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Research and Science Today · 2/2019

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pp. 9–25

FEAR OF “OTHERS”- PROCESSES OF SECURITIZATION IN SOUTH TYROL

SITUATED AT THE INTERPLAY BETWEEN THE FIELD OF ETHNIC POLITICS, MIGRATION AND SECURITY STUDIES, THIS ARTICLE ANALYZES PROCESSES OF SECURITIZATION IN SOUTH TYROL, AN ITALIAN PROVINCE WITH GERMAN AND LADIN -SPEAKING POPULATION S AND A SOPHISTICATED CONSOCIATIONAL SYSTEM TO PROTECT THEIR CULTURAL FEATURES. SINCE THE 1990S , THE PROVINCE WITNESSED THE …
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pp. 26–36

INCLUSION AND EXCLUSION. THE ROLE OF THE ROMANIAN ROMA MUSIC IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

THE AUTHOR OF THIS ARTICLE EMPHASIZES THE CATEGORY OF MUSICIAN ROMA SINCE THE VERY FIRST HISTORICAL RECORDS MENTIONING THEM. THE MUSICIAN JOB IS PRESENTED AS A BASIC PROFESSION. ROMA MUSICIANS HAVE BEEN AND CURRENTLY STILL ARE REPRESENTATIVE FOR THEIR ORIG INATING ETHNICITY. OVET TIME, THEY HAVE SUCCEEDED IN TURNING THIS PROFESSION INTO AN ELEMENT …
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pp. 37–45

KEY CHALLENGES FOR SOCIAL INNOVATION AND INCLUSION IN THE CASE OF MIGRANTS AND REFUGEES ACROSS EU COUNTRIES

THE AIM OF THE PRESENT PAPER WAS TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT THE LATEST INNOVATION STRATEGIES STAKEHOLDERS PERFORM TO SUCCED IN THEIR WORK WITH IMMIGRANTS, REFUGEES AND VICTIMS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING, IN ORDER TO ENABLE PROPER SOCIAL INCLUSION. MOREOVER, WE AIMED TO INVESTIGATE THE SOCIAL INNOVATION MO DEL, THE VALUE CO - CREATION AND THE TYPOLOGY OF TH…
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pp. 46–54

ALBANIAN IMMIGRANTS TO ITALY-ACHIEVEMENTS AND CHALLENGES OF INTEGRATION

AFTER THE POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC COLLAPSE OF THE COMMUNIST REGIME, THE ALBANIAN PEOPLE EXPERIENCED SOME GREAT MIGRATION WAVES TO ITALY. EACH OF THEM WAS CHARACTERIZED BY EXTREMELY DIFFICULT STARTING CONDITIONS, AS WELL AS BY THE COMPLETE SHOCK AND UNPREPAREDNESS ON THE ITALIAN AUTHORITIES AND POPULATION. THE INTEGRATION PROCESS HAS PASSED THROUGH F…
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pp. 55–63

GYPSIES – ROMA IN BULGARIA PROFESSING ISLAM – ETHNIC IDENTITY

GYPSIES/ROMA IN BULGARIA WHO PROFESS ISLAM HAVE HETEROGENEOUS ETHNIC AND GROUP IDENTITY. IN THE YEARS AFTER SEPTEMBER 1944 TO 1990 (THE TIME OF THE SO-CALLED SOCIALISM IN BULGARIA) AMONG MANY OF THEM THERE IS A STRIVING FOR SELF -DETERMINATION WITH A TURKISH IDENTITY, AT THE SAME TIME THE STATE POLICY IS TO PRESERVE THEIR GYPSY IDENTITY, AND SUBSEQ…
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pp. 64–74

THE EFFECTS OF THE MIGRATION CRISIS IN ALBANIA-THE SYRIAN REFUGEE CASE

THE MIGRATION CRISIS IN 2018 PUT IN SERIOUS RISK THE FRAGILE EQUILIBRIA INTO THE EUROPEAN UNION REGARDING THE SECURITY OF THE EASTERN BORDERS AND REVEALED ON MORE TIME THE TENSIONS BETWEEN EU MEMBER STATES OVER HOW TO HANDLE IRREGULAR IMMIGRATION MAINLY FR OM AFRICA AND THE MIDDLE WEST. THE REFUGEE CRISIS AFFECTED ALSO THE BALKAN STATES, A GROWING …
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pp. 75–89

