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4 Citations
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20 September 2024

Thermosetting resins have good temperature resistance and high strength and have been widely used as plugging agents in oil fields. However, the current resin materials have high costs, and unmodified thermosetting resins are brittle or have deterior...

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  • Open Access
29 Citations
4,899 Views
22 Pages

Visual Investigation of the Occurrence Characteristics of Multi-Type Formation Water in a Fracture–Cavity Carbonate Gas Reservoir

  • Lu Wang,
  • Shenglai Yang,
  • Xian Peng,
  • Hui Deng,
  • Yi Liao,
  • Yicheng Liu,
  • Wei Xu and
  • Youjun Yan

15 March 2018

It is difficult to investigate the formation process and occurrence states of water in multi-type reservoirs, due to the strong heterogeneity and complex microstructure of the fracture–cavity carbonate gas reservoirs. To date, there is no systematic...

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  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,486 Views
14 Pages

9 July 2022

For the purpose of clarifying the seismic response characteristics of fractured-cavity reservoirs of Dengying Formation in the central Sichuan Basin, the paper first intends to establish three geological models of fracture cave reservoirs based on dr...

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  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,214 Views
22 Pages

27 November 2021

The karst fracture-cave oil and gas reservoirs of the Yingshan Formation in the northern slope of the Tazhong Uplift are well developed and have achieved good exploration results. However, the karst fracture-cave near the top of the Yingshan Formatio...

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  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,782 Views
12 Pages

4 July 2024

Fracture-cavity carbonate reservoirs provide a large area, fracture development, high productivity, long stable production time, and other characteristics. However, after long-term exploitation, the lack of energy in the formation leads to a rapid de...

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  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,610 Views
17 Pages

Reservoir Body Development Characteristics in Deep Carbonate Gas Reservoirs: A Case Study of the Fourth Member of the Dengying Formation, Anyue Gas Field

  • Beidong Wang,
  • Shenglai Yang,
  • Jiangtao Hu,
  • Shuai Zhao,
  • Hui Deng,
  • Yuxiang Zhang,
  • Youjun Yan and
  • Yi Jiang

1 August 2024

Deep carbonate rocks are characterized by strong heterogeneity and fracture and cavity development, which have important influence on the storage and seepage capacity of reservoirs. To comprehensively characterize the developmental characteristics of...

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  • Open Access
5 Citations
1,728 Views
18 Pages

Experimental Study on Edge Water Invasion of Strongly Heterogeneous Carbonate Gas Reservoirs Based on NMR Technology

  • Jiangtao Hu,
  • Shenglai Yang,
  • Yi Jiang,
  • Hui Deng,
  • Mengyu Wang,
  • Li You,
  • Qinyi Li,
  • Haoyan Bai and
  • Bin Shen

29 June 2024

Controlling the extent of water invasion in the reservoir and mitigating its detrimental effects on gas well production and natural gas recovery have long been a challenging task in the efficient development of strongly heterogeneous edge water gas r...

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  • Open Access
2 Citations
862 Views
21 Pages

Study on the Stabilization Mechanism of Gas Injection Interface in Fractured-Vuggy Reservoirs

  • Yi Pan,
  • Xinyu Liu,
  • Zhicheng Yang,
  • Yang Sun,
  • Chong Chen and
  • Lei Sun

13 April 2025

Due to the fracture caverns in fractured-vuggy reservoirs, channeling frequently occurs during water injection or gas injection. The stability of the oil–water/oil–gas interface during water injection or gas injection in fractured-vuggy r...

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  • Open Access
14 Citations
3,213 Views
13 Pages

Fracture Resistance and Microleakage around Direct Restorations in High C-Factor Cavities

  • Emese Battancs,
  • Tekla Sáry,
  • Janka Molnár,
  • Gábor Braunitzer,
  • Máté Skolnikovics,
  • Árpád Schindler,
  • Balázs Szabó P.,
  • Sufyan Garoushi and
  • Márk Fráter

25 August 2022

The aim of this research was to evaluate the mechanical impact of different direct restorations in terms of fracture resistance, and subsequent fracture pattern, in occlusal high C-factor cavities. Furthermore, the adaptation of different direct rest...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
2,354 Views
14 Pages

Hydraulic Fracture Propagation Near the Cavity in a Poroelastic Media

  • Anton Azarov,
  • Andrey Patutin and
  • Sergey Serdyukov

20 November 2021

In this paper, we investigate the problem of the propagation of hydraulic fractures in a poroelastic medium that has a circular cavity. The research was conducted using the extended finite element method (XFEM) implemented in the ABAQUS software pack...

