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Arq. bras. med. vet. zootec ; 66(5): 1464-1470, Sep-Oct/2014. tab, graf
Article in Portuguese | LILACS | ID: lil-729742

ABSTRACT

O caranguejo-uçá, Ucides cordatus, é uma espécie típica dos manguezais brasileiros e tem grande importância econômica para as populações litorâneas tradicionais. O presente trabalho investigou a influência da intensidade luminosa sobre a sobrevivência e a taxa de desenvolvimento larval de U. cordatus. Três intensidades luminosas foram avaliadas: claro - 710 lux, penumbra - 210 lux e escuro - 1 lux, em duas condições de cultivo, individual e coletivo. Houve diferenças significativas entre as taxas de sobrevivência das larvas zoea e as três intensidades luminosas avaliadas (p<0,05). As maiores taxas de ecdise para o estágio de megalopa foram obtidas no tratamento claro (42% nos cultivos coletivos e 30% nos cultivos individuais). No tratamento escuro, a metamorfose para megalopa foi de apenas 16% nos cultivos coletivos e de 7% nos cultivos individuais. Estes resultados indicam que a manutenção das larvas em baixas intensidades luminosas afeta negativamente a sobrevivência larval de U. cordatus...


Ucides cordatus is an edible crab species typical of Brazilian mangroves, and traditionally represents an important economic resource for many coastal populations. The present study investigated the influence of light intensity on the survival and rate of larval development of U. cordatus. Three different levels of luminosity were evaluated: 710 (Light), 210 Lux (Shaded) and 1 Lux (Dark), both in individual and collective cultivation conditions. Significant differences were found for survival of zoea larvae under the different light intensities (P<0.05). The greatest survival rates as well as rates of ecdysis to the megalopa stage were obtained under Light conditions (42% in collective cultures and 30% in individual cultures). In Dark conditions events of metamorphosis to megalopa stage was observed only in 16% of collective cultures and 7% of individual cultures. The result indicates that low light intensities may negatively affect larval survivorship during U. cordatus larval cultivations...


Subject(s)
Animals , Brachyura/growth & development , Photic Stimulation/adverse effects , Survival Analysis , Larva/growth & development , Wetlands/analysis , Wetlands/economics
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Braz. j. med. biol. res ; 46(4): 327-338, 05/abr. 2013.
Article in English | LILACS | ID: lil-671387

ABSTRACT

Several forebrain and brainstem neurochemical circuitries interact with peripheral neural and humoral signals to collaboratively maintain both the volume and osmolality of extracellular fluids. Although much progress has been made over the past decades in the understanding of complex mechanisms underlying neuroendocrine control of hydromineral homeostasis, several issues still remain to be clarified. The use of techniques such as molecular biology, neuronal tracing, electrophysiology, immunohistochemistry, and microinfusions has significantly improved our ability to identify neuronal phenotypes and their signals, including those related to neuron-glia interactions. Accordingly, neurons have been shown to produce and release a large number of chemical mediators (neurotransmitters, neurohormones and neuromodulators) into the interstitial space, which include not only classic neurotransmitters, such as acetylcholine, amines (noradrenaline, serotonin) and amino acids (glutamate, GABA), but also gaseous (nitric oxide, carbon monoxide and hydrogen sulfide) and lipid-derived (endocannabinoids) mediators. This efferent response, initiated within the neuronal environment, recruits several peripheral effectors, such as hormones (glucocorticoids, angiotensin II, estrogen), which in turn modulate central nervous system responsiveness to systemic challenges. Therefore, in this review, we shall evaluate in an integrated manner the physiological control of body fluid homeostasis from the molecular aspects to the systemic and integrated responses.


