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Dr Thanh Ngo PhD

Senior Lecturer

Doctoral Supervisor
School of Aviation

I received my PhD in Economics at Massey University in 2015 and joined the School of Aviation (Massey University) since January 2017. My works involve efficiency and productivity analysis in banking and finance, universities, agriculture and manufacturing sectors, aviation and transportation economics.

My research papers have been published in Transportation Research part A, Annals of Operations Research, Transport Policy and International Journal of Managerial Finance, among others. I am a Editorial Board member for International Journal of Financial Studies and also review for many journals including Applied Economics, Pacific Accounting Review and Journal of Air Transport Management.

Professional

Contact details

  • Ph: 86086
    Location: 1.14, Massey University Aviation Centre 47 Airport Drive, Palmerston North 4442
    Campus: Manawatu

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy - Massey University (2015)

Certifications and Registrations

  • Licence, Supervisor, Massey University

Research Expertise

Research Interests

Efficiency and productivity, including aviation and banking industries.

Management studies.

Frontier analysis, including DEA and SFA.

Econometrics.

Monte-Carlo simulation.

Area of Expertise

Field of research codes
Applied Economics (140200):
Banking, Finance and Investment (150200): Business and Management (150300): Commerce, Management, Tourism And Services (150000):
Econometrics (140300): Economics (140000):
Tourism (150600): Transportation and Freight Services (150700)

Keywords

efficiency; productivity; banking and finance; aviation; agriculture; economics; econometrics; Data Envelopment Analysis; Stochastic Frontier Analysis; Monte-Carlo simulation.

