Engineering Structures, ISSN 0141-0296, 01/2016, Volume 107, pp. 9 - 22
The efficiency of the proposed strengthening method using externally applied post-tension rods in reinforced concrete external beam-column joints, which do not...
Cyclic loading | Retrofit | Plain bar | Shear failure | Post-tension | Low strength concrete | Beam-column joint | AXIAL LOAD | PERFORMANCE | BEHAVIOR | SEISMIC RETROFIT | ENGINEERING, CIVIL | REHABILITATION
Cyclic loading | Retrofit | Plain bar | Shear failure | Post-tension | Low strength concrete | Beam-column joint | AXIAL LOAD | PERFORMANCE | BEHAVIOR | SEISMIC RETROFIT | ENGINEERING, CIVIL | REHABILITATION
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Journal of Critical Care, ISSN 0883-9441, 2016, Volume 39, pp. 248 - 253
Abstract Background The aim of this study was to investigate the association of BUN levels with in-hospital and long-term adverse clinical outcomes in acute...
Critical Care | Acute pulmonary embolism | Blood urine nitrogen | Mortality | Thrombolytic therapy | DIAGNOSIS | METAANALYSIS | MANAGEMENT | RISK STRATIFICATION | GUIDELINES | RENAL-FUNCTION | EUROPEAN-SOCIETY | TASK-FORCE | DECOMPENSATED HEART-FAILURE | REGISTRY | CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE | Echocardiography | Hospital Mortality | Blood Urea Nitrogen | Humans | Middle Aged | Risk Factors | Male | Treatment Outcome | Hospitalization | Biomarkers - blood | Tissue Plasminogen Activator - blood | Pulmonary Embolism - blood | Pulmonary Embolism - mortality | Sensitivity and Specificity | Female | ROC Curve | Aged | Retrospective Studies | Pulmonary embolism | Urea | Health aspects | Medical research | Analysis | Medicine, Experimental
Critical Care | Acute pulmonary embolism | Blood urine nitrogen | Mortality | Thrombolytic therapy | DIAGNOSIS | METAANALYSIS | MANAGEMENT | RISK STRATIFICATION | GUIDELINES | RENAL-FUNCTION | EUROPEAN-SOCIETY | TASK-FORCE | DECOMPENSATED HEART-FAILURE | REGISTRY | CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE | Echocardiography | Hospital Mortality | Blood Urea Nitrogen | Humans | Middle Aged | Risk Factors | Male | Treatment Outcome | Hospitalization | Biomarkers - blood | Tissue Plasminogen Activator - blood | Pulmonary Embolism - blood | Pulmonary Embolism - mortality | Sensitivity and Specificity | Female | ROC Curve | Aged | Retrospective Studies | Pulmonary embolism | Urea | Health aspects | Medical research | Analysis | Medicine, Experimental
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Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, The, ISSN 0022-5223, 2017, Volume 154, Issue 1, pp. 173 - 178
Abstract Background The novel HeartMate 3 (HM3) left ventricular assist device (LVAD) received its CE mark in October 2015. It is a new compact LVAD featuring...
Cardiothoracic Surgery | Left ventricular assist device | HeartMate 3 | complications | outcomes | LVAD | survival | ANTEROLATERAL THORACOTOMY | SURGERY | OFF-PUMP | MULTICENTER | CARDIAC & CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS | THROMBOSIS | FAILURE | IMPLANTATION | RESPIRATORY SYSTEM | INCREASE | VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE | EXCHANGE | REGISTRY | Ventricular Function, Left | Humans | Middle Aged | Risk Factors | Heart Failure - physiopathology | Male | Treatment Outcome | Heart-Assist Devices - adverse effects | Prosthesis Design | Recovery of Function | Heart Failure - therapy | Time Factors | Female | Aged | Heart Failure - diagnosis | Retrospective Studies | Heart Failure - mortality | Stroke (Disease) | Complications and side effects | Medical research | Cardiac patients | Medicine, Experimental | Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc | Hemoglobin | Thrombosis | Blood clot
Cardiothoracic Surgery | Left ventricular assist device | HeartMate 3 | complications | outcomes | LVAD | survival | ANTEROLATERAL THORACOTOMY | SURGERY | OFF-PUMP | MULTICENTER | CARDIAC & CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS | THROMBOSIS | FAILURE | IMPLANTATION | RESPIRATORY SYSTEM | INCREASE | VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE | EXCHANGE | REGISTRY | Ventricular Function, Left | Humans | Middle Aged | Risk Factors | Heart Failure - physiopathology | Male | Treatment Outcome | Heart-Assist Devices - adverse effects | Prosthesis Design | Recovery of Function | Heart Failure - therapy | Time Factors | Female | Aged | Heart Failure - diagnosis | Retrospective Studies | Heart Failure - mortality | Stroke (Disease) | Complications and side effects | Medical research | Cardiac patients | Medicine, Experimental | Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc | Hemoglobin | Thrombosis | Blood clot
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Langmuir, ISSN 0743-7463, 07/2017, Volume 33, Issue 29, pp. 7332 - 7342
The self-assembly formation of complement convertasesessential biomacromolecular complexes that amplify innate immune responsesis triggered by protein...