BARBED WIRE, BORDER WALLS AND THE ‘ART’ OF FENCING OUT MIGRANTS AND REFUGEES-AN ASSESSMENT OF THE EU AND AMERICAN BORDERING PRACTICES

SINCE ANTIQUITY BORDERS HAVE GONE THROUGH MAJOR TRANSFORMATIONS, AND IF FOLLOWING THE SIGNING OF THE TREATY OF WESTPHALIA THEIR MAIN PURPOSE WAS TO DELIMIT THE LEGAL JURISDICTION AND SOVEREIGNTY OF A STATE, BY THE 21ST CENTURY FRONTIERS HAVE TURNED INTO SOCIAL CONSTRUCTS WITH BOTH INCLUSIONARY AND EXCLUSIONARY FEATURES. BORDERS CAN HAVE AN INCLUSIO…
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pp. 90–102

THE HISTORICAL PATH TOWARDS CITIZENSHIP- IMMIGRANTS NATURALIZATION IN ROMANIA AND FRANCE

A FUNDAMENTAL ISSUE IN THE TRAJECTORY OF IMMIGRATION IS THE ACT OF ESTABLISHING A MORAL AND LEGAL BOND OF THE INDIVIDUAL WITH HIS NEW SOCIETY, THROUGH THE PROCESS OF NATURALIZATION. THIS PAPER AIMS TO IDENTIFY AND ANALYZE TWO PARTICULAR NATIONALITY LEGISLATION MODELS OF TWO HISTORICALLY DIFFERENT, YET SIMILAR CULTURAL SPHERES: ROMANIA AND FRANCE. S…
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pp. 103–115

ILLEGAL MIGRATION APPROACH FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF OPEN SOURCE INTELLIGENCE (OSINT)

THE SECOND DECADE OF THE 21ST CENTURY IS MARKED BY THE INCREASE IN THE MAGNITUDE OF THE MIGRATION PHENOMENON, WHICH IS WHY INTELLIGENCE SERVICES ARE FACED WITH VARIOUS CHALLENGES. OPEN SOURCE INTELLIGENCE (OSINT) IS TRANSLATED INTO EFFECTIVE WORKING METHODS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF RELE VANT INFORMATION PRODUCTS. IN STUDYING THIS PHENOMENON, WE PROPO…
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pp. 116–124

MIGRATION POLICIES AND EU ENLARGEMENT AS REGIONAL VALUE CHAINS

QUALITY OF GROWTH IS FOLLOWED BY MIGRATIONS. REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT MUST ANTICIPATE SUCH MOVEMENTS AND PREDICT A FURTHER DEVELOPMENT. THIS MUST HAVE NATIONAL AND LOCAL RESPONSES TO URBAN ECONOMIC CHANGE. WHAT IS URBAN GOVERNANCE AND HOW THIS IS RELATED TO POWER AND POLITICS? WHAT DO WE DO WITH ALL THOSE WHO REFUSE TO WORK AND INTEGRATE THEM IN OUR CU…
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pp. 125–132

THE POLITICS OF RESILIENCE AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT- PRAGMATIC REFLECTIONS ON VULNERABILITY FROM ENVIRONMENTAL- ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY PERSPECTIVES

THE INTEGRATION OF THE RESILIENCE CONCEPT INTO CONTEMPORARY INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AGENDAS IS INCREASINGLY GAINING ACCLAMATION AMONGST POLICY MAKERS AND INTER NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES. IT HAS BEEN CONCEIVED AS AN OPERATIONAL TRAJECTORY FOR SHOCK AND CRISIS MANAGEMENT ESPECIALLY FOR SOCIO -ECONOMICALLY VULNERABLE AND DEPRIVED COMMUNITIES IN …
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pp. 133–145

CONSIDERATIONS CONCERNING THE IMPLICATIONS OF TERRORISM IN THE SPORTS MOVEMENT

REGARDED AS A CHARACTERISTIC OF HUMAN BEHAVIOR, THE SPORTS MOVEMENT HAS BECOME A COMPLEX SOCIAL PHENOMENON IN THE CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY, WITH SOCIAL, ECONOMIC, POLITICAL AND EVEN SECURITY IMPLICATIONS.THE MEDIA POTENTIAL OF SPORTS COMPETITIONS, AMPLIFIED BY THE INTEREST OF PUBLIC OPINION FOR SPORTS IN GENERAL, AND BY THE TECHNOLOGICAL EVOLUTIONS OF …
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pp. 146–155

