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The Division comprises over 2200 academics and staff, 800 graduate students and 900 undergraduates; about 350 NHS Clinicians and GPs contribute to our teaching activities. In total over 2500 individuals are involved in research.
Medical sciences research at Oxford has maintained its pre-eminent standing, as demonstrated by the results of the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise (RAE). Analysis of the preliminary results published in December 2008 places Oxford medical sciences research as being of the highest quality in the UK in four separate medical science disciplines.
Series associated with Medical Sciences Division
A Good Science Read
A Splash of Colour
Africa Oxford Initiative
After the End
Autoimmune Disease
Big Questions - with Oxford Sparks
Calleva Research Centre
Cancer
Cancer in the Developing World
Career Equality Talks
Centre for Personalised Medicine
Children's Language and Literacy Impairments
Combined Medical-Surgical Grand Rounds
CortexCast - A Neuroscience Podcast
Crossing Boundaries
Diabetes and Obesity
Epidemics and Vaccines
Ethics and Early Intervention in Mental Health: Promoting Change through Research
Evidence-Based Health Care
Families for the Treatment of Hereditary MND (FATHoM) Oxford Meeting
Families for the Treatment of Hereditary Motor Neuron Disease
Futuremakers
Genetics
Global Health
Gut Instinct: GI research update
Health Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Health, Law and Emerging Technologies (HeLEX)
History of Tropical Medicine at Oxford
HIV
IDEAL Collaboration Conference 2016
Immunology
Inside WIMM (Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford)
Inspiring Women in Science
Issues in Bioethics - Oxford Bioethics Network
Journey of a Molecular Detective; David Sherratt
Lectures in Pharmacology
Let's talk e-cigarettes
Malaria
Malaria Atlas Project
McMichael Symposium
Medical Sciences
Mental Health Interventions for Refugee Children
Musical Abstracts
NDM International Activities
NDM Public Engagement
NDM Units
Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences
Nuffield Department of Medicine, Meet our Students
OPDC: Progress in Parkinson's Research.
Our Mental Wellness
Oxford Biomedical Research
Oxford Kafka24
Oxford Sparks: bringing science to life
Power and Privilege in Academia
Primary Care Health Sciences
Psychiatry
Public Health and Epidemiology (Richard Doll Seminars)
Public Lecture Podcasts from the Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics
Recollecting Oxford Medicine: Oral Histories
Research Integrity
Research Topics in Biomedical Sciences
Revolutionary Biology
Science in Ten
Science with Sanjula
Surgical Grand Rounds Lectures
Tackling Health Challenges
The Future of Science Symposium
The New Psychology of Depression
The Oxford Colloquy
The Oxford Colloquy: Trusting the Science
To Immunity and Beyond
Translational and Clinical
Translational Health Sciences
Translational Medicine
Trust the Evidence
Understanding Alzheimer's and Dementia: Oxford ARUK Public Open Day
Unpacking the Fundamentals of Global Health: Towards a New Generation of Leadership
Vaccine Research at Oxford
Vaccines - From Concept to Clinic with Oxford Sparks
Weatherall lecture
Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging (WIN) Podcast
Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics
Women in Medical Science
| # | Episode Title | Description | People | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 616 | 'Senses' Part 1 - When the senses collide | Can sounds change how things taste? How can we alter our experiences by taking advantage of how our senses mingle? | Charles Spence | 27 Jun 2016 | |
| 615 | Is Buxton's Law still true? Evaluating evolving surgical techniques within pilot and full RCTs | IDEAL surgical innovation in practice. | Jane Blazeby | 27 Jun 2016 | |
| 614 | Creative Commons | Transforming transplantation | Organ preservation and reconditioning. | Peter Friend | 27 Jun 2016 |
| 613 | Creative Commons | Is more evidence always better? | The value of adding decision analytical modelling to the IDEAL framework | Casper Tax | 27 Jun 2016 |
| 612 | Creative Commons | Progressing through IDEAL: When is the right time to move from observational to randomised studies? | A case study of REBOA. | Jan Jansen | 27 Jun 2016 |
