PUBLICATIONS

PUBLICATIONS

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1.                  Ma, J., M. K. Sen, and X. Chen, 2008, Multiple attenuation using inverse data processing in the plane wave domain, Geophysics, Submitted.

2.                  Jin, L., M. K. Sen, P. L. Stoffa, and T. Hong, 2008, Joint Estimation of Porosity and Saturation by Combining a Rock Physics Model and Constrained Pre-stack Seismic Waveform Inversion, Journal of Geophysics and Engineering, Submitted.

3.                  Dutta, U., M. K. Sen, N. N. Biswas, and Y. Zhang, Waveform modeling of earthquake data for delineating the sedimentary structure of the Anchorage basin, Alaska, 14th world conference on earthquake engineering, Beijing, China, In press

4.                  Vedanti, N., and M. K. Sen, 2008, Seismic inversion tracks in-situ combustion: a case study from Balol field, India, Geophysics, In revision.

5.                  Sen, M. K., and A. Pal, 2008, A reflectivity method for laterally varying media: homogeneous layers with curved interfaces, Geophysical Journal International, In revision.

6.                  C. S. Jackson, M. K. Sen, G. Huerta, Y. Deng, and K. P. Bowman, 2008, Error reduction and convergence in climate prediction, Journal of Climate, In Press.

7.                  Villargan, A., G. Huerta, C. Jackson, and M. K. Sen, 2008, Parameter uncertainty estimation in climate models, Bayesian Analysis, In Press.

8.                  Jin, L., P. L. Stoffa , M. K. Sen,  and R. Seif, 2008, Pilot point parameterization in stochastic inversion for reservoir properties using time-lapse seismic and production data, Journal of Seismic Exploration, In Press.

9.                  Jin, L., M. K. Sen,  and P. L. Stoffa, 2008, Fusion based classification method and its application, Journal of Seismic Exploration, submitted.

10.              Dutta, U., M. K. Sen, N. Biswas, A. Matriosyan, and Y. Zang, 2008, Investigation of shallow sedimentary structure of the anchorage basin, Alaska, using simulated annealing inversion of site response data, Bulletin of the seismological society of America, In Press.

11.              Gangopadhyay, A., and M. K. Sen, 2008, Seismicity in the northern Gulf of Mexico: A possible mechanism, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, In Press.

12.              Hong, T., and M. K. Sen, 2008, A new MCMC algorithm for seismic waveform inversion and corresponding uncertainty analysis, Geophysical Journal International, In Revision.

13.              Sil, S., and M. K. Sen, 2008, Azimuthal t-p analysis in orthorhombic media, Journal of Seismic Exploration, In Press.

2008

14.              Jin, L., P. L. Stoffa, and M. K. Sen, 2008,  Stochastic inversion for reservoir properties using parallel learning based VFSA and pilot point parameterization, SPE-118818-PP.

15.              Filina , Irina Y., Donald D. Blankenship, Malte Thoma. Valery V. Lukin, Valery N. Masolov,     M. K. Sen, 2008, New 3D bathymetry and sediment distribution in Lake Vostok: implications for pre-glacial origin and numerical modeling of internal processes within the lake, Earth and Planetary Sciences letters, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2008.09.012 .

16.              DeBabsabe, J. and  M. K. Sen, Comments on the paper “Dispersion analysis of spectral analysis method for elastic wave propagation” By G. Seriani and S. P. Oliveira, Wave Motion, doi:10.1016/j.wavemoti.2008.08.005.

17.              Sil, S., and M. K. Sen, 2008, Azimuthal tau-p analysis in anisotropic media, Geophysical J. International, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2008.0382.x..

18.              DeBabsabe, J., M. K. Sen and M. F. Wheeler, 2008, The Interior Penalty Discontinuous Galerkin Method for Elastic Wave Propagation: Grid Dispersion, Fast Track Paper, Geophysical J. International, 175, 83-93.

19.              Jin, L., M. K. Sen, P. L. Stoffa, and R. Seif, 2008, Time lapse seismic attributes analysis for water-flooded reservoirs, Journal of Geophysics and Engineering, 5, 210-220.

