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Hirakawa A, Sakamoto H, Misumi K, Kamimura T, Shimizu R. Assessment of pulmonary edema based on extravascular thermal volume in dogs. J Vet Med Sci 1993; 55:995-1000. [PMID: 8117830 DOI: 10.1292/jvms.55.995] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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To establish criteria of pulmonary edema by extravascular thermal volume (ETV), ETV and a roentgenogram of the thorax were compared in normal and experimental hydrostatic pulmonary edema dogs. ETV was measured by the double indicator dilution technique using heat as a diffusible indicator and sodium ions as a non-diffusible indicator (thermal-Na method). Mean ETV in 14 dogs under physiologic conditions was 8.20 +/- 1.44 ml/kg. Comparison of ETV with the roentgenogram indicated the density of thoracic the roentgenogram to increase when ETV exceeded 11 ml/kg. Pulmonary edema was recognized clearly in the thoracic roentgenogram at more than 15 ml/kg of ETV. Further increase in ETV did not occur with additional radiographic change. ETV was significantly (P < 0.01) correlated with arterial oxygen tension (PaO2) but not statistically correlated with colloid oncotic pressure (COP), pulmonary arterial wedge pressure (PAWP) or PAWP-COP. Measurement of ETV would thus, appear to be a reliable method for evaluating the severity of pulmonary edema, which has been difficult to diagnose by roentgenography and should facilitate the early diagnosis and management of pulmonary edema.
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- A Hirakawa
- Department of Veterinary Surgery, Faculty of Agriculture, Kagoshima University, Japan
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To clarify the normal value of ventricular wall thickness we directly measured the ventricular wall thickness of 50 normal mongrel dogs of one year old. Because of a wide range in body weight from 6.0 to 16.0 kg of these 50 dogs, we selected 34 dogs weighing 8 to 12 kg to calculate the mean ventricular wall thickness as normal value of one year old. The results obtained were as follows; (1) The mean and standard deviation of the left ventricular wall thickness was 7.1 +/- 1.2 mm at anterior, 6.3 +/- 1.6 mm at posterior, 7.1 +/- 1.3 mm at lateral, 10.3 +/- 1.8 mm at the interventricular septum, and that of the right ventricular wall thickness was 3.4 +/- 1.0 mm. (2) Although any site of the ventricular wall thickness correlated significantly to heart weight, only the anterior left ventricular wall and interventricular septum barely correlated to body weight. (3) There was no significant correlation between arterial blood pressure and the ventricular wall thickness. Further study should be necessary to clarify influences of aging on the ventricular thickness and to determine the criteria of ventricular hypertrophy.
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- T Kamimura
- Department of Veterinary Surgery, Faculty of Agriculture, Kagoshima University, Japan
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Hirakawa A. [An ideal form of the clinical laboratory information system]. Rinsho Byori 1988; Spec No 77:22-30. [PMID: 3268702] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Inoue Y, Takahashi T, Matsuo S, Takahashi H, Hirakawa A. [A system for physiopathologic study of the results of blood gas analysis using a vector display]. Rinsho Byori 1988; Spec No 77:64-73. [PMID: 3268705] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Maetani S, Tobe T, Hirakawa A. [Comparison of classic actuarial method with maximum likelihood methods for estimation of cumulative survival rate]. Nihon Gan Chiryo Gakkai Shi 1986; 21:2421-9. [PMID: 3572144] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Hirakawa A. [Is clinical laboratory diagnosis possible?]. Rinsho Byori 1986; 34:545-6. [PMID: 3761622] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Using multivariate probit analysis, the data of 565 patients who underwent major abdominal surgery were retrospectively analyzed, and the etiologic role of blood transfusion in organ system failure (OSF), which includes respiratory failure, gastrointestinal stress bleeding, renal failure, nonobstructive, nonhepatitic jaundice, and coagulopathy, was studied. Apart from the amount of blood transfusion, the following factors were included in the analysis as possible contributors to OSF: age, preoperative hematocrit, organ failure risk (diffuse peritonitis, obstructive cholangitis, liver cirrhosis, terminal cancer, and hemorrhagic shock), operative time, blood loss, and postoperative highest hematocrit. The results showed that, except for preoperative hematocrit, all the factors are statistically significant contributors, blood transfusion being the most significant. There was no statistically significant interaction between blood transfusion and organ failure risk. It is concluded that blood transfusion is an important, independent factor contributing to OSF, and its contribution cannot be attributed to the underlying conditions that require blood transfusion.
