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Culture And Prosperity: The Truth About Markets—Why Some Nations Are Rich But Most Remain Poor (Book Review), Jonathan B. Wight Dec 2004

Culture And Prosperity: The Truth About Markets—Why Some Nations Are Rich But Most Remain Poor (Book Review), Jonathan B. Wight

Economics Faculty Publications

John Kay’s latest book offers an absorbing romp through the history of economic thought in the 20th century. Kay attempts to explain the complex reality of a modern market system rather than resorting to simplistic theorizing about it. Gone are perfectly rational traders, perfectly competitive markets, incentive compatibilities, low transaction costs, informational symmetries, and no externalities. Kay highlights problems and problem solving as the ubiquitous and historical strata through which markets in the West evolved.

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Arkansas Water Resources Center Annual Technical Report, 2004, Arkansas Water Resources Center Dec 2004

Arkansas Water Resources Center Annual Technical Report, 2004, Arkansas Water Resources Center

Arkansas Water Resources Center Annual Report

No abstract provided.

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Tidal Perturbations And Variability In Mesopause Region Over Fort Collins, Co(41n, 105w): Continuous Multi-Day Temperature And Wind Lidar Observations, C. Y. She, T. Li, R. L. Collins, Tao Yuan, B. P. Williams, T. Kawahara, J. D. Vance, P. Acott, D. A. Krueger, H. L. Liu, M. E. Hagan Dec 2004

Tidal Perturbations And Variability In Mesopause Region Over Fort Collins, Co(41n, 105w): Continuous Multi-Day Temperature And Wind Lidar Observations, C. Y. She, T. Li, R. L. Collins, Tao Yuan, B. P. Williams, T. Kawahara, J. D. Vance, P. Acott, D. A. Krueger, H. L. Liu, M. E. Hagan

All Physics Faculty Publications

An unusually long data set was acquired at the sodium lidar facility at Colorado State University (41N, 105W), between Sep 18 and Oct 01, 2003, including a 9-day continuous observation. This time is long enough to average out the perturbations of gravity waves and short-period planetary waves. As such, it can be used to define tidal-period perturbations in temperature and horizontal wind. Assuming the sodium mixing ratio is a constant of motion, the observed tidal-period oscillation in sodium density follows that of vertical wind. Thus, the data set defines tidal-period perturbations of temperature and wind vector. The observed amplitudes and …

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Entrepreneurship Education At 1890 Land Grant Institutions: A Profile Of Programs And Consideration Of Opportunities, Caroline E. W. Glackin Dec 2004

Entrepreneurship Education At 1890 Land Grant Institutions: A Profile Of Programs And Consideration Of Opportunities, Caroline E. W. Glackin

Journal of Rural Social Sciences

Entrepreneurship education at U.S. universities formally began at Harvard University in 1947 with a single course and most significant efforts began in the past 30 years (Katz 2003). This paper provides entrepreneurship education profiles of top ranked programs, emerging campus-wide programs, and 1890 Land Grant Institution programs. Entrepreneurship Centers (ECs), typically in Schools of Business, are components of entrepreneurship education at many institutions. ECs have programs and services from research to academic instruction to community outreach and programming. This paper introduces a typology of ECs predicated upon their academic programs and community outreach. Detailed program information on and recommendations for …

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University-Wide Entrepreneurship Education: Alternative Models And Current Trends, Deborah H. Streeter, John P. Jaquette Jr. Dec 2004

University-Wide Entrepreneurship Education: Alternative Models And Current Trends, Deborah H. Streeter, John P. Jaquette Jr.

Journal of Rural Social Sciences

The paper examines the trend towards university-wide programs in entrepreneurship education. We present a conceptual framework for dividing university-wide programs into two categories: "magnet programs," which draw students into entrepreneurship courses offered in the business school, and "radiant programs," which feature entrepreneurship courses outside the business school, focused on the specific context of the nonbusiness students. Examining 38 ranked entrepreneurship programs, we found that about 79 percent now have university-wide programs, most of which follow a magnet model. In interviews with stakeholders at sample institutions, we found that magnet and radiant programs differ in terms of program definition, motivation for …

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Entrepreneurship And Small Business Development As A Rural Development Strategy, Kenneth L. Robinson, Wylin Dassie, Ralph D. Christy Dec 2004

Entrepreneurship And Small Business Development As A Rural Development Strategy, Kenneth L. Robinson, Wylin Dassie, Ralph D. Christy