Subject(s)
Animals , Humans , Body Fluids/physiology , Homeostasis/physiology , Neural Pathways/physiology , Neurosecretion/physiology , Neurotransmitter Agents/physiology , Signal Transduction/physiology , Brain Mapping , Osmolar Concentration
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Arq. bras. med. vet. zootec ; 64(2): 411-418, abr. 2012. ilus, graf, tab
Article in Portuguese | LILACS | ID: lil-622495

ABSTRACT

Dados de 19240 animais Tabapuã, provenientes de 152 fazendas localizadas em diversos estados brasileiros, nascidos entre 1976 e 1995, foram utilizados para predição do valor genético do peso aos 205 dias de idade (VG_P205) por meio de redes neurais artificiais (RNAs) e usando o algoritmo LM - Levenberg Marquardt - para treinamento dos dados de entrada. Por se tratar de rede com aprendizado supervisionado, foram utilizados, como saída desejada, os valores genéticos preditos pelo BLUP para a característica P205. Os valores genéticos do P205 obtidos pela RNA e os preditos pelo BLUP foram altamente correlacionados. A ordenação dos valores genéticos do P205 oriundos das RNAs e os valores preditos pelo BLUP (VG_P205_RNA) sugeriram que houve variação na classificação dos animais, indicando riscos no uso de RNAs para avaliação genética dessa característica. Inserções de novos animais necessitam de novo treinamento dos dados, sempre dependentes do BLUP.


Data from 19,240 Tabapuã animals from 152 farms located in different states of Brazil, born from 1976 to 1995, were used to predict the genetic value of body weight at 205 days of age (BV_P205) of Tabapuã beef cattle using Artificial Neural Networks (ANN) and LM algorithm - Levenberg Marquardt training for data entry. Due to the use of networks with supervised learning, the predicted breeding values for P205 from BLUP were used as desired output. The breeding values for P205 obtained from RNA and those predicted by BLUP were highly correlated. The ranked breeding values for body weight at 205 days through RNA and those predicted by BLUP (VG_P205_RNA) showed a variation in the classification of animals indicating risks in the use of ANNs procedure for genetic evaluation of this trait. Insertions of new animals require new training data always dependent on BLUP.

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Rev. chil. reumatol ; 27(2): 60-68, 2011. tab, ilus
Article in Spanish | LILACS | ID: lil-609912

ABSTRACT

La mano y la muñeca son frecuentemente implicadas en síndromes de dolor regional, inflamatorios y degenerativos. La ultrasonografía ha demostrado ser más sensible que los exámenes clínicos y de radiología convencional para la detección de sinovitis y erosiones. También ha podido revelar una participación subclínica en pacientes con artritis crónica. Las indicaciones de la ultrasonografía a nivel de la mano y la muñeca son amplias e incluyen el diagnóstico de la afección articular y el tendón, la patología de poleas, los cambios morfoestructurales a nivel del nervio mediano en el túnel carpiano; puede servir como guía para las infiltraciones, así como para la valoración del tratamiento en pacientes con artritis crónica. El objetivo de esta revisión es mostrar el resultado de las alteraciones más frecuentes en las que la ultrasonografía ha demostrado ser útil.


The hand and wrist are frequently involved by regional pain syndromes, inflammatory and degenerative conditions. Ultrasonography had demonstrated to be more sensitive than both clinical examination and conventional radiology for the detection of synovitis and erosions. It has also able to reveal a subclinical involvement in patients with chronic arthritis. The indications of ultrasonography at hand and wrist level is wide and include: diagnosis of joint and tendon involvement, pulleys pathology, morphostructural changes at median nerve level into to carpal tunnel, guidance for infiltrations into and treatment monitoring in patients with chronic arthritis. The aim of this review is to show the most frequent alterations in which ultrasound has proven useful.


Subject(s)
Humans , Joint Diseases , Hand/pathology , Hand , Arthritis, Psoriatic , Arthritis, Rheumatoid , Complex Regional Pain Syndromes , De Quervain Disease , Gout , Wrist/pathology , Wrist , Median Nerve/pathology , Osteoarthritis , Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
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Braz. j. med. biol. res ; 42(1): 61-67, Jan. 2009. ilus
Article in English | LILACS | ID: lil-505419

