Portfolio 2020 / Abril M. Villanueva

PORTFOLIO 2020 Abril M. Villanueva industrial design / medical muthesius university of fine arts and design national college of art and design

THIS IS ME.

My name is Abril Villanueva. I was born in Mexico City in 1991.

I am an industrial designer graduated from the Industrial Design Research Center of the National Autonomous University of Mexico and master student from the Muthesius University of Fine Arts and Design in Kiel, Germany. My master programm has a main emphasis in Medical Design, so I am naturally interested on all medical topics, as also in the research and experimental part of any device development.

I also did an erasmus semester at the National College of Art and Design in MSc Medical Device Design.

The following is a selection of my most representative projects.

DESIGN IS ABOUT LEAVING THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE THAN WHEN YOU ARRIVED

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MEDICAL DESIGN

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HOSPITAL OF THE FUTURE

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ALAIR 2 INDUSTRIAL DESIGN

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VW CHAIRS

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IPNV

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LERNI

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GRÃœNHALTER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

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MEXICO CITY INFORMATION DESIGN

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(NICHT) ESSEN - (NICHT) WISSEN

HOSPITAL OF THE FUTURE

01 In July 2019, the Federal Ministry of Health presented a concept for reforming emergency care, which provides for a joint emergency control center (GNL) and integrated emergency centers (INZ). In the emergency centers, the patients are treated from a central contact point (“one-counter principle”) either on an outpatient basis (general practitioners on standby) or inpatient (emergency department of the hospital). This should reduce waiting times and ensure targeted treatment.

With this reform project, there are some very interesting design questions: The INZs are new “around the clock” interfaces in the hospitals.

How do you become visible and recognizable for patients?

What does the central reception desk look like?

What information do you get there and which information do you have to provide (how)?

What is the future path and orientation?

What is the waiting situation and treatment like?

All in all: How is the whole process structured?.

BACKGROUND

PAIN POINT

CROWDED EMERGENCY ROOMS

In the ERs there‘s often a lack of information and

Depending on the seriousness of the symptoms,

efficiency. Most of the time people arriving to

patients have to wait from 0 to approximately 4

emergencies are not in life threatening situations

hours.

and they are the ones that have to wait the lon-

In our project we made use of the triage scale,

gest.

which is the process of determining the priority

On the other hand there is nothing more upset-

of patients‘ treatments based on the severity of

ting than not knowing how long you have to be

their condition or likelihood of recovery with and

waiting for your turn. One of the goals of this pro-

without treatment.

ject is to keep the patients informed at every step

Our main focus was on the minor urgency and

of the process. And thanks to the information´s

no urgency situations (green and blue colors in

exchange and use of technology a more efficient

the triage scale).

emergency system can be created.

RED

SEE IMMEDIATELY

AMBER

SEE WITHIN 10 MINUTES

YELLOW

SEE WITHIN 60 MINUTES

GREEN

SEE WITHIN 120 MINUTES

BLUE

SEE WITHIN 240 MINUTES

JOURNEY

The hospital choice is based on how many people are in the waiting room and how far it is from the patient.

While the person is on its way, the app will start with a questionnaire (triage) to determine the urgency of the problem.

The patient has also the option to send pictures of the affected area and also send an audio explaining what happened, that is the moment when the artificial intelligence plays an important role, it highlights the cue words and analyses the data, then sends the information to the hospital, where available doctors will be able to see the coming patient´s situation.

When the patient finishes the triage the time left to be treated by a doctor will appear. That way she will know how long she has to wait.

When the patient arrives to the hospital, the doctor

When the patient arrives to its assigned room, there

will be already be informed and prepared to treat her.

will be a smart table with a smart screen where the instructions will be explained. The smartphone will

A QR code will be generated and when the person

be placed on top of the table and this way the infor-

arrives to the emergency room she just has to scan

mation will be transmitted to the table´s interface.

the code on the self check-in counter and its room

While waiting for the doctor, the patient can alrea-

will be assigned and she will know where to go.

dy start with some of the standard tests like fever check up, oxygen saturation, blood pressure, etc.

There will be a person behind the counter in case the person is in a worse state

All the needed devices will be brought by an au-

as thought or if anybody has a question.

tonomous robot which also will have the medical instruments for the doctor which are in one of the robot´ s sides and only he has access to them.