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  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,213 Views
15 Pages

9 December 2024

The recovery of reservoir paleo-pressure has been a key focus in hydrocarbon accumulation research. The evolution of paleo-pressure in carbonate reservoir rocks has long been a research challenge for researchers. Using the Tahe area in the Tarim Basi...

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  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,830 Views
17 Pages

3D Quantitative Characterization of Fractures and Cavities in Digital Outcrop Texture Model Based on Lidar

  • Bo Liang,
  • Yuangang Liu,
  • Yanlin Shao,
  • Qing Wang,
  • Naidan Zhang and
  • Shaohua Li

22 February 2022

The combination of lidar and digital photography provides a new technology for creating a high-resolution 3D digital outcrop model. The digital outcrop model can accurately and conveniently depict the surface 3D properties of an outcrop profile, maki...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,464 Views
23 Pages

Reactive Transport Simulation of Cavern Formation along Fractures in Carbonate Rocks

  • Ruiqi Duan,
  • Genhua Shang,
  • Chen Yu,
  • Qiang Wang,
  • Hong Zhang,
  • Liheng Wang,
  • Zhifang Xu and
  • Yanhui Dong

28 December 2020

Karst cavities and caves are often present along fractures in limestone reservoirs and are of significance for oil and gas exploration. Understanding the formation and evolution of caves in fractured carbonate rocks will enhance oil and gas explorati...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
6,893 Views
18 Pages

13 November 2018

A new criterion for hydrogen-induced cracking (HIC) that includes both the embrittlement effect and the loading effect of hydrogen was obtained theoretically. The surface cohesive energy and plastic deformation energy are reduced by hydrogen atoms at...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,732 Views
17 Pages

Unravelling the Temporal and Chemical Evolution of a Mineralizing Fluid in Karst-Hosted Deposits: A Record from Goethite in the High Atlas Foreland (Morocco)

  • Michèle Verhaert,
  • Cécile Gautheron,
  • Augustin Dekoninck,
  • Torsten Vennemann,
  • Rosella Pinna-Jamme,
  • Abdellah Mouttaqi and
  • Johan Yans

11 September 2022

Timing and duration of ore deposit formation are crucial to understanding the mineralization process. To address this, the geochronological (U-Th)/He method, geochemical and H- and O-isotope compositions of pure goethite formed in the Imini karst-hos...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
1,562 Views
16 Pages

30 June 2024

The X-type strike-slip fault system and weathering crust karst fracture-cave and channel reservoirs were developed in the Halahatang area of the northern Tarim Basin. However, the relationship between the reservoir and the strike-slip fault remains c...

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  • Open Access
1 Citations
717 Views
21 Pages

17 July 2025

Underground hydrogen storage (UHS) in geological formations offers a promising solution for large-scale energy buffering, but its long-term safety and mechanical stability remain concerns, particularly in fractured rock environments. This study devel...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,469 Views
22 Pages

The Influence of Hot Deformation on the Mechanical and Structural Properties of 42CrMo4 Steel

  • Mariana Pop,
  • Ioana-Monica Sas-Boca,
  • Dan Frunză,
  • Florin Popa and
  • Adriana Neag

29 May 2024

The influence of elevated temperatures and strain rate on the mechanical and structural properties of steel 42CrMo4 were analysed experimentally in this paper. The experiments were based on uniaxial tension and compression tests at high temperatures...

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  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,811 Views
21 Pages

10 January 2019

A fine-grained 5A70 alloy sheet was obtained through a combination of rolling and heat treatment, with a total deformation reduction of 90% and an average grain size of 8.48 μm. The alloy was studied at 400, 450, 500, and 550 °C and exhibited...

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  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,157 Views
17 Pages

30 December 2024

Dolomitization is a critical diagenetic alteration that impacts the formation of carbonate hydrocarbon reservoirs. In the offshore Bohai Bay Basin, the Lower Paleozoic carbonate reservoirs in buried hill traps, and the basement highs unconformably ov...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,676 Views
15 Pages

14 December 2018

The study of the exact physical mechanism of cavity nucleation and growth is significant in terms of predicting the extent of internal damage following superplastic deformation. The 5A70 alloy was processed by cold rolling for 14 passes with a total...