Journal of Rural Social Sciences

Many social scientists believe that supporting entrepreneurship development within low-income communities is a viable development strategy to combat poverty. Some even suggest that if economic development is to be effective, new businesses in low income areas must be started through local initiatives, and that entrepreneurship is critical to the maintenance of a healthy economy. Underpinned by recent scholarship and grassroots movements that suggest that presence of smaller scale, locally-controlled enterprises can help determine whether communities prosper or decline, this paper explores the links between entrepreneurship and rural development. Using a theory of change framework (Oldsman and Hallberg 2002), the authors …

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Entrepreneurship Among Black Americans: A Theoretical Perspective On Modes Of Adjustment And Entrepreneurial Education, John Sibley Butler Dec 2004

Entrepreneurship Among Black Americans: A Theoretical Perspective On Modes Of Adjustment And Entrepreneurial Education, John Sibley Butler

Journal of Rural Social Sciences

In this paper Butler argues that despite a stronger, group-wide emphasis on new venture creation among black Americans in the past, entrepreneurship continues to be a means of economic security and wealth creation for this group. To frame his argument, Butler examines Modes of Adjustment theory and the decline of venture development among African Americans. His emphasis is on understanding the theory's implication for black entrepreneurship and for the entrepreneurial education of future generations. Using data from both the Survey of Minority-owned Business Enterprises and Characteristics of Business Owners, Butler highlights the present status of black entrepreneurship to explain patterns …

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Cetacean Brain Evolution: Multiplication Generates Complexity, Lori Marino Dec 2004

Cetacean Brain Evolution: Multiplication Generates Complexity, Lori Marino

Anatomy Collection

Over the past 55-60 million years cetacean (dolphin, whale, and porpoise) brains have become hyperexpanded so that modern cetacean encephalization levels are second only to modern humans. At the same time, brain expansion proceeded along very different lines than in other large-brained mammals so that substantial differences between modern cetacean brains and other mammalian brains exist at every level of brain organization. Perhaps the most profound difference between cetacean and other mammalian brains is in the architecture of the neocortex. Cetaceans possess a unique underlying neocortical organizational scheme that is particularly intriguing in light of the fact that cetaceans exhibit …

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Utah V. Reyes : Brief Of Appellant, Utah Court Of Appeals Dec 2004

Utah V. Reyes : Brief Of Appellant, Utah Court Of Appeals

Utah Court of Appeals Briefs (1996–2006)

No abstract provided.

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The Saccharomyces Cerevisiae High Mobility Group Box Protein Hmo1 Contains Two Functional Dna Binding Domains, Edwin Kamau, Kevin T. Bauerle, Anne Grove Dec 2004

The Saccharomyces Cerevisiae High Mobility Group Box Protein Hmo1 Contains Two Functional Dna Binding Domains, Edwin Kamau, Kevin T. Bauerle, Anne Grove

Faculty Publications

High mobility group box (HMGB) proteins are architectural proteins whose HMG DNA binding domains confer significant preference for distorted DNA, such as 4-way junctions. HMO1 is one of 10 Saccharomyces cerevisiae HMGB proteins, and it is required for normal growth and plasmid maintenance and for regulating the susceptibility of yeast chromatin to nuclease. Using electrophoretic mobility shift assays, we have shown here that HMO1 binds 26-bp duplex DNA with K d = 39.6 ± 5.0 nM and that its divergent box A domain participates in DNA interactions, albeit with low affinity. HMO1 has only modest preference for DNA with altered …

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High Temperature Heat Exchanger Project: Quarterly Progress Report October 1, 2004 Through December 31, 2004, Anthony Hechanova Dec 2004

High Temperature Heat Exchanger Project: Quarterly Progress Report October 1, 2004 Through December 31, 2004, Anthony Hechanova

Publications (NSTD)

UNLV hosted an NHI Systems Interface Meeting on Dec. 16 and a UNLVRF HTHX Kickoff Meeting on Dec. 17. The purpose of the meetings was to coordinate the FY05 research and development effort of the UNLV Research Foundation portion of the Nuclear Hydrogen Initiative among the DOE, national program technical directors and the UNLVRF collaborators. Collaborators also had the opportunity to discuss their research program plan and update their progress. It was decided that these type of collaboration meetings were very useful and they will be held quarterly at the various collaborator sites. The next meeting will be in March …

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Development Of Dose Conversion Coefficients For Radionuclides Produced In Spallation Neutron Sources: Quarterly Progress Report 9/1/04 – 12/31/04, Phillip W. Patton, Mark Rudin Dec 2004

Development Of Dose Conversion Coefficients For Radionuclides Produced In Spallation Neutron Sources: Quarterly Progress Report 9/1/04 – 12/31/04, Phillip W. Patton, Mark Rudin

Transmutation Sciences Physics (TRP)

The research consortium comprised of representatives from several universities and national laboratories has successfully generated internal and external dose conversion coefficients for twenty radionuclides produced in spallation neutron sources. In addition, the group has identified twenty radionuclide that are missing electron capture files and eighteen additional radionuclides missing substantial physical data.