BLUEPRINT & CONCEPT

OVERVIEW

SIDE VIEW

TOP VIEW

PESPECTIVE VIEW

ACCESS TO SHOCK ROOMS, DOCTOR‘S LOUNGE AND THE REST OF THE HOSPITAL

AUTONOMOUS-UNIT CENTER

TREATMENT ROOM

WAITING AREA

QR-CODE CHECK-IN

INFORMATION COUNTER

ENTRANCE

WAITING AREA

SCREENS OVERVIEW. DATE AND TIME

KIDS WAITING AREA

TREATMENT ROOM

RED MEANS THAT THE STATION IS IN USE

INSIDE TREATMENT ROOM

MEDICAL LAMP

MEDICAL ROLL PAPER

AUTONOMOUS ROBOT CONNECTED TO THE INTELLIGENT TABLE

STAFF MEMBERS PREPARING MEDICAL EQUIPMENT

MEDICAL STORAGE DRAWERS

AUTONOMOUS ROBOT CENTER

AUTONOMOUS UNIT CENTER

ALAIR 2

02 During my interchange semester at the National College of Art and Design we worked together with Boston Scientific in order to redesign the Alair™ System, This system is also very useful during the hard times times we are living, regarding the coronavirus pandemia. This system allow us to do a Bronchial Thermoplasty.

Bronchial Thermoplasty (BT), delivered by the Alair™ System, is a safe outpatient procedure for adult patients with severe asthma.

Our task was to redesign this system in order to make it more user friendly and therefore efficient and easier to use.

CONCEPT 1

CONCEPT 2

CONCEPT 3

CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT I developed 3 different concepts for this stage.

The third one was chosen for further development.

PROTOTYPE DEVELOPMENT From the concept development, 3 different prototypes were made and tested by 10 users. This testing brought as a result the best size for the device as well as the position that the buttons of the device should have in order to make it as ergonomical as possible

THE SYSTEM

2. Monitor + Basic Unit

1. Ablation Device

3. Signal Pedal

USER JOURNEY

The doctor prepare and connect the device

The catheter has to be proved before the OP

The catheter must open easily

The doctor inserts the bronchoscope through the patient’s larynx

The transparent tube is inserted in both the catheter and bronchoscope.

The doctor sends the ablation signal with the already connected pedal.

ABLATION DEVICE

a) Not Disposable Part

b) Disposable Part

c) Base

d) Guidance Tube

a) Insert the lower part (disposable) into the upper part.

b) Push the frontal button once to connect the internal mechanism

c) Push the button to set the depth of the ablation device.

d) Push again the frontal button to liberate and deploy the catheter

GRÜNHALTER

03 Grünhalter it’s aimed to solve the existing problem of dog faeces pollution in Kiel. There are around 16,000 dogs in Kiel that produce around 500 tons of faeces every year. The city is corruntly giving away 4.7 million plastic bags per year to collect dog excrement, which only aggravates this problem. Because of this, Grünhalter proposes a system that enables the conversion of faeces into energy. This system consists of the parts: dispenser (bags), storage (dog faeces) and composte.

The objective is to turn this composting into energy or to use it for the agriculture sector.

Grünhalter is a follow-up project based on the project Grüner Schiet, which was a collaboration between the School of Sustainabilty of the Kiel University and the Muthesius University of Fine Arts and Design in Kiel.

GrĂźnhalter will be placed in every park of Kiel and will replace the existing plastica bag system.

Nowadays in Kiel, these plastic bag system just increase the pollution: instead of helping the city, it just makes worse the situation.

GrĂźnhalter uses a new bag, water soluble, which allow to composte the dog feaces.

Every station has a container of 100 liter of capaicty, so it just needs to be emptied twice a week,. It also has a bag dispenser which can contain 300 bags and a water bowl, to hydrate the dogs that visit the park. GrĂźnhalter can also be easily used at night. It detects light changes, and when it gets dark, a fine LED strip turns on around the station

GENERALITIES

Like a Battery

Water Bowl

Double Container

One of the main objectives of this station, is the conversion of dog feaces into energy. The aesthetic of the station integrates this concept into the station itself.

The stations have a bowl from which the dogs can drink water. The bowl can be easily fulled and cleaned, because it’s an independent part from the station

The double container assures that the feaces stay fresher for longer time, avoiding bad odors and conglomerations of insects

For Dogs

Secure

The station is thought for 3 users: dog owners, dogs and workers (the personal in charge to clean and empty the container)

All stations have a lock, so the only user who can change the bags and empty the container, will be an authorized and trained worker.

Grüner Schiet This station is personalized for “Grüner Schiet” but it can also be personalized for any other project or city.

USER JOURNEYS

HOW TO KNOW WHEN TO USE IT?

