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Recent Research Reports Produced at CARD

Here is a sampling of research produced at CARD over the past two years:

  • Baker-Morissette, S. B., Spiegel, D. A., & Barlow, D. H. (in press). State dependent learning: Combining medications and exposure treatment. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment.
  • Barlow, D. H. (2007). The case of Hope: “Evidence-Based Practice” (EBT) in action. Pragmatic Case Studies in Psychotherapy [Online], Vol. 3 (4), Article 3.
  • Barlow, D. H. (2007).  The development and evaluation of psychological treatments for panic disorder.  In M. Gernsbacher, D. Pew, & L. Hough (Eds.), Psychology and the real world: Essays illustrating fundamental contributors to society.
  • Barlow, D. H. & Nock, M. K. (in press).  Why can’t we be more idiographic in our research?  Perspectives on Psychological Science.
  • Bennett, S. M., Litz, B. T., Maguen, S., & Ehrenreich, J. T. (in press).  An exploratory study of the psychological impact and clinical care of perinatal loss. Journal of Loss and Trauma.
  • Boisseau, C. L., Thompson-Brenner, H., Eddy, K. T., & Satir, D. (in press).  Impulsivity and personality variables in adolescents with eating disorders.  Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease.
  • Brown, T.A. (2007).  Temporal course and structural relationships among dimensions of temperament and DSM-IV anxiety and mood disorder constructs.  Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 116, 313-328.
  • Campbell-Sills, L., Barlow, D. H., Brown, T. A., & Hofmann, S. G. (in press). Effects of emotional suppression and acceptance in anxiety and mood disorders. Emotion.
  • Campbell-Sills, L., Barlow, D. H., Brown, T. A., & Hofmann, S. G. (in press). Effects of suppression and acceptance on emotional responses of individuals with anxiety and mood disorders. Behaviour Research and Therapy.
  • Craske, M.G., Farchione, T.J., Allen, L.B., Barrios, V., Stoyanova, M. & Rose, R. (2007). Cognitive behavioral therapy for panic disorder and comorbidity: More of the same or less of more? Behavior Research and Therapy, 45, 1095-1109.
  • Davis, L., Barlow, D. H., & Smith, L. (in review).  The effect of treatment for principle anxiety disorders on comorbid Axis 1 disorders. Behavior Therapy.
  • Dutra, L., Stathopoulou, G, Basden, S. L., Leyro, T. M., Powers, M. B., & Otto, M. W. (2008). A meta-analytic review of psychosocial interventions for substance use disorders. American Journal of Psychiatry, 165, 179-187.
  • Eddy, K. T., Dorer, D. J., Franko, D. L., Tahilani, K., Thompson-Brenner, H., & Herzog, D. B. (2008). Diagnostic crossover in anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa: Implications for DSM-V. American Journal of Psychiatry, 165, 245-250.
  • Eddy, K. T., Dorer, D. J., Franko, D. L., Tahilani, K., Thompson-Brenner, H., & Herzog, D. B. (2007). Should bulimia nervosa be subtyped by history of anorexia nervosa? A longitudinal validation. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 40, S67-S71.
  • Eddy, K. T., Tanofsky-Kraff, M., Thompson-Brenner, H., Herzog, D. B., Brown, T. A., & Ludwig, D. S. Eating disorder pathology among overweight treatment-seeking youth: Clinical correlates and cross-sectional risk modeling. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 45, 2360-2371.
  • Ehlers, A., Taylor, J. E., Ehring, T., Hofmann, S. G., Deane, F. P., Roth, W. T., & Podd, J. V. (2007). The Driving Cognitions Questionnaire: Development and preliminary psychometric properties. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 21, 493-509.
  • Ehrenreich, J. T., Fairholme, C. P., Buzzella, B., Ellard, K. K., & Barlow, D. H. (2007). The role of emotion in psychological therapy. Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, 14, 422-428.
  • Ehrenreich, J., Goldstein, C., Wright, L., & Barlow, D. H. (in press).  Development of a unified protocol for the treatment of emotional disorders in youth. Child and Family Behavior Therapy.