20.              Bansal, R., and M. K. Sen, 2008, Finite difference modeling in anisotropic media: a shear wave splitting study, Geophysical Prospecting, 56, 293-312.

21.              van der Neut, J., M. K. Sen, and K. Wapenaar, 2008, Seismic reflection coefficients of faults at low frequencies: a model study, Geophysical Prospecting, 56, 287-292.

22.              Sena, A., M. K. Sen , and P. L. Stoffa, 2008, Modeling of ground penetrating radar data in stratified media using the reflectivity technique, Journal of Geophysics and Engineering, 5, 129-146.

23.              Wood, W. T., W. Steven Holbrook, M. K. Sen, and P. L. Stoffa, 2008, Full waveform inversion of reflection seismic data for ocean temperature profiles, Geophysical Research Letters, 35,L040608, doi:10.1029/2007GL032359..

24.              Kumar, C., M. K. Sen, and R. J. Ferguson, 2008, Depth migration anisotropy analysis in the time domain, Geophysical Prospecting, 56, 87-94.

2007

25.              De Basabe, J. D, and M. K. Sen, 2007, Grid Dispersion and stability criteria of some common finite-element methods for acoustic and elastic wave equations, Geophysics, 72(6), T81-T95.

26.              Sen, M. K., F. D. Lane, and D. J. Foster, Anomalous reflection amplitudes from fractured reservoirs: failure of AVOA?, The Leading Edge, Special Section: Fractures, 26 (9), 1148-1153.

27.              Gangopadhyay, A., J. Pulliam, and M. K. Sen, 2007, Seismic waveform inversion for crust and upper mantle structure beneath Africa, Geophysical J. International, 170, 1210-1226.

28.              Kumar, D., M. K. Sen, and N. L. Bangs, 2007, Free gas and gas hydrate saturation from multi-component reflection seismic data from Hydrate ridge, Journal of Geophysical Research, VOL. 112, B12306, doi:10.1029/2007JB004993

29.              Shaw, R. K., A. Chatterjee, and M. K. Sen, 2007, Use of AVOA analysis to estimate dip od obliquely dipping fractures in hydrocarbon reservoirs, Journal of Seismic Exploration, 15(4), 355-366.

2006

30.              Klie, H., W. Bangerth, X. Gai, M.F. Wheeler, P.L. Stoffa, M. K. Sen, M. Parashar, U. Catalyurek, J. Saltz, T. Kurc, 2006, Models, methods and middleware for grid-enabled multiphysics oil reservoir management ,  Engineering with Computers, Springer Verlag, 22, 349-370.

31.              Zhang, X., B. Rutt, U. Catalyurek, T. Kurc, P. L. Stoffa, M. K. Sen, and J. Saltz, 2006, Supporting scalable and distributed data subsetting and aggregation in large-scale seismic data analysis, International Journal of High Performance Computing Applications, Vol. 20, No. 3, 423-438 (2006),DOI: 10.1177/1094342006067471.

32.              Stoffa, P. L., M. K. Sen, R. Seifoullaev, R. Pestana, and J. Fokemma, 2006, Plane-wave Depth migration, Geophysics, Geophysics, 71(6), S261-S272.

33.              Kumar, C., M. K. Sen, and R. J. Ferguson, 2006, Travel time sensitivity analysis for parameter estimation in TI media, Journal of Seismic Exploration, 15(2), 119-132.

34.              Sena, A., P. L. Stoffa, and M. K. Sen, 2006, Split step Fourier migration of GPR data in lossy media, Geophysics, 71(4), K77–K91.

35.              Bangerth, W., H. Klie, M. F. Wheeler, P. L. Stoffa, and M. K. Sen, 2006, Optimization algorithms for the reservoir oil well placement problem, Computational Geosciences, 10(3), 303-319.

36.              Bansal, R., and M. K. Sen, 2006, Two-point ray tracing in anisotropic media, Journal of Seismic Exploration, 15(1), 25-44.

37.              Shaw, R. K., and M. K. Sen, 2006, Use of AVOA data to estimate fluid in a vertically fractured reservoir, Geophysics, 71(3), C15-C24.

38.              Kumar, D., M. K. Sen, and N. L. Bangs, 2006, Seismic characteristics of gas hydrates at the Hydrate ridge, Geophysics: the Leading Edge of Exploration, Special Issue on Gas Hydrates, 25(5), 610-614.

