychiatry #XIVPBCS
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Leyre Celada-Marcén @leyreceladamarcen.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Miguel Gramage (UV/ @vlc-lab.bsky.social ): Specification in use: a modal account of ecological information #XIVPBCS
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Leyre Celada-Marcén @leyreceladamarcen.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Ainhoa Rodríguez-Muguruza (EHU): Menstrual health as rhythmic plasticity #XIVPBCS
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Jorge Ramos @jsramos.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
There's something about hanging posters ye olde way that sparks a little charm. Remember! The XIV Philosophy of Biology and Cognitive Sciences Workshop #xivpbcs is this week! #hps #philbio #cogsci #hpbio
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Leyre Celada-Marcén @leyreceladamarcen.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Astrid Reng (LMU Munich): Mental health and options for mental action #XIVPBCS
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Leyre Celada-Marcén @leyreceladamarcen.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
James Turner (Umeå): Low mood, proper function and dysfunction: the case against depression as a natural kind #XIVPBCS
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Leyre Celada-Marcén @leyreceladamarcen.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
⭐️Keynote Speaker season⭐️ Enara García (SDU): The Path-dependent Mind: Individuation, vulnerability, and the ontogeneis of mental disorder #XIVPBCS
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Leyre Celada-Marcén @leyreceladamarcen.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Andreas T. Pommer (KU): Population-level representations and computations afford causal explanations #XIVPBCS
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Jorge Ramos @jsramos.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
📣 The XIV PBCS (Philosophy of Biology and Cognitive Sciences) Workshop is next week!!! #philbio #cogsci #hps 🗓️ 18-19 June 2026, at UNED (Madrid). Don't miss it! ℹ️ More info: sites.google.com/view/xivpbcs #pbcs #xivpbcs #14pbcs
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BioKoinos @biokoinos.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Last week, students from the BioKoinos group, Leyre Celada-Marcén (PhD student) & Emaus Torralba (Master's student), attended the Bordeaux Summer School: Philosophy in Biology and Medicine. Here are a few photos to mark the occasion, with Scott Gilbert 📷✨ Many thanks to @philinbiomed.bsky.social
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Valencia Philosophy Lab @vlc-lab.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
🚨 This week!! «Workshop: Functions and Dysfunctions in Medicine and Psychiatry». 📅 June 11-12, 2026 🏛️ Faculty of Philosophy and Education Sciences (Sala de Juntas, Salón de Grados). 🔗More info at: vlclab.blogs.uv.es/event/worksh...
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BioKoinos @biokoinos.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
📢Último Seminario de Doctorandos BioKoinos-METIS del curso 2025-26 💬Ignasi Gil Gómez (UCM): "La racionalidad epistémica y zetética de la comprobación compulsiva en el TOC" 🕚 27 de mayo 16:00-18:00 CEST 📍Sala 0.6, Edificio de Humanidades, UNED 💻+info www.biokoinos.org/events @metisuned.bsky.social
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BioKoinos @biokoinos.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
📢Próximo BioKoinos Research Seminar 💬Davide Vecchi (UNED): "Fisher's Principle: a virtuous example of equilibrium explanation?" 🕚 18 Mayo 2026 11:00 - 13:00h 📍Seminario 30 Facultad Filosofía (Edificio A, 3ª planta) UCM 💻+info www.biokoinos.org/events
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BioKoinos @biokoinos.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
📢Próximo Seminario de Doctorandos BioKoinos-METIS 🗨️Mayo Pinto Candenas (UCM):"Ambivalencia funcional: Una propuesta de evaluación multiescalar" 🕓13 de mayo 16:00-18:00 CEST 📍Seminario 338, Facultad Filosofía UCM, 3ª planta Edificio A 💻Info www.biokoinos.org/seminario-do...w @metisuned.bsky.social
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Losner Briones @losnerbriones.com · 05/05/2026
Full program: sites.google.com/view/xivpbcs... Funding: @uneduniv.bsky.social and 2026 Off-Year ISHPSSB Workshop (@ishpssb.bsky.social). Organising committee: @losnerbriones.com, Leyre Celada-Marcén, Alberto Monterde Fuertes, @jsramos.bsky.social, Cristian Saborido, and Turad Miguel Turad.
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Losner Briones @losnerbriones.com · 05/05/2026
The schedule for the XIV PBCS is out! 🗣️ Keynote speakers: Enara García, @alejandrofabregastejeda.com, and José Antonio Pérez-Escobar. 🗣️ 15 double-blind peer-reviewed talks by master's and PhD students, as well as early postdoctoral researchers. 🕘📍 June 18–19, 2026, at UNED, Madrid. #philsci
XIV WORKSHOP OPN PHILOSOPHY OF BIOLOGY AND COGNITIVE SCIENCES

