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Browne M, O'Rourke C, Mills A. A mechanical, high surface area and solvent-free ‘powder-to-electrode’ fabrication method for screening OER catalysts. Electrochem commun 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.elecom.2017.10.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Peyser A, Bristow S, Puig O, Pollock A, Mills A, Niknazar M, Hershlag A. Do tumor suppressor genes (TSG) play a role in diminished ovarian reserve (DOR). Fertil Steril 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2017.07.651] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Levinson M, Mills A, Oldroyd J, Gellie A, Barrett J, Staples M, Stephenson G. The impact of intensive care in a private hospital on patients aged 80 and over: health-related quality of life, functional status and burden versus benefit. Intern Med J 2017; 46:694-702. [PMID: 27009846 DOI: 10.1111/imj.13079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2015] [Revised: 03/01/2016] [Accepted: 03/09/2016] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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BACKGROUND Greater numbers of persons aged over 80 years are admitted to intensive care units (ICU) compared with 15 years ago. Outcomes other than death such as physical dependence and cognitive impairment and treatment burden are important to older people. AIMS The aims of this study were to determine the long-term outcomes of functional impairment, health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and the self-reported burden of treatment in a sample of patients aged 80 years and above admitted to ICU. Half of the cohort were admitted for elective cardiac surgery, the rest for non-cardiac surgery and medical conditions. METHODS In this longitudinal cohort study, in a tertiary level ICU, we measured HRQoL using the SF-36 and functional status using the modified Barthel Index at several time points over a 2-year follow-up period. We also assessed treatment burden by asking participants whether they thought the episode of care was worthwhile. RESULTS A total of 348 patients was recruited into the study. One-fifth of the cohort had died by the 2-year follow-up data collection point. There was an improvement in physical functioning in the cardiac surgery group at 6 months which was not sustained. There was no change in HRQoL at 2 years in either group. The majority valued the episode of care. CONCLUSION We demonstrated that HRQoL and previous lifestyle is preserved in the majority following ICU admission, associated with a high level of patient valuation of the episode of care.
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Mills A, Johnstone G, Levinson M, Harley M. IMPROVING RECOGNITION AND SCREENING OF DELIRIUM IN REHABILITATION AND ACUTE CARE SETTINGS. Innov Aging 2017. [DOI: 10.1093/geroni/igx004.4684] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Sharafat S, Mills A, Youchison D, Nygren R, Williams B, Ghoniem N. Ultra Low Pressure-Drop Helium-Cooled Porous-Tungsten PFC. FUSION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 2017. [DOI: 10.13182/fst07-15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Mills A, Thayer D, Tao Y, Xing M, Saad N, Martin R, Akinwande O. Thermal ablation vs. surgical resection for AJCC I and II hepatocellular carcinoma: a propensity matched population study using the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) database. J Vasc Interv Radiol 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2016.12.826] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Baudys M, Krýsa J, Mills A. Smart inks as photocatalytic activity indicators of self-cleaning paints. Catal Today 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cattod.2016.04.041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Mills A. Cleaning up the nation. Nurs Stand 2016; 5:42. [PMID: 27522909 DOI: 10.7748/ns.5.46.42.s44] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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I agree with Lynn Young ('The clean fight', Nursing Standard May 22) that the contentious issue of bathing must be addressed immediately.