  • Ehrenreich, J.T, White, K. S., Trosper, S., Bennett, S. M., & Jakle, K. (in press). Anxiety during pregnancy, delivery, and neonatal outcomes: A review and recommendations for action. Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice.
  • Fleischer, M. E., & Barlow, D. H. (in press). Future Directions in the Psychological Treatment of Emotional Disorders. Clinician’s Research Digest. 
  • Fogler, J., Tompson, M. C., Steketee, G. S., & Hofmann, S. G. (2007). Influence of expressed emotion and perceived criticism on cognitive-behavioral therapy for social phobia. Behavioural Research and Therapy, 45, 235-249.
  • Fossey, M. D., Otto, M. W., Yates, W. R., Wisniewski, S. R., Gyulai, L, Allen, M. H., Miklowitz, D .J., Grisham, J. R., Brown, T. A., Savage, C. R., Steketee, G., & Barlow, D. H. (2007). Neuropsychological impairment associated with compulsive hoarding. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 45, 1471-1483.
  • Hinton, D. E., Chean, D., Hofmann, S. G., Orr, S. P., & Pitman, R. K. (2008). Dizziness-and palpitations predominant orthostatic panic: Physiology, flashbacks, and catastrophic cognitions. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, 30, 100-110.
  • Hinton, D. E., Chong, R., Pollack, M. H., Barlow, D. H., & McNally, R. J. (in press).  Ataque de nervios: Relationship to anxiety sensitivity and dissociation predisposition. Depression and Anxiety.
  • Hinton, D. E., Hofmann, S. G., Pitman, R. K., Pollack, M.H., & Barlow, D. H. (2008). The panic attack-posttraumatic stress disorder model: Applicability to orthostatic panic among Cambodian refugees. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, 37, 101-116.
  • Hofmann, S. G. (2007). Cognitive factors that maintain social anxiety disorder: A comprehensive model and its treatment implications. Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, 36, 195-209.
  • Hofmann, S. G. (2007). Enhancing exposure-based therapy from a translational research perspective. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 45, 1987-2001.
  • Hofmann, S. G. (2007). Trait affect moderates cortical activation in response to state affect. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 63, 258-264.
  • Hofmann, S. G. (2007). Treating avoidant personality disorder: The case of Paul. Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy, 21, 346-352.
  • Hofmann, S. G. (2008). Common misconceptions about cognitive mediation of treatment change: A commentary to Longmore and Worrell (2007). Clinical Psychology Review, 28, 67-70.
  • Hofmann, S. G. (2008). Cognitive processes during fear acquisition and extinction in animals and humans: Implications for exposure therapy of anxiety disorders. Clinical Psychology Review, 28, 199-210.
  • Hofmann, S. G. (2008). New frontiers in psychological interventions for social anxiety disorder.
  • International Journal of Cognitive Therapy, 1, 91-93.
  • Hofmann, S. G. (in press). ACT: New wave or Morita Therapy? Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice.
  • Hofmann, S. G. (in press). The emotional consequences of social pragmatism: The psychophysiological consequences of self-monitoring. Biological Psychology.
  • Hofmann, S. G., Asmundson, G. J. G. (2008). Acceptance and mindfulness-based therapy: New wave or old hat? Clinical Psychology Review, 28, 1-16
  • Hofmann, S. G. & Bitran, S. (2007). Sensory-processing sensitivity in social anxiety disorder: Relationship to harm avoidance and diagnostic subtypes. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 21, 944-954.
  • Hofmann, S. G., Meuret, A. E., Rosenfield, D., Suvak, M. K., Barlow, D. H., Gorman, J. M., Shear, M. K., & Woods, S. W. (2007). Preliminary evidence for cognitive mediation during cognitive behavioral therapy for panic disorder. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 75, 374-379.
  • Hofmann, S. G. & Smits, J. A. J. (2008). Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for adult anxiety disorders: A meta-analysis of randomized placebo-controlled trials. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 69, 621-632.
