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Cartesian Operator Factorization Method for Hydrogen

  • Xinliang Lyu,
  • Christina Daniel and
  • James K. Freericks

26 January 2022

We generalize Schrödinger’s factorization method for Hydrogen from the conventional separation into angular and radial coordinates to a Cartesian-based factorization. Unique to this approach is the fact that the Hamiltonian is represented...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,439 Views
27 Pages

Continuum Energy Eigenstates via the Factorization Method

  • James K. Freericks and
  • Wesley N. Mathews Jr.

24 March 2023

The factorization method was introduced by Schrödinger in 1940. Its use in bound-state problems is widely known, including in supersymmetric quantum mechanics; one can create a factorization chain, which simultaneously solves a sequence of auxil...

(This article belongs to the Section C: Physics)
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  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,990 Views
12 Pages

Relevance of Factorization Method to Differential and Integral Equations Associated with Hybrid Class of Polynomials

  • Naeem Ahmad,
  • Raziya Sabri,
  • Mohammad Faisal Khan,
  • Mohammad Shadab and
  • Anju Gupta

This article has a motive to derive a new class of differential equations and associated integral equations for some hybrid families of Laguerre–Gould–Hopper-based Sheffer polynomials. We derive recurrence relations, differential equation...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Trends of Special Functions and Analysis of PDEs)
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  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,097 Views
8 Pages

29 June 2019

This paper considers a method of the calculation of probability of the exit from a band of the solution of a stochastic differential equation. The method is based on the approximation of the solution of the considered equation by a process which is r...

(This article belongs to the Section E1: Mathematics and Computer Science)
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  • Open Access
2 Citations
825 Views
17 Pages

Wallboard outsourcing is a critical task in cloud-based manufacturing, where demand enterprises seek suitable suppliers for machining services through online platforms. However, the recommendation process faces significant challenges, including spars...

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  • Open Access
1,625 Views
17 Pages

6 September 2023

We extend the scope of the unified factorization method to the solution of conditionally and unconditionally exactly solvable models of quantum mechanics, proposed in a previous paper [R.R. Nigmatullin, A.A. Khamzin, D. Baleanu, Results in Physics 41...

(This article belongs to the Section E4: Mathematical Physics)
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  • Open Access
38 Citations
5,320 Views
19 Pages

8 June 2021

In this study, the agricultural soil around Zhuzhou Smelter in Zhuzhou district, Hunan, China and Huludao Zinc Plant in Huludao district, Liaoning, China was selected as the research area to discuss the current situation of heavy metal pollution in t...

(This article belongs to the Section Environmental Sustainability and Applications)
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  • Open Access
1,246 Views
14 Pages

Enhanced Integer Factorization Method: Sequential and Parallel Approaches

  • Ehab T. Alnfrawy,
  • Hazem M. Bahig,
  • Hatem M. Bahig and
  • Reda Elbarougy

2 May 2026

Integer factorization plays a foundational role in asymmetric cryptography systems, notably the Rivest, Shamir, and Adleman (RSA) cryptosystem. This paper presents an improvement of the integer factorization from both sequential and parallel computat...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Symmetry and Approximation Methods II)
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  • Open Access
12 Citations
4,548 Views
15 Pages

21 July 2021

Elliptic Curve Factorization Method (ECM) is the general-purpose factoring method used in the digital computer era. It is based on the medium length of the modulus; ECM is an efficient algorithm when the length of modulus is between 40 and 50 digits....

(This article belongs to the Section A: Computer Science)
  • Review
  • Open Access
11 Citations
6,156 Views
21 Pages

6 February 2023

Gene-expression regulation involves multiple processes and a range of regulatory factors. In this review, we describe the key factors that regulate gene expression, including transcription factors (TFs), chromatin accessibility, histone modifications...

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  • Open Access
6 Citations
4,661 Views
22 Pages

18 October 2019

Hyperspectral (HS) images can provide abundant and fine spectral information on land surface. However, their applications may be limited by their narrow bandwidth and small coverage area. In this paper, we propose an HS image simulation method based...

