Advances in Food and Non-Food Biomass Production, Processing and Use in Sub-Saharan Africa: Towards a Basis for a Regional Bioeconomy
| Advances in Food and Non-Food Biomass Production, Processing and Use in Sub-Saharan Africa: Towards a Basis for a Regional Bioeconomy |
| Autore | Schmitt Christine B |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2020 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (446 p.) |
| Soggetto topico | Biology, life sciences |
| Soggetto non controllato |
access
adoption amylose availability bamboo basic needs bio-based bio-based economy biochar bioeconomy bioenergy biological goods biomass Biomass biomass scenarios biomass utilization Biomass-based value web bioproductivity carotenoids retention cassava cassava farmers cassava processing cassava processors cassava smallholders cassava variants CGE circular economy cluster analysis collaboration comparative advantage contract design contract farming corncob crop model crop residue deforestation demand-driven research development development policy edible endogenous switching regression equity Ethiopia fairness family farming farmland fertilizer-yield-response fiber food and non-food food and non-food benefit food bearing food security germination Ghana global biomass governance green economy groundnut high-tech bioeconomy homegarden husk impact innovation intensification options intensity intragenerational justice knowledge-based bioeconomy land-use leadership maize methane mixed methods mucilage multi-functionality multipurpose tree on farmland multistorey coffee system neighborhoods Nigeria parchment phytotoxicity plantain residues Policy Analysis Matrix pollution primary sector probit productivity productivity differentials pulp push-pull technology renewable energy richness rural development self-purging pyrolysis smallholders soil amendment solid waste sustainability sustainable development technology traditional agroforestry transdisciplinary research typology value addition value chain value web value-added welfare willingness to pay Yayu Biosphere Reserve yellow cassava |
| ISBN | 3-03928-669-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Altri titoli varianti | Advances in Food and Non-Food Biomass Production, Processing and Use in Sub-Saharan Africa |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910674007903321 |
Schmitt Christine B
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| MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2020 | ||
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Advances in Remote Sensing for Global Forest Monitoring
| Advances in Remote Sensing for Global Forest Monitoring |
| Autore | Tomppo Erkki |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Basel, Switzerland, : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2021 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (352 p.) |
| Soggetto topico |
Environmental economics
Research and information: general |
| Soggetto non controllato |
activity data
bootstrapping boreal forest Bowen ratio C-band canopy height model carbon flux classification compatible equation constrained neighbor interpolation CRFasRNN CUSUM data assessment data fusion deep learning deforestation degradation digital surface model digital terrain model drought dual-FCN8s EBLUP emissions factor error propagation error-in-variable modeling FCN8s field measured LAI forest area change forest cover forest disturbance mapping forest monitoring forest structure change forest type genetic algorithm Germany GF2 improved k-NN inconsistency IPCC good practice guidelines La Rioja land use land cover Landsat leave-one-out cross-validation LiDAR logistic regression machine-learning magnitude multinomial logistic regression multitemporal LiDAR and stand-level estimates n/a near real-time monitoring nonlinear seemingly unrelated regression NRT monitoring ordinary neighbor interpolation Picea crassifolia Kom point cloud density random forest random forests remotely sensed LAI removals factor savanna Sentinel 2 Sentinel-1 Sentinel-2 small area estimation South Africa state space models statistical estimator stereo imagery support vector machine synthetic aperture radar temperate forest temporal dynamics time series satellite data tropical forest tropical peat uncertainty uncertainty evaluation validation windstorm damage |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910557338103321 |
Tomppo Erkki
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| Basel, Switzerland, : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2021 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Agroforestry-Based Ecosystem Services
| Agroforestry-Based Ecosystem Services |
| Autore | van Noordwijk Meine |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Basel, Switzerland, : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2021 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (476 p.) |
| Soggetto topico | Research & information: general |
| Soggetto non controllato |