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Periplasmic Cleavage And Modification Of The 1-Phosphate Group Of Helicobacter Pylori Lipid A, An X. Tran, Mark J. Karbarz, Xiaoyuan Wang, Christian R.H. Raetz, Sara C. Mcgrath, Robert J. Cotter, M. Stephen Trent Dec 2004

Periplasmic Cleavage And Modification Of The 1-Phosphate Group Of Helicobacter Pylori Lipid A, An X. Tran, Mark J. Karbarz, Xiaoyuan Wang, Christian R.H. Raetz, Sara C. Mcgrath, Robert J. Cotter, M. Stephen Trent

ETSU Faculty Works

Pathogenic bacteria modify the lipid A portion of their lipopolysaccharide to help evade the host innate immune response. Modification of the negatively charged phosphate groups of lipid A aids in resistance to cationic antimicrobial peptides targeting the bacterial cell surface. The lipid A of Helicobacter pylori contains a phosphoethanolamine (pEtN) unit directly linked to the 1-position of the disaccharide backbone. This is in contrast to the pEtN units found in other pathogenic Gram-negative bacteria, which are attached to the lipid A phosphate group to form a pyrophosphate linkage. This study describes two enzymes involved in the periplasmic modification of the …

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The Relative Influence Of Metal Ion Binding Sites In The I-Like Domain And The Interface With The Hybrid Domain On Rolling And Firm Adhesion By Integrin Α4Β7, Jian Feng Chen, Junichi Takagi, Can Xie, Tsan Xiao, Bing Hao Luo, Timothy A. Springer Dec 2004

The Relative Influence Of Metal Ion Binding Sites In The I-Like Domain And The Interface With The Hybrid Domain On Rolling And Firm Adhesion By Integrin Α4Β7, Jian Feng Chen, Junichi Takagi, Can Xie, Tsan Xiao, Bing Hao Luo, Timothy A. Springer

Faculty Publications

We examined the effect of conformational change at the β7 I-Iike/hybrid domain interface on regulating the transition between rolling and firm adhesion by integrin α4β7. An N-glycosylation site was introduced into the I-like/hybrid domain interface to act as a wedge and to stabilize the open conformation of this interface and hence the open conformation of the α4β7 headpiece. Wild-type α4β7 mediates rolling adhesion in Ca2+ and Ca2+/Mg2+ but firm adhesion in Mg2+ and Mn2+. Stabilizing the open headpiece resulted in firm adhesion in all divalent cations. The interaction between metal binding sites in the I-like domain and the interface with …

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Beyond Rules, Skills And Knowledge : Maritime Education And Training For Optimised Behaviour, Michael Ekow Manuel Dec 2004

Beyond Rules, Skills And Knowledge : Maritime Education And Training For Optimised Behaviour, Michael Ekow Manuel

World Maritime University Dissertations

No abstract provided.

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The Legal And Practical Aspects Of Places Of Refuge In The Context Of Salvage, Danhua Li Dec 2004

The Legal And Practical Aspects Of Places Of Refuge In The Context Of Salvage, Danhua Li

World Maritime University Dissertations

No abstract provided.

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Practices Towards Cleaner Ships And Sustainable Social Development, Prasant Kumar Padhi Dec 2004

Practices Towards Cleaner Ships And Sustainable Social Development, Prasant Kumar Padhi

World Maritime University Dissertations

No abstract provided.

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Perbandingan Early Warning Systems (Ews) Untuk Memprediksi Kebangkrutan Bank Umum Di Indonesia, Liza Angelina Dec 2004

Perbandingan Early Warning Systems (Ews) Untuk Memprediksi Kebangkrutan Bank Umum Di Indonesia, Liza Angelina

Bulletin of Monetary Economics and Banking

This research is testing the capability of several forewarning system models to predict bank bankruptcy. We apply these models on Indonesian commercial bank data during the period of 1994/ 1995 - 1999/2000. Considering the data incompleteness and or their inexistence, our data finally contains of 74 failed-banks and 81 non failed-banks.Our result shows the Trait Recognition model (TR) is more pre-eminent than Logit and Multiple Discriminant Analysis model (MDA).Keywords : Trait Recognition (TR), Logit, Multiple Discriminant Analysis (MDA), Bank BankruptcyJEL: C25, C35, G21, G33

