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Affiche du document La planète fleurs

La planète fleurs

Gérard Guillot

2h38min15

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211 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 2h38min.
En s'appuyant sur des espèces connues de tous, qu'elles soient sauvages ou cultivées, cet ouvrage nous fait découvrir ou redécouvrir la classification des plantes à fleurs dans une perspective résolument évolutive. L'« ancienne » classification est ainsi revisitée à la lumière des données récentes apportées par la génétique sur le développement floral, sans oublier l'histoire des plantes et leurs relations avec le reste du monde vivant. Après une présentation de ce qu'est une fleur, l'auteur nous fait découvrir les mystères de la reproduction, la pollinisation, et poursuit tout naturellement par l'évolution et la classification phylogénétique qui prennent en compte l'extraordinaire diversité des angiospermes.
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Affiche du document La forêt du Gabon

La forêt du Gabon

G. De Saint-Aubin

4h42min00

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376 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 4h42min.
Destinée aux prospecteurs et aux forestiers, cette étude comporte une brève approche du milieu physique gabonais, suivie de la description de 159 espèces d'arbres. Des caractères simples tels que base du fût, écorce, aubier, bois, fruit, feuille sont décrits.
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Affiche du document Cactus et plantes succulentes du monde

Cactus et plantes succulentes du monde

Francis Bugaret

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241 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 3h1min.
Cactus et autres succulentes passionnent de plus en plus d'amateurs et de curieux, qui découvrent l'existence de ces végétaux, leur grande diversité, et leur incroyable résistance à la sécheresse. Mais comment survivent les cactus et plantes succulentes dans les zones désertiques, arides les plus hostiles ? Cet ouvrage décrit, sous forme de fiches, près d'une centaine de cactus et plantes succulentes du monde rares et moins connus du grand public. Chaque fiche récapitule l'origine, le milieu naturel environnant, le rythme de végétation, le cycle de vie, les besoins en eau, la nature du sol, les conditions de température favorables à leur développement. À ces informations, s'ajoutent des conseils de culture clairs pour les reproduire en milieu artificiel le plus proche possible de leur habitat naturel.
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Affiche du document Les orchidées sauvages de Paris

Les orchidées sauvages de Paris

Sébastien Lesné

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140 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 1h45min.
S'adressant autant au spécialiste qu'à l'amateur passionné, cet ouvrage retrace l'histoire des observations et des découvertes d'orchidées du XVIIe au XXIe siècle dans les limites actuelles de Paris. Il décrit les espèces observées et indique leur répartition. Une place est également réservée à leur biologie et à leur détermination à l'état végétatif, ainsi qu'à la protection de ces plantes et de leurs milieux de prédilection.
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Les Néolithiques et nous

Jean GUILAINE

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168 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 2h06min.
Notre monde est dangereux et anxiogène : changements climatiques, guerres alimentées par les impérialismes, pandémies, inégalités sociales. Était-ce mieux avant ? Dans ce livre, Jean Guilaine répond en remontant aux premières civilisations sédentaires, qui ont créé le village, puis la ville : le Néolithique, apparu il y a 10 000 ans et qui constitue les fondements mêmes de notre histoire. Il montre que beaucoup des maux auxquels nous faisons face aujourd’hui ont déjà été affrontés par nos ancêtres. L’amélioration des savoirs et des techniques, le développement de l’éducation et de l’humanisme ont-ils donc échoué à atténuer les mauvais penchants des humains ? « Que retirer de ce parallèle entre aujourd’hui et le Néolithique ? Plus de similitudes que de divergences dans la façon de se comporter des humains. Comme si l’être préhistorique vivait toujours en nous. Autopsier le Néolithique, c’est donc un peu nous regarder dans un miroir. » (J. G.) Un livre stimulant, qui nous appelle à rester vigilants face aux dérives de notre espèce. Quand la préhistoire nous permet de comprendre le présent et éclaire aussi l’avenir. Jean Guilaine a été professeur d’archéologie au Collège de France et à l’École des hautes études en sciences sociales. Il est membre de l’Institut. Il a publié notamment La Seconde Naissance de l’homme, Les Chemins de la protohistoire, Mémoires d’un protohistorien, Femmes d’hier et Un désir d’histoire. 
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Lives of Weeds

