The Agilent Direct Drive Robot (DDR) from Agilent Automation Solutions has been designed for applications like drug target discovery or drug screening, where reducing cycle times means drugs traveling to market faster.
"Our customers are truly challenged with getting quality targets to support their development pipeline," says Marc Beban, director of integrated systems and software marketing at Agilent Automation Solutions. "They need flexible, easy to use technology that is reliable and our direct drive technology means fewer moving parts to break down so that they can have the confidence they need to focus on the science, not the machinery."
A new demonstration video (www.agilent.com/chem/ddr_campaign) shows how the DDR is fast, precise, and designed with safety in mind. State-of-the-art direct drive technology reduces the number of moving parts, resulting in a robotic arm that has increased reliability and speed, moving smoothly with precision and accuracy. Innovative one-person, one-touch teaching makes the DDR extremely easy to configure to your application, minimizing setup personnel and time. The Direct Drive Robot uses configurable Z-travel technology to enable greater stacking of instruments and more functionality in a smaller footprint. Best of all, the DDR provides a 100% customizable automation solution that integrates with almost any third-party instrument.
The Direct Drive Robot advances target identification and high-throughput screening for drug-discovery research and can also be used in genomics applications, including DNA extraction and PCR sample preparation. The direct drive technology combined with powerful VWorks Automation Control software enables best-in-class automation solutions.
More information on the Direct Drive Robot is available at www.agilent.com/chem/ddr
From stand-alone units to fully integrated systems, Agilent Automation Solutions teams key sample preparation and creative walk-away automation approaches with personalized customer service to provide complete solutions for your laboratory. Combining innovative engineering with high standards of quality, Agilent designs and manufactures high-performance equipment for processes that are revolutionizing pharmaceutical, biotech, and genomic research.
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Agilent Automation Solutions
New Cambridge House
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email europeansales.automation@agilent.com
www.agilent.com/lifesciences/automationWorldwide Headquarters
Agilent Automation Solutions
5301 Stevens Creek Blvd.
Santa Clara, CA 95051
USAtel. +1 408 553 2424
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tel. +44-208-546-0869
email info@primetek-solutions.comLaboratory Equipment02/12/2010 - 17:42SP Industries Inc. has announced that as of 1st February 2010 that it will adopt the new trading name - SP Scientific for its VirTis, Genevac, FTS Systems and Hotpack brands.
Mark Shon, Vice President Sales and Marketing stated, "Through a process of acquisitions over recent years we have created a strong corporate entity that develops, manufactures, sells and services a wide variety of innovative laboratory and process products to countries worldwide". The focal point of our worldwide business is scientific instruments including freeze dryers / lyophilizers, centrifugal evaporators and concentrators, thermal management systems, and glassware washers. Through its existing brands - Genevac, Virtis, Hotpack and FTS Systems - SP Scientific will continue its strategy of innovative product development, maintaining close consultative cooperation with its customers and offering international benchmark quality products, service and support.
For further information relating to this announcement please email Cynthia.Reiter@SPscientific.com or visit the new website at www.spscientific.com.
SP Scientific is a leading manufacturer of laboratory to production scale freeze dryers / lyophilizers, centrifugal evaporators and concentrators, environmental control chambers, thermal control system, glassware washers and dryers. The company sells its products under well-known brands including Hotpack�, VirTis�, FTS� and Genevac�. SP Scientific has ISO 9001:2000 registered production facilities in the USA and Europe.
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Worldwide Headquarters
SP Scientific, Inc.
3538 Main Street
P.O Box 158
Stone Ridge
NY 12484
USATel: +1.845.687.5315
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Genevac Ltd.
Farthing Road
Ipswich IP1 5AP
UKtel. +44-1473-240000
email salesinfo@genevac.co.ukLaboratory Equipment02/12/2010 - 17:38Fluidigm Corporation has announced it has entered into a multi-year agreement with Bayer CropScience to supply integrated fluidic circuits (IFCs) and instrumentation to Bayer CropScience's global operations. Bayer CropScience will be using Fluidigm technology to conduct marker-assisted breeding, genetic analysis in its molecular breeding program and quality control on its vegetable seeds.