RADICALISATION, THE PATH TOWARDS “LONE WOLF” TERRORISM

THROUGH ITS IMPACT ON OUR SOCIETY, INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM HAS BECOME SUCH A WORRYING PROBLEM THAT MORE THAN EVER IS NEEDED FOR A DETERMINED RESPONSE IN COMBATING IT IN A UNITARY WAY. CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY IS EXPERIENCING AN EXPONENTIAL AND UNPRECEDENTED INCREASE IN THE PHENOMENON OF "INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM" IN ITS VARIOUS FORMS, SOME OF WHICH HAVE…
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pp. 156–161

UNDERSTANDING FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTS SPILLOVER MECHANISMS IN THE ROMANIAN ECONOMY

THIS PAPER INVESTIGATES THE SPILLOVER EFFECTS OF FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTS IN THE ROMANIAN ECONOMY ANALYZING THE REVENUE MADE FROM FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTS IN THE PERIOD 2003-2017. IN CONTRAST TO EARLIER LITERATURE THAT EMPHASIZES THE EFFICIENCY OF FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTS IN PRODUCING POSITIVE SPILLOVERS, THIS STUDY IS ANALYZING ALSO THE CAPA…
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pp. 162–175

RELIGIOUS NGOS–EU PARTENERS IN THE IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS OF SOCIAL POLICIES- CASE STUDY THE ROLE OF RELIGIOUS NGOS AS EU PARTENERS IN PROMOTION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF EU PO

THE BACKGROUND FOR THIS RESEARCH IS REPRESENTED BY THE MIGRANT CRISIS AND THE ROLE OF RELIGIOUS NGOS AS WORKING PARTNERS FOR EUROPEAN INSTITUTIONS. IN THIS CONTEXT, I PROPOSED AN EXPLORATORY CASE STUDY REGARDING THE ACTIVITY OF RELIGIOUS NGOS AS EU PARTNERS IN PROMOTION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF EU POLICIES IN THE FIELD OF DEVELOPMENT AND HUMANITARIAN …
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pp. 176–190

YEMEN AT THE BEGINNING OF 21ST CENTURY- A VERY POOR AND STILL AN ATTRACTIVE COUNTRY FOR THE INTERESTS OF RELEVANT POWERS IN THE REGION

RECENTLY, IN AN ABSTRACT OF A PAPER ON YEMEN, THE AUTHOR SAID THAT THIS COUNTRY, ONCE CALLED "ARABIA FELIX" ("HAPPY ARABIA"), DESERVES TODAY ITS OPPOSITE NAME, RESPECTIVELY, "ARABIA INFELIX" ("UNHAPPY ARABIA"). IN THIS PAPER, BY ANALYZING THE HISTORY OF THIS STATE SITUATED IN A STRATEGIC LOCATION AT THE SOUTH OF THE ARABIAN PENINSULA, WE WILL TRY T…
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pp. 191–200

UNION AND TRANSPOSITION REGULATIONS CONCERNING THE APPLICATION OF THE PRINCIPLE OF MUTUAL RECOGNITION OF FINANCIAL SANCTIONS IN CRIMINAL MATTERS

JUDICIAL COOPERATION WITHIN THE EUROPEAN UNION IS AN INTERSTATE PROCEDURE THAT EXCEEDS TRADITIONAL JUDICIAL COOPERATION INVOLVING LEGAL INSTRUMENTS WITH WELL- DEFINED REGULATORY AREAS AND "ANCHORED" IN THE REALITIES OF THE UNION MEMBER STATES ON THE PROBLEMS OF CRIME AND TRAFFICKING OF ANY KIND. JUDICIAL COOPERATION IN CRIMINAL MATTERS AT THE LEVEL…
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pp. 201–207

