Biography
Sandra Woolley is a Deputy Director of The Digital Society Institute at Keele University, and the Computer Science Research Director and Leader of Software and Systems Engineering Research in the School of Computer Science and Mathematics where she is a Reader. Her administrative roles have largely centred around chairing research and taught programme ethics committees, and she is currently the Deputy Chair of the Central Keele University Research Ethics Committee. She is a Fellow of the British Computer Society (FBCS), a Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (SMIEEE) and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA).
Sandra obtained a first degree in Maths and Applied Physics after which she trained as a graduate engineer with Lucas Aerospace, UK, before completing an Electrical Engineering PhD (University of Manchester) sponsored by both British Gas (Pipeline Inspection) and ICI ImageData. After graduation, she contributed to storage and communications standards and guidelines as a researcher at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Gaithersburg, Maryland, U.S.A.
Prior to joining Keele University, Sandra was a lecturer in Electronic, Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Birmingham where she led modules on Computer Networking, Multimedia Data, Microcontroller Programming and Embedded Systems. At Keele University she has led modules on Computer Animation and Multimedia, Professionalism and Study Skills, and User Interaction Design (MSc).
Sandra has strong multidisciplinary research interests that encompass digital technologies, sensing systems and human-computer interaction (HCI), particularly related to digital health and digital heritage. She has supervised 13 PhD researchers to completion as principal supervisor and has achieved over £1.5M in research funding. She chaired the earliest UK symposia on wearable computing and chaired the 35th BCS Human-Computer Interaction Conference at Keele University in 2022.
She leads and contributes to international multidisciplinary research collaborations which include:
- virtual 3D environments and cultural informatics for which she led the Computer Science REF2021 Impact Case Study based on her research contributions as a founding member of The Virtual Cuneiform Table Reconstruction Project
- the design, prototyping and evaluation of wearable and assistive health technologies including NHS studies and collaborations with leading clinicians and health researchers.
Research publications can be found at ResearchGate and Google Scholar.
Research and scholarship
Sandra Woolley is a Deputy Director of The Digital Society Institute at Keele University. She is also the Computer Science Research Director, Leader of Software and Systems Engineering Research and the Deputy Chair of the Central Keele University Research Ethics Committee. She is a Fellow of the British Computer Society (FBCS) and a Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (SMIEEE) and she is a member of the BCS North Staffordshire Branch Committee and a member of the IEEE Masaru Ibuka Consumer Technology Award Committee.
Sandra is an active member of the EPSRC Peer-Review College and has contributed to several health technology panels for different calls. She is an Associate Editor of the MIT Press PRESENCE: Virtual and Augmented Reality Journal and has edited a special issue on ‘User Experience and Engagement in the Reality–Virtuality Continuum’. She has reviewed papers for many journals and conferences including Nature, various IEEE transactions and proceedings and ACM CHI. She chaired the earliest UK symposia on wearable computing and was the Conference Chair for the 35th BCS Human-Computer Interaction Conference at Keele University in July 2022. Sandra has also substantially contributed to outreach and to women in science and engineering initiatives over a number of years and provided an expert video for The Science Museum’s Information Age Exhibition.
Sandra has supervised 13 PhD researchers to completion as principal supervisor and has achieved over £1.5M in research funding from industry, charity and Research Council awards. She has strong multidisciplinary research interests that encompass digital technologies, wearables, assistive sensing systems and human-computer interaction (HCI), particularly related to digital health and digital heritage. For example,
- Health technology research involving the design, development and evaluation of novel sensing and assistive technology systems. This research has included clinical collaborations for wireless sensing and mobile app development for the management of anaphylaxis, the development of wearable patient monitoring systems and the visualization and analysis of acquired data, and the evaluation of wearable sensing systems including wearable epilepsy seizure monitors.
- Digital heritage research for which Sandra led the Computer Science REF2021 Impact Case Study based on her research as a founding member of The Virtual Cuneiform Table Reconstruction Project which contributed novel approaches to photogrammetric acquisition and automated means of achieving the virtual joining of 3D fragments.
Research publications can be found at ResearchGate and Google Scholar.
Teaching
- CSC-40043 User Interaction Design (Advanced Computer Science MSc module)
- CSC-10026 Computer Animation and Multimedia (1st year BSc Computer Science module)
Further information
For my research papers and other data please see:
For further information on some of my current research projects please see:
Selected Publications
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Version Reporting and Assessment Approaches for New and Updated Activity and Heart Rate Monitors. Sensors. doi> full text>2019.