adaptation
agriculture sector agroforest agroforestry agroforestry coffee agroforestry concessions anastomosis artesian wells assisted natural regeneration (ANR) belowground biodiversity boundary work Bungoma cacao agroforestry carbon payment carbon sequestration carbon storage certification climate adaptation climate change mitigation co-investment cocoa cocoa agroforestry coffee coinvestment cost efficiency cost-benefit analysis deforestation ecohydrology economic benefits economics ecosystem services entrainment environmental stewardship equity erosion farmer perspectives farmer tree preference financial analysis forest and landscape restoration (FLR) forest classification forest conversion forest-water-people nexus Fraxinus dimorpha fruit tree-based agroforestry fruit trees global grazing management inceptisols independent smallholders index of root anchoring innovation transfer instrumental values intention Jambi Java Kisumu land restoration land suitability land-use change landscape landscape approach landscape restoration legality livelihoods Mount Bromo-Tengger mycorrhizal attributes n/a nationally determined contribution natural habitats on-farm planned comparison options by context Oryza overland flow paddy cultivation pairwise ranking palm oil participatory and integrative research-extension participatory methods payment for ecosystem services Peru planted forest Pontoscolex corethrurus potential expansion areas relational values remittances representative concentration pathway resource competition restoration returning migrants rights-based approach rodents root length density root tensile strength rural-urban scenario evaluation shade tree species silvopastoral silvopasture slope stability social-ecological systems soil chemical characteristics soil engineers soil macro-porosity soil macroporosity soil organic carbon soil restoration soil shear strength soil water availability stakeholders stewardship stocktake Sulawesi Sumatra sustainable development goals (SDGs) sustainable intensification systems improvement throughfall traditional ecological knowledge tree cover tree planting tree seedling survival trees trees on farm trimming tropical forests uptake and expansion utility value Vietnam village savings and loan associations water water balance West Kalimantan |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910557429103321 |
van Noordwijk Meine
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| Basel, Switzerland, : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2021 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Among African apes [[electronic resource] ] : stories and photos from the field / / edited by Martha M. Robbins and Christophe Boesch
| Among African apes [[electronic resource] ] : stories and photos from the field / / edited by Martha M. Robbins and Christophe Boesch |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (201 p.) |
| Disciplina | 599.88096 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
RobbinsMartha M. <1967->
BoeschChristophe |
| Soggetto topico |
Apes - Africa
Apes - Research - Africa Apes - Conservation Rare mammals - Africa |
| Soggetto non controllato |
africa
african animals african apes animal behavior apes bonobos bwindi impenetrable national park central africa chimpanzees conservation cote divoire deforestation disease ecotourism endangered animals environment environmentalism extinction field research forests gabon gorillas great apes ivindo national park jungles life sciences nature photography nature preserve nature reserve nature nonfiction poaching primates primatology science tai national park uganda wild apes wildlife zoology |
| ISBN |
1-283-27793-X
9786613277930 0-520-94883-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Who, What, Where, and Why -- ONE: Discovering Apes -- TWO: Life and Death in the Forest Blood -- THREE: Encounters with Bili Chimpanzees in the Undisturbed Gangu Forest -- FOUR: Is Blood Thicker Than Water -- FIVE: Our Cousins in the Forest - or Bushmeat? -- SIX: Discovering Chimpanzee Traditions -- SEVEN: Keeping It in the Family. Tribal Warfare between Chimpanzee Communities -- EIGHT: Winona's Search for the Right Silverback. Insights into Female Strategies at a Natural Rain Forest Clearing in Northern Congo -- NINE: The Long Road to Habituation. A Window into the Lives of Gorillas -- TEN: Among Silverbacks -- ELEVEN: The Diversity of the Apes What Is the Future? -- Contributors -- Plate Credits -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910781375603321 |
| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2011 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Amphibian declines [[electronic resource] ] : a United States' response to the global phenomenon / / edited by Michael J. Lannoo
| Amphibian declines [[electronic resource] ] : a United States' response to the global phenomenon / / edited by Michael J. Lannoo |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2005 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (1117 p.) |
