Sławomir Grzegorz Grzesiak PhD
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Sławomir Grzesiak – a doctor of social sciences in the field of pedagogy (2013), a graduate of the Faculty of Pedagogy at the University of Wroclaw (2007) as well as first degree administrative studies (2011) and postgraduate studies in the field of executive criminal law at the Faculty of Law, Administration and Economics of the University of Wroclaw (2008). He has been a Prison Service officer since 2014, currently holding the position as an assistant professor in the Psychopedagogical Research Laboratory of the Research and Development Institute at the Academy of Justice. In 2013–2019 he worked as an assistant professor in the Department of Social Rehabilitation at the Institute of Pedagogy of the University of Wroclaw.
His research interests are oriented on social rehabilitation and penitentiary pedagogy, prison demography, readaptation and social reintegration of convicts and the organisational structure and functioning of the prison system in Poland.
Scientific achievements
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Penitentiary space in the context of stress experienced by the services of the Prison Service
Real Estate @ 2021; III (III): 97-114. 10.5604 / 01.3001.0015.2481 -
Journal of Security and Sustainability Issues, 11/2021, s. 255-264, https://doi.org/10.47459/jssi.2021.11.22
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Journal of Security and Sustainability Issues, 11/2021, s. 91-101, http://doi.org/10.47459/jssi.2021.11.6
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Prisons in the face of demographic changes in the population of prisoners
T. Bulenda, A. Nawój-Śleszyński (ed.), The Polish penitentiary system in the centenary of the Polish prison system. VI Penitentiary Congress, Warsaw 2020, pp. 553-568. -
Integrative model of penitentiary methodology in the context of personal identification tests
T. Bulenda, A. Nawój-Śleszyński (ed.), The Polish penitentiary system in the centenary of the Polish prison system. VI Penitentiary Congress, Warsaw 2020, pp. 177-192. -
Psychosocial contexts of the execution of the imprisonment sentence
Warsaw 2020, pp. 7-8. -
Treatment of persons of a different sexual orientation or gender identity in the Polish penitentiary system in comparison with selected penitentiary systems of other countries
Sławomir Grzesiak (ed.), Psychopedagogical contexts of imprisonment. Warsaw 2020, pp. 39–67. -
The penitentiary space as read from prison letters
Sławomir Grzesiak (ed.), Psychopedagogical contexts of imprisonment, Warsaw 2020, pp. 117–148. -
The Prison Systems Review, 2019, Nr. 105, s. 33-56.
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Prevention of criminal recidivism as a process of change management in prison isolation
L. Kołtun, T. Kośmider (eds.), Contemporary dimension of public security. Shaping safe spaces. Preventive measures, Warsaw: 2019, pp. 107–124. -
Ageing and old age in prison isolation
A.A. Zych (ed.), Encyclopaedia of old age, ageing and disability, vol. 3 P–Ś, Katowice 2017, pp. 468–476. -
Geronto victimology
A.A. Zych (ed.), Encyclopaedia of old age, ageing and disability, vol. 1 A–G, Katowice 2017, pp. 566–567. -
Social rehabilitation gerontology
A.A. Zych (ed.), Encyclopaedia of old age, ageing and disability, vol. 1 A–G, Katowice 2017, p. 537. -
Penitentiary gerontology
A.A. Zych (ed.), Encyclopaedia of old age, ageing and disability, vol. 1 A–G, Katowice 2017, pp. 534–537. -
Including the excluded into culture – methodical contexts of socialisation and cultural activities of penitentiary educators
A. Haratyk, N. Zayachkivska (eds.), Development of Polish and Ukrainian pedagogical theory and practice in the 19th–21st centuries, vol. 7, Wroclaw 2017, pp. 269–281 -
Post-penitentiary care in the context of crime recurrence prevention
V. Černíková, J. Firstová (ed.), Post-penitentiary care of current issues, Hodonín 2016, pp. 21-28. -
J. Pilarska, A. Szerląg, A. Urbanek (ed.), Atomization or Integration? Transborder Aspects of Multipedagogy, Cambridge: Scholars Publishing 2016, p. 447-456.
