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1 Gerlak, A. K.; Lautze, Jonathan; Giordano, Mark. 2011. Water resources data and information exchange in transboundary water treaties. International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics, 11(2):179-199. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10784-010-9144-4]

Water resource management ; International waters ; Water law ; Data ; Information exchange

(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H043775)

https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H043775.pdf

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Despite international calls for data and information sharing in transboundary waters and basin-specific evidence of its importance to cooperative management, no systematic research has been undertaken to answer questions of where, how frequently, and which water resources data and information are exchanged. This paper examines all available transboundary water agreements signed between 1900 and 2007 to determine the degree to which water resources data and information is exchanged in the world’s regions, how the level of exchange has developed over time, and the different ways in which data and information sharing has been codified in practice. In doing so, we reveal important trends regarding the mechanisms, types, and frequencies of water resources data and information sharing—as well as differences across temporal and spatial scales, by treaty type and function, and regime type. The results indicate that data and information exchange as already practiced is more nuanced and, in some senses, widespread than may commonly be recognized. Further, the results reveal key linkages between democracy and data and information exchange and provide a basis to test analogous linkages related to data sharing and other variables in transboundary water settings.

2 McVicar, T. R.; Zhang, G.; Bradford, A. S.; Wang, H.; Dawes, W. R.; Zhang, L.; Lingtao, L. 2000. Developing a spatial information system to monitor regional agricultural water use efficiency for Hebei Province on the North China plain. Canberra, Australia: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO). 54p.

Water resources ; Water use efficiency ; Monitoring ; Agriculture ; Yields ; Growth period ; Crops ; Maize ; Wheats ; Data ; GIS ; Spatial information / China / Hebei Province

(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 333.91 G592 MCV Record No: H044213)

http://www.clw.csiro.au/publications/technical2000/tr31-00.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H044213.pdf

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3 Russell, M. A. 2008. Dojo: the definitive guide. Sebastopol, CA, USA: O'Reilly Media Inc. 451p.

Computer programming ; Languages ; Data ; World Wide Web ; Computer applications

(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 001.6425 G000 RUS Record No: H044380)

http://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H044380_TOC.pdf

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4 Bandara, K. M. P. S. 1998. Water needs and water use of agro-ecosystems in the Kirindi Oya Watershed, Sri Lanka: a remote sensing approach. MSc thesis. Enschede, Netherlands: ITC. 51p.

Water requirements ; Water use ; Agroecosystems ; Watersheds ; Remote sensing ; Research methods ; Evapotranspiration ; Data ; Vegetation ; Image analysis / Sri Lanka / Kirindi Oya

(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 333.91 G744 BAN Record No: H044403)

http://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H044403_TOC.pdf

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5 Karimi, Poolad; Molden, David; Bastiaanssen, W. 2011. Mapping crop water productivity in the Nile Basin through combined use of remote sensing and census data. In ICID. 21st Congress on Irrigation and Drainage: Water Productivity towards Food Security, Tehran, Iran, 15-23 October 2011. New Delhi, India: ICID. pp.137-148. (ICID Transaction No. 30-A)

Crops ; Water productivity ; Mapping ; River basins ; Remote sensing ; Data ; Land productivity ; Land use ; Land cover ; Evapotranspiration ; Farming systems ; Irrigated farming ; Rainfed farming ; Pricing ; Economic aspects / Africa / Ethiopia / Egypt / Sudan / Burundi / Rwanda / Tanzania / Eritrea / Kenya / Zaire / Uganda / Nile River Basin

(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H044424)

http://www.irncid.org/GetFileArticles.aspx?FilePrm=7048_68836.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H044424.pdf

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Remote sensed imagery in combination with secondary agricultural statistic was used to map crop water productivity (WP) in the Nile River Basin. Land productivity and crop tandardized gross value production (SGVP) were calculated at administrative level using the agricultural census data. Actual evapotranspiration (Eta) generated from remote sensing was used to assess crops consumptive water use. WP was then calculated by dividing SGVP by Eta in the cropped areas. Results show land productivity has a huge variation across the basin. SGVP per hectare in the basin varies from 20 $/ha to 1833 $/ha. Likewise SGVP, water productivity in the basin is highly variable. It ranges from 0.01 $/m3 to 0.2 $/m3. Observed patterns in the water productivity indicate that WP differences in the Nile basin are highly related to crop yield, which varies in different regions and also in irrigated and rainfed systems. Similarly, overall low WP is because of low yields, chiefly rainfed agriculture. This indicates that there is scope for enhancing WP in the Nile Basin through expanding irrigated agriculture and generally increasing yield.

6 Abdel Al, F.; Skold, M. 1982. Farm record summary and analysis for study cases at Abyuha, Mansuriya and Abu Raya Sites. Cairo, Egypt: Egypt Water Use and Management Project. 104p. (Egypt Water Use and Management Project Technical Report No.23)

Farm management ; Site ; Water management ; Water use ; Farmers ; Crop production ; Livestock production ; Farm income ; Data / Egypt / Abyuha Site / Mansuriya Site / Abu Raya Site

(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 630 G232 ABD Record No: H044484)

http://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H044484_TOC.pdf

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7 Nguyen, T. T. H.; De Bie, C. A. J. M.; Ali, A.; Smaling, E. M. A.; Hoanh, Chu Thai. 2011. Mapping the irrigated rice cropping patterns of the Mekong delta, Vietnam, through hyper-temporal SPOT NDVI image analysis. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 33(2):415-434. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/01431161.2010.532826]

Irrigated rice ; Crop management ; Remote sensing ; Mapping ; Deltas ; Image analysis ; Vegetation ; Indicators ; Data / Vietnam / Mekong delta

(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H044487)

https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H044487.pdf

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Successful identification and mapping of different cropping patterns under cloudy conditions of a specific crop through remote sensing provides important baseline information for planning and monitoring. In Vietnam, this information is either missing or unavailable; several ongoing projects studying options with radar to avoid earth observation problems caused by the prevailing cloudy conditions have to date produced only partial successes. In this research, optical hyper-temporal Satellite Pour l’Observation de la Terre (SPOT) VEGETATION (SPOT VGT) data (1998–2008) were used to describe and map variability in irrigated rice cropping patterns of the Mekong delta. Divergence statistics were used to evaluate signature separabilities of normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) classes generated from the iterative self-organizing data analysis technique algorithm (ISODATA) classification of 10-day SPOT NDVI image series. Based on this evaluation, a map with 77 classes was selected. Out of these 77 mapped classes, 26 lasses with prior knowledge that they represent rice were selected to design the sampling scheme for fieldwork and for crop calendar characterization. Using the collected information of 112 farmers’ fields belonging to the 26 selected classes, the map produced provides highly accurate information on rice cropping patterns (94% overall accuracy, 0.93 Kappa coefficient). We found that the spatial distributions of the triple and the double rice cropping systems are highly related to the flooding regime from the Hau and Tien rivers. Areas that are highly vulnerable to flooding in the upper part and those that are saline in the north-western part of the delta mostly have a double rice cropping system, whilst areas in the central and the south-eastern parts mostly have a triple rice cropping system. In turn, the duration of flooding is highly correlated with the decision by farmers to cultivate shorter or longer duration rice varieties. The overall spatial variability mostly coincides with administrative units, indicating that crop pattern choices and water controlmeasures are locally synchronized. Water supply risks, soil acidity and salinity constraints and the anticipated highly fluctuating rice market prices all strongly influence specific farmers’ choices of rice varieties. These choices vary considerably annually, and therefore grown rice varieties are difficult to map. Our study demonstrates the high potential of optical hyper-temporal images, taken on a daily basis, to differentiate and map a high variety of irrigated rice cropping patterns and crop calendars at a high level of accuracy in spite of cloudy conditions.

8 Zemadim, Birhanu; McCartney, Matthew; Mtalo, F.; Mkhandi, S.; Kachroo, R. 2011. Evaporation modelling in data scarce tropical region of the eastern Arc Mountain Catchments of Tanzania. Nile Basin Water Science and Engineering Journal, 4(1):1-13.

Evaporation ; Evapotranspiration ; Models ; Data ; Highlands ; Mountains ; Catchment areas ; Water budget ; Statistical methods / Tanzania / Eastern Arc Mountain Catchments

(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H044623)

http://www.nilebasin-journal.com/Volumes/Volume4/issue6/Evaporation%20Modelling.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H044623.pdf

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This paper focuses on developing methods for both potential and actual evapotranspiration (ET) models for the data scarce conditions of the Eastern Arc Mountains catchment of Tanzania. For reliable estimation of the components of the hydrological cycle and plant water uptake, potential ET estimates are required, and for catchment water balance actual ET estimates are needed. These potential and actual ET estimates, however, depend on reliable and good quality data records. The study catchments in this work are characterised by general lack of reliable meteorological (MET) data, though good records of rainfall, flow and pan evaporation data do exist in a few places. In the study reported here the Penman-Monteith (P-M) estimates were found to be closer to the pan evaporation model in areas where reliable records of pan data exist. By comparison, estimates derived solely from temperature (i.e. the Standard Thornthwaite method), were a lot lower. Assuming the P-M estimates to be reliable, new temperature based regional equations were developed using data obtained from six climate stations. The study also presents simpler methods for estimating actual ET from catchments.

9 Yilmaz, K. K.; Yucel, I.; Gupta, H.V.; Wagener, T.; Yang, D.; Savenjie, H.; Neale, C.; Kunstmann, H.; Pomeroy, J. (Eds.) 2009. New approaches to hydrological prediction in data-sparse regions: proceedings of symposium HS.2 at the Joint Convention of the International Association of Hydrological Sciences (IAHS) and the International Association of Hydrogeologists (IAH), Hyderabad, India, 6-12 September 2009. Wallingford, UK: International Association of Hydrological Sciences (IAHS). 342p. (IAHS Publication 333)

Hydrological factors ; Simulation models ; River basins ; Calibration ; Remote sensing ; Hydrometeorology ; Climate change ; Forecasting ; Rainfall-runoff relationships ; Flooding ; Drought ; Water balance ; Precipitation ; Case studies ; Evapotranspiration ; Satellite surveys ; Satellite imagery ; Catchment areas ; Groundwater ; Data ; Monitoring ; Macropores ; Vegetation ; Downstream ; Watersheds ; Analytical methods / Iran / West Africa / South Africa / China / India / Peru / USA / Brazil / Botswana / Karkheh River Basin / River Bani / Yellow River / Hanjiang Basin / Sahel / Kaidu River Basin / Laohahe River Basin / Peruvian Amazon-Andes Basin / Arizona / San Francisco River Basin / Brahmaputra River Basin / Limpopo River Basin

(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 551.48 G000 YIL Record No: H044653)

http://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H044653_TOC.pdf

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10 Beven, K. J. 2012. Rainfall-runoff modelling: the primer. 2nd ed. Chichester, UK: John Wiley. 475p.

Rainfall-runoff relationships ; Hydrology ; Mathematical models ; Data ; Case studies ; Hydrography ; Precipitation ; Remote sensing ; Climate change ; Forecasting ; Risks ; Flooding ; Sensitivity analysis ; Catchment areas ; Water storage

(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 551.48 G000 BEV Record No: H044683)

http://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H044683_TOC.pdf

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11 Chemin, Yann. (Ed.) 2012. Remote sensing of planet earth. Rijeka, Croatia: InTech. 240p.

Remote sensing ; GIS ; Vegetation ; Water resources ; Surface Water ; Mapping ; Monitoring ; Wetlands ; Lakes ; Satellite surveys ; Satellite imagery ; Image analysis ; Image processing ; Data ; Analytical methods ; Time series analysis ; Land cover ; Land classification ; Land use ; Tsunamis ; Snow cover ; Models ; Environmental effects ; Water vapour / Brazil / China / Italy / Indonesia / Thailand / Chile / Japan / Solomon Islands / Samoa Islands / Indonesia / Peruacu watershed / Tibet Plateau / Umbria / Subasio Mountain Regional Park / Banda Aceh / Phang Nga / Phuket / Tohoku / Okushiri Island / Banda Aceh

(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H044692)

http://www.intechopen.com/books/show/title/remote-sensing-of-planet-earth
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H044692.pdf

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12 Gonsalves, J.; Mohan, P. (Eds.) 2011. Strengthening resilience in post-disaster situations: stories, experience and lessons from South Asia. New Delhi, India: Academic Foundation; Ottawa, Canada: International Development Research Centre (IDRC). 799p.

Natural disasters ; Disaster preparedness ; Coastal area ; Tsunamis ; Flooding ; Climate change ; Adaptation ; Risk management ; Risk assessment ; Rehabilitation ; Ecosystems ; Indicators ; Erosion ; Land use ; Land tenure ; Poverty ; Community involvement ; Capacity building ; Community involvement ; Communication technology ; Planning ; Data ; Financing ; Rural areas ; Mangroves ; Public participation ; Gender ; Women ; Agriculture ; Rice ; Collective action ; Investment ; Fisheries ; Models ; GIS ; Coir ; Social aspects ; Organizations ; Institutions ; Information technology / South Asia / Sri Lanka / India / Wanduruppa / Tamil Nadu / Mannar / Palakayatippa / Andhra Pradesh / Danavaipeta / Andaragasyaya Canal / Sorlagondi Village / Ambalantota / Talalla / Wanduruppa / Muthuregunathapuram Village

(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 363.346 G570 GON Record No: H044797)

http://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H044797_TOC.pdf

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13 International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 2012. Water Figures: newsletter of the International Water Management Institute (IWMI). Water Figures: newsletter of the International Water Management Institute (IWMI), July:12p. [doi: https://doi.org/10.5337/2012.204]

Hydrology ; Data ; GIS ; Remote sensing ; River basins ; Wells ; Models ; Food production / South East Asia / Sri Lanka / India / Mekong River Basin

(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H044977)

http://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/News_Room/Newsletters/Water_Figures/PDFs/WF-July_2012.pdf

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14 Siddiqui, Salman; Bharati, Luna; Pant, Menuka; Gurung, Pabitra; Rakhal, Biplov. 2012. Nepal: building climate resilience of watersheds in mountain eco-regions - climate change and vulnerability mapping in watersheds in middle and high mountains of Nepal. ADB Technical Assistance Consultant's Report for Department of Soil Conservation and Watershed Management (DSCWM), Government of Nepal. Kathmandu, Nepal: Asian Development Bank (ADB). 96p.

Climate change ; Watersheds ; Mountains ; Ecological factors ; Rain ; Landslides ; Flooding ; Drought ; Risks ; Socioeconomic environment ; Adaptation ; Indicators ; Mapping ; Data ; Analytical methods ; Sensitivity analysis ; Models / Nepal / Middle Mountains Regions / High Mountains Regions

(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H045011)

http://www.adb.org/sites/default/files/project-document/73085/44214-023-nep-tacr.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H045011.pdf

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Project Preparatory Technical Assistance 7883-NEP

15 Tang, B.-H.; Shrestha, B.; Li, Z.-L.; Liu, G.; Ouyang, H.; Gurung, D. R.; Amarnath, Giriraj; Aung, K. S. 2013. Determination of snow cover from MODIS data for the Tibetan Plateau Region. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 21:356-365. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jag.2012.07.014]

Snow cover ; Cloud cover ; Satellite surveys ; Data ; Mapping ; Indicators ; Algorithms / Central Asia / China / Tibet / Tibetan Plateau

(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H045039)

https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H045039.pdf

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This paper addresses a snow-mapping algorithm for the Tibetan Plateau region using Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) data. Accounting for the effects of the atmosphere and terrain on the satellite observations at the top of the atmosphere (TOA), particularly in the rugged Tibetan Plateau region, the surface reflectance is retrieved from the TOA reflectance after atmospheric and topographic corrections. To reduce the effect of the misclassification of snow and cloud cover, a normalized difference cloud index (NDCI) model is proposed to discriminate snow/cloud pixels, separate from the MODIS cloud mask product MOD35. The MODIS land surface temperature (LST) product MOD11 L2 is also used to ensure better accuracy of the snow cover classification. Comparisons of the resulting snow cover with those estimated from high spatial-resolution Landsat ETM+ data and obtained from MODIS snow cover product MOD10 L2 for the Mount Everest region for different seasons in 2002, show that the MODIS snow cover product MOD10 L2 overestimates the snow cover with relative error ranging from 20.1% to 55.7%, whereas the proposed algorithm estimates the snow cover more accurately with relative error varying from 0.3% to 9.8%. Comparisons of the snow cover estimated with the proposed algorithm and those obtained from MOD10 L2 product with in situ measurements over the Hindu Kush-Himalayan (HKH) region for December 2003 and January 2004 (the snowy seasons) indicate that the proposed algorithm can map the snow cover more accurately with greater than 90% agreement.