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Reliability Assessment of New and Updated Consumer-Grade Activity and Heart Rate Monitors. SENSORDEVICES 2018 (pp. 77-82). IARIA. link> full text>2018.
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Computational Aspects of Model Acquisition and Join Geometry for the Virtual Reconstruction of the Atrahasis Cuneiform Tablet. PROCEEDINGS OF THE 2017 23RD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON VIRTUAL SYSTEM AND MULTIMEDIA (VSMM) (pp. 300-305). link> full text>2017.
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Computational Aspects of Model Acquisition and Join Geometry for the Virtual Reconstruction of the Atrahasis Cuneiform Tablet. IEEE. doi> full text>
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A Collaborative Artefact Reconstruction Environment. Proceedings of the British HCI Conference. BCS. doi> full text>2017.
Full Publications Listshow
Journal Articles
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Evaluating the clinical decision making of physiotherapists in the assessment and management of paediatric shoulder instability. Physiotherapy, 46-57, vol. 115. link> doi> full text>2022.
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User Experience and Engagement in the Reality–Virtuality Continuum: A Special Issue Guest Editorial. PRESENCE: Virtual and Augmented Reality, 1-4. link> doi> link> full text>2021.
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A Review of Wearable Multi-wavelength Photoplethysmography. IEEE Reviews in Biomedical Engineering, 1-17, vol. 15. link> doi> link> full text>2021.
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A Preliminary Scoping Study of Federated Learning for the Internet of Medical Things. Stud Health Technol Inform, 504-505, vol. 281. link> doi> full text>2021.
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Implications for the design of a Diagnostic Decision Support System (DDSS) to reduce time and cost to diagnosis in paediatric shoulder instability. BMC Med Inform Decis Mak, 78, vol. 21(1). link> doi> full text>2021.
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Evaluation of Wearable Electronics for Epilepsy: A Systematic Review. ELECTRONICS, Article ARTN 968, vol. 9(6). link> doi> full text>2020.
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A Decade On, How Has the Visibility of Energy Changed? Energy Feedback Perceptions from UK Focus Groups. Energies, 2566, vol. 13(10). doi> link> full text>2020.
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Automated Low-Cost Photogrammetric Acquisition of 3D Models from Small Form-Factor Artefacts. ELECTRONICS, Article ARTN 1441, vol. 8(12). link> doi> full text>2019.
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Investigation of wearable health tracker version updates. BMJ Health Care Inform, vol. 26(1). link> doi> full text>2019.
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Version Reporting and Assessment Approaches for New and Updated Activity and Heart Rate Monitors. Sensors. doi> full text>2019.
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Evaluation of AllergiSense Smartphone Tools for Adrenaline Injection Training. IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics, 272-282, vol. 21(1). doi> full text>2017.
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Final-Year Projects Using Open Source OpenEEG. COMPUTER APPLICATIONS IN ENGINEERING EDUCATION, 156-164, vol. 24(1). link> doi> full text>2016.
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Pilot evaluation of smartphone technology for adrenaline injection training. CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL ALLERGY, 507, vol. 45(2). link> doi> full text>2015.
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Automated Joining of Cuneiform Tablet Fragments. NABU: Nouvelles Assyriologiques Breves et Utilitaires, 119-120, vol. 2014.2014.
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A personal handheld device to support people with life-threatening anaphylactic allergies (PervaLaxis). International Journal of Handheld Computing Research (IJHCR), 64-78, vol. 1. doi>2010.
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A Critical Review of Past Research into the Neuro-Linguistic Programming Eye-Accessing Cues model. Current Research in NLP, 8-22, vol. 1.2009.
- 2005.
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MsSAM: task analysis to support the integration of wearable computer technology into crime scene investigation. Measurement and Control, 83-87, vol. 38.2005.
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Count three for wearable computers. doi>2004.
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Conference Editorial: Welcome to IEE Eurowearable’03!.2003.
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Fair weighted round robin scheduling scheme for DiffServ networks. Electronics Letters, 1, vol. 39.2003.
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Communicating cuneiform: The evolution of a multimedia cuneiform database. Visible Language, 308, vol. 36.2002.
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Comparative study of compression methodologies for digital angiogram video. ISPACS 2000, 5-8.2000.