PROTEIN | FACTOR-B | MATERIALS SCIENCE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY | CELL-BOUND C3B | CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL | QUARTZ-CRYSTAL MICROBALANCE | COMPONENT C3 | CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY | COVALENT-BINDING REACTION | IMMUNE-SYSTEM | ALTERNATIVE PATHWAY | C5 CONVERTASE | SURFACE-PLASMON RESONANCE | Lipid Bilayers - chemistry | Adsorption | Complement C3-C5 Convertases | Complement Factor B
PROTEIN | FACTOR-B | MATERIALS SCIENCE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY | CELL-BOUND C3B | CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL | QUARTZ-CRYSTAL MICROBALANCE | COMPONENT C3 | CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY | COVALENT-BINDING REACTION | IMMUNE-SYSTEM | ALTERNATIVE PATHWAY | C5 CONVERTASE | SURFACE-PLASMON RESONANCE | Lipid Bilayers - chemistry | Adsorption | Complement C3-C5 Convertases | Complement Factor B
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Journal of Structural Engineering, ISSN 0733-9445, 10/2017, Volume 143, Issue 10, p. 4017145
AbstractStrength of lead rubber bearings (LRBs) deteriorates as a function of temperature rise in the lead core under cyclic motions. Accordingly, the isolator...
Technical Papers | Bounding analysis | GROUND MOTIONS | PERFORMANCE | BEHAVIOR | Structural control | BRIDGES | RUBBER BEARINGS | EQUIPMENT | ENGINEERING, CIVIL | Seismic isolation | CONSTRUCTION & BUILDING TECHNOLOGY | Earthquake | Dynamic analyses | SEISMIC ISOLATED BUILDINGS | LRB | Lead rubber bearing
Technical Papers | Bounding analysis | GROUND MOTIONS | PERFORMANCE | BEHAVIOR | Structural control | BRIDGES | RUBBER BEARINGS | EQUIPMENT | ENGINEERING, CIVIL | Seismic isolation | CONSTRUCTION & BUILDING TECHNOLOGY | Earthquake | Dynamic analyses | SEISMIC ISOLATED BUILDINGS | LRB | Lead rubber bearing
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The New England Journal of Medicine, ISSN 0028-4793, 09/2016, Volume 375, Issue 11, pp. 1103 - 1105
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis is a major global challenge. This report examines the definition of treatment success and its effect on determining cure. To...
MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL | Outcome Assessment (Health Care) - methods | Treatment Outcome | World Health Organization | Humans | Mycobacterium tuberculosis - isolation & purification | Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant - drug therapy | Drug resistance | Clinical outcomes | Tuberculosis
MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL | Outcome Assessment (Health Care) - methods | Treatment Outcome | World Health Organization | Humans | Mycobacterium tuberculosis - isolation & purification | Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant - drug therapy | Drug resistance | Clinical outcomes | Tuberculosis
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Science of the Total Environment, ISSN 0048-9697, 08/2014, Volume 488-489, Issue 1, pp. 437 - 446
This paper focuses on the toxicity evaluation and source apportionment of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) in three monitoring stations in Istanbul,...
