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Scott T. Yabiku
Program in Sociology
School of Social and Family Dynamics
Arizona State University
Tempe, AZ 85287-3701
scott.yabiku@asu.edu
(480) 965-3943 (voice)
(480) 965-6779 (fax)
EDUCATION
2002 Ph.D. University of Michigan, Sociology
1997 M.A. Penn State University, Sociology and Demography
1995 B.A. University of Chicago, Sociology
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2008- Associate Professor, Arizona State University, School of Social and
Family Dynamics
2002-2008 Assistant Professor, Arizona State University, School of Social and
Family Dynamics
RESEARCH (* indicates student authors)
Refereed Articles
Yabiku, Scott T. and Constance T. Gager. Forthcoming. “Sexual Frequency and the Stability of
Marital and Cohabiting Unions.” Journal of Marriage and the Family.
Gager, Constance T. and Scott T. Yabiku. Forthcoming. “Who Has the Time? The Relationship
between Household Labor Time and Sexual Frequency.” Journal of Family Issues.
Marsiglia, Flavio. F., Scott T. Yabiku, Stephen Kulis, Tanya Nieri, Benjamin Lewin, *Melissa
Del-Colle. Forthcoming. “Effects of school Latino composition and linguistic
acculturation on program efficacy in a majority Latino setting.” Social Work Research.
Glick, Jennifer E., *Littisha Bates, and Scott T. Yabiku. Forthcoming. “Mother's Age at Arrival
in the United States and Early Cognitive Development.” Early Childhood Research
Quarterly.
Larson, Kelli, David Casagrande, Sharon L. Harlan, and Scott T. Yabiku. Forthcoming.
“Residential Landscape Preferences in the Phoenix Oasis: Why We Make the Desert
Bloom.” Environmental Management.
Yabiku, Scott T., Jennifer E. Glick, Elizabeth A. Wentz, Steven A. Haas, and *Li Zhu. 2009.
“Migration, health, and environment in the desert southwest.” Population & Environment
30(4-5): 131-158.
Yabiku, Scott T. and *Sarah Schlabach. 2009. “Social Change and the Relationships Between
Education and Employment.” Population Research and Policy Review 28(4): 533-549.
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Agadjanian, Victor, Scott T. Yabiku, and *Lubayna Fawcett. 2009. “History, Community
Milieu, and Christian-Muslim Differentials in Contraceptive Use in Sub-Saharan Africa.”
Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 48(3): 462-479.
Harlan, Sharon L., Scott T. Yabiku, Larissa Larsen, and Anthony J. Brazel. 2009. “Household
Water Consumption in an Arid City: Affluence, Affordance, and Attitudes.” Society &
Natural Resources 22(8): 691-709.
Holley, Lynn C., Lorraine Moya Salas, Flavio F. Marsiglia, Scott T. Yabiku, *Blythe Fitzharris,
and Kelly F. Jackson. 2009. “Youth of Mexican Descent of the Southwest: Exploring
Differences in Ethnic Labels.” Children and Schools 31(1): 15-26.
*Dommaraju, PremChand, Victor Agadjanian, and Scott T. Yabiku. 2008. “The Pervasive and
Persistent Impact of Caste on Child Mortality in India.” Population Research and Policy
Review 27(4): 477-495.
Yabiku, Scott T., David G. Casagrande, and *Elizabeth Farley-Metzger. 2008. “Preferences for
Landscape Choice in a Southwestern Desert City.” Environment & Behavior 40(3): 382-
400.
Dixon, Andrea L., Scott T. Yabiku, Scott K. Okamoto, Sheila S. Tann, Flavio F. Marsiglia,
Stephen Kulis, and *Aimee M. Burke. 2007. “The Efficacy of a Multicultural
Prevention Intervention among Urban American Indian Youth in the Southwest U.S.”
Journal of Primary Prevention 28(6): 547-568.