- 1999.
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Automated Reconstruction of Virtual Fragmented Cuneiform Tablets.
Chapters
- 2022.
- 2021.
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A theoretical framework for stigmergetic reconstruction of ancient text. In Visual Heritage in the Digital Age. Springer London. doi>2013.
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Mobile Phone Tools with Ambient Intelligence for the Management of Life-Threatening Allergies. In Human Aspects in Ambient Intelligence. Atlantis Press.2013.
Other
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Connected Virtual Experiences for Small and Less Visible Museum Artefacts. Electronic Workshops in Computing. BCS Learning & Development. doi>2022.
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Data Quality and the Internet of Medical Things (IoMT). Electronic Workshops in Computing. BCS Learning & Development. doi>2022.
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Digital Art, Interactive Animation and Creative Expression in the Computer Science Curriculum. Electronic Workshops in Computing. BCS Learning & Development. link> doi> full text>2022.
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Interactive 3D Viewer Interfaces for Virtual Museum Artefacts. Electronic Workshops in Computing. BCS Learning & Development. link> doi> full text>2022.
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Reflections on the 35th BCS Human-Computer Interaction Conference at Keele University. Electronic Workshops in Computing. BCS Learning & Development. doi> link> full text>2022.
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Sideloading Drivers and motivations. Electronic Workshops in Computing. BCS Learning & Development. doi>2022.
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Sideloading: An Exploration of Drivers and Motivations. Electronic Workshops in Computing. BCS Learning & Development. doi>2022.
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Compounding barriers to fairness in the digital technology ecosystem. 2021 IEEE International Symposium on Technology and Society (ISTAS). IEEE. link> doi> link> full text>2021.
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Art for Computer Scientists: Processing as an Open-Source Art Medium for Computer Science Undergraduates. BCS. doi> link> full text>2021.
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Museums of the Future: Heritage Experiences in the Reality-Virtuality Continuum. link> doi> link> full text>
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Quantifying Missingness in Wearable Heart Rate Recordings. Stud Health Technol Inform (pp. 1077-1078, vol. 281). link> doi> full text>2021.
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Wearable Epilepsy Seizure Monitor User Interface Evaluation An Evaluation of the Empatica 'Embrace' Interface. UBICOMP/ISWC '20 ADJUNCT: PROCEEDINGS OF THE 2020 ACM INTERNATIONAL JOINT CONFERENCE ON PERVASIVE AND UBIQUITOUS COMPUTING AND PROCEEDINGS OF THE 2020 ACM INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON WEARABLE COMPUTERS (pp. 110-114). link> doi> full text>2020.
- 2020.
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Reflections on the Doctoral Consortium. Proceedings of the 33rd International BCS Human Computer Interaction Conference. BCS Learning & Development. doi> link> full text>2020.
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Poster: Heart Rate Performance of a Medical-Grade Data Streaming Wearable Device. 2020 IEEE/ACM INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CONNECTED HEALTH: APPLICATIONS, SYSTEMS AND ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGIES (CHASE 2020) (pp. 12-13). link> doi> full text>2020.
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Virtual Museum ‘Takeouts’ and DIY Exhibitions –Augmented Reality Apps for Scholarship, Citizen Science and Public Engagement. Digital Heritage. Progress in Cultural Heritage: Documentation, Preservation, and Protection. Springer. link> doi> link> full text>
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Visualising the Invisible: Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality as Persuasive Technologies for Energy Feedback. 2019 IEEE SmartWorld, Ubiquitous Intelligence & Computing, Advanced & Trusted Computing, Scalable Computing & Communications, Cloud & Big Data Computing, Internet of People and Smart City Innovation (SmartWorld/SCALCOM/UIC/ATC/CBDCom/IOP/SCI). IEEE: IEEE. doi> link> full text>2019.
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Reliability Assessment of New and Updated Consumer-Grade Activity and Heart Rate Monitors. SENSORDEVICES 2018 (pp. 77-82). IARIA. link> full text>2018.
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Wearable Patient and Health Worker Monitoring: Opportunities for Improved Outcomes and Open Source Sensing. full text>2018.
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Computational Aspects of Model Acquisition and Join Geometry for the Virtual Reconstruction of the Atrahasis Cuneiform Tablet. PROCEEDINGS OF THE 2017 23RD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON VIRTUAL SYSTEM AND MULTIMEDIA (VSMM) (pp. 300-305). link> full text>2017.
