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Melkikh AV. Unsolved morphogenesis problems and the hidden order. Biosystems 2024; 239:105218. [PMID: 38653448 DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystems.2024.105218] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2024] [Revised: 04/18/2024] [Accepted: 04/20/2024] [Indexed: 04/25/2024]
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In this work, the morphogenesis mechanisms are considered from the complexity perspective. It is shown that both morphogenesis and the functioning of organs should be unstable in the case of short-range interaction potentials. The repeatability of forms during evolution is a strong argument for its directionality. The formation of organs during evolution can occur only in the presence of a priori information about the structure of such an organ. The focus of the discussion is not merely on constraining potential possibilities but on the concept of directed evolution itself. A morphogenesis model was constructed based on nontrivial quantum effects. These interaction effects between biologically important molecules ensure the accurate synthesis of cells, tissues, and organs.
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- A V Melkikh
- Ural Federal University, Yekaterinburg, Russia.
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Pietruszka M, Lipowczan M. Phase coherent quasi-particle formation in biological systems. Biosystems 2023; 233:105020. [PMID: 37716403 DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystems.2023.105020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2023] [Revised: 08/30/2023] [Accepted: 09/03/2023] [Indexed: 09/18/2023]
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The problem of the origin of canonical and aberrant DNA mutations and the contribution of protons to genetic stability is an essential topic in molecular biology. Based on the empirical results, we reconsidered canonical and tautomeric mutations under the two-fluid model of quantum physics. We assumed that the pressure exerted by protons (H+) in the DNA environment, through changes in pH, could alter the concentration ratio of canonical and tautomeric base pairs, which were found to be different at and beyond the criticality level, respectively. We anticipate that the deviation of the cellular system from a specific (critical) temperature at which dynamic entropy reaches a minimum and a critical pH occurs could result in tautomerization and point mutations.
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- Mariusz Pietruszka
- The University of Silesia, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Institute of Biology, Biotechnology, and Environmental Protection, 28 Jagiellońska St., PL-40032, Katowice, Poland.
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- The University of Silesia, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Institute of Biology, Biotechnology, and Environmental Protection, 28 Jagiellońska St., PL-40032, Katowice, Poland
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Pietruszka MA. Collective excitations of germinating pollen grains at critical points. Sci Rep 2023; 13:610. [PMID: 36635415 PMCID: PMC9837070 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-27754-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2022] [Accepted: 01/06/2023] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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In plants, the germinating pollen grain (pollen tube) is a single, elongated cell that serves as a conduit through which gametes pass. Pollen tubes display a fast growth rate, which under certain conditions, changes periodically and is accompanied by ion exchange with the growth environment. Therefore, pollen tubes exposed to various abiotic conditions may adversely affect or improve their reproductive performance and fertility. We examined a collection of live pollen tubes of tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L.) and hyacinth (Hyacinthus orientalis L.) using a non-invasive semiconductor-electrolyte interface technique in the vicinity of the germination temperature or optimum growth temperature of a pollen grains/tubes. The time series measurements and numerical calculations, performed using information theory methods, represent signatures of collective dynamics in living cells at critical-molecularly encoded-germination and growth temperatures. This method (and soil pH data) can facilitate assisted plant migrations from one ecosystem to another as the Earth faces climate change.