ABSTRACT

The involvement of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis in the control of body fluid homeostasis has been extensively investigated in the past few years. In the present study, we reviewed the recent results obtained using different approaches to investigate the effects of glucocorticoids on the mechanisms of oxytocin and vasopressin synthesis and secretion in response to acute and chronic plasma volume and osmolality changes. The data presented here suggest that glucocorticoids are not only involved in the mechanisms underlying the fast release but also in the transcriptional events that lead to decreased synthesis and secretion of these neuropeptides, particularly oxytocin, under diverse experimental conditions of altered fluid volume and tonicity. The endocannabinoid system, through its effects on glutamatergic neurotransmission within the hypothalamus and the nuclear factor κB-mediated transcriptional activity, seems to be also involved in the specific mechanisms by which glucocorticoids exert their central effects on neurohypophyseal hormone synthesis and secretion.


Subject(s)
Animals , Humans , Glucocorticoids/physiology , Homeostasis/physiology , Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System/physiology , Pituitary-Adrenal System/physiology , Plasma Volume/physiology , Body Fluids/physiology , Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System , Natriuretic Peptides/blood , Natriuretic Peptides , Oxytocin/blood , Oxytocin , Pituitary-Adrenal System , Vasopressins/blood , Vasopressins
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Arq. bras. med. vet. zootec ; 60(4): 917-925, ago. 2008. tab
Article in Portuguese | LILACS | ID: lil-489837

ABSTRACT

Dados de pesos aos 205 (P205) e 365 (P365) dias de idade, de 46.408 animais Nelore, nascidos entre 1976 e 2000, provenientes de 530 rebanhos dos diversos estados brasileiros, foram utilizados para avaliar as interações genótipo x ambiente (IGA) e estimar herdabilidades direta e materna dos pesos pelo método da máxima verossimilhança restrita. O modelo estatístico utilizado incluiu efeitos fixos de grupo contemporâneo, idade da vaca ao parto (covariável) e efeitos aleatórios genéticos aditivo direto e materno. As correlações genéticas, estimadas para as características P205 e P365, cada uma considerada como característica distinta em cada uma das regiões Sul (S), Sudeste (SE), Centro-Oeste (CO), Norte (N) e Nordeste (NE), foram, respectivamente, 0,86 e 0,84, 0,64 e 0,35, 0,75 e 0,42, 0,79 e 0,86, 0,92 e 0,81, 0,95 e 0,83, 0,83 e 1,00, 0,88 e 0,81, 0,33 e 0,85, 0,63 e 0,99 para S e SE, S e CO, S e N, S e NE, SE e CO, SE e N, SE e NE, CO e N, CO e NE e N e NE. As baixas correlações genéticas indicaram que há efeito da interação genótipo x ambiente nas combinações que envolvem as regiões S/CO, S/N, S/NE, CO/NE e N/NE para P205 dias de idade e S/CO e S/N para P365 dias de idade, havendo, portanto, necessidade de avaliação genética regional quando se consideram regiões bastante distintas.


Body weight records at 205 (205BW) and 365 (365BW) days of age of 46,408 Nelore animals, born from 1976 to 2000 period in 530 Nelore herds of several states of Brazil, were used to evaluate genotype by environment interactions and to estimate genetic and maternal heritability by restricted maximum likelihood methodology. The statistical model included the fixed effects of contemporary group and age of cow (covariate), and the random direct and maternal additive genetic effects. The genetic correlation for 205BW and 365BW, each one considered as different traits in each of the South (S), Southeast (SE), Central west (CO), North (N) and Northeast (NE) regions were 0.86 and 0.84, 0.64 and 0.35, 0.75 and 0.42, 0.79 and 0.86, 0.92 and 0.81, 0.95 and 0.83, 0.83 and 1.00, 0.88 and 0.81, 0.33 and 0.85, 0.63 and 0.99 for S/SE, S/CO, S/N, S/NE, SE/CO, SE/N, SE/NE, CO/N, CO/NE and N/NE, respectively. There is a significant genotype by environment interaction for 205BW in the combination involving the S/CO, S/N, S/NE, CO/NE, and N/NE regions. There are significant genotype by environment interaction effects in the combination involving the S/CO and S/N regions for 365BW. Based on genetic x environment interaction results, regional genetic evaluation is recommend for the very distinct regions.