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Conflict and risk in the penitentiary work of educators
D. Kowalczyk, A. Szecówka, Sławomir. Grzesiak (red.), Resocjalizacja penitencjarna w kontekstach interdyscyplinarnych, Wrocław 2015, s. 140-157. -
Educational contexts for the social rehabilitation of prisoners
A. Haratyk, N. Zayachkivska (eds.), Development of Polish and Ukrainian pedagogical theory and practice in the 19th–21st centuries, vol. 5, Wroclaw 2015, pp. 159–169. -
Social work in the serving of a prison sentence by elderly prisoners
I. Bieńkowska, I. Fajfer-Kruczek (eds.), Social rehabilitation – probation – penitentiary work, vol. 1, Cieszyn 2014, pp. 30–41. -
Advanced age in Polish criminal institutions – present and perspective
H. Válková, V. Černíková, J. Firstová (ed.), Current Questions of Education, Prague 2014, p. 79-86. -
M. Stawiak-Ososińska, S. Chrost (ed.), Situation, education and activation of elderly people in Europe, Kielce 2014, pp. 301–317.
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Adversariality of culturally different prisoners for the execution of prison sentences in penitentiary units
A. Urbanek, J. Pilarska (ed.), Book of abstracts from the International Scientific Conference: Atomization or Integration? Transborder Aspects of Multipedagogy, Wroclaw 2014. -
The implemented and postulated method of work of penitentiary educators with convicts. Research report
K. Marzec-Holka, K. Mirosław-Nawrocka, J. Moleda (eds.), Contemporary conditions and patterns of social rehabilitation, reintegration and inclusion processes, Warsaw 2014, pp. 265–292. -
Ageing and old age in prison isolation
A.A. Zych (ed.), Old age as a gift, task and challenge, Sosnowiec-Dąbrowa Górnicza 2014, pp. 361–385. -
Bureaucracy and bureaucratization in the penitentiary work of educators
P. Stępniak (ed.), The bright and dark side of contemporary penitentiary space. Man and the system, Kalisz-Poznan 2014, pp. 179–200. -
Existential dimension of old age in prison – elderly prisoners’ experience of time and solitude
A. Jaworska (ed.), The elderly in the face of penitentiary isolation. Theoretical Contexts, Bydgoszcz 2013, pp. 98–105. -
Wrocław 2013, ss. 439.
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DiG Publishing and Academy of Justice; Warsaw 2020, p. 226.
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Wroclaw 2015, p. 370.
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Halfway houses in the Polish model of social readaptation of prisoners
Academy of Justice, Warsaw 2020–2022. -
(Un)readiness of the Prison Service to cope with demographic changes in the prison population in the context of imprisonment of elderly women
Academy of Justice, Warsaw 2022. -
Penitentiary work with elderly prisoners
Project completed, under the management of P. Stępniak, 2013. -
Research and Development Institute, Academy of Justice in Warsaw, Warsaw 2020
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Project title: “Research on the quality of life of inmates and officers of the Prison Service”.
Academy of Justice, Ministry of Justice, Warsaw 2021–2023. -
http://www.swws-tmsa.pl/
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Member of the working group established by the Ministry of Justice preparing a research project on the evaluation of the provisions of the Act on amending the Civil Procedure Code and certain other acts (Journal of Laws of 2020, item 956).
Academy of Justice, Ministry of Justice, Warsaw 2020–2022. -
Member of the team of the internal research project of the Academy of Justice entitled Psychosocial determinants of feelings of stress in security officers.
Research and Development Institute, Academy of Justice, Warsaw 2020–2022. -
Upbringing models (exercise of parental authority) and counteracting criminality in terms of social rehabilitation pedagogy – expert opinion, Warsaw 2020.
The expert opinion was prepared as task 1: “Parental authority – an interdisciplinary analysis of the institution” of project: “Private legal aspects of preventing crime and assisting victims of crime” carried out in cooperation with the Academy of Justice in Warsaw.