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- Mariusz A. Pietruszka
- grid.11866.380000 0001 2259 4135Faculty of Natural Sciences, Institute of Biology, Biotechnology and Environmental Protection, The University of Silesia, 28 Jagiellońska St., 40032 Katowice, Poland
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Pietruszka MA. Collective excitations at non-equilibrium phase transition in metabolically active red blood cells. Biosystems 2023; 223:104804. [PMID: 36372198 DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystems.2022.104804] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2022] [Revised: 11/07/2022] [Accepted: 11/07/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Collective excitations of superconductors and superfluids have been extensively studied in condensed matter physics, while recent experimental advances have made it possible to study the non-equilibrium dynamics of human blood. Here, we show that some dynamic quantitative metrics calculated for the ion fluxes of two isolated peripheral blood droplets that were spatially separated by the presence of a semiconductor exhibited the characteristic features of a quasi-particle (or collective excitation) at a critical point. In the experiment, the spontaneous peak, which indicates order, appeared at a physiological (hereafter: critical) temperature of 36 °C in the human blood. The ordering effect, which was still present in the weak magnetic field of 350 mT, disappeared above the critical magnetic field of approximately 500 mT, suggesting a dynamic Meissner effect in the system (henceforth "dynamic" means derived from the "time series" - a series of real numbers). Moreover, a superconducting gap ratio of approx. 2.91 was found below the upper limit (4) of the BCS theory for weak coupling. Both these effects indicate the existence of a "superconducting" (ion) environment that is conducive to the emergence of quasiparticles. While the dynamic structure of the time series is substantially isotropic at temperatures beyond the phase transition, the system undergoes symmetry breakdown and non-equilibrium phase transition at a critical state. The designated series of dynamic variables can be used in medicine, inter alia, in screening tests as new indicators describing the patient's health.
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- Mariusz A Pietruszka
- University of Silesia, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Institute of Biology, Biotechnology and Environmental Protection, 28 Jagiellońska St., PL-40032, Katowice, Poland.
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Feng J, Song B, Zhang Y. Semantic parsing of the life process by quantum biology. PROGRESS IN BIOPHYSICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2022; 175:79-89. [PMID: 36126802 DOI: 10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2022.09.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2022] [Revised: 08/23/2022] [Accepted: 09/13/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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A fact that an ever-increasingly number of research attention has focused on quantum biology demonstrates that it is, by no means, new to works in physic and mathematics, but to molecular biologists, geneticists, and biochemists. This is owing to that quantum biology serves as a distinctive discipline, by using quantum theory to study life sciences in combination with physics, mechanics, mathematics, statistics, and modern biology. Notably, quantum mechanics and its fundamental principles have been employed to clarify complex biological processes and molecular homeostasis within the organic life. Consequently, using the principles of quantum mechanics to study dynamic changes and energy transfer of molecules at the quantum level in biology has been accepted as an unusually distinguishable way to a better explanation of many phenomena in life. It is plausible that a clear conceptual quantum theoretical event is also considered to generally occur for short-term picoseconds or femtoseconds on microscopic nano- and subnanometer scales in biology and biosciences. For instance, photosynthesis, enzyme -catalyzed reactions, magnetic perception, the capture of smell and vision, DNA fragmentation, cellular breathing, mitochondrial processing, as well as brain thinking and consciousness, are all manifested within quantum superposition, quantum coherence, quantum entanglement, quantum tunneling, and other effects. In this mini-review, we describe the recent progress in quantum biology, with a promising direction for further insights into this field.
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- Jing Feng
- Bioengineering College and Graduate School, Chongqing University, No. 174 Shazheng Street, Shapingba District, Chongqing, 400044, China; Chongqing University Jiangjin Hospital, School of Medicine, Chongqing University, No. 725 Jiangzhou Avenue, Dingshan Street, Jiangjin District, Chongqing, 402260, China; The Laboratory of Cell Biochemistry and Topogenetic Regulation, College of Bioengineering & Faculty of Medical Sciences, Chongqing University, No. 174 Shazheng Street, Shapingba District, Chongqing, 400044, China
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- School of Optical-Electrical Computer Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, No. 580 Jungong Road, Yangpu District, Shanghai, 200093, China
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- Chongqing University Jiangjin Hospital, School of Medicine, Chongqing University, No. 725 Jiangzhou Avenue, Dingshan Street, Jiangjin District, Chongqing, 402260, China; The Laboratory of Cell Biochemistry and Topogenetic Regulation, College of Bioengineering & Faculty of Medical Sciences, Chongqing University, No. 174 Shazheng Street, Shapingba District, Chongqing, 400044, China.
