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Miscellaneous Useful Tools
- CIA World Fact Book
- Constants, Equations, Conversions and Symbols
- Cooking Dictionaries
- Currency Converter
- Distance Between Two Places
- Google Maps
- Holidays Around the World
- Hoover's Online Company Information
- Household Products Database
- Laws and Models: Science, Engineering and Technology (UVa Only)
- Measures Dictionaries
- MegaConverter
- Murphy's Laws
- Perpetual Calendar
- Photography Dictionaries
- U.S. Naval Observatory Time Service
- Worldometers - World Statistics Updated in Real Time
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Aeronautical Engineering
- Aviation Dictionaries
- Links to a variety of dictionaries and glossaries of aviation terms in several languages.
- CRC Handbook of Engineering Tables (UVa Only)
- The most important tables from every engineering discipline collected from the best, most authoritative references. The most frequently consulted tables and figures from CRC's acclaimed engineering handbooks are gathered together to provide a one-stop resource for the data that engineers around the world rely upon.
- Encyclopedia Astronautica
- A comprehensive web portal to information about spacecraft, missions, astronauts and related topics.
- Engineering Handbook, 2nd ed. (UVa only)
- The definitive handbook to all engineering specialties, providing basic information and overviews, key concepts, models and equations.
- ENGnetBASE (UVa only)
- Handbooks and other reference books from CRC Press dealing with all areas of engineering.
- FAA Real-Time Flight Delay Map
- Provides real-time indications of airport status and delays due to weather, air traffic or other condictions affecting take-offs and landings.
- Flight Aware Flight Tracking Data
- Shows live flight tracking information for thousands of commercial and non-commercial flights daily, as well as information about airport terminal procedures, weather maps and related information.
- JPL Solar System Simulator
- Allows the user to simulate the view from a variety of spacecraft or space objects for approximately the last 20 years and for 15 years into the future.
- Knovel Library (UVa only)
- Large collection of handbooks and other information on chemistry and engineering. Topics include textiles, adhesives, metals, plastics, and other materials; biotechnology; food science; pharmaceuticals; industrial safety; aerospace; and most areas of engineering.
- MechanicalENGINEERINGnetBASE (UVa only)
- Handbooks and other reference books from CRC Press dealing with mechanical engineering, combustion, heat transfer, energy, mechatronics, transportation systems and tribology.
- NASA Satellite Tracker
- Presents several tools for tracking and visualizing the flight paths of thousands of unmanned satellites, as well as the International Space Station and space shuttle missions.
- NASA Thesaurus
- Contains the authorized subject terms and definitions where available by which documents in the NASA Aeronautics and Space Database are indexed.
- Referex (UVa only)
- Large collection of e-books from Elsevier and some other publishers. Search for keywords or for particular books or browse subject lists. Includes titles on materials, mechanical, electronic, electrical, chemical, petrochemical, and process engineering.
- Space Dictionaries
- Links to a variety of dictionaries and glossaries of space and astronautical terms in several languages.
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Astronomy
- Asteroid and Comet Impact Hazards
- A compilation of information about the risks of and consequences to the earth from asteroid and comet impacts. Also provides historical information about past impacts.
- Astronomy Dictionaries
- Links to a variety of dictionaries and glossaries of astronomy terms in several languages.
- Encyclopedia Astronautica
- A comprehensive web portal to information about spacecraft, missions, astronauts and related topics.
- Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics (UVa only)
- Search the full text or browse topics. including cosmology, archeoastronomy, instrumentation, space missions, solar system, stars, and galaxies.
- JPL Solar System Simulator
- Allows the user to simulate the view from a variety of spacecraft or space objects for approximately the last 20 years and for 15 years into the future.
- NASA Satellite Tracker
- Presents several tools for tracking and visualizing the flight paths of thousands of unmanned satellites, as well as the International Space Station and space shuttle missions.
- NASA Thesaurus
- Contains the authorized subject terms and definitions where available by which documents in the NASA Aeronautics and Space Database are indexed.