Research and Development Institute, Academy of Justice in Warsaw, Warsaw 2021 -
Name of conference, venue and date
18th Polish National Scientific Conference
Civilisation and mental health
- paper: Penitentiary demography in the context of mental health of sentenced seniors
Brzyście, Jasło Commune, 24–25 June 2021
International Scientific Conference
Legal responsibility of employees and officers of the Prison Service and other uniformed formations, in the perspective of the performed official tasks – legal and social implications
- paper: (Un)realistic penitentiary social rehabilitation in the context of social readaptation of prisoners – areas of conflict and compromise
Warsaw, 27 May 2021 (online)
32nd Scientific Conference “Forum of Pedagogues”
Making inclusion and exclusion present in the educational space
- paper: Halfway houses in the Polish model of social readaptation – possibilities and limitations
Wroclaw, 20–21 November 2019
Polish National Scientific Conference
Mental health protection and suicide prevention
- paper: Prevention of suicidal behaviour in penitentiary units
Ziębice, 25 October 2019
Polish National Scientific Conference
Crime prevention – theoretical and practical aspects
- paper: Prevention of criminal recidivism as a process of change management in prison isolation
Wołów, 21 May 2019
6th Penitentiary Congress
The Polish penitentiary system in the centenary of Poland regaining independence
- paper: An integrative model of penitentiary methodology in the context of personal cognitive research
Popowo, 6–8 February 2019
Polish National Scientific Conference
The world of addiction – addictions in the Polish world. Theory, research, practice
- paper: Integrative model of penitentiary methodology in the context of supporting addiction prevention
Oleśnica, 8–9 June 2017
Scientific and Training Seminar
Between penitentiary theory and practice – the current state and prospects of imprisonment.
- paper: Between penitentiary theory and practice – the current state and prospects of imprisonment.
Wroclaw, 9 December 2016
International Scientific Conference, 7th Polish-Ukrainian Historical and Pedagogical Days
Culture in education
- paper: Including the excluded into culture – methodical contexts of socialisation and cultural activities of penitentiary educators
Zakopane 5–6 May 2016
Polish National Scientific Conference
New institutions of penal executive law applicable to persons sentenced to imprisonment
- paper: The need for new regulations relating to the execution of prison sentences of seniors
Łódź, 21 April 2016
Polish National Scientific Conference
Social rehabilitation, readaptation and reintegration in the social space. Myths and truths
- paper: (Un)limited possibilities to implement penitentiary social rehabilitation programmes
Warsaw, 10 March 2016
5th Interdisciplinary Scientific Seminar
Criminal recidivism – determinants of (non-)return of convicted persons to society
- paper: Prevention of criminal recidivism in the context of the implementation of social rehabilitation programmes
Wroclaw, 20/11/2015
International Scientific Conference
Post-penitentiary assistance – possibilities, limitations and perspectives (Postpenitenciární péče – možnosti, limity a perspektivy)
- paper: Post-penitentiary assistance in the context of penitentiary social rehabilitation programmes
Prague, 16 October 2015
Polish National Scientific Conference
Executive criminal law in the system of measures to combat crime
- paper: Execution of prison sentences in case of elderly convicts
Wroclaw, 26/06/2015
Scientific Seminar
Outreach activities and social readaptation of elderly prisoners
- paper: Determinants of social readaptation of sentenced seniors
Wojkowice, 10 April 2015
International Scientific Conference
Aktuální otázky vězeňství
- paper: Pokročilý vĕk v polských trestínich institucich – současnost a perspektivy
(Old age in Polish prisons – current situation and prospects)
Czech Republic, Prague, 9 December 2014
Jubilee International Scientific Conference
Optimising social prevention and rehabilitation. Tradition, the present, future perspectives
- paper: Conflict and risk in the penitentiary work of educators
Wroclaw, 26–27 November 2014
International Scientific Conference
European Atomization or Integration? Transborder Aspects of Multipedagogy
- paper: Adversariality of culturally different prisoners for the execution of prison sentences in penitentiary units