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Melkikh AV, Sutormina MI. From leaves to roots: Biophysical models of transport of substances in plants. PROGRESS IN BIOPHYSICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2022; 169-170:53-83. [PMID: 35114180 DOI: 10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2022.01.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2021] [Revised: 01/25/2022] [Accepted: 01/27/2022] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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The transport processes of substances in various plant tissues are extremely diverse. However, models aimed at elucidating the mechanisms of such processes are almost absent in the literature. A unified view of all these transport processes is necessary, considering the laws of statistical physics and thermodynamics. A model of active ion transport was constructed based on the laws of statistical physics. Using this model, we traced the entire pathway of substances and energy in a plant. The pathway included aspects of the production of energy in the process of photosynthesis, consumption of energy to obtain nutrients from the soil, transport of such substances to the main organelles of all types of plant cells, the rise of water with dissolved substances along the trunk to the leaves, and the evaporation of water, accompanied by a change in the percentage of isotopes caused by different rates of evaporation. Models of ion transport in the chloroplasts and mitochondria of plant cells have been constructed. A generalized model comprising plant cells and their vacuoles was analyzed. A model of the transport of substances in the roots of plants was also developed. Based on this model, the problem of transport of substances in tall trees has been considered. The calculated concentrations of ions in the vacuoles of cells and resting potentials agreed well with the experimental data.
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- A V Melkikh
- Ural Federal University, Yekaterinburg, Russia.
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Melkikh AV, Sutormina M. Intra- and intercellular transport of substances: Models and mechanisms. PROGRESS IN BIOPHYSICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2019; 150:184-202. [PMID: 31678255 DOI: 10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2019.10.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2019] [Revised: 10/22/2019] [Accepted: 10/28/2019] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Non-equilibrium-statistical models of intracellular transport are built. The most significant features of these models are microscopic reversibility and the explicit considerations of the driving forces of the process - the ATP-ADP chemical potential difference. In this paper, water transport using contractile vacuoles, the transport and assembly of microtubules and microfilaments, the protein distribution within a cell, the transport of neurotransmitters from the synaptic cleft and the transport of substances between cells using plasmodesmata are discussed. Endocytosis and phagocytosis models are considered, and transport tasks and information transfer mechanisms inside the cell are explored. Based on an analysis of chloroplast movement, it was concluded that they have a complicated method of influencing each other in the course of their movements. The role of quantum effects in sorting and control transport mechanisms is also discussed. It is likely that quantum effects play a large role in these processes, otherwise reliable molecular recognition would be impossible, which would lead to very low intracellular transport efficiency.
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Obodovskiy I. Basics of Biochemistry. RADIATION 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-444-63979-0.00033-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Mechanisms of directed evolution of morphological structures and the problems of morphogenesis. Biosystems 2018; 168:26-44. [DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystems.2018.04.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2017] [Revised: 04/19/2018] [Accepted: 04/24/2018] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Melkikh AV, Meijer DK. On a generalized Levinthal's paradox: The role of long- and short range interactions in complex bio-molecular reactions, including protein and DNA folding. PROGRESS IN BIOPHYSICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2018; 132:57-79. [DOI: 10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2017.09.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2017] [Revised: 08/27/2017] [Accepted: 09/17/2017] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Melkikh AV, Khrennikov A. Molecular recognition of the environment and mechanisms of the origin of species in quantum-like modeling of evolution. PROGRESS IN BIOPHYSICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2017; 130:61-79. [DOI: 10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2017.04.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/26/2016] [Revised: 04/15/2017] [Accepted: 04/26/2017] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Cortés A, Coral J, McLachlan C, Benítez R, Pinilla L. Planar molecular arrangements aid the design of MHC class II binding peptides. Mol Biol 2017. [DOI: 10.1134/s002689331702008x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Melkikh AV, Khrennikov A. Nontrivial quantum and quantum-like effects in biosystems: Unsolved questions and paradoxes. PROGRESS IN BIOPHYSICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2015; 119:137-61. [PMID: 26160644 DOI: 10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2015.07.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2015] [Revised: 07/02/2015] [Accepted: 07/03/2015] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Non-trivial quantum effects in biological systems are analyzed. Some unresolved issues and paradoxes related to quantum effects (Levinthal's paradox, the paradox of speed, and mechanisms of evolution) are addressed. It is concluded that the existence of non-trivial quantum effects is necessary for the functioning of living systems. In particular, it is demonstrated that classical mechanics cannot explain the stable work of the cell and any over-cell structures. The need for quantum effects is generated also by combinatorial problems of evolution. Their solution requires a priori information about the states of the evolving system, but within the framework of the classical theory it is not possible to explain mechanisms of its storage consistently. We also present essentials of so called quantum-like paradigm: sufficiently complex bio-systems process information by violating the laws of classical probability and information theory. Therefore the mathematical apparatus of quantum theory may have fruitful applications to describe behavior of bio-systems: from cells to brains, ecosystems and social systems. In quantum-like information biology it is not presumed that quantum information bio-processing is resulted from quantum physical processes in living organisms. Special experiments to test the role of quantum mechanics in living systems are suggested. This requires a detailed study of living systems on the level of individual atoms and molecules. Such monitoring of living systems in vivo can allow the identification of the real potentials of interaction between biologically important molecules.