"Fluidigm is delighted to be a global supplier to Bayer CropScience. Our technology is perfectly suited to help them develop and take-to-market the highest-quality seeds for field and vegetable crops," said Gajus Worthington, president and chief executive officer of Fluidigm. "We are committed to helping Bayer CropScience meet the ever-increasing demands for high-quality food supplies throughout the world."
While many seed producers are using molecular breeding techniques, the capacity of the available test systems has been limited. Fluidigm's technology increases output more than ten-fold and reduces the cost-per-data point to a mere fraction obtainable with standard 384 well plates for "high-throughput" genotyping. "Until recently, breeders throughout the world could only dream of such a technique, yet now Fluidigm is making this a reality," Worthington explained.
Fluidigm provides molecular breeders with BioMark™ and EP1™ systems, along with Fluidigm's microfluidic-based Dynamic Array™ IFCs to provide superior data quality, a fast and easy workflow, and significantly higher throughput and cost savings for high-throughput SNP genotyping studies.
Traditionally in a breeding experiment, new crops had to be grown, traits selected, plants cross-bred, and then seeds grown again to maturity to check the results. After each cross-breeding, the perfect plant had to be identified out of many thousands that had been bred with exactly the same desired characteristics. This research could easily spread over years or even decades. With molecular breeding techniques, breeders are now able to dramatically decrease cost and timelines to select the best seeds for the market place.Fluidigm develops, manufactures and markets proprietary Integrated Fluidic Circuit (IFC) systems that significantly improve productivity in life science research. Fluidigm's IFCs enable the simultaneous performance of thousands of sophisticated biochemical measurements in extremely minute volumes. These "integrated circuits for biology" are made possible by miniaturizing and integrating liquid handling components on a single microfluidic device (IFC). Fluidigm's systems, consisting of instrumentation, software and single-use chips, increase throughput, decrease costs and enhance sensitivity compared to conventional laboratory systems. Fluidigm products have not been cleared or approved by the Food and Drug Administration for use as a diagnostic and are only available for research use. For more information, please visit www.fluidigm.com.
For more information about Bayer CropScience, please visit www.bayercropscience.com.
* Fluidigm, the Fluidigm logo, Topaz, BioMark, Dynamic Array, Digital Array, Access Array and NanoFlex are trademarks or registered trademarks of Fluidigm Corporation. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
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Fluidigm Europe B.V
Parnassustoren, Locatellikade 1
1076 AZ Amsterdam
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Media Contact: Dr Bill Bradburytel. +33-44-259-3861 (Technical) / +44-208-546-0869 (Media)
email leila.smith@fluidigm.com / info@primetek-solutions.comWorldwide Headquarters
Fluidigm Corporation
7000 Shoreline Court
Suite 100, South San Francisco
CA 94080
USALaboratory Equipment02/12/2010 - 17:36AMSBIO has announced 2 new histone deacetylase (HDAC) cell-based assay kits that provide an easy tool for studying the activity and inhibition of the full range of HDAC enzymes (1-11).
Inhibition of histone deacetylases has been implicated to modulate transcription and induce apoptosis or differentiation in cancer cells. However, screening compounds for HDAC inhibition has traditionally been difficult due to the lack of convenient tools for analysing HDAC activity.
The new AMSBIO HDAC Cell Based Assay Kits provide a fast and fluorescence-based method that eliminates radioactivity, extractions, or chromatography, as are often used in traditional HDAC assays. By using a cell-permeable HDAC substrate in the new assay kits, the activity of various protein lysine-specific deacetylases including HDAC-containing complexes can be measured in intact cells in a simple and homogenous manner. The fluorescence of the deacetylated reaction product can be analysed using a plate reader or a fluorometer.
The new assay procedures require only two easy steps, each performed on a single microtitre plate. First, the HDAC substrate, which comprises an acetylated lysine side chain, is incubated with a sample containing HDAC activity. Second, deacetylation of the substrate sensitises the substrate, so that further treatment with the Lysine Developer produces a fluorophore.