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Saks E, Nakayama J, Mohiuddin Y, Mills A, Duska L. Ovarian granulosa cell tumors: The role of GATA4 in predicting tumor behavior. Gynecol Oncol 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2016.04.458] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Gichoya J, Haste P, Mills A, Kohli M, Johnson M. Creating an interventional oncology translational database: early experience at Indiana University. J Vasc Interv Radiol 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2015.12.692] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Levinson M, Ho S, Mills A, Kelly B, Gellie A, Rouse A. Language and understanding of cardiopulmonary resuscitation amongst an aged inpatient population. PSYCHOL HEALTH MED 2016; 22:227-236. [PMID: 26872528 DOI: 10.1080/13548506.2016.1147053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Greater patient involvement in health decision-making requires exchange of information between the patient and the healthcare professionals. Decisions regarding healthcare at the end of life include consideration of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). The stated objectives of this study were to determine how often language around concepts of resuscitation is used in the community by examination of the English language corpora (ELC); to explore the understanding of the same language by a group of older hospital patients; and to determine the patients' knowledge of the process and success of CPR, as well as the sources of their information. Medical inpatients aged 75 years and older were surveyed to this end in the setting of a tertiary university teaching hospital. Interrogation of the Australian, British and American English Corpora was accomplished by a linguist, and a questionnaire and semi-structured interview were administered to ascertain patient knowledge. We demonstrated that although medical inpatients have some familiarity with terms relating to resuscitation, there is a lack of understanding of the context, process and outcomes of CPR. The predominant sources of information were television and print media. Examination of the ELC revealed a paucity of the use of terms related to resuscitation. This finding indicates that physicians have a duty of care to determine patients' understanding around resuscitation language, and terms used, in discussions of their preferences before assuming their engagement in shared decision-making. More open public discussion around death and resuscitation would increase the general knowledge of the population and would provide a better foundation for the discussions in times of need.
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Caravaca A, Daly H, Smith M, Mills A, Chansai S, Hardacre C. Continuous flow gas phase photoreforming of methanol at elevated reaction temperatures sensitised by Pt/TiO2. REACT CHEM ENG 2016. [DOI: 10.1039/c6re00140h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Gas phase photoreforming of methanol using a Pt/TiO2 photocatalyst has been performed under flow conditions at elevated temperatures.
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Mills A, Hawthorne D, Graham A, Lawrie K. Novel time-temperature and ‘consume-within’ indicator based on gas-diffusion. Chem Commun (Camb) 2016; 52:13987-13990. [DOI: 10.1039/c6cc07906g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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New TTI based on a two layered label, which once peeled-apart changes colour at a time and temperature dependent rate.
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Mills A, O'Rourke C. Wireless rotating disk electrode (wRDE) for assessing heterogeneous water oxidation catalysts (WOCs). Chem Commun (Camb) 2016; 52:7727-30. [DOI: 10.1039/c6cc03356c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A novel method for assessing the activity of a powdered water oxidation catalyst (WOC) is described, utilising an easily-prepared wireless rotating disc electrode of the WOC, thereby allowing its activity to be probed, via the observed kinetics of water oxidation by Ce(iv) ions, and so provide invaluable electrochemical information.
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Sritharan G, Levinson M, Mills A, Gellie A. P-26 Doctors’ attitudes towards not for resuscitation orders. BMJ Support Palliat Care 2015. [DOI: 10.1136/bmjspcare-2015-000978.156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Tye A, Wharton H, Wright A, Yang Y, Gibson J, Syed A, Mills A, Dodson P. Evaluating digital diabetic retinopathy screening in people aged 90 years and over. Eye (Lond) 2015; 29:1442-5. [PMID: 26183285 DOI: 10.1038/eye.2015.130] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2015] [Accepted: 06/06/2015] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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PURPOSE To evaluate the effectiveness of digital diabetic retinopathy screening in patients aged 90 years and over. METHODS This is a retrospective analysis of 200 randomly selected patients eligible for diabetic retinopathy screening aged 90 years and over within the Birmingham, Solihull, and Black Country Screening Programme. RESULTS One hundred and seventy-nine (90%) patients attended screening at least once. OUTCOMES 133 (74%) annual screening after their first screen, of whom 59% had no detectable diabetic retinopathy; 38 (21%) were referred for ophthalmology clinical assessment-36 for nondiabetic retinopathy reasons and two for diabetic maculopathy. Cataract accounted for 50% of all referrals for ophthalmology clinical assessment. Of the 133 patients placed on annual screening, 93 (70%) were screened at least once more. In terms of level of diabetic retinopathy, assessability or other ocular pathologies, 8 improved, 51 remained stable, and 31 deteriorated. Of the latter, 19 patients were referred for ophthalmology clinical assessment; none of these for diabetic retinopathy. CONCLUSIONS Screening provides opportunistic identification of important nondiabetic retinopathy eye conditions. However, in view of the low identification rate of sight-threatening diabetic retinopathy in patients aged 90 years and over, and the current mission statement of the NHS Diabetic Eye Screening Programme, systematic annual diabetic retinopathy screening may not be justified in this age group of patients, but rather be performed in optometric practice.