  • Huppert, J. D., Barlow, D. H., Gorman, J. M., Shear, M. K., & Woods, S. (in press). The interaction of motivation and Therapist Adherence Predict Outcome in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Panic disorder: Preliminary Findings. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice.
  • Kashdan, T. B., & Hofmann, S. G. (2008). The high-novelty-seeking, impulsive subtype of generalized social anxiety disorder. Depression and Anxiety, 25, 535-541.
  • Kollman, D. M., Brown, T. A. & Barlow, D. H. (in press). The construct validity of acceptance: A multi-trait multi-method investigation. Journal of Behavior Therapy.
  • Kollman, D., Brown, T.A., Liverant, G. I., & Hofmann, S.G. (in press).  Categorical vs. dimensional latent structure of DSM-IV social anxiety disorder (social phobia): A taxometric analysis.  Depression and Anxiety.
  • Landon, T., Ehrenreich, J. T., & Pincus, D. B. (2007).  Self-efficacy:  A comparison between clinically anxious and non-referred youth.  Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 38(1), 31-45.
  • Larson, J., Whitton, S. W., Hauser, S. T., & Allen, J. P. (2007). Being close and being social:  Peer ratings of distinct aspects of young adult social competence. Journal of Personality Assessment, 89, 136-148.
  • Lejuez, C. W., Zvolensky, M. J., Daughters, S. B., Bornovalova, M. A., Paulson, A., Tull, M. T., Ettinger, K., & Otto, M. W. (2008). Anxiety sensitivity: A unique predictor of dropout among inner-city heroin and crack/cocaine users in residential substance use treatment. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 46, 811-818.
  • Liverant, G. I., Brown, T. A., Barlow, D. H., & Roemer, L. (in press).  Emotion regulation in unipolar depression: The effects of acceptance and suppression of subjective emotional experience on the intensity and duration of sadness and negative affect. Behavior Research and Therapy.
  • Mannelli, P., Patkar, A. A., Peindl, K., Murray, H. W., Wu, L. T., & Hubbard, R. (2007). Effectiveness of low-dose naltrexone in the post-detoxification treatment of opiod dependence. Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology, 27, 468-474.
  • Marangell, L. B., Bauer, M., Dennehy, E. B., Wisniewski, S., Allen, M., Miklowitz, D., Oquendo, M., Frank, E., Perlis, R., Martinez, J. M., Fagiolini, A., Otto, M. W., Chessick, C., Zboyan, H. A., Miyahara, S., Sachs, G., Thase, M. E. (in press).  Prospective predictors of suicide and suicide attempts in 2000 patients with bipolar disorders followed for 2 years. Bipolar Disorders.
  • Marcus S, Gorman J, Xin T, Gibbons R, Barlow D, Woods S, Shear K. (in press).  Rater Bias in a Blinded Randomized Placebo-Controlled Psychiatry Trial.  Statistics in Medicine. 
  • Marcus, S., Lewin, D., Martinez, J., Ray, S., Mosovich, S., Gorman, L., Barlow, D. H., Shear, M., Woods, S., & Gorman, J. (in press). A comparison of medication adverse event reports by panic         disorder patients with and without concomitant cognitive behavioral therapy.  The American Journal of Psychiatry.
  • McHugh, R. K., Otto, M. W., Barlow, D. H., Gorman, J. M., Shear, K. M., & Woods, S. W. (2007). Cost-efficacy of individual and combined treatment for panic disorder. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 68, 1038-1044.
  • Meuret, A.E., Ehrenreich, J.T., Pincus, D.B., & Ritz, T. (in press).  Prevalence and correlates of asthma in children with internalizing psychopathology.  Depression and Anxiety.
  • Meuret, A. E., Rosenfield, D., Hofmann, S. G., Suvak, M. K., & Roth, W. T. (in press). Changes in respiration mediate changes in fear of bodily sensations in panic disorder. Journal of Psychiatric Research.