Yabiku, Scott T., Andrea D. Rayle, Scott K. Okamoto, Flavio F. Marsiglia, and Stephen S. Kulis.
2007. “The Effect of Neighborhood Context on the Drug Use of American Indian Youth
of the Southwest.” Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse 6(2): 181-204.
Tann, Sheila S., Scott T. Yabiku, Scott K. Okamoto, and *Jessica Yanow. 2007. “triADD: The
Risk for Alcohol Abuse, Depression, and Diabetes Multimorbidity in American Indian
Populations.” American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research 14(1): 1-23.
Kulis, Stephen, Scott T. Yabiku, Flavio F. Marsiglia, *Tanya Nieri, and *Ashley Crossman.
2007. “Differences by Gender, Ethnicity, and Acculturation in the Efficacy of the
keepin’ it REAL Model Prevention Program.” Journal of Drug Education 37(2): 123-
144.
Casagrande, David G., Diane Hope, *Elizabeth Farley-Metzger, William Cook, Scott Yabiku,
and Charles Redman. 2007. “Problem and opportunity: Integrating anthropology,
ecology, and policy through adaptive experimentation in the urban Southwest U.S.”
Human Organization 66(2): 125-139.
Yabiku, Scott T., Stephen Kulis, Flavio Francisco Marsiglia, Ben Lewin, *Tanya Nieri, and
*Syed Hussaini. 2007. “Neighborhood Effects on the Efficacy of a Program to Prevent
Youth Alcohol Use.” Substance Use & Misuse 42(1): 65-87.
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Kulis, Stephen, *Tanya Nieri, Scott Yabiku, Layne K. Stromwall, and Flavio Francisco
Marsiglia. 2007. “Promoting Reduced and Discontinued Substance Use among
Adolescent Substance Users: Effectiveness of a Universal Prevention Program.”
Prevention Science 8: 35-49.
Yabiku, Scott T. 2006. “Land Use and Marriage Timing in Nepal.” Population and
Environment 27: 445-461.
Yabiku, Scott T. 2006. “Neighbors and Neighborhoods: Effects on Marriage Timing.”
Population Research and Policy Review 25(4): 305-327.
*Holley, Paul, Scott T. Yabiku, and Mary Benin. 2006. “The Relationship Between Intelligence
and Divorce.” Journal of Family Issues 27: 1723-1748.
Ghimire, Dirgha J., William G. Axinn, Scott T. Yabiku, and Arland Thornton. 2006. “Social
Change, Premarital Nonfamily Experience and Spouse Choice in an Arranged Marriage
Society.” American Journal of Sociology 111: 1181-1218.
Yabiku, Scott T. and Diane W. Farone. 2006. “Social and Personal Coping Resources,
Functional Impairment, and Perceived Health Status Among Mexican-Origin Elders.”
Journal of Ethnic & Cultural Diversity in Social Work 15(3/4): 31-50.
Yabiku, Scott T. 2005. “The Effect of Non-family Experiences on Age of Marriage in a Setting
of Rapid Social Change.” Population Studies 59: 339-354.
Yabiku, Scott T. 2004. “Marriage Timing in Nepal: Organizational Effects and Individual
Mechanisms.” Social Forces 83:559-586.
Axinn, William G. and Scott T. Yabiku. 2001. “Social Change, the Social Organization of
Families, and Fertility Limitation.” American Journal of Sociology 106(5): 1219-1261.
Yabiku, Scott T. 2000. “Family History and Pensions: The Relationships Between Marriage,
Divorce, Children, and Private Pension Coverage.” Journal of Aging Studies 14(3): 293-
312.
Yabiku, Scott T., William G. Axinn, and Arland Thornton. 1999. “Family Integration and
Children’s Self-Esteem.” American Journal of Sociology 105: 1494-1524.
Book Chapters
Tanner, Jennifer L. and Scott T. Yabiku. 1999. “The Economies of Young Adulthood: One
Future or Two?” in Transitions to Adulthood in a Changing Economy: No Work, No
Family, No Future? Alan Booth, Ann C. Crouter, and Michael J. Shanahan (Eds.).
Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers.
Manuscripts Under Review
*Rohlfsen, Leah and Scott T. Yabiku. “Aging and the Sense of Control: Do Health and Role
Statuses Matter?” (Revise and Resubmit at Research on Aging)
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Yabiku, Scott T., Flavio Francisco Marsiglia, Stephen Kulis, Monica B. Parsai, David Becerra,
and Melissa Del-Colle. “Parental Monitoring and Changes in Substance Use Among
Latino/a and Non-Latino/a Pre-adolescents in the Southwest.” (Revise and Resubmit at
Substance Use & Misuse)
Marsiglia, Flavio F., Scott T. Yabiku, Stephen Kulis, Tanya Nieri, Monica Parsai, and David
Becerra. “The influence of linguistic acculturation and gender on substance use initiation
among Mexican heritage preadolescents in the borderlands.” (Revise and Resubmit at
Journal of Early Adolescence).
Yabiku, Scott T., Victor Agadjanian, and Arusyak Sevoyan. “Husbands' Labor Migration and
Wives' Autonomy.”
Funded Research Support
2008-2010 School Characteristics and Marriage Timing, R03, Principal Investigator
$142,015, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
2009-2011 Family Migration Context, Development and Early School Outcomes, R21, Co-
Investigator, with Jennifer E. Glick (Principal Investigator) and Laura Hanish
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
2006-2010 Religious Organizations and HIV/AIDS Prevention and Care, R01, Co-
Investigator, with Victor Agadjanian (Principal Investigator) and Cecilia Menjívar
$1,040,000, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
2007-2012 PIRE Collaborative Research and Training in Social Context, Population
Processes, and Environmental Change, Co-Investigator, with William Axinn
(Principal Investigator), Jianguo Liu, Lisa Pearce, and Li An
$2,498,646, National Science Foundation
Scott Yabiku is Principal Investigator of ASU subcontract, $300,840
2007-2012 Health Disparities Research at SIRC: Cultural Processes in Risk and
Resiliency, P20, Investigator, with Flavio Marsiglia (Director) and others
$7,052,398, National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities
2006-2008 Men's Migration and Women's HIV/AIDS Risks, R21, Co-Investigator, with
Victor Agadjanian (Principal Investigator) and Cecilia Menjívar
$305,000, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
2004 Monitoring Human-Environment Interactions in a Controlled Landscaping
Experiment, Principal Investigator, with Patricia Gober, David Casagrande,
Charles Redman, Nancy Grimm, Elizabeth Wentz, and Sharon Harlan
$11,820, ASU College of Liberal Arts Multi-Investigator Proposal Development
Grant.
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Refereed Conference Presentations
Yabiku, Scott T. and *Chelsea Caloia. 2009. “The Intergenerational Transmission of Sexual
Frequency.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Population Association of
America, April 30-May 2, Detroit, MI.
*Caloia, Chelsea and Scott T. Yabiku. 2009. “The Intergenerational Transmission of Sexual
Frequency.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Society for the
Study of Women’s Sexual Health, February 12-15, Florence, Italy.
Yabiku, Scott T., Victor Agadjanian, and *Arusyak Sevoyan. 2009. “Husbands' labor migration
and wives' autonomy.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Population
Association of America, April 30-May 2, Detroit, MI.
Marsiglia, Flavio F., Stephen S. Kulis, Scott T. Yabiku, *Tanya Nieri, *Monica Parsai, &
*David Becerra. 2009. “Linguistic acculturation and the initiation of substance use
among Mexican heritage children from 5th to 7th grade.” 13th Annual Meeting of the
Society for Social Work and Research. New Orleans, LA, January 15-18.
Glick, Jennifer E., Scott T. Yabiku, Steven Haas, Elizabeth Wentz, and *Li Zhu. 2008.
