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First-ever Renewable Biomethane Refuelling Station for HGVs opens in Wales
First-ever Renewable Biomethane Refuelling Station for HGVs opens in Wales ReFuels N.V., one of Europe’s leading suppliers of renewable biomethane (Bio-CNG) for the decarbonisation of heavy goods vehicles (HGVs), announced the opening of its 13th low-carbon refuelling station – the first stati...
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Select Stone reaches new heights with HD Hyundai Excavator and Wheel Loader
Select Stone reaches new heights with HD Hyundai Excavator and Wheel Loader Contractors looking for recycled building materials in Northamptonshire, need look no further than Oundle-based Select Stone. Established 21 years ago, the company recycles inert construction and demolition waste from across...
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Modular Site Accommodation – how the humble site cabin has evolved
Modular Site Accommodation – how the humble site cabin has evolved Construction projects on our highways have undergone enormous changes over the last three decades, particularly through digitisation, an increased focus on safety, sustainability, and the move towards modern construction method...
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Construction Digitalization with BIM-based Digital Collaboration Platform
Construction Digitalization with BIM-based Digital Collaboration Platform A Korean research team has developed a BIM-based digital collaboration platform that allows construction owners and engineers to collaborate with each other on digital design tasks. The importance of digital transformation has...
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Carbon Capture Concrete Validation could lead to Emissions Trading
Carbon Capture Concrete Validation could lead to Emissions Trading In a ground-breaking development with significant implications for the construction industry and climate change mitigation, researchers at the University of Tokyo and Nagoya University have introduced a novel method to distinguish th...
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Getting a good deal on Used Vehicles in 2024
Getting a good deal on Used Vehicles in 2024 Navigating the used car market can be a daunting task, particularly when you’re after a vehicle that meets both your needs and budget while providing you with all the aesthetics and comfort you desire and particularly given the volatility of the current a...
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Navigating the Complex World of Project Finance
Navigating the Complex World of Project Finance In an industry where the creation and development of physical assets are central, understanding the nuances of project finance is crucial for construction professionals, industry investors, and policymakers. Highways Today, recognizing the huge gap in...
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Global Bitumen Market Fluctuations after OPEC+ postponement
Global Bitumen Market Fluctuations after OPEC+ postponement In a week marked by anticipation and uncertainty, the global bitumen market experienced notable fluctuations, closely mirroring the volatile oil prices and geopolitical developments. The smooth trend in oil prices experienced a jolt on Wedn...
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Vögele Paving Train lays the perfect Racing Track for Magarigawa Club in Japan
Vögele Paving Train lays the perfect Racing Track for Magarigawa Club in Japan Tight bends and uphill gradients up to 19%: Three Vögele pavers and one MT 3000-3i Offset material transfer vehicle were deployed on the construction of a race track near Tokyo. 70 km (just over 43 miles) from Tokyo, near...
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Giving Mining Technology a dusting down with Radar
Giving Mining Technology a dusting down with Radar With advancements in industrial automation, and the use of camera technology, lidar and radar streamlining operations, giving machines ‘eyes’ to improve mining processes, and enhancing safety and productivity, there is always that one fly in the oi...
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Tadano HK 4.070-1 truck-mounted Crane the Versatile All-rounder
Tadano HK 4.070-1 truck-mounted Crane the Versatile All-rounder For the Hamburg crew at crane services company Fricke-Schmidbauer, the Tadano HK 4.070‑1 is the perfect fit – it’s like the crane was made for them. “In the Greater Hamburg area, Schleswig-Holstein and Lower Saxony, we handle pretty muc...
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Webtec Mechanical Hydraulic Tester delivers enhanced flow capacity
Webtec Mechanical Hydraulic Tester delivers enhanced flow capacity Webtec, a global leader in the design and manufacture of hydraulic measurement and control products, is expanding its entry-level RFIK mechanical hydraulic tester series for the measurement of flow, pressure and temperature. The new...