(This article belongs to the Section Remote Sensing Image Processing)
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  • Open Access
5 Citations
4,424 Views
18 Pages

14 February 2017

Three-dimensional (3D) imaging of space targets can provide crucial information about the target shape and size, which are significant supports for the application of automatic target classification and recognition. In this paper, a new 3D imaging of...

(This article belongs to the Section Remote Sensors)
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  • Open Access
28 Citations
5,704 Views
18 Pages

15 August 2019

Navigation grade inertial measurement units (IMUs) should be calibrated after Inertial Navigation Systems (INSs) are assembled and be re-calibrated after certain periods of time. The multi-position calibration methods with advantage of not requiring...

(This article belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)
  • Review
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,197 Views
17 Pages

A Review of Mathematical Models of Elasticity Theory Based on the Methods of Iterative Factorizations and Fictitious Components

  • Andrey Ushakov,
  • Sophiya Zagrebina,
  • Sergei Aliukov,
  • Anatoliy Alabugin and
  • Konstantin Osintsev

13 January 2023

This review analyzes articles on mathematical modeling of elasticity theory using iterative factorizations and fictitious components. To carry out this study, various methods are developed, for example, an approximate analytical method of iterative f...

(This article belongs to the Section C2: Dynamical Systems)
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  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,463 Views
16 Pages

All-Factor Average Method of Reserve Parameters with Crude Oil Volume and Mass Constraints

  • Doujuan Zhang,
  • Haimin Guo,
  • Yuyan Wu,
  • Cunyuan Chen,
  • Ao Li,
  • Jinyan Zhang and
  • Yonggang Wang

26 August 2023

In order to make the average value of each reserve parameter of a set of oil reserves more representative, this paper puts forward the all-factor average method of reserve parameters with crude oil volume and mass constraints. In the first step, the...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Application of Chemical Smart Manufacturing in Industry 4.0)
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  • Open Access
17 Citations
3,450 Views
14 Pages

14 December 2022

The “carbon peak, carbon neutral” goal and the rapid development of new energy sources such as photovoltaic and hydrogen energy have accelerated the decline of the traditional coal industry. Therefore, the coal industry urgently needs to...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Risk Assessment of Innovative Energy Systems)
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  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,568 Views
20 Pages

Analysis of Factors Influencing Life Cycle Costs of Transformers Based on TOPSIS Method

  • Long Zhan,
  • Hui Chang,
  • Xiaolu Zhu,
  • Xin Zhao,
  • Gang Wei,
  • Ziyu Cai,
  • Haibin Xie,
  • Xinyue Zhao and
  • Heng Chen

25 November 2024

The transformer is an essential piece of equipment in a power system, and its selection is directly related to the security, stability, and economics of the power system. This paper presents a comprehensive investigation into the life cycle costs (LC...

(This article belongs to the Section F3: Power Electronics)
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  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,235 Views
14 Pages

Analysis of the Ignition Behavior Based on Similarity Factor Method

  • Weiwei Fan,
  • Shengxiong Yang,
  • Ke Xu,
  • Mingdong Zhu and
  • Jie Xu

7 February 2021

The chemical kinetics mechanism is an important factor to accurately predict the combustion characteristics of constant-volume bomb (CVB). In this study, an n-heptane oxidation mechanism constructed by Wang et al. is introduced to study the correlati...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Modeling and Experimental Methods for Engine Combustion Analysis)
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  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,408 Views
15 Pages

30 September 2021

Load and resistance factor design (LRFD) is widely used in building codes for reliability design. In the calculation of load and resistance factors, the third-moment method (3M) has been proposed to overcome the shortcomings (e.g., inevitable iterati...

