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Professor Yvonne Wren

@yvonnewren.bsky.social
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Professor in Speech and Communication at the University of Bristol/ Professor of Speech and Language Therapy at Cardiff Metropolitan University/Director of Bristol Speech & Language Therapy Research Unit Interested in all things cleft, speech and SSD

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Professor Yvonne Wren @yvonnewren.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Today is a key turning point in the @misltoessd.bsky.social study-publication of our Core Outcome Set. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... Huge thanks @samburrslt.bsky.social @samharding.bsky.social @drjoannecleland.bsky.social @drhelenslt.bsky.social and all made this happen. Roll on phase 2!
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Maximising the Impact of Speech and Language Therapy for Children With Speech Sound Disorder (The MISLToe‐SSD) Study: Developing a Core Outcome Set (COS) for Routine Data Collection From UK NHS Speech and Language Therapy Services
Background Children with speech sound disorder (SSD) are at risk of long-term adverse consequences if appropriate intervention is not provided in a timely way. Although there are interventions of pr...
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Professor Yvonne Wren @yvonnewren.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
We are recruiting!! Join #MISLToe_SSD and be part of the new study in Wales. This is an exciting project which is now in phase 2 with phase 3 in the planning stages. If you know about speech sound disorder and know about research, please apply. jobs.cardiffmet.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
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Job Opportunity at Cardiff Metropolitan University: Research Fellow (Speech and Language Therapy)
We are looking for an enthusiastic individual to support the delivery of an exciting new Health and Care Research Wales funded research project in the field of children’s speech development and disord...
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Professor Yvonne Wren @yvonnewren.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
Are you a healthcare researcher in Wales and at midcareer stage looking for funding to develop independence OR to complete a PhD by published works -if so, this scheme could be for you healthandcareresearchwales.org/researchers/... Deadline 9th October
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Advancing Researcher Scheme
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Professor Yvonne Wren @yvonnewren.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
Important report from the NMAHPs Task and Finish group, commissioned by the Office for the Strategic Coordination of Health Research to address decline in clinical academic workforce. www.ukri.org/publications... Five key action areas identified Essential reading for UK clinical academics
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Clinical researchers in the UK: reversing the decline
These reports evaluate the current decline in clinical researchers, determines underlying causes and defines necessary actions across stakeholders at a national level.
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Professor Yvonne Wren @yvonnewren.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
Come and join our MISLToe_SSD team! Great opportunity for post doc in SLT, linguistics or psychology. www.nbt.nhs.uk/careers/curr...
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Current Vacancies | North Bristol NHS Trust
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Professor Yvonne Wren @yvonnewren.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
@samburrslt.bsky.social presenting at @icpla2025.bsky.social on speech sound development in pre term born children Another presentation from @bristol-sltru.bsky.social and @cardiffmet.bsky.social and @cshcr.bsky.social
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Professor Yvonne Wren @yvonnewren.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
A new action plan has been launched to boost research skills and opportunities for nurses, midwives and allied health professionals in Wales. Read more from healthandcareresearchwales.org/about/news/s... @welshgovernment.bsky.social @researchwales.bsky.social
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Strategic action plan to boost research by nurses, midwives and allied health professions in Wales
A new research plan for nurses, midwives and allied health professionals has been launched today.
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Professor Yvonne Wren @yvonnewren.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
Are you an SLT/SLP with vision difference? This could include vision loss, vision impairment, blindness, deafblindness, cortical/cerebral/neurological vision impairment. If so, Kate Crowe, University of Iceland would love to hear from you at kcrowe@hi.is.
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Professor Yvonne Wren @yvonnewren.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Yeh! HI Elise. And welcome!
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Symplify @symplify.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
The SLCN Researchers WhatsApp Community is officially live! Join here: chat.whatsapp.com/KTzjCVahxLKE... This is a free space for all speech, language and communication-related research-active folks to connect, network and share. I’m really excited to build this community up! #slpeeps
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Dr Susan Ebbels @susanebbels.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Sounds like a great project. Anyone interested? #bskySPEECHIES #DevLangDis
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Professor Yvonne Wren @yvonnewren.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Great opportunity for an SLT interested in research to work with an excellent team on validating a new screening tool for adults with non-diagnosed DLD. www.bath.ac.uk/jobs/Vacancy...