| 611 | Creative Commons | Reconstruction of bladder defects with amniotic membrane | Step 1-2 of IDEAL recommendations of surgical innovation | David Barski | 27 Jun 2016 |
| 610 | The point of qualitative research | Prof Aksel Tjora, Professor of Sociology at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, gives a talk for the MSc in Evidence-Based Health Care programme. | Aksel Tjora | 23 Jun 2016 | |
| 609 | Creative Commons | Using IDEAL within commissioning in the UK | Regulation, Commissioning, HTA and Policy | daphne austin | 21 Jun 2016 |
| 608 | Optimising recruitment and evaluation: Qualitative studies | Methodological advances in evaluation | Jenny Donovan | 20 Jun 2016 | |
| 607 | Creative Commons | Bringing evidence to the orthopaedic implant market | We describe the challenges faced in the assessment of a novel surgical device, the X-Bolt, for the treatment of hip fractures from IDEAL stage 2a to 3. | xavier griffin | 20 Jun 2016 |
| 606 | 'Land, Sea and Air' Part 3 - What happens when we fly | Oxygen levels are slightly lower when you fly on commercial airlines, so what effects does this have on people? Can it cause any problems? | Thomas Smith | 17 Jun 2016 | |
| 605 | Functional imaging of dyskinesia in Parkinson’s disease | Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences Seminar Series | Paola Piccini | 16 Jun 2016 | |
| 604 | 'Land, Sea and Air' Part 2 - The state of the oceans | What's in the deep ocean? And how can we study these remote and extreme ecosystems? And how is climate change affecting ocean ecosystems? | Alex Rogers | 10 Jun 2016 | |
| 603 | Creative Commons | Regulation of medical devices | The application of the IDEAL framework through regulation, commission and policy. | Art Sedrakyan | 07 Jun 2016 |
| 602 | Creative Commons | Developments in surgical innovation evaluation | Evolving IDEAL | Peter McCulloch | 07 Jun 2016 |
| 601 | Creative Commons | Why data management matters | Naomi’s work focuses on supporting researchers to collect, clean and store research data. | Naomi Waithira | 02 Jun 2016 |
| 600 | Creative Commons | Malaria laboratory at MORU | Dr Kesinee Chotivanich's laboratory provides facilities and resources to researchers, students, and collaborators who are interested in tropical diseases, with the aim to improve patients’ care. | Kesinee Chotivanich | 02 Jun 2016 |
| 599 | Creative Commons | From information to structure | Dr Brian Marsden aims to make structural and chemical biology data accessible to non-experts, by providing computational resources including data management, sample tracking, in silico modelling support plus provision of public access to SGC data. | Brian Marsden | 02 Jun 2016 |
| 598 | Creative Commons | Why data management matters | Naomi’s work focuses on supporting researchers to collect, clean and store research data. | Naomi Waithira | 02 Jun 2016 |
| 597 | Creative Commons | Malaria laboratory at MORU | Dr Kesinee Chotivanich's laboratory provides facilities and resources to researchers, students, and collaborators who are interested in tropical diseases, with the aim to improve patients’ care. | Kesinee Chotivanich | 02 Jun 2016 |
| 596 | Creative Commons | From information to structure | Dr Brian Marsden aims to make structural and chemical biology data accessible to non-experts, by providing computational resources including data management, sample tracking, in silico modelling support plus provision of public access to SGC data. | Brian Marsden | 02 Jun 2016 |
| 595 | Evidence informed decision making? (Know your cognitive biases) | Prof Neal Maskrey gives a talk for the Centre for Evidence Based Medicine seminar series. | Neal Maskrey | 01 Jun 2016 | |
| 594 | Why on earth do we waste so much research? | Dr Kamal Mahtani is an NHS GP, NIHR Clinical Lecturer and Deputy Director at the Centre for Evidence Based Medicine. His talk explores why so much research is wasted. | Kamal Mahtani | 01 Jun 2016 | |
| 593 | 'Land, Sea and Air' Part 1 - How mountains are made | How do we discover the origins of mountains? | Mike Searle | 27 May 2016 | |
| 592 | 'Learning' part 3 - Learning from Nature | How can Chemistry take inspiration from nature to create cleaner and more efficient ways of producing and using Hydrogen as a source of clean energy? | Kylie Vincent | 24 May 2016 | |