(This article belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,709 Views
17 Pages

24 June 2021

Weighted essentially non-oscillatory (WENO) methods are especially efficient for numerically solving nonlinear hyperbolic equations. In order to achieve strong stability and large time-steps, strong stability preserving (SSP) integrating factor (IF)...

(This article belongs to the Section E: Applied Mathematics)
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  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,341 Views
19 Pages

23 March 2023

Community detection remains a challenging research hotspot in network analysis. With the complexity of the network data structures increasing, multilayer networks, in which entities interact through multiple types of connections, prove to be effectiv...

  • Review
  • Open Access
35 Citations
14,340 Views
23 Pages

Challenges with Methods for Detecting and Studying the Transcription Factor Nuclear Factor Kappa B (NF-κB) in the Central Nervous System

  • Marina Mostafizar,
  • Claudia Cortes-Pérez,
  • Wanda Snow,
  • Jelena Djordjevic,
  • Aida Adlimoghaddam and
  • Benedict C. Albensi

28 May 2021

The transcription factor nuclear factor kappa B (NF-κB) is highly expressed in almost all types of cells. NF-κB is involved in many complex biological processes, in particular in immunity. The activation of the NF-κB signaling pathways is also associ...

(This article belongs to the Section Cell Signaling)
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  • Open Access
28 Citations
7,086 Views
30 Pages

Predicting the propulsive power of ships with high accuracy still remains a challenge. Well established practices in the 1978 ITTC Power Prediction method have been questioned such as the form factor approach and its determination method. This paper...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue CFD Simulations of Marine Hydrodynamics)
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  • Open Access
11 Citations
3,365 Views
14 Pages

POI Recommendation Method of Neural Matrix Factorization Integrating Auxiliary Attribute Information

  • Xiaoyan Li,
  • Shenghua Xu,
  • Tao Jiang,
  • Yong Wang,
  • Yu Ma and
  • Yiming Liu

20 September 2022

Point-of-interest (POI) recommendation is the prevalent personalized service in location-based social networks (LBSNs). A single use of matrix factorization (MF) or deep neural networks cannot effectively capture the complex structure of user–P...

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  • Open Access
10 Citations
19,048 Views
28 Pages

31 May 2020

In this paper, the stress–strain method for the elastic settlement analysis of shallow foundations is revisited, offering a great number of strain influence factor charts covering the most common cases met in civil engineering practice. The cal...

(This article belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)
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  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,358 Views
17 Pages

23 May 2023

Contingency analysis plays an important role in assessing the static security of a network. Its purpose is to check whether a system can operate safely when some elements are out of service. In a real-time application, the computational time required...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Electric Power System 2023)
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  • Open Access
2 Citations
491 Views
32 Pages

25 April 2026

Landslides are one of the most common natural hazards in China, and the efficient screening of important factors is crucial for landslide susceptibility mapping. Taking the Zigui–Badong section of the Three Gorges Reservoir Area (TGRA) as the s...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Remote Sensing Technologies and Their Applications)
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  • Open Access
1 Citations
930 Views
15 Pages

29 April 2025

This paper concerns a class of robust factorization models of low-rank matrix recovery, which have been widely applied in various fields such as machine learning and imaging sciences. An ℓ1-loss robust factorized model incorporating the ℓ...

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25 Citations
8,879 Views
20 Pages

An Efficient Method to Predict Compressibility Factor of Natural Gas Streams

  • Vassilis Gaganis,
  • Dirar Homouz,
  • Maher Maalouf,
  • Naji Khoury and
  • Kyriaki Polychronopoulou

4 July 2019

The gas compressibility factor, also known as the deviation or Z-factor, is one of the most important parameters in the petroleum and chemical industries involving natural gas, as it is directly related to the density of a gas stream, hence its flow...

