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07.11.12 Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic: Tree-rings at the interface of archaeology, climatology and ecology
06.11.12 Mendel University, Brno, Czech Republic: Tree-rings at the interface of archaeology, climatology and ecology
11.10.12 University of Freiburg, Germany: On the effect of climate variability on fungi productivity and phenology
09-13.04.12 Bern, Institute of Geography at the University of Bern: Methods of climate reconstructions (together with J Luterbacher and D Frank)
26-30.03.12 Brno, Czech Republic, Masaryk University: Placing high-resolution palaeoclimatology in the context of modern physical geography
15.11.11 Vienna, University of Vienna, Ringvorlesung: Jahrringforschung an der Schnittstelle zwischen Klimatologie, Archäologie und Ökologie
11-14.07.11 St. Petersburg, Russia, Hydro-Meteorological State University: Summer-School on Climate Change
17.06.11 Giessen, Germany, University of Giessen: (Field excursion and research seminar): From oaks to droughts
01.10-19.12.10 Madrid, Spain, University of Madrid: Tree rings and climate
27-28.05.10 Giessen, Germany, University of Giessen (Field excursion, laboratory work and research seminar): From oaks to droughts
09.11.09 Campulung, Romania, Romanian Forest Institute: European Climate Variability – Past, Present and Future
07.09.09 Vallais, Switzerland: International Dendroecological Field-week
02.04.09 Brno, Czech Republic, Masaryk University: Reconstructing climate during the past millennium
31.03.09 Brno, Czech Republic, Masaryk University: Tree-rings and climate – a European perspective
09.03.09 Winterthur, Switzerland, IAM – Institut für angewandte Medienwissenschaft: Tempowechsel innerhalb der Klima-Debatte – Unterschiedliche Geschwindigkeiten wissenschaftlicher Erkenntnisgewinnung, medialer Inszenierung und politischem Aktionismus
14.01.09 Oslo, Norway, Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis – CEES Extra Seminar: Climatic triggers of plague dynamics over the past millennium
03-10.11.08 Urumqi, China, Institute of Desert Meteorology IDM: Frontiers in tree-ring research, Large-scale approaches, Standardization and chronology development, Methodological issues related to MXD and TRW
02.11.08 Beijing, China, Institute of Meteorology; Chinese Academy of Science: Tree-rings and climate – potential and limitations
15-20.09.08 Vallais, Switzerland: International Dendroecological Field-week
27.03.08 Gregynog Hall, University of Wales, Arctica islandica workshop: Shell detrending
16-22.09.07 Lötschental, Switzerland: International Dendroecological Field-week
01.09.05 Grindelwald, Switzerland, 4th international NCCR-Climate summer school: Alpine tree-rings and climate
28.01.05 Basel, Switzerland, Department of Botany, Dendroecology: Alpine tree-rings and climate
04-09.10.04 Bonn, Germany, Department of Geography: Die Objektivität der Wissenschaft: Beispiele aus der aktuellen Klima-Debatte
Talks
15.11.12 Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic: Tree-rings at the interface of archaeology, climatology and ecology
21.06.2012 Norwich, University of East Anglia, CRU: Potential and limitations of randomly updating German oaks
14.06.2012 Mainz, University of Mainz, Lecture-Series: Jahrringe an der Schnittstelle zwischen Archäologie, Klimatologie und Ökologie
21.05.12 Hamburg, PAGES 2K-meeting: Tree ring-based temperature reconstructions for Europe and the last millennium
24.01.12 Bern, Swiss National Science Foundation: European Climate Variability of the Late to Mid Holocene - ECHO
14.12.11 Lausanne, EPFL: Tree rings in archaeology, climatology and ecology
06.12.11 Berlin, Humboldt University Berlin: Möglichkeiten der Jahrringforschung in der Paläoklimatologie und Paläoökologie (Neubesetzung der Professur für Paläoklimatologie
06.10.11 Bern, University of Bern, Habilitationsvortrag: Potential und Limitierung jahrringbasierter Klimarekonstruktionen
14.09.11 Engelberg, Switzerland, 24. International Dendroecological Fieldweek: Frontiers in Dendroecology
07.09.11 Samedan, Engadiner Naturforschende Gesellschaft – SESN: Wenn Bäume Geschichte machen – Jahrringe als Klimaarchiv
06.07.11 Bayreuth, University of Bayreuth, Department of Geography: Beiträge der Jahrringforschung zur Klimatologie/Ökologie in der Physischen Geographie (Wiederbesetzung der Professur für Klimatologie)