Both the HDAC and HDAC class2a assay are well suited for high throughput screening applications. HDAC inhibitors and antibodies together with all 11 active HDAC enzymes are available. Active Sirtuin proteins are also available separately too.
For further information on HDAC Assay Kits please visit www.amsbio.com/datasheets/50033.pdf /
www.amsbio.com/datasheets/50041.pdf or contact AMSBIO on tel. +44-1235-828200 or email info@amsbio.com.Founded in 1987, AMS Biotechnology (AMSBIO) is recognised as a leading international provider of unique & innovative products & custom services for life sciences research. The amsbio range includes over 23,000 polyclonal & monoclonal antibodies, peptides, recombinant proteins, extracellular matrix, molecular detection reagents, & tissue DNA, RNA, protein & microarray products. Key research areas include: apoptosis, cell invasion & migration, cell signaling, DNA damage, electrophoresis, glycobiology, posttranslational modification & stem cell biology.
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AMS Biotechnology (AMSBIO)
184 Milton Park
Abingdon
Oxon OX14 4SE
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Web www.amsbio.comLaboratory Equipment02/12/2010 - 17:35Optical Surfaces Ltd (www.optisurf.com) hat angekündigt, dass es einen Strahlenkollimator mit einer freien Apertur von 235 mm an einen führenden europäischen Lieferanten der Avionik-/Verteidigungsindustrie geliefert hat, der dem Unternehmen ermöglicht, die Qualität seiner Bildgebungssysteme vom sichtbaren bis zum Infrarotstrahlungsbereich mit Hilfe von Modulationsübertragungsfunktions (MÜF)-Kriterien präzise zu messen.
Mit zunehmender Nachfrage nach optischen Systemen mit höherer Qualität und höherer Auflösung zur Integration in raffinierte Bildgebungssysteme haben sich viele Konstrukteure und Wissenschaftler für die MÜF-Messung* als flexibles und genaues Hilfsmittel zur Systemcharakterisierung entschieden. Strahlkollimatoren sind optische Baugruppen, die divergente oder konvergente einfallende Lichtstrahlen parallel richten. Sie können verwendet werden, um ein Ziel in der Unendlichkeit ohne Parallaxe abzubilden. Strahlenkollimatoren können zur Kalibrierung anderer optischer Geräte benutzt werden, um zu prüfen, ob alle Elemente auf der optischen Achse ausgerichtet sind, Elemente auf die richtige Brennweite einzustellen oder zwei oder mehr Geräte zueinander auszurichten. Strahlenkollimatoren sind das optische System der Wahl für Anwendungen einschließlich von MÜF-Tests.
Dr. Aris Kouris, Verkaufs- und Marketingleiter bei Optical Surfaces Ltd, erklärte dazu: "Optical Surfaces Ltd wurde für die Produktion des Strahlenkollimators aufgrund unserer Bereitschaft zur Zusammenarbeit mit dem Kunden ausgewählt, um ein ideales System für sein Projekt zu schaffen." Er fügte hinzu: "Unsere Erfahrung bei der Lieferung von außeraxialen Hochleistungs-Reflexstrahlenkollimatoren und Strahlenausweitern an Kunden auf der ganzen Welt ist einzigartig."
Optical Surfaces Ltd produzierte den benötigten Strahlenkollimator mit einer freien Apertur von 235 mm, einem Ausgangswellenfrontfehler von weniger als Lambda/5 p-v und einer außeraxialen optischen Konstruktion, die keine zentrale Verdunkelung erzeugte und eine hochgradig effiziente Übertragung bot.