(This article belongs to the Section I: Energy Fundamentals and Conversion)
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  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,568 Views
11 Pages

5 December 2022

It is significant to scientifically identify what factors influence the green growth of manufacturing enterprises and analyze the relationship among these factors, thus promoting green growth. Firstly, the corresponding conceptual model is designed;...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Modelling, Monitoring, Control and Optimization for Complex Industrial Processes)
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  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,385 Views
16 Pages

31 August 2021

Stress intensity factor (SIF) is one of three important parameters in classical linear elastic fracture mechanics (LEFM). The evaluation of SIFs is of great significance in the field of engineering structural and material damage assessment, such as a...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Element-Based Methods for the Solution of Engineering Problems)
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  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,707 Views
15 Pages

15 July 2021

This paper presents direct computations of 3-D fracture parameters including stress intensity factors (SIFs) and T-stress for straight and curved planar cracks with the p-version finite element method (P-FEM) and contour integral method (CIM). No exc...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Finite Element Analysis of Mechanical Behaviors and Properties of Engineering Materials and Structures)
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  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,804 Views
13 Pages

31 October 2022

The train operation scheme of urban rail transit is a transportation plan formulated to fully meet the needs of passenger travel under the constraints of signal system capacity, turn-back capacity, and so on. Facing an unexpected epidemic, it was par...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Application of Big Data in Energy-Efficient Management of Rail Systems)
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  • Open Access
15 Citations
4,612 Views
16 Pages

A Novel Signal Separation Method Based on Improved Sparse Non-Negative Matrix Factorization

  • Huaqing Wang,
  • Mengyang Wang,
  • Junlin Li,
  • Liuyang Song and
  • Yansong Hao

28 April 2019

In order to separate and extract compound fault features of a vibration signal from a single channel, a novel signal separation method is proposed based on improved sparse non-negative matrix factorization (SNMF). In view of the traditional SNMF fail...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Entropy-Based Fault Diagnosis)
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  • Open Access
16 Citations
4,057 Views
15 Pages

11 July 2018

A novel framework based on the fast orthogonal search (FOS) method coupled with factorization algorithms was proposed and implemented to realize high-accuracy muscle force estimation via surface electromyogram (SEMG). During static isometric elbow fl...

(This article belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)
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  • Open Access
869 Views
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Variable Forgetting Factor RLS Adaptive Algorithms Based on Line Search Methods

  • Radu-Andrei Otopeleanu,
  • Cristian-Lucian Stanciu,
  • Constantin Paleologu and
  • Jacob Benesty

9 May 2026

Recursive least-squares (RLS) adaptive algorithms are capable of outperforming least-mean-square (LMS) methods for the identification of long-length impulse responses due to their ability to mitigate the high correlation properties of input signals,...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advancements in Digital Signal Processing: Emerging Applications and Optimized Implementations)
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  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,072 Views
32 Pages

An Asymmetric Ensemble Method for Determining the Importance of Individual Factors of a Univariate Problem

  • Jelena Mišić,
  • Aleksandar Kemiveš,
  • Milan Ranđelović and
  • Dragan Ranđelović

11 November 2023

This study proposes an innovative model that determines the importance of selected factors of a univariate problem. The proposed model has been developed based on the example of determining the impact of non-medical factors on the quality of inpatien...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Symmetry in Optimization Theory, Algorithm and Applications)
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  • Open Access
319 Views
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7 August 2026

Clay slopes are particularly sensitive to variations in soil strength, groundwater conditions, and slope geometry, making their rapid and reliable assessment essential for geotechnical design, landslide prevention, and infrastructure risk management....

(This article belongs to the Special Issue A Geotechnical Study on Landslides: Challenges and Progresses)
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  • Open Access
11 Citations
2,682 Views
17 Pages

6 August 2023

At present, dampers are widely used in the field of energy dissipation in engineering structures. However, when the displacement and velocity output of dampers are not significant under small and medium-sized earthquakes, it is difficult for a damper...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Research on Recent Developments in Building Structures)
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  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,943 Views
12 Pages

16 January 2025

The hybrid FEM-DBCI numerical method is proposed for the computation of coupling factors between time-harmonic magnetic fields and human bodies. Characteristics are highlighted which make FEM-DBCI very suitable to perform such computations. Several c...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Electromagnetic Radiation and Human Environment)
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  • Open Access
11 Citations
5,943 Views
28 Pages

27 September 2024

This paper describes the critical success factors for digitalization in manufacturing within the framework of Industry 4.0 and Industry 5.0 while sustaining Lean and Lean-reinforcement links during this transformation within the actual transformation...

