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Title: Innovative Mapping (Semester Unknown) IPRO 303: InnovativeMappingIPRO303PosterF09
Creator: Komoroski, Aaron, Mora, Andres, Sarraf, Basel, Kemp, Brandon, Duong, Cindy, Woodward, Frank, Suwada, Jerry, Michael, Mark, Sinha, Piyush, Glover, Richard, Mandrekar, Urba
Date: 2009, 2009-12
Description: NAVTEQ, the sponsor of this project, is one of the largest digital mapping companies in the world. They are in a constant phase of self...
Show moreNAVTEQ, the sponsor of this project, is one of the largest digital mapping companies in the world. They are in a constant phase of self-improvement. Right now, NAVTEQ’s focus is on how to make their technology more pedestrian and community friendly. Our project has two main sections – 1. Target the majority of mobile device users, and give them an outlet to report any changes, mistakes or developments that have been overlooked by NAVTEQ. 2. Come up with a solution which enables the average map user – men and women ages 18-35, students and tourists – to address these alterations in a simple, hassle free way
Sponsorship: NAVTEQ
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Title: A Business Plan for the Production of Crumb Rubber by Solid State Shear Extrusion (Fall 2003) EnPRO 351: A Business Plan for the Production of Crumb Rubber by Solid State Shear Extrusion ENPRO351 Fall2003 Final Presentation
Date: 2003, 2003-12
Description: Hamid Arastoopour in Chemical Engineering has developed and patented technology for processing scrap rubber from tires in an extruder. This...
Show moreHamid Arastoopour in Chemical Engineering has developed and patented technology for processing scrap rubber from tires in an extruder. This technology breaks the chemical bonds that result in the rubber being vulcanized. This allows the rubber to be reformed into new shapes and re-vulcanized resulting a true recycling of the material into new rubber parts. Most other rubber recycling technology only grinds up the rubber. These technologies allow the rubber to be used as a filler but does not allow true recycling of the rubber. There is a tremendous supply of used tires are a significant environmental problem as well as waste of a potential resource. This technology could provide the means to effectively use this waste. This project is continuing from the Spring 03 Semester. The Spring class has identified 10+ applications where the crumb rubber technology developed at IIT can be used, and two or three applications that are evolving as new crumb rubber applications. As part of their Business Plan, they've sought input from potential users of crumb rubber and competition regarding the crumb rubber characteristics required within each of these applications and the size of these respective applications in pounds of crumb rubber and dollar value for the last three years and the future three years. The end product of this effort will be the identification of the prime crumb rubber applications. The Fall IPRO team will be responsible for more detailed analysis of the prime crumb rubber application opportunities, with emphasis on determining the size/past and future growth of crumb rubber use within these key applications and the market share of competition within two categories of market entry. Once the prime applications are quantified and qualified in terms of their potential, the class would have to determine the optimum penetration strategy for this crumb rubber technology:1) One approach could be the sale of crumb rubber manufacturing equipment, utilizing this crub rubber technology2) A second entry option is to produce crumb rubber, selling to the users within each of these prime applications. A sub-alternative within this entry option is to continually move the manufacturing facility producing crumb rubber to those states supporting this manufacturing, where they seek to eliminate the excess number of spare tires being dumped into those states.To gain a meaningful penetration of these crumb rubber applications, based on the strenghs and weaknesses of the IIT technology, a detailed marketing plan will have to be developed, which will result in the optimum penetration within these applications. Once the optimum option for this crumb rubber technology is determined, based on each application's penetration scenario, a detailed analysis regarding the profit and loss of a manufacturing facility serving one or both options is required. A Business Plan supporting these analyses will then be prepared, followed by the solicitation of the necessary funding from venture and/ or angel sources.
