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==NKS-B GammaWorkshops: Nordic workshops for users of gamma spectrometry==
 
==NKS-B GammaWorkshops: Nordic workshops for users of gamma spectrometry==
  
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'''A series of linked workshops on gamma spectrometry, 26-28 of September 2011, Risø National Laboratory for Sustainable Energy, Roskilde, Denmark'''
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'''A series of linked workshops on gamma spectrometry, 11-12 of September 2012, Hótel Örk, Hveragerði, Iceland'''
  
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'''A follow-up on issues identified at the two NKS [[#GammaSem: Nordic seminars for users of gamma spectrometry|GammaSem seminars]], held in 2009 and 2010'''
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'''A follow-up on issues identified at the two NKS [[#GammaSem: Nordic seminars for users of gamma spectrometry|GammaSem seminars]], held in 2009 and 2010; and the GammaWorkshop held at Risø National Laboratory for Sustainable Energy, Roskilde, in 2011'''
  
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The GammaWorkshop is hosted by Risø DTU and information on how to get there is found at http://www.risoe.dtu.dk/en/meet_us/Vejviser.aspx.
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Information about the hotel and surroundings can be found here:
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http://www.hveragerdi.is/English/
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http://www.hotel-ork.is/index.php?lang=en
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The GammaWorkshops activity enables the users to address the problems in gamma spectrometry they find most pressing, through lectures and practical exercises in addition to sharing their experience with others in a similar position. 
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The main topics are:
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#'''Lessons learned from Fukushima including work on real spectra'''
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#'''In-situ gamma spectrometry demonstrations'''
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#'''Other types of detectors'''
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#'''Background components'''
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#'''User experience with new techniques'''
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Lecturers at the seminar will be Dr. Sandor Tarjan, Dr. Tim Vidmar, Dr. Andrew Tyler, Dr. Annika Tovedal and  members of the GammaWorkshops working group.
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The programme is being prepared by a working group consisting of: Elisabeth Strålberg (IFE), Sigurður Emil Pálsson (IRSA), Henrik Ramebäck (FOI), Sven P. Nielsen (DTU/Risø) and Seppo Klemola (STUK). Updated information, detailed agenda and links to technical background material will be available on this GammaWiki web site:  https://www.gr.is/wiki/GammaWiki/
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Details concerning hotel reservation and transport between Keflavik/Reykjavik and Hveragerði will be given at the GammaWiki web site.
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In order to facilitate planning, we would appreciate if those interested in participating would fill out and return the enclosed registration form as soon as possible. Deadline for proposal is 2012-xx-xx.
  
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The GammaWorkshops enable users to address the problems in gamma spectrometry they find most pressing, through lectures and practical exercises in addition to sharing their experience with others. The topics covered by GammaWorkshops are:
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For registration and more info please contact:
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#'''Matrix and absorption corrections'''
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gamma@gr.is
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#'''True Coincidence Summing (TCS) corrections'''
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#'''Natural radionuclides'''
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Contact persons are Elisabeth Strålberg (elisas@ife.no) and Sigurður Emil Pálsson (sep@gr.is).
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#'''Uncertainties and detection limits'''
 
  
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It is possible to attend all the sessions or just some of them.  The lecturers/instructors include leading expert in the field, Dr. '''Menno Blaauw''' (''True Coincidence Summing'' corrections), Dr. '''Gerhard Fritz''' (implementation of Cascade Summing Correction in Canberra's Genie-2000), Dr. '''Tim Vidmar''' (matrix and absorption corrections), Dr. '''Kaj Heydorn''' (ISO-11929:2010) and Dr. '''Tuukka Turtiainen''' (natural radionuclides). More to be confirmed.
 
  
 
Participants are encouraged to bring their own computers, with the software they use for gamma spectrometry.  In some of the sessions data for demonstration and practice will be distributed, in some software will be distributed as well.
 