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Higa T, Minato K, Komori M, Hirakawa A, Torizuka K. [A diagnostic information management system for the evaluation of medical images]. Iyodenshi To Seitai Kogaku 1985; 23:87-92. [PMID: 3877195] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Ogawa K, Matsunaga M, Nagai H, Hara A, Koide H, Pak CH, Hirakawa A, Kawai C. Effects of enalapril maleate (MK-421) on renovascular hypertension. TOHOKU J EXP MED 1985; 145:125-35. [PMID: 2986316 DOI: 10.1620/tjem.145.125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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The effects of enalapril maleate (MK-421), a new angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor, were studied on 5 patients with renovascular hypertension (RVH) due to unilateral renal artery stenosis. The therapeutic dosage was increased when the blood pressure (BP) was not controlled for more than 3 days. Blood sampling was performed before, and 5 hr and 24 hr after the first administration, and on the 3rd day with each dosage. The BP was normalized on 5 mg/day in 1 case, 10 mg in 1 case, 20 mg in 2 cases, and 40 mg plus mefruside in 1 case. Plasma renin activity (PRA) was significantly increased after 5 hr and recovered after 24 hr with 2.5 mg of the enalapril maleate, when the BP was not affected. This indicates that the increase in PRA is likely due to the reduced negative feedback of angiotensin II. When the blood pressure was lowered, PRA was increased and plasma aldosterone concentration (PAC) was decreased significantly. This rise of PRA may depend not only on the reduced negative feedback but also on the fall of BP. It is also considered that the PAC was decreased through the decrease in plasma angiotensin II. A fall of the glomerular filtration rate in one case and also a fall of the perfusion of the kidney of the stenotic side in another case were observed by radioisotope renograms. MK-421 administration was a useful treatment for RVH, and clearly normalized the BP of all the patients studied. However, there was a risk of a fall of renal function on the stenotic side due to the decrease in perfusion pressure.
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Maetani S, Yoshizaki S, Tobe T, Hirakawa A. [Application of Bayes' theorem to diagnosis of patients with multiple diseases]. Iyodenshi To Seitai Kogaku 1984; 22:426-32. [PMID: 6533364] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Komori M, Minato K, Hirakawa A. [Current status and future problems of the hospital information system]. Iyodenshi To Seitai Kogaku 1982; 20:554-6. [PMID: 7186969] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Hirakawa A, Minato K, Komori M. [Computerized patient record and database system]. Iyodenshi To Seitai Kogaku 1982; 20:403-11. [PMID: 6763950] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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A total of 1026 patients with gastric cancer was followed up for five years after surgery and classified into different groups according to surgeons' assessment of nodal involvement, serosal invasion, peritoneal spread, and hepatic metastasis. The survival of each group was studied by parametric analysis, using the log normal model and three parameters estimated: proportion of patients cured (c), mean (m), and SD of log survival times of patients not cured. With these parameters, compared with the conventional five-year survival or the median time, the survival pattern of each group was delineated in detail, and prognostic inferences beyond the follow-up period were made feasible. Groups with more localized lesions were characterized by higher values of c and m. This implied that although patients in these groups have a better chance of cure, they are exposed to a relatively higher risk of late death due to recurrence. This method proved also useful to compare the prognostic values of different classification and to develop better staging systems.
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Minato K, Yonekura Y, Yamamoto K, Mukai T, Tamaki N, Fujita T, Ishii Y, Hirakawa A, Torizuka K. [A method of measuring the L-V curve for atrial fibrillation (author's transl)]. Kaku Igaku 1981; 18:87-90. [PMID: 7277870] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Kawashita K, Hirakawa A, Kambara H, Kadota K, Kawai C. A factor analytic assessment of prognosis in ischemic heart disease using thallium-201 myocardial scintigraphy, radiocardiograhy and orthogonal electrocardiography. Jpn Circ J 1981; 45:24-38. [PMID: 6450291 DOI: 10.1253/jcj.45.24] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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One hundred and three subjects with ischemic heart disease (IHD) were followed-up in an attempt to assess the most important factors affecting morbidity and mortality. At the time of initial examination 23 patients had congestive heart failure. During the one year follow-up after the examination 11 patients died. Various parameters including perfusion defects (SCORE) on 201 Tl-myocardial scintigrams, radiocardiographic hemodynamic data and orthogonal electrocardiographic parameters were analysed at the onset of the study, according to the method of "factor analysis". The factor analytic technique enabled a summary of the data obtained from these non-invasive approaches into five major interpretable components termed factors 1 to 5; factor 1 as "the extent of myocardial ischemia", factor 2 "heart size", factor 3 "cardiac pump function", factor 4 "peripheral blood volume" and factor 5 "QRS forces". The relationship between these five factors with a one-year mortality rate was then investigated. Of these factors, factor 1 which included SCORE, spatial G/QRS, T/QRS and QRS-T angle proved to be the most important as related to morbidity and mortality in IHD. Factors 2 and 3 were also shown to be useful prognostic indicators of subsequent mortality. Thus, a combination of these non-invasive parameters is useful not only to diagnose IHD but also serves as one form of evaluation of the prognosis in patients with IHD.
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A total of 1026 patients with gastric cancer was followed up for five years after surgery and classified into different groups according to surgeons' assessment of nodal involvement, serosal invasion, peritoneal spread, and hepatic metastasis. The survival of each group was studied by parametric analysis, using the log normal model and three parameters estimated: proportion of patients cured (c), mean (m), and SD of log survival times of patients not cured. With these parameters, compared with the conventional five-year survival or the median time, the survival pattern of each group was delineated in detail, and prognostic inferences beyond the follow-up period were made feasible. Groups with more localized lesions were characterized by higher values of c and m. This implied that although patients in these groups have a better chance of cure, they are exposed to a relatively higher risk of late death due to recurrence. This method proved also useful to compare the prognostic values of different classification and to develop better staging systems.
