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Record 1 2026-05-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Federal Government Programs (Canadian)
  • Ecosystems
  • Oceanography
  • Marine Biology
OBS

The Atlantic Zone Off-Shelf Monitoring Program(AZOMP) collects and analyzes physical, chemical, and biological oceanographic observations from the continental slope and deep basins of the Northwest Atlantic, with the overarching goal of monitoring variability in ocean climate and plankton affecting ecosystems off Atlantic Canada and climate systems at both regional and global scales.

Key term(s)
  • Atlantic Zone Off-Shelf Monitoring Programme
  • Atlantic Zonal Off-Shelf Monitoring Program
  • Atlantic Zonal Off-Shelf Monitoring Programme

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes fédéraux (Gouvernement canadien)
  • Écosystèmes
  • Océanographie
  • Biologie marine
OBS

Le Programme de monitorage de la zone Atlantique au large du plateau continental (PMZAO) recueille et analyse les observations océanographiques physiques, chimiques et biologiques du talus continental et des eaux profondes de l'Atlantique Nord-Ouest, dans le but global de [surveiller] la variabilité du climat océanique et du plancton affectant les écosystèmes au large des côtes atlantiques canadiennes et des systèmes climatiques à l'échelle régionale et [internationale].

OBS

PMZAO : La lettre «O» de cet sigle correspond à «au large du plateau continental», qui rend l'élément anglais «Off-Shelf» dans «Atlantic Zone Off-Shelf Monitoring Program».

Spanish

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Record 2 2024-11-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Signalling and Illumination (Air Transport)
  • Search and Rescue (Aircraft)
  • Airborne Forces
CONT

... swing your glow stick in circles as fast as you can with the circles facing the direction of where you want to signal. This creates a very unnatural full circle of light called a buzz saw. It is absolutely unmistakable in a nighttime setting.

CONT

While moving off the [drop zone], the parachutist must stay alert and look for injured parachutists. Should they find an injured parachutist, they are to alert the [drop zone] controller by lighting a strobe or glow stick and waving above their head, creating a buzzsaw. They are to assist the injured parachutist until medical aid arrives.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Signalisation (Transport aérien)
  • Recherches et sauvetages (Aviation)
  • Forces aéroportées

Spanish

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Record 3 2017-11-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Atmospheric, Climatic and Meteorological Phenomena
DEF

An organized mass of thunderstorms with a slight cyclonic wind circulation of less than 20 knots.

CONT

The first sign of hurricane genesis(development) is the appearance of a cluster of thunderstorms over the tropical oceans, called a tropical disturbance. Tropical disturbances most commonly form in one of three different ways, all of which involve the convergence of surface winds. Near the equator, the easterly trade winds converge(come together) to trigger numerous thunderstorms in a region called the Intertropical Convergence Zone(ITCZ). Occasionally, a cluster of thunderstorms will break away from the ITCZ and become better organized. Another mechanism is the convergence of air that occurs along a mid-latitude frontal boundary that has made its way into the Gulf of Mexico or off the East Coast of Florida. The last mechanism is the easterly wave, a tropical disturbance that travels from east to west in the region of the tropical easterlies. Converging winds on the east side of the easterly wave trigger the development of thunderstorms. In fact, most Atlantic hurricanes can be traced to easterly waves that form over Western Africa.

OBS

Tropical disturbance: light surface winds with indications of cyclonic circulation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Phénomènes météorologiques, climatiques et atmosphériques
DEF

Zone dépressionnaire présentant une convection renforcée et une circulation tourbillonnaire dans laquelle les vents n'excèdent pas 50 km/h (force 6 Beaufort).

CONT

Dans un sens beaucoup plus précis, il arrive qu'une perturbation atmosphérique dénomme les conditions météorologiques régnant sur une région où apparaissent les signes de développement d'une circulation du vent associée à une faible dépression. En particulier, une perturbation tropicale (qui ne s'accompagne en surface que de vents faibles) s'oppose à une dépression tropicale (où le vent s'inscrit déjà dans une circulation bien caractérisée et où sa vitesse moyenne peut aller jusqu'à 33 nœuds, soit 61 km/h), à une tempête tropicale (où le maximum de cette vitesse moyenne se place entre 34 et 63 nœuds, soit un intervalle de 62 à 117 km/h) et à un cyclone tropical (où ce maximum est au moins de 64 nœuds, soit 118 km/h).