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Roca-Alonso L, Castellano L, Mills A, Dabrowska AF, Sikkel MB, Pellegrino L, Jacob J, Frampton AE, Krell J, Coombes RC, Harding SE, Lyon AR, Stebbing J. Myocardial MiR-30 downregulation triggered by doxorubicin drives alterations in β-adrenergic signaling and enhances apoptosis. Cell Death Dis 2015; 6:e1754. [PMID: 25950484 PMCID: PMC4669718 DOI: 10.1038/cddis.2015.89] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2014] [Revised: 12/14/2014] [Accepted: 01/12/2015] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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The use of anthracyclines such as doxorubicin (DOX) has improved outcome in cancer patients, yet associated risks of cardiomyopathy have limited their clinical application. DOX-associated cardiotoxicity is frequently irreversible and typically progresses to heart failure (HF) but our understanding of molecular mechanisms underlying this and essential for development of cardioprotective strategies remains largely obscure. As microRNAs (miRNAs) have been shown to play potent regulatory roles in both cardiovascular disease and cancer, we investigated miRNA changes in DOX-induced HF and the alteration of cellular processes downstream. Myocardial miRNA profiling was performed after DOX-induced injury, either via acute application to isolated cardiomyocytes or via chronic exposure in vivo, and compared with miRNA profiles from remodeled hearts following myocardial infarction. The miR-30 family was downregulated in all three models. We describe here that miR-30 act regulating the β-adrenergic pathway, where preferential β1- and β2-adrenoceptor (β1AR and β2AR) direct inhibition is combined with Giα-2 targeting for fine-tuning. Importantly, we show that miR-30 also target the pro-apoptotic gene BNIP3L/NIX. In aggregate, we demonstrate that high miR-30 levels are protective against DOX toxicity and correlate this in turn with lower reactive oxygen species generation. In addition, we identify GATA-6 as a mediator of DOX-associated reductions in miR-30 expression. In conclusion, we describe that DOX causes acute and sustained miR-30 downregulation in cardiomyocytes via GATA-6. miR-30 overexpression protects cardiac cells from DOX-induced apoptosis, and its maintenance represents a potential cardioprotective and anti-tumorigenic strategy for anthracyclines.
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Macera MJ, Sobrino A, Levy B, Jobanputra V, Aggarwal V, Mills A, Esteves C, Hanscom C, Pereira S, Pillalamarri V, Ordulu Z, Morton CC, Talkowski M, Warburton D. Prenatal diagnosis of chromothripsis, with nine breaks characterized by karyotyping, FISH, microarray and whole-genome sequencing. Prenat Diagn 2015; 35:299-301. [PMID: 25043231 DOI: 10.1002/pd.4456] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2014] [Revised: 07/02/2014] [Accepted: 07/03/2014] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Krýsa J, Baudys M, Mills A. Quantum yield measurements for the photocatalytic oxidation of Acid Orange 7 (AO7) and reduction of 2,6-dichlorindophenol (DCIP) on transparent TiO2 films of various thickness. Catal Today 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cattod.2014.04.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Mills A, Wells N. Smart, reusable labels for assessing self-cleaning films. Chem Commun (Camb) 2015; 51:4161-3. [DOI: 10.1039/c4cc09734c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Novel, reusable photocatalyst activity indicator label undergoes a rapid colour change when placed in contact with a photocatalytic film via the photoreduction of methylene blue contained within the label's adhesive, and is ideal for assessing photocatalytic activity in situ and in laboratory work.