Sponsorship: IIT Collaboratory for Interprofessional Studies under the Auspices of the Ed Kaplan Entrepreneurial Program
Project Plan for EnPRO 351: A Business Plan for the Production of Crumb Rubber by Solid State Shear Extrusion for Fall 2003 semester
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Title: Transition Metal Oxide-Containing Materials and the Synthesis Thereof
Creator: Khan, M. Ishaque
Date: 2009-05-11, 2001-02-06
Description: Mixed-metal oxide-based solids composed of a linked array of a plurality of vanadium oxide building blocks wherein a vanadium and oxygen shell...
Show moreMixed-metal oxide-based solids composed of a linked array of a plurality of vanadium oxide building blocks wherein a vanadium and oxygen shell cluster encapsulate a central X unit, where X is at least one species selected from the group consisting of VO.sub.4, SO.sub.4, Cl, Br, I, H.sub.2 O, HCOO and NO.sub.2 and associated methods of synthesis are provided.
Sponsorship: Illinois Institute of Technology
United States Patent
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Title: Smart Binoculars for Military & Civilian Use (sequence unknown), IPRO 350 - Project Plan: IPRO%20350%20Project%20Plan%20F09_redacted
Creator: Bubert, Casey, Fairall, Earl, Hopkins, Dong, Hutchins, Sarah, Kobayashi, Jonathan, Mccluskey, John, Pain, Muhammad, Patel, Purvag, Roa, Carlos, Spitler, Noah
Date: 2009-12
Description: GPS modules and tracking devices have influenced many advances in modern technology. The data GPS provides has replaced the map and compass,...
Show moreGPS modules and tracking devices have influenced many advances in modern technology. The data GPS provides has replaced the map and compass, and can be crucial in many situations. Its current platform for use however requires the user to utilize a handheld device and direct his/her frame of view to a screen. In many situations there is a need to have eyes on and full awareness of surroundings, something that simply can't be done while holding and viewing a handheld device. To solve this dilemma, team Smart Specs has integrated ideas of GPS, heads-up displays, and datalink technology to form a design that will give the user full hands free capabilities. This device, worn like glasses, allows the user to track objects and even designate objects to be tracked, which are all shown through heads-up display.
Project plan for IPRO 350: Smart Binoculars for Military & Civilian Use for the fall 2009 semester
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Title: Northern Illinois Hockey League (Semester Unknown) IPRO 308: NIHLIPRO308Poster2F09
Creator: Lucchesi, Kristin, Barksdale, Dustin, Hays, Julian, Bartus, Kryzystof, Perkins, William, Savage, Christopher, Scheer, Colin, Semenov, Vladimir, Vidutis, Mantas
Date: 2009, 2009-12
Description: We will make a prototype for the Northern Illinois Hockey league website. We want to develop web-based scheduling and scoring applications...
Show moreWe will make a prototype for the Northern Illinois Hockey league website. We want to develop web-based scheduling and scoring applications that can support their annual operations.
Sponsorship: Northern Illinois Hockey League
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Title: DIFFERENT EXPLORATION ACTIVITY AND DETECTION THRESHOLD TOWARDS ODOR SETS BETWEEN CONNEXIN 36 KNOCKOUT MICE AND WILD-TYPE MICE
Creator: Chai, Xiaomeng
Date: 2012-04-16, 2012-05
Description: The sense of smell allows an organism to be aware of the chemical information of the external world. In most land animals, the olfactory...