OBS

perturbation tropicale : vents de surface légers et indices de circulation cyclonique.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Fenómenos meteorológicos, climáticos y atmosféricos
OBS

Perturbación tropical: Vientos de superficie ligeros con indicios de circulación ciclónica.

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Record 4 2016-01-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electromagnetic Radiation
  • Geophysics
CONT

... over the South Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of Brazil, the shielding effect of the magnetosphere is not quite spherical but shows a "pothole, "a dip, which scientists explain as a result of the eccentric displacement of the center of the magnetic field from the geographical center of the Earth... as well as the displacement between the magnetic and geographic poles of Earth. For orbits tilted... and having altitudes of a few hundred miles, this oddity, called the South Atlantic Anomaly(SAA) becomes important, because spacecraft in those orbits periodically pass through that zone of reduced natural shielding and thus spend a few minutes during each passage exposed to higher particle flux than outside it.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Rayonnements électromagnétiques
  • Géophysique
CONT

SWARM livrera d'importantes données qui jetteront un éclairage nouveau sur l'expansion de l'anomalie de l'Atlantique Sud, lourde de conséquences pour le fonctionnement des satellites sur orbite terrestre basse. Géographiquement, l'affaiblissement récent du dipôle magnétique terrestre s'explique dans une large mesure par les modifications du champ magnétique observées dans cette région.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Radiación electromagnética
  • Geofísica
CONT

La anomalía del Atlántico Sur (AAS), se refiere a una región en el sur del océano Atlántico donde los cinturones de radiación Van Allen [se] encuentran a menos de 500 kilómetros de la Tierra, estos cinturones normalmente se encuentran ubicados entre los 1.000 y los 5.000 kilómetros, culpa de una depresión en la intensidad del campo magnético terrestre, se estima que en esta zona el mismo tiene valores inferiores a la mitad del promedio del planeta lo que implica una zona más vulnerable a las radiaciones cósmicas nocivas. Se cree que esto se debe al hecho de que el centro del campo magnético de la Tierra está desviado de su centro geográfico.

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Record 5 2015-04-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
CONT

The Coriolis effect, which in the northern hemisphere pushes surface water to the right of the wind, drives the surface water offshore, causing deeper water to upwell. Off California, Peru, and southwest Africa..., this upwelling zone is nowadays related to the deposition of phosphorite...

OBS

upwelling: The rising of cold, heavy subsurface water toward the surface, especially along the western coasts of continents; the displaced surface water is transported away from the coast by the action of winds parallel to it or by diverging currents.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
CONT

La force de Coriolis, qui dans l'hémisphère Nord pousse les eaux de surface vers la droite du vent, amène les eaux de surface vers le large, ce qui a pour effet de faire remonter les eaux profondes. Au large de la Californie, du Pérou et du sud-ouest de l'Afrique [...], cette zone de remontée des eaux est aujourd'hui associée au dépôt des phosphorites [...]

OBS

Les zones d'émergences sont caractérisées par des courants divergents, localisés le long des côtes des continents, lorsque les vents dominants viennent de la terre et éloignent les eaux de surface des côtes et en facilitent la remontée.

Spanish

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Record 6 2011-01-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ice Hockey
DEF

A small bench located in the neutral zone across from the players’ benches and set off from the stands and the playing area by a partition.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hockey sur glace
CONT

L'équipe A doit envoyer un joueur au banc des punitions pour 2 minutes pour purger la punition mineure automatique et jouer en désavantage numérique pendant ces 2 minutes.

Spanish

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Record 7 2010-03-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Surveillance and Formalities (Air Transport)
CONT

... he called off Birch Hills prior to entering the five nautical mile mandatory reporting zone on the MF(medium frequency) ;he called again mid-field and circling for landing 08.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Contrôles et formalités (Transport aérien)

Spanish

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Record 8 2010-02-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Microbial Ecology
DEF

A small, immobilized bed, microbe bioreactor.