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Computational Aspects of Model Acquisition and Join Geometry for the Virtual Reconstruction of the Atrahasis Cuneiform Tablet. IEEE. doi> full text>
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Searching the Past in the Future ‒ Joining Cuneiform Tablet Fragments in Virtual Collections. full text>
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A Collaborative Artefact Reconstruction Environment. Proceedings of the British HCI Conference. BCS. doi> full text>2017.
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The Quantified Outpatient - Challenges and Opportunities in 24hr Patient Monitoring. full text>2017.
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From Uruk to Ur: Automated Matching of Virtual Tablet Fragments. Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale. University of Pennsylvania. link> full text>2016.
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Addressing the Deployment Challenges of Health Monitoring Devices for a Dementia Study. In A. Alomainy (Ed.). 5th EAI International Conference on Wireless Mobile Communication and Healthcare - "Transforming healthcare through innovations in mobile and wireless technologies" (pp. 202-205). European Alliance for Innovation ( EAI ). doi> full text>2015.
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Computer-Assisted Reconstruction of Virtual Fragmented Cuneiform Tablets. IEEE. doi>2014.
- 2014.
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A user-centered mobile health device to manage life-threatening anaphylactic allergies and provide support in allergic reactions. 2009 9th International Conference on Information Technology and Applications in Biomedicine (pp. 1-4). doi>2009.
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A user-centered mobile health device to manage life-threatening anaphylactic allergies and provide support in allergic reactions. 2009 9TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND APPLICATIONS IN BIOMEDICINE (pp. 64-67). link>2009.
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A Mobile Health Device to Help People with Severe Allergies. 2008 2ND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON PERVASIVE COMPUTING TECHNOLOGIES FOR HEALTHCARE (pp. 9-11). link>2008.
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A mobile health device to help people with severe allergies. 2008 Second International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare (pp. 8-10). doi>2008.
- 2003.
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Forms of wearable computer. Eurowearable, 2003. IEE (pp. 47-52). doi>2003.
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IEE EUROWEARABLE 2003 Organising Technical Committee.2003.
- 2003.
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A QoS Dynamic Bandwidth Partitioning (Q-DBP) Using Fermi Utility Functions. International Network Conference 2002.2002.
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A QoS Dynamic Bandwidth Partitioning (Q-DBP) for Differentiated Services. INC2002 3rd International Network Conference.2002.
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Minimal Interaction for Mobile Tourism Computers. The Workshop" Mobile Tourism Support" at MobileHCI.2002.
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The digital classification of ancient near eastern cuneiform data. Virtual archaeology: proceedings of the VAST Euroconference, Arezzo 24-25 November 2000 (pp. 65-70).2002.
- 2001.
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Three-dimensional capture, representation, and manipulation of Cuneiform tablets. Photonics West 2001-Electronic Imaging (pp. 103-110).2001.
- 2001.
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A Tutorial Introduction to Multiple Description Coding of Overcomplete Expansions. IASTED Signal Processing and Communications (pp. 4-9).2000.
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Wearable computers-an archaeological case study. COLLOQUIUM DIGEST-IEE (p. 7, vol. 1).2000.
- 1999.
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Diagnostic quality test for wavelet-compressed digital angiogram images. SEVENTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON IMAGE PROCESSING AND ITS APPLICATIONS (pp. 512-516). link>1999.
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Quality assessment methods for wavelet-compressed digital angiogram images. Medical Imaging’99 (pp. 436-447).1999.
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Integer Wavelet Compression Methods for Digital Angiogram Images. IASTED International Conference Signal and Image Processing.1998.
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Reversible wavelet compression for digital angiograms. PROCEEDINGS OF THE 20TH ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE IEEE ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY SOCIETY, VOL 20, PTS 1-6 (pp. 1442-1445, vol. 20). link>1998.
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ERROR STATISTICS OF MAGNETIC RECORDING IN SEVERE ENVIRONMENTS. INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON STORAGE & RECORDING SYSTEMS (pp. 98-102). link>1994.
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Error statistics and data compression in digital instrumentation recording systems.1994.
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The Importance of Robust Error Control in Data Compression Applications. Third NASA Goddard Conference on Mass Storage Systems and Technologies (pp. 487-502).1993.
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