- Space Dictionaries
- Links to a variety of dictionaries and glossaries of space and astronautical terms in several languages.
- U.S. Naval Observatory Time Service
- Official time information from the Observatory along with related information about GPS, time zones, master clocks and other time-related topics.
- World Sunlight Map
- Watch the sun rise and set all over the world on this real-time, computer-generated illustration of the earth's patterns of sunlight and darkness. The clouds are updated every 3 hours with current weather satellite imagery.
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Biology
- Agriculture Dictionaries
- Links to a variety of dictionaries and glossaries of agricultural terms in several languages.
- Biology Dictionaries
- Links to a variety of dictionaries and glossaries of biological terms in several languages.
- BIOSCIENCEnetBASE (UVa only)
- Handbooks and other reference books from CRC Press dealing with bioinformatics, biomedical engineering, biostatistics, biotechnology, epidemiology, immunology, neurosciences, pharmacology and toxicology.
- Botany Dictionaries
- Links to a variety of dictionaries and glossaries of botanical terms in several languages.
- eNature Online Field Guides
- Online field guides to over 5,500 plant and animal species.
- Encyclopedia of Life Sciences (UVa only)
- Lengthy overview articles on many aspects of life sciences. From Wiley.
- Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems: EOLSS (UVa only)
- 16 interlinked encyclopedias to show "transdisciplinary aspects of the relationship between nature and human society." Covers topics in social sciences and humanities as well the life, physical, and applied sciences.
- Entomology Dictionaries
- Links to a variety of dictionaries and glossaries of entomological terms in several languages.
- Every Rose
- An online reference database to over 7,500 varieties of roses.
- Fish Dictionaries
- Links to a variety of dictionaries and glossaries of ichthyological terms in several languages.
- Forestry Dictionaries
- Links to a variety of dictionaries and glossaries of arboreal and forestry terms in several languages.
- IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
- The IUCN Red List is the world's most comprehensive inventory of the global conservation status of plant and animal species.
- National Biological Information Infrastructure
- The National Biological Information Infrastructure (NBII) is a broad, collaborative program to provide increased access to data and information on the nation's biological resources. The NBII links diverse, high-quality biological databases, information products, and analytical tools maintained by NBII partners and other contributors.
- NatureServe Explorer - Online Encyclopedia of Life
- An authoritative source for information on more than 70,000 plants, animals, and ecosystems of the United States and Canada. Explorer includes particularly in-depth coverage for rare and endangered species.
- Tree of Life Web Project
- The Tree of Life Web Project is a collection of information about biodiversity compiled collaboratively by hundreds of expert and amateur contributors. Its goal is to contain a page with pictures, text, and other information for every species and for each group of organisms, living or extinct.
- World Biodiversity Database
- The WBD currently consists of 21 separate projects, each with its own interface and feature set. These projects cover a total of 25,493 unique taxa, plus an additional 4,149 synonyms.
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Biomedical Engineering
- Biomedical Devices and Technology Handbook (UVa only)
- This CRC handbook illuminates the equipment, devices, and techniques used in modern medicine to diagnose, treat, and monitor human illnesses. Topics range from the basic procedures like blood pressure measurement to cutting-edge imaging equipment, biological tests, and genetic engineering.
- BIOSCIENCEnetBASE (UVa only)
- Handbooks and other reference books from CRC Press dealing with bioinformatics, biomedical engineering, biostatistics, biotechnology, epidemiology, immunology, neurosciences, pharmacology and toxicology.
- CRC Handbook of Engineering Tables (UVa only)
- The most important tables from every engineering discipline collected from the best, most authoritative references. The most frequently consulted tables and figures from CRC's acclaimed engineering handbooks are gathered together to provide a one-stop resource for the data that engineers around the world rely upon.
- Engineering Handbook (UVa only)
- The definitive handbook to all engineering specialties, providing basic information and overviews, key concepts, models and equations.