Research Outputs

Journal

Ngo, T. (2024). Aviation Discontinuity and Regional House Prices: A Quasi-Experiment in New Zealand. International Journal of the Economics of Business.
[Journal article]Authored by: Ngo, D.
Henderson, IL., Tsui, KWH., Ngo, T., Gilbey, A., & Avis, M. (2024). The Nature of Airport Brand Associations. Tourism and Hospitality. 5(3), 592-624
[Journal article]Authored by: Avis, M., Gilbey, A., Ngo, D.
Le, TDQ., Nguyen, DT., Ho, TH., & Ngo, T. (2024). Government intervention and stock price returns during covid-19 pandemic: evidence from an emerging market. Cogent Business and Management. 11(1)
[Journal article]Authored by: Ngo, D.
Boubaker, S., Ngo, T., Samitas, A., & Tripe, D. (2024). An MCDA composite index of bank stability using CAMELS ratios and shannon entropy. Annals of Operations Research.
[Journal article]Authored by: Ngo, D.
Ngo, T., Tripe, D., & Nguyen, DK. (2024). Estimating the productivity of US agriculture: The Fisher total factor productivity index for time series data with unknown prices. Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics. 68(3), 701-712
[Journal article]Authored by: Ngo, D.
Le, TDQ., Ho, TH., Ngo, T., & Luu, TB. (2024). Recognizing CEOs and Chairmen’s personality and bank performance: new insights from signature analysis. Journal of Chinese Economic and Business Studies.
[Journal article]Authored by: Ngo, D.
Hutchison, N., MacGregor, B., Ngo, T., Squires, G., & Webber, DJ. (2024). The reverse mortgage market in New Zealand: key drivers of loan determination. Applied Economics.
[Journal article]Authored by: Ngo, D.
Le, T., Ngo, T., Nguyen, DT., & Do, TTM. (2024). Fintech and banking: friends or foes? Evidence from bank–fintech cooperation. International Journal of Bank Marketing.
[Journal article]Authored by: Ngo, D.
Le, TDQ., Nguyen, DT., & Ngo, T. (2024). Revisiting the Quiet-Life Hypothesis in the Banking Sector: Do CEOs’ Personalities Matter?. International Journal of Financial Studies. 12(1)
[Journal article]Authored by: Ngo, D.
Wongyai, PH., Ngo, T., Wu, H., Tsui, KWH., & Nguyen, T-H. (2024). Self-service technology in aviation: A systematic literature review. Journal of the Air Transport Research Society. 2, Retrieved from https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2941198X24000150
[Journal article]Authored by: Ngo, D., Wu, H.
Wu, H., Lin, YH., Ngo, T., & Hong Tsui, KW. (2024). Aviation subsidy policy and regional wellbeing: Important indicators from relevant stakeholders’ perspectives. Case Studies on Transport Policy. 16
[Journal article]Authored by: Ngo, D., Wu, H.
Boubaker, S., Le, TDQ., Manita, R., & Ngo, T. (2024). Balancing bank profits and nonperforming loans: a multiple objective programming approach. Annals of Operations Research.
[Journal article]Authored by: Ngo, D.
Le, BT., Mai, XTT., Ngo, T., & Le, TDQ. (2024). Estimating the International Cocaine Market: A Novel Combination of Excess Compensation and Stochastic Frontier Analysis. Asian Journal of Law and Economics.
[Journal article]Authored by: Ngo, D.
Boubaker, S., Le, TDQ., Ngo, T., & Manita, R. (2024). Correction to: Predicting the performance of MSMEs: a hybrid DEA-machine learning approach (Annals of Operations Research, (2023), 10.1007/s10479-023-05230-8). Annals of Operations Research. 332(1-3), 1299
[Journal article]Authored by: Ngo, D.
Ngo, T., Tsui, WHK., & Nguyen, H. (2024). aviation Pollution, Tourism, and economic Development: a study of the eKc hypothesis at the regional Level. Economy of Regions. 20(3), 718-731
[Journal article]Authored by: Ngo, D.
Le, TDQ., Ngo, T., & Nguyen, DT. (2023). Digital Credit and Its Determinants: A Global Perspective. International Journal of Financial Studies. 11(4)