  • Article
  • Open Access
24 Citations
4,394 Views
24 Pages

Experimental Study of Influence of Karst Aquifer on the Law of Water Inrush in Tunnels

  • Weimin Yang,
  • Zhongdong Fang,
  • Xin Yang,
  • Shaoshuai Shi,
  • Jing Wang,
  • Hao Wang,
  • Lin Bu,
  • Liping Li,
  • Zongqing Zhou and
  • Xueqing Li

7 September 2018

Water inrush is a geological hazard often encountered in tunnel construction. In order to overcome problems encountered when using the existing water-inrush simulation model test, such as single function, low repetition utilization rate, and poor vis...

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  • Open Access
7 Citations
4,711 Views
13 Pages

1 October 2017

In the present work, the tensile properties and fracture behavior of a 2024Al composite reinforced with 10 vol % SiCp and fabricated via powder thixoforming (PT) were studied at temperatures ranging from 25 °C to 300 °C with a strain rate of 0.05 s−1...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
9,290 Views
15 Pages

Formation of Gas-Emission Craters in Northern West Siberia: Shallow Controls

  • Evgeny Mikhailovich Chuvilin,
  • Natalia Sergeevna Sokolova,
  • Boris Aleksandrovich Bukhanov,
  • Dinara Anvarovna Davletshina and
  • Mikhail Yurievich Spasennykh

17 September 2021

Gas-emission craters discovered in northern West Siberia may arise under a specific combination of shallow and deep-seated permafrost conditions. A formation model for such craters is suggested based on cryological and geological data from the Yamal...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,190 Views
20 Pages

17 October 2023

The Middle Permian Maokou Formation in the Sichuan Basin has huge resources and is an important target for natural gas exploration. In recent years, significant exploration breakthroughs have been made in the dolomite field of member Mao-2 in central...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,556 Views
15 Pages

Study on the Influence of Injection Velocity on the Evolution of Hole Defects in Die-Cast Aluminum Alloy

  • Hanxue Cao,
  • Qiang Zhang,
  • Weikai Zhu,
  • Sheng Cui,
  • Qin Yang,
  • Zhibai Wang and
  • Bin Jiang

12 October 2024

Aluminum alloy die casting has achieved rapid development in recent years and has been widely used in all walks of life. However, due to its high pressure and high-speed technological characteristics, avoiding hole defects has become a problem of gre...

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  • Open Access
1,083 Views
25 Pages

20 August 2025

Background: This study aimed to compare the stress distribution and fracture resistance of dental tissues and restorative materials with varying adhesive layer thicknesses and different restorative materials. Methods: A caries-free mandibular first m...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,906 Views
18 Pages

Stability Analysis of Cavern Collapse in Fractured-Cavity Oil Reservoirs

  • Yanzhi Ding,
  • Qiangyong Zhang,
  • Wen Xiang,
  • Bin Wang,
  • Xinrui Lyu and
  • Longyun Zhang

18 April 2023

Fractured-vuggy oil reservoirs, with the decrease of formation pressure during the exploitation process, lead to the collapse of caverns or the closure of sizeable fractured oil channels, which seriously affects oil well production and the recovery r...

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  • Open Access
2 Citations
4,134 Views
22 Pages

6 January 2023

After the destructive earthquake in Petrinja measuring M6.2 occurred on 29 December 2020, which was followed by a series of foreshocks and aftershocks in the area of the rural settlements in Mečenčani and Borojevići, cover-collapse sin...

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  • Open Access
24 Citations
6,340 Views
19 Pages

23 November 2017

In this study the effect of the weld current on the microstructure and mechanical properties of a resistance spot-welded twinning-induced plasticity (TWIP) steel sheet was investigated using optical microscopy, scanning electron microscopy–electron b...