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Hirakawa A. [Medical record information system]. Iyodenshi To Seitai Kogaku 1980; 18:393-404. [PMID: 7024599] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Fukuda S, Naito H, Niimoto T, Hirakawa A, Kiba S. [Nursing process: nursing of patients with lung cancer. Evaluation of the nursing process: Discussion]. Kurinikaru Sutadi 1980; 1:684-691. [PMID: 6904736] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Osakada G, Sasayama S, Kawai C, Hirakawa A, Kemper WS, Franklin D, Ross J. The analysis of left ventricular wall thickness and shear by an ultrasonic triangulation technique in the dog. Circ Res 1980; 47:173-81. [PMID: 7397950 DOI: 10.1161/01.res.47.2.173] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Kuwahara M, Eiho S, Kitagawa H, Minato K, Miki N, Osakada G, Kotoura H, Sasayama S, Hirakawa A, Kawai C. [Computer analysis of M-mode echocardiogram (author's transl)]. Iyodenshi To Seitai Kogaku 1979; 17:421-6. [PMID: 544853] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Hirakawa A. [RI renogram]. Nihon Rinsho 1979; Suppl:2678-80. [PMID: 491245] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Minato K, Kuwahara M, Yonekura Y, Ishii Y, Hirakawa A. [Automatic analysis of radiocardiogram using a minicomputer (author's transl)]. Iyodenshi To Seitai Kogaku 1978; 16:95-102. [PMID: 357793] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Hirakawa A, Saito M, Motohara S, Matsumura T, Sakurai T. Decreased early diastolic dV/dt in ischemic heart disease observed by ECG-gated radiocardiography. Jpn Circ J 1977; 41:507-14. [PMID: 327114 DOI: 10.1253/jcj.41.507] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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(1) ECG-gated RCG were performed in 127 cases, among them 30 were normal controls, 35 were hypertensives, 16 were ischemic heart diseases, 8 were cardiomyopathies and the rest of 38 cases were of miscellaneous cardiac diseases. (2) ECG-gated RCG were performed consecutively after the preceding RCG. Parameters calculated from RCG and ECG-gated RCG were evaluated together in terms of the sensitivity to discriminate the ischemic heart diseases from the control subjects. Among the parameters evaluated, peak diastolic dV/dt was the most sensitive index to discriminate the ischemic heart group from the control group. PDdV/dt of 20 ml/100 msec/m2 was considered to be a borderline between two groups. (3) Principal component analysis of 12 variables in 127 cases demonstrated that the peak diastolic dV/dt was closely correlated with the cardiac pump function, but was also well related to the ischemic heart factor. (4) ECG-gated RCG following the preceding RCG is a sensitive method to discriminate the ischemic heart disease from the control group.
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Motoara S, Saito M, Hirakawa A, Ogino K, Takayasu M. Quantitative estimation of aortic regurgitation by analog computer analysis of radiocardiogram. Jpn Circ J 1974; 38:169-80. [PMID: 4601125 DOI: 10.1253/jcj.38.169] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Saito M, Motoara S, Hirakawa A. [Analysis of the radiocardiogram by analog computer simulation]. Kokyu To Junkan 1973; 21:525-9. [PMID: 4581543] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Kuwahara M, Takayasu M, Ogino K, Hirakawa A, Saito M. [Determination of aortic regurgitant flow and cerebral blood flow by analog simulation of radiocardiogram and radioencephalogram]. Iyodenshi To Seitai Kogaku 1973; 11:27-32. [PMID: 4736162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Saito M, Motoara S, Hirakawa A, Ogino K, Takayasu M. Determination of intracardiac shunts in patients with congenital heart disease by means of analog simulation of radiocardiogram. Jpn Circ J 1973; 37:1-11. [PMID: 4578335 DOI: 10.1253/jcj.37.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Hirakawa A, Noguchi S. [Statistical observation on the difference in blood cell count according to the site of specimen collection]. Rinsho Byori 1971; 19:221-2. [PMID: 5103686] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Noguchi S, Hirakawa A. [New thyroid hormone determination method; evaluation of the Res-O-Mat T-3 Kit]. Horumon To Rinsho 1970; 18:315-8. [PMID: 4194232] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Ido H, Hirakawa A, Noguchi S, Noguchi A. [Determination of serum protein-bound iodine using an auto analyzer]. Rinsho Byori 1970; 18:67-9. [PMID: 5461669] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Hirakawa A, Kuwabara M. [Management of human informations by analog simulation]. Nihon Rinsho 1969; 27:3023-9. [PMID: 4903376] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Hirakawa A, Noguchi S, Noguchi A. [White blood cell count by an automatic blood cell counter, with special reference to effect of temperature on white blood cell counts]. Rinsho Byori 1969; 17:563-6. [PMID: 5387642] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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