John Cardina

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297 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 3h43min.
Lives of Weeds explores the tangled history of weeds and their relationship to humans.Through eight interwoven stories, John Cardina offers a fresh perspective on how these tenacious plants came about, why they are both inevitable and essential, and how their ecological success is ensured by determined efforts to eradicate them. Linking botany, history, ecology, and evolutionary biology to the social dimensions of humanity''s ancient struggle with feral flora, Cardina shows how weeds have shaped—and are shaped by—the way we live in the natural world.Weeds and attempts to control them drove nomads toward settled communities, encouraged social stratification, caused environmental disruptions, and have motivated the development of GMO crops. They have snared us in social inequality and economic instability, infested social norms of suburbia, caused rage in the American heartland, and played a part in perpetuating pesticide use worldwide. Lives of Weeds reveals how the technologies directed against weeds underlie ethical questions about agriculture and the environment, and leaves readers with a deeper understanding of how the weeds around us are entangled in our daily choices.
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Lives of Weeds

John Cardina

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156 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 1h57min.
Lives of Weeds explores the tangled history of weeds and their relationship to humans.Through eight interwoven stories, John Cardina offers a fresh perspective on how these tenacious plants came about, why they are both inevitable and essential, and how their ecological success is ensured by determined efforts to eradicate them. Linking botany, history, ecology, and evolutionary biology to the social dimensions of humanity''s ancient struggle with feral flora, Cardina shows how weeds have shaped—and are shaped by—the way we live in the natural world.Weeds and attempts to control them drove nomads toward settled communities, encouraged social stratification, caused environmental disruptions, and have motivated the development of GMO crops. They have snared us in social inequality and economic instability, infested social norms of suburbia, caused rage in the American heartland, and played a part in perpetuating pesticide use worldwide. Lives of Weeds reveals how the technologies directed against weeds underlie ethical questions about agriculture and the environment, and leaves readers with a deeper understanding of how the weeds around us are entangled in our daily choices.
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San Francisco Earthquake

de Vries Hugo

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The San Francisco Earthquake is a scientific exploration of the catastrophic earthquake that devastated the city, focusing on its causes, immediate impact, and long-term consequences. The publication distinguishes between the destruction caused by the earthquake's tremors and the fires that followed, providing a detailed account of how these elements contributed to the city's devastation. The work analyzes the varying degrees of damage across different building types and locations, shedding light on the factors that influenced their resilience. The author further delves into the geological aspects of the event, explaining the shifts along the fault line that led to the earthquake. This analysis transitions into a scientific discussion on the broader implications for construction practices, emphasizing how understanding these geological shifts can inform safer building methods to mitigate future seismic risks. Through field observations and expert analysis, the publication underscores the importance of structural integrity in earthquake-prone areas and calls for advancements in engineering and construction to prepare for potential future disasters. The work ultimately aims to contribute to the scientific understanding of seismic events and to improve resilience against such catastrophic occurrences.
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Yaéré

François Delclaux

1h54min45

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153 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 1h55min.
François Delclaux, hydrologue à l’IRD, a parcouru en 2008 le nord du Cameroun durant trois mois. Son objectif scientifique  ? Étudier la plaine d’inondation du Yaéré entre Maroua et N’Djamena en comparant des images satellite avec la réalité hydrologique du terrain. Sillonnant la région en 4x4 et pirogue, et secondé par Adama, son chauffeur-guide-traducteur, ce blanc néophyte en terre africaine découvre l’extrême nord camerounais avec ses yeux de scientifique et comme voyageur curieux plongé dans la société camerounaise. Au fil de ces trois mois, il recrée son cadre de travail et réapprend l’hydrologie de terrain. Il s’initie à la vie en pirogue et à la sociologie locale, tout en affrontant les pistes bosselées et les situations imprévues. François Delclaux s’inspire de ses notes de terrain et de son journal de bord pour nous raconter une tranche de vie riche en aléas, pannes, rencontres humaines, pessimisme scientifique, improvisations et réflexions personnelles.
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Bringing Outdoor Science In