| Disciplina | 333.95/78 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | LannooMichael J |
| Soggetto topico |
Amphibian declines
Amphibian declines - United States |
| Soggetto non controllato |
adenocarcinoma
agriculture amphibians animal populations biodiversity biology climate change conservation deforestation disease ecology environment environmentalism frogs genetics global warming habitat lakes malformation malformed frogs minnesota natural sciences nature nonfiction northern cricket frogs overwintering parasites pesticides pollution population declines radiation risk factors rivers salamander science ultraviolet wetlands wild animals woodland salamanders xenobiotics zoology |
| ISBN |
1-282-75915-9
9786612759154 0-520-92943-8 1-4175-9332-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Amphibian Declines -- Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Advisory Board -- Contributors -- Preface -- Part One. Conservation Essays -- Introduction -- 1. Diverse Phenomena Influencing Amphibian Population Declines -- 2. Why Are Some Species In Decline But Others Not? -- 3. Philosophy, Value Judgments, And Declining Amphibians -- 4. Embracing Human Diversity In Conservation -- 5. Declining Amphibian Populations Task Force -- Declines -- 6. Meeting The Challenge Of Amphibian Declines With An Interdisciplinary Research Program -- 7. Biology Of Amphibian Declines -- 8. Declines Of Eastern North American Woodland Salamanders (Plethodon) -- 9. Decline Of Northern Cricket Frogs (Acris Crepitans) -- 10. Overwintering In Northern Cricket Frogs (Acris Crepitans) -- Causes -- 11. Repercussions Of Global Change -- 12. Lessons From Europe -- 13. Risk Factors And Declines In Northern Cricket Frogs (Acris Crepitans) -- 14. Ultraviolet Radiation -- 15. Xenobiotics -- 16. Variation In Pesticide Tolerance -- 17. Lucké Renal Adenocarcinoma -- 18. Malformed Frogs In Minnesota: History And Interspecific Differences -- 19. Parasites Of North American Frogs -- 20. Parasite Infection And Limb Malformations: A Growing Problem In Amphibian Conservation -- 21. Pine Silviculture -- 22. Commercial Trade -- Conservation -- 23. Houston Toads And Texas Politics -- 24. Amphibian Conservation Needs -- 25. Amphibian Population Cycles And Long-Term Data Sets -- 26. Landscape Ecology -- 27. Conservation Of Texas Spring And Cave Salamanders (Eurycea) -- 28. Lessons From The Tropics -- 29. Taxonomy And Amphibian Declines -- 30. Conservation Systematics: The Bufo Boreas Species Group -- 31. Factors Limiting The Recovery Of Boreal Toads (Bufo B. Boreas) -- 32. Southwestern Desert Bufonids -- 33. Amphibian Ecotoxicology -- 34. Museum Collections -- 35. Critical Areas -- 36. Creating Habitat Reserves For Migratory Salamanders -- 37. Population Manipulations -- 38. Exotic Species -- 39. Protecting Amphibians While Restoring Fish Populations -- 40. Reflections Upon Amphibian Conservation -- Surveys And Monitoring -- 41. Distribution Of South Dakota Anurans -- 42. Nebraska's Declining Amphibians -- 43. Museum Collections Can Assess Population Trends -- 44. Monitoring Salamander Populations In Great Smoky Mountains National Park -- 45. North American Amphibian Monitoring Program (Naamp) -- 46. Evaluating Calling Surveys -- 47. Geographical Information Systems And Survey Designs -- 48. Impacts Of Forest Management On Amphibians -- 49. Monitoring Pigment Pattern Morphs Of Northern Leopard Frogs -- Education -- 50. The National Amphibian Conservation Center -- 51. A Thousand Friends Of Frogs: Its Origins -- A Perspective -- 52. Of Men And Deformed Frogs: A Journalist's Lament -- Part Two. Species Accounts -- Introduction -- Anura -- Ascaphidae -- Family Bufonidae -- Family Dendrobatidae -- Family Hylidae -- Family Leptodactylidae -- Family Microhylidae -- Family Pelobatidae -- Family Pipidae -- Family Ranidae -- Family Rhinophrynidae -- Caudata -- Family Ambystomatidae -- Family Amphiumidae -- Family Cryptobranchidae -- Family Dicamptodontidae -- Family Plethodontidae -- Family Proteidae -- Family Rhyacotritonidae -- Family Salamandridae -- Family Sirenidae -- Epilogue: Factors Implicated In Amphibian Population Declines In The United States -- Conclusion -- Literature Cited -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783318103321 |
| Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2005 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Biodiversity in the Global South : Research for a sustainable world / / Jean-François Agnèse, Olivier Dangles, Estienne Rodary
| Biodiversity in the Global South : Research for a sustainable world / / Jean-François Agnèse, Olivier Dangles, Estienne Rodary |
| Autore | Rodary Estienne |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Marseille, : IRD Éditions, 2022 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (72 p.) |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
VerdierValerie
AgnèseJean-François DanglesOlivier RodaryEstienne |
| Collana | Focus |