The user can check in 2 different ways that the container is available to be used: Analog and Digital Digital If the user is near a station, he can check through the app if the station is ready to be used. Its LED light will turn green if it’s ready and red if it’s not. In case that the station is not available, the app will also indicate where are the closest stations according to the user’s location. The digital function was thought for the users that are specially disgusted of gettiong slose to the container

Analog The exterior container has perforations that allow the workers and dog-owners to see through them and check if it’s full or if there are other kind of residuals inside the container.

VW CHAIRS

03 Stress and fatigue are the most troubling issues in Mexico’s work life, which is in fact, the country where people work the most hours per day worldwide. The consequences of this problem are reflected in the health and quality of life of the Mexican population, which was recognized and studied at the Volkswagen plant in Puebla, Mexico.

This project tries to solve this problem by developing a product. It was developed in three phases: In the first phase, the project was focused on the development of an exoskeleton. During the evolution of the project, we had an important insight and therefore changed the topic of the project. We decided that the important issue was to solve the already mentioned problematic.

The second stage explains this change and describes how the problematic is solved through a much simplier solution than an exoeskeleton. The third part of the project defines and describes the product’s final design.

IDEATION We brainstormed and used different design methods to get our first ideas.

Our research at the VW Factory allowed us to know that we needed 2 different sizes: one to weld the front part of the car (small) and another one to weld the doors (big).

TESTING Then we developed new simulators to proof and correct the use of our designs proposals.

AESTHETIC ANALYSIS We worked together with VW, therefore, the aesthetic analysis was based in the aesthetics of VW cars and corporate design.

With help of this analysis, we recognized the main aesthetic values, which were: Vanguard, practicability and durability. Based on the determined values, we made a second aesthetic analysis, but this time about furniture with the porpuse of helping the further development of the seats.

FINAL DESIGN The end result of the research, analysis, observation and testing processes was the design of two auxiliary chairs.

A low chair to work at a height of less than 50 cm and a high chair to help prevent fatigue in the lower limbs when the worker performs tasks that take place in a fixed standing position.

LOW CHAIR It is especially helpful for mounting the front bumper.

ERGONOMICS This chair is designed so that the user can swing his legs. The seat helps him maintain a proper posture and strengthen the muscles of the abdomen, spine and legs.

The foot of the low chair measures 450 millimeters in diameter, which makes it sturdy and allows the user to balance his or her legs as he or she inclines up to 18 degrees.

FUNCTION The function of the chair can be resumed in the freedom of movement through the shape of its base. The base of the chair has an angle of 18ยบ with respect to the floor, along the entire circumference of the base.

This angle is used by the user to tilt the chair in any direction he needs.

He tilts the chair with his legs and can bend his legs or stretch them, depending on the position or inclination he needs. If the user stands up while the chair is tilted, the angle will cause the chair to automatically return to its original position. The chair is lightweight and can be easily transported to any location in the factory.

VINYL

MEMORY FOAM

FIBERGLASS STAINLESS STEEL HEXAGON HEAD SCREW 1/4” x 2”

ABS+STEEL

MANUFACTURING The industrial processes to produce this chair are widespread and inexpensive: CNC routers, industrial knitting, fiberglass forms and welding.

Therefore, the chair has the advantage of being able to be produced very simply and relatively cheaply

HIGH CHAIR This chair helps the workers in the activities of welding and general assembly. The seat tilts and its height can be adjusted by the user to improve the comfort during the working day

ERGONOMICS The seat has a shape and inclination that help the user to maintain a good posture, helping the spine to be fit and strengthening the muscles of the building. The user does not remain in a single position, which is why the chair has a footrest, so that the user can change position. It iss also supported by the wheels and the gas cylinder.

FUNCTION The height of the chair can be changed within a range of 55 cm to 75 cm. This allows the chair to be used effectively by any operator on the production line, regardless of his body size.

You can set the degree of the seat angle according to the weight of each operator with the button on the bottom of the mechanism. Once configured, it is not necessary to change it again unless another worker uses the chair.

VINYL MEMORY FOAM FIBER GLASS CHAIR MECHANISM

PNEUMATIC CYLINDER ALLEN SCREW 3/16”x 3/4”

CHROMED STEEL ABS ABS + STEEL

WHEELS Hammer Caster Co.

PROSPECTIVE DESIGN During the creative process, we realized that our chairs could work in many different contexts besides the automotive industry, because its function is very useful in any environment.

Especially the high chair, is very suitable for any activity in which a desk or a table is involved.

LAST PROTOTYPING PHASE Because of the good acceptance of the project at the Volkswagen Factory, we were asked to plan and build prototypes of both chairs.