- ENGnetBASE (UVa only)
- Handbooks and other reference books from CRC Press dealing with all areas of engineering.
- Knovel Library (UVa only)
- Large collection of handbooks and other information on chemistry and engineering. Topics include textiles, adhesives, metals, plastics, and other materials; biotechnology; food science; pharmaceuticals; industrial safety; aerospace; and most areas of engineering.
- Referex (UVa only)
- Large collection of e-books from Elsevier and some other publishers. Search for keywords or for particular books or browse subject lists. Includes titles on materials, mechanical, electronic, electrical, chemical, petrochemical, and process engineering.
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Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Chemistry Dictionaries
- Links to a variety of dictionaries and glossaries of chemistry and chemical engineering terms in several languages.
- CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics (UVa only)
- The online version of the classic handbook containing a wealth of tables, data and information on chemical and physical subjects, chemical property data, and supplemental mathematical tables and formulae.
- CRC Handbook of Engineering Tables (UVa only)
- The most important tables from every engineering discipline collected from the best, most authoritative references. The most frequently consulted tables and figures from CRC's acclaimed engineering handbooks are gathered together to provide a one-stop resource for the data that engineers around the world rely upon.
- Dictionary of Organic Compounds (UVa only)
- Includes descriptive and numerical data on chemical, physical and biological properties of compounds; systematic and common names of compounds; literature references; structure diagrams and their associated connection tables. The Dictionary of Organic Compounds Online includes all compounds contained in the Dictionary of Organic Compounds (Sixth Edition and Supplements), Dictionary of Organophosphorus Compounds and some other publications.
- Dictionary of Inorganic and Organometallic Compounds (UVa only)
- Information about over 101,000 representative organometallic, inorganic, and coordination compounds, including formulae, chemical structures, CAS Registry Numbers, synthesis, physical properties, and key literature citations
- Engineering Handbook (UVa only)
- The definitive handbook to all engineering specialties, providing basic information and overviews, key concepts, models and equations.
- ENGnetBASE (UVa only)
- Handbooks and other reference books from CRC Press dealing with all areas of engineering.
- Knovel Library (UVa only)
- Large collection of handbooks and other information on chemistry and engineering. Topics include textiles, adhesives, metals, plastics, and other materials; biotechnology; food science; pharmaceuticals; industrial safety; aerospace; and most areas of engineering.
- Referex (UVa only)
- Large collection of e-books from Elsevier and some other publishers. Search for keywords or for particular books or browse subject lists. Includes titles on materials, mechanical, electronic, electrical, chemical, petrochemical, and process engineering.
- Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry (UVa only)
- For a wide variety of chemical substances provides relevant patent information and data on physical and chemical properties, production, applications, economic data, toxicology and occupational health.
- Web Elements
- An online, web-based version of the table of chemical elements.
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Civil, Environmental and Transportation Engineering
- CivilENGINEERINGnetBASE (UVa only)
- Construction Dictionaries
- Links to a variety of dictionaries and glossaries of architectural and construction terms in several languages.
- CRC Handbook of Engineering Tables (UVa only)
- The most important tables from every engineering discipline collected from the best, most authoritative references. The most frequently consulted tables and figures from CRC's acclaimed engineering handbooks are gathered together to provide a one-stop resource for the data that engineers around the world rely upon.
- Engineering Handbook (UVa only)
- The definitive handbook to all engineering specialties, providing basic information and overviews, key concepts, models and equations.
- ENGnetBASE (UVa only)
- Handbooks and other reference books from CRC Press dealing with all areas of engineering.
- ENVIROnetBASE (UVa only)
- Glossary of Soil Science Terms
- Knovel Library (UVa only)
- Large collection of handbooks and other information on chemistry and engineering. Topics include textiles, adhesives, metals, plastics, and other materials; biotechnology; food science; pharmaceuticals; industrial safety; aerospace; and most areas of engineering.