10.05.11 Ettswil, Schloss Wyher, Generalversammlung Auto-Schweiz: Was können uns Jahrringe über das Klima sagen?
09.05.11 Bern, Institute for Plant Sciences, Research Colloquium: Frontiers in Dendroclimatology and -ecology
18.04.11 London, UK, Clyde & Co – International Law Firm Seminar Lecture: What tree rings can tell us about climate change?
08.02.11 Amsterdam, Netherlands, University of Amsterdam and Faculty of Earth & Life Sciences: Tree-ring sampling along the Yenisei
04.02.11 Erlangen, Germany, AK-Hochgebirge, Annual meeting: 2500 years of European climate variability and human susceptibility
18.01.11 Oslo, Norway, CEES: Frontiers in dendroclimatology and -ecology
16.12.10 Zaragoza, Spain, ARAID-Instituto Pirenaico de Ecología (CSIC): Frontiers in dendroclimatology and -ecology
19.11.10 Hamburg, Germany, University of Hamburg, Tag der Holzwirtschaft: Neue Wege in der Dendroklimatologie
16.09.10 Zurich, Switzerland, European Meteorological Society: European climate variability and human susceptibility over the past 2500 years
14.06.10 Rovaniemi, Finland, World Dendro: Scandinavian temperatures offset global warming (presented by David Frank)
24.04.10 Freiburg, Germany, International Conference TRACE: Complex climate response of Carpathian Scots pine cliff sites
03.12.09 Innsbruck, Austria, University of Innsbruck: Dendrochronology – quo vadis
19.11.09 Padova, Italy, University of Padova: Advances in European tree-ring research - from annual insect outbreaks to millennial climate variability
27.10.09 Mallorca, Spain, EuroDendro: Hydro-climatic drivers of Medieval Black Death
28.09.09 Toulouse, France, European Meteorological Society: Climatic drivers of Yersinia pestis – a holistic perspective on Medieval Black Death
10.09.09 Brno, Czech Republic, Masaryk University: Climate variability and its human dimension in Central Europe during the 18th century
05.09.09 Oslo, Norway, CEES in the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters: The Black Death and climate
31.01.09 Marburg, Germany, Hessisches Landesamt für geschichtliche Landeskunde: Klimavariabilität und Pestausbrüche während der letzten 1000 Jahre
24.01.09 Heidelberg, Germany, South Asia Institute, Department of Geography, Germany, AK-Hochgebirge annual meeting: Diverse growth trends and climate responses of high-elevation Mediterranean tree-ring width and density
12.09.08 Brig, Switzerland, Institute for Alpine Research: Alpine summer temperatures of the past millennium
23.06.08 Madrid, Spain, University of Madrid: European climate and tree-ring variability of the past millennium
28.04.08 Zakopane, Poland, International Conference TRACE: Three centuries of Central European drought dynamics
28.04.08 Zakopane, Poland, International Conference TRACE – Podium Discussion: On the Divergence Problem in tree-ring research
23.04.08 Lötschental, Switzerland, Bauernhausforschung-Alpen: 1000 years of settlement and building history, insect outbreaks, and temperature variability in the Lötschental
15.04.08 Augsburg, Germany, Deutsche Baumpflegetage: How do trees react to climate change
14.03.08 Mallorca, Spain, EU meeting MILLENNIUM: Proxy data calibration and verification
19.01.08 Passau, Germany, AK-Hochgebirge annual meeting: Testing for tree-ring divergence in the European Alps
03.11.07 Freiburg, Germany, AK-Klima annual meeting: Two tests for tree-ring divergence in the European Alps
28.09.07 Stockholm, Sweden, EU meeting MILLENNIUM: A test for tree-ring divergence in the European Alps
16-22.09.07 Lötschental, Switzerland: International Dendroecological Field-week
04.05.07 Riga, Latvia, International Conference TRACE: Eight centuries of Pyrenees summer temperatures from tree-ring density
19.04.07 Oslo, Norway, Center for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis CEES, Dep. of Biology, University of Oslo: Climatic and insect controls on inter-annual to multi-centennial growth of the European larch (Larix decidua Mill.)