  • Meuret, A. E., White, K. S., Ritz, T., Roth, W. T., Hofmann, S. G., & Brown, T. A. (in press).  Panic disorder symptom dimensions and their relationship to illness characteristics in panic disorder.  Journal of Psychiatric Research.
  • Micco, J. A., Choate-Summers, M. L., Ehrenreich, J. T., Pincus, D. B., & Mattis, S. M. (2007). 
  • Mechanisms of change in panic control treatment for adolescents.  Child and Family Behavior Therapy, 20 (4), 1-23.
  • Micco, J. A., & Ehrenreich, J. T. (2008). Children’s interpretations and avoidant response biases in response to non-salient and salient situations: Relationships with mothers’ threat perception and coping expectations. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 22, 371-385.
  • Miklowitz, D. J., Otto, M. W., Frank, E., Reilly-Harrington, N. A., Kogan, J. N., Sachs, G. S., Thase, M., Calabrese, J. R., Marangell, L. B., Ostacher, M. J., Patel, J., Thomas, M. R., Araga, M., Gonzalez, J. M., & Wisniewski, S. R. (2007).  Intensive psychosocial intervention enhances functioning in patients with bipolar depression: Results from a 9-month randomized controlled trial.  American Journal of Psychiatry, 164, 1340-1347.
  • Miklowitz, D.J., Otto, M.W., Frank, E., Reilly-Harrington, N.A., Wisniewski, S.R., Kogan, J.N., Nierenberg, A. A., Calabrese, et al. (2007).  Psychosocial treatments for bipolar depression: A 1-year randomized trial from the Systematic Treatment Enhancement Program.  Archives of General Psychiatry, 64, 419-426.
  • Miklowitz, D. J., Otto, M. W., Frank, E., Reilly-Harrington, N. A., Wisniewski, S. R., Kogan, J. N., Nierenberg, A. A., Calabrese, J. R., et al. (2007). Psychosocial treatments for bipolar depression:  Response to Sahoo and Kumar.  Archives of General Psychiatry, 64, 1452-1453.
  • Morissette, S. B., Gulliver, S. B., Kamholz, B. W., Duade, J., Farchione, T., Devine, E., Brown, T. A., Barlow, D. H, & Ciraulo, D. (2008). Differences between daily smokers, chippers, and nonsmokers with co-occurring anxiety and alcohol-use disorders. Addictive Behaviors, 33, 1425-1431.
  • Moscovitch, D. A. & Hofmann, S. G. (2007). When ambiguity hurts: Social standards moderate self-appraisals in generalized social phobia. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 45, 1039-1052.
  • Murray, H. W., McHugh, R. K., Behar, E., Pratt, E. M., & Otto, M. W. (in press). Personality factors associated with methadone maintenance dose. American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse
  • Nicholson, J. M., Phillips, M., Whitton, S. W., Halford, W. K., & Sanders, M. R.  (2007). Promoting healthy stepfamilies: Reasons for seeking help and perceived benefits from intervention. Family Matters, 77.
  • Otto, M. W. (in press). Anxiety sensitivity, emotional intolerance, and expansion of the application of interoceptive exposure: comment on the special issue. Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy.
  • Otto, M. W., Basden, S., Leyro, T. M., McHugh, R. K., & Hofmann, S. G., (2007).  Clinical perspectives on the combination of d-cycloserine and CBT for the treatment of anxiety disorders. CNS Spectrums, 12, 51-61.
  • Otto, M. W., Basden, S. B., McHugh, R. K., Kantak, K. M., Deckersbach, T., Cather, C., Goff, D. C., Hofmann, S. G., Berry, A. C., & Smits, J. A. J. (in press). Effects of d-cycloserine administration on weekly non-emotional memory tasks in healthy participants. Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics.
  • Otto, M. W., Church, T. S., Craft, L. L., Greer, T. L., Smits, J. A. J., & Trivedi, M. H. (2007). Exercise for mood and anxiety disorders.  Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 68, 669-676.