- Referex (UVa only)
- Large collection of e-books from Elsevier and some other publishers. Search for keywords or for particular books or browse subject lists. Includes titles on materials, mechanical, electronic, electrical, chemical, petrochemical, and process engineering.
- Water Dictionaries
- Links to a variety of dictionaries and glossaries of hydrology terms in several languages.
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Computer Science
- Computing Dictionaries
- Links to a variety of dictionaries and glossaries of computational science terms in several languages.
- CRC Handbook of Engineering Tables (UVa only)
- The most important tables from every engineering discipline collected from the best, most authoritative references. The most frequently consulted tables and figures from CRC's acclaimed engineering handbooks are gathered together to provide a one-stop resource for the data that engineers around the world rely upon.
- ElectricalENGINEERINGnetBASE (UVa only)
- Engineering Handbook (UVa only)
- The definitive handbook to all engineering specialties, providing basic information and overviews, key concepts, models and equations.
- ENGnetBASE (UVa only)
- Handbooks and other reference books from CRC Press dealing with all areas of engineering.
- High Tech Dictionary
- Knovel Library (UVa only)
- Large collection of handbooks and other information on chemistry and engineering. Topics include textiles, adhesives, metals, plastics, and other materials; biotechnology; food science; pharmaceuticals; industrial safety; aerospace; and most areas of engineering.
- Referex (UVa only)
- Large collection of e-books from Elsevier and some other publishers. Search for keywords or for particular books or browse subject lists. Includes titles on materials, mechanical, electronic, electrical, chemical, petrochemical, and process engineering.
- Safari Tech Books Online (UVa only)
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Electrical and Electronics Engineering
- CRC Handbook of Engineering Tables (UVa only)
- The most important tables from every engineering discipline collected from the best, most authoritative references. The most frequently consulted tables and figures from CRC's acclaimed engineering handbooks are gathered together to provide a one-stop resource for the data that engineers around the world rely upon.
- ElectricalENGINERINGnetBASE (UVa only)
- Electronics Dictionaries
- Links to a variety of dictionaries and glossaries of electrical engineering and electronics terms in several languages.
- Engineering Handbook (UVa only)
- The definitive handbook to all engineering specialties, providing basic information and overviews, key concepts, models and equations.
- ENGnetBASE (UVa only)
- Handbooks and other reference books from CRC Press dealing with all areas of engineering.
- Knovel Library (UVa only)
- Large collection of handbooks and other information on chemistry and engineering. Topics include textiles, adhesives, metals, plastics, and other materials; biotechnology; food science; pharmaceuticals; industrial safety; aerospace; and most areas of engineering.
- Referex (UVa only)
- Large collection of e-books from Elsevier and some other publishers. Search for keywords or for particular books or browse subject lists. Includes titles on materials, mechanical, electronic, electrical, chemical, petrochemical, and process engineering.
- Safari Tech Books Online
- TELECOMMUNICATIONSnetBASE (UVa only)
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Environmental Sciences
- Dinosaur Dictionaries
- Links to a variety of dictionaries and glossaries of dinosaur-related terms in several languages.
- Earth Portal
- Encyclopedia of Earth
- Encyclopedia of Life Sciences (UVa only)
- Lengthy overview articles on many aspects of life sciences. From Wiley.
- Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems: EOLSS (UVa only)
- 16 interlinked encyclopedias to show "transdisciplinary aspects of the relationship between nature and human society." Covers topics in social sciences and humanities as well the life, physical, and applied sciences.
- Encyclopedia of Quaternary Science
- Energy Dictionaries
- Links to a variety of dictionaries and glossaries of energy-related terms in several languages.
- ENVIROnetBASE (UVa only)
- Environmental Dictionaries
- Links to a variety of dictionaries and glossaries of environmental terms in several languages.
- Geology Dictionaries
- Links to a variety of dictionaries and glossaries of geological and earth science terms in several languages.
- IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
- Meteorology Dictionaries
- Links to a variety of dictionaries and glossaries of meteorological and weather terms in several languages.