16 Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).; Nippon Koei Co. Ltd.; Nikko Exploration and Development Co. Ltd. 2002. The study on groundwater development in the rural provinces of the central highlands. [Vietnam]. Vol. 4/1, Dac Lac Province. Final report - data book. Tokyo, Japan: Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA); Tokyo, Japan: Nippon Koei Co. Ltd.; Tokyo, Japan: Nikko Exploration and Development Co. Ltd. 182p.

Groundwater development ; Highlands ; Rural areas ; Data ; Surveys ; Wells ; Hydrogeology ; Pumping ; Water quality ; Hydraulics / Vietnam / Central Highlands / Dac Lac Province

(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H045165)

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17 Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).; Nippon Koei Co. Ltd.; Nikko Exploration and Development Co. Ltd. 2002. The study on groundwater development in the rural provinces of the central highlands. [Vietnam]. Vol. 4/2, Gia Lai Province. Final report - data book. Tokyo, Japan: Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA); Tokyo, Japan: Nippon Koei Co. Ltd.; Tokyo, Japan: Nikko Exploration and Development Co. Ltd. 150p.

Groundwater development ; Highlands ; Rural areas ; Data ; Surveys ; Wells ; Pumping ; Water quality ; Hydraulics / Vietnam / Central Highlands / Gia Lai Province

(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H045166)

http://libopac.jica.go.jp/images/report/11702602_01.pdf
http://libopac.jica.go.jp/images/report/11702602_02.pdf
http://libopac.jica.go.jp/images/report/11702602_03.pdf
http://libopac.jica.go.jp/images/report/11702602_04.pdf
http://libopac.jica.go.jp/images/report/11702602_05.pdf
http://libopac.jica.go.jp/images/report/11702602_06.pdf
http://libopac.jica.go.jp/images/report/11702602_07.pdf
http://libopac.jica.go.jp/images/report/11702602_08.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H045166.pdf

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18 Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).; Nippon Koei Co. Ltd.; Nikko Exploration and Development Co. Ltd. 2002. The study on groundwater development in the rural provinces of the central highlands. [Vietnam]. Vol. 4/3, Kon Tum Province. Final report - data book. Tokyo, Japan: Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA); Tokyo, Japan: Nippon Koei Co. Ltd.; Tokyo, Japan: Nikko Exploration and Development Co. Ltd. 118p.

Groundwater development ; Highlands ; Rural areas ; Surveys ; Data ; Wells ; Water quality ; Hydraulics / Vietnam / Central Highlands / Kon Tum Province

(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H045167)

http://libopac.jica.go.jp/images/report/11702610_01.pdf
http://libopac.jica.go.jp/images/report/11702610_02.pdf
http://libopac.jica.go.jp/images/report/11702610_03.pdf
http://libopac.jica.go.jp/images/report/11702610_04.pdf
http://libopac.jica.go.jp/images/report/11702610_05.pdf
http://libopac.jica.go.jp/images/report/11702610_06.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H045167.pdf

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19 Sahlu, D.; Pfeifer, Catherine; Abebe, Yenenesh; Omolo, A. 2011. Geographic information system: practical training manual for agricultural research centers. Bahir Dar, Ethiopia: Amhara Regional Agricultural Research Institute (ARARI); Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: International Water Management Institute (IWMI); Nairobi, Kenya: International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) 98p.

GIS ; Information systems ; Training ; Agricultural research ; Data ; Analytical methods ; Global positioning systems

(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H045181)

https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H045181.pdf

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20 Grayson, R. B.; Argent, R. M.; Nathan, R. J.; McMahon, T. A.; Mein, R. G. 1996. Hydrological recipes: estimation techniques in Australian hydrology. Victoria, Australia: Cooperative Research Centre for Catchment Hydrology (CRC). 125p.

Hydrology ; Models ; Stream flow ; Evaporation ; Evapotranspiration ; Precipitation ; Rainfall-runoff relationships ; Flooding ; Stream flow ; Radiation ; Statistical methods ; Data / Australia

(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H045196)

http://www.catchment.crc.org.au/pdfs/hydrorecipes.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H045196.pdf

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