  • Otto, M. W., Henin, A., Hirshfeld-Becker, D., Pollack, M. H., Biederman, J., & Rosenbaum, J. F. (2007).  Posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms following media exposure to tragic events: Impact of 9/11 on children at risk for anxiety disorders. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 21, 888-902.
  • Otto, M. W., Leyro, T. M., Christian, K., Deveney, C. M., Reese, H., Pollack, M. H., & Orr, S. P. (2007).  Prediction of “fear” acquisition in healthy control participants in a de novo fear-conditioning paradigm.  Behavior Modification, 31, 32-51.
  • Otto, M. W., O’Cleirigh, C. M., Pollack, M. H. (in press).  Attending to emotional cues for drug use: Bridging the gap between clinic and home behavior.  NIDA Science and Practice Perspectives.
  • Otto, M. W., Powers, M. B., & Smits J. A. J.  (in press).  Adding cognitive-behavioral therapy to pharmacotherapy for panic disorder: Issues and strategies.  CNS Spectrums.
  • Otto, M. W., Teachman, B. A., Cohen, L. S., Soares, C. N., Vitomis, A. F., & Harlow, B. L. (2007). Dysfunctional attitudes and episodes of major depression: Predictive validity and temporal stability in never-depressed, depressed, and recovered women. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 116, 475-483.
  • Pincus, D. B., Ehrenreich, J. T., Santucci, L., & Eyberg, S. (in press). Implementation of PCIT for young children with separation anxiety disorder.  Cognitive and Behavioral Practice.
  • Pincus, D. B., Ehrenreich, J. T., & Suarez, L. (2007).  Innovations in the treatment of child and adolescent anxiety disorders:  A review of current research at the Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders at Boston University.  The Behavior Therapist, 30, 7-11.
  • Pollack, M. H., Otto, M. W., Roy-Byrne, P. P., Coplan, J. D., Rothbaum, B. O., Simon, N. M., & Gorman, J. M. (in press).  Novel treatment approaches for refractory anxiety disorders.  Depression and Anxiety.
  • Rief, W., & Hofmann, S. G. (2008). The missing data problem in meta-analyses (letter). Archives of General Psychiatry, 65, 238.
  • Rief, W. Hofmann, & S. G., Nestorius Y. (in press). The power of expectation: Understanding the placebo and nocebo phenomenon. Social and Personality Psychology Compass.
  • Ruscio, A. M., Brown, T. A., Chui, W. T., Sareen, J., Stein, M. B., & Kessler, R. C. (2008).  Social fears and social phobia in the United States: Results from the National Comorbidity Survey Replication.  Psychological Medicine, 38, 15-28.
  • Rytwinski, N. K., Fresco, D. M., Heimberg, R. G., Coles, M. E., Liebowitz, M. R., Cissell, S., Stein, M. B., & Hofmann, S. G. (in press). Screening for social anxiety disorder with the self-report version of the Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale. Depression and Anxiety.
  • Sachs, G. S., Nirenberg, A. A., Calbrese, J. R., Marangell, L. B., Wisniewski, S. R., Gyuali, L., Friedman, E. S., Bowden, C. L., Fossey, M. D., Otacher, M., J., Ketter, T. A., Patel, J., Hauser, P., Rapport, D., Martinez, J. M., Allen, M. H., Miklowitz, D. J., Otto, M. W., Dennehy, E. B., & Thase, M. E. (2007).  Effectiveness of adjunctive antidepressant treatment for bipolar depression.  New England Journal of Medicine, 356, 1711-1722.
  • Santesso, D. L. Meuret, A. E., Hofmann, S. G., Mueller, E. M., Ratner, K. G. et al. (2008). Electrophysiological correlates of spatial orienting towards angry faces: A source localization study. Neuropsychologia, 46, 1338-1348.
  • Schulz, S. M., Alpers, G. W., & Hofmann, S. G. (2008). Negative self-focused cognitions mediate the effect of trait social anxiety on state anxiety. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 46, 438-449.
  • Segraves, R.T., & Barlow, D. (in press).  Psychological and interpersonal correlates in men with erectile dysfunction and their partners: A pilot study of treatment outcome with sildenafil. Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy.
