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Research in Recife

Science Explorer records 30 research institutions in Recife, Brazil. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Universidade de Pernambuco and Centro Universitário Maurício de Nassau.

Research institutions
30
15 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
81k
◆ 1% vs 2018-21
Citations
641k
7.9 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
7.5%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1951-2026
76 years on the record
Recife

A city carries no overall standing here. The quality score is built for institutions and countries, the units its floors and field normalisation were designed around. An empty rank on this page is a statement about the measure, not about the place.

Which research institutions are in Recife?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Universidade Federal de PernambucoUniversity 42,856 #978
2Universidade Federal Rural de PernambucoUniversity 14,169 #3,357
3Universidade de PernambucoUniversity 9,511 #1,601
4Universidade Católica de PernambucoUniversity 2,526 #4,361
5Centro Universitário Maurício de NassauUniversity 2,475 #2,254
6Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia de PernambucoUniversity 1,742 #4,085
7Instituto de Medicina Integral Professor Fernando FigueiraHospital / health system 1,256 #10,868
8Hospital das Clínicas da Universidade Federal de PernambucoHospital / health system 1,091 #11,174
9Secretaria de Educação de PernambucoGovernment institution 752 #8,732
10Centro de Estudos e Sistemas Avançados do RecifeInstitution 640 #9,197
11Fundacao Joaquim NabucoGovernment institution 593 #16,888
12Centro de Tecnologias Estratégicas do NordesteInstitution 556 #12,260
13Faculdade Frassinetti do RecifeUniversity 451 #11,144
14Instituto Agronômico de PernambucoResearch facility 431 #23,841 all time
15Instituto de Tecnologia de PernambucoResearch facility 368 #17,106
16Hospital da RestauraçãoHospital / health system 348 #18,356
17Hospital Universitário Oswaldo CruzHospital / health system 338 #17,791
18Real Hospital PortuguêsHospital / health system 319 #20,033
19Hospital de Câncer de PernambucoHospital / health system 138 #33,521 all time
20Fundação Altino VenturaHospital / health system 120 not ranked
21Fundação de Amparo à Ciência e Tecnologia de PernambucoInstitution 85 not ranked
22Porto Digital (Brazil)Company 63 not ranked
23Companhia Energética de PernambucoCompany 55 not ranked
24Euvaldo Lodi InstituteNonprofit 31 not ranked
25Conservatório Pernambucano de MúsicaArchive 10 not ranked
26Fórum Nacional das Entidades Civis de Defesa do ConsumidorNonprofit 5 not ranked
27Instituto PapaiNonprofit 5 not ranked
28GestosNonprofit 4 not ranked
29Fundação Apolônio Salles de Desenvolvimento EducacionalInstitution 1 not ranked
30Sucesu NacionalInstitution 0 not ranked

By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022-now. Bars are scaled to the largest institution in this city, not to anything off the page.

How concentrated the city is

The same institutions as shares of everything the list accounts for. A city that is one university and a city that is twelve read alike as a table and not at all alike here.

Universidade Federal de Pernambuco: 52.9%Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco: 17.5%Universidade de Pernambuco: 11.8%Universidade Católica de Pernambuco: 3.1%25 others listed: 14.7%53%largest
Universidade Federal de Pernambuco43k · 52.9%Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco14k · 17.5%Universidade de Pernambuco9,511 · 11.8%Universidade Católica de Pernambuco2,526 · 3.1%25 others listed12k · 14.7%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which fields of science does Recife work in?