Wroclaw, 22–23 October 2014
1st Gerontological Conference in the series: Reflections on old age
Objective and subjective dimensions of old age
- paper: Ageing and old age in correctional institutions
Łódź, 26–27 September 2014
4th Polish Penitentiary Symposium
The bright and dark side of contemporary penitentiary space. Man and the system
- paper: Bureaucracy and bureaucratization in the penitentiary work of educators
Kalisz, 13–15 November 2013
International Social and Scientific Conference
Contemporary trends in social rehabilitation and post-penitentiary assistance
- paper: Elderly prisoners in Polish correctional institutions – between social work and penitentiary social rehabilitation
Cieszyn, 23–24 October 2013
International Penitentiary Conference
Contemporary problems of the prison system. The elderly man in the face of prison isolation
- paper: Penitentiary work with elderly prisoners
Czarne, 9–10 May 2013
Polish National Scientific Conference
Social rehabilitation, reintegration, inclusion – contemporary inspirations for theory and practice
- paper: Penitentiary work with elderly prisoners in Polish prisons
Warsaw, 14–15 November 2012
4th Interdisciplinary Scientific Seminar
Penitentiary work with selected groups of prisoners. Examples of good practice
- paper: Penitentiary work with elderly prisoners – a research communique
Wroclaw, 29 November 2011
Seminar of the Information and Career Planning Centre of the Dolnośląskie Voivodeship Labour Office in Wroclaw
The position of de-favoured persons in the labour market from the perspective of career counselling
- paper: Reintegration of prisoners into society in the context of their professional activation – selected theoretical models
Wroclaw, 17 October 2011
Conference of the District Inspectorate of Prison Service
Co-operation of remand prisons and penitentiary institutions subordinate to the District Inspectorate of Prison Service in Wroclaw with bodies of executive proceedings
- paper: Seniors in penitentiary units – a research communique
Karpacz, 21–23 September 2011
Scientific Forum of Pedagogues
Exclusion – Marginalization – Integration. Functioning in communities at risk
- paper: Seniors in penitentiary units in the context of social stigmatization
Olsztyn, 5–6 June 2008
1st Scientific Pedagogical Seminar
A system of (un)fair punishment. Pedagogical references
- poster: A system of (un)fair punishment
Wroclaw, 24 January 2008
International Scientific Conference
Who does social rehabilitation serve? Areas of threat and pathology in the modern family
- paper: Post-penitentiary assistance as a form of prevention
Kielce, 16 May 2008
Международном Симпозиуме Βосток-Беларусб-Запад
Сотрудничество По Проблемам Формирования И Укрепления Здоровья
- paper: Psychosocial health of prisoners in penitentiary isolation
Belarus, Brest, 24–28 October 2007
12th Scientific and Training Conference
Living conditions conducive to the development of the individual, family, society. The institutional care and educational system – advantages and disadvantages
- paper: Functionality and dysfunctionality of the Foster Care Unit in Podbrodzie
Jasło-Niegłowice, 25 May 2007
Olsztyn, 10–11 May 2007
International Scientific Conference
Speciálni pedagogika očima studentů
- paper: Attitudes of prisoner towards the future
Czech Republic, Brno, 26 April 2007
Teaching achievements
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2007–present – a member of the research and teaching staff with experience in teaching the following subjects:
– Social rehabilitation pedagogy,
– Introduction to social rehabilitation pedagogy,
– Penitentiary pedagogy,
– Methodology of penitentiary work,
– Polish penitentiary system,
– Monograph seminar,
– Social pathology,
– Methodology of social research,
– Legal foundations of social rehabilitation,
– Family and guardianship law,
– Occupational health and safety of a pedagogue-therapist,
– Exploring educational establishments,
– Pedagogical practice.
Organisational achievements
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Completed courses and training:
– Completion of the “Statistica – basic course with elements of survey data analysis” (June 2020)
– Educational certificate no. 2878/2016 obtained by participating in the educational and methodological conference on 11 October 2016, entitled Drugs and legal highs. Health and social risks – recognising behaviours. Basic medical first aid – Social Prevention Centre in Milanówek.
