32nd International Symposium on Sustainable Systems and Technology – ISSST 2025
June 16 - 18, 2025 | Minneapolis, MN
Conference Agenda
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Session Overview |
| Date: Sunday, 15/June/2025 | ||
| 9:00am - 5:00pm |
Pre-Conference Workshop 1: Pre-Conference Workshop: Infrastructure Misfits Infrastructure in the Anthropocene |
Pre-Conference Workshop 2: Pre-Conference Workshop: LCA of Emerging Technologies Working Group LCA of Emerging Technologies - Working Group meeting |
| 2:30pm - 5:30pm |
Pre-Conference Workshop 3: Climate fresk workshop Climate Fresk |
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| 5:30pm - 7:00pm |
Social Event 1: Pre-Conference Social Event |
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| Date: Monday, 16/June/2025 | |||
| 8:00am - 9:30am |
Registration: Early Registration |
Workshop: LCA-1: What have we learned after 30 years of LCA? [Part 1] What have we learned after 30 years of LCA? |
Workshop: Sci-Com: Science Communication Workshop Chair: Amy Aines From Assessment to Action:How to Clearly Communicate Your Ideas and Insights |
| 9:30am - 9:40am |
Transition I |
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| 9:40am - 10:00am |
Opening & Welcome: Opening and Welcome |
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| 10:00am - 11:30am |
Keynote I: Jason Hill (title TBD) |
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| 11:30am - 12:30pm |
Lunch |
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| 12:30pm - 12:40pm |
Transition II |
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| 12:40pm - 1:40pm |
Lightning 1: Lightning Talks for AIB & HDS Techno-Economic Analysis of Sustainable Aviation Fuel in the South-Central U.S. 12:45pm - 12:50pm From Waste to Resource: Evaluating the Environmental Sustainability of Food Waste Treatment in Wastewater Resource Recovery Facilities Versus Landfilling 12:50pm - 12:55pm Upcycling grocery wastes as a feed input for climate friendly egg production in the United States 12:55pm - 1:00pm Decarbonization pathways for U.S. Automotive Steel Consumption 1:00pm - 1:05pm Addressing data availability concerns in Social Life Cycle Assessment through a critical review on the United States manufacturing sector 1:05pm - 1:10pm Local Energy Justice Impacts of Global Carbon Market Design 1:10pm - 1:15pm Evaluating the community impacts of early-stage sustainability research |
Lightning 2: Lightning Talks for SRE Consequential impacts of large electrical loads powering direct air capture 12:45pm - 12:50pm Life cycle assessment and technoeconomic analysis of an intelligent water resource recovery system 12:50pm - 12:55pm Is the Design for Circularity strategy environmentally beneficial? A case study of the U.S Photovoltaics Industry shifting from Aluminum to Steel Frames 12:55pm - 1:00pm Lifecycle Assessment of Networked Geothermal Systems: A Sustainable Alternative to HVAC Systems 1:00pm - 1:05pm Identifying Key Factors Influencing Zero-Emission Vehicle Uptake Across California’s Communities 1:05pm - 1:10pm Evaluation of policy requirements for the three-pillar method for clean hydrogen production in the USA 1:10pm - 1:15pm Whole-process water consumption of direct lithium extraction in the Salton Sea region 1:15pm - 1:20pm Low-carbon manufacturing increases climate benefit of photovoltaics (PV) by up to 208% points 1:20pm - 1:25pm Battery supply constraints in the light-duty vehicles sector - a barrier for fleet electrification or an opportunity for more efficient battery use? |
Lightning 3: Lightning Talks for ITM and CST A multi-dimensional footprint for food products based on multi-criteria decision-making approach under uncertainty 12:45pm - 12:50pm Application of Generative Artificial Intelligence for Early Stage Building LCA and Embodied Carbon Reduction Strategies 12:50pm - 12:55pm Towards a shared view on the climate impact of digital technology including the handprint 12:55pm - 1:00pm New Tools for Synthetic Temperature and Heatwave Generation: Advancing Sustainability and Resilience under Climate Change 1:00pm - 1:05pm The Intersection of Sustainability, Resilience, and Smart Cities Literature 1:05pm - 1:10pm Balancing Stakeholder Interests for Sustainable Road-Stream Crossing Management Using a Multi-Objective Genetic Algorithm 1:10pm - 1:15pm Stories of Surface Water in Africa: Exploring the Changes in Inland Surface Extent 1:15pm - 1:20pm Characterizing Region-Scale Energy Storage for an All-Solar Electricity Generation Regime |