07.02.07 Mallorca, Spain, EU meeting MILLENNIUM: Long-term European climate variations from high-elevation tree-ring density
27.01.07 Marburg, Germany, AK-Hochgebirge annual meeting: Zweierlei Grenzen in der Palaeoklimatologie: Fallbeispiel Jahrringforschung
21.04.06 Brussels, Belgium, International Conference TRACE: Tree growth and climate in the Tatra Mountains
14.02.06 Mallorca, Spain, EU meeting MILLENNIUM: Tree-rings and uncertainties
06.10.05 Trier, Germany, 55. Deutscher Geographentag: Jahrringe und Klima der Alpen
22.04.05 Fribourg, Switzerland, International Conference TRACE: Alpine temperature variations, 755-2004
07.04.05 Bologna, Italy, EU meeting ALP-IMP: Long-term Alpine temperature reconstructions
22-25.09.04 Luzern, Switzerland, ESF-HOLIVAR workshop: A 1052-year alpine tree-ring proxy captured warmest summer temperatures in the last decade
28-29.05.04 Kippel, Switzerland, Schweizerische Bauernhausforschung: Tree-rings & climate
23.04.04 Birmensdorf, Switzerland, International Conference TRACE: A Millennial-long Alpine summer temperature reconstruction derived from tree rings
29.01.04 Kippel, Switzerland, Schweizerische Bauernhausforschung/AG Wallis: Dendro-klimatologische Analyse einer 1300-jährigen Lärchenchronologie aus rezenten und verbauten Hölzern für das Wallis/Schweiz
Supervision
Pascalle Affolter (07) Aufbau und Klimatische Analyse eines tieflagen Netzwerk, Wallis. Master thesis, Institute of Geography, University of Bern, Switzerland
Lea Regina Moser (08) Interannuelle Wachstumsanalye entlang eines Höhentransekts im Lötschental, Wallis. Master thesis, Institute of Geography, University of Bern, Switzerland
Thomas Neuenschwander (08) Eine 1000-jährige Temperaturrekonstruktion für die Französischen Seealpen. Master thesis, Institute of Geography, University of Bern, Switzerland
George Sakhuari (08) Trends in Georgian forest growth productivity and climate sensitivity during the 20th century. PhD thesis, Institute of Biology, University of Tbilisi, Georgia
Benjamin Herzog (09) Tempowechsel innerhalb der Klima-Debatte – Unterschiedliche Geschwindigkeiten wissenschaftlicher Erkenntnisgewinnung, medialer Inszenierung und politischem Aktionismus, IAM Winterthur
Oliver Lutz (09) Tempowechsel innerhalb der Klima-Debatte – Unterschiedliche Geschwindigkeiten wissenschaftlicher Erkenntnisgewinnung, medialer Inszenierung und politischem Aktionismus, IAM Winterthur
Laura Fernández Donado (09) Tree-rings and climate of the Iberian Peninsula, University of Madrid
Lara Läubli (10) Linking Alpine glacier dynamics to tree growth, University of Zürich
Steffen Walz (11) Extra-tropical biomass response to the unknown 1258 AD eruption, University of Würzburg
Wilhelm Tegel (11/12) Neolithic construction timber and environmental change, University of Freiburg (in-official)
Ulrich Stobbe (11/12) Truffle ecology in southwest Germany, University of Freiburg (in-official)
Janine Grossjean (11/12) Dendroklimatologisches Potential von Juniperus thurifera in Zentral Spanien, University of Mainz
Lena Hellmann (11/12) Wood anatomical analysis of Arctic driftwood, University of Würzburg
Felix Fischer (12) Potential and limitation of “branch dendrochronology” to date eagle nests in the Swiss Alps, University of Würzburg
Joachim Ortsiefen (12) Combining living and historical Juniper trees towards a precipitation sensitive composite chronology for Central Spain, University of Mainz
Lena Hellmann (13/15) Potential and limitation of Arctic driftwood as an environmental archive, OCCR at the University of Bern
07.11.12 Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic: Tree-rings at the interface of archaeology, climatology and ecology
06.11.12 Mendel University, Brno, Czech Republic: Tree-rings at the interface of archaeology, climatology and ecology
11.10.12 University of Freiburg, Germany: On the effect of climate variability on fungi productivity and phenology