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Propping expertise critical for A1 Bridge upgrades in the UK
Propping expertise critical for A1 Bridge upgrades in the UK When it came to installing the new Allerdene bridge as part of a multimillion-pound National Highways upgrade to the A1 network, temporary works was a critical element given the poor ground conditions on site. Costain turned to Mabey Hire...
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Peikko and Bouygues Travaux Publics innovating Nuclear Plant Construction
Peikko and Bouygues Travaux Publics innovating Nuclear Plant Construction Peikko Group Corporation, a leading global supplier of concrete connections and composite structures, and Bouygues Travaux Publics, a French global player in construction, with operations in more than 60 countries, have signed...
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Minnesota Bridge Rehabilitation a benchmark for Modelling Standards
Minnesota Bridge Rehabilitation a benchmark for Modelling Standards For nearly 100 years, the rainbow arch of the Robert Street Bridge has been an iconic landmark in St. Paul, Minnesota. The Modern-style structure has also served as an important thoroughfare for traffic crossing the Mississippi Rive...
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New Holland to display their electric Mini-Excavator at SITEVI
New Holland to display their electric Mini-Excavator at SITEVI New Holland will display the E15X Electric Power full-electric Mini Excavator at SITEVI 2023, as part of the range of fifteen mini excavator models manufactured in-house. The new range excels in terms of width, design, versatility, innov...
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The UK Road Infrastructure in urgent need of durable solutions
The UK Road Infrastructure in urgent need of durable solutions As the UK grapples with an escalating pothole crisis, questions arise about the efficacy of the government’s approach to road maintenance. Despite the government’s promise of an additional £8 billion to address this issue, th...
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MacDonald Surfacing upgrades fleet with Vanaways
MacDonald Surfacing upgrades fleet with Vanaways Redditch-based tarmac contractor MacDonald Surfacing has embarked on an ambitious fleet renewal programme, with support from vehicle supplier Vanaways. MacDonald has now taken delivery of 10 Ford Transit tippers and a trio of Nissan Navara pickups fro...
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Lafarge Canada goes high-tech with EXACT Technology investment
Lafarge Canada goes high-tech with EXACT Technology investment Lafarge Canada Inc. has announced their investment in EXACT Technology Corporation, a fast-growing Toronto company that offers digital solutions for the concrete industry. The collaboration builds on Lafarge’s commitment to harnessing in...
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CALLUM SKYE claims to be the world’s most beautiful multi-terrain vehicle
CALLUM SKYE claims to be the world’s most beautiful multi-terrain vehicle CALLUM has revealed CALLUM SKYE, the brand’s high-performance multi-terrain electric vehicle, created for discerning owners seeking extraordinary on- and off-road adventures. CALLUM SKYE is the company’s first own brand...
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Renesas 32-bit RX MCU with analogue front-end for Industrial Sensor Systems
Renesas 32-bit RX MCU with analogue front-end for Industrial Sensor Systems Renesas Electronics Corporation, a premier supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, has expanded its 32-bit microcontroller (MCU) offering with a new RX device for high-end industrial sensor systems. The latest addition...
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Indonesia’s vision for their new capital city of Nusantara
Indonesia’s vision for their new capital city of Nusantara The vision of Nusantara, the future capital of Indonesia, set for inauguration on 17 August 2024, is not just an urban development project but a bold statement of Indonesia’s commitment to sustainable urbanization. The decision to relo...
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Bitumen Market continues fluctuating amidst Geopolitical Conflicts
Bitumen Market continues fluctuating amidst Geopolitical Conflicts The ongoing conflict in Gaza continues to send shockwaves through various global markets, significantly impacting the bitumen sector, with crude oil market recording its third consecutive weekly drop, intensifying concerns over dwind...
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AI-driven Dam Safety and lessons from Seomjin River
AI-driven Dam Safety and lessons from Seomjin River In August 2020, following a period of prolonged drought and intense rainfall, a dam situated near the Seomjin River in Korea experienced overflow during a water release, resulting in damages exceeding 100 billion won (USD 76 million). The flooding...