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- Alexey V Melkikh
- Ural Federal University, Mira str. 19, Yekaterinburg, 620002, Russia.
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- International Center for Mathematical Modelling in Physics and Cognitive Sciences, Linnaeus University, Växjö, S-35195, Sweden.
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Melkikh AV. Paradoxes of early stages of evolution of life and biological complexity. ORIGINS LIFE EVOL B 2015; 45:163-71. [PMID: 25754592 DOI: 10.1007/s11084-015-9414-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2014] [Accepted: 12/15/2014] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Two of the most fundamental questions concerning the origin of life, how biologically important molecules (RNA, proteins) find their unique spatial configuration, and how coding sequences can evolve beyond a certain critical length, are discussed. It is shown that both of these problems have not been solved. Experiments that could clarify the mechanisms of interaction between biologically important molecules in the simplest cells are discussed.
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This article examines the possible relevance of physical-mathematical multidimensional or quantum concepts aiming at understanding the (human) mind in a neurobiological context. Some typical features of the quantum and multidimensional concepts are briefly introduced, including entanglement, superposition, holonomic, and quantum field theories. Next, we consider neurobiological principles, such as the brain and its emerging (physical) mind, evolutionary and ontological origins, entropy, syntropy/neg-entropy, causation, and brain energy metabolism. In many biological processes, including biochemical conversions, protein folding, and sensory perception, the ubiquitous involvement of quantum mechanisms is well recognized. Quantum and multidimensional approaches might be expected to help describe and model both brain and mental processes, but an understanding of their direct involvement in mental activity, that is, without mediation by molecular processes, remains elusive. More work has to be done to bridge the gap between current neurobiological and physical-mathematical concepts with their associated quantum-mind theories.
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- Jakob Korf
- University of Groningen Centre of Psychiatry, UMC Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
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Comment on Masanari Asano et al.: A model of epigenetic evolution based on theory of open quantum systems. SYSTEMS AND SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY 2014; 8:161-3. [PMID: 24799961 DOI: 10.1007/s11693-013-9129-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2013] [Accepted: 10/14/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Melkikh AV. Congenital programs of the behavior and nontrivial quantum effects in the neurons work. Biosystems 2014; 119:10-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystems.2014.03.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2014] [Revised: 03/17/2014] [Accepted: 03/19/2014] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Melkikh AV. Quantum information and the problem of mechanisms of biological evolution. Biosystems 2013; 115:33-45. [PMID: 24184874 DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystems.2013.10.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2013] [Revised: 10/14/2013] [Accepted: 10/15/2013] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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One of the most important conditions for replication in early evolution is the de facto elimination of the conformational degrees of freedom of the replicators, the mechanisms of which remain unclear. In addition, realistic evolutionary timescales can be established based only on partially directed evolution, further complicating this issue. A division of the various evolutionary theories into two classes has been proposed based on the presence or absence of a priori information about the evolving system. A priori information plays a key role in solving problems in evolution. Here, a model of partially directed evolution, based on the learning automata theory, which includes a priori information about the fitness space, is proposed. A potential repository of such prior information is the states of biologically important molecules. Thus, the need for extended evolutionary synthesis is discussed. Experiments to test the hypothesis of partially directed evolution are proposed.
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- Alexey V Melkikh
- Ural Federal University, Mira Street 19, Yekaterinburg 620002, Russia.
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