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ED12650 Research Assistant/Associate - Jobs at Bath
Research Associate
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Joanne Cleland @drjoannecleland.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Our @misltoessd.bsky.social paper describing our consensus-based diagnostic protocol for subtyping #ChildSpeechDis is out now doi.org/10.1111/1460... .
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Towards an Agreed Labelling System and Protocol for the Diagnosis of Speech Sound Disorder Subtypes in the United Kingdom
Background There is no single classification system or diagnostic protocol for speech sound disorder (SSD). This makes it difficult to collect large-scale outcome data and determine which interventi.....
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Professor Yvonne Wren @yvonnewren.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Interested in undertaking a masters level dissertation with support? See this opportunity for health and social care professionals in the South West. Deadline 30th April.
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Professor Yvonne Wren @yvonnewren.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Are you a health or social care professional in the South west and interested in developing research methods skills? Opportunity for an @chcr-uwe.bsky.social Personal Research Training award. Deadline 30th April so act quickly.
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Professor Yvonne Wren @yvonnewren.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Really excited to be promoting Cardiff Metropolitan University's modules in cleft palate for speech and language therapists. These provide vital training in cleft specialist skills and can either be taken as standalone modules or part of a Masters Programme @cshcr.bsky.social @cardiffmet.bsky.social
Poster providing information about cleft masters module at Cardiff Met University
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Dr Abhaya Vadlamudi @abhayavadlamudi.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Cleft@18-23 study is now recruiting participants across the UK! @cleft1823study.bsky.social #cleft #cleft18-23 #cleftresearch #cleftlipandpalate
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Cleft Collective @cleftcollective.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
HRH The Duchess of Edinburgh visited @bristoluni.bsky.social to learn more about world-leading research funded by Scar Free Foundation. HRH visited the Cleft Collective as one of the studies funded by Scar Free for over 10 years. Read more: www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2025/ma... Image credit: James Allan
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Professor Yvonne Wren @yvonnewren.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Writing a grant application is always daunting but when you are starting out, knowing what to write and how to write it can be overwhelming. This 3 day workshop from the NIHR (which I think is free) is an ideal opportunity to learn how to do it: nihr-rss-public-health-soton.org/egga2025-pro...
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EGGA2025 Programme - Research Design Service South Central
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Dr Sam Burr @samburrslt.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
@clairemillsslt.bsky.social @charliestrutt.bsky.social @sarahhayward.bsky.social @hazelroddam.bsky.social @jowallinger.bsky.social @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social @yvonnewren.bsky.social @drjoannecleland.bsky.social @drhelenslt.bsky.social Please share to open doors for #ResearchCurious SLTs 🤩
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Professor Yvonne Wren @yvonnewren.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
15% discount on the new Therapy Outcome Measure Handbook now available at www.jr-press.co.uk/forthcoming-.... Includes new PROM on principles of TOM — the TOM-PROM! + 6 new scales: -Nutrition -Assistive technology -Long Covid -Paediatric/developmental conditions -Mental health -Acquired conditions
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Forthcoming Books - J&R Press
FORTHCOMING BOOKS
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Professor Yvonne Wren @yvonnewren.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Fantastic talk-thanks @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social and @ebibristol.bsky.social Common link between Amir, Selma and Paul(?)- challenges with communication/communication disability. Identifying methods of communicating which are accessible to all will have universal benefits. #communicationdisability
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Speech and Language UK @speechandlanguk.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
We’re thrilled to announce the launch of the Speech, Language and Communication Alliance today! As Alliance members, we're calling on the Government and policymakers to focus on speech, language and communication issues, ensuring the best outcomes for children and young people.
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Professor Yvonne Wren @yvonnewren.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Great to see @drjennyg.bsky.social was involved in this centreforearlychildhood.org/our-work/res...
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The Shaping Us Framework - CFEC
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Professor Yvonne Wren @yvonnewren.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Looking forward to following RCSLT in UK parliament today, 4.30pm www.rcslt.org/news/invest-...