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Nelson M, Elion R, Cohen C, Mills A, Hodder S, Segal-Maurer S, Bloch M, Garner W, Guyer B, Williams S, Chuck S, Vanveggel S, Deckx H, Stevens M. Rilpivirine Versus Efavirenz in HIV-1–Infected Subjects Receiving Emtricitabine/Tenofovir DF: Pooled 96-Week Data from ECHO and THRIVE Studies. HIV CLINICAL TRIALS 2014; 14:81-91. [DOI: 10.1310/hct1403-81] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Roca-Alonso L, Castellano L, Mills A, Harding S, Lyon AR, Stebbing J. P65Myocardial miR-30 down-regulation caused by doxorubicin alters the beta-adrenergic system and mitochondrial death pathways. Cardiovasc Res 2014. [DOI: 10.1093/cvr/cvu082.9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Levinson M, Mills A, Hutchinson AM, Heriot G, Stephenson G, Gellie A. Comparison of not for resuscitation (NFR) forms across five Victorian health services. Intern Med J 2014; 44:671-5. [DOI: 10.1111/imj.12458] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2014] [Accepted: 04/19/2014] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Mills A, Crofoot G, Ortiz R, Rashbaum B, Towner W, Ward D, Brinson C, Kulkarni R, Garner W, Ebrahimi R, Cao H, Cheng A, Szwarcberg J. Switching from twice-daily raltegravir plus tenofovir disoproxil fumarate/emtricitabine to once-daily elvitegravir/cobicistat/emtricitabine/tenofovir disoproxil fumarate in virologically suppressed, HIV-1-infected subjects: 48 weeks data. HIV CLINICAL TRIALS 2014; 15:51-6. [PMID: 24710918 DOI: 10.1310/hct1502-51] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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BACKGROUND Pill burden, dosing frequency, and concerns about safety and tolerability are important obstacles to maintaining adequate medication adherence. Raltegravir (RAL) is indicated for twice-daily dosing and when taken with emtricitabine (FTC)/tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF), it becomes a twice-daily multiple-tablet regimen. Elvitegravir (EVG)/cobicistat (COBI)/FTC/TDF, STB, is the first approved once-a-day integrase strand transfer inhibitor (INSTI) containing single-tablet regimen that combines EVG, an INSTI, and COBI, a novel pharmacoenhancer, with the preferred nucleos(t)ide backbone of FTC/TDF. METHODS This was a 48-week prospective, single-arm open-label study of the switch to STB in virologically sup-pressed HIV-1-infected adult patients on FTC/TDF and twice-daily RAL for at least 6 months. Objectives were to evaluate the tolerability and safety of a regimen simplification to once-a-day STB, while maintaining viral suppression through 48 weeks. RESULTS Forty-eight individuals in the United States were enrolled. The median age was 44 years, 96% were male, and 83% were White. The median time on RAL + FTC/TDF treatment prior to enrollment was 34 months. Ninety-six percent of participants cited regimen simplification as the reason to enroll in the switch study. At base-line, the median CD4 count was 714 cell/µL and estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) was 105 mL/min. At week 48, all assessed study participants remained viro-logically suppressed to the lower limit of quantification (HIV-1 RNA<50 copies/mL) and maintained high CD4 cell count (median, 751 cells/mL) and stable eGFR (median, 100.5 mL/min). STB was well tolerated with no discontinuations, no study drug-related serious adverse events, and no study drug-related grade 3/4 adverse events. CONCLUSIONS All participants switching to 1 tablet once-a-day STB from a twice-daily RAL + FTC/TDF regimen remained virologically suppressed. STB was well tolerated. Switching to STB may be a viable option for virologically suppressed patients wanting to simplify from a twice-daily RAL-containing regimen.
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DeLawyer T, Buck S, Kidder K, Mills A, Parsons A, Shabaneh A. The effects of saturation on the perception of brown stimuli. J Vis 2013. [DOI: 10.1167/13.15.43] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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