39.              Kumar, D., M. K. Sen, N. L. Bangs, C. Wang, and I. Pecher, 2006, Seismic Anisotropy at the Hydrate Ridge, Geophysical Research Letters, 33, L01306, doi:10.1029/2005GL023945.

40.              Varela, O. J., C. Torres-Verdin, and M. K. Sen, 2006, Enforcing smoothness and assessing uncertainty in non-linear pre-stack seismic waveform inversion, Geophysical Prospecting, 54, 239-259.

41.              Varela, O. J., C. Torres-Verdin, M. K. Sen, and I. G. Roy, 2006, Using time-lapse 3D seismic data to detect variations in pore-pressure and fluid saturation due to oil displacement by water: A numerical study based on one-dimensional pre-stack inversion, Journal of Geophysics and Engineering, 3, 176-193.

 

2005

42.              Roy, L., M. K. Sen, P. L. Stoffa, K. McIntosh, and Y. Nakamura, 2005, Joint inversion of first arrival travel time and gravity data, J. of Geophysics and Engineering, 2, 277-289.

43.              Mukherjee, A., M. K. Sen, and P. L. Stoffa, 2005, Travel time computation and pre-stack time migration in transversely isotropic media, Journal of Seismic Exploration, 13(3), 201-226.

44.              Kurc, T., U. Catalyurech, Zhang, X., J. Saltz, M. Peszynska, M. Wheeler, A. Sussman, M. K. Sen, R. Seifoullaev, P. L. Stoffa, C. Torres-Verdin, 2005, A simulation and data analysis system for large scale, data driven, oil reservoir simulation studies, Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience, Invited paper, 17, 1441-1467.

45.              Roy, I. G., M. K. Sen, and C. Torres-Verdin, 2005, Full waveform inversion using a distributed system of computers, Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience, Invited paper, 17, 1365-1385.

46.              Roy, L., M. K. Sen, D. Blankenship, P. L. Stoffa, and T. Richter, 2005, Inversion and uncertainty estimation of gravity data using simulated annealing: An application over Lake Vostok, East Antarctica, Geophysics, 70(1), J1-J12.

47.              Matossian, V. , V. Bhat, , M. Parashar, M. Peszynska, M. K. Sen, P. L. Stoffa, and M. F. Wheeler, 2005, Autonomic Oil reservoir optimization on grid, Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience, Invited paper, 17, 1-26.

48.              Xia, Y., Z. Yang, P. L. Stoffa, and M. K. Sen, 2005, Using different hydrological variables to assess the impact of atmospheric forcing errors on optimization and uncertainty analysis of the CHASM surface model at a cold catchment, Journal of. Geophysical Research, 110, 1-15.

49.              Xia, Y., Z. Yang, P. L. Stoffa, and M. K. Sen, 2005, Optimal parameter and uncertainty estimation of a land surface model: sensitivity to parameter ranges and model complexities, Advances in atmospheric sciences, 22(1), 142-157.

 

2004

50.              Roy, I,G, M. K. Sen, C. Torres-Verdin and O. J. Varela, 2004, Pre-stack inversion of a Gulf of Thailand OBC dataset, Geophysics, 69(6), 1470-1477.

51.              Xia, Y., M. K. Sen, C. Jackson, and P. L. Stoffa. 2004, Multi-dataset study of optimal parameter and uncertainty estimation of a land surface model with Bayesian stochastic inversion and multicriteria method, Journal of Applied Meteorology, 43(10), 1477-1497.

52.              Ferguson, R., and M. K. Sen, 2004, Estimating the elastic parameters of anisotropic media using a joint inversion of P-wave and S-wave travel time errors, Geophysical Prospecting, 52, 547-557..

53.              Shaw, R. K., and M. K. Sen, 2004, Born Integral, stationary phase, and linearized reflection coefficients in anisotropic media, Geophysical J. International, 158, 225-238.

54.              Jackson, C., M. K. Sen, and P. L. Stoffa. 2004, An efficient stochastic Bayesian approach to optimal parameter and uncertainty estimation within climate system models, Journal of Climate, Vol. 17, No. 14, 2828-2841.