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Invest in SLT petition will be debated in Parliament | RCSLT
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Professor Yvonne Wren @yvonnewren.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
@bbcbreaking-bot.bsky.social why is this not being reported by BBC www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
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‘The end of women and children’s rights’: outrage as Iraqi law allows child marriage
The Iraqi parliament has passed a ‘terrifying’ law permitting children as young as nine to marry
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Professor Yvonne Wren @yvonnewren.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
Really pleased to have this as our first paper of 2025 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... Interested in knowing how this work progressed - follow us on @cleft1823study.bsky.social Get in touch with us if you want to know more or get involved and you are aged 18-30 and born with a cleft.
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Exploring the Needs of Young People Born With Cleft Lip and/or Palate Approaching End of Routine Care, in the UK - Julie Davies, Elaine Davidson, Sam Harding, Yvonne Wren, Lucy Southby, 2025
Objective The aim of this study was to understand the needs of young people, aged 16 to 20 years, born with cleft lip and/or palate (CL/P) approaching end of ro...
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Dr Stephanie van Eeden @stephvanee-slt.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
First paper from PhD published today…children with cleft lip/palate were at higher risk of language difficulties if they had phonological errors with or without cleft speech characteristics (CSCs). CSCs alone were not an indicator of lower language skills. Read more here dx.doi.org/10.1111/1460...
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Rethinking speech sound disorder (SSD) in non‐syndromic cleft lip and palate: The importance of recognizing phonological and language difficulties
Background Children born with cleft palate ± lip (CP ± L) are at risk of speech sound disorder (SSD). Up to 40% continue to have SSD at age 5–6 years. These difficulties are typically described as a...
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Dr Sam Burr @samburrslt.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
📣 Are you a research-curious SLT? The Clinical Academic CEN invites #StudyDay: "The Research Elevator Pitch" 7th March 12:30-2pm (Zoom) Email: clinacsltcen@gmail.com with your project or to join the event @bristol-sltru.bsky.social @cshcr.bsky.social @speechbite.bsky.social @sltsbl.bsky.social
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Dorothy Bishop @deevybee.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
ICYMI
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Cleft Collective @cleftcollective.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Latest research from cleftcollective.bsky.social concludes that children born with a cleft and two or more anomalies are more likely to have a syndrome than those with fewer anomalies and should be prioritised for assessment by Clinical Genetics services. www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/13...
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Predicting Syndromic Status Based on Longitudinal Data from Parental Reports of the Presence of Additional Structural and Functional Anomalies in Children Born with an Orofacial Cleft
Background: Orofacial clefts are the most common craniofacial congenital malformation in humans. Approximately 30% of clefts arise as part of a syndrome or sequence, characterised by co-existing struc...
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Mark Jayes PhD, FRCSLT @markjayes.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Please spread the word @sarahhayward.bsky.social @kathbroomfield.bsky.social @salonikrishnan.bsky.social @samburrslt.bsky.social @susanebbels.bsky.social @susanguthrieslt.bsky.social @suecaton.bsky.social
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Professor Yvonne Wren @yvonnewren.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
Living in SW England and an NMAHP interested in research - opportunities for MRes Funding and involvement in research engagement working group - more info at insight-southwestcentral.net
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NIHR INSIGHT Programme for the South West Central Collaboration
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Professor Yvonne Wren @yvonnewren.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
Funding for a PhD (salary replacement) available from gw4-cat.ac.uk. Particularly interested in SLTs with interest in voice, movement disorders, huntingdon's disease. Contact me for more info and I will connect you with the senior supervisor yvonne.wren@bristol.ac.uk
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GW4-CAT HP – GW4 Clinical Academic Training Programme for Health Professionals
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Professor Yvonne Wren @yvonnewren.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Fabulous time at the annual inclusive @cardiffmet.bsky.social Christmas Carol service at Llandaff cathedral. Songs and readings in Welsh and English. Special time.