Toxic equivalency factors | Urban air | Positive Matrix Factorization | Diagnostic ratios | Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons | Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons | Positive matrix factorization | HEALTH-RISK | EMISSION INVENTORY | DIESEL VEHICLES | ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES | AIR-POLLUTION | ATMOSPHERIC-ENVIRONMENT | SOUTH-KOREA | SOURCE IDENTIFICATION | PARTICULATE MATTER | Particulate Matter - toxicity | Air Pollutants - analysis | Air Pollution - statistics & numerical data | Environmental Monitoring | Particulate Matter - analysis | Turkey | Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons - toxicity | Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons - analysis | Air Pollutants - toxicity | Air pollution | Analysis | Index Medicus
Toxic equivalency factors | Urban air | Positive Matrix Factorization | Diagnostic ratios | Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons | Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons | Positive matrix factorization | HEALTH-RISK | EMISSION INVENTORY | DIESEL VEHICLES | ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES | AIR-POLLUTION | ATMOSPHERIC-ENVIRONMENT | SOUTH-KOREA | SOURCE IDENTIFICATION | PARTICULATE MATTER | Particulate Matter - toxicity | Air Pollutants - analysis | Air Pollution - statistics & numerical data | Environmental Monitoring | Particulate Matter - analysis | Turkey | Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons - toxicity | Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons - analysis | Air Pollutants - toxicity | Air pollution | Analysis | Index Medicus
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SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, ISSN 2045-2322, 08/2019, Volume 9, Issue 1, pp. 11318 - 13
Low haemocompatibility of left ventricular assist devices (LVAD) surfaces necessitates anticoagulative therapy. Endothelial cell (EC) seeding can support...
HEART | ADHESION | COMPLEMENT | ACTIVATION | REJECTION | MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES | CONTINUOUS-FLOW | BIOHYBRID LUNG | EXPRESSION | REFRACTORINESS | HLA ANTIBODIES | Heart | Cell proliferation | Immunogenicity | Secretion | Lysis | Feasibility studies | Lymphocytes T | Histocompatibility antigen HLA | Ventricle | Ribonucleic acid--RNA | Endothelial cells
HEART | ADHESION | COMPLEMENT | ACTIVATION | REJECTION | MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES | CONTINUOUS-FLOW | BIOHYBRID LUNG | EXPRESSION | REFRACTORINESS | HLA ANTIBODIES | Heart | Cell proliferation | Immunogenicity | Secretion | Lysis | Feasibility studies | Lymphocytes T | Histocompatibility antigen HLA | Ventricle | Ribonucleic acid--RNA | Endothelial cells
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The European respiratory journal, ISSN 0903-1936, 2018, Volume 51, Issue 2, pp. 1702122 - 1702122
Multidrug-resistant (MDR) tuberculosis (TB), defined by bacillary resistance against rifampicin and isoniazid, has been identified as a global threat to...
RESPIRATORY SYSTEM | Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis - drug therapy | Recurrence | Prospective Studies | Follow-Up Studies | Humans | Treatment Outcome | Tuberculosis, Pulmonary - drug therapy | Remission Induction | Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant - epidemiology | Antitubercular Agents - therapeutic use | Germany - epidemiology | Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant - drug therapy | Tuberculosis | Drug resistance | Isoniazid | Rifampin | Clinical outcomes
RESPIRATORY SYSTEM | Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis - drug therapy | Recurrence | Prospective Studies | Follow-Up Studies | Humans | Treatment Outcome | Tuberculosis, Pulmonary - drug therapy | Remission Induction | Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant - epidemiology | Antitubercular Agents - therapeutic use | Germany - epidemiology | Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant - drug therapy | Tuberculosis | Drug resistance | Isoniazid | Rifampin | Clinical outcomes
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Fisheries Oceanography, ISSN 1054-6006, 09/2017, Volume 26, Issue 5, pp. 542 - 554
The fish assemblages of the Eastern Mediterranean are highly variable owing to the Lessepsian migration. So far, there has been limited discussion about the...