Subject(s)
Cattle , Environment , Genotype , Body Weight/genetics
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Arq. bras. med. vet. zootec ; 59(5): 1250-1256, out. 2007. tab
Article in Portuguese | LILACS | ID: lil-471209

ABSTRACT

Dados de 769.925 animais da raça Nelore, nascidos de 1965 a 2000, em 30 regiões distintas do Brasil, foram utilizados como base de dados para desenvolvimento de um programa computacional flexível, de fácil uso, que permitisse a identificação de linhagens fundadoras de rebanhos, com filtro por país, estado, região ou rebanho. Foi escolhida a região Centro-Oeste, representativa do Brasil, para o estudo pormenorizado do efeito citoplasmático sobre característica de peso aos 205 e 365 dias de idade de animais Nelore. Os componentes de variância de linhagem citoplasmática foram iguais a 0,58x10-3 para peso aos 205 dias e 0,80x10-3 para o peso aos 365 dias e contribuíram com 1,00x10-5 por cento e 9,90x10-6 por cento da variância fenotípica total. Os componentes de variância aditivo direto foram responsáveis por 11 e 21 por cento da variação fenotípica total dos pesos aos 205 e 365 dias de idade


Records on 769,925 Nelore animals born from 1965 to 2000, in 30 regions of Brazil were used as base data to develop a flexible a ease use computational program for identifying maternal base lines in herds, allowing filter by country, state, region and herd. The Center-West region was selected for a detailed study of cytoplasmatic lines on weaning and yearling weights of Nelore animals. The estimated variance components for citoplasmatic lines were .58 x 10-3 and .80 x 10-.8 for weaning and yearling weights, respectively, and accounted for 1.00x10-5 and 9.90x10-6 of total weights variance, respectively. The direct additive component accounts for 11 and 12 percent of the total phenotypic variance of weaning and yearling weights


Subject(s)
Animals , Cattle , Cattle/genetics , Extrachromosomal Inheritance , Software , Weaning , Weight by Age
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Arq. bras. med. vet. zootec ; 58(3): 414-420, jun. 2006. tab, graf
Article in Portuguese | LILACS | ID: lil-443597

ABSTRACT

Estudou-se a exigência de metionina + cistina total para codornas de corte em crescimento durante os períodos inicial (sete a 21 dias) e final (22 a 42 dias de idade). O delineamento experimental foi inteiramente casualizado, com cinco repetições de 13 codornas por unidade experimental. Os tratamentos consistiram de seis níveis de metionina + cistina total (0,73; 0,79; 0,85; 0,91; 0,97 e 1,03 por cento). Foram estudadas as variáveis: ganho de peso (g), peso final no período (g), consumo de dieta (g) e conversão alimentar (g de dieta/g de peso). As respostas de desempenho foram obtidas por meio de modelos de regressão linear e quadrática. Codornas de corte alimentadas com dietas contendo 0,95 por cento de metionina + cistina total no período inicial (sete a 21 dias) e 0,73 por cento de metionina + cistina total no período final (22 a 42 dias) de criação obtêm máximo ganho de peso.


Total methyonine + cystine requirements during the initial (7-21 days of age) and final period ( 22-42 days of age) of the growing phase were estimated for meat type quails in a completely randomized experimental design with six treatments, five replicates and 13 quails per experimental unit. Weight gain (g), body weight (g), feed consumption (g) and feed : weight gain ratio (g/g) were evaluated for quails fed on .73, .79, .85, .91, .97 and 1.03 percent methyonine + cystine diets. Meat type quails fed .95 percent and .73 percent methyonine + cystine diets during the initial (7-21days of age) and final period (22-42 days of age) of the growing phase show maximum weight gain.