[Journal article]Authored by: Ngo, D.
Nguyen, LH., Le, TDQ., & Ngo, T. (2023). Efficiency and performance of Islamic banks amid COVID-19. Journal of Islamic Accounting and Business Research.
[Journal article]Authored by: Ngo, D.
Boubaker, S., Le, TDQ., Manita, R., & Ngo, T. (2023). The trade-off frontier for ESG and Sharpe ratio: a bootstrapped double-frontier data envelopment analysis. Annals of Operations Research.
[Journal article]Authored by: Ngo, D.
Le, TDQ., Ngo, T., Nguyen, DT., & Ho, TH. (2023). DETERMINANTS OF BANK PERFORMANCE: REVISITING THE ROLE OF CEO'S PERSONALITY TRAITS USING GRAPHOLOGY. Buletin Ekonomi Moneter dan Perbankan. 26(2), 289-310
[Journal article]Authored by: Ngo, D.
Le, TDQ., Tran, SH., Nguyen, DT., & Ngo, T. (2023). The degrees of central bank digital currency adoption across countries: A preliminary analysis. Economics and Business Letters. 12(2), 97-104
[Journal article]Authored by: Ngo, D.
Ho, TH., Nguyen, DT., Luu, TB., Le, TDQ., & Ngo, TD. (2023). Bank performance during the COVID-19 pandemic: does income diversification help?. Journal of Applied Economics. 26(1)
[Journal article]Authored by: Ngo, D.
Ngo, T., Squires, G., McCord, M., & Lo, D. (2023). House prices, airport location proximity, air traffic volume and the COVID-19 effect. Regional Studies, Regional Science. 10(1), 418-438
[Journal article]Authored by: Ngo, D.
Mai, XTT., Nguyen, HTN., Ngo, T., Le, TDQ., & Nguyen, LP. (2023). Efficiency of the Islamic Banking Sector: Evidence from Two-Stage DEA Double Frontiers Analysis. International Journal of Financial Studies. 11(1)
[Journal article]Authored by: Ngo, D.
Boubaker, S., Le, TDQ., Ngo, T., & Manita, R. (2023). Predicting the performance of MSMEs: a hybrid DEA-machine learning approach. Annals of Operations Research.
[Journal article]Authored by: Ngo, D.
Ngo, T., & Tsui, KWH. (2023). Price reaction in New Zealand’s duopolistic airline market. International Journal of the Economics of Business. 30(2), 159-184
[Journal article]Authored by: Ngo, D.
Nguyen-Anh, T., Leu, S., Nguyen-Thi-Phuong, A., Ngo-Dang, T., & To-The, N. (2023). Adapting to the new normal: A sustainable livelihood framework for the informal sectors during COVID-19. Review of Development Economics. 27(2), 1092-1112
[Journal article]Authored by: Ngo, D.
Ngo, T., Le, T., Ullah, S., & Trinh, HH. (2023). Climate risk disclosures and global sustainability initiatives: A conceptual analysis and agenda for future research. Business Strategy and the Environment. 32(6), 3705-3720
[Journal article]Authored by: Ngo, D.
Henderson, IL., Avis, M., Tsui, WHK., Ngo, T., & Gilbey, A. (2023). Compound Brands and the Multi-Creation of Brand Associations: Evidence from Airports and Shopping Malls. Sustainability (Switzerland). 15(2)
[Journal article]Authored by: Avis, M., Gilbey, A., Ngo, D.
Wu, H., Hong Tsui, KW., Ngo, T., & Lin, YH. (2023). Airport subsidies impact on wellbeing of smaller regions: A systemic examination in New Zealand. Transport Policy. 130, 26-36
[Journal article]Authored by: Ngo, D., Wu, H.
Boubaker, S., Le, TDQ., & Ngo, T. (2023). Managing bank performance under COVID-19: A novel inverse DEA efficiency approach. International Transactions in Operational Research. 30(5), 2436-2452
[Journal article]Authored by: Ngo, D.
Yuen, MK., Ngo, T., Le, TDQ., & Ho, TH. (2022). The environment, social and governance (ESG) activities and profitability under COVID-19: evidence from the global banking sector. Journal of Economics and Development. 24(4), 345-364
[Journal article]Authored by: Ngo, D., Yuen, M.