Participants are encouraged to bring their own computers, with the software they use for gamma spectrometry.  In some of the sessions data for demonstration and practice will be distributed, in some software will be distributed as well.
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===Agenda===
 
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*Monday, 10 to 12, registration at the auditorium front desk
 
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*Monday, 11-13, lunch
 
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*Monday, 13-17, '''''Matrix and absorption corrections'''''
 
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*Monday, 19, Workshop dinner
 
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*Tuesday, 9-12:30, '''''True Coincidence Summing corrections''''' (part I, general)
 
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*Tuesday, 12:30-13:30, lunch
 
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*Tuesday, 13:30-17:30, '''''True Coincidence Summing corrections''''' (part II, software specific solutions)
 
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*Wednesday, 9-12:30, '''''Natural radionuclides'''''
 
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*Wednesday, 12:30-13:30, lunch
 
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*Wednesday, 13:30-17, '''''Uncertainties and detection limits''''' (including GUM and ISO-11929:2010)
 
  
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Lunch in Risø canteen close to auditorium.  
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* 12:15-12:30 : Summing up of morning's workshops, questions
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Coffee, tea, soft drinks, fruit and biscuits available in auditorium hall with exhibitions during breaks in the morning and afternoon.
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* 12:30-13:30:  '''Lunch'''
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13:30-16:00, '''Uncertainties and detection limits (including GUM and ISO-11929:2010)'''  (Henrik Ramebäck)
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#13:30-14:00  :  Some small remarks:  The GUM method: from definition of the measurand to reporting measurement results
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#14:15-15:00 :  The model equation in gamma spectrometry, and a tool for uncertainty propagation
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#15:00-16:00  :  Workshop example: Calculating combined uncertainty in gamma ray spectrometry
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*16:15:17:00  :  '''Characteristic limits, ISO 11929''' (Kaj Heydorn)
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== Preliminary agenda ==
  
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===Day 1: Tuesday, September 11th===
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08:30-10:15 '''Comparison of three gamma-ray spectrum evaluation software on the samples originating from Fukushima''' (short coffee break included)  Dr. Sandor Tarjan
  
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===Detailed programme===
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Software: Gamma Vision, Genie 2k, Winner 6.0
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'''*** New: A detailed programme is available on a separate page:''' [[gw2011_programme|Detailed programme]]
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*  ''Isotope identification''
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*   ''Working libraries for goal oriented isotope identification''
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#      Possible data sources
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#      Editable and non-editable libraries
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*   ''Efficiency calibration and transfer of the efficiencies, LABSOCS''
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*   ''Corrections''
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#      Self-attenuation correction of the samples
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#      Correction of the true coincidence summing effect
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#    Decay corrections for simultaneous presence of mother and progenies
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#    Spectral interferences
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11:30-11:30: '''Exercise on real spectra''' (different study cases)
  
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=== Registration ===
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Parallell sessions:
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For registration please download and fill out the following registration form and then send it to sep@gr.is.
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# Dr. Tim Vidmar and '''Genie''' users
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# Dr. Sandor Tarjan and '''GammaVision''' users
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11:30-12:30:      '''Lunch'''
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12:30-13:15:      Exercise cont.
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13:30-14:45:      Dr. Andrew Tyler
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'''In-situ gamma spectrometry, incl. demonstrations''' – part 1
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15:00-15:30:      Dr. Sandor Tarjan
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'''One possibility for method validation of the in-situ gamma-ray spectrometry for flat geometry
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- A presentation based on real experiments'''
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15:30-16:00:      Dr. Tim Vidmar       
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'''A "quick and dirty" tool for calculating the in-situ efficiency curve for a HPGe or a NaI detector based on measurement on the detector axis only (at a distance of 1 m''')
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===Workshop dinner at Hótel Örk===
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===Day 2: Wednesday, September 12th===
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08:30-09:15:      Dr. Andrew Tyler
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In-situ gamma spectrometry, incl. demonstrations – part 2
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09:30-10:15:      Dr. Sven P. Nielsen
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'''QA, what is needed in an accredited laboratory?
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Validation of detection limits'''
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10:30-11:30:      Dr. Annika Tovedal and Dr. Henrik Ramebäck
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'''Background components'''
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11:30-12:30:      '''Lunch'''
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12:30-13:00:      Dr. Seppo Klemola
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'''New developments – introduction'''
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13:00-13:30:      Dr. Henrik Ramebäck
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'''Other types of detectors (LaBr, NaI…), comparisons for practical use, for identification not activity determination'''
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13:45-14:30:      Dr. Sven P. Nielsen
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User experience with new techniques  (electric cooling, integrated electronic systems, safe working environment).
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14:45-15:30:      '''Open discussion, including feedback survey'''
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== Registration and accomodation==
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For registration please download and fill out the following registration form and then send it to gamma@gr.is.
  