Indo‐Pacific fishes | invasion | teleost fauna | Levant Basin | climate change | Indo-Pacific fishes | BIODIVERSITY | LEVANTINE | RED-SEA | GROUPER | CLIMATE-CHANGE | FISHERIES | NEMIPTERUS-RANDALLI | OCEANOGRAPHY | BASIN | TRAITS | 1ST RECORD | Trawling | Evaluation | Climatic changes | Sea surface | Temperature | Climate | Populations | Climate effects | Migration | Surface temperature | Biomass | Annual | Dynamics | Temperature effects | Fish | Trends | Seasons | Temporal variations | Species | Littoral zone | Composition | Bays | Migrations | Abundance | Sea surface temperature | Surveys | Persistence | Fish populations | Bottom trawling | Annual variations
Indo‐Pacific fishes | invasion | teleost fauna | Levant Basin | climate change | Indo-Pacific fishes | BIODIVERSITY | LEVANTINE | RED-SEA | GROUPER | CLIMATE-CHANGE | FISHERIES | NEMIPTERUS-RANDALLI | OCEANOGRAPHY | BASIN | TRAITS | 1ST RECORD | Trawling | Evaluation | Climatic changes | Sea surface | Temperature | Climate | Populations | Climate effects | Migration | Surface temperature | Biomass | Annual | Dynamics | Temperature effects | Fish | Trends | Seasons | Temporal variations | Species | Littoral zone | Composition | Bays | Migrations | Abundance | Sea surface temperature | Surveys | Persistence | Fish populations | Bottom trawling | Annual variations
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Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation, ISSN 0378-7346, 12/2015, Volume 80, Issue 4, pp. 234 - 239
Background: The aim of this study is to identify the inflammatory markers which predict a tubo-ovarian abscess (TOA) in the most accurate way. Methods: This...
Original Article | Platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio | Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio | Prediction | Tubo-ovarian abscess | PELVIC-INFLAMMATORY-DISEASE | CHINA | EXPERIENCE | ASSOCIATION | CARCINOMA | OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY | Neutrophils - cytology | Predictive Value of Tests | Salpingitis - blood | Humans | Middle Aged | Abscess - blood | Lymphocytes - cytology | Young Adult | Adolescent | Oophoritis - blood | Adult | Female | Aged | Leukocyte Count
Original Article | Platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio | Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio | Prediction | Tubo-ovarian abscess | PELVIC-INFLAMMATORY-DISEASE | CHINA | EXPERIENCE | ASSOCIATION | CARCINOMA | OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY | Neutrophils - cytology | Predictive Value of Tests | Salpingitis - blood | Humans | Middle Aged | Abscess - blood | Lymphocytes - cytology | Young Adult | Adolescent | Oophoritis - blood | Adult | Female | Aged | Leukocyte Count
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Electric Power Systems Research, ISSN 0378-7796, 10/2018, Volume 163PA, p. 513
In the electricity day-ahead markets (DAMs), market participants place their orders in the form of desired/accepted price levels for the submitted quantities....
Clearing | Electricity | Welfare | Mathematical analysis | Pricing | Markets | Mathematical models | Nonlinear programming | Order processing | Energy management
Clearing | Electricity | Welfare | Mathematical analysis | Pricing | Markets | Mathematical models | Nonlinear programming | Order processing | Energy management
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Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, ISSN 0032-1052, 08/2009, Volume 124, Issue Supplement, p. 678
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Desalination and Water Treatment, ISSN 1944-3994, 04/2017, Volume 72, pp. 274 - 280
In this study, variations on the dewatering of filter cake sludge following microwave irradiation and conventional drying processes were investigated. The...
Conventional drying | Microwave irradiation | Cost analysis | Sludge dewatering | ENGINEERING, CHEMICAL | DISINTEGRATION | WATER RESOURCES
Conventional drying | Microwave irradiation | Cost analysis | Sludge dewatering | ENGINEERING, CHEMICAL | DISINTEGRATION | WATER RESOURCES
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International Heart Journal, ISSN 1349-2365, 2016, Volume 57, Issue 5, pp. 654 - 656
Factor V Leiden (FVL) mutation is the most common hereditary thrombophilia. Association of this mutation with venous thrombosis is well established. However,...
Intracardiac thrombus | Apical thrombus | Normal coronary arteries | Acute coronary syndrome | CARDIAC & CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS | MYOCARDIAL-INFARCTION | PREVALENCE
Intracardiac thrombus | Apical thrombus | Normal coronary arteries | Acute coronary syndrome | CARDIAC & CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS | MYOCARDIAL-INFARCTION | PREVALENCE
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Emerging Infectious Diseases, ISSN 1080-6040, 03/2015, Volume 21, Issue 3, pp. 409 - 416
Drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis is challenging elimination of tuberculosis (TB). We evaluated risk factors for TB and levels of second-line drug...