Le, TDQ., Ho, TNT., Nguyen, DT., & Ngo, T. (2022). Intellectual capital–bank efficiency nexus: evidence from an emerging market. Cogent Economics and Finance. 10(1)
[Journal article]Authored by: Ngo, D.
Le, TDQ., Ho, TH., Ngo, T., Nguyen, DT., & Tran, SH. (2022). A Dataset for the Vietnamese Banking System (2002–2021). Data. 7(9)
[Journal article]Authored by: Ngo, D.
Ngo, T., Trinh, HH., Haouas, I., & Ullah, S. (2022). Examining the bidirectional nexus between financial development and green growth: International evidence through the roles of human capital and education expenditure. Resources Policy. 79
[Journal article]Authored by: Ngo, D.
Le, TDQ., Ngo, T., Ho, TH., & Nguyen, DT. (2022). ICT as a Key Determinant of Efficiency: A Bootstrap-Censored Quantile Regression (BCQR) Analysis for Vietnamese Banks. International Journal of Financial Studies. 10(2)
[Journal article]Authored by: Ngo, D.
Le, TD., Ho, TH., Nguyen, DT., & Ngo, T. (2022). A cross-country analysis on diversification, Sukuk investment, and the performance of Islamic banking systems under the COVID-19 pandemic. Heliyon. 8(3)
[Journal article]Authored by: Ngo, D.
Hammami, H., Ngo, T., Tripe, D., & Vo, D-T. (2022). Ranking with a Euclidean common set of weights in data envelopment analysis: with application to the Eurozone banking sector. Annals of Operations Research. 311(2), 675-694 Retrieved from https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10479-020-03759-6
[Journal article]Authored by: Ngo, D.
Ngo, T., & Tsui, KWH. (2022). Estimating the confidence intervals for DEA efficiency scores of Asia-Pacific airlines. Operational Research. 22(4), 3411-3434
[Journal article]Authored by: Ngo, D.
Dao, TTT., Mai, XTT., Ngo, T., Le, T., & Ho, H. (2021). From Efficiency Analyses to Policy Implications: a Multilevel Hierarchical Linear Model Approach. International Journal of the Economics of Business. 28(3), 457-470
[Journal article]Authored by: Ngo, D.
Ho, TH., Nguyen, DT., Ngo, T., & Le, TDQ. (2021). Efficiency in vietnamese banking: A meta-regression analysis approach. International Journal of Financial Studies. 9(3)
[Journal article]Authored by: Ngo, D.
Ho, TH., Nguyen, DT., Ngo, T., & Le, TDQ. (2021). Airfares data in new zealand domestic aviation market. Sustainability (Switzerland). 13(16)
[Journal article]Authored by: Ngo, D.
Ngo, T., Nguyen, HD., Ho, H., Nguyen, VK., Dao, TTT., & Nguyen, HTH. (2021). Assessing the important factors of sustainable agriculture development: An Indicateurs de Durabilité des Exploitations Agricoles-Analytic Hierarchy Process study in the northern region of Vietnam. Sustainable Development. 29(2), 327-338
[Journal article]Authored by: Ngo, D.
Ngo, T., & Tian, Q. (2021). Corporate social responsibility awareness and performance: the case of Chinese airports. International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management. 70(8), 2131-2148
[Journal article]Authored by: Ngo, D.
Wu, H., Hong Tsui, KW., Ngo, T., & Lin, YH. (2020). Impacts of aviation subsidies on regional wellbeing: Systematic review, meta-analysis and future research directions. Transport Policy. 99, 215-239
[Journal article]Authored by: Ngo, D., Wu, H.
Le, TD., & Ngo, T. (2020). The determinants of bank profitability: A cross-country analysis. Central Bank Review. 20(2), 65-73
[Journal article]Authored by: Ngo, D.
Ngo, T., & Tsui, KWH. (2020). A data-driven approach for estimating airport efficiency under endogeneity: An application to New Zealand airports. Research in Transportation Business and Management. 34
[Journal article]Authored by: Ngo, D.