Steve Rich

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178 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 2h13min.
When it’s just not possible to take students out to explore the natural world, bring the natural world to the classroom. Clearly organized and easy to use, this helpful guide contains more than 50 science lessons in six units: Greening the School, Insects, Plants, Rocks and Soils, Water, and In the Sky. All lessons include objectives, materials lists, procedures, reproducible data sheets, ideas for adapting to different grade levels, discussion questions, and next steps. Almost all the needed materials are inexpensive or even free (such as leaves and rocks), and if you do get the chance to venture outside, the lessons will work there, too. By using Steve Rich’s follow-up to his popular book Outdoor Science: A Practical Guide, you can introduce students to everything from bug zoos to the Sun and stars without ever needing to pull on a jacket.
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Affiche du document Marlin's Fiery Eye and Other Tales from the Extraordinary World of Marine Fishes

Marlin's Fiery Eye and Other Tales from the Extraordinary World of Marine Fishes

E. Meisel Joe

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215 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 2h41min.
The Marlin''s Fiery Eye and Other Tales from the Extraordinary World of Marine Fishes dives into the mystery and wonder of the daily lives of saltwater fishes. Joe E. Meisel introduces readers to the fascinating behaviors, remarkable adaptations, and complex life histories of the many species that call the oceans home.From the shallows, where penetrating sunlight encourages bright colors and extravagant patterns in fish, to the abyssal depths, where extreme conditions are countered in bizarre ways, this book illuminates the staggering diversity of ocean life. Discussions of unique characteristics and lifestyles are accompanied by narratives from scientists and fish lovers, with detailed illustrations throughout. Meisel also explores the challenges facing global fisheries today, connecting the book''s featured species with questions and opportunities surrounding food demand, aquaculture, and sustainability.Each fish has a story to tell in The Marlin''s Fiery Eye and Other Tales from the Extraordinary World of Marine Fishes, and through each story readers will discover an awe and a fascination for the oceanic inhabitants that we so rarely get to witness.
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Toward High School Biology

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188 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 2h21min.
Through 19 carefully sequenced lessons and activities, this unit gets middle schoolers ready for next-level learning. Students explore what happens at the molecular level so they can understand how living things grow and repair their body structures. Using Legos, ball-and-stick models, videos, and print manipulatives helps them retain what they learn so they can apply that knowledge later. Both effective and engaging, Toward High School Biology • Draws on a research-based development approach. Multiple cycles of design and revision based on results from classroom field tests, feedback from teachers, expert scientific input, and criteria-based evaluations ensure the high quality of the unit. • Takes an interdisciplinary approach. Lessons focus on phenomena related to chemical reactions that take place in both physical and life science contexts, from the rusting of a metal bicycle to the production of muscles in humans. • Supports the Next Generation Science Standards. All three dimensions of science learning—science and engineering practices, disciplinary core ideas, and crosscutting concepts—are carefully integrated in each chapter. • Is refreshingly easy to use. The Student Edition should be used in conjunction with the Teacher Edition, which provides complete lesson plans and instructions for carrying out the activities. Complementary video demonstrations and tutorials are available online. Toward High School Biology, Student Edition provides the materials you need to guide your students through these investigations. With lesson details, teacher facilitation pages, and handouts, your students will be ready to start investigating.
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Adventures With Arthropods

Ron Wagler

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120 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 1h30min.
If you’ve ever wished you could teach with tarantulas—or roly polys, or Madagascar hissing cockroaches—this is the resource for you. It tells how to help middle schoolers get up close and personal with amazing arthropods, the bugs that make up more than 75% of Earth’s animal species. Adventures With Arthropods provides 26 lessons that are geared to middle school teachers and their students but may be modified to use for elementary school, high school, and even college classrooms and for formal and informal learning at zoos, museums, and nature centers. The lessons—many of which support the Next Generation Science Standards—teach students everything from anatomy, growth, and behavior to eating preferences and environmental needs of three arthropod groups. They also illustrate arthropods’ many essential ecological services, without which global ecosystems would collapse. Best of all, the book addresses teachers’ concerns about keeping arthropods at school. You’ll learn which arthropods are classroom-safe and what’s involved in caring for them humanely. Through Adventures With Arthropods, you’ll discover how to choose species that don’t require too much maintenance and are sure to captivate both your students and you.
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Discovery Engineering in Biology