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Joanne Cleland @drjoannecleland.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
The abstract deadline for #ICPLA2025 is going to be extended until the 10th of January. Plenty time to get your abstracts in on all things clinical #linguistics and #phonetics #bskySpeechies logoth.upatras.gr/en/icpla2025/ . Please repost to let people know as ICPLA aren't on Bluesky yet
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ICPLA2025 – Τμήμα Λογοθεραπείας
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Dr Stephanie van Eeden @stephvanee-slt.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
Interested in a PhD looking at identifying early indicators of persistent speech sound disorder in children born with cleft? Check this link for a funded PhD opportunity working with the Cleft Collective www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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Reducing inequality through early identification of risk of persistent speech disorder in children born with cleft palate at University of Bristol on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Reducing inequality through early identification of risk of persistent speech disorder in children born with cleft palate at University of Bristol, listed on FindAPhD.com
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Professor Yvonne Wren @yvonnewren.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
Great opportunity for funded PhD studentship in cleft and speech with us @cleftcollective.bsky.social and @cleft1823study.bsky.social Please share widely!
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Professor Yvonne Wren @yvonnewren.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
Are you a clinician and keen to start a research career with a question that comes within the remit of discovery science? This is a great opportunity for a salary replacement scheme for PhD with Wellcome Trust funding: gw4-cat.ac.uk Call now open - deadline for application 17th Jan
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GW4-CAT HP – GW4 Clinical Academic Training Programme for Health Professionals
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Professor Yvonne Wren @yvonnewren.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Calling all NMAHPs looking for salary replacement PhD funding. The GW4-CAT HP scheme welcomes applications for proposals on discovery science including population health, cardiovascular sciences, neuroscience, mental health, infection. gw4-cat.ac.uk/how-to-apply...
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How to Apply – GW4-CAT HP
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Professor Yvonne Wren @yvonnewren.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
I'm putting together a starter pack for cleft - a list of accounts to follow that we can share on the topic of cleft lip and palate. It's small ATM - but hopefully we can encourage more of our colleagues to join and be added to it. @clapacommunity.bsky.social @stephvanee-slt.bsky.social
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Professor Yvonne Wren @yvonnewren.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Thanks @jititterington.bsky.social This special issue builds on the online webinars that we ran with IALP in 2022 on the same topic. You can find recordings of those at ialp-org.com/child-speech/
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IALP
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Professor Yvonne Wren @yvonnewren.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Thanks for highlighting this @carolinebowen.bsky.social. cssd is the acronym for www.cssd.ac.uk/discover-cen... Can we explore other options? #SpSD? #SpSdDis #SSDis? Others?
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Discover Postgraduate Courses | The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama
Learn more about the Postgraduate Courses at Central.
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Professor Yvonne Wren @yvonnewren.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Funded PhD opportunity with @cleftcollective.bsky.social at University of Bristol and @stephvanee-slt.bsky.social. Great opportunity to work that has impact for health providers and those affected by cleft lip/palate. More info at www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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Timing and technique of primary surgery for children born with cleft lip and/or palate and associations with childhood outcomes at University of Bristol on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Timing and technique of primary surgery for children born with cleft lip and/or palate and associations with childhood outcomes at University of Bristol, listed on FindAPhD.com
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Professor Yvonne Wren @yvonnewren.bsky.social · 06/11/2024
This is always a team effort so huge thanks to everyone involved in the Cleft Collective - the families, the regional cleft teams, and the study team in Bristol. And thanks to Bristol Dental School for this profile of our work.
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Cleft Collective @cleftcollective.bsky.social · 06/11/2024
Together we can investigate the causes of cleft, best treatments of cleft and better understand what it's like to be an adult living with a cleft. Watch our 4 minute film to find out more about this valuable research: 🎥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=imyJ...
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Leading the way in cleft research for better lives and futures
YouTube video by University of Bristol
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Professor Yvonne Wren @yvonnewren.bsky.social · 04/11/2024
Excellent article on the need for a plurality of evidence rather than a hierarchy. It shouldn't always lead to an RCT! Choose the best method for the question being asked.
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Professor Yvonne Wren @yvonnewren.bsky.social · 19/10/2024
Great to get started on bsky social and very pleased to have @carolinebowen.bsky.social as my first follower! Thanks Caroline!
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