Ngo, T., Vu, HV., Ho, H., Dao, TTT., & Nguyen, HTH. (2019). Performance of fish farms in vietnam–does financial access help improve their cost efficiency?. International Journal of Financial Studies. 7(3)
[Journal article]Authored by: Ngo, D.
Nguyen, HD., Ngo, T., Le, TDQ., Ho, H., & Nguyen, HTH. (2019). The role of knowledge in sustainable agriculture: Evidence from rice farms' technical efficiency in Hanoi, Vietnam. Sustainability (Switzerland). 11(9)
[Journal article]Authored by: Ngo, D.
Ngo, T., & Le, T. (2019). Capital market development and bank efficiency: a cross-country analysis. International Journal of Managerial Finance. 15(4), 478-491
[Journal article]Authored by: Ngo, D.
Ngo, T., Le, T., Tran, SH., Nguyen, A., & Nguyen, C. (2019). Sources of the performance of manufacturing firms: evidence from Vietnam. Post-Communist Economies. 31(6), 790-804
[Journal article]Authored by: Ngo, D.
Henderson, IL., Tsui, KWH., Ngo, T., Gilbey, A., & Avis, M. (2019). Airline brand choice in a duopolistic market: The case of New Zealand. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice. 121, 147-163
[Journal article]Authored by: Avis, M., Gilbey, A., Ngo, D.
Nguyen, T., Tripe, D., & Ngo, T. (2018). Operational efficiency of bank loans and deposits: A case study of vietnamese banking system. International Journal of Financial Studies. 6(1)
[Journal article]Authored by: Ngo, D.
Nguyen, T., Tripe, D., & Ngo, T. (2018). Operational Efficiency of Bank Loans and Deposits: A Case Study of Vietnamese Banking System. International Journal of Financial Studies. 6(1), Retrieved from http://www.mdpi.com/2227-7072/6/1/14
[Journal article]Authored by: Ngo, D.
Ngo, DT., & Tripe, David, . (2017). Measuring efficiency of Vietnamese banks: Accounting for nonperforming loans in a single-step stochastic cost frontier analysis. Pacific Accounting Review. 29(2) Retrieved from http://www.emeraldinsight.com/toc/par/29/2
[Journal article]Authored by: Ngo, D.
Ngo, T., & Tripe, D. (2016). Stochastic cost frontier analysis – a sensitivity analysis on cost measures. Pacific Accounting Review. 28(4), 401-410
[Journal article]Authored by: Ngo, D.
Ngo, DT., & Tran, DH, . (2014). Performance of the vietnamese automobile Industry: A measurement using DEA. Asian Journal of Business and Management. 2(3), 184-191 Retrieved from http://www.ajouronline.com/index.php/AJBM/article/view/1277
[Journal article]Authored by: Ngo, D.
Ngo, DT. (2014). To restructure the economy regarding its industrial operational efficiency. VNU Journal of Science, Economics and Bussiness. 30(4), 1-11 Retrieved from http://tapchi.ueb.edu.vn/default.aspx?web4vn=chitiettin&id=12921&CategoryID=1015
[Journal article]Authored by: Ngo, D.
Ngo, DT. (2012). Measuring performance of the banking system: Case of Vietnam (1990-2010). Journal of Applied Finance & Banking. 2(2), 289-312 Retrieved from http://www.scienpress.com/journal_focus.asp?main_id=56&Sub_id=IV&Issue=226
[Journal article]Authored by: Ngo, D.
Ngo, DT., & Nguyen, LTP, . (2012). Total factor productivity of Thai banks in 2007-2010: An application of DEA and malmquist index. Journal of Applied Finance & Banking. 2(5), 27-42 Retrieved from http://www.scienpress.com/journal_focus.asp?main_id=56&Sub_id=IV&Issue=372
[Journal article]Authored by: Ngo, D.
Ngo, DT. (2011). Effectiveness of the Global Banking System in 2010: A Data Envelopment Analysis approach. Chinese Business Review. 10(11), 961-973 Retrieved from http://davidpublishing.com/show.html?2316
[Journal article]Authored by: Ngo, D.
Ngo, DT. (2011). A reassessment of the Provincial Competitiveness Index of Hanoi in 2009 using Data Envelopment Analysis. Economic Studies. 397(6), 28-37
[Journal article]Authored by: Ngo, D.