The prototypes were very useful to find new benefits and also to improve mistakes. The manufacturing process was also very interesting: we learned a lot about controlling a CNC router and thermoforming.

IPNV

04 I developed the project “Innenpersonenverkehr” during my exchange semester at the University of Wismar. During the development, we worked in cooperation with the design department of Volkswagen in Wolfsburg.

The purpose of this project was to design a public vehicle that could improve Berlin’s public transportation in the near future: year 2030.

This project was a prospective proposal, therefore, we were allowed to play and experiment a lot with new materials and manufacturing technologies.  

CELLS

INTERACTION

VEHICLE CONNECTION

Before the cells begin to divide, they are just a unibody. Only during mitosis can this unibody be perceived as two parts.

This concept was the main goal in the vehicle connection: to be perceived as just a unibody.

Using “glass� for the body as the main interaction object with the user.

The vehicles combine with each other so that the user can travel through them while they are moving. The user will be able to change the route without being forced to get off any vehicle.

GETTING IN

TRANSBORDING

Access is possible through an automated ramp. The ramp allows the user to access the vehicle in the simplest and most convenient way. It allows disabled people to get on board the vehicle without any problems too.

The vehicles can connect with each other due to the shape of the vehicles (front and back). This allows to open the doors so that the user can easily go from one vehicle to another.

INTERACTION On the outside, the vehicle shows the passenger how many seats are left. The locations are divided into two sections: the section with passengers changing to another vehicle and the section with passengers remaining in the vehicle until their final destination.

On the inside, the vehicle indicates how many stations are left for the final destination of the user, and if the user wants, some information about the city during the trip The right side of the bus is narrower because it is used by users who will not change buses. The left side is wider, because on this side people are transbording.

When a disabled person gets on the bus, the driver’s seat contracts. The seats on the right side of the bus also contract, because this side is narrower than the left.

This way, there is a better use of space. 

BERLIN 2030

material Buckypaper is a thin sheet made from an aggregate of carbon nanotubes or carbon nanotube grid paper. The nanotubes are approximately 50,000 times thinner than a human hair. Originally, it was fabricated as a way to handle carbon nanotubes, but it is also being studied and developed into applications by several research groups, showing promise as vehicle armor, personal armor, and next-generation electronics and displays. It is strong like steel but lighter.

ENERGY The fact that the vehicle is made of Buckypaper allows it to use solar energy because this material itself functions like a solar cell.

CAPACITY It has a capacity of 8 passengers and a driver. If necessary, it also has space for a disabled person in the front area.

LERNI

05 Provinilo, a group member of the Mexican National Chemical Industry Association, promotes the sustainable development and competitiveness of the plastics industry.

They reward the creative talent of industrial design and architecture students by making the contest “Imagine PVCâ€? every two years. The goal of this competition is to promote the use of plastics to develop innovative and sustainable products among the students of Industrial Design and Architecture. This award is sponsored by companies in the Mexican plastics market to create a productive link between the companies and industrial design or architecture schools. ďżź

RESEARCH For this project, I did an analogous analysis of the bicycles that are on the market. Most of the bikes were quite impractical, heavy and therefore dangerous in case the child falls.

For the bionic analysis, I decided to lean the design on the structure of sponges. Sponges are very resistant, but light at the same time, characteristics that I wanted to integrate to my design.

MARKETING I identified the target group of Lerni to determine the color scheme. During this process, I learned a lot about color theory and explored some possible color variations based on our users (children between 2 and 5 years). The render is based on the color scheme of this research.

MEXICO CITY

07 Between 2015 and 2017, I worked in various industrial design companies in Mexico City, my hometown. On the following pages I show the most representative projects of my time there.

AMATE DISEÑO Amate Diseño is a small design company in Mexico City founded 20 years ago by two industrial designers from my university. They produce any kind of product, depending on the projects they receive, but especially furniture.

I was in charge of two projects: two 1:33 scale models, the Baroque Museum and the Ferris wheel “Estrella de Puebla”. The models had to be resistant to external conditions. Both were set up in a miniature park for the government of Puebla.

KYE CUBICA Kye Cubica is a scenography society in the southern part of Mexico City. I worked on the project of the “Sixtine Chapel in Mexico City”, an exact 1: 1 replica of the original from Italy.

(NICHT) ESSEN (NICHT) WISSEN

08 The first semester of the MA. Medical Design in the Muthesius University of Fine Arts and Design deals with the basics of process-oriented design, mediation and innovation. The project consisted of three parts: Human Cell, Seven Days and One Minute.