Optical Surfaces Ltd. stellt seit über 45 Jahren optische Komponenten und Systeme her, und ist jetzt als einer der führenden europäischen Hersteller von Präzisionsoptik für Forscher auf der ganzen Welt etabliert. Die wichtigsten Werkstätten und Testeinrichtungen des Unternehmens befinden sich tief unter der Erde in einer Reihe von Tunneln, die in massivem Kalkstein ausgeschachtet worden sind, wo die Temperatur konstant bleibt und praktisch keine Vibrationen vorhanden sind. Unter derart stabilen Bedingungen sind Prüfungen insbesondere mit langen Weglängen quantifizierbar und zuverlässig. Ein hochqualifiziertes Team von Fertigungsfachleuten nutzt diese natürlichen Vorteile und setzt sich für Spitzenleistungen sowohl bei Produktqualität als auch beim Kundendienst ein. Die nach ISO 9001-2000 zertifizierte Fertigungsanlage von Optical Surfaces bietet flexible Ressourcen für die Lieferung von einzelnen Sonderanfertigungen bis hin zu OEM-Mengen. Alle Präzisionsoptik wird mit einem vollständigen Qualitätssicherungsbericht geliefert.
Weitere Informationen über Hochleistungs-Strahlenkollimatoren erhalten Sie bei Optical Surfaces Ltd unter der Telefonnummer +44-208-668-6126 oder per E-Mail sales@optisurf.com
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Optical Surfaces Ltd.
Godstone Road
Kenley
Surrey CR8 5AA
UKtel. +44-208-668-6126
email sales@optisurf.com
web www.optisurf.comLaboratory Equipment01/22/2010 - 23:53SP Industries Inc. has announced the first dates for its 2010 Roadshow 'Freeze Drying of Pharmaceuticals: Principles and Practice'.
Drawing upon speakers from the internationally acknowledged Freeze Drying Group at the University of Erlangen, Germany - SP Industries has organised a comprehensive 1-day program of seminars and discussions. The talks have been designed to enable people involved with pharmaceutical freeze drying and lyophilisation, at all levels of experience, to gain considerable benefit.
Seminar topics include: Introduction to Freeze Drying: putting principles into practice ; Formulation: understanding the physical properties of materials ; Overcoming the challenge of formulating colloidal materials ; Freeze Drying Microscopy: introduction and relevance to process design and optimisation ; A review of PAT tools for freeze drying ; An introduction to MTM and SMART freeze dryer technology ; Heat & Mass transfer in freeze drying and Scale-Up: Fundamental Concepts.
For further information or to reserve a place at the free Roadshow seminars in Boston, MA (April 12th), New Brunswick, NJ (April 13th) or San Francisco, CA (April 15th) please contact SP Industries on +1-845-687-5303 or email leslie.mather@spindustries.com
SP Industries is a leading manufacturer of laboratory to production scale freeze dryers / lyophilizers, centrifugal evaporators and concentrators, environmental control chambers, thermal control system, glassware washers and dryers. The company sells its products under well-known brands including Hotpack®, VirTis®, FTS™ and Genevac®. SP Industries has ISO 9001:2000 registered production facilities in the USA and Europe. The company continues to invest heavily in validation and commissioning competencies. With the ongoing requirements of 21 CFR Part 11 and the emergence of GAMP 4, SP Industries is uniquely positioned as a leader in compliance and GAMP 4 commitment.
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Worldwide Headquarters
SP Industries, Inc.
3538 Main Street
P.O Box 158
Stone Ridge
NY 12484
USATel: +1.845.687.5315
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Genevac Ltd.
Farthing Road
Ipswich IP1 5AP
UKtel. +44-1473-240000
email salesinfo@genevac.co.ukLaboratory Equipment01/22/2010 - 19:34Specialised Imaging Ltd. has released a new application note describing how its SIMD8 ultra-high speed framing camera has been used to record the detonation of high explosives.
The purpose of the experiment was a proof of principle to show that the SIMD8 camera could image the extreme brightness of the explosive fireball with no interframe crosstalk and minimal or no phosphor lag.
The application note describes how 8 ounces of high explosive was detonated in a blast containment chamber with the SIMD8 sited 3 metres away looking through a polycarbonate viewing port. The SIMD8 was programmed to take an 8 frame sequence, at 100,000 frames per second, with an initial delay of 15 microseconds and equally spaced interframe times of 10 microseconds. The exposure time for all frames was programmed for 20 nanoseconds. Framing data is presented that clearly shows no crosstalk or ghost imaging in either the early or later frames.