“Migration, health, and environment in the desert southwest.” Paper presented at the 2 do
Congreso Internacional Migraciones Globales, April 24-26, Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico.
Yabiku, Scott T. 2008. “Trophy wives and boy toys: age differences in remarriage” Paper
presented at the annual meeting of the Population Association of America, April 17-19,
New Orleans, LA.
Yabiku, Scott T., Elizabeth Wentz, and *Li Zhu. 2008. “Migration, health, and environment in
the desert southwest.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Population
Association of America, April 17-19, New Orleans, LA.
Marsiglia, F.F., Kulis, S., Yabiku, S.T., Nieri, T., & Parsai, M.B. 2008. “Linguistic
acculturation as a predictor of substance use onset among Mexican heritage children from
5th to 7th grade.” Paper presentation at the Society for Prevention Research annual
meeting, San Francisco, CA.
Harlan, Sharon, Scott T. Yabiku, Larissa Larsen, and Anthony Brazel. 2007. “Income and
Water Consumption.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American
Sociological Association, August 11-14, New York, NY.
Martin, Chris, *Kendra Busse, and Scott T. Yabiku. 2007. “North Desert Village: The Effect of
Landscape Manipulation on Microclimate and Its Relation to Human Landscape
Preferences.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Society for
Horticultural Science, July 17-19, Scottsdale, AZ.
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Yabiku, Scott T. and Constance T. Gager. 2007. “Sexual Frequency and the Stability of
Cohabiting and Marital Unions.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Population
Association of America, March 29-31, New York, NY.
Yabiku, Scott T., Stephen S. Kulis, Flavio F. Marsiglia, *Ashley Crossman, and *Tanya Nieri.
2007. “Gender, Ethnicity, and Acculturation as Factors That Jointly Moderate the
Effectiveness of Substance Use Prevention Programs for Youth.” Paper presented at the
Annual Conference of the Society for Social Work Research, January 11-14, San
Francisco, CA.
Yabiku, Scott T., Stephen S. Kulis, Flavio F. Marsiglia, Benjamin Lewin, and *Tanya Nieri.
2007. “The Effects of School Ethnic Majority on the Efficacy of a Youth Substance Use
Prevention Program.” Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Society for
Social Work Research, January 11-14, San Francisco, CA.
Yabiku, Scott T. and *Sarah Gore-Hoefke. 2006. “Social Change and the Relationships
between Education and Employment.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the
Population Association of America, March 30-April 1, Los Angeles, CA.
*Zeng, Wei and Scott T. Yabiku. 2006. “Family Transitions and Adolescents' Depression.”
Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Population Association of America, March
30-April 1, Los Angeles, CA.
Kulis, Stephen, Scott T. Yabiku, *Tanya Nieri, and *Ashley Crossman. 2006. “Does Gender
Moderate Model Program Effects? A Subgroup Analysis by Ethnicity and Acculturation
of the Efficacy of keepin’ it REAL.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the
American Sociological Association, August 11-14, Montreal, Canada.
Kulis, Stephen, Scott T. Yabiku, Flavio Francisco Marsiglia, Benjamin Lewin, *Tanya Nieri, and
*Syed K. Hussaini. 2006. “Neighborhood Influences on the Efficacy of a Model
Program of Drug Use Prevention in Schools.” Paper presented at the Annual Conference
of the Society for Social Work Research, January 12-15, San Antonio, TX.
Okamoto, Scott K., Andrea Dixon Rayle, Scott Yabiku, Sheila Tann, and *Aimee Burke. 2006.
“The Effectiveness of a Multicultural, School Based Drug Prevention Program with
American Indian Youth.” Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Society for
Social Work Research, January 12-15, San Antonio, TX.
Kulis, Stephen, Scott T. Yabiku, Flavio Marsiglia, Benjamin Lewin, and *Tanya Nieri. 2006.
“The Effects of School Ethnic Majority on the Efficacy of a Youth Substance Prevention
Program.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Pacific Sociological Association,
April 20-23, Hollywood, CA.