SCHEDULE

THURSDAY 18 JUNE - SALA B

08:30-09:00
Registration & welcoming

09:00-09:30
CRISTIAN SABORIDO
Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED)

09:30-10:05
DAVID SÁNCHEZ
Universidad de Granada (UGR)
Teleology Without Representation:
Meaning and Function in Ecological Psychology

10:05-10:40
ELIAS COHEN
École des hautes études en sciences sociales / Institut Jean-Nicod (EHESS / Jean-Nicod Paris)
Situating mental representation:
Perry’s “Thought without representation” in an enactivist context

10:40-11:15
ANDREAS T. POMMER
Københavns Universitet (KU)
Population-Level Representations and Computations
Afford Causal Explanations

11:15-11:30
Coffee Break

11:30-12:05
AINHOA RODRIGUEZ-MUGURUZA
Universidad del País Vasco / Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea (UPV/EHU)
Menstrual Health as Rhythmic Plasticity

12:05-12:40
REBECCA R. CUCINIELLO
Università di Genova (UniGe)
Integrating plasticity and teleology:
lessons from Ernst Mayr’s somatic programs

12:40-14:10
ENARA GARCÍA
Syddansk Universitet (SDU)
The Path-Dependent Mind:
Individuation, Vulnerability, and the Ontogenesis of Mental Disorder

14:10-16:00
Lunch

16:00-16:35
MAYO PINTO-CANDENAS
Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Ambivalencia Funcional de los Síntomas Psiquiátricos:
el caso de la anorexia nerviosa16:35-17:10
ASTRID RENG
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU Munich)
Mental health and options for mental action

17:10-17:45
JAMES TURNER
Umeå universitet (Umeå)
Low Mood, Proper Function, and Dysfunction:
The Case Against Depression as a Natural Kind

17:45-18:20
BENEDETTA COGO
University of Wollongong (UOW)
Keeping it rational in the philosophy of psychiatry

18:20-18:30
Closure

FRIDAY 19 JUNE - SALA A

08:30-09:00
Registration & welcoming

09:00-10:30
ALEJANDRO FÁBREGAS-TEJEDA
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KU Leuven)
Ethospaces and the Comparative Study of Behavior

10:30-11:05
TOMMASO ZORZINI
Università degli Studi di Milano (UniMi)
Reciprocal causation in EES is still unidirectional and diachronic

11:05-11:40
CARLOS ESTEBAN-JIMÉNEZ
Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
The cognitive dimension of experiential niche construction: 
an epistemological problem?

11:40-11:55
Coffee Break

11:55-12:30
LUCIA C. NECO
Universidad de Murcia (UMU)
The Prospect of Plant Sociality

12:30-13:05
ADEX IZQUIERDO
Universitat de València (UV)
Offline information transmission:
A teleofunctional hybrid account for mnemonic episodic reference

13:05-13:40
MEGAN H. TODD
Sveučilište u Rijeci (Rijeka)
Communicating Science Under Uncertainty:
Hedging and Epistemic Function in Animal Cognition Research

13:40-14:15
MIGUEL GRAMAGE
Universitat de València (UV)
Specification in Use: A Modal Account of Ecological Information

14:15-16:00
Lunch

16:00-17:30
JOSÉ ANTONIO PÉREZ-ESCOBAR
Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED)
Mathematical explanations in biology: A Neo-Aristotelian proposal