Subject(s)
Animals , Male , Female , Cystine/administration & dosage , Weight Gain/physiology , Methionine/administration & dosage , Quail
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Arq. bras. med. vet. zootec ; 57(2): 266-271, abr. 2005. tab
Article in Portuguese | LILACS | ID: lil-414976

ABSTRACT

Avaliou-se o rendimento de carcaça de codornas européias de corte (Coturnix coturnix coturnix) no 42º dia de idade, alimentadas com dietas contendo quatro níveis de proteína e dois níveis de energia. O delineamento experimental foi inteiramente ao acaso, com seis repetições e oito codornas por unidade experimental. Os tratamentos constituíram de um fatorial 2I4, ou seja, dois níveis de energia (2900 e 3100kcal EM/kg) e quatro níveis de proteína (22, 24, 26 e 28 por cento proteína bruta na dieta). As variáveis estudadas foram: peso vivo, peso de carcaça, rendimento de carcaça, peso de coxa, rendimento de coxa, peso de peito, rendimento de peito, peso de gordura abdominal, rendimento de gordura abdominal, peso de vísceras comestíveis e rendimento de vísceras comestíveis. Não houve efeito significativo dos níveis de energia e nem dos níveis de proteína sobre nenhuma das características de carcaça analisada.


Subject(s)
Animals , Male , Animal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena , Birds/growth & development , Proteins/therapeutic use , Weight Gain
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Arq. bras. med. vet. zootec ; 56(3): 374-384, jun. 2004. ilus, tab
Article in Portuguese | LILACS | ID: lil-364961

ABSTRACT

Foram utilizados 28.050 registros de bovinos Nelore para estabelecer critérios de seleção para bovinos de corte, considerando as características ganho médio diário do nascimento à desmama (GND), dias para o animal ganhar 160kg do nascimento à desmama (D160), ganho médio diário da desmama ao sobreano (D240) e dias para o animal ganhar 240kg da desmama ao sobreano (D240). As estimativas de herdabilidade foram: GND, 0,20; D160, 0,19; GDS, 0,07; e D240, 0,03. Considerando os efeitos maternos, a herdabilidade da característica D160 foi 0,16 e a da GND, 0,06. Verificou-se correlação genética alta e negativa entre GND e D160 (-0,95) e negativas entre efeito genético direto do GND e efeito genético materno da mesma característica (-0,24) e entre efeitos genéticos diretos do GND e do D160 (-0,15). Houve associação positiva entre o efeito genético materno de GND e direto de GDS (0,33), e correlação nula entre o efeito genético direto das características D160 e D240. Conclui-se que a velocidade de crescimento pode ser modificada adotando-se como critério de seleção qualquer uma das duas características do período pré-desmama, apesar deles não selecionarem os mesmos animais, principalmente se na adoção do critério forem considerados os efeitos maternos no período pré-desmama e os efeitos genéticos diretos no período pós-desmama. As magnitudes das correlações estimadas entre as características nos períodos pré e pós-desmama foram baixas, indicando que os animais poderiam ser selecionados no período pré-desmama, independente do critério de seleção adotado na pós-desmama.


Subject(s)
Animals , Male , Female , Cattle , Genetic Enhancement , Weight Gain
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Braz. j. med. biol. res ; 35(9): 1101-1109, Sept. 2002. ilus, graf
Article in English | LILACS | ID: lil-325906

ABSTRACT

The central nervous system plays an important role in the control of renal sodium excretion. We present here a brief review of physiologic regulation of hydromineral balance and discuss recent results from our laboratory that focus on the participation of nitrergic, vasopressinergic, and oxytocinergic systems in the regulation of water and sodium excretion under different salt intake and hypertonic blood volume expansion (BVE) conditions. High sodium intake induced a significant increase in nitric oxide synthase (NOS) activity in the medial basal hypothalamus and neural lobe, while a low sodium diet decreased NOS activity in the neural lobe, suggesting that central NOS is involved in the control of sodium balance. An increase in plasma concentrations in vasopressin (AVP), oxytocin (OT), atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP), and nitrate after hypertonic BVE was also demonstrated. The central inhibition of NOS by L-NAME caused a decrease in plasma AVP and no change in plasma OT or ANP levels after BVE. These data indicate that the increase in AVP release after hypertonic BVE depends on nitric oxide production. In contrast, the pattern of OT secretion was similar to that of ANP secretion, supporting the view that OT is a neuromodulator of ANP secretion during hypertonic BVE. Thus, neurohypophyseal hormones and ANP are secreted under hypertonic BVE in order to correct the changes induced in blood volume and osmolality, and the secretion of AVP in this particular situation depends on NOS activity