Kulis, Stephen., Flavio Francisco Marsiglia, Scott T. Yabiku, *Ashley Crossman, and *Tanya
Nieri. 2006. “Gender, ethnicity and acculturation: Intersecting moderators of substance
use prevention efficacy.” Paper presentation at the Society for Prevention Research
annual meeting, May 31-June 2, San Antonio, TX.
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Tann, Sheila, Scott T. Yabiku, Scott Okomoto, and *Jessica Yanow. 2005. “triADD: Multimorbid
alcoholism, depression, and diabetes in American Indians.” To be presented at
the 133rd Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, November 5-9,
New Orleans, LA
Yabiku, Scott T. and *Wei Zeng. 2005. “Parent-Child Relationships and the Transition to
Parenthood.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological
Association, August 13-16, Philadelphia, PA.
Yabiku, Scott T., Stephen Kulis, Flavio Marsiglia, *Benjamin Lewin, *Tanya Nieri, and *Syed
Hussaini. 2005. “Neighborhood Effects on the Efficacy of a Youth Substance
Prevention Program.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American
Sociological Association (Refereed roundtable), August 13-16, Philadelphia, PA.
Tann, Sheila, Scott T. Yabiku, Scott Okomoto, and *Jessica Yanow. 2005. “Risk of Chronic
Disease Multi-Morbidity in American Indians.” Poster presented at the 16th International
Nursing Research Congress, July 14-16, Waikoloa, HI.
*Nieri, Tanya, Stephen Kulis, Scott Yabiku, Layne Stromwall. 2005. “Effectiveness Of The
Keepin´ It Real Universal Prevention Program For Substance Users: Cessation And
Reduction Effects Among Middle School Students.” Paper presented at the annual
meeting of the Society for Prevention Research, May 25-27, Washington, D.C.
Kulis, Stephen, Scott T. Yabiku, Flavio Marsiglia, *Benjamin Lewin, *Tanya Nieri, and *Syed
Hussaini. 2005. “Neighborhood Social Contexts as Mediating the Effectiveness of
Youth Drug Use Prevention.” Presented at the annual meeting of the Pacific Sociological
Association, April 7-10, Portland, OR.
Yabiku, Scott T. and Mary H. Benin. 2005. “Single and Multiple Cohabitors’ Risks of
Divorce.” Presented at the annual meeting of the Population Association of America,
March 31-April 2, Philadelphia, PA.
Agadjanian, Victor and Scott T. Yabiku. 2005. “Religious Affiliation, Religious Milieu, and
Contraceptive Use in Nigeria.” Presented at the annual meeting of the Population
Association of America, March 31-April 2, Philadelphia, PA.
Kulis, Stephen, *Tanya Nieri, Layne Stromwall, and Scott Yabiku. 2005. “Effects of a
Universal Prevention Program on Cessation and Reduction of Adolescent Substance
Use.” Presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Social Work and Research,
January 13-16, Miami, FL.
Yabiku, Scott T. 2004. “Land Use and Marriage Timing in Nepal.” Poster presented at the
annual meeting of the Population Association of America, April 1-3, Boston, MA.
*Watkins, Ramsi K. and Scott T. Yabiku. 2004. "Gendered Perceptions of Female Breasts in
America.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological
Association (Refereed roundtable), August 14-17, San Francisco, CA.
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Yabiku, Scott T. 2003. “Neighbors or Neighborhoods? Effects on Marriage Timing in Nepal.”
Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Population Association of America, May 1-
3, Minneapolis, MN.
Yabiku, Scott T., William G. Axinn, Dirgha J. Ghimire, and Keith D. Robinson. 2002. “School
Characteristics and Marriage Timing.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the
Population Association of America, May 9-11, Atlanta, GA.
Yabiku, Scott T. 2001. “Marriage Timing and Social Change in Nepal.” Paper presented at the
annual meeting of the Population Association of America, March 29-31, Washington,
D.C.