 
[https://www.gr.is/nks-b/gamma-workshops/registrationform2011.doc Registration form]
 
[https://www.gr.is/nks-b/gamma-workshops/registrationform2011.doc Registration form]
  
 
Please submit your registration as early as possible.
 
Please submit your registration as early as possible.
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=== Accomodation ===
 
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A group booking is made for the workshop participants at the Scandic Hotel in Roskilde during 25-28 September  (http://www.scandichotels.com/en/Hotels/Countries/Denmark/Roskilde/Hotels/Scandic-Roskilde/).  The rate is 960 DKK per night incl. breakfast when referring to the group name RIS250911. Participants are requested to specify and confirm bookings individually to the hotel '''''by 31 August''''' and to the contact person of the local organizers, Ms. Majbritt Nielsen (majb@risoe.dtu.dk). After that date the group booking is not valid.
 
  
 
==GammaSem: Nordic seminars for users of gamma spectrometry==
 
==GammaSem: Nordic seminars for users of gamma spectrometry==

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Welcome to GammaWiki


NKS-B GammaWorkshops: Nordic workshops for users of gamma spectrometry

A series of linked workshops on gamma spectrometry, 11-12 of September 2012, Hótel Örk, Hveragerði, Iceland

A follow-up on issues identified at the two NKS GammaSem seminars, held in 2009 and 2010; and the GammaWorkshop held at Risø National Laboratory for Sustainable Energy, Roskilde, in 2011

Information about the hotel and surroundings can be found here: http://www.hveragerdi.is/English/ http://www.hotel-ork.is/index.php?lang=en

The GammaWorkshops activity enables the users to address the problems in gamma spectrometry they find most pressing, through lectures and practical exercises in addition to sharing their experience with others in a similar position. The main topics are:

  1. Lessons learned from Fukushima including work on real spectra
  2. In-situ gamma spectrometry demonstrations
  3. Other types of detectors
  4. Background components
  5. User experience with new techniques

Lecturers at the seminar will be Dr. Sandor Tarjan, Dr. Tim Vidmar, Dr. Andrew Tyler, Dr. Annika Tovedal and members of the GammaWorkshops working group.

The programme is being prepared by a working group consisting of: Elisabeth Strålberg (IFE), Sigurður Emil Pálsson (IRSA), Henrik Ramebäck (FOI), Sven P. Nielsen (DTU/Risø) and Seppo Klemola (STUK). Updated information, detailed agenda and links to technical background material will be available on this GammaWiki web site: https://www.gr.is/wiki/GammaWiki/

Details concerning hotel reservation and transport between Keflavik/Reykjavik and Hveragerði will be given at the GammaWiki web site.

In order to facilitate planning, we would appreciate if those interested in participating would fill out and return the enclosed registration form as soon as possible. Deadline for proposal is 2012-xx-xx.

For registration and more info please contact: gamma@gr.is

Contact persons are Elisabeth Strålberg (elisas@ife.no) and Sigurður Emil Pálsson (sep@gr.is).