09-13.04.12 Bern, Institute of Geography at the University of Bern: Methods of climate reconstructions (together with J Luterbacher and D Frank)
26-30.03.12 Brno, Czech Republic, Masaryk University: Placing high-resolution palaeoclimatology in the context of modern physical geography
15.11.11 Vienna, University of Vienna, Ringvorlesung: Jahrringforschung an der Schnittstelle zwischen Klimatologie, Archäologie und Ökologie
11-14.07.11 St. Petersburg, Russia, Hydro-Meteorological State University: Summer-School on Climate Change
17.06.11 Giessen, Germany, University of Giessen: (Field excursion and research seminar): From oaks to droughts
01.10-19.12.10 Madrid, Spain, University of Madrid: Tree rings and climate
27-28.05.10 Giessen, Germany, University of Giessen (Field excursion, laboratory work and research seminar): From oaks to droughts
09.11.09 Campulung, Romania, Romanian Forest Institute: European Climate Variability – Past, Present and Future
07.09.09 Vallais, Switzerland: International Dendroecological Field-week
02.04.09 Brno, Czech Republic, Masaryk University: Reconstructing climate during the past millennium
31.03.09 Brno, Czech Republic, Masaryk University: Tree-rings and climate – a European perspective
09.03.09 Winterthur, Switzerland, IAM – Institut für angewandte Medienwissenschaft: Tempowechsel innerhalb der Klima-Debatte – Unterschiedliche Geschwindigkeiten wissenschaftlicher Erkenntnisgewinnung, medialer Inszenierung und politischem Aktionismus
14.01.09 Oslo, Norway, Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis – CEES Extra Seminar: Climatic triggers of plague dynamics over the past millennium
03-10.11.08 Urumqi, China, Institute of Desert Meteorology IDM: Frontiers in tree-ring research, Large-scale approaches, Standardization and chronology development, Methodological issues related to MXD and TRW
02.11.08 Beijing, China, Institute of Meteorology; Chinese Academy of Science: Tree-rings and climate – potential and limitations
15-20.09.08 Vallais, Switzerland: International Dendroecological Field-week
27.03.08 Gregynog Hall, University of Wales, Arctica islandica workshop: Shell detrending
16-22.09.07 Lötschental, Switzerland: International Dendroecological Field-week
01.09.05 Grindelwald, Switzerland, 4th international NCCR-Climate summer school: Alpine tree-rings and climate
28.01.05 Basel, Switzerland, Department of Botany, Dendroecology: Alpine tree-rings and climate
04-09.10.04 Bonn, Germany, Department of Geography: Die Objektivität der Wissenschaft: Beispiele aus der aktuellen Klima-Debatte
Talks
15.11.12 Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic: Tree-rings at the interface of archaeology, climatology and ecology
21.06.2012 Norwich, University of East Anglia, CRU: Potential and limitations of randomly updating German oaks
14.06.2012 Mainz, University of Mainz, Lecture-Series: Jahrringe an der Schnittstelle zwischen Archäologie, Klimatologie und Ökologie
21.05.12 Hamburg, PAGES 2K-meeting: Tree ring-based temperature reconstructions for Europe and the last millennium
24.01.12 Bern, Swiss National Science Foundation: European Climate Variability of the Late to Mid Holocene - ECHO
14.12.11 Lausanne, EPFL: Tree rings in archaeology, climatology and ecology
06.12.11 Berlin, Humboldt University Berlin: Möglichkeiten der Jahrringforschung in der Paläoklimatologie und Paläoökologie (Neubesetzung der Professur für Paläoklimatologie
06.10.11 Bern, University of Bern, Habilitationsvortrag: Potential und Limitierung jahrringbasierter Klimarekonstruktionen
14.09.11 Engelberg, Switzerland, 24. International Dendroecological Fieldweek: Frontiers in Dendroecology
07.09.11 Samedan, Engadiner Naturforschende Gesellschaft – SESN: Wenn Bäume Geschichte machen – Jahrringe als Klimaarchiv
06.07.11 Bayreuth, University of Bayreuth, Department of Geography: Beiträge der Jahrringforschung zur Klimatologie/Ökologie in der Physischen Geographie (Wiederbesetzung der Professur für Klimatologie)