In 2022-now, 35% of research in Recife is in Social Sciences, 27% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (22%), Medicine (16%), Environmental Science (9%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 8,345 fractional works · 35.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 5,316 fractional works · 22.4% of its workEducation: 1,704 fractional works · 7.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1,538 fractional works · 6.5% of its workUrban Studies: 376 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 345 fractional works · 1.5% of its workDemography: 304 fractional works · 1.3% of its workLaw: 272 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGender Studies: 179 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth: 172 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnthropology: 110 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCommunication: 79 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCultural Studies: 53 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 184 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArts and Humanities: 1,090 fractional works · 4.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 388 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPhilosophy: 261 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHistory: 107 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 100 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 61 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 173 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychology: 651 fractional works · 2.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 269 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 152 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 110 fractional works · 0.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 101 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 608 fractional works · 2.6% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 430 fractional works · 1.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 139 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 39 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 444 fractional works · 1.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 125 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Information Systems: 102 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMarketing: 73 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 54 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 48 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 43 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 235 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 174 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 62 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 6,439 fractional works · 27.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2,205 fractional works · 9.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 693 fractional works · 2.9% of its workWater Science and Technology: 361 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEcology: 324 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 196 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 177 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPollution: 120 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 99 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 93 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 72 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 54 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 1,466 fractional works · 6.2% of its workInformation Systems: 561 fractional works · 2.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 360 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 155 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 141 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science Applications: 70 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 52 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 127 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEngineering: 1,389 fractional works · 5.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 262 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 218 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 173 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBuilding and Construction: 169 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 106 fractional works · 0.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 86 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 64 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 62 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 54 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 196 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMaterials Science: 335 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 161 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomaterials: 89 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 85 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 303 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPaleontology: 95 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOceanography: 88 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 119 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 235 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 103 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 56 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 76 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 206 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStatistics and Probability: 83 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 123 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 175 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 79 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 96 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 105 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 97 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemical Engineering: 21 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 5,667 fractional works · 23.8% of its workMedicine: 3,781 fractional works · 15.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 608 fractional works · 2.6% of its workSurgery: 360 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEpidemiology: 267 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhysiology: 236 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 221 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInfectious Diseases: 196 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 149 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 132 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 129 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 125 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOncology: 120 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 97 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRheumatology: 95 fractional works · 0.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 88 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 83 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 81 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 78 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHematology: 66 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 66 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 59 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDermatology: 51 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 472 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHealth Professions: 1,320 fractional works · 5.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 685 fractional works · 2.9% of its workHealth Information Management: 201 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOccupational Therapy: 142 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 84 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 50 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 159 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDentistry: 362 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOral Surgery: 178 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrthodontics: 83 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPeriodontics: 66 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 35 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 117 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 101 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 85 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmall Animals: 71 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 3,332 fractional works · 14.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2,045 fractional works · 8.6% of its workPlant Science: 705 fractional works · 3.0% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 289 fractional works · 1.2% of its workFood Science: 257 fractional works · 1.1% of its workForestry: 239 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInsect Science: 140 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSoil Science: 132 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 90 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAquatic Science: 80 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 79 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 35 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 797 fractional works · 3.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 350 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGenetics: 199 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCell Biology: 68 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiotechnology: 54 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 126 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 216 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 102 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 113 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 203 fractional works · 0.9% of its workParasitology: 78 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology: 76 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 48 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 71 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKRecife24kfractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences14%Physical Sciences27%Health Sciences24%Social Sciences35%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this city does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Social Sciences8,34535.1%
    1. Social Sciences5,31622.4%
    2. Arts and Humanities1,0904.6%
    3. Psychology6512.7%
    4. Decision Sciences6082.6%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting4441.9%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2351.0%
    1. Environmental Science2,2059.3%
    2. Computer Science1,4666.2%
    3. Engineering1,3895.8%
    4. Materials Science3351.4%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences3031.3%
    6. Physics and Astronomy2351.0%
    7. Mathematics2060.9%
    8. Chemistry1750.7%
    9. Energy1050.4%
    10. Chemical Engineering210.1%
  3. Health Sciences5,66723.8%
    1. Medicine3,78115.9%
    2. Health Professions1,3205.6%
    3. Dentistry3621.5%
    4. Nursing1170.5%
    5. Veterinary850.4%
  4. Life Sciences3,33214.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2,0458.6%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology7973.4%
    3. Neuroscience2160.9%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology2030.9%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics710.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Recife strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Recife is most concentrated in Forestry, Information Systems and Management and Urban Studies (10.4× the world share in Forestry).

  1. ForestrySubfield · 230.4 works10×
  2. Information Systems and ManagementSubfield · 418.7 works6.9×
  3. Urban StudiesSubfield · 354.6 works6.0×
  4. General Arts and HumanitiesSubfield · 24.1 works5.5×
  5. Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawSubfield · 654.4 works5.2×
  6. Oral SurgerySubfield · 159.1 works3.9×
  7. Occupational TherapySubfield · 125.7 works3.5×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient against the world baseline. Inside a single field a city is a meaningful unit, which is why this is where a city is measured at all.

The whole field profile

All 26 fields at once: above the ring is more than a place this size would be expected to do. A specialist and a generalist produce the same ranked list and a completely different shape.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1.78× its world share, 1,803 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.60× its world share, 684 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.80× its world share, 172 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.53× its world share, 185 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.82× its world share, 62 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.25× its world share, 19 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.46× its world share, 155 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.80× its world share, 1,332 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.69× its world share, 230 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.50× its world share, 98 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.39× its world share, 1,256 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.85× its world share, 1,958 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.39× its world share, 293 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.75× its world share, 188 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.45× its world share, 214 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 3.07× its world share, 318 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.11× its world share, 1,186 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.82× its world share, 3,362 worksMedicineNursing: 1.04× its world share, 108 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.56× its world share, 74 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.64× its world share, 1,011 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.59× its world share, 402 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.79× its world share, 576 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.49× its world share, 222 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.90× its world share, 587 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.79× its world share, 4,832 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 3.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Dentistry3.07×318 works
  2. Decision Sciences2.79×576 works
  3. Veterinary2.56×74 works
  4. Health Professions2.11×1,186 works
  5. Environmental Science1.85×1,958 works
  6. Social Sciences1.79×4,832 works
  7. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.78×1,803 works
  8. Arts and Humanities1.64×1,011 works
  9. Nursing1.04×108 works
  10. Psychology0.90×587 works
  11. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.82×62 works
  12. Medicine0.82×3,362 works
  13. Immunology and Microbiology0.80×172 works
  14. Computer Science0.80×1,332 works
  15. Mathematics0.75×188 works
  16. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.69×230 works
  17. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.60×684 works
  18. Business, Management and Accounting0.59×402 works
  19. Neuroscience0.53×185 works
  20. Energy0.50×98 works
  21. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.49×222 works
  22. Chemistry0.46×155 works
  23. Physics and Astronomy0.45×214 works
  24. Engineering0.39×1,256 works
  25. Materials Science0.39×293 works
  26. Chemical Engineering0.25×19 works