| 591 | Defining the genetic architecture of Alzheimer’s disease | Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences Seminar Series | Julie Williams | 16 May 2016 | |
| 590 | 'Learning' part 2 - Stimulating learning | Can a little electrical stimulation help people learn quicker? And how would technology that does this be used? And why would you want to use this over medicines? | Roi Cohen Kadosh | 13 May 2016 | |
| 589 | Cognitive approaches to treating psychosis | Professor Daniel Freeman discusses his research into how psychosis can be treated through the use of cognitive behavioural techniques | Daniel Freeman | 12 May 2016 | |
| 588 | 'Learning' part 1 - Sleep for success | Sleep is really important. But do we realise how important it is, particularly for helping us think straight? Are teenagers lazy? Are their body clocks different? | Christopher-James Harvey | 05 May 2016 | |
| 587 | Power People: what are we doing with all that energy? | Did you know that you are in charge of a power station? It's true. Every time you flick a light switch, a power station somewhere in the UK will respond and generate that little bit of extra power you need for your light. | Phil Grunewald | 05 May 2016 | |
| 586 | Overdiagnosis and Too Much Medicine How did we get here and how do we get out of the mess | Professor Carl Heneghan gives a talk for the MSc in Evidence-Based Health Care programme | Carl Heneghan | 03 May 2016 | |
| 585 | Breathalysers, babies and bumps on the road: delving into diagnostic studies | Talk by Dr Helen Ashdown regarding three rather different diagnostic studies People: Helen Ashdown | Helen Ashdown | 03 May 2016 | |
| 584 | 'Relationships' part 3 - Networks: the science of connections | What is a network and how can you use mathematics to unravel the relationships between a variety of different things? How can this understanding then be applied to a range of different settings? | Mason Porter | 29 Apr 2016 | |
| 583 | Creative Commons | Repairing DNA damage | Dr Ross Chapman studies the molecular events triggered by DNA damage detection, and why defects in these events lead to immune deficiency and cancer in humans. | Ross Chapman | 28 Apr 2016 |
| 582 | Creative Commons | Malaria in Kenya | There is a great need for better treatments for malaria and for a preventative malaria vaccine. | Philip Bejon | 28 Apr 2016 |
| 581 | Creative Commons | Microbiology in the tropics | The Cambodia Oxford Medical Research Unit (COMRU) is based in Siem Reap, northern Cambodia, which remains one of the poorest countries in South East Asia with extremely limited health services. | Paul Turner | 28 Apr 2016 |
| 580 | Unravelling proteins | Dr Nicola Burgess-Brown heads the Biotechnology Group at the SGC, which generates proteins suitable for structural and functional studies. | Nicola Burgess-Brown | 28 Apr 2016 | |
| 579 | Targeting drug discovery | The development of new medicines is dependent on the identification of novel drug targets. | Kilian Huber | 28 Apr 2016 | |
| 578 | Creative Commons | Microbiology research in SE Asia | Dr Direk Limmathurotsakul's research focuses on the epidemiology of melioidosis, a bacterial infection caused by Burkholderia pseudomallei. | Direk Limmathurotsakul | 28 Apr 2016 |
| 577 | Creative Commons | Tropical neonatology | Dr Claudia Turner heads the clinical research program at the Cambodia Oxford Medical Research Unit (COMRU), in collaboration with the Angkor Hospital for Children. | Claudia Turner | 28 Apr 2016 |
| 576 | Creative Commons | Global health informatics | Dr Chris Paton studies the use of open-source Electronic Health Records (EHR) software, online learning and mobile technology to improve healthcare delivery in low-resource settings. | Chris Paton | 28 Apr 2016 |
| 575 | Creative Commons | Dengue diagnosis and management | With 390 million infections occuring each year, dengue is the most important mosquito-borne viral infection, and no vaccine is currently available. | Bridget Wills | 28 Apr 2016 |
| 574 | Understanding growth signals | Growth hormones and cytokines regulate the key physiological processes of growth and differentiation as well as responses to injury and infection. | Alex Bullock | 28 Apr 2016 | |