10.05.11 Ettswil, Schloss Wyher, Generalversammlung Auto-Schweiz: Was können uns Jahrringe über das Klima sagen?
09.05.11 Bern, Institute for Plant Sciences, Research Colloquium: Frontiers in Dendroclimatology and -ecology
18.04.11 London, UK, Clyde & Co – International Law Firm Seminar Lecture: What tree rings can tell us about climate change?
08.02.11 Amsterdam, Netherlands, University of Amsterdam and Faculty of Earth & Life Sciences: Tree-ring sampling along the Yenisei
04.02.11 Erlangen, Germany, AK-Hochgebirge, Annual meeting: 2500 years of European climate variability and human susceptibility
18.01.11 Oslo, Norway, CEES: Frontiers in dendroclimatology and -ecology
16.12.10 Zaragoza, Spain, ARAID-Instituto Pirenaico de Ecología (CSIC): Frontiers in dendroclimatology and -ecology
19.11.10 Hamburg, Germany, University of Hamburg, Tag der Holzwirtschaft: Neue Wege in der Dendroklimatologie
16.09.10 Zurich, Switzerland, European Meteorological Society: European climate variability and human susceptibility over the past 2500 years
14.06.10 Rovaniemi, Finland, World Dendro: Scandinavian temperatures offset global warming (presented by David Frank)
24.04.10 Freiburg, Germany, International Conference TRACE: Complex climate response of Carpathian Scots pine cliff sites
03.12.09 Innsbruck, Austria, University of Innsbruck: Dendrochronology – quo vadis
19.11.09 Padova, Italy, University of Padova: Advances in European tree-ring research - from annual insect outbreaks to millennial climate variability
27.10.09 Mallorca, Spain, EuroDendro: Hydro-climatic drivers of Medieval Black Death
28.09.09 Toulouse, France, European Meteorological Society: Climatic drivers of Yersinia pestis – a holistic perspective on Medieval Black Death
10.09.09 Brno, Czech Republic, Masaryk University: Climate variability and its human dimension in Central Europe during the 18th century
05.09.09 Oslo, Norway, CEES in the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters: The Black Death and climate
31.01.09 Marburg, Germany, Hessisches Landesamt für geschichtliche Landeskunde: Klimavariabilität und Pestausbrüche während der letzten 1000 Jahre
24.01.09 Heidelberg, Germany, South Asia Institute, Department of Geography, Germany, AK-Hochgebirge annual meeting: Diverse growth trends and climate responses of high-elevation Mediterranean tree-ring width and density
12.09.08 Brig, Switzerland, Institute for Alpine Research: Alpine summer temperatures of the past millennium
23.06.08 Madrid, Spain, University of Madrid: European climate and tree-ring variability of the past millennium
28.04.08 Zakopane, Poland, International Conference TRACE: Three centuries of Central European drought dynamics
28.04.08 Zakopane, Poland, International Conference TRACE – Podium Discussion: On the Divergence Problem in tree-ring research
23.04.08 Lötschental, Switzerland, Bauernhausforschung-Alpen: 1000 years of settlement and building history, insect outbreaks, and temperature variability in the Lötschental
15.04.08 Augsburg, Germany, Deutsche Baumpflegetage: How do trees react to climate change
14.03.08 Mallorca, Spain, EU meeting MILLENNIUM: Proxy data calibration and verification
19.01.08 Passau, Germany, AK-Hochgebirge annual meeting: Testing for tree-ring divergence in the European Alps
03.11.07 Freiburg, Germany, AK-Klima annual meeting: Two tests for tree-ring divergence in the European Alps
28.09.07 Stockholm, Sweden, EU meeting MILLENNIUM: A test for tree-ring divergence in the European Alps
16-22.09.07 Lötschental, Switzerland: International Dendroecological Field-week
04.05.07 Riga, Latvia, International Conference TRACE: Eight centuries of Pyrenees summer temperatures from tree-ring density
19.04.07 Oslo, Norway, Center for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis CEES, Dep. of Biology, University of Oslo: Climatic and insect controls on inter-annual to multi-centennial growth of the European larch (Larix decidua Mill.)