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  • Open Access
5 Citations
5,719 Views
26 Pages

Finite Element Analysis of Traditional and New Fixation Techniques of the 3D-Printed Composite Interlocking Nail in Canine Femoral Shaft Fractures

  • Siwasit Pitjamit,
  • Wasawat Nakkiew,
  • Kriangkrai Thongkorn,
  • Warinthorn Thanakulwattana and
  • Kittiya Thunsiri

15 May 2020

Since the removal of a metallic interlocking nail system leaves a blank cavity inside a healed bone, bioactive and biodegradation materials have been used instead to induce bone formation and eliminate complications of the material removal procedure....

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,563 Views
20 Pages

17 July 2022

Natural fractures caused by tectonic stress in shale can not only improve the seepage capacity of shale, but also become the migration and loss channel of free gas. Calcite, quartz and other minerals in shale fracture veins record the fluid evolution...

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555 Views
18 Pages

7 July 2025

Titanium alloy/carbon fiber-reinforced polymer (TA1/CFRP) laminates, representing the latest fourth generation of fiber metal laminates (FMLs), is a kind of high-performance composite material. However, the fragility of the fiber/resin and metal/resi...

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  • Open Access
51 Citations
6,719 Views
16 Pages

14 February 2020

This study proposes a new design of lightweight and cost-efficient composite materials for the aeronautic industry utilizing recycled fresh scrap rubber, epoxy resin, and graphene nanoplatelets (GnPs). After manufacturing the composites, their bendin...

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  • Open Access
5 Citations
1,693 Views
27 Pages

Advances and Future Directions in Monitoring and Predicting Secondary Surface Subsidence in Abandoned Mines

  • Ruonan Zhao,
  • Sen Du,
  • Meinan Zheng,
  • Qingbiao Guo,
  • Lei Wang,
  • Teng Wang,
  • Xi Guo and
  • José Fernández

23 January 2025

In recent years, the prolonged exploitation of coal resources has led to the depletion of coal reserves in some mining areas, resulting in the closure of certain mines worldwide. After mine closures, the fractured rock masses in abandoned mine caviti...

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  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,619 Views
25 Pages

27 November 2019

The thermal stability of a hybrid composite rod, made of epoxy-anhydride matrix reinforced with both unidirectional carbon and glass fibers, has been evaluated between 180 and 210 °C in different nitrogen/oxygen gas mixtures with several conventi...

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  • Open Access
22 Citations
4,800 Views
31 Pages

Multiphase Diagenetic Processes and Their Impact on Reservoir Character of the Late Triassic (Rhaetian) Kingriali Formation, Upper Indus Basin, Pakistan

  • Imran Ahmad,
  • Mumtaz Muhammad Shah,
  • Hammad Tariq Janjuhah,
  • Anna Trave,
  • Assimina Antonarakou and
  • George Kontakiotis

20 August 2022

Multiple episodes of dolomitization of the shallow marine carbonates of the Late Kingriali Formation resulted in regional scale mappable dolostone geobodies in the Kohat and Potwar sub-basins. With the exception of few unaltered patches of the host l...

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  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,578 Views
22 Pages

9 July 2024

This study investigates the processes leading to karst development in the southeastern part of Riyadh city extending up to Al Kharj. Numerous solution features such as sinkholes, collapsed dolines, and solution caverns are common in the area. The rol...

  • Case Report
  • Open Access
2,184 Views
12 Pages

A Case of Hypophosphatasia Started Enzyme Replacement Therapy Since Babyhood Stage

  • Tatsuya Akitomo,
  • Noriko Niizato,
  • Ami Kaneki,
  • Masashi Ogawa,
  • Taku Nishimura,
  • Mariko Kametani,
  • Momoko Usuda,
  • Yuko Iwamoto,
  • Chieko Mitsuhata and
  • Ryota Nomura

6 January 2025

Background: Hypophosphatasia (HPP) is an inherited disease caused by low activity of tissue-nonspecific alkaline phosphatase. Dental characteristics include premature loss of primary teeth, enlarged pulp chambers, and enamel hypoplasia. Although enzy...

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  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,041 Views
20 Pages

The Microstructure and Properties of Al–Mn–Cu–Zr Alloy after High-Energy Ball Milling and Hot-Press Sintering

  • Olga A. Yakovtseva,
  • Andrey G. Mochugovskiy,
  • Alexey S. Prosviryakov,
  • Andrey I. Bazlov,
  • Nadezhda B. Emelina and
  • Anastasia V. Mikhaylovskaya

6 March 2024

In the present research an Al–7.7%Mn–4.9%Zr–3.2%Cu (wt%) alloy was processed by mechanical alloying (MA) followed by hot press sintering. The microstructure, phase composition, and mechanical properties of the MA granules and sinter...