55.              Xia,Y. P.L. Stoffa, C. Jackson, and M. K.Sen, 2004, Effect of forcing data errors on calibration and uncertainty estimates of the CHASM model: a multi-dataset study, World Scientific Series on Meteorology of East Asia, Vol.3, 340-355, World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte Ltd., Singapore, 2004

56.              Xia,Y Z-Liang Yang, P. L. Stoffa, and M. K. Sen, 2004, Impact of data lengths on optimal parameter and uncertainty estimation of a land surface model, Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 109, D07101.

57.              Tsoflias, G., J. P. Van Gestel, P. L. Stoffa, and M. K. Sen, 2004, Vertical fracture detection by exploiting the polarization properties of ground penetrating radar data, Geophysics, 69 (3), 803-810.

58.              Kumar, D., M. K. Sen, and R. Fergusson, 2004, Travel time and computation and pre-stack depth migration in tilted TI media, Geophysics, 69(11), 37-44.

 

2003

59.              Jackson, C., Y. Xia, M. K. Sen, and P. L. Stoffa.2003, Optimal parameter estimation and uncertainty analysis of a land surface model” A case study using data from Cabauw, Netherlands, J. Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 108, D18.

60.              Ahmed, I., P. L. Stoffa, and M. K. Sen, 2003, Residual migration velocity analysis in offset-depth domain, J Seismic Exploration, Journal of Seismic Exploration, 12:237-257.

61.              Sen. M. K., and I. G. Roy, 2003, Computation of differntial seismograms and iteration adaptive regularization in pre-stack seismic waveform inversion, Geophysics, 68 (6), 2026-2039.

62.              Bhattacharya, B. B., Shalivahan, M. K. Sen, 2003, Use of VFSA for resolution and uncertainty analyis in 1D DC resistivity and IP inversion, Geophysical Prospecting, 51, 393-408.

63.              Sen. M. K., and A. Mukherjee, 2003, t-p analysis in transversely isotropic media, Geophysical J. International, 154, 647-658.

64.              Pecher, I. A., W. S. Holbrook, M. K. Sen, D. Lizarralde, W. T. Wood, D. R. Hutchinson, W. P. Dillon, H. Hoskins, and R. A. Stephen, 2003, Seismic anisotropy in gas-hydrate and gas-bearing sediments on the Blake Ridge–results from a walkaway vertical seismic profile, Geophysical Research Letters,30 (14), 1733-1736.

 

2002

65.              Jiao, J., P. L. Stoffa, M. K. Sen, and R. Seifoullaev, 2002, Residual migration velocity analysis in the plane-wave domain and its application, Geophysics, 67(4), 1258-1269.

 

2001

66.              Pulliam, J., M. K. Sen, C. Frohlich, and S. Grand, 2001, Determination of crustal structure by inversion of shear-coupled PL waves using global optimization, DTRA meeting in Jackson Hole.

 

2000

67.              Porsani, M. J., P. L. Stoffa, M. K. Sen, and R. K. Chunduru, 2000, Fitness functions, genetic algorithms and hybrid optimization in seismic waveform inversion, Journal of Seismic Exploration, 9(2), 143-164.

68.              McIntosh, K. D., and M. K. Sen, 2000, Geophysical Evidence for dewatering and deformation process in the ODP Leg 170 area offshore Costa Rica, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 178, 125-138.

69.              Liu, F., M. K. Sen, and P. L. Stoffa, 2000, Dip selective 2-D multiple attenuation operators in plane wave domain, Geophysics, 65(11), 264-274.

70.              Xia, G., M. K. Sen, and P. L. Stoffa, 2000, Mapping of elastic properties of gas hydrates in the Carolina Trough by waveform inversion, Geophysics, 65(3), 735-744.

71.              Calderón-Macías, C., M. K. Sen, and P. L. Stoffa, 2000, Neural Networks for Parameter Estimation in Geophysics, Geophysical Prospecting, 48, 21-47.

 

 

1999

72.              Pestana, J., P. L. Stoffa, and M. K. Sen, 1999, Free surface multiple attenuation in the plane wave domain by match filtering, Journal of Seismic Exploration, 8, 167-179.