Subject(s)
Animals , Male , Rats , Atrial Natriuretic Factor , Oxytocin , Saline Solution, Hypertonic , Sodium, Dietary , Vasopressins , Atrial Natriuretic Factor , Blood Volume , NG-Nitroarginine Methyl Ester , Nitric Oxide Synthase , Osmolar Concentration , Oxytocin , Vasopressins
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Braz. j. med. biol. res ; 34(3): 407-411, Mar. 2001. ilus
Article in English | LILACS | ID: lil-281623

ABSTRACT

Rats rendered hypothyroid by treatment with methimazole develop an exaggerated sodium appetite. We investigated here the capacity of hypothyroid rats (N = 12 for each group) to respond to a low dose of captopril added to the ration, a paradigm which induces an increase in angiotensin II synthesis in cerebral areas that regulate sodium appetite by increasing the availability of circulating angiotensin I. In addition, we determined the influence of aldosterone in hypothyroid rats during the expression of spontaneous sodium appetite and after captopril treatment. Captopril significantly increased (P<0.05) the daily intake of 1.8 percent NaCl (in ml/100 g body weight) in hypothyroid rats after 36 days of methimazole administration (day 36: 9.2 + or - 0.7 vs day 32: 2.8 + or - 0.6 ml, on the 4th day after captopril treatment). After the discontinuation of captopril treatment, daily 1.8 percent NaCl intake reached values ranging from 10.0 + or - 0.9 to 13.9 ± 1.0 ml, 48 to 60 days after treatment with methimazole. Aldosterone treatment significantly reduced (P<0.05) saline intake before (7.3 + or - 1.6 vs day 0, 14.4 + or - 1.3 ml) and after captopril treatment. Our results demonstrate that, although hypothyroid rats develop a deficiency in the production of all components of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system, their capacity to synthesize angiotensin II at the cerebral level is preserved. The partial reversal of daily 1.8 percent NaCl intake during aldosterone treatment suggests that sodium retention reduces both spontaneous and captopril-induced salt appetite


Subject(s)
Animals , Rats , Aldosterone/therapeutic use , Appetite/drug effects , Captopril/administration & dosage , Hypothyroidism/drug therapy , Peptidyl-Dipeptidase A/administration & dosage , Sodium, Dietary , Administration, Oral , Angiotensin II/metabolism , Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors/therapeutic use , Captopril/therapeutic use , Rats, Wistar , Sodium/metabolism
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Rev. cuba. invest. bioméd ; 11(1): 36-9, ene.-jun. 1992. tab
Article in Spanish | LILACS | ID: lil-118714

ABSTRACT

Se estudiaron 72 pacientes diabéticos tipo II (no insulinodependientes) con una duración de la enfermedad de 7,5 ñ 6,1 años y subdivididos en 2 grupos en dependencia de los valores de su hemoglobina glicosilada al momento de tomar la muestra. Se consideró un buen control metabólico el de aquellos enfermos con valores de hemoglobina glicosilada inferiores al 8 % y con mal control, el de aquéllos con valores iguales o superiores al 8 %. Se detectaron anticuerpos contra el citoplasma de las células insulares pancreáticas (ICA) en el 21,73 % de los pacientes con dificultades en el mantenimiento de un buen control metabólico y en ninguno de los que no presentaban dificultades. La presencia de ICA en diabéticos de difícil control metabólico con dieta e hipoglicemiantes orales, puede orientar al médico a la implantación de la terapia insulínica con críterios más objetivos


Subject(s)
Humans , Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/immunology , Antibody Formation , Islets of Langerhans/immunology , Prospective Studies , Thyroglobulin/immunology
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