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  • Open Access
2 Citations
4,780 Views
18 Pages

16 November 2017

Implicit integration factor (IIF) methods were developed for solving time-dependent stiff partial differential equations (PDEs) in literature. In [Jiang and Zhang, Journal of Computational Physics, 253 (2013) 368–388], IIF methods are designed to eff...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Numerical Methods for Partial Differential Equations)
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  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,278 Views
25 Pages

11 June 2025

The automotive industry is a key pillar of many national economies, and automotive body manufacturing is among the most complex production processes. In the automotive body manufacturing process, quality control and safety assurance are of paramount...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Mathematical Techniques and New ITs for Smart Manufacturing Systems)
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  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,449 Views
19 Pages

A Novel Response Factor-Based Method for In Situ Measurement of Wall Thermal Resistance

  • Chuang Wang,
  • Xiao Fu,
  • Xiaoran Tao,
  • Xiaoyan Li and
  • Jingjing An

3 August 2023

The heat flow meter method (HFM) is one of the most-used methods for the in situ measurement of wall thermal resistance. However, the standard HFM method has some issues: it is challenging to balance simplicity and accuracy in data analysis and the m...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Built Environment Engineering: Ventilation, Air Conditioning, and Heating Technology)
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  • Open Access
13 Citations
3,825 Views
13 Pages

7 March 2023

The stress intensity factor represents a vital parameter within the realm of linear elastic fracture mechanics. It acts as the cornerstone in determining crack propagation and evaluating damage tolerance. However, calculating this factor is a complex...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Investigations and Applications in Advanced Materials Processing)
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  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,132 Views
19 Pages

16 January 2025

To address the fragmentation in the engineering consulting industry, whole-process consulting (WPC) has undergone rapid development in China. Engineering consulting companies are actively transitioning towards WPC and aiming to enhance whole-process...

(This article belongs to the Section Construction Management, and Computers & Digitization)
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  • Open Access
45 Citations
5,777 Views
15 Pages

Escalator-related incidents (EIs) have recently resulted in serious injuries and even deaths. Given the frequency and severity of EIs, a systematic exploration of factors influencing EIs is critical in order to identify preventive measures. Twenty-tw...

(This article belongs to the Section Health Behavior, Chronic Disease and Health Promotion)
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  • Open Access
2,836 Views
21 Pages

22 August 2022

Construction of a high spatial resolution and high precision marine gravity field in coastal areas is constrained by the low quality and sparse coverage of altimetry data, except for limited shipborne and airborne gravity surveys. To address this pro...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Remote Sensing Observation on Coastal Change)
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42 Citations
10,403 Views
16 Pages

Emissions of Toxic Substances from Biomass Burning: A Review of Methods and Technical Influencing Factors

  • Wanying Yao,
  • Yixuan Zhao,
  • Ruihan Chen,
  • Mengying Wang,
  • Weiwei Song and
  • Dajiang Yu

13 March 2023

In the perspective of energy sustainability, biomass is the widely used renewable domestic energy with low cost and easy availability. Increasing studies have reported the health impacts of toxic substances from biomass burning emissions. To make pro...

(This article belongs to the Section Environmental and Green Processes)
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  • Open Access
23 Citations
4,607 Views
17 Pages

19 June 2019

Personalized quality of service (QoS) prediction plays an important role in helping users build high-quality service-oriented systems. To obtain accurate prediction results, many approaches have been investigated in recent years. However, these appro...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Blockchain in the Internet of Things: Opportunities, Challenges and Solutions)

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