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Shaping Crop Protection Strategies with Satellite Data
Shaping Crop Protection Strategies with Satellite Data It’s no secret to modern farmers that satellite data is a game-changer in agriculture. However, this isn’t just about fancy tech. It’s about how real-time data collected far away from the Earth surface can help farmers make smart, on...
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Using Сoconut Shells to make durable Concrete
Using Сoconut Shells to make durable Concrete Scientists have found that concrete’s compressive strength can be increased by 4,1% and its flexural strength by 3,4% by adding a small amount of coconut shell (only 5%). In doing so, the material’s performance increased by 6,1% compared to clear concret...
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Topcon expands layout portfolio with LN-50 3D Laser
Topcon expands layout portfolio with LN-50 3D Laser Topcon Positioning Systems announces the launch of the LN-50 3D laser, the latest addition to the LN layout navigator family of instruments. Intended to be an affordable and easy-to-use solution for digital layout, the LN-50 has a 50-meter (164-foo...
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GeologicAI going global with $10m financing for their Rock Analytics Platform
GeologicAI going global with $10m financing for their Rock Analytics Platform GeologicAI, a global leader in digital rock analysis, announced the closing of an additional US$10 million in funding from Export Development Canada (EDC) as an extension to its Series A financing round led by Breakthrough...
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Summit Engineering Group in Utah acquired by Atwell
Summit Engineering Group in Utah acquired by Atwell Atwell has acquired the operations of Summit Engineering Group, a civil engineering and land surveying firm headquartered in Heber City, Utah. This is Atwell’s first permanent office in Utah, adding to the company’s recent expansion in the western...
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Eco-friendly Bamboo could be a standard construction material
Eco-friendly Bamboo could be a standard construction material Scientists at the University of Bristol have successfully used screws as connectors in bamboo without splitting the material. The study, recently published in the journal Construction and Building Materials, proposes a safe yet efficient...
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MOGAS modular units offer safe and reliable solutions for Heavy Oils Refining
MOGAS modular units offer safe and reliable solutions for Heavy Oils Refining MOGAS Industries, Inc. is now offering the latest feat in engineering for heavy oils refining. MOGAS Systems & Consulting (MS&C) modular units (modules) are fully functional and ready for use in many process plants...
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Electrifying sustainability with Nouveau Monde Graphite’s Green Energy Leap
Electrifying sustainability with Nouveau Monde Graphite’s Green Energy Leap In line with its commitment to adopt clean energy sources and technologies, Nouveau Monde Graphite Inc. reports advancement on its electrification program for the Phase-2 Matawinie Mine and Bécancour Battery Material P...
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Bentley, Infotech, and AASHTO supporting Digital Delivery for DoTs
Bentley, Infotech, and AASHTO supporting Digital Delivery for DoTs Bentley Systems, Incorporated, the infrastructure engineering software company and Infotech®, a leader in infrastructure construction software solutions, and the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AAS...
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MAC Liquid Tank Trailers now offer Road Ready Advanced Trailer Telematics
MAC Liquid Tank Trailers now offer Road Ready Advanced Trailer Telematics Road Ready, the advanced trailer telematics provider from global transportation technology leader Clarience Technologies, and MAC Liquid Tank Trailers have agreed to offer Road Ready advanced trailer telematics as a factory-in...
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Bentley Systems acquires Geothermal Simulation company Flow State Solutions
Bentley Systems acquires Geothermal Simulation company Flow State Solutions Bentley Systems, Incorporated, the infrastructure engineering software company, announced that Seequent, The Bentley Subsurface Company, has signed an agreement to acquire Flow State Solutions, an industry leader in geotherm...
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Remove toxic Forever Chemicals from groundwater with Ultrasound
Remove toxic Forever Chemicals from groundwater with Ultrasound New research suggests that ultrasound may have potential in treating a group of harmful chemicals known as PFAS to eliminate them from contaminated groundwater. Invented nearly a century ago, per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances, also...