RISK-FACTORS | DRUGS | INFECTIOUS DISEASES | IMMUNOLOGY | Cross-Sectional Studies | History, 21st Century | Comorbidity | Humans | Middle Aged | Risk Factors | Antitubercular Agents - pharmacology | Europe - epidemiology | Male | Mycobacterium tuberculosis - drug effects | Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant - epidemiology | Incidence | Microbial Sensitivity Tests | Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant - microbiology | Adult | Female | Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant - history | Population Surveillance | Mycobacterium tuberculosis - genetics | Evaluation | Drug resistance in microorganisms | Tuberculosis | Pyrazinamide | Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis in Europe, 2010–2011 | bacteria | XDR TB | Europe | multidrug-resistant tuberculosis | Research | TBNET | Mycobacterium tuberculosis | extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis | tuberculosis and other mycobacteria | MDR TB | risk | second-line drugs | drug resistance
RISK-FACTORS | DRUGS | INFECTIOUS DISEASES | IMMUNOLOGY | Cross-Sectional Studies | History, 21st Century | Comorbidity | Humans | Middle Aged | Risk Factors | Antitubercular Agents - pharmacology | Europe - epidemiology | Male | Mycobacterium tuberculosis - drug effects | Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant - epidemiology | Incidence | Microbial Sensitivity Tests | Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant - microbiology | Adult | Female | Tuberculosis, Multidrug-Resistant - history | Population Surveillance | Mycobacterium tuberculosis - genetics | Evaluation | Drug resistance in microorganisms | Tuberculosis | Pyrazinamide | Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis in Europe, 2010–2011 | bacteria | XDR TB | Europe | multidrug-resistant tuberculosis | Research | TBNET | Mycobacterium tuberculosis | extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis | tuberculosis and other mycobacteria | MDR TB | risk | second-line drugs | drug resistance
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European Heart Journal, ISSN 0195-668X, 08/2017, Volume 38, Issue suppl_1
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Social Science Journal, ISSN 0362-3319, 2014, Volume 51, Issue 2, pp. 309 - 315
Although not receiving the attention it deserves, Greenspan's rhetorical rationalization of the extraordinary developments in the housing market contributed...
Housing bubble | Economic policy | Rhetoric | Greenspan | LANGUAGE | DISCOURSE | SOCIAL SCIENCES, INTERDISCIPLINARY | Economic conditions | Housing | Ideology
Housing bubble | Economic policy | Rhetoric | Greenspan | LANGUAGE | DISCOURSE | SOCIAL SCIENCES, INTERDISCIPLINARY | Economic conditions | Housing | Ideology
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Value in Health, ISSN 1098-3015, 10/2018, Volume 21, p. S404
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Frontiers in Chemistry, ISSN 2296-2646, 01/2019, Volume 7, p. 645
Biological membranes constitute an interface between cells and their surroundings and form distinct compartments within the cell. They also host a variety of...
Self-assembly | Biomedical applications | Supported polymer membranes | Micelles | Polymersomes | Biomolecules conjugation | Amphiphilic block copolymers | TRIBLOCK COPOLYMER | supported polymer membranes | NONIONIC POLYMERIC MICELLES | DRUG-DELIVERY DESIGN | micelles | SIRNA DELIVERY | amphiphilic block copolymers | polymersomes | MECHANICAL-PROPERTIES | CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY | self-assembly | IN-VITRO | TO-COIL TRANSITION | biomedical applications | POLYION COMPLEX VESICLES | SUPPORTED LIPID-BILAYERS | biomolecules conjugation | MEMBRANE-PROTEINS | Cell interaction | Biomolecules | Cellular signal transduction | Research | Analysis
Self-assembly | Biomedical applications | Supported polymer membranes | Micelles | Polymersomes | Biomolecules conjugation | Amphiphilic block copolymers | TRIBLOCK COPOLYMER | supported polymer membranes | NONIONIC POLYMERIC MICELLES | DRUG-DELIVERY DESIGN | micelles | SIRNA DELIVERY | amphiphilic block copolymers | polymersomes | MECHANICAL-PROPERTIES | CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY | self-assembly | IN-VITRO | TO-COIL TRANSITION | biomedical applications | POLYION COMPLEX VESICLES | SUPPORTED LIPID-BILAYERS | biomolecules conjugation | MEMBRANE-PROTEINS | Cell interaction | Biomolecules | Cellular signal transduction | Research | Analysis
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