- National Weather Service
- NatureServe Explorer - Online Encyclopedia of Life
- Paleontology Dictionaries
- Links to a variety of dictionaries and glossaries of paleontological terms in several languages.
- Tree of Life Web Project
- UN Atlas of the Oceans
- UVa Climatology Office
- Water Dictionaries
- Links to a variety of dictionaries and glossaries of hydrology and water-related terms in several languages.
- Window to My Environment
- World Biodiversity Database
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Health Sciences
- BIOSCIENCEnetBASE (UVa only)
- Handbooks and other reference books from CRC Press dealing with bioinformatics, biomedical engineering, biostatistics, biotechnology, epidemiology, immunology, neurosciences, pharmacology and toxicology.
- Drugs.com
- Medical Dictionaries
- Links to a variety of dictionaries and glossaries of medical, nursing and health-related terms in several languages.
- Pharmacy Dictionaries
- Links to a variety of dictionaries and glossaries of pharmacological terms in several languages.
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Materials Science and Metallurgy
- CRC Handbook of Engineering Tables (UVa only)
- The most important tables from every engineering discipline collected from the best, most authoritative references. The most frequently consulted tables and figures from CRC's acclaimed engineering handbooks are gathered together to provide a one-stop resource for the data that engineers around the world rely upon.
- CRC Materials Science and Engineering Handbook
- Engineering Handbook (UVa only)
- The definitive handbook to all engineering specialties, providing basic information and overviews, key concepts, models and equations.
- ENGnetBASE (UVa only)
- Handbooks and other reference books from CRC Press dealing with all areas of engineering.
- Knovel Library (UVa only)
- Large collection of handbooks and other information on chemistry and engineering. Topics include textiles, adhesives, metals, plastics, and other materials; biotechnology; food science; pharmaceuticals; industrial safety; aerospace; and most areas of engineering.
- Metallurgy Dictionaries
- Links to a variety of dictionaries and glossaries of metallurgical and metal-working terms in several languages.
- Referex (UVa only)
- Large collection of e-books from Elsevier and some other publishers. Search for keywords or for particular books or browse subject lists. Includes titles on materials, mechanical, electronic, electrical, chemical, petrochemical, and process engineering.
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Mathematics and Statistics
- Dictionary of Applied Math for Engineers and Scientists
- EULER - Portal to Mathematics Publications
- Mathematical Atlas
- Mathematical Fiction
- Mathematics Dictionaries
- Links to a variety of dictionaries and glossaries of mathematical terms in several languages.
- Mathematics Subject Classification (AMS-2000)
- Miscellaneous Mathematical Utilities
- Probability Web
- Wolfram Mathworld
- Worldometers - World Statistics Updated in Real Time
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Mechanical Engineering
- CRC Handbook of Engineering Tables (UVa only)
- The most important tables from every engineering discipline collected from the best, most authoritative references. The most frequently consulted tables and figures from CRC's acclaimed engineering handbooks are gathered together to provide a one-stop resource for the data that engineers around the world rely upon.
- Engineering Handbook (UVa only)
- The definitive handbook to all engineering specialties, providing basic information and overviews, key concepts, models and equations.
- ENGnetBASE (UVa only)
- Handbooks and other reference books from CRC Press dealing with all areas of engineering.
- Knovel Library (UVa only)
- Large collection of handbooks and other information on chemistry and engineering. Topics include textiles, adhesives, metals, plastics, and other materials; biotechnology; food science; pharmaceuticals; industrial safety; aerospace; and most areas of engineering.
- LUBRICATIONnetBASE (UVa only)
- MechanicalENGINEERINGnetBASE (UVa only)
- Handbooks and other reference books from CRC Press dealing with mechanical engineering, combustion, heat transfer, energy, mechatronics, transportation systems and tribology.
- Referex (UVa only)
- Large collection of e-books from Elsevier and some other publishers. Search for keywords or for particular books or browse subject lists. Includes titles on materials, mechanical, electronic, electrical, chemical, petrochemical, and process engineering.