– Training entitled “The use of probation measures in the state penal policy” – 24 hours on 6–8 October 2015, organized under the project of the Ministry of Justice entitled “Popularization of the application of non-consensual penalties and probation measures in the criminal justice system”. (NMF no. 7, programme area no. 32 – Support to the Prison Service, including non-prison sanctions).
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March 2021– present – Member of the Team for Preparation of the Strategy of Social Readaptation and Rehabilitation Policy of the Academy of Justice – appointed by the decision of the Rector-Commander of 30 March 2021.
January 2020 – present – Member of the Educational Results Committee of the Academy of Justice – appointed by the decision of the Rector-Commander of 23 January 2020 – ZR-K WSKiP No. 7/20.
December 2019 – present – Member of the Education Quality Assurance Team of the Academy of Justice – appointed by the decision of the Rector-Commander of 17 December 2019 – ZR-K WSKiP No. 78/19.
February 2020–present – Member of the Editorial Board of The Prison Systems Review journal, thematic editor in the area of pedagogy and penology
2014 – present – Member of the Polish Penitentiary Association, founder and chairman of the Local Association of the Polish Penitentiary Association in Wroclaw. Since June 2017 – Member of the General Board of the Polish Penitentiary Association.
2005 – present – active in the Dolnośląskie Voivodeship Branch of the Polish Society of Mental Hygiene, as a member of the Youth Society of the Polish Society of Mental Hygiene. Since May 2006 – member of the Board of Dolnośląskie Voivodeship Branch of the Polish Society of Mental Hygiene; 18 January 2018 – present – member of the Main Board of Member of the Board of the Polish Society of Mental Hygiene; member of the Editorial Committee of the journal entitled “Zdrowie psychiczne” [English: Mental Health]. Since May 2012 – vice-president of the Dolnośląskie Voivodeship Branch of the Polish Society of Mental Hygiene.2007–2013 – member of the Doctoral Student Self-Government of the University of Wroclaw; member of the Doctoral Student Disciplinary Committee, second term vice-president of the Doctoral Student Self-Government of the University of Wroclaw, Doctoral Student Self-Government elector to the General Council for Higher Education
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List of selected and co-organised conferences and scientific seminars
Series of Interdisciplinary Scientific Seminars
– head of organisation committees
Name of conference, organizer, venue and date
Criminal recidivism – determinants of (non-)return of convicted persons to society.
- University of Wroclaw – Institute of Pedagogy, Department of Social Rehabilitation
District Inspectorate of Prison Service in Wroclaw
Polish Penitentiary Association – Local Association in Wroclaw
Wroclaw, 24 November 2015
Penitentiary work with selected groups of prisoners. Examples of good practice
- University of Wroclaw – Institute of Pedagogy
District Inspectorate of Prison Service in Wroclaw
Wroclaw, 29 November 2011
The social context of rehabilitation. Areas in need of innovation
- University of Wroclaw – Institute of Pedagogy Doctoral Student Self-Government of the University of Wroclaw
District Inspectorate of Prison Service in Wroclaw
Frontis – Dolnośląskie Voivodeship Association of Probation Officers
Wroclaw, 23 November 2010
Penitentiary institutions in the process of social readaptation of convicts. Fact or myth?