| 1:40pm - 2:10pm |
Break I |
Transition III |
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| 2:20pm - 3:40pm |
HDS1: Considerations for Stakeholder Engagement The Underestimated Role of Consumers in LCA 2:32pm - 2:44pm Product User Well-being from Circular Economy Behavior Engagement 2:44pm - 2:56pm Understanding the Stakeholder Landscape Surrounding Energy Efficiency Decisions in U.S. Manufacturing 2:56pm - 3:08pm Social Life Cycle Assessment (S-LCA) on Women’s Argan Oil Production in Morocco 3:08pm - 3:20pm The Impact of Online Shopping on Retail Building Space Utilization and Energy Demand in the U.S. 3:20pm - 3:32pm Evaluating Stakeholder Preferences and Network in Road-Stream Crossing Management |
Lightning 4: Lightning Talks for SRI The climate limits of construction – consumption emissions and budgets for over 1000 cities. 2:25pm - 2:30pm Regional Light-Duty Vehicles Decarbonization Strategy from the Emission Abatement Cost Perspective 2:30pm - 2:35pm Adaptive Building LCA Tools for Promoting Circular Economy: A comprehensive analysis 2:35pm - 2:40pm Electric Vehicle Charging Stations at Risk from Hazardous Events and Power Outages: Analytics and Resilience Implications 2:40pm - 2:45pm Fuzzy Cognitive Mapping and Principles for Green Hydrogen Ecosystem Development in Michigan 2:45pm - 2:50pm Comparative Life Cycle Assessment of Various Types of Rebar 2:50pm - 2:55pm Analysis for decarbonization of industrial petrochemicals 2:55pm - 3:00pm Techno-economic analysis of rail decarbonization 3:00pm - 3:05pm A novel superstructure framework for tailor-made middle distillates for a net-zero carbon economy. |
SRE1: Modeling Sustainable and Resilient Macro-scale Electricity Systems Evaluation of Policies to Support Robust Planning of Electricity Systems Exposed to High Uncertainty 2:32pm - 2:44pm Projecting US State-Level Renewable Energy Generation Under Climate Change 2:44pm - 2:56pm Assessing the Local Economic Impacts of Rural Utility-Scale PV Deployment for Power System Decarbonization in the Great Lakes Region. 2:56pm - 3:08pm Integrated Energy-Water flows in the United States over the 21st century 3:08pm - 3:20pm Significance of Integrating Supply-side and Demand-side solutions in Electricity System Transition Planning – A model-based evaluation 3:20pm - 3:32pm The resilience value of residential solar + storage systems in the continental U.S. |
| 3:40pm - 4:00pm |
Transition IV |
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| 4:00pm - 5:20pm |
BC: Technical Workshop: Advancing Harmonized Biogenic Carbon Accounting in LCA Advancing Harmonized Biogenic Carbon Accounting in Life Cycle Assessment: from the UNEP/LCI Project |
EPA WARM: Special Session: Restructuring EPA's WARM Model Restructuring EPA's WARM Model |
Workshop: LCA-2: What have we learned after 30 years of LCA [Part 2] Chair: Shelie Miller |
| 5:20pm - 5:30pm |
Transition |
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| 5:30pm - 7:00pm |
Poster Session Tool for Assessing Carbon Storing Materials-TACSMA Understanding decarbonization challenges in the cement sector through a retrospective analysis of industry reports and policy documents Assessing Equity in California School Solar Adoption Through Machine Learning Cost, performance and Life cycle assessment of biosand filters and its modified derivatives for drinking water treatment. Decarbonizing Indiana’s Steel Industry: Hydrogen-Enhanced Electric Arc Furnace Integration and Grid Modeling Examining the Techno-Economic Assessment of Lignocellulosic Biomass to Fuels via Fast Pyrolysis: Recent Difficulties and Opportunities Incorporating Industrial Ecology into Energy Systems Optimization: Modeling the Impact of Materials and Infrastructure on Decarbonization Integrating Sustainability Indicators for Plant-Based Proteins: A Review on Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment Framework Material Supply Resilience Modeling for Defense Buildings Model based control for carbon-efficient water treatment Novel circular economy approach to the recovery of Critical Raw Materials (CRM) from photovoltaic (PV) solar panel and Fibre Optic Cable (FOC) waste Regional Climate Impacts on Renewable Energy Generation The Impact of Subsidies on Heat Pump Adoption and Residential Heating Emissions in Massachusetts Using Robust Decision-Making to Assess Efficient Use of Battery Capacity in the U.S. Light-Duty Vehicle Fleet S-ROI: A Holistic Framework