Book

Ngo, T., & Le, T. (2022). Impact of information and communication technology on banking efficiency: The Vietnamese experience. In Handbook of Banking and Finance in Emerging Markets. (pp. 238 - 253).
[Chapter]Authored by: Ngo, D.
Le, M., Tran, T., & Ngo, T. (2021). Innovation and Earnings Quality: A Bayesian Analysis of Listed Firms in Vietnam. In Studies in Computational Intelligence. (pp. 473 - 491).
[Chapter]Authored by: Ngo, D.

Conference

Henderson, I., Avis, M., Tsui, WHK., Gilbey, A., & Ngo, D. (2022, August). Airports as Compound Brands. Presented at 25th Air Transport Research Society World Conference. Antwerp, Belgium.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Avis, M., Gilbey, A., Ngo, D.
Henderson, IL., Tsui, WHK., Ngo, T., Gilbey, A., & Avis, M. (2018, July). Airline Choice in a Market with Two Major Players. Presented at The 22nd ATRS World Conference. Seoul, Korea.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Avis, M., Gilbey, A., Ngo, D.
Ngo, DT.A new approach to estimate the confidence intervals for DEA efficiency scores with application for the Asia-Pacific Airlines. . Belgium
[Conference Paper]Authored by: Ngo, D.
Ngo, DT.Fisher total factor productivity index for time series data with unknown price. . Dunedin, New Zealand
[Conference Paper]Authored by: Ngo, D.
Ngo, DT., & Le, T.Financial market development and bank efficiency: A cross-country analysis. . Auckland, New Zealand
[Conference Paper]Authored by: Ngo, D.
Ngo, DT., & Tripe, David, .Stochastic Cost Frontier Analysis and Its Uses in Efficiency Evaluation: The Case of Vietnamese Banking System (2003-2010).. . University of Salento, Italy
[Conference Paper]Authored by: Ngo, D.
Ngo, DT., & Tripe, David, .Measuring Efficiency of Vietnamese Banks: Accounting for Nonperforming Loans in a Single-step Stochastic Cost Frontier Analysis. . Danang University, Vietnam
[Conference Paper]Authored by: Ngo, D.
Ngo, DT., & Tripe, .Performance composite index using ratio analysis and data envelopment analysis: An integration approach. . Nankai University, China
[Conference Paper]Authored by: Ngo, D.
Ngo, DT., & Tripe, David, .Ranking with a Euclidean common set of weights in Data Envelopment Analysis: With application to the NZ banking sector. . University of Auckland, New Zealand
[Conference Paper]Authored by: Ngo, D.
Hammami, H., Ngo, T., Tripe, D., & Vo, DT.(2022). Ranking with a Euclidean common set of weights in data envelopment analysis: with application to the Eurozone banking sector. Paper presented at the meeting of Annals of Operations Research
[Conference Paper]Authored by: Ngo, D.
Ngo, DT., & Tripe, David, .Nonparametric Fisher Total Factor Productivity Index using Shadow Prices: Panel vs. Time Series Data. . Aalto University, Finland
[Conference Paper]Authored by: Ngo, D.
Ngo, DT., Tripe, David, ., & Matthews, Claire, .Ratio analysis for performance evaluation: the case of Vietnamese banks. . Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand
[Conference Paper]Authored by: Matthews, C., Ngo, D.
Ngo, DT., Tripe, D., & Matthews, C.Ratio analysis for performance evaluation: The case of Vietnamese banks. . Queensland, Australia
[Conference Paper]Authored by: Matthews, C., Ngo, D.
Ngo, DT., Tripe, David, ., & Matthews, Claire, .Decomposing Productivity Growth with Unbalanced Panel Data and DEA: Application on the OECD banking systems. . Waikato University, New Zealand
[Conference Paper]Authored by: Matthews, C., Ngo, D.
Ngo, DT., Tripe, David, ., & Matthews, Claire, .Decomposing Productivity Growth with Unbalanced Panel Data and DEA: Application on the OECD banking systems. . University of Queensland, Australia
[Conference Paper]Authored by: Matthews, C., Ngo, D.
Ngo, DT., & Nguyen, TA, .Evaluating the macroeconomic efficiency of ASEAN countries and the AEC prospect. . Vietnam National University, Hanoi, Vietnam
[Conference Paper]Authored by: Ngo, D.
Ngo, DT., & Tripe, David, .Evaluating the efficiency of Vietnamese banking system: An application using Data Envelopment Analysis. . University of Queensland, Australia
[Conference Paper]Authored by: Ngo, D.
Ngo, DT., & Tripe, David, .The Asia-Pacific responses to Global Financial Crisis: Efficient of the economic stimulus packages. . Vietnam National University, Vietnam
[Conference Paper]Authored by: Ngo, D.

Other

Henderson, I., Tsui, WHK., Gilbey, A., Avis, M., & Ngo, T. (2019). Transcripts for: Airline brand choice in a duopolistic market: The case of New Zealand. Retreived from https://data.mendeley.com/datasets/c2925mpjpp/1Henderson, I., Tsui, WHK., Gilbey, A., Avis, M., & Ngo, T. (2019). Transcripts for: Airline brand choice in a duopolistic market: The case of New Zealand.
[Dataset]Authored by: Avis, M., Ngo, D.
Ngo, DT., & Le, Tu, . (2017). Resource for Research: A Vietnamese Banking Database. Retreived from https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3028996Ngo, DT., & Le, T. (2017). Resource for Research: A Vietnamese Banking Database.
[Dataset]Authored by: Ngo, D.
Ngo, DT. (2011). Evaluating the efficiency of Vietnamese banking system: An application using Data Envelopment Analysis.
[Working Paper]Authored by: Ngo, D.

Teaching and Supervision

Teaching Statement

190.327 Managing Cultures in Aviation

190.308 Airport Operational Management

190.720 Aviation Strategic Management

Graduate Supervision Statement

I am happy to discuss on potential research topics regarding business/operational/financial performance and sustainability in aviation.


Dr Thanh Ngo is available for Masters and Doctorial supervision.

Summary of Doctoral Supervision

Position Current Completed
Main Supervisor 2 0
Co-supervisor 0 2

Current Doctoral Supervision

Main Supervisor of:

  • Ho Wongyai - Doctor of Philosophy
    Implementing Self-Service Technology in Thai Aviation Towards Sustainability
  • Ajai Jayathilakan - Doctor of Philosophy
    Research on airline operations and regional air connectivity of India

Completed Doctoral Supervision

Co-supervisor of:

  • 2022 - Hanjun Wu - Doctor of Philosophy
    Investigating the impacts of aviation subsidies on regional wellbeing in New Zealand
  • 2021 - Isaac Henderson - Doctor of Philosophy
    Rethinking the Brand Concept for Air Transportation

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