Unlike many traditional ultra fast framing cameras the optical design of the SIMD8 provides the choice of up to 8 separate optical channels without compromising performance or image quality. Effects such as parallax and shading, inherent in other designs, are eliminated and the high spatial resolution (> 36 lp/mm) is the same from frame to frame and in both axes. Individual ultra-high resolution intensified CCD detectors, controlled by state-of-the-art electronics, offer almost infinite control over gain and exposure allowing researchers total freedom to capture images of even the most difficult transient phenomena.
Specialised Imaging Ltd. is a knowledgeable, dynamic company focused upon design, manufacture, service and supply of ultra high-speed imaging systems and components for industrial, defence and scientific applications.
A copy of Application Note 1 may be downloaded from http://www.specialised-imaging.com/application_notes.htm.
For further information on this application please contact Specialised Imaging Ltd on telephone +44-1442-827728 or email info@specialised-imaging.com.
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Worldwide HQ
Specialised Imaging Ltd.
Unit 32, Silk Mill Industrial Estate
Tring
Herts. HP23 5EF
UKtel. +44-1442-827728
fax +44-1442-827830
email info@specialised-imaging.com
www.specialised-imaging.comLaboratory Equipment01/21/2010 - 18:12Porvair Sciences Ltd. has announced a new sterile 96-well Shallow Polypropylene Plate that offers a capacity of just 150µL per well reducing reagent costs and round well bottoms to ensure good mixing.
Supplied sterile and DNA/RNA free in bags of 25, packed four to a case of 100, the new plates are an ideal tool for undertaking bacterial, yeast or cell growth work. Beneficially the design of the shallow polypropylene plate positions samples much closer to analyser detectors, resulting in increased counting efficiencies.
Manufactured from natural ultra-pure grade polypropylene under clean room conditions - Porvair's 96-well shallow polypropylene plate contains no contaminants that may leach out and affect biological samples. Bulk packs of suitable sterile lids are also available, so that the inconvenience of unwrapping individual sterile plates in a safety cabinet is completely eliminated.
Combining uncompromising high quality with an affordable price, Porvair 96-well shallow polypropylene plates are precisely manufactured to comply with ANSI/SBS dimensions* ensuring complete compatibility with all microplate readers, washers and automated equipment.
Established in 1992, Porvair Sciences Ltd. expertise in microplate technology and manufacturing covers scientific fields including Life Sciences, Drug Discovery, Combinatorial Chemistry, Solid Phase Extraction, Protein Purification, High Throughput Screening, Proteomics and Genomics. Porvair Sciences Ltd. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Porvair plc.
For further information or a free sample plates please contact Porvair Sciences Ltd. on telephone +44-1372-824290 or email int.sales@porvair-sciences.com
* ANSI/SBS 1-2004 Microplate Footprint Dimensions and ANSI/SBS 4-2004 Microplate Well Positions as registered and designated by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI).
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Worldwide HQ
Porvair Sciences Ltd
Dorset House
Regent Park
Kingston Road
Leatherhead
Surrey KT22 7PL
UKTel: +44-1372-824290
Fax: +44-1372-824271
Email: int.sales@porvair-sciences.com
Web www.porvair-sciences.comLaboratory Equipment01/20/2010 - 17:17Resolve Optics Ltd., specialists in OEM lens design and manufacture, has announced a 35% growth in sales for 2009 over the previous 12 months.
Mark Pontin, Managing Director commented '2009 was a good year for Resolve Optics Ltd. despite the global recession'. 'We saw further consolidation of the trend for companies to seek optimised custom rather than off-the-shelf lenses to enable their products to achieve their full potential thereby enabling access to new applications and helping achieve competitive advantage'. He added 'In addition to good repeat orders from existing customers - we achieved growth in export sales from new customers particularly in the machine vision and nuclear industries'. To fulfil the growth in sales - Resolve Optics Ltd. recruited new staff mainly in its assembly and production areas.