for Evaluating Sustainability Impacts of Emerging Technologies in Established Communities Strategic Carbon Hubs for Large-Scale Industrial Decarbonization: Cement, Steel, and Chemicals Value Theories in Infrastructure Development: Advancing the Human Dimensions of Sustainability Evaluating 25 years of changes in corn ethanol’s carbon intensity in the US: Some insights for advancing prospective life cycle assessment An Iterative Approach to Incorporating Experimental Data into the Life Cycle Analyses (LCA) of Potential Liquid Organic Hydrogen Carriers (LOHCs) Amplifying Women’s Voices: Addressing Gender-Specific Barriers to Renewable Energy Adoption in Fossil-Fuel-Dependent Economies Integrating Nutrition and Environmental Impacts into Nutritional Life Cycle Assessment (nLCA) for Sustainable Agri-Food Systems |
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| Date: Tuesday, 17/June/2025 | |||
| 8:00am - 8:30am |
Breakfast |
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| 8:30am - 9:20am |
Keynote II: Tentative - Sustainability in practice with Delta Airlines |
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| 9:20am - 9:35am |
Transition V |
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| 9:35am - 10:55am |
AIB1: Towards Negative-Carbon Bioproducts TOWARDS NEGATIVE CARBON: INSIGHTS FROM MATO GROSSO DO SUL, BRAZIL 9:47am - 9:59am Scalability of Hemp-based Thermal Insulation in the United States – A Monte Carlo-based Techno-economic Approach 9:59am - 10:11am Cradle-to-Gate Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Ethylene Produced via Corn Ethanol 10:11am - 10:23am Life-Cycle Assessment of Corn Wet Mills in the United States: Ethanol, Dextrose, and Feed Products 10:23am - 10:35am Life Cycle Assessment of poly(3-hydroxybuyrate) Production from Forest Residue and Shrub Willow Mix 10:35am - 10:47am Life Cycle Assessment of Willow Biomass Pretreatment Methods Producing Sugars for Value-Added Biochemicals and Biofuels |
SRE2: Meeting Minerals and Materials Demands for Sustainable and Resilient Energy Systems Regional photovoltaics circularity under various socio-economic conditions 9:47am - 9:59am Assessing the future of lithium production in the US through the lenses water consumption and scarcity 9:59am - 10:11am Effects of natural versus situational lime carbonation dynamics on the carbon footprint of a hemp-biochar-lime insulation material |
SRI1: General Infrastructures and Transportation Systems Is the best available climate model data sufficient to plan for climate adaptation? 9:47am - 9:59am Operationalizing safe-to-fail design for climate adaptation through social, ecological, and technological capabilities of infrastructures 9:59am - 10:11am Assessing roadway vulnerability to post-fire debris flows in Arizona in current and future climate scenarios 10:11am - 10:23am Advancing Sustainability in Construction: An AI-Driven Framework for Efficient EPD Analysis and Data Enrichment 10:23am - 10:35am Siting of Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure with Equity Considerations 10:35am - 10:47am Time Series Analysis of Changes in Agricultural Systems in Sub-Saharan Africa: The First Step Toward Climate Impact Assessment |
| 10:55am - 11:15am |
Break III |
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| 11:15am - 12:35pm |
CST1: Sustainable innovation, materials and assessment ADHERENCE OF BRAZILIAN EXTERNAL CONTROL BODIES, THROUGH A PUBLIC GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE FOCUSED ON THE 2030 AGENDA GOALS 11:27am - 11:39am Development of a Green Composite Using Cement Paste Waste, Hemicellulose, Chitosan, and Natural Fibers 11:39am - 11:51am Comparative Analysis of Voluntary Programs and Mandatory Regulations for Effective Bulky Materials Management 11:51am - 12:03pm Towards a MMRV Protocol for Carbon-Curing and Mineralization in the Concrete Sector: Gap Analysis of Existing LCA and MMRV Standards using AI 12:03pm - 12:15pm Impact of Decarbonizing One Industrial Sector on the Resilience and Decarbonization of Other Industrial Sectors |
ITM1: Tools and Methods for LCA Algorithmic Approaches to Scale Life Cycle Assessments 11:27am - 11:39am Including Supply Chain Vulnerability in Social Life Cycle Assessments of Critical Minerals 11:39am - 11:51am Holistic Evaluation of Environmental Effects Using Consequential Life Cycle Analysis for Critical Mineral Production 11:51am - 12:03pm Ojibwe Gikendaasowin (Ojibwe Knowledge) life cycle assessment of critical minerals mining 12:03pm - 12:15pm Federal LCA Commons: Dataset Updates and Contribution Opportunities 12:15pm - 12:20pm Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and Techno Economic Analysis (TEA) of Sorbent-Based Direct Air Capture (DAC) Case Studies |