Axinn, William G. and Scott T. Yabiku. 1999. “Community Change, the Social Organization of
Families, and Fertility Limitation.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the
Population Association of America, March 25-27, New York, NY.
Yabiku, Scott T., William G. Axinn, and Arland Thornton. 1997. “Family Integration and
Children’s Self-Esteem: Family Organization, Family Social Capital, and the
Development of the Self.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American
Sociological Association, August 9-13, Toronto, Canada.
Yabiku, Scott T. 1996. "Family History and Pensions: The Timing of Life Course Events and
Their Effect on Private Pension Coverage." Paper presented at the annual meeting of the
Population Association of America, May 9-11, New Orleans, LA.
TEACHING
Undergraduate
SOC391 Sociological Research Methods
Graduate
SOC507 Categorical Data Analysis
SOC509 Event History Analysis
Student Committees
Defense Date Name Chair/Member Degree
Pending Yun Zhou Member Ph.D.
4/2009 Littisha Bates Member Ph.D.
7/2008 Premchand Dommaraju Member Ph.D.
6/2008 Winfred Avogo Member Ph.D.
6/2007 Betty Brown Member Ph.D.
5/2007 Lan Nguyen Member M.A.
5/2007 Tanya Nieri Member Ph.D.
5/2006 Littisha Scott Member M.A.
5/2006 Li Zhu Member M.A.
5/2006 Frances Charnicki Member B.A. (Honors Thesis)
1/2006 Wei Zeng Chair M.A.
12/2005 Paul Holley Member Ph.D.
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SERVICE
7/2005 Benjamin Lewin Member Ph.D.
7/2005 Richard Fey Member Ph.D
5/2005 Bryndl Hohmann-Marriott Member Ph.D.
1/2005 Qigui Chang Member Ph.D.
5/2004 Yun Zhou Member M.A.
7/2003 Stacey D. Ruf Member Ph.D.
Department
2006-8 School of Social and Family Dynamics Graduate Committee
2005-7 School of Social and Family Dynamics Search Committee
2005 School of Social and Family Dynamics Personnel/Bylaws Subcommittee
2005-6 Department of Sociology Committee of Review
2003-5 Department of Sociology Personnel Committee
2003-4 Department of Sociology Colloquium Committee
2002-6 Department of Sociology Web Coordinator
Research Units
2007 Central Arizona-Phoenix Long Term Ecological Research (CAP-LTER)
Summer Grant Selection Committee
2005 Global Institute of Sustainability Postdoc Search Committee
University
2005 University Senate
Professional
Editorial Board
Journal of Marriage and the Family (2006-present)
Occasional reviewer
American Sociological Review, American Journal of Sociology, Demography, Social
Forces, Studies in Family Planning, Research in Sociology of Education, Population &
Environment, Journal of Environmental Management, Field Methods, Current
Anthropology, Biodemography & Social Biology, Journal for the Scientific Study of
Religion, European Journal of Population, Sociological Methodology
Proposal Reviews
Ad-hoc reviewer for the Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development
(2007)
Conference Activities
Session Organizer and Chair for “Union Formation” at the 2007 Population Association
of America Annual Meeting
Session Organizer for “Changes in Union Formation Over Time” at the 2007 Population
Association of America Annual Meeting
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HONORS AND AWARDS
2007 Mentorship Appreciation Award, Arizona State University Preparing Future
Faculty Program
2004 Selection by ASU Intercollegiate Athletics to be a Guest Coach of a 2004
Sun Devil Football game for supporting student-athletes in the classroom
2004 Outstanding Poster Award, Population Association of America annual meeting,
April 1-3, Boston, MA.
2003 Recognition by ASU Office of Student Affairs for contributing to the quality of
student life.
2003 Outstanding Poster Award, Population Association of America annual meeting,
May 1-3, Minneapolis, MN.
2002 National Council on Family Relations Reuben Hill Award for best family
research paper, joint with William G. Axinn
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