Show moreThe sense of smell allows an organism to be aware of the chemical information of the external world. In most land animals, the olfactory system enables the perception of both volatile chemicals, as well as pheromones--chemicals released by animals that regulate their social activities. Among several factors that mediate olfaction, connexin 36 (Cx36), a subunit of gap junctions, has been suggested to play a crucial role in the olfactory system. In the research presented herein, I performed habituation/dishabituation studies on both Cx36 knockout (Cx36 KO) and wild-type mice to determine their exploration patterns towards four odorants. The results indicate that Cx36 KO and wild-type mice behaved differently when they were given defined odorants. In general, Cx36 KO mice spent more time exploring odorants. Cx36 KO and wild-type mice also exhibited different detection threshold towards given odorants. Moreover, cross-habituation between benzaldehyde and octaldehyde was established in Cx36 KO mice at the concentration of 10-4%, which was different from that in wild-type mice. These results may suggest important functions of Cx36 gap junctions in odor detection and integration in mammals. Keywords: Connexin 36, gap junction, olfactory system, habituation/dishabituation
M.S. in Biology, May 2012
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Title: Zoo Tech (Semester Unknown) IPRO 318
Creator: Ahmed, Syeda, Chun, Jason, Erwin, Elaine, Garczek, Katherine, Mithun, Michael, Potacki, Amanda, Szulyk, Natalie, Callas, Kathleen, Davis, Derrick, Ferrari, Howard, Madimenos, Anastasis, Morrison, Ruth, Rojas, Diana
Date: 2010, 2010-07
Description: The members of IPRO 318 are collaborating with the Brookfield Zoo to develop an iPhone application that will enhance the visitors’ experience...
Show moreThe members of IPRO 318 are collaborating with the Brookfield Zoo to develop an iPhone application that will enhance the visitors’ experience and interactions with the zoo environment. This application will be an educational device in addition to trip planning tool. As such, it will be broken down into two major components. First, an educational module that includes the guided inquiry system for animal identification with other informative and interesting functions (such as games, social networks, etc.). Second, the commodity module, which includes an interactive map with GPS, basic park information (such as hours, tickets, parking, etc.), and functions related to other services provided by the zoo. Additionally, it involves designing a sleek, logical, user-friendly layout. By organizing the animal database and additional information provided by the zoo, and coupling this with the tools available on the iPhone, IPRO 318 seeks to design an efficient and entertaining means of utilizing modern technology to explore the zoo and its animals. This document provides a detailed overview of the project, including the plan of action, work breakdown, project goals, background information, and the organization of the IPRO team.
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Title: Reversible Drive for a Magnetic Recording Medium
Creator: Camras, Marvin
Date: 1947-04-08
Description: Sponsorship: Armour Research Foundation
United States Patent

Title: A study of the "cracking" of petroleum
Creator: Heritage, Clark Cable, Hook, Frank William.
Date: 2009, 1914
Publisher: Armour Institute of Technology
Description: http://www.archive.org/details/studyofcrackingo00heri
Thesis (B.S.)--Armour Institute of Technology, 1914 B.S. in Chemical Engineering, 1914

Title: Crisis Management and Security Program (CMS) (Semester Unknown) IPRO 370: Crisis Management and Security Program IPRO 370 Final Presentation Sp08
Creator: Wanic, Andrew, Housley, Chris, Monte, Don, Zabawski, Vito, Staats, Andy, Bochnik, George, Chojecki, Matt, Kusnierz, Ziggy, Saurabh, Singhal
Date: 2008, 2008-05
Description: The IIT IPRO 370 Crisis Management and Security Program (CMS) is in its fourth stage of development. The current goal is to further develop...
Show moreThe IIT IPRO 370 Crisis Management and Security Program (CMS) is in its fourth stage of development. The current goal is to further develop the capabilities of our web based program that can be used by organizations to assist when determining how well their crisis management plans stand up to different methodologies, assessments, and scenarios during the testing process. Also to start marketing our web site to attract a community of many users to assist in the growth of the CMS program. The initial grant for this project was funded by the Homeland Security Innovation & Entrepreneurship Center. Ms. Irene Rozansky, CEO and founder of R&A Crisis Management Services Inc. will be our sponsor to ensure that we develop a program able to test existing crisis management plans for companies, organizations, and individuals who lack a response ready approach in times of crisis.
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Title: BUOY (Semester Unknown) IPRO 310: BUOYIPRO310Poster2Sp10
Creator: Amine, Mukarram, Antony, Claude, Chipman, Aubrey, Choi, Lien, Dykeman, Kimberly, Healton, Michaela, Jayanthy, Ashika, Mckinley, Matthew, Noorts, George, Reilly, Jeffrey, Schafer, Michael, Taylor, Joseph
Date: 2010, 2010-05
Description: This IPRO is working on the problem of creating an assistive device that will help blind and visually impaired (BVI) individuals exercise in a...