THE IMPORTANCE OF THE COMMUNICATIVE APPROACH FOR TEACHING BUSINESS ENGLISH IN A ROMANIAN UNIVERSITY

IN THE GLOBALIZED ERA, THERE HAS BEEN A GROWING INTEREST IN LEARNING AND TEACHING ENGLISH ALL OVER THE WORLD DUE TO CERTAIN FACTORS: THE GROWTH OF TOURISM AND TRAVEL INDUSTRIES, THE TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT AND THE MAJOR DEMOGRAPHIC SHIFTS, FREE ACCESS TO INFORMATION, FREE MOVEMENT OF THE LABOUR FORCE ACROSS EUROPE, ETC, ALL OF THESE CONTRIBUTING …
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pp. 208–214

GENERAL CONCEPT OF STRESS

RECOGNIZING THE EXISTENCE OF STRESS IN ANY HUMAN ACTIVITY AND THE EFFECTS OF THIS COMPLEX PSYCHOSOCIAL PHENOMENON ON WORK PERFORMANCE, HUMAN HEALTH AND THE SPECIFIC CLIMATE OF EACH COMMUNITY, DOUBLED BY IDENTIFYING RELIABLE STRESS MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS, REPRESENTS THE DIRECTION TO BE TAKEN TO LEAD EVERY ORGANIZATION OR NATION.
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pp. 215–224

EMPIRICAL ASSESSMENT OF LEADERSHIP, COLLEAGUE RELATIONSHIP AND LECTURER TRUST IN UNIVERSITIES IN VIETNAM

THE TRUST OF AN INDIVIDUAL IS INFLUENCED BY MANY FACTORS . THE PURPOSE OF THIS STUDY IS TO EVALUATE THE IMPACT OF LEADERSHIP, COLLEAGUE RELATIONSHIP AND LECTURER TRUST IN UNIVERSITIES IN HO MINH CHI CITY VIETNAM. THE STUDY USED CONVENIENCE SAMPLING. METHOD TO COLLECT DATA FROM 800 LECTURERS. STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELLING TECHNIQUES WAS USED TO AN…
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pp. 225–243

THE SOLUTION TO IMPROVE COMPETITIVENESS OF FINANCIAL LEASING COMPANIES IN VIETNAM

THE STUDY IS DONE TO ASSESS THE AFFECTING OF THE FACTORS TO THE COMPETITIVENESS OF FINANCIAL LEASING COMPANIES IN VIETNAM. THE PRIMARY AND SECONDARY DATA HAVE BEEN USED IN WHICH THE PRIMARY DATA IS COLLECTED FROM WITH THE MANAGERS OF FINANCIAL LEASING COMPANIES AND THE SECONDARY DATA IS FROM THE VAST LITERATURE. THE HYPOTHESES ARE DEVELOPED AND ASS…
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pp. 244–254

MINIMALLY INVASIVE TREATMENT OF COMMON BILE DUCT LITHIASIS. A LITERATURE REVIEW

COMMON BILE DUCT LITHIASIS IS A FREQUENT FINDING IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING CHOLECYSTECTOMY FOR SYMPTOMATIC GALLBLADDER STONES. CURRENTLY IT IS ADDRESSED EITHER BY EITHER SINGLE-STAGE LAPAROSCOPIC EXPLORATION OF THE COMMON BILE DUCT AND CHOLECYSTECTOMY, EITHER BY THE TWO -STAGE ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY AND STONE EXTRACTION FOLLOWE…
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pp. 255–262

CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT OF FRACTURES INCREASES THE RISK OF DEEP VEIN COMPARED TO SURGICA

FRACTURES ARE A COMMON FINDING IN TRAUMA DEPARTMENTS WORLDWIDE AND THEY CAN BE TREATED CONSERVATIVELY OR SURGICALLY. IN BOTH TYPES OF FRACTURE TREATMENT, DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS (DVT) AND PULMONARY EMBOLISM (PE) ARE LIFE- THREATENING COMPLICATIONS. AN ANIMAL MODEL WAS USED TO STUDY THE INFLUENCE OF TREATMENT TYPE ON DVT AND PE INCIDENCE. THIRTY RATS W…
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pp. 263–268

CHILD PARASITISM AND ALLERGIC SKIN DISORDERS

PARASITOSES ARE EXTREMELY COMMON CONDITIONS IN PEDIATRICS. IT IS ESTIMATED THAT OVER 80% OF CHILDREN HAVE AN EPISODE OF GIARDIAS (FOR EXAMPLE) DURING THEIR LIFETIME. THERE ARE ALSO PARASITIC ENDEMIC EVOLUTIONS, S UCH AS ASCARIASIS IN THE HILLY AREA OF MEHEDINTI. SKIN ERUPTIONS, THE PRESENCE OF URTICARIAL PHENOMENA ARE A REALITY IN THE CASE OF PEDIA…
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pp. 269–275