  • Simon, N. M., Pollack, M. H., Ostacher, M. J., Zalta, A. K., Chow, C., Fischmann, D., Demopulos, C. M., Nierenberg, A. A., & Otto, M.W. (2007). Understanding the link between anxiety symptoms and suicidal ideation and behaviors in outpatients with bipolar disorder. Journal of Affective Disorders, 97, 91-99.
  • Simon, N. M., Zalta, A. K., Otto, M. W., Ostacher, M. J., Fischmann, D., Chow, C. W., Thompson, E. H., Stevens, J. C., Demopulos, C. M., Nirenberg, A. A., & Pollack, M. H. (2007). The association of comorbid anxiety disorders with suicide attempts and suicidal ideation in outpatients with bipolar disorder.  Journal of Psychiatric Research, 41, 255-264.
  • Smits, J. A. J., & Hofmann (in press). A meta-analytic review of the effects of psychotherapy control conditions for anxiety disorders. Psychological Medicine.
  • Smits, J. A. J., Powers, M. B., Berry, A. C., & Otto, M. W. (2007).  Translating empirically supported strategies into accessible interventions:  The potential utility of exercise for the treatment of panic disorder. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 14, 364-374.
  • Stewart, S. E., Rosario, M. C., Baer, L., Carter, A. S., Brown, T. A., Scharf, J. M., Illmann, C., Leckman, J. F., Sukhodolsky, D., Katsovitch, L., Rasmussen, S., Goodman, W., Delorme, R., Leboyer, M., Chabane, N., Jenike, M. A., Geller, D. A., & Pauls, D. L. (2008). Four-factor structure of obsessive-compulsive disorder symptoms in children, adolescents, and adults. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 47, 763-772.
  • Stoddard, J. A., Rosellini, A. J., & Hofmann, S. G. (2008). Development and single case evaluation of an intensive cognitive behavioral treatment for social phobia. International Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy, 1, 114-124.
  • Thompson-Brenner, H., Eddy, K. T., Franko, D. L., Dorer, D., Vashchenko, M., & Herzog, D. B. (2008). Personality pathology and substance abuse in eating disorders: A longitudinal study. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 41, 203-208.
  • Thompson-Brenner, H. T., Eddy, K., Satir, D. A., Boisseau, C. L., & Westen, D. (2008). Personality subtypes in adolescents with eating disorders: Validation of a classification approach. Journal of
  • Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 49, 170-180.
  • Thompson-Brenner, H., & Westen, D. (in press).  Nutrition and personality: Reply to MacDonald. 
  • British Journal of Psychiatry.
  • White, K. S., Raffa, S. D., Jakle, K. R., Stoddard, J. A., Barlow, D. H., Brown, T. A., Covino, N. A., Ullman, E., & Gervino, E. V. (2008). Morbidity of DSM-IV Axis I disorders in patients with noncardiac chest pain: Psychiatric morbidity linked with increased pain and health care utilization. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 76, 422-430.
  • Whitton, S. W., Larson, J., & Hauser, S. T. (2008). Depressive symptoms and bias in perceived social competence among young adults. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 64(7), 1-15.
  • Whitton, S. W., Rhoades, G. K., Stanley, S. M., & Markman, H. J. (in press). Effects of parental divorce on marital commitment and confidence. Journal of Family Psychology.
  • Whitton, S.W., Stanley, S. M., & Markman, H. J. (2007). If I help my partner, will it hurt me? Perceptions of sacrifice in romantic relationships. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 26, 64-92.
  • Whitton, S. W., Waldinger, R. J., Schulz, M. S., Allen, J.P., Crowell, J. A., & Hauser, S. T. (2008).
  • Prospective associations from family-of-origin interactions to adult marital interactions and relationship adjustment. Journal of Family Psychology, 22, 274-286.
  • Zvolensky, M. J., & Otto, M. W. (2007). Affect intolerance, regulation, and processing: Advances in clinical science. Behavior Therapy, 38, 228-233.

 

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