In the first part, we made a research and analyzed through an infographic the topic metabolism at a molecular level.

METABOLISMUS

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· Was passiert auf zellulärer Ebene?

EINER MENSCHLICHEN ZELLE

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An der Zellteilung beteiligt

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A N A B O L I S M U S

Der Abbau organischer Nährstoffe wird in einfache Endprodukte umgewandelt.

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nukleus

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Schaltzentrale der Zelle, die den Bauplan der Zelle e n t h ä l t

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BIOMOLEKÜLE

gehirn

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G L U C I D E L I P I D E P R O T E I N E V I T A M I N E NUCLEOSÄURE

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ribosomen

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Wichstigste chemische Energiespeicher der L e b e n w e s e n

vesikel

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Stoff- und Informationsaustausch

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endoplasmatisches reticulum

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ATP

Kanalsystem dass dem Aufbau von Stoffen dient und den Stoffwechsel der Zelle unterstützt

ADENOSINTRIPHOSPHAT

knochen

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Wichstigste chemische Energiespeicher der L e b e n w e s e n

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golgi apparat Stofftransport

mikrobutuli

mikrobodies Nucleolus

LYSOSOM

Nukleus

zentriolen

RAUES Endoplasmatisches Reticulum

zytoplasma

leber

ZELLE

MUSKEL

PANKREAS 1

Der menschliche Körper hat so viele Zelltypen wie Gewebetypen. Gewebe sind eine Gruppe von Zellen, die eine bestimmte Funktion ausführen.

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PROTEIN

ribosomen DISSIMILATION

protein

fette

kohlenhydrat

Die Verdauungsdrüsen produzieren den Magensaft, der Wasser, Salzsäure (die den pH-Wert des Mediums ändert und neben dem Sterilisieren des Bolus die Enzyme aktiviert) und zwei Enzyme: das Pepsin, das in Gegenwart von Säurefragmenten die Proteine zerlegt und die Magenlipase, dass die Fette in Fettsäuren und Glycerin zerlegt.

Die Darmschleimhaut absorbiert die Verdauungsprodukte. Die Darmabsorption auf der Ebene des Dünndarms erfolgt durch dünne Darmzotten, die den Chymus (flüssige Nahrungsmittelmischung, die bereits die Prozesse des Magens durchlaufen hat) aufnehmen.

Im Dünndarm werden Proteine, Lipide und andere essentielle Prinzipien aufgenommen. Im Dickdarm absorbieren sie alle Nährstoffe, die im Dünndarm nicht absorbiert wurden, wie Wasser und Elektrolyte.

Die absorbierten Materialien durchqueren die Schleimhaut und gelangen zum Blut und werden an andere Körperteile verteilt, um sie zu lagern oder andere chemische Modifikationen zu durchlaufen. Dieser Teil des Prozesses variiert je nach den verschiedenen Arten von Nährstoffen.

KOHLENHYDRAT PROTEIN

FETTE

polysaccharide

"Kraftwerke" der Zelle/Erzeugung von Energie

H i l f t b e i Stoffwechsel/Verdauungsprozessen in der Zelle

zytoplasma PROTEIN

FETTE

polysaccharide

K A T A B O L I S M U S

Glattes Endoplasmatisches Reticulum

golgi-apparat

Der Abbau organischer Nährstoffe wird in einfache Endprodukte umgewandelt.

Mikrobutuli 10 AMINOSÄUREN

disaccharide MONOSaccharide

FettsÄURE

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Typisches Maß (µm)

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Tragen zum Stoffwechsel und Schutz der Zelle b e i e i n

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FETTE

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Hier finden die meisten Stoffwechselreaktionen der Zelle statt; das Zytoplasma bettet die anderen Bestandteile der Zelle in eine halbflüssige Substanz ( C y t o s o l ) e i n

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· Was passiert IN UNSEREM KÖRPER?

FETTE

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Die kleinste lebende Einheit eines Lebewesens

Sind verantwortlich für Bewegungen und Transporte innerhalb der Zelle und tragen zur Stabilisation der Zelle b e i

Durchmesser der menschlichen Zelle

zentriolen Übernehmen Transport-und Stabilisations a u f g a b e n

Abril M. Villanueva · Muthesius Kunsthochschule · M.A. Medical Design · 1° Semester · 08.11.2018

HUMAN CELL Celular metabolism was analyzed through an infographic, where the process was illustrated and explained. From this part, we learnt the importance of carbohydrates, proteins and fat in our diet.

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