Show moreThis IPRO is working on the problem of creating an assistive device that will help blind and visually impaired (BVI) individuals exercise in a swimming pool and elsewhere with increased independence and also to present this technology to the community in a way that is usable to them. In the interest of achieving both of these goals the team has organized its structure into a technology team and a communication team, so that once the device has been created the methodology for teaching the community to use it will already be tested and approved.
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Title: Innovating Process Improvements in Manufacturing Operations (Semester Unknown) IPRO 304: InnovatingProcessImprovementsInManufacturingOperationsIPRO304BrochureSp09
Creator: Abhay, Anandha, Bergeron, Anthony, Catalina, Christopher, Entler, Jason, Estrada, Maximillian, Huish, Joel, Patel, Vishal, Quach, Vien, Taggart, Jay, Sunghwan, Yeo
Date: 2009, 2009-05
Description: The purpose of this IPRO is to develop a robust, working prototype that can automatically monitor and detect a problem with a milling machine...
Show moreThe purpose of this IPRO is to develop a robust, working prototype that can automatically monitor and detect a problem with a milling machine at A. FInkl & Sons Co. This IPRO is in its fourth semester and there are two challenges remaining: (1) alerting management to the detection of broken teeth during machining; and (2) developing spatial representations of items undergoing heat treatment. However, A. Finkl & Sons has asked us to concentrate solely on the goal of finding a way to detect when a break occurs in one of the milling teeth and then alert the mechanic monitoring the machine in order to replace it. This system will involve measuring vibrations using an accelerometer or by the use of laser detection. The goal of this IPRO is to research, test, and inform A. FInkl & Sons of the best solution to invest in, therefore they can decide what is better for their company.
Sponsorship: A. Finkl & Sons Co.
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Title: Semantic Web News Engine (Semester Unknown) IPRO 327: SemanticWebNewsEngineIPRO327FinalReportSp09
Creator: Copeland, Daniel, Estola, Evan, Kaim, Max, Mundrawala, Jay, Peterson, Steven, Price Jr, Daniel, Rawlings, Ori, Rodriguez, Laura, Sirotzke, Daniel
Date: 2009, 2009-05
Description: The Swyne Project‟s objective is to extend the capabilities of the semantic search engine developed in the previous semester of this...
Show moreThe Swyne Project‟s objective is to extend the capabilities of the semantic search engine developed in the previous semester of this particular IPRO project. Proposed extensions include the ability to search for “entities” (e.g., people) and their relationships to other entities in a fact database and implementing user interface support for the extensions. Another goal of the Swyne Project is to work on our collective soft skills. These include, but are not limited to, interpersonal communications, presentations, management functions, and time management. These skills are all critical to not only a successful project, but also a successful career outside of college. Our search engine will hopefully be an inspiration to others who are interested in working on a semantic search engine in the future and expanding upon our results.
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Title: Crop to Truck (Semester Unknown) EnPRO 353: MobileCoffeeBaristaEnPRO353FinalPresentationF10
Creator: Azab, Naguib, Brenner, Kevin, Choe, Mihee, Haznar, Daria, Horchin, Marina, Kamer, Kevin, Klockowski, Wesley, Mceneff, Aaran, Min, Hee-jong, Muchna, Joseph, Palau, Mariana, Pierce, Nicholas, Sanchez, Nicolas, Velazquez, Andrea, Zistakis, Nikola
Date: 2010, 2010-12
Description: Crop to Cup’s business mantra is “Pride to crop, quality, and cup”. IPRO 353, Crop to Truck, will embody this statement through investigation...
Show moreCrop to Cup’s business mantra is “Pride to crop, quality, and cup”. IPRO 353, Crop to Truck, will embody this statement through investigation into mobile coffee baristas. Our design and business models will present a world-conscious, attractive truck space that improves customer experience and ease of access to the best quality, responsibly sourced coffee available. We will complete the cycle that Crop to Cup has set forward in a sustainable manner that benefits consumer, producer, and barista alike.