Rebecca Hite

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466 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 5h49min.
Show your students how amazing it can be to just “see what will happen” when they blend biology, engineering, and serendipity. Focusing on innovations sparked by accidental or unexpected observations, the case studies in this resource are a lively way to integrate engineering and experimentation into your biology classes. Middle and high school students will learn fundamental science processes while using their natural curiosity to explore ideas for new applications and products. They’ll also find out that small, plant-eating mammals called pikas helped scientists find new ways to survive extreme weather events and that algae can be used as airplane fuel. The book’s 20 easy-to-use investigations help you do the following: • Use real-world case studies to bring accidental inspirations to life. Each investigation starts with an actual scientific discovery that students explore through primary documents or historical accounts. • Let students be the innovators. The investigations task your classes to investigate biological concepts, do research, examine data, create models, and use their own personal ideas to design new products or problem-solving applications. • Apply the material in flexible, interesting ways. You can implement the investigations in part or as a whole, and you can use them to teach one or more science concepts while exposing students to the unpredictable nature of science. Students will be intrigued by investigations with titles such as “Vindicating Venom: Using Biological Mechanisms to Treat Diseases and Disorders” and “Revealing Repeats: The Accidental Discovery of DNA Fingerprinting.” Discovery Engineering in Biology is not only ideal for the classroom. It’s also perfect for informal education at STEM camps, science centers, and more. You’ll help your students see that just as there is no one way to do science, there are many paths that lead to innovations in engineering. And who knows what might happen? Maybe your students will engineer the next amazing survival product inspired by pikas!
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Toward High School Biology

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447 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 5h35min.
Would you like to challenge your middle school students to explain a range of phenomena—from how nylon thread can form from two clear, colorless liquids to how a snake that eats only eggs can make body structures such as skin and scales that don’t look anything like an egg? Would your students enjoy building molecular models to understand how an herbicide prevents weeds from growing? If so, then Toward High School Biology is the curriculum for you. This 19-lesson unit helps students connect core ideas about chemical reactions to the biological phenomena of growth and repair in plants and animals. Students first investigate easily observed changes in physical science contexts, such as the rusting of a metal bicycle. Then, they explore more complex changes that take place inside living organisms, such as the production of human muscles. Legos, ball-and-stick models, videos, and a variety of print manipulatives help students grasp the underlying science principles. Developed by a team of scientists and science educators, Toward High School Biology was field tested extensively. Results show that students who used the unit had significant learning gains compared with students who used other materials. The unit’s lessons support the Next Generation Science Standards and integrate all three dimensions of science learning, with a strong emphasis on supporting students in developing evidence-based explanations. The goal of the unit is to help students overcome many common conceptual difficulties and provide the foundation in biochemistry that students will need for high school biology and beyond.
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Everyday Earth and Space Science Mysteries

Richard Konicek-Moran

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254 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 3h10min.
What are the odds that a meteor will hit your house? Do you actually get more sunlight from Daylight Saving Time? Where do puddles go? By presenting everyday mysteries like these, this book will motivate your students to carry out hands-on science investigations and actually care about the results. These 19 open-ended mysteries focus exclusively on Earth and space science, including astronomy, energy, climate, and geology. The stories come with lists of science concepts to explore, grade-appropriate strategies for using them, and explanations of how the lessons align with national standards. They also relieve you of the tiring work of designing inquiry lessons from scratch. “What makes this book so special is the unique way science is integrated into the story line, using characters and situations children can easily identify with.”—Page Keeley, author of the NSTA Press series Uncovering Student Ideas in Science
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Rainwater Analysis, Grade 5

Janet B. Walton

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258 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 3h13min.
What if you could challenge your fifth graders to design rainwater recycling systems to provide water for a fictional community garden? With this volume in the STEM Road Map Curriculum Series, you can! Rainwater Analysis outlines a journey that will steer your students toward authentic problem solving while grounding them in integrated STEM disciplines. As are the other volumes in this series, this book is designed to meet the growing need to infuse real-world learning into K–12 classrooms. The book is an interdisciplinary module that uses project- and problem-based learning. Using their own school building and grounds as a design lab, student teams will be challenged to develop rainwater collection and delivery systems. They will draw on Earth and environmental science, mathematics, the engineering design process, and English language arts to do the following: • Create a rain gauge, measure rainfall, and analyze rainwater data to determine the best location for a water collection system.• Explore volume calculations in real-world scenarios and use a spreadsheet to conduct repetitive volume calculations.• Identify how water is distributed throughout the Earth’s four spheres and research irrigation and water collection systems used in agriculture.• Study poetry, biographical texts, and persuasive writing related to module topics. • Present a proposal for a rainwater collection and storage system, including a message about watershed conservation for their local community and a public service advertising campaign. The STEM Road Map Curriculum Series is anchored in the Next Generation Science Standards, the Common Core State Standards, and the Framework for 21st Century Learning. In-depth and flexible, Rainwater Analysis can be used as a whole unit or in part to meet the needs of districts, schools, and teachers who are charting a course toward an integrated STEM approach
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Scientific Argumentation in Biology