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  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,810 Views
14 Pages

1 November 2023

The aim of this paper was to optimise the manufacturing parameters of a new maraging steel alloy with 8% Cr, reduced Ni content (7%), and no Co or Mo. This alloy was developed by ArcelorMittal and its trade name is LeanSi. The alloy was produced usin...

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  • Open Access
493 Views
13 Pages

19 August 2025

This study investigates the mechanisms of gas-containing tectonic coal outbursts by modeling tectonic coal and gas as analogous to soil and pore water. Analytical methods from soil mechanics, specifically those related to quicksand and seismic liquef...

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  • Open Access
8 Citations
8,056 Views
17 Pages

Characterization of Dentine to Assess Bond Strength of Dental Composites

  • Saad Liaqat,
  • Anas Aljabo,
  • Muhammad Adnan Khan,
  • Hesham Ben Nuba,
  • Laurent Bozec,
  • Paul Ashley and
  • Anne Young

24 April 2015

This study was performed to develop alternating dentine adhesion models that could help in the evaluation of a self-bonding dental composite. For this purpose dentine from human and ivory was characterized chemically and microscopically before and af...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
4,768 Views
17 Pages

The deep biosphere hosted in fractured rocks within the upper continental crust is one of the least understood and studied ecological realms on Earth. Scarce knowledge of ancient life and paleo-fluid flow within this realm is owing to the lack of dee...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,868 Views
34 Pages

22 July 2022

The gypsum-anhydrite rocks in the abandoned quarry at Dingwall (Nova Scotia, Canada) are subjected to physical and chemical weathering, including hydration of the anhydrite, i.e., its transformation into secondary gypsum under the influence of water....

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,378 Views
19 Pages

Self-Curing Glass Ionomer Cement Covered by Photopolymerizable Adhesive for Protection of Mucoperiosteal or Gingival Flap Sutures in Canine Oral Surgery

  • Salviano Tramontin Bellettini,
  • Regiane Pereira Baptista da Silva,
  • Diogo Fernandes Giovanelli,
  • Emerson Luiz Botelho Lourenço,
  • Elton da Cruz Alves Pereira,
  • Karina Sakumoto,
  • Daniela Dib Gonçalves and
  • José Ricardo Pachaly

17 August 2023

Periodontal disease is one of the main affections of the oral cavity of dogs. Its main complication is the formation of periapical abscess, which, when affecting the maxillary canine teeth, can lead to the formation of oronasal fistulae. The objectiv...

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  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,005 Views
17 Pages

14 May 2022

Singular crypto- and microcrystalline hydrothermal zircon aggregates occur in peralkaline granites from the Corupá Pluton of “A-type” granites and syenites in Graciosa Province, Southern Brazil, and are herein characterized for the...

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  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,736 Views
18 Pages

Osteoregeneration of Critical-Size Defects Using Hydroxyapatite–Chitosan and Silver–Chitosan Nanocomposites

  • Miguel A. Casillas-Santana,
  • Yael N. Slavin,
  • Peng Zhang,
  • Nereyda Niño-Martínez,
  • Horacio Bach and
  • Gabriel A. Martínez-Castañón

12 January 2023

Bone is a natural nanocomposite composed of proteins and minerals that can regenerate itself. However, there are conditions in which this process is impaired, such as extensive bone defects and infections of the bone or surrounding tissue. This study...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,615 Views
18 Pages

27 February 2024

In gripper tunnel boring machine (TBM) tunneling through complex geological formations, the safe and efficient recovery from large-scale collapses remains a formidable challenge. In this study, we investigate the causes of a 1246 m3 collapse that occ...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
2,732 Views
15 Pages

Effect of Candida albicans Suspension on the Mechanical Properties of Denture Base Acrylic Resin

  • Grzegorz Chladek,
  • Michał Nowak,
  • Wojciech Pakieła and
  • Anna Mertas

27 May 2022

Yeast-like fungi such as Candida albicans (C. albicans) are the primary pathogenic microorganism in the oral cavity of denture wearers. The research available so far, conducted according to a protocol based on the exposure of specimens to a C. albica...

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