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Iteris Vantage Detection Platform expanded with Vantage Next Max™
Iteris Vantage Detection Platform expanded with Vantage Next Max™ Iteris, Inc., the world’s trusted technology ecosystem for smart mobility infrastructure management, today announced that it has launched Vantage Next Max™, a new central control unit (CCU) that doubles the number of sen...
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40 metre Wireless Communication in Underground Mines
40 metre Wireless Communication in Underground Mines South Korean researchers have made a ground-breaking discovery that enables wireless communication below the Earth’s surface, a significant departure from their traditional focus on terrestrial communication systems. This development opens n...
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SOCOTEC partners with Topcon for Project Monitoring in Europe
SOCOTEC partners with Topcon for Project Monitoring in Europe Topcon Positioning Systems and SOCOTEC have announced an agreement for Topcon to provide its specialized monitoring technology to SOCOTEC within Europe, for the infrastructure projects applying in France, the Netherlands, Spain, and in th...
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Concrete’s Eco Revolution – Harnessing Carbonation for Greener Building
Concrete’s Eco Revolution – Harnessing Carbonation for Greener Building Even the biggest sinners can improve: This is also the hope of experts when it comes to the “climate sinner “concrete. 6 to 8 percent of man-made CO2 emissions worldwide are attributable to cement, the in...
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New super-cooling Nanofibre Roofing Film could cool Buildings
New super-cooling Nanofibre Roofing Film could cool Buildings The summer of 2023 was by far the hottest in history. People were seeking solace in air-conditioned spaces or donning cooling attire. Here’s some food for thought: Can buildings also be outfitted with similar cooling solutions? Led by Pro...
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New adsorbent technology simplifies Air Purification of Toxic Gases
New adsorbent technology simplifies Air Purification of Toxic Gases Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in daily products such as paints, adhesives, furniture, cosmetics, and deodorants make our lives easier. However, constant exposure can cause serious health problems such as respiratory illness, hea...
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Stress in 3D Printed parts measured with Neutrons
Stress in 3D Printed parts measured with Neutrons Using neutrons to see the additive manufacturing process at the atomic level, scientists have shown that they can measure strain in a material as it evolves and track how atoms move in response to stress. “The automotive, aerospace, clean energy and...
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Sunlight could transform wastewater into valuable chemicals
Sunlight could transform wastewater into valuable chemicals Researchers led by Prof. GAO Xiang from the Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology (SIAT) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Prof. LU Lu from the Harbin Institute of Technology have proposed a novel method to transform wastewater con...
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DONGFENG develops solid and reliable KC Dump Truck
DONGFENG develops solid and reliable KC Dump Truck The DONGFENG KC dumper adopts the new generation D320 engineering vehicle cab, the driver’s airbag seat, with single-side armrest, integrated headrest, airbag lumbar support, and seat ventilation. The interior of the cab is equipped with autom...
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New treatment method improves friction and wear of steel and titanium
New treatment method improves friction and wear of steel and titanium Scientists refined the method of diffusion saturation of steel and combined it with polishing in electrolyte plasma. Under the influence of current in solutions, that contained nitrogen, boron and carbon, on the surface of samples...
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Retrofitting dams to generate power could boost Clean Energy production
Retrofitting dams to generate power could boost Clean Energy production The era of building big dams may be over in the United States, but hydroelectricity still has a significant and untapped role to play in the nation’s energy future. Only 3% of the nation’s approximately 80,000 dams are equipped...
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Mitsubishi Power delivers equipment for Advanced Clean Energy Storage Hub
Mitsubishi Power delivers equipment for Advanced Clean Energy Storage Hub Mitsubishi Power Americas, Inc. has delivered the first shipment of major equipment for its Hydaptive™ integrated hydrogen production plant forming part of the Advanced Clean Energy Storage Hub (ACES Delta Hub) in Delta...