07.02.07 Mallorca, Spain, EU meeting MILLENNIUM: Long-term European climate variations from high-elevation tree-ring density
27.01.07 Marburg, Germany, AK-Hochgebirge annual meeting: Zweierlei Grenzen in der Palaeoklimatologie: Fallbeispiel Jahrringforschung
21.04.06 Brussels, Belgium, International Conference TRACE: Tree growth and climate in the Tatra Mountains
14.02.06 Mallorca, Spain, EU meeting MILLENNIUM: Tree-rings and uncertainties
06.10.05 Trier, Germany, 55. Deutscher Geographentag: Jahrringe und Klima der Alpen
22.04.05 Fribourg, Switzerland, International Conference TRACE: Alpine temperature variations, 755-2004
07.04.05 Bologna, Italy, EU meeting ALP-IMP: Long-term Alpine temperature reconstructions
22-25.09.04 Luzern, Switzerland, ESF-HOLIVAR workshop: A 1052-year alpine tree-ring proxy captured warmest summer temperatures in the last decade
28-29.05.04 Kippel, Switzerland, Schweizerische Bauernhausforschung: Tree-rings & climate
23.04.04 Birmensdorf, Switzerland, International Conference TRACE: A Millennial-long Alpine summer temperature reconstruction derived from tree rings
29.01.04 Kippel, Switzerland, Schweizerische Bauernhausforschung/AG Wallis: Dendro-klimatologische Analyse einer 1300-jährigen Lärchenchronologie aus rezenten und verbauten Hölzern für das Wallis/Schweiz
Supervision
Pascalle Affolter (07) Aufbau und Klimatische Analyse eines tieflagen Netzwerk, Wallis. Master thesis, Institute of Geography, University of Bern, Switzerland
Lea Regina Moser (08) Interannuelle Wachstumsanalye entlang eines Höhentransekts im Lötschental, Wallis. Master thesis, Institute of Geography, University of Bern, Switzerland
Thomas Neuenschwander (08) Eine 1000-jährige Temperaturrekonstruktion für die Französischen Seealpen. Master thesis, Institute of Geography, University of Bern, Switzerland
George Sakhuari (08) Trends in Georgian forest growth productivity and climate sensitivity during the 20th century. PhD thesis, Institute of Biology, University of Tbilisi, Georgia
Benjamin Herzog (09) Tempowechsel innerhalb der Klima-Debatte – Unterschiedliche Geschwindigkeiten wissenschaftlicher Erkenntnisgewinnung, medialer Inszenierung und politischem Aktionismus, IAM Winterthur
Oliver Lutz (09) Tempowechsel innerhalb der Klima-Debatte – Unterschiedliche Geschwindigkeiten wissenschaftlicher Erkenntnisgewinnung, medialer Inszenierung und politischem Aktionismus, IAM Winterthur
Laura Fernández Donado (09) Tree-rings and climate of the Iberian Peninsula, University of Madrid
Lara Läubli (10) Linking Alpine glacier dynamics to tree growth, University of Zürich
Steffen Walz (11) Extra-tropical biomass response to the unknown 1258 AD eruption, University of Würzburg
Wilhelm Tegel (11/12) Neolithic construction timber and environmental change, University of Freiburg (in-official)
Ulrich Stobbe (11/12) Truffle ecology in southwest Germany, University of Freiburg (in-official)
Janine Grossjean (11/12) Dendroklimatologisches Potential von Juniperus thurifera in Zentral Spanien, University of Mainz
Lena Hellmann (11/12) Wood anatomical analysis of Arctic driftwood, University of Würzburg
Felix Fischer (12) Potential and limitation of “branch dendrochronology” to date eagle nests in the Swiss Alps, University of Würzburg
Joachim Ortsiefen (12) Combining living and historical Juniper trees towards a precipitation sensitive composite chronology for Central Spain, University of Mainz
Lena Hellmann (13/15) Potential and limitation of Arctic driftwood as an environmental archive, OCCR at the University of Bern
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