Sharon Schleigh

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246 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 3h04min.
“Individuals who are proficient in science should be able to understand the language of science and participate in scientific practices, such as inquiry and argumentation. Empirical research, however, indicates that many students do not develop this knowledge or these abilities in school. One way to address this problem is to give students more opportunities to engage in scientific argumentation as part of the teaching and learning of science. This book will help teachers with this task.” —Authors Victor Sampson and Sharon Schleigh Develop your high school students’ understanding of argumentation and evidence-based reasoning with this comprehensive book. Like three guides in one, Scientific Argumentation in Biology combines theory, practice, and biology content. It starts by giving you solid background in why students need to be able to go beyond expressing mere opinions when making research-related biology claims. Then it provides 30 thoroughly field-tested activities your students can use when learning to: • propose, support, and evaluate claims; • validate or refute them on the basis of scientific reasoning; and • craft complex written arguments. Detailed teacher notes suggest specific ways in which you can use the activities to enrich and supplement (not replace) what you’re doing in biology class already. Scientific Argumentation is an invaluable resource for learning more about argumentation and designing related lessons. You'll find it ideal for helping your students learn standards-based content; improve their biological practices; explain, interpret, and evaluate evidence; and acquire the habits of mind to become more proficient in science.
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A Head Start on Life Science

William Straits

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223 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 2h47min.
Nurture curiosity and even joy in the youngest scientists. The 24 inquiry-based lessons in this lively collection show you how. The activities are organized into sections on animals, plants, and nature walks. Rather than merely presenting science facts to 3- to 7-year-olds, you’ll prompt them to make discoveries of their own. They’ll explore critter camouflage, probe pumpkin insides, make bird feeders, and more. A Head Start on Life Science is as easy to use as it is inspiring. Each lesson includes lists of learning objectives and required materials, relevant background to help you prepare, plus at-home activities written in English and Spanish. Connections to multiple subjects—including reading, writing, math, dramatic play, and art—let you offer related learning opportunities. Extensions help you relate the science to children’s everyday lives and encourage them to explore with their families. You can use A Head Start on Life Science in preschools, elementary schools, informal science settings, home schools—anywhere you want to engage children in meaningful, longer-lasting science learning. The book is a follow-up to NSTA’s popular A Head Start on Science. Like that treasury of science activities, this collection is designed to heighten children’s sense of wonder about the natural world.
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Affiche du document Uncovering Student Ideas in Life Science, Volume 1

Uncovering Student Ideas in Life Science, Volume 1

Page Keeley

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154 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 1h55min.
Author Page Keeley continues to provide K–12 teachers with her highly usable and popular formula for uncovering and addressing the preconceptions that students bring to the classroom—the formative assessment probe—in this first book devoted exclusively to life science in her Uncovering Student Ideas in Science series. In this volume, Keeley addresses the topics of life and its diversity; structure and function; life processes and needs of living things; ecosystems and change; reproduction, life cycles, and heredity; and human biology. Using the probes as diagnostic tools that identify and analyze students’ preconceptions, teachers can easily move students from where they are in their current thinking to where they need to be to achieve scientific understanding. At the same time, use of the probes deepens the teacher’s understanding of the subject matter, suggests instructional implications, and expands assessment literacy. Using the student-learning data gained through the probes to inform teaching and learning is what makes the probes formative. Each probe is supported by extensive Teacher Notes, which provide background information on the purpose of the probes, related concepts, explanations of the life science ideas being taught, related ideas in the national science standards, research on typical student misconceptions in life science, and suggestions for instruction and assessment.
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