| 573 | Creative Commons | Repairing DNA damage | Dr Ross Chapman studies the molecular events triggered by DNA damage detection, and why defects in these events lead to immune deficiency and cancer in humans. | Ross Chapman | 28 Apr 2016 |
| 572 | Creative Commons | Malaria in Kenya | There is a great need for better treatments for malaria and for a preventative malaria vaccine. | Philip Bejon | 28 Apr 2016 |
| 571 | Creative Commons | Microbiology in the tropics | The Cambodia Oxford Medical Research Unit (COMRU) is based in Siem Reap, northern Cambodia, which remains one of the poorest countries in South East Asia with extremely limited health services. | Paul Turner | 28 Apr 2016 |
| 570 | Creative Commons | Unravelling proteins | Dr Nicola Burgess-Brown heads the Biotechnology Group at the SGC, which generates proteins suitable for structural and functional studies. | Nicola Burgess-Brown | 28 Apr 2016 |
| 569 | Creative Commons | Targeting drug discovery | The development of new medicines is dependent on the identification of novel drug targets. | Kilian Huber | 28 Apr 2016 |
| 568 | X-rays for drug discovery | Dr Frank von Delft works to ensure that X-ray structures can serve as a routine and predictive tool for generating novel chemistry for targeting proteins. | Frank von Delft | 28 Apr 2016 | |
| 567 | Creative Commons | Microbiology research in SE Asia | Dr Direk Limmathurotsakul's research focuses on the epidemiology of melioidosis, a bacterial infection caused by Burkholderia pseudomallei. | Direk Limmathurotsakul | 28 Apr 2016 |
| 566 | Creative Commons | Tropical neonatology | Dr Claudia Turner heads the clinical research program at the Cambodia Oxford Medical Research Unit (COMRU), in collaboration with the Angkor Hospital for Children. | Claudia Turner | 27 Apr 2016 |
| 565 | Creative Commons | Global health informatics | Dr Chris Paton studies the use of open-source Electronic Health Records (EHR) software, online learning and mobile technology to improve healthcare delivery in low-resource settings. | Chris Paton | 27 Apr 2016 |
| 564 | Creative Commons | Dengue diagnosis and management | With 390 million infections occuring each year, dengue is the most important mosquito-borne viral infection, and no vaccine is currently available. | Bridget Wills | 27 Apr 2016 |
| 563 | Creative Commons | Understanding growth signals | Growth hormones and cytokines regulate the key physiological processes of growth and differentiation as well as responses to injury and infection. | Alex Bullock | 27 Apr 2016 |
| 562 | 'Relationships' part 2 - New fathers | How do new fathers form relationships with their children? What is the unique role of a father? What do they contribute to the development of their children? What is male post-natal depression? | Anna Machin | 22 Apr 2016 | |
| 561 | Run for Your Light | You may have heard the word “quantum” bandied around a lot. But what does it mean? In this animation we take a look at how the photon – the quantum particle of light – is being harnessed to help create new technologies like quantum computers. | Robert Taylor, Steven Kolthammer, Josh Nunn | 12 Apr 2016 | |
| 560 | What Makes You Tick? | How do you know when it's time to wake up or go to sleep? More powerful than any alarm are your circadian rhythms. | Christopher James-Harvey, Stuart Peirson, Russell Foster | 12 Apr 2016 | |
| 559 | Shedding Light on the Situation | Light is more than just light bulbs and sunshine! Researchers at the University of Oxford use different types of light to learn more about all sorts of interesting things. | Jena Meinecke, Chris Rennick, Brianna Heazlewood, Clarence Yapp | 12 Apr 2016 | |
| 558 | 'Relationships' part 1 - People and plants: balancing conservation and commerce | How can working with people to understand how they use their local plants be used to protect them when industry moves in? How do we find and conserve areas of high 'bioquality'? | William Hawthorne | 12 Apr 2016 | |
| 557 | The Glymphatic System | Thomas Willis Lecture | Maiken Nedergaard | 01 Apr 2016 | |
| 556 | Advanced imaging of the spinal cord in multiple sclerosis | NCDN Seminar | Olga Ciccarelli | 01 Apr 2016 | |