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Changes In Population Structures Of The Major Species In Selected Satellite Lakes Around Lake Victoria Following Changes In Fishing Effort, E F B Katunzi, M A Kishe Dec 2004

Changes In Population Structures Of The Major Species In Selected Satellite Lakes Around Lake Victoria Following Changes In Fishing Effort, E F B Katunzi, M A Kishe

Tanzania Journal of Science

This paper evaluates the impacts of reduction in effort, increase in mesh sizes, and prohibition of illegal fishing gears in selected satellite lakes around Lake Victoria. The study was carried out in six satellite lakes by making investigations on fish collected from experimental and artisanal fisheries. The fishes were analysed for length frequencies, weight and numbers caught to determine the population structure of the fishes. Indiscriminate fishing by deploying illegal gears and increased fishing effort due to open access policy, the catch and diversity of the species in these lakes has declined. Establishment of Conservation Management Units (CMUs) as an …

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Elemental And Isotopic Compositions Of Organic Carbon And Nitrogen Of Recently Deposited Organic Matter In Empakai Crater And Its Implication For Climatic Changes In Northern Tanzania, A N N Muzuka Dec 2004

Elemental And Isotopic Compositions Of Organic Carbon And Nitrogen Of Recently Deposited Organic Matter In Empakai Crater And Its Implication For Climatic Changes In Northern Tanzania, A N N Muzuka

Tanzania Journal of Science

A 29 cm long core recovered from a water depth of 5 m in a small closed lake located in the Empakai crater northern Tanzania, is used to document the contents of organic carbon and nitrogen, stable isotopes composition of organic carbon and nitrogen, and C/N ratios and to infer climatic changes from these data. The δ 13C and δ15N values for this core, which averages - 16.5±2.1l and 11.0±5.6l respectively, show a general downcore decrease below 5 cm. However, within this general trend, two peaks enriched in 13C are observable at about 8 cm and 13 cm. The peak …

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Prosecuting Members Of The U.S. Military For Wartime Environmental Crimes, Eric Talbot Jensen, James J. Teixeira Jr. Dec 2004

Prosecuting Members Of The U.S. Military For Wartime Environmental Crimes, Eric Talbot Jensen, James J. Teixeira Jr.

Faculty Scholarship

War is inherently damaging to the environment. Though these deleterious actions are often attributed to "states" during times of armed conflict, they are normally the result of military operations conducted by members of the military who are carrying out orders from military superiors. While many have proposed systemic changes that affect how states can or should be held responsible, few have commented on the process of holding individual military personnel or commanders responsible for battlefield acts of environmental damage. This paper argues that there are sufficient laws and regulations in place to hold individuals and commanders in the United States …

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Physical And Chemical Characteristics Of Water In Selected Locations In Lake Victoria, Tanzania, M A Kishe Dec 2004

Physical And Chemical Characteristics Of Water In Selected Locations In Lake Victoria, Tanzania, M A Kishe

Tanzania Journal of Science

A study conducted during the period of March/April 2002 aimed at measuring physical and chemical parameters in Tanzanian portion of Lake Victoria. Temperature and conductivity values were homogeneous among and within the study stations. Levels of dissolved oxygen (DO) ranged from 4 - 9 mgl-1 and there was significant difference between stations (P < 0.05). Water transparency was poor (< 2 m secchi depth) and differed from one sampling station to another. Ammonium nitrogen (NH4+-N), with few exceptions, showed the highest concentrations both at the bottom and near-surface followed by total phosphates (TP), nitrate nitrogen (NO2+NO3--N), nitrite nitrogen (NO2--N) and Soluble Reactive Silicon (SRSi). Concentrations of NH4+-N, TP and SRSi were high at bottom waters and the reverse was true for NO2+NO3--N and NO2--N. Differences in nutrients and physical water parameters among sampling stations were statistically significant (P < 0.05). However, temperature and nutrient levels at studied areas were higher than that of 50 years ago and the trend reversed for DO and transparency. This indicates that Lake Victoria is receiving organic materials from the catchment area leading to the decline of water quality. Long-term efforts for rehabilitation, conservation and sustainable management of the lake are suggested.