EPIGENETIC FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT

EPIGENETICS IS A NATURAL AND PLAUSIBLE EXPLANATION FOR PHENOTYPIC CHANGES OCCURRING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS. WE WANT TO DOCUMENT HOW NUTRITION, ONE OF THE PRIMARY ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS THAT INTERACT WITH INDIVIDUALS, CAN INFLUENCE EPIGENETIC CHANGES WITH CONSEQUENCES RESULTING IN HEALTH DEVELOPMENT. THE STUDY CONDUCTED IN THE P…
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pp. 276–280

STAPHYLOCOCCAL PNEUMONIA – CASE REPORT

STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS HAVE BEEN A MAJOR CONCERN OF THE CHILD'S INFECTIOUS PATHOLOGY. STAPHYLOCOCCAL PNEUMONIA, ALTHOUGH RARER THAN PNEUMOCOCCAL PNEUMONIA, REMAINS ONE OF THE CHILD'S MOST SERIOUS BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA, DESPITE THE GREAT ADVANCES OF ANTIBI OTIC THERAPY AND RESPIRATORY RESUSCITATION TECHNIQUES. STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS IS THE DETERMINA…
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pp. 281–286

VOLUMINOUS TUMOUR OF

IN DEVELOPED COUNTRIES THERE IS AN INCREASE IN THE INCIDENCE OF UTERINE TUMOURS, WHICH BECAME THE THIRD LOCALIZATION AFTER BREAST AND RECTUM -COLON IN WOMEN, BEFORE CERVICAL CANCER. WE PRESENTED THE CASE OF A 49 -YEAR-OLD PATIENT HOSPITALIZED WITH PALE, ABNORMAL VAGINAL BLEEDING, DYSPAREUNIA AND FETID ODOR IN THE EXTERNAL GENITAL ORGANS. PHYSICAL E…
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pp. 287–292

GALLBLADDER CANCER

GALLBLADDER NEOPLASM HAS THE BIGEST FREQUENCY OF EXTRAHEPATIC BILE DUCT TUMOURS, 80% OF THEM DEVELOPS ON LITHIC VESICLES. WE PRESENT A CLINICAL CASE OF A 72 -YEAR-OLD PATIENT, WHO WAS REFERRED TO HOSPITAL DUE TO ABDOMINAL AND RIGHT HYPOCHONDRIUM PAIN, LOSS OF APPETITE, FEVER, CHILLS, JAUNDICE AND WEIGHT LOSS, WITH NORMAL LABORATORY RESULTS. EXPLORA…
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pp. 293–300

THE ROLE OF LAPAROSCOPY IN IDENT

MECKEL DIVERTICULUM IS ONE OF THE MOST COMMON MALFORMATIONS OF THE GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT, BEING RARELY ENCOUNTERED IN ADULTS (2%), AND ITS PREOPERATIVE FINDING IS A RARITY. WE PRESENTED THE CASE OF A 24-YEAR-OLD PATIENT HOSPITALIZED WITH PAIN IN THE RIGHT ILIAC FOSSA, VOMITING AND SUB -FEBRILITY, SYMPTOMS THAT STARTED INSIDIOUSLY THREE WEEKS BEFOR…
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pp. 301–310

LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY SILS (TRANSUMBILICAL SINGLE-INCISION SURGERY) – BETWEEN LIMITS AND POSSIBILITIES

THE WORK’S PURPOSE WAS TO ANALYSE THE FEASIBILITY OF THE SILS APPROACH IN PATIENTS WITH CHOLELITHIASIS, BOTH WITH CHRONIC AND ACUTE FORMS, THE SPECIFICATION OF THE INDICATIONS AS WELL AS THE LIMITATIONS OF THIS METHOD. THE STUDY WAS RETROSPECTIVE, CONDUCTED ON A LOT OF 736 PATIENTS OPERATED IN THE CLINIC BETWEEN JANUARY 2012 – DECEMBER 2018, WITH A…
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