73.              Sen, M. K., F. Liu, P. L. Stoffa, and J. T. Fokkema, 1998, A unified treatment of free surface multiple elimination algorithms, Journal of Seismic Exploration, 7, 129-143.

74.              Sen, V., M. K. Sen and P. L. Stoffa, 1999, PVM based 3-D Kirchhoff migration using dynamically computed traveltimes: An application in seismic data processing, Parallel Computing, 25, 231-248.

 

1998

75.              Sen, M. K., P. L. Stoffa, and G. Xia, 1998, AVO and Seismic Waveform Inversion in the Plane Wave Domain: Application o Gas Hydrate Data, GEOHORIZONS, Special bulletin of the Society of Petroleum Geophysicists, 4-12.

76.              Pulliam, J. and M. K. Sen, 1998, Anisotropy in the core-mantle transition zone may indicate chemical heterogeneity, Geophysical Journal International, 135, 113-128.

77.              Xia, G., M. K. Sen, and P. L. Stoffa, 1998, 1D elastic waveform inversion: A divide and conquer approach, Geophysics, 63(5), 1670-1684.

78.              Calderón-Macías, C., M. K. Sen, and P. L. Stoffa, 1998, Automatic NMO correction and velocity estimation by a feedforward neural network, Geophysics, 63(5), 1696-1707.

79.              Varela, C., P. L. Stoffa, and M. K. Sen, 1998, Background velocity estimation using nonlinear optimization for reflection tomography and migration misfit, Geophysical Prospecting, 46(1), 51-78.

 

1997

80.              Chunduru, R.K., M. K. Sen, and P.L. Stoffa, 1997, Hybrid optimization methods for geophysical inversion, Geophysics, 62(4), 1196-1207.

81.              Calderón-Macías, C., M. K. Sen, and P. L. Stoffa, 1997, Hopfield Neural Network and Mean Field Annealing in seismic deconvolution and multiple elimination, Geophysics, 62(3), 992-1002.

82.              Matzel, E., M. K. Sen, and S. P. Grand, 1996, Evidence for anisotropy in the deep mantle beneath Alaska, Geophysical Research Letters, 23(18), 2417-2420.

 

1996

83.              Zhao, L. S., M. K. Sen, P. L. Stoffa, and C. Frohlich, 1996, Application of very fast simulated annealing to the determination of the crustal structure beneath Tibet, Geophysical Journal International, 125, 355-370.

84.              Akbar, F. E., M. K. Sen, and P. L. Stoffa, 1996, Prestack plane-wave Kirchhoff migration in laterally varying media, Geophysics, 61(4), 1068-1079.

85.              Sen, M. K., and P. L. Stoffa, 1996, Bayesian inference, Gibbs’ sampler and uncertainty estimation in geophysical inversion, Geophysical Prospecting, 44, 313-350.

86.              Jervis, M., M. K. Sen, and P. L. Stoffa, 1996, Prestack velocity estimation by nonlinear optimization, Geophysics, 61, 138-150.

87.              Chunduru, R. K., M. K. Sen, and P. L. Stoffa, 1996, 2-D resistivity inversion by spline parameterization and simulated annealing, Geophysics, 61(1), 151-161.

 

1995

88.              Chunduru, R. K., M. K. Sen, P. L. Stoffa, and R. Nagendra, 1995, Non-linear inversion of resistivity profiling data for some geometrical bodies, Geophysical Prospecting, 43, 979-1003.

89.              Sen, M. K., 1995, Shallow crustal structure and modeling of some aftershocks of the Loma Prieta earthquake, USGS Open File Report.

90.              Wood, W. T., and M. K. Sen, 1995, Non-linear inversion of seismic data by successive approximations of model parameter probability distribution functions, in Full Field Inversion Methods in Ocean and Seismo-Acoustics (eds.) O. Diachok, A. Caiti, P. Gersoft and H. Schmidt, 147-152.

91.              Lindwall, D. A., M. K. Sen, and J. F. Gettrust, 1995, Detection of high shear wave velocities in marine sediment by inversion with simulated annealing, in Full Field Inversion Methods in Ocean and Seismo-Acoustics (eds.) O. Diachok, A. Caiti, P. