Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- María José Fernández Alonso
Citation names
- Fernández-Alonso, MJ
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- 4A19-2998-5911
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0001-7874-6775
- Researcher Id
- AAG-3217-2021
- Scopus Author Id
- 57188685190
Email addresses
- mjfa@uc.pt (Professional)
- marijose.fdzalonso@gmail.com (Personal)
Telephones
- Telephone
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- 239 240 75 Ext.: 262352 (Professional)
Knowledge fields
- Agrarian Sciences - Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries - Soil Science
- Agrarian Sciences - Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries - Forestry
- Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Ecology
- Engineering and Technology - Environmental Engineering
Languages
Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
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Spanish; Castilian (Mother tongue) | |||||
English | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) |
Portuguese | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) |
Education
Degree | Classification | |
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2019/02/15 - 2019/04/04
Concluded
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Women in science (Outros)
Major in 50 hours
Ecologistas en acción, Spain
Biodiversia S. Coop. Mad., Spain |
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2019/03/28 - 2019/03/29
Concluded
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Training School: Measuring Greenhouse Gases Emissions in Agricultural Systems (Outros)
Major in 10 horas
Red NUEVA, Spain
Livage-COST Action, Denmark |
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2013/03 - 2018/08/05
Concluded
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PhD in Forest science (Doctor)
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros de Montes, Spain
"Soil functioning in the ecotone between Scots pine and Pyrenean oak forests: effects of tree species on the soil carbon and
nitrogen cycling" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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2014/11/11 - 2014/12/16
Concluded
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Carbon Footprint Calculation: Life Cycle Analysis and Bookfeel Tool (Outros)
Major in 60 horas
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain
Asociación Española de Normalización y Certificación, Spain |
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2014/10/14 - 2014/11/11
Concluded
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Introduction to the carbon footprint: calculation and management of greenhouse gas emissions (Outros)
Major in 60 horas
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain
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2014/06/16 - 2014/06/20
Concluded
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Introduction to the analysis of ecological data in R (Outros)
Major in 33 horas
Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Spain
Asociación Española de Ecología Terrestre, Spain |
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2013/12/09 - 2013/12/13
Concluded
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Introduction to experimental design and mixed linear models in R (Outros)
Major in 35 horas
Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Spain
Asociación Española de Ecología Terrestre, Spain |
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2013/07/24 - 2013/07/28
Concluded
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Basic Computational Skills for Genomic Analysis (Outros)
Major in 34 horas
Centro Superior en Investigación de Salud Pública (CSISP), Spain
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2013/07/08 - 2013/07/12
Concluded
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Analysis of Microbial Communities by 16S rDNA pyrosequencing (Outros)
Major in 21 horas
Centro Superior en Investigación de Salud Pública (CSISP), Spain
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2013/07/08 - 2013/07/12
Concluded
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Microbial genomics and metagenomics workshop (Outros)
Major in 35 horas
Centro Superior en Investigación de Salud Pública (CSISP), Spain
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2011/09/01 - 2012/09/01
Concluded
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Master in Advanced Forest Research (Master Universitario)
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros de Montes, Spain
"Factores que inciden en el stock de carbono en suelos de choperas productivas de Populus x euramericana (Dode) Guinier cv.
I-214" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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2011/11/11 - 2011/12/01
Concluded
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Environmental restoration of degraded spaces and landscapes (Outros)
Major in 185 horas
Consejería de Educación y Empleo de la Comunidad de Madrid, Spain
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2006/09/01 - 2011/07/22
Concluded
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Agricultural Engineer (Bachelor)
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería Agronómica Alimentaria y de Biosistemas, Spain
"Efecto de los ácidos húmicos en la asimilación de metales pesados por Vetiveria zizanioides ( L.) Nash" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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2010/10/18 - 2010/10/22
Concluded
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Geographic Information Systems: ArcGIS (Outros)
Major in 30 horas
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain
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Affiliation
Positions / Appointments
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2019/04/11 - Current | Postdoctoral Researcher | Centro de Ecologia Funcional, Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal |
2019/01/01 - 2019/03/31 | Postdoctoral researcher | Technical University of Madrid, School of Forest Engineering and Natural Resources, Spain |
2014/01/01 - 2018/10/05 | Pre-doctoral fellow | Technical University of Madrid, Department of Systems and Natural Resources, Spain |
2013/01/01 - 2016/08/31 | Research assistant | Technical University of Madrid, School of Forest Engineering and Natural Resources, Spain |
2010/09/01 - 2011/06/30 | Pre-graduate research assistant | Technical University of Madrid, School of Agricultural, Food and Biosystems Engineering, Spain |
Projects
Grant
Designation | Funders | |
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2021/10 - 2021/11 | Global change effects on litter carbon and nitrogen dynamics during decomposition in Austrian Forests (LITAFOR)
eLTER PLUS project (871128)
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Horizon 2020 Framework Programme |
2015/09/21 - 2015/12/18 | Tree species effect on litter decomposition and climate relevant gas emissions in a Mediterranean ecotone forest between Pinus
sylvestris L. and Quercus pyrenaica Willd
Scientific Initiation Fellow
Bundesforschungs- und Ausbildungszentrum für Wald Naturgefahren und Landschaft, Austria
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European Commission
Concluded
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2015/02/01 - 2015/04/05 | Nitrogen gas emissions from contrasting soil environments (NTRAST 262060)
NTRAST 262060
Scientific Initiation Fellow
Bundesforschungs- und Ausbildungszentrum für Wald Naturgefahren und Landschaft, Austria
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European Commission
Concluded
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2014/09/08 - 2014/10/03 | Responses of soil microbial community composition and emissions of climate-relevant gases to global change-related events
Scientific Initiation Fellow
University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences - Institute of Soil Research, Austria
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Concluded
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2010 - 2011 | Recuperación de suelos contaminados con plantas autóctonas producidas en sustratos eco-compatibles y estudio de estos materiales
en la biodisponibilidad y biodegradación de los contaminantes
CTM2009-13140-C02-01
Scientific Initiation Fellow
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería Agronómica Alimentaria y de Biosistemas, Spain
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Gobierno de España Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación
Concluded
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Contract
Designation | Funders | |
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2019/04/11 - 2022/04/11 | Unveiling the drivers of greenhouse gas emissions from drylands and their sensitivity to climate change
02/SAICT/2017 - UNDERCLIME
Post-doc
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Portugal
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Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT
Ongoing
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2019/01 - 2019/02 | Boosting Urban Green Infrastructure through Biodiversity-Oriented Design of Business Premises
LIFE17 GIE/DE/466 BooGI BOP
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European Commission |
2013 - 2016 | New approach on soil remediation by combination of biological and chemical oxidation
LIFE11 ENV/ES/505 – BIOXISOIL
Technical development
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros de Montes, Spain
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European Commission
Concluded
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Other
Designation | Funders | |
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2016 - 2019 | Gestión forestal para la adaptación y mitigación: diversificación estructural y específica de pinares mediterráneos de repoblación
PhD Student Fellow
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros de Montes, Spain
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Gobierno de España Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación |
Outputs
Publications
Conference abstract |
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Conference paper |
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Conference poster |
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Journal article |
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Magazine article |
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Activities
Oral presentation
Presentation title | Event name Host (Event location) |
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2021/06/18 | Changes in soil attributes at Atlantic coastal dunes in the face of climate change | Congresso Ibérico Solo e Desenvolvimento Sustentável: Desafios e Soluções
Universidade do Porto (on line, Portugal)
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2021/06/18 | Fluxos sazonais de gases de efeito de estufa e disponibilidade de nutrientes no solo ao longo de um gradiente de aridez | Congresso Ibérico Solo e Desenvolvimento Sustentável: Desafios e Soluções
Universidade do Porto (on line, Portugal)
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2020/12/14 | Aridity and biotic cover drive soil attributes and functioning in coastal dune ecosystems | British Ecological Society’s Annual Meeting
British Ecological Society (on line, United Kingdom)
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2020/12/09 | Unveiling the drivers of greenhouse gas fluxes from Portuguese drylands and their sensitivity to climate change | XIX Encontro Nacional de Ecologia da SPECO
Sociedade Portuguesa de Ecologia (on line, Portugal)
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2019/03/28 | Efectos de la especie arbórea en la descomposición de hojarasca en el horizonte forestal de Pinus sylvestris y Quercus pyrenaica | VII Workshop REMEDIA
Red Científica de Mitigación de Emisiones de Gases de Efecto Invernadero en el Sector Agroforestal (Lugo, Spain)
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2019/02 | Tree species shape the assembly of microbial decomposer communities during oak leaf and pine needle litter decomposition | 1st Meeting of the Iberian Ecological Society & XIV AEET Meeting
Agencia Española de Ecología Terrestre (Barcelona, Spain)
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2018/04/12 | Mecanismos del suelo implicados en las emisiones de dióxido de carbono en respuesta a un enriquecimiento en nitrógeno de los sistemas forestales |
Red Científica de Mitigación de Emisiones de Gases de Efecto Invernadero en el Sector Agroforestal (Granada, Spain)
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2017/03 | Papel de la respiración autótrofa en la respiración del suelo en el área ecotonal pinar de silvestre-melojar en la Sierra de Guadarrama | V Workshop REMEDIA
Red Científica de Mitigación de Gases de Efecto Invernadero en el Sector Agroforestal (Caldes de Montbui, Spain)
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2017/01 | Effects of litter quality on soil microbial community composition and CO2 fluxes in a Mediterranean ecotone forest | XIV MEDECOS & III AEET meeting
XIV MEDECOS & III AEET meeting (Seville, Spain)
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2016/06 | Influencia del sitio y de la hojarasca foliar del Pino silvestre y del Melojo en el proceso de descomposición y sus microorganismos asociados | Congreso REMEDINAL
REMEDINAL (Madrid, Spain)
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2016/02 | Tree species effects on soil microbial community composition and greenhouse gases emissions in a Mediterranean ecotone forest | I Simposio sobre interacciones Planta-Suelo
Agencia Española de Ecología Terrestre (Madrid, Spain)
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2015/11 | Carbon footprint as an indicator of environmental effectiveness: A case study of biological and chemical technologies for in situ soil remediation | Global Cleaner Production and Sustainable Consumption Conference
Elsevier (Sitges, Spain)
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2015/06 | Las emisiones de CO2 del suelo para evaluar la eficacia de la remediación de suelos contaminados en el BIOXISOIL | VII Simposio Nacional sobre el control de la Degradación y restauración de Suelos
Sociedad Española de Ciencias del Suelo (Bilbao, Spain)
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Supervision
Thesis Title Role |
Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization |
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2020/09/01 - 2021/07/31 | Soil functioning in drylands: effects of climate change on the availability of phosphorus
Supervisor
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Projeto em Biologia Aplicada II
Centro de Ecologia Funcional, Departamento de Ciências da Vida, Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
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2018/09 - 2019/09 | Carbon footprint assessment of a plywood board. Case study in Spain.