| 555 | How do risk genes for psychosis operate? | NCDN Seminar | Paul Harrison | 04 Mar 2016 | |
| 554 | 'Killers' part 3 - Mental illness and violence | Forensic psychiatry can help us understand the causes and best treatments for mentally disordered offenders inside and outside of the prison system | Seena Fazel | 23 Feb 2016 | |
| 553 | Variation across the human genome: a tricky balancing act in human health and disease | Genetic variation can have opposing effects on human disease, where the benefits of a protective variant against one disease can increase the risk of another. | Mary Carrington | 10 Feb 2016 | |
| 552 | Malaria in pregnancy | In pregnant women, severe malaria is responsible for high maternal mortality, and uncomplicated malaria results in in high morbidity. | Rose McGready | 04 Feb 2016 | |
| 551 | Reducing HIV | Men who have sex with men (MSM) are a stigmatised group in Africa, but a predominant actor in the transmission of HIV. | Eduard Sanders | 04 Feb 2016 | |
| 550 | Creative Commons | Cleaning up misfolded proteins | Misfolded proteins can either create the loss of a cellular function, or escape degradation, causing aggregation diseases. | John Christianson | 04 Feb 2016 |
| 549 | Creative Commons | Rare neurological disorders | Chorea-Acanthocytosis: ChAc is a rare progressive neurological disorder caused by mutations in a very complex gene. | Antonio Velayos-Baeza | 04 Feb 2016 |
| 548 | Creative Commons | Malaria in pregnancy | In pregnant women, severe malaria is responsible for high maternal mortality, and uncomplicated malaria results in in high morbidity. | Rose McGready | 04 Feb 2016 |
| 547 | Creative Commons | Reducing HIV | Men who have sex with men (MSM) are a stigmatised group in Africa, but a predominant actor in the transmission of HIV. | Eduard Sanders | 04 Feb 2016 |
| 546 | Creative Commons | Cleaning up misfolded proteins | Misfolded proteins can either create the loss of a cellular function, or escape degradation, causing aggregation diseases. | John Christianson | 04 Feb 2016 |
| 545 | Creative Commons | Rare neurological disorders | Chorea-Acanthocytosis: ChAc is a rare progressive neurological disorder caused by mutations in a very complex gene. | Antonio Velayos-Baeza | 04 Feb 2016 |
| 544 | 'Killers' part 2 - Keeping water flowing with smartphones | Water pumps are a lifeline for many communities in developing countries. But how can you monitor them all to know whether they're in working order? And can you collect data based on pump usage to provide useful insights into community health? | David Clifton | 29 Jan 2016 | |
| 543 | Creative Commons | 10 Top tips for doing applied healthcare research: How to get started | Carl Heneghan gives a talk held on January 11th 2016 Kellogg College. | Carl Heneghan | 29 Jan 2016 |
| 542 | Creative Commons | Targeting cancer mechanisms | Professor Robert Gilbert's research focuses on the molecular mechanisms underlying membrane pore formation and cell adhesion. | Robert Gilbert | 07 Jan 2016 |
| 541 | Inflammation in disease | The main aim of Dr Xue's research is to understand the molecular and cellular mechanisms mediating inflammatory diseases, and to translate their findings into therapeutic concepts to treat these diseases. | Luzheng Xue | 07 Jan 2016 | |
| 540 | Creative Commons | Computation and genetics | Resistance to drugs in bacteria can be aquired by swapping genes between individual bacteria. Computer programs developed by Dr Iqbal enable doctors to predict which antibiotics will be met with drug resistance, enabling the selection of the right drug. | Zamin Iqbal | 07 Jan 2016 |
| 539 | Creative Commons | Targeting cancer mechanisms | Professor Robert Gilbert's research focuses on the molecular mechanisms underlying membrane pore formation and cell adhesion. | Robert Gilbert | 07 Jan 2016 |
| 538 | Creative Commons | Inflammation in disease | The main aim of Dr Xue's research is to understand the molecular and cellular mechanisms mediating inflammatory diseases, and to translate their findings into therapeutic concepts to treat these diseases. | Luzheng Xue | 07 Jan 2016 |
| 537 | Creative Commons | Computation and genetics | Resistance to drugs in bacteria can be aquired by swapping genes between individual bacteria. Computer programs developed by Dr Iqbal enable doctors to predict which antibiotics will be met with drug resistance, enabling the selection of the right drug. | Zamin Iqbal | 07 Jan 2016 |