- Robotics Dictionaries
- Links to a variety of dictionaries and glossaries of robotics-related terms in several languages.
- TRIBOLOGYnetBASE (UVa only)
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Nanotechnology and Nanoscience
- CRC Handbook of Engineering Tables (UVa only)
- The most important tables from every engineering discipline collected from the best, most authoritative references. The most frequently consulted tables and figures from CRC's acclaimed engineering handbooks are gathered together to provide a one-stop resource for the data that engineers around the world rely upon.
- Engineering Handbook (UVa only)
- The definitive handbook to all engineering specialties, providing basic information and overviews, key concepts, models and equations.
- ENGnetBASE (UVa only)
- Handbooks and other reference books from CRC Press dealing with all areas of engineering.
- Knovel Library (UVa only)
- Large collection of handbooks and other information on chemistry and engineering. Topics include textiles, adhesives, metals, plastics, and other materials; biotechnology; food science; pharmaceuticals; industrial safety; aerospace; and most areas of engineering.
- NANOnetBASE (UVa only)
- Referex (UVa only)
- Large collection of e-books from Elsevier and some other publishers. Search for keywords or for particular books or browse subject lists. Includes titles on materials, mechanical, electronic, electrical, chemical, petrochemical, and process engineering.
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Patents
Physics
- CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics (UVa only)
- The online version of the classic handbook containing a wealth of tables, data and information on chemical and physical subjects, chemical property data, and supplemental mathematical tables and formulae.
- Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics (UVa only)
- Search the full text or browse topics. including cosmology, archeoastronomy, instrumentation, space missions, solar system, stars, and galaxies.
- Knovel Library (UVa only)
- Large collection of handbooks and other information on chemistry and engineering. Topics include textiles, adhesives, metals, plastics, and other materials; biotechnology; food science; pharmaceuticals; industrial safety; aerospace; and most areas of engineering.
- Physics Dictionaries
- Links to a variety of dictionaries and glossaries of physics-related terms in several languages.
- Scitation
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Psychology
- BIOSCIENCEnetBASE (UVa only)
- Handbooks and other reference books from CRC Press dealing with bioinformatics, biomedical engineering, biostatistics, biotechnology, epidemiology, immunology, neurosciences, pharmacology and toxicology.
- Colorcube Optical Illusions
- Lightness Perception and Lightness Illusions
- Linguistics Dictionaries
- Links to a variety of dictionaries and glossaries of linguistics and language-related terms in several languages.
- Optical Illusions and Visual Phenomena
- PsycCRITIQUES
- Psychology Dictionaries
- Links to a variety of dictionaries and glossaries of psychological terms in several languages.
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Systems and Information Engineering
- CRC Handbook of Engineering Tables (UVa only)
- The most important tables from every engineering discipline collected from the best, most authoritative references. The most frequently consulted tables and figures from CRC's acclaimed engineering handbooks are gathered together to provide a one-stop resource for the data that engineers around the world rely upon.
- Elicitation of Expert Opinions for Uncertainty and Risk
- Engineering Handbook (UVa only)
- The definitive handbook to all engineering specialties, providing basic information and overviews, key concepts, models and equations.
- ENGnetBASE (UVa only)
- Handbooks and other reference books from CRC Press dealing with all areas of engineering.
- Knovel Library (UVa only)
- Large collection of handbooks and other information on chemistry and engineering. Topics include textiles, adhesives, metals, plastics, and other materials; biotechnology; food science; pharmaceuticals; industrial safety; aerospace; and most areas of engineering.
- Referex (UVa only)
- Large collection of e-books from Elsevier and some other publishers. Search for keywords or for particular books or browse subject lists. Includes titles on materials, mechanical, electronic, electrical, chemical, petrochemical, and process engineering.
- Safety Dictionaries
- Links to a variety of dictionaries and glossaries of risk and safety-related terms in several languages.
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