Operating from its ISO9001-2008 approved facility in Chesham, UK - Resolve Optics has built a strong reputation for specialist lens design and manufacture of production quantities of custom lenses on time to strict quality and target price guidelines. Drawing upon over 20 years experience Resolve Optics Ltd. has built a strong reputation for developing compact fixed and zoom lenses for vision applications including parts recognition, precise component placement, automated alignment and placement and automated inspection of manufactured components. In addition the company is internationally renowned for design and manufacture of production quantities of specialist radiation-resistant lenses and optical products. All optical elements within Resolve Optics radiation tolerant fixed focus designs are made using cerium oxide doped glass or synthetic silica enabling them to withstand radiation doses of up to 100,000,000 rads without degradation of performance.
For further information visit www.resolveoptics.com/oem.htm or contact Resolve Optics Ltd. on +44-1494-777100 or email sales@resolveoptics.com
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Worldwide HQ
Resolve Optics Ltd.
Asheridge Road
Chesham
Bucks. HP5 2PT
UKtel. +44-1494 777100
email sales@resolveoptics.com
www.resolveoptics.comLaboratory Equipment01/20/2010 - 08:21Porvair Sciences Ltd has chosen the forthcoming Analytica meeting in Munich, Germany (23rd - 26th March) as the launch pad for its increased focus on German speaking markets in 2010.
Steve Knight, Marketing Manager commented 'Over recent years, working with local agents including Dunn Labortechnik GmbH and our Austrian & Swiss Distributors, we have generated considerable interest from German speaking scientists in our innovative microplate products that enable scientists to optimise sample preparation and improve productivity'. He added 'Many European scientists have appreciated the excellent technical and applications support available from Porvair Sciences' knowledgeable staff - in 2010 this will be augmented by the introduction of a wide range of German and French language content on our website'.
Visitors to Analytica Stand 310/1, Hall B2 will be able to see Porvair Sciences' comprehensive range of application specific microplates and affordable, productivity-enhancing microplate equipment.
At this important meeting Porvair Sciences will show the MiniSeal Plus™, an entry-level semi-automated thermal sealer developed for laboratories sealing small to medium batches of microplates. The versatile device is capable of producing an accurate and tight seal on any SBS proposed standard, deep well or PCR microplate from 3 to 62mm in height. For laboratories looking to remove the traditional drug discovery 'bottleneck' of solvent evaporation in microplates prior to analysis or reconstitution in buffer - Porvair Sciences' choice of 24-well and 96-well MiniVap™ sample concentrators will be of particular interest. The affordable MiniVap sample concentrators take just minutes to dry down a plate. Compact in design the MiniVap will fit into any standard fume cupboard and is ideal for laboratories tasked with smaller numbers of individual microplates.
Designed to be easily assembled and disassembled by robotic manipulators - Porvair Sciences will exhibit their innovative Universal Robotic Manifold - a novel product that enables productive automation of SPE or DNA clean-up procedures. Able to accommodate collection plates from 14mm - 44mm in height and adaptable to work with three different lengths of drip director the Universal Robotic Manifold offers the unique capability of being able to operate with all brands of filter plate and waste collection reservoir tray.
Established in 1992, Porvair Sciences Ltd. expertise in microplate technology and manufacturing covers scientific fields including Life Sciences, Drug Discovery, Combinatorial Chemistry, Solid Phase Extraction, Protein Purification, High Throughput Screening, Proteomics and Genomics. Porvair Sciences Ltd. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Porvair plc.
For further information on the products mentioned above please contact Porvair Sciences on telephone +44-1932-240255, email int.sales@porvair-sciences.com or visit the website at www.porvair-sciences.com
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Porvair Sciences Ltd
Dorset House
Regent Park
Kingston Road
Leatherhead
Surrey KT22 7PL
UKTel: +44-1372-824290
Fax: +44-1372-824271
Email: int.sales@porvair-sciences.com
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