| 536 | Genomic revolution and its impact on prostate cancer care | Professor Ash Tewari talks about the genomics of prostate cancer and the implications for managing high risk disease. | Ash Tewari | 05 Jan 2016 | |
| 535 | The tempos of perception in the human brain | NDCN departmental seminar | Kia Nobre | 05 Jan 2016 | |
| 534 | 'Killers' part 1 - Mosquito genomes and malaria control | Can studying Mosquito population genomes help to stop the spread of Malaria? | Alistair Miles | 15 Dec 2015 | |
| 533 | NDM Studentships | Every year, about 60 DPhil students start a life changing experience in the Nuffield Department of Medicine at the University of Oxford. | Robert Gilbert, Steinar Halldorsson, Sophie Andrews | 02 Dec 2015 | |
| 532 | Creative Commons | The Evolution of the Genome | Computational and stastistical methods help us understand evolution as well as genetic disease. | Gerton Lunter | 02 Dec 2015 |
| 531 | Tropical Immunology | Melioidosis is a neglected tropical disease, and a major infectious killer in South East Asia. Melioidosis particularly affects people with diabetes. | Susanna Dunachie | 02 Dec 2015 | |
| 530 | Sharing data to fight malaria | Over 250 Institutions participate in the effort of sharing data on the efficacy of antimalarial drugs, which involves standardising and re-analysing data. | Philippe Guérin | 02 Dec 2015 | |
| 529 | Creative Commons | The Evolution of the Genome | Computational and stastistical methods help us understand evolution as well as genetic disease. | Gerton Lunter | 02 Dec 2015 |
| 528 | Creative Commons | Tropical Immunology | Melioidosis is a neglected tropical disease, and a major infectious killer in South East Asia. Melioidosis particularly affects people with diabetes. | Susanna Dunachie | 02 Dec 2015 |
| 527 | Creative Commons | Sharing data to fight malaria | Over 250 Institutions participate in the effort of sharing data on the efficacy of antimalarial drugs, which involves standardising and re-analysing data. | Philippe Guérin | 02 Dec 2015 |
| 526 | Human enhancement: the future of neuroscience | NDCN departmental seminar | Barbara Sahakian | 02 Dec 2015 | |
| 525 | Science in a crisis, fast-forwarding clinical research for Ebola | Professor Peter Horby's research focuses on epidemic diseases such as Ebola and bird flu, and crosses the disciplines of basic science, medical science and public health. | Peter Horby | 02 Dec 2015 | |
| 524 | Steinar Halldorsson | Every year, about 60 DPhil students start a life changing experience in the Nuffield Department of Medicine in Oxford. | Steinar Halldorsson | 02 Dec 2015 | |
| 523 | Sophie Andrews | Every year, about 60 DPhil students start a life changing experience in the Nuffield Department of Medicine in Oxford. | Sophie Andrews | 02 Dec 2015 | |
| 522 | 'Clues' part 3 - Picking apart the genetics of speech and language disorders | How do you start to pick apart speech at the genetic level? Dr Dianne Newbury explains what Specific Language Impairment is and how her research is unravelling a pretty complicated picture. | Dianne Newbury | 01 Dec 2015 | |
| 521 | From touch to pain: making sense of sensation | Inaugural Lecture | David Bennett | 20 Nov 2015 | |
| 520 | Creative Commons | The Heart and the Head, Part 5 | Daniel Bulte, from the Department of Oncology, speaks about what happens when they discover an ‘incidental finding’. | Daniel Bulte | 16 Nov 2015 |
| 519 | Creative Commons | The Heart and the Head, Part 4 | Portia Westall, from the Donnelly group at the WTCHG, speaks about how she thinks about music when working on DNA sequences. | Portia Westall | 16 Nov 2015 |
| 518 | Creative Commons | The Heart and the Head, Part 3 | Erwan Atcheson, from the Jenner Institute, speaks about his time studying parasitic worms, and the worries that come with it. | Erwan Atcheson | 16 Nov 2015 |
| 517 | Creative Commons | The Heart and the Head, Part 2 | Anna Fowler, from the Lunter group at the WTCHG, speaks about how the patterns around a close-call in the desert makes her think about her work. | Anna Fowler | 16 Nov 2015 |
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