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Battery Health Measurement Technology upgraded with AI
Battery Health Measurement Technology upgraded with AI Measuring battery health and safety continuously is an important challenge as more electric vehicles, grid-scale energy storage devices and other clean energy technologies enter the market. Industry needs better ways to diagnose the batteries th...
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JN Bentley and Kubota setting high standards of excellence in the UK
JN Bentley and Kubota setting high standards of excellence in the UK JN Bentley, a UK civil engineering, building and MEICA contractor, which is part of the Mott MacDonald Group, is making waves in the construction and engineering industry. With an unwavering commitment to safety and quality, the co...
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Shanghai Electric showcased Low-Carbon Energy Solutions at Enlit Asia
Shanghai Electric showcased Low-Carbon Energy Solutions at Enlit Asia Shanghai Electric is showcased six of its flagship low-carbon energy solutions designed to empower a sustainable future at Enlit Asia 2023, slated to be held at the Indonesia Convention Exhibition (ICE) in Indonesia. Under the the...
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ArcGIS upgrades help to efficiently and securely build solutions
ArcGIS upgrades help to efficiently and securely build solutions In 2021, Esri, the global leader in location intelligence, released ArcGIS Platform, a geospatial platform as a service (PaaS) for developers to integrate location capabilities into their apps, business systems, and products. Now, the...
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Continental Radar Vision Parking a CES 2024 Innovation Award Honoree
Continental Radar Vision Parking a CES 2024 Innovation Award Honoree Continental’s Radar Vision Parking was named as a CES 2024 Innovation Award Honoree under the product category Vehicle Tech & Advanced Mobility. By combining high-resolution surround radars with high-resolution cameras, Contine...
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DeltaHawk Engines has launched Hydrogen Engine Program
DeltaHawk Engines has launched Hydrogen Engine Program DeltaHawk Engines, builders of a revolutionary FAA-certified jet-fuelled piston engine for general aviation aircraft, has recently completed advanced simulation analysis of a new, hydrogen-fuelled variant of its engine family for multiple market...
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Durabook Mobile Rugged PC’s now include Windows 11 Secured-core
Durabook Mobile Rugged PC’s now include Windows 11 Secured-core In collaboration with Microsoft, Durabook today announced the availability of Windows 11 Secured-core PCs for its mobile rugged computing portfolio. The Durabook S15 Rugged Laptop and U11 Rugged Tablet with advanced Windows 11 sec...
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AI on edge devices will develop real-world deep learning over time
AI on edge devices will develop real-world deep learning over time Personalized deep-learning models can enable artificial intelligence chatbots that adapt to understand a user’s accent or smart keyboards that continuously update to better predict the next word based on someone’s typing history. Thi...
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MIT develops vision system to give 3D Printers active feedback
MIT develops vision system to give 3D Printers active feedback With 3D inkjet printing systems, engineers can fabricate hybrid structures that have soft and rigid components, like robotic grippers that are strong enough to grasp heavy objects but soft enough to interact safely with humans. These mul...
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SketchUp now available on Meta Quest VR Headsets
SketchUp now available on Meta Quest VR Headsets Trimble has announced the launch of SketchUp Viewer for Meta Quest 2, Meta Quest Pro and Meta Quest 3, a powerful, immersive way to view and present 3D SketchUp models in virtual reality (VR). SketchUp Viewer for Quest enables interior designers, arch...
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National Geographic MapMaker launched by Esri and National Geographic Society
National Geographic MapMaker launched by Esri and National Geographic Society By learning about mapping skills and geography, students, teachers, and others can gain a better understanding of how the world’s most crucial issues, challenges, and opportunities fit into the context of place. In celebra...
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Researches develop methods for slip prevention of robots and rovers
Researches develop methods for slip prevention of robots and rovers Given the hostile conditions of extra-terrestrial environments, unmanned rovers play a critical role in the exploration of planets and moons. NASA’s Mars and lunar exploration rovers have significantly contributed to our under...
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