Sponsorship: Crop to Cup Jacob Elster
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Title: Using Assessment Data to Improve Library Services : presented at ILA 2007 conference: 2007program
Creator: Stewart, Christopher, Uth, Charles
Date: 2007-10
Description: IIT Libraries conducted LibQUAL+ service quality assessment in 2004 and 2006. This presentation will outline strategies we undertook to...
Show moreIIT Libraries conducted LibQUAL+ service quality assessment in 2004 and 2006. This presentation will outline strategies we undertook to address issues identified in the 2004 assessment, and evaluate their success based on assessment results in 2006. We will also discuss the importance of measuring academic library effectiveness in higher education’s emerging outcomes-based culture.
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Title: Design of a Sustainable New City in China (Semester Unknown) IPRO 316
Creator: Saracino, Tony, Durra, David, Kleps, Andrew, Szanyi, Ryan
Date: 2008, 2008-05
Description: A. Create a program for a sustainable city that incorporates all sustainable design practices and is affordable and desirable to live in.
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Show moreA. Create a program for a sustainable city that incorporates all sustainable design practices and is affordable and desirable to live in.
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Title: Improving Health Care Information Systems for a Community Health Network (semester?), IPRO 340: ACCESS Healthcare Perinatal Care IPRO 340 Project Plan Sp06
Creator: Lange, Jacquelyn, Riaz, Qurantulann, Reshma, Marri, Vadim, Sinitsyn, Kim, Kwandong, Hsu, Yio-fan, Calzaretta, Jack, Riaz, Maryum, Sammons, Joshua, Li, Jessica, Durkin, Sean, Ogbebor, Evans, Jaracz, Malwina, Rajpal, Dheera
Date: 2006-05, 2006-05
Description: The overall objective of IPRO 340 is to improve the quality of healthcare by improving information technology at ACCESS health care. The...
Show moreThe overall objective of IPRO 340 is to improve the quality of healthcare by improving information technology at ACCESS health care. The specific objective of the Spring 2006 semester is to help to prepare ACCESS to adopt new technology. The first main assignment of the team is to determine employees’ current computer skill levels by refining and rolling out last semester’s computer Assessment Plan. Our second main assignment is to investigate training solutions and develop the training protocol that will bring ACCESS employee’s up to date with the computer skills they will need to adopt new information technologies ACCESS plans to implement in the near future. Our last assignment is to investigate various Electronic Medical Record (EMR) functionalities and compare leading EMR vendors to support ACCESS in deciding which EMR vendor to implement throughout their network.
Sponsorship: Steven Glass, CIO Access Health Network
Deliverables for IPRO 340: Improving Health Care Information Systems for a Community Health Network for the Spring 2006 semester
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Title: Insight: Anticipating the Future, Assessing the Impact (semester?), IPRO 341: Insight IPRO 341 Project Plan Sp06
Creator: Ayodele, Ayo, Dass, Saurabh, Desai, Ankit, Frumkin, Jason, Komyathy, Jonathan, Lerush, Kevin, Novak, Jason, Peterson, Margaret, Robinson, Bezaleel, Shah, Sagar, Skontos, George, Stohl, Michael, Wilk, Andrew, Yang, Sungwoo
Date: 2006-05, 2006-05
Description: The first objective of IPRO 341 is to research four areas in which nanotechnology is being applied. Through this research the team will gain a...
Show moreThe first objective of IPRO 341 is to research four areas in which nanotechnology is being applied. Through this research the team will gain a basic understanding of the workings behind nanotechnology and determine applications which may interest our target audience (see second objective). The second objective of IPRO 341 is to determine a target audience. Since this semester’s team will focus on public assessment and education, a target audience must be chosen to present our research findings to. The third objective of IPRO 341 is to assess the current level of knowledge which the target audience has pertaining to nanotechnology. By determining what the audience already knows about the subject the team can organize and present the necessary information. The fourth objective of IPRO 341 is to educate our target audience. Public education of nanotechnology and its applications is the mission of this IPRO team. All previous objectives are part of this encompassing goal of public education. The team will work on putting together a tool for public education which can be used by the target audience to gain knowledge on the subject of nanotechnology. The team also plans to spread interest of the tool so that it may be used to educate the public.