| Soggetto topico |
Environmental Studies
Geography biodiversity conservation deforestation nutrition climate change global health ecology Afrique Asie Amérique latine |
| Soggetto non controllato |
biodiversity
conservation deforestation nutrition climate change global health ecology Afrique Asie Amérique latine |
| ISBN | 2-7099-2899-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910597170903321 |
Rodary Estienne
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| Marseille, : IRD Éditions, 2022 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Diversity, Biogeography and Community Ecology of Ants
| Diversity, Biogeography and Community Ecology of Ants |
| Autore | Andersen Alan N |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Basel, : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2022 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (370 p.) |
| Soggetto topico | Research & information: general |
| Soggetto non controllato |
ancestral state reconstruction
ant ant diversity antbird ants army ant bait behavioral interactions biodiversity biogeography biological indicator biological invasions burrow commensal centre of origin climate change climatic gradients co-occurrence coexistence commensalism community structure competitive exclusion conservation cryptic species deforestation dispersal routes distribution ranges diversity Dolichoderinae dominance endemic species endosymbiont food specialisation Formicidae gopher tortoise habitat fragmentation hypogaeic interactions invasion ecology invasive species mimicry morphospecies myrmecophiles n/a phylogeny physiology pitfall red imported fire ant refugium areas sampling methods scale soil arthropods species checklist species delimitation species distribution models species interactions species occurrence species richness stratification sympatric association temperature tropics turnover urban ecology vertical transmission wet tropics |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910566471503321 |
Andersen Alan N
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| Basel, : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2022 | ||
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Education, Communication and Decision Making on Renewable and Sustainable Energy
| Education, Communication and Decision Making on Renewable and Sustainable Energy |
| Autore | Ioannou Konstantinos |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Basel, Switzerland, : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2020 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (194 p.) |
| Soggetto topico |
Environmental economics
Research & information: general |
| Soggetto non controllato |
acceptance
actor plurality ARDL with bounds test attitudes auction scheme barriers benchmark Building Integrated Photovoltaic (BIPV) citizen attitudes citizens' energy companies co-existence co-location communication community energy curriculum customer satisfaction decision-making deforestation Dempster Shafer Analytic Hierarchy Process department of forestry education education for sustainable development educative-communication approach energy investments energy market energy poverty energy transition environmental Kuznets curve environmental protection environmental science Germany GHG emissions governance industrial customers Internet investments marine renewable energy multi-criteria analysis multi-functionality multicriteria analysis NARDL model natural gas negative externalities perceptions policy proposal renewable energy Renewable Energy Enterprises Renewable energy sources renewable energy sources (RES) renewable resources RES sustainability sustainable agriculture teacher Thessaloniki university students willingness-to-invest |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910557441303321 |
Ioannou Konstantinos
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| Basel, Switzerland, : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2020 | ||
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Fit-for-Purpose Land Administration Fit-for-Purpose Land Administration- Providing Secure Land Rights at Scale. Volume 1: Conceptual Innovations
| Fit-for-Purpose Land Administration Fit-for-Purpose Land Administration- Providing Secure Land Rights at Scale. Volume 1: Conceptual Innovations |
| Autore | Enemark Stig |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Basel, Switzerland, : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2021 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (296 p.) |
| Soggetto topico | Research and information: general |
| Soggetto non controllato |
aerial and street level imagery