SRE3: Sustainable Uses of Fossil Fuels in the Energy Transition Geospatial life cycle climate change impacts of coal power in the US 11:27am - 11:39am Life Cycle Emissions-from Canadian residual forest biomass to electricity enhanced synthesis of bioLNG 11:39am - 11:51am Refinery Flexibility and Decarbonization Pathways in Canada’s Evolving Transportation Landscape 11:51am - 12:03pm Preparing for the Energy Transition: Projecting the Impact of Electric Vehicle Adoption on the U.S. Gasoline Supply Chain Through 2050 12:03pm - 12:15pm NAVIGATING THE CLIMATE EMERGENCY: OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES IN TRANSITION TO A SUSTAINABLE BIOECONOMY 12:15pm - 12:20pm Life-cycle greenhouse gas footprint of CLT from mixed softwood from California forests |
| 12:40pm - 2:15pm |
Lunch II |
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| 1:30pm - 2:15pm |
Plenary 2: Panel: Enhancing Assessment Quality in LCA for Emerging Technologies Enhancing Assessment Quality in LCA for Emerging Technologies |
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| 2:15pm - 2:30pm |
Transition VI |
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| 2:30pm - 3:50pm |
EPA tools for IE 1: Workshop: How to Use EPA's Tools for Industrial Ecology Modeling Part 1 How to Use EPA's Tools for Industrial Ecology Modeling. Part 1: U.S. Facility and Sector Level Data and Modeling Tools |
HDS2: Equity and Intersectional Approaches Advancing Energy Equity Metrics: Bridging Local Voices and Contextual Insights in Sub-Saharan Africa 2:42pm - 2:54pm Evaluating sustainability assessments via Indigenous Knowledge 2:54pm - 3:06pm An Intersectional Exploration of Energy Justice Dimensions 3:06pm - 3:18pm Disparities in power plant-level air quality and health disparities in the United States 3:18pm - 3:30pm High-Resolution Fleet Turnover Model to Assess California's Electric Vehicle Transition 3:30pm - 3:42pm Urban Greening as a Pathway to Environmental Equity: Tackling Extreme Heat and Air Pollution: A Case Study in San Joaquin County |
SRE4: Industrial Energy Use and Hydrogen for Sustainable and Resilient Energy Prospective impact analysis combining integrated assessment modeling and life cycle assessment for alternative industrial heat sources. 2:42pm - 2:54pm Energy and climate impacts of electrification of Indiana’s steel industry 2:54pm - 3:06pm High spatial resolution industrial hydrogen demand for hydrogen energy system modeling 3:06pm - 3:18pm Technical Evaluation and Life-Cycle Assessment of Si+ based Hydrogen Production Technology Integrated Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell System for Electricity Generation 3:18pm - 3:23pm Decarbonizing Renewables: Splitting Electricity, Heat, and Direct Emissions Flows to Address Embodied Emissions in Photovoltaics and Wind Manufacturing |
| 3:50pm - 4:10pm |
Break IV |
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| 4:10pm - 5:30pm |
EPA tools for IE 1 cont': Workshop: How to Use EPA's Tools for Industrial Ecology Modeling Part 1 continued |
ITM2: Cross-sector Modeling Innovations for Life Cycle and Sustainability Systemic Decarbonization of the U.S. Aluminum Supply Chain: A Dynamic Material Flow Analysis Approach 4:22pm - 4:34pm Bill of Materials Prediction of Solid State Drives with Large Language Models 4:34pm - 4:46pm ECO-STEPS: A Multi-Criteria Decision Support Tool for Evaluating the Sustainability of Engineered Climate Solutions 4:46pm - 4:58pm Comprehensive Manure Management Impacts Tool: A Life Cycle Assessment Model for Evaluating Regionally Specific Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Strategies in Dairy Manure Management 4:58pm - 5:10pm Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) –Techno-Economic Analysis (TEA) Harmonization Framework to Evaluate Emerging Carbon Conversion Technologies 5:10pm - 5:22pm GeoHydroSim: A Tool for Modeling Water Consumption from Geothermal Energy Production and Lithium Extraction 5:22pm - 5:34pm How to Enhance Your Data Visualization in 15 Minutes |