CONT

The bioreactor "plug" is made of slotted PVC pipe which is screw cap sealed at each end. Each plug is loaded with an inert porous material which serves as a structural support matrix for the microorganisms. The seed cultures in the bioplugs are a mixture of microorganisms selected for their abilities to biodegrade the contaminants of concern... The bioplugs are strategically inserted into the contaminated zone(s). Liquids then flow through the plugs by a pressure gradient created using compressed air. This flow acts to accelerate the movement of ground or irrigation water through the immobilized bed; thereby, facilitating the mineralization of organics within the aqueous phase and the bulk generation of biomass which bleeds off the bed.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Écologie microbienne
OBS

Terme concocté après discussion avec le département des affaires industrielles pour l'environnement de l'Institut de recherche en biotechnologie.

Spanish

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Record 9 2009-06-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plate Tectonics
  • Oceanography
CONT

When oceanic crust collides with continental crust, the oceanic crust subducts under the lighter continental crust. The subducting oceanic crust pushes the continental crust upward into mountain chains (e.g., the Andes) and may contribute lighter molten materials to the overriding continental crust to form volcanic arcs (e.g., the "ring of fire"; a ring of volcanoes bordering the Pacific Rim.

CONT

accretionary prism : A wedge-shaped body of faulted and folded material scraped off subducting oceanic crust and added to an island arc or continental margin at a subduction zone.

OBS

subducting oceanic crust: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tectonique des plaques
  • Océanographie
CONT

L'altération des roches du manteau (ou péridotites) est à l'origine d'une nouvelle roche vert sombre, la serpentine. Celle-ci se forme à deux endroits : dans les fonds marins, par interaction avec l'eau de mer qui circule dans des réseaux de failles, sous la croûte océanique, et dans les zones de subduction, à la surface de la croûte océanique plongeante.

OBS

croûte océanique plongeante : terme en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre.

Spanish

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Record 10 2009-03-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cement Industry
CONT

Ash behavior (fusion characteristics) with respect to clinkering tendency must be satisfactory for the type of firing equipment and furnace design used.

CONT

As the mixture [of raw materials] moves down the cylinder [of the rotary kiln], it progresses through four stages of transformation. Initially, any free water in the powder is lost by evaporation. Next, decomposition occurs from the loss of bound water and carbon dioxide. This is called calcination. The third stage is called clinkering. During this stage, the calcium silicates are formed. The final stage is the cooling stage.

CONT

The slurry is fed into huge rotary kilns fired with coal or natural gas. In the early stages of heating, the moisture is driven off. The dry powder then reaches the burning zone and partial fusion or clinkering occurs at a temperature of around 1, 500 degrees Celsius.

OBS

clinkering: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cimenterie
DEF

Réaction par laquelle les aluminates, portés à 1 550 °C, fondent et se combinent à la silice et à la chaux pour constituer les silicates qui sortent des fours sous forme de clinker.

CONT

Clinker-portland . - Ce clinker est un produit renfermant en majeure partie des silicates de calcium, obtenu par cuisson partielle (clinkérisation) d'un mélange dosé et homogénéisé de matières constituées principalement de chaux, de silice et, en proportions moindres, d'alumine et d'oxyde de fer.

OBS

clinkérisation : terme en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre.

Spanish

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Record 11 2009-01-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
DEF

[The] rising of the water level or piezometric surface in and around a pumped well after stoppage of pumping [or the] rising movement of the water table or the piezometric surface caused by recharge following upon a period of depletion.

CONT

... groundwater pumping will continue to be conducted in an environmentally conservative manner as was done during the 1990-91 and 1991-92 runoff years until there has been a substantial recovery in soil moisture and water table conditions in areas of Types B, C, and D vegetation that have been affected by groundwater pumping. The Standing Committee will establish annual pumping programs based on an evaluation of current conditions, including soil moisture level, water table depth, degree of water table recovery, soil type, vegetation conditions, the results of studies pertaining to vegetation recovery, and compliance with the goals of the Agreement.

CONT

The plant communities that we monitor require periodic connection to the groundwater for long-term survival and recovery from drought. Unfortunately, the on/off status often is not an accurate indicator of whether groundwater is reaching the plant root zone, but the rise of water above the water table due to capillarity is detected easily by the monitoring. Using the soil water and groundwater data, we determine which monitoring sites are connected with the water table and which still need water table recovery.

PHR

Recovery cycle.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
DEF

Mouvement ascendant du niveau de l'eau ou de la surface piézométrique à l'intérieur et autour du puits après un arrêt du pompage [ou en raison d'une] réalimentation faisant suite à une période d'épuisement.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Hidrología e hidrografía
DEF

Elevación del nivel de agua o de la superficie piezométrica en y alrededor de un pozo de bombeo, después de cesar el bombeo [o] movimiento ascendente del nivel freático o de la superficie piezométrica causado por la recarga que sigue a un período de agotamiento.

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Record 12 2005-08-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
  • Boring and Drilling (Mines)
CONT

The third, or production casing extends downwards through the firm breccias as deeply as may be necessary(say 1000 to 2000 ft or 300 to 600 m typically) to seal off non-productive or counter-productive fissures and to reach the productive zone of the aquifer.

OBS

breccia: A conglomerate rock composed largely of angular fragments greater than .08 inch (2 millimetres) in diameter.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
  • Sondage et forage miniers
CONT

Le troisième, ou tubage de production, descend à travers les brèches fermes aussi profondément que cela s'avère nécessaire (300 à 600 m environ en général) pour obturer les fissures non productives ou préjudiciables à la production et pour atteindre la zone productive de l'aquifère.

OBS

brèche : Conglomérat de cailloux anguleux noyés dans un ciment de nature variable.

Spanish

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Record 13 2004-05-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oil Production
CONT

Dr. Karl Clark, a scientist working for the Alberta Research Council, developed and patented the hot water extraction technique... Oil sand is mixed with hot water creating a slurry. Early methods used large tumbler drums to condition the slurry. Today, hydrotransport pipelines are used to condition and transport the oil sand from the mine to the extraction plant. The slurry is fed into a separation vessel where it separates into three layers-sand, water and bitumen. The bitumen is then skimmed off the top to be cleaned and processed further. Secondary recoveries are made with the middlings zone of the separation vessels to return the smaller quantities of bitumen that would otherwise flow to the settling ponds. Ph levels and temperature are key variables in the process.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Production pétrolière
OBS

La plupart des matières minérales sont recouvertes d'une mince pellicule d'eau, ce qui rend possible l'extraction par le procédé à l'eau chaude. Les sables bitumineux sont placés dans d'énormes tambours rotatifs et mélangés avec de l'eau chaude et de la vapeur. Les particules de bitume se séparent des grains de sable et s'accrochent à de minuscules bulles d'air. La boue ainsi préparée est tamisée, puis déposée dans de gros contenants coniques de séparation dans lesquels le bitume aéré est récolté sous forme de mousse [...]. Le gros sable se dépose au fond pour être ensuite pompé vers une décharge. Quelques très petites particules de bitume et de minéraux, appelées mixtes, demeurent dans une couche d'eau intermédiaire qui est retirée et pompée vers des cellules de flottation secondaires.

Spanish

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Record 14 2003-09-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
  • Horticulture
DEF

The unsuberized portion of a root proximal to the tip(which has not yet developed xylem elements), the main zone of uptake. However, the formation of suberin lamellae may be less effective in sealing off access to the stele from the cortex than commonly believed.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
  • Horticulture
DEF

Région formée d'un duvet de poils très fins qui servent à l'absorption de l'eau et des matières minérales chez les plantes et constituant la 3ème partie d'une racine en les comptant de bas en haut.

OBS

Les termes «région absorbante» et «assise pilifère» sont aussi tirés de «Biologie, Québec» de René Malouin, PUL, 1963, p. 63 et 68.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Botánica
  • Horticultura
DEF

Parte de la raíz que lleva pelos absorbentes.

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Record 15 2003-02-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electrical Power Supply
DEF

The temperature that, when reached, sets off a change from an off-peak to a peak period, or vice versa. Such temperature may vary, depending on the climatic zone, between-20°C and-15°C,-17°C and-12°C, and-15°C and-10°C.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Alimentation (Distribution électrique)
DEF

Degré de température qui, lorsqu'il est atteint, déclenche le passage d'une période hors pointe à une période de pointe, ou vice-versa. Le seuil de température peut varier, selon la zone climatique, entre -20°C et -15°C, -17°C et -12°C, et -15°C et -10°C.

Spanish

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Record 16 2001-08-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Dredging
  • Environmental Studies and Analyses
CONT

The grain-size curves of two control zones... and of the 1994 predisposal zone... are very similar and are thus representative of regional grain-size distribution of marine sediment off Anse à Beaufils.