Supervisor
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Bachelor thesis Title: Huella de carbono parcial del tablero contrachapado de chopo. Caso de estudio en España. (Degree)
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros de Montes, Spain
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2017/09 - 2018/06 | Litter decomposition processess in an pine-broadleaf ecotone forest
Supervisor
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Bachelor Thesis Title: Procesos de descomposición de la hojarasca en un ecotono de Pinus sylvestris L. y Quercus Pyrenaica
Willd. (Degree)
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros de Montes, Spain
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Event participation
Activity description Type of event |
Event name Institution / Organization |
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2019/03/22 - Current | Participation in the roundtable 'Mujeres inspirando vocaciones forestales' on the occasion of the Forest Week. https://www.upm.es/sfs/Rectorado/Gerencia/Igualdad/Documentos/fotos%20forestales.pdf
Conference
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Mujeres inspirando vocaciones forestales
Technical University of Madrid, School of Forest Engineering and Natural Resources, Spain
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2019/03/20 - Current | Chair in the 'VI Jornada de Jóvenes Investigadores', annual meeting organised by the Progama de doctorado en Investigación Forestal Avanzada at the Forest week. https://blogs.upm.es/doctoradoifa/2019/03/18/las-vi-jornadas-de-jovenes-investigadores-en-montes-upm-se-celebran-el-20-de-marzo/ | VI Jornada de Jóvenes Investigadores
Technical University of Madrid, School of Forest Engineering and Natural Resources, Spain
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2018/03/21 - Current | Participation in the exhibition ‘La mujer en la ciencia forestal’ on the occasion of the International day of Forest. Organized
by the Sociedad Española de Ciencias Forestales. Vitoria-Gasteiz, March 21st.
Exhibition
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La mujer en la ciencia forestal
Sociedad Española de Ciencias Forestales, Spain
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2020/09/22 - 2020/09/23 | Invited participation in the scientific workshop 'Taller para la discusión y propuesta de las estrategias de mitigación Red
REMEDIA'. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0f0NyWFQzg&t=1s
Congress
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VIII Workshop REMEDIA
Red Científica de Mitigación de Emisiones de Gases de Efecto Invernadero en el sector Agroforestal, Spain
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2019/09/27 - 2019/09/27 | Noite Europeia dos Investigadores 2019 - Ciência na Cidade
Exhibition
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Noite Europeia dos Investigadores - Ciência na Cidade
Jardim Botânico - Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
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2016/06/15 - 2016/06/16 | Invited participation in the scientific wokshop 'Taller sobre Metodologías para la cuantificación de la huella de carbono
- Huella de carbono como un indicador de la eficacia ambiental. Aplicación al proyecto Bioxisoil y a la descontaminación de
suelos'.
Congress
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SIMPOSIO LIFE 2016: Nuevas tendencias y retos en recuperación de suelos contaminados.
Technical University of Madrid, School of Forest Engineering and Natural Resources, Spain
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Course / Discipline taught
Academic session | Degree Subject (Type) | Institution / Organization | |
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2019 - 2020 | Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC) "Cambio Climatico: Huella y Contrahuella de Carbono". 5 Ediciones. 6 weeks course. Web platform MiriadaX: https://miriadax.net/web/cambio-climatico-huella-y-contrahuella-de-carbono-4-edicion/inicio Módulos: 1. Cambio climático: del fenómeno natural al efecto antrópico 2. El indicador de sostenibilidad huella de carbono 3. Aspectos prácticos de la huella de carbono en la empresa 4. La contrahuella 5. Gestión de la huella de carbono | Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain | |
2018 - 2019 | Forest ecology. Geobotany. Bachelor in Forestry Engineering | Forest ecology. Geobotany. (Bachelor) | Universidad Politécnica de Madrid Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros de Montes, Spain |
Distinctions
Award
2017 | Award for the best scientific poster of the Agroforestry Session at the First Students Symposium
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain
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