Which keywords describe research in Recife?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Teacher Training, Public Policy, Qualitative Research, Public Health, Sustainability, Social Inequality, Educational Technology and Healthcare Access.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in 2022-now in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this city's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology1,365▲ 1.44×138 topics
  2. Sustainability1,271▲ 2.2×110 topics
  3. Teacher Training1,177▲ 8.1×24 topics
  4. Public Health1,089▲ 3.1×68 topics
  5. Public Policy1,074▲ 9.5×26 topics
  6. Qualitative Research1,024▲ 5.1×31 topics
  7. Globalization946▲ 2.0×136 topics
  8. Educational Technology938▲ 3.3×40 topics
  9. Quality of Life930▲ 2.7×60 topics
  10. Online Learning768▲ 3.9×21 topics
  11. Healthcare756▲ 2.8×28 topics
  12. Education750▲ 1.84×101 topics
  13. Sustainable Development736▲ 1.98×77 topics
  14. Biodiversity728▲ 4.0×33 topics
  15. Curriculum Development653▲ 4.1×15 topics
  16. Social Inequality640▲ 10×16 topics
  17. Healthcare Access562▲ 8.7×12 topics
  18. Cultural Identity540▲ 4.6×26 topics
  19. Brazil497▲ 22×5 topics
  20. Social Movements491▲ 7.0×25 topics
  21. Waste Management470▲ 4.9×11 topics
  22. Social Determinants464▲ 9.5×7 topics
  23. Health Policy435▲ 12×7 topics
  24. Research Methods417▲ 11×5 topics
  25. Data Analysis412▲ 6.6×11 topics
  26. Innovation Management403▲ 11×5 topics
  27. Environmental Education403▲ 11×11 topics
  28. Marketing Strategies401▲ 18×2 topics
  29. Quantitative Research400▲ 13×4 topics
  30. Case Study399▲ 27×1 topic
  31. Organizational Management399▲ 28×1 topic
  32. Agroecology394▲ 12×6 topics
  33. Water Resources390▲ 6.7×10 topics
  34. Educational Reform385▲ 13×7 topics
  35. Pedagogical Practices374▲ 18×3 topics
  36. Educational Policies374▲ 15×3 topics
  37. Critical Pedagogy360▲ 18×3 topics
  38. Eco-friendly Practices358▲ 26×2 topics
  39. Social Participation357▲ 25×2 topics
  40. Science Education349▲ 24×4 topics

What research is done in Recife?

Business and Management …390Business and Management Studies: 390 fractional worksEducation Pedagogy and P…337Education Pedagogy and Practices: 337 fractional worksEnvironmental Sustainability and Education: 336 fractional worksEducation and Digital Te…324Education and Digital Technologies: 324 fractional worksAcademic Research in Div…283Academic Research in Diverse Fields: 283 fractional worksScience and Education Research: 267 fractional worksHealthcare during COVID-19 Pandemic: 242 fractional worksGeography and Environmen…218Geography and Environmental Studies: 218 fractional worksHealth, Nursing, Elderly Care: 208 fractional worksRural Development and Agriculture: 206 fractional works
Information Systems and ManagementEducationManagement, Monitoring, Policy and LawSociology and Political Science3 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Business and Management Studies Information Systems and Management 390 works
  2. 2 Education Pedagogy and Practices Education 337 works
  3. 3 Environmental Sustainability and Education Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 336 works
  4. 4 Education and Digital Technologies Sociology and Political Science 324 works
  5. 5 Academic Research in Diverse Fields Education 283 works
  6. 6 Science and Education Research Education 267 works
  7. 7 Healthcare during COVID-19 Pandemic Information Systems 242 works
  8. 8 Geography and Environmental Studies Water Science and Technology 218 works
  9. 9 Health, Nursing, Elderly Care General Health Professions 208 works
  10. 10 Rural Development and Agriculture Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 206 works

Research output over time

still counting1990200020102020
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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Recife8.1% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 14.5% in 2016.

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