17:30-18:00
Closure
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Mayo P. Candenas (He/They) @mayopcandenas.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Hi! My first paper is out in Philosophical Psychology (@journalphp.bsky.social), co-authored with Laura Nuño de la Rosa 😁 "The Functional Ambivalence of Mental Symptoms: Organizational and Temporal Dimensions of Dysfunction in Enactive Psychiatry" www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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The functional ambivalence of mental symptoms: organizational and temporal dimensions of dysfunction in Enactive Psychiatry
This paper introduces the concept of the functional ambivalence of mental symptoms as a contribution to Enactive Psychiatry. Drawing on the autonomy-centered foundations of the enactive approach, w...
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BioKoinos @biokoinos.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Nobel Prize Conversations: Stefan Hell y Benjamin List compartirán su visión sobre la ciencia junto con el historiador de la ciencia José Manuel Sánchez Ron y la filósofa de la ciencia Laura Nuño de la Rosa. Modera Adam Smith, director científico de Nobel Prize Outreach @fundacionareces.bsky.social
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Actividades - Fundación Ramón Areces
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Facultad de Filosofía UCM @filosofiaucm.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
🔔 ¡Atención! 👨‍💻 Ya está abierto el segundo plazo de admisión a nuestro Máster Universitario "Epistemología de las Ciencias Naturales y Sociales". ⏰ Cuándo: del 27 de abril al 22 de mayo. ¡Que no se te pase la fecha!
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BioKoinos @biokoinos.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
📢Próximo Seminario de Doctorandos BioKoinos-METIS 🗨️Elena Ostos (UGA): "Particularidad y generalidad en la memoria episódica humana: un análisis comparativo". 🕓29 de abril 16:00-18:00h 📍Sala 9.6 Edificio de Humanidades, UNED 💻+Info www.biokoinos.org/seminario-do...
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BioKoinos @biokoinos.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Out now in Philosophical Psychology! “The Functional Ambivalence of Mental Symptoms: Organizational and Temporal Dimensions of Dysfunction in Enactive Psychiatry”, by Mayo Pinto Cadenas & Laura Nuño de la Rosa. 🔗 philpapers.org/rec/PINTFA-4
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BioKoinos @biokoinos.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
📢Próximo BioKoinos Research Seminar 💬Enara García (University of Southern Denmark): “The Path-Dependent Mind: Individuation, Vulnerability and Ontogenesis of Mental Disorder” 🕚 13 abril 2026 11:00 - 13:00h 📍Seminario 30 Facultad Filosofía (Edificio A, 3ª planta) UCM 💻+info www.biokoinos.org/events
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BioKoinos @biokoinos.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
📢Próximo Seminario de Doctorandos BioKoinos-METIS 💬Irene Adán (UCM): "Agencia epistémica y dinámicas sociales: Perspectivas Filosóficas en la era de la IA" 🕓8 de abril 16:00-18:00h 📍Seminario 30 Filosofía UCM Edificio A 3.ª Planta 💻+Info www.biokoinos.org/seminario-do... @irene-adansi.bsky.social
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Juan Jacobo Ibarra @juanjacobo.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Estoy muy contento de contarles que la Revista de Filosofía de la UCM ha publicado mi artículo "Realismo activista revisitado: realidad, verdad y pluralismo más allá del internalismo de Hasok Chang". Lo comparto a través de PhilPapers para que le echen un ojo : philpapers.org/rec/IBARAR-2
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BioKoinos @biokoinos.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
📢New Publication by Juan Jacobo Ibarra Santacruz (UCM), PhD student at the BioKoinos Group: "Realismo activista revisitado: realidad, verdad y pluralismo más allá del internalismo de Hasok Chang". doi.org/10.5209/resf... @juanjacobo.bsky.social
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BioKoinos @biokoinos.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
📆 Os dejamos por aquí el calendario de sesiones actualizado del Seminario de Doctorandos BioKoinos-METIS (2º semestre 2025/2026). @metisuned.bsky.social
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BioKoinos @biokoinos.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
📕Próximo Seminario de Doctorandos BioKoinos-Metis. 👨‍🎓 Josep Gasol (UPCE) presentará "Animales silenciados: Injusticia epistémica hacia los animales no humanos". 🕓 Miércoles 18 de marzo 16:00-18:00h 📍 Sala 0.6, Edificio de Humanidades, UNED. 💻 Info www.biokoinos.org/seminario-do... @josepgasol.com
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Laura Hernández Mateo @laurahmt.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Ahora!sobre filosofía de la ciencia como #LauraNuñodelaRosa @biokoinos.bsky.social 60 persona en sala y 25 siguiéndolo online!!gracias !
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BioKoinos @biokoinos.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
¡Buenos días! Actualización sobre el Próximo BioKoinos Research Seminar, donde contaremos con Juan Gefaell (Lund University): 🕚 Cambio de hora: 9 de marzo 11:30-13:30h 📍Mismo lugar: Seminario 30 Facultad Filosofía UCM, Edificio A 3ª planta. 📢¡Os esperamos! 💻+info www.biokoinos.org/events
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