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Formulasi Gameksan Dalam Bentuk Mikroemulsi, Mahdi Jufri, Asnimar Binu, Julia Rahmawati Dec 2004

Formulasi Gameksan Dalam Bentuk Mikroemulsi, Mahdi Jufri, Asnimar Binu, Julia Rahmawati

Majalah Ilmu Kefarmasian

The clinical use of the poorly water-soluble drug substance become inefficient by means of low level penetration of such kind drug in the body. Microemulsion is a dispersion system like an emulsion which could help to increase the solubility of poorly water-soluble drug. In this research, poorly water-soluble drug is made in a dosage form of microemulsion with Gamexan as a model. An experiment has been conduct by using benzyl benzoate as an oil phase, Tween 20 with variety concentra- tion (35%;40%;45%) and sodium lauryl ether sulphate as surfactant components. The evaluation are consist of determining the amount of Gamexan …

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Petunjuk Pelaksanaan Validasi Metode Dan Cara Perhitungannya, Harmita Harmita Dec 2004

Petunjuk Pelaksanaan Validasi Metode Dan Cara Perhitungannya, Harmita Harmita

Majalah Ilmu Kefarmasian

Each analysis method by some reason, must be validated. The parameters are selectivity, accuracy, precision, linearity, LOD, LOQ, ruggedness, and robustness. The parameters need to be calculated by assay methods. This paper try to give some information above these methods base on some literatures (USP 23rd, WHO, journal, etc).

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Public Health Abstracts 2004 Dec 2004

Public Health Abstracts 2004

Florida Public Health Review

No abstract provided.

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Transmission Of Neospora Caninum Between Wild And Domestic Animals, L.F.P. Gondim, M.M. Mcallister, N.E. Mateus-Pinilla, W.C. Pitt, L. D. Mech, M.E. Nelson Dec 2004

Transmission Of Neospora Caninum Between Wild And Domestic Animals, L.F.P. Gondim, M.M. Mcallister, N.E. Mateus-Pinilla, W.C. Pitt, L. D. Mech, M.E. Nelson

United States Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services: Staff Publications

To determine whether deer can transmit Neospora caninum, brains of naturally infected white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) were fed to 4 dogs; 2 of these dogs shed oocysts. Oocysts from 1 of the dogs were tested by polymerase chain reaction and found to be positive for N. caninum and negative for Hammondia heydorni. The internal transcribed spacer 1 sequence of the new strain (designated NC-deer1) was identical to N. caninum from domestic animals, indicating that N. caninum is transmitted between wild and domestic animals, often enough to prevent divergent evolution of isolated populations of the parasite. NC-deer1 …

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The Threat Of Smallpox: Eradicated But Not Erased: A Review Of The Fiscal, Logistical And Legal Obstacles Impacting The Phase I Vaccination Program, Holly L. Myers, Elin Gursky, Georges C. Benjamin, Christopher Gozdor, Michael Greenberger Dec 2004

The Threat Of Smallpox: Eradicated But Not Erased: A Review Of The Fiscal, Logistical And Legal Obstacles Impacting The Phase I Vaccination Program, Holly L. Myers, Elin Gursky, Georges C. Benjamin, Christopher Gozdor, Michael Greenberger

Faculty Scholarship

Fears that terrorists may have the capabilities and intent to disseminate a variety of biologic agents has once again brought smallpox into the American consciousness. On December 13, 2002, recognizing that the global discontinuation of routine smallpox vaccination over two decades ago had left most Americans unprotected and vulnerable to the ravaging effects of the virus, the President announced a precautionary measure to begin vaccinating teams of emergency responders. The program commenced January 24, 2003. In the ensuing months, public health departments scrambled to meet the goal of vaccinating approximately 500,000 first responders, a protected phalanx that could quickly and …

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Bowl Games, Peyton Manning, Reggie White, Richard C. Crepeau Dec 2004

Bowl Games, Peyton Manning, Reggie White, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

It seems to me that the parade of bowl games has become endless. It's as if there has been some creeping growth over the past several years forming bowl games in the same way kudzu expands on its own in warm humid climates. What once was the Twelve Nights of Bowl Games has turned into the National Football Coaches Bowl Game Telethon sponsored by the National Association of Insomniacs.

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December 29th 2004, Hispanic News Dec 2004

December 29th 2004, Hispanic News

Inland Empire Hispanic News

No abstract provided.

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Summary Of In The Matter Of The Estate Of John W. Bowlds, 120 Nev. Adv. Rep. 100, Kristen T. Gallagher Dec 2004

Summary Of In The Matter Of The Estate Of John W. Bowlds, 120 Nev. Adv. Rep. 100, Kristen T. Gallagher

Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

An appeal from both parties regarding a court’s review of fee agreements between an estate and its attorneys.

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