agreement Amazon and institutional frameworks Benin boundary marker Brazil business driven solutions cadaster cadastre case studies case study climate change Colombia community-based crowdsourcing community-based land adjudication complete cadastre components of adjudication corporate social responsibility cost effectiveness Cumaribo customary land tenure customary tenure data quality decentralization deforestation design science research design thinking development impacts Ecuador eligible landowner extra-legal feature extraction FFPLA fit for purpose fit-for-purpose fit-for-purpose approach fit-for-purpose land administration Fit-For-Purpose land administration fit-for-purpose land administration (FFP LA) fit-for-purpose land management fixing boundary good practices governance human rights India indigenous land conflict informal settlements innovative technology institutions integrated land programs LADM land administration land administration domain model land and resources rights land governance land governance reform land information system land inventory land management land policy land recordation tools land registration land rights land rights and tenure land surveying land tenure land tenure security legal legal element machine learning maintenance mobile-based applications n/a pandemic participatory mapping peace building pilot study politics poverty reduction power relations pro-poor pro-poor land recordation public-private partnerships rapid urbanization renewal securing land rights semantic technologies SiGIT social enterprises spatial spatial data quality spatial data quality assurance spatial framework STDM systematic land registration technology tenure security transitional justice UAV Uganda unconventional approach United Nations update updating land records upgrade upkeep urban development urban resilience violent conflict |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Altri titoli varianti |
Fit-for-Purpose Land Administration- Providing Secure Land Rights at Scale. Volume 1
Fit-for-Purpose Land Administration Fit-for-Purpose Land Administration- Providing Secure Land Rights at Scale. Volume 1 |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910557521203321 |
Enemark Stig
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| Basel, Switzerland, : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2021 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Fit-for-Purpose Land Administration- Providing Secure Land Rights at Scale. Volume 2: Country Implementation
| Fit-for-Purpose Land Administration- Providing Secure Land Rights at Scale. Volume 2: Country Implementation |
| Autore | Enemark Stig |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Basel, Switzerland, : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2021 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (268 p.) |
| Soggetto topico | Research & information: general |
| Soggetto non controllato |
aerial and street level imagery
agreement Amazon and institutional frameworks Benin boundary marker Brazil business driven solutions cadaster cadastre case studies case study climate change Colombia community-based crowdsourcing community-based land adjudication complete cadastre components of adjudication corporate social responsibility cost effectiveness Cumaribo customary land tenure customary tenure data quality decentralization deforestation design science research design thinking development impacts Ecuador eligible landowner extra-legal feature extraction FFPLA fit for purpose fit-for-purpose fit-for-purpose approach fit-for-purpose land administration Fit-For-Purpose land administration fit-for-purpose land administration (FFP LA) fit-for-purpose land management fixing boundary good practices governance human rights India indigenous land conflict informal settlements innovative technology institutions integrated land programs LADM land administration land administration domain model land and resources rights land governance land governance reform land information system land inventory land management land policy land recordation tools land registration land rights land rights and tenure land surveying land tenure land tenure security legal legal element machine learning maintenance mobile-based applications n/a pandemic participatory mapping peace building pilot study politics poverty reduction power relations pro-poor pro-poor land recordation public-private partnerships rapid urbanization renewal securing land rights semantic technologies SiGIT social enterprises spatial spatial data quality spatial data quality assurance spatial framework STDM systematic land registration technology tenure security transitional justice UAV Uganda unconventional approach United Nations update updating land records upgrade upkeep urban development urban resilience violent conflict |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Altri titoli varianti | Fit-for-Purpose Land Administration- Providing Secure Land Rights at Scale. Volume 2 |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910557600603321 |
Enemark Stig
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| Basel, Switzerland, : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2021 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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