Participants are encouraged to bring their own computers, with the software they use for gamma spectrometry. In some of the sessions data for demonstration and practice will be distributed, in some software will be distributed as well.

  • 12:15-12:30 : Summing up of morning's workshops, questions
  • 12:30-13:30: Lunch

13:30-16:00, Uncertainties and detection limits (including GUM and ISO-11929:2010) (Henrik Ramebäck)

  1. 13:30-14:00  : Some small remarks: The GUM method: from definition of the measurand to reporting measurement results
  2. 14:15-15:00  : The model equation in gamma spectrometry, and a tool for uncertainty propagation
  3. 15:00-16:00  : Workshop example: Calculating combined uncertainty in gamma ray spectrometry
  • 16:15:17:00  : Characteristic limits, ISO 11929 (Kaj Heydorn)


Preliminary agenda

Day 1: Tuesday, September 11th

08:30-10:15 Comparison of three gamma-ray spectrum evaluation software on the samples originating from Fukushima (short coffee break included) Dr. Sandor Tarjan

Software: Gamma Vision, Genie 2k, Winner 6.0

  • Isotope identification
  • Working libraries for goal oriented isotope identification
  1. Possible data sources
  2. Editable and non-editable libraries
  • Efficiency calibration and transfer of the efficiencies, LABSOCS
  • Corrections
  1. Self-attenuation correction of the samples
  2. Correction of the true coincidence summing effect
  3. Decay corrections for simultaneous presence of mother and progenies
  4. Spectral interferences

11:30-11:30: Exercise on real spectra (different study cases)

Parallell sessions:

  1. Dr. Tim Vidmar and Genie users
  2. Dr. Sandor Tarjan and GammaVision users

11:30-12:30: Lunch

12:30-13:15: Exercise cont.

13:30-14:45: Dr. Andrew Tyler In-situ gamma spectrometry, incl. demonstrations – part 1

15:00-15:30: Dr. Sandor Tarjan One possibility for method validation of the in-situ gamma-ray spectrometry for flat geometry - A presentation based on real experiments

15:30-16:00: Dr. Tim Vidmar A "quick and dirty" tool for calculating the in-situ efficiency curve for a HPGe or a NaI detector based on measurement on the detector axis only (at a distance of 1 m)

Workshop dinner at Hótel Örk

Day 2: Wednesday, September 12th

08:30-09:15: Dr. Andrew Tyler In-situ gamma spectrometry, incl. demonstrations – part 2

09:30-10:15: Dr. Sven P. Nielsen QA, what is needed in an accredited laboratory? Validation of detection limits

10:30-11:30: Dr. Annika Tovedal and Dr. Henrik Ramebäck Background components

11:30-12:30: Lunch

12:30-13:00: Dr. Seppo Klemola New developments – introduction

13:00-13:30: Dr. Henrik Ramebäck Other types of detectors (LaBr, NaI…), comparisons for practical use, for identification not activity determination

13:45-14:30: Dr. Sven P. Nielsen User experience with new techniques (electric cooling, integrated electronic systems, safe working environment).

14:45-15:30: Open discussion, including feedback survey


Registration and accomodation

For registration please download and fill out the following registration form and then send it to gamma@gr.is.

Registration form

Please submit your registration as early as possible.

GammaSem: Nordic seminars for users of gamma spectrometry

GammaWiki is a product of the NKS-B GammaSem activity

Reports from the GammaSem seminars in 2009 and 2010 are available from the NKS web site, www.nks.org

  • Elisabeth Strålberg (ed.) et al: GammaSem Proceedings - A Nordic seminar for users of gamma spectrometry - Kjeller 28-29 September 2010 - NKS-224
  • Paula Nunez (ed.) et al: GammaSem Proceedings - A Nordic seminar for users of gamma spectrometry - Oslo 15-16 September 2009 - NKS-212


Useful resources on the Web

Useful resources on the Web

References

Wiki info

Editing GammaWiki (only for co-ordinators of GammaWorkshops work groups)

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