Key term(s)
  • pre-disposal zone

French

Domaine(s)
  • Dragage
  • Études et analyses environnementales
CONT

Les courbes granulométriques des deux zones témoins [...] et de la zone de prédéversement 1994 [...] sont très semblables et définissent ainsi la granulométrie régionale des sédiments marins de l'Anse-à-Beaufils.

Key term(s)
  • zone de pré-déversement

Spanish

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Record 17 2001-03-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oil Drilling
  • Equipment (Oil and Natural Gas Extraction)
DEF

A bridge plug or cement plug placed near the bottom of the hole to shut off a depleted, water-producing, or unproductive zone.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Forage des puits de pétrole
  • Outillage (Extraction du pétrole et du gaz)

Spanish

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Record 18 2001-02-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oil Drilling
  • Boring and Drilling (Mines)
DEF

A cementing operation in which cement is pumped behind the casing under high pressure to recement channeled areas or to block off an uncemented zone.

OBS

squ: ... abbreviation ... used in drilling reports.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Forage des puits de pétrole
  • Sondage et forage miniers
DEF

Injection forcée de liquides ou de laitiers de ciment sous pression dans un sondage.

OBS

esquiche : terme recommandé par le Gouvernement français.

Spanish

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Record 19 1993-08-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Energy Transformation
  • Biomass Energy
CONT

Retort technology... charcoal processes... The Lambiotte continuous carbonization process is related to the multi-stage type reactor.... Wood is fed continuously through a vertical cylinder into a retort. There, it undergoes three different treatments, moving slowly down to the bottom of the retort. In the first, it is dried, in the second, the charcoal process takes place, and in the third, charcoal is cooled. For the drying stage, pyroligneous gases are removed from the carbonization zone and fanned to the drying zone where they burn with a controlled supply of air. For the cooling stage, gases are removed from under the carbonization stage, where tars have been cracked, and reinjected at the bottom of the retort after having crossed a water cooled system. The sufficiently cooled charcoal is extracted from the bottom of the retort. The level of raw material inside the retort is kept at the maximum height possible. The excess of gas(50%) is generally flared off but can be directed through a by-product recovery system as for the Sific process. The process is fully automated.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transformation de l'énergie
  • Énergie de la biomasse
CONT

Le procédé Lambiotte représente sans doute la technique la plus perfectionnée de pyrolyse du bois. Il opère en continu avec circulation externe de gaz de chauffage [...] Les gaz, au contraire du procédé Reichert, circulent en montant à contre-courant du bois. Il y a une zone de séchage et préchauffage, une zone de carbonisation exothermique puis une zone de refroidissement. Les gaz qui s'échappent par le haut sont refroidis, condensés, lavés. Les calories du charbon de bois sont en partie récupérées et le bilan matière comme le bilan énergétique sont particulièrement bien calculés dans ce procédé. Il faut toutefois utiliser du bois bien sec pour consommer le minimum de chauffage et d'énergie électrique (ventilateurs).

Spanish

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Record 20 1992-11-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Penal Administration
CONT

"portable perimeter intrusion detection system that can be used... to zone off a minimum security reserve following a large number of walkaways... "

French

Domaine(s)
  • Administration pénitentiaire
OBS

Dans un établissement à sécurité minimale.

Spanish

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Record 21 1986-07-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geophysics
CONT

If, as is generally believed, a dry hyper-thermal field consists of a steam zone overlying a deep-seated water zone in the aquifer, it might have been expected that the steam drawn off from the upper zone would be dry saturated, since the two phases are in contact with one another.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géophysique

Spanish

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Record 22 1986-01-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Astronomy
DEF

In this zone, located just below the photosphere, heat energy is transported by convection; hot volumes of gas rise, appear as bright granules and dissipate their energy at the photosphere; the cooler gases sink back into the zone.

CONT

This is because the density of H-is greatly reduced in the photosphere(compared to the upper convection zone) so that, although H-is the major absorbing constituent in the photosphere, it is not plentiful enough to almost cut off the flow of photons as it does in the convection zone.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Astronomie
CONT

D'autre part, l'énergie mécanique qui vient de la zone convective traverse la photosphère et se dissipe sous forme de chaleur dans les couches plus élevées (chromosphère et couronne).

CONT

Il se formera alors une zone convective : des bulles géantes de gaz chaud monteront, des colonnes de gaz froid descendront, de manière à mesurer un transfert rapide de la chaleur.

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