Deliverables for IPRO 341: Insight: Anticipating the Future, Assessing the Impact for the Spring 2006 semester
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Title: User Created Map Content (Spring 2011) IPRO 305: UserCreatedMapContentIPRO305ProjectPlanSp11_redacted
Creator: Ciarkowski, Adam, Hwangbo, James, Jurewicz, Marc, Kaufhold, Kenneth, Kornika, David, Kumar, Arjun, Millonzi, Roger, Paradiso, Nicholas, Simmonds, Claire, Summers, Devon, Yonezawa, Samuel
Date: 2011, 2011-05
Description: NAVTEQ is the corporate sponsor for IPRO 305. NAVTEQ is one of the world’s largest digital mapping companies. With competitors, such as Google...
Show moreNAVTEQ is the corporate sponsor for IPRO 305. NAVTEQ is one of the world’s largest digital mapping companies. With competitors, such as Google, NAVTEQ aims to outdo the competition by providing their clients with robust quality mapping data. NAVTEQ achieves this by employing over 1,000 geographic analysts who’s sole job is to ensure that the data on their maps is unique and, above all, accurate from each of NAVTEQ’s 80,000+ sources[citation 1]. On their quest to provide their clients with robust data, NAVTEQ has identified the need for user- generated content. This is data that a user of a GPS mapping system can enter in for themselves. With this recognition of usergenerated mapping data, NAVTEQ pursues the need to be the world’s most robust digital mapping data provider.
Sponsorship: NAVTEQ
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Title: ADVANCED TRACER KINETIC MODELS FOR IMPROVED TUMOR MARGIN DETECTION AND GUIDING THERAPY
Creator: Sinha, Lagnojita
Date: 2014, 2014-07
Description: Cancer continues to be the second leading cause of death in the world with one in two individuals suffering from some form of cancer within...
Show moreCancer continues to be the second leading cause of death in the world with one in two individuals suffering from some form of cancer within their lifetimes [1]. The main objective in most cancer therapies is to achieve a complete resection of the cancerous cells, which in surgical approaches is evident from the diagnosis of positive resection margins during postoperative pathology. However, pathological analysis is performed after the patient has been discharged. Thus technologies capable of identifying tumor margins in resected samples intraoperatively could substantially reduce the psychological and economical burden of “call-back” surgeries. As a step in this direction, a wide-field Raman spectroscopy system was employed, which has the capacity to discriminate between tumor and healthy tissue through a “dual-tracer” staining approach within the surgical window. The approach entails dipping the resected tissue in two tracers: one targeted to a cancer specific cell-surface receptor, and another left “untargeted”. In this experiment human glioma (U251) and human epidermoid (A431) tumors were grown subcutaneously in ten nude athymic mice. The data obtained from the Raman spectra of different tissue specimens were then analyzed through tracer kinetic modeling to quantify cancer molecule abundance as a surrogate of cancer presence. The salient finding in this study was that the model was able to predict the expected differences in EGFR concentration amongst the healthy tissue, U251, and A431. Kinetic model estimation of the ratio of EGFR concentration in U251 and A431 cell lines were in the ratio of 2:1, which correlates, with the expected ratio of EGFR concentration determined by flow cytometry which was close to 4:1. This technology not only promises to xii highlight tumor margins on a molecular level but can also be leveraged to analyze the molecular environment of the tumor to guide adjuvant precision therapies. Tracer kinetic modeling approaches were also applied to a guided precision therapy called Photodynamic therapy. Not only could the analysis of data provide parameter values for the tracer kinetics but an approach was also developed which with only a few initial data points could predict the time optimal for therapy in advance of the drug concentration maximum.
M.S. in Electrical Engineering, July 2014
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