SRI2: Circularity in Wastewater and Recycling Systems A Tool to Assess the Nationwide Environmental Impact of Technological Innovation and Policy on Wastewater Treatment Infrastructure 4:22pm - 4:34pm Environmental and economic potential of AI-based plastic sorting systems 4:34pm - 4:46pm N2O as reactant rather than pollutant at wastewater treatment plants: Life Cycle Assessment and Techno-Economic Analysis of N2O-to-phenol 4:46pm - 4:58pm Infrastructure and Investment Analysis of Recycling Supply Chain Networks for Post-Consumer Plastics 4:58pm - 5:10pm Developing a Dynamic Framework to Optimize Polymer Recycling Systems in U.S. 5:10pm - 5:22pm Using supply chain modeling and hybrid input-output analysis to assess circular futures for the glass industry |
| 6:00pm - 9:00pm |
Social Event 2 |
Student event: Student event & social |
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| Date: Wednesday, 18/June/2025 | ||||
| 7:00am - 8:00am |
ISSST Planning Meeting |
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| 8:00am - 8:30am |
Breakfast II |
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| 9:20am - 9:35am |
Transition VII |
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| 9:35am - 10:55am |
AIB2: Climate-Smart Bioeconomy: From Forests to Fields Impact of Species Mixing Ratios and Tree Size on Forest Resilience to Climate Stressors for Sustainable Management 9:47am - 9:59am Exploring Economic and Environmental Impacts of Emerging Incentives for Winter Rye Cover Crops in the U.S. Midwest 9:59am - 10:11am Elucidating the Value Chain of a Potential Biobased Alternative to Traditional Plastic Precursors 10:11am - 10:23am The Impacts of System Boundary and Biogenic Carbon Accounting in an Attributional Life Cycle Analysis of U.S. Renewable Natural Gas Production Pathways 10:23am - 10:35am Soil amendments as value-added products from Integrated Pulp and Paper Biorefinery: An Environmental and Economic Analysis 10:35am - 10:47am Evaluating the Efficacy of Climate-Smart Agriculture Practices: A Meta-Analysis of Life Cycle Assessment Studies |
ITM3: LCA for Materials and Methods Advanced Life Cycle Impact Assessment Method for Biodegradable Microplastics 9:47am - 9:59am Addressing challenges in the lifecycle assessment (LCA) of circular economy for the US beverage industry: A case study of single use versus reusable cups 9:59am - 10:11am Environmental impacts of future cotton production in the United States 10:11am - 10:23am Unintended consequences of plastic substitution: Life cycle assessments of polyethylene packaging vs. alternatives in US based on ten indicators 10:23am - 10:35am Modeling consumer choices of disposition of End-of-First-Use electronics 10:35am - 10:40am Circular economy for N, P and K from human urine to crops: Maximizing environmental benefits through geospatial optimization of nutrient recovery facilities |
SRE5: Sustainable and Resilient Transportation Evaluating Use-phase Carbon Footprint of EV Batteries: A Physics-Based Approach 9:47am - 9:59am Driving Toward Net-Zero: Unlocking Circular Economy Strategies to Decarbonize U.S. Automotive Sheet Metal Production 9:59am - 10:11am Creating electrical load profiles for heavy-duty vehicle charging in Ontario, Canada using real-world GPS data 10:11am - 10:41am The Coordinating Research Council’s Sustainable Mobility Committee: Current and Future Research 10:41am - 10:46am A Two-Echelon Bidirectional Energy Supply Problem with Uncrewed Electric Aerial and Ground Vehicles for Emergency Response Logistics |
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| 10:55am - 11:15am |
Break V |
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| 11:15am - 12:30pm |
Keynote III: What have we learned after 30 years of LCA? [Share-Out] Chair: Shelie Miller |
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| 12:45pm - 1:45pm |
Student awards |
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| 1:45pm - 2:30pm |
ISSST 2026 Planning Meeting |
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| 2:00pm - 5:00pm |
Antelope: Technical Workshop: Using Antelope Using Antelope - open source toolset for LCA benchmarking and analysis |
EPA tools for IE 2: Technical Workshop: How to Use EPA's Tools for Industrial Ecology Modeling Part 2 How to Use EPA's Tools for Industrial Ecology Modeling. Part 2: USEEIO Model Assembly, Calculation and Analysis |
Workshop: Climate Fresk |
Workshop ROI sustainability: Workshop: How to assess the return on investments into sustainability How to assess the return on investments into sustainability |
| 5:00pm - 7:00pm |
Post-Conference Social Event - details TBD |
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