- University of Wroclaw – Institute of Pedagogy
District Inspectorate of Prison Service in Wroclaw
Doctoral Student Self-Government of the University of Wroclaw
Wroclaw, 10 March 2009
A system of (un)fair punishment. Pedagogical references
- University of Wroclaw – Institute of Pedagogy
Wroclaw, 24 January 2008
Scientific and Training Conferences of the Polish Society of Mental Hygiene – member of organisation committees
17th Scientific and Training Conference Value system and mental health
- Biały Dunajec, November 2008
14th Scientific Conference Compensating for deficiencies by eliminating negative behaviour or isolating “bad kids”
- Karpacz, December 2007
13th Scientific and Training Conference Factors and conditions hazardous to mental, moral, physical health of individuals, families and society
- Ziębice, September 2007
12th Scientific and Training Conference Living conditions conducive to the development of the individual, family, society. The institutional care and educational system – advantages and disadvantages
- Jasło-Niegłowice, May 2007
10th Scientific and Training Conference Prevention of violence and deviant behaviour among children and adolescents
1. Jasło-Niegłowice, July 2006
Scientific conferences – national and international– member of the organization committee
32nd Scientific Conference “Forum of Pedagogues”
Making inclusion and exclusion present in the educational space
- University of Wroclaw – Institute of Pedagogy, Department of Social Rehabilitation
Wroclaw, 20–21 November 2019 Polish National Scientific Conference The world of addiction – addictions in the Polish world. Theory, research, practice
- University of Wroclaw – Institute of Pedagogy, Department of Social Rehabilitation
District Inspectorate of Prison Service in Wroclaw
Polish Penitentiary Association – Local Association in Wroclaw
FRONTIS – Dolnośląskie Voivodeship Association of Probation Officers
Polish Association of Social Rehabilitation Employees – Dolnośląskie Region Branch
Polish Society for the Prevention of Drug Addiction – Branch in Zielona Góra
Polish Society of Mental Hygiene – Dolnośląskie Voivodeship Branch
Poviat Family Assistance Centre in Oleśnica
Municipal Commission for Solving Alcohol Problems and Counteracting Drug Addiction at the Office of the Mayor of Oleśnica
Voluntary Labour Corps Training and Education Centre in Oleśnica
Oleśnica, 8–9 June 2017
Jubilee International Scientific Conference Optimising social prevention and rehabilitation. Tradition, the present, future perspectives
- University of Wroclaw – Institute of Pedagogy, Department of Social Rehabilitation
Wroclaw, 26–27 November 2014
International Scientific Conference Conflict – intercultural education – change
- University of Wroclaw – Institute of Pedagogy Doctoral Student Self-Government of the University of Wroclaw
Angelus Silesius Meeting House, Unesco Initiatives Centre, Amnesty International
Wroclaw, 19–20 November 2009
International Scientific Conference “Vilnius – small homeland. World of the young generation.”
- University of Wroclaw – Institute of Pedagogy Lithuanian University of Educational Sciences
Embassy of the Republic of Lithuania in Warsaw
Doctoral Student Self-Government of the University of Wroclaw, Academic Association of Pedagogy Students ETNO at the University of Wroclaw
Wroclaw, 18–19 June 2009
Scientific Conference Towards interculturalism. Intercultural education in culturally diverse societies
- University of Wroclaw, Institute of Pedagogy,
Wroclaw, 15 December 2008
International Scientific Conference
The humanistic dimension of academic education. What competences do university graduates need?
- Wroclaw Medical University
University of Wroclaw – Institute of Pedagogy
Wroclaw, 20 November 2008
Scientific Conference CommitteesName of conference, organizer and affiliation, venue and date
International Scientific Conference
Legal responsibility of employees and officers of the Prison Service and other uniformed formations, in the perspective of the performed official tasks – legal and social implications
Warsaw, 27 May 2021
Polish National Scientific Conference Crime prevention – theoretical and practical aspects
Academy of Justice in Warsaw, Jagiellonian University, University of Wroclaw, University of Bialystok, Lomza State University of Applied Sciences – affiliation – University of Wroclaw, Institute of Pedagogy, Department of Social Rehabilitation
Wołów, 21 May 2019
Other achievements
Prizes, awards, acknowledgements
– Award of the HM Rector of the University of Wroclaw for teaching achievements in 2017 – awarded in 2018.
– Award of the HM Rector of the University of Wroclaw for organisational achievements in 2015 – awarded in 2016.
– Acknowledgement from the President of the Polish Society of Mental Hygiene mgr Zenon Ukleja (M.A.) and from the President of the Polish Association of Suicidology prof. dr hab. Brunon Hołyst (PhD with habilitation) for activities for the protection and development of mental health and support for initiatives and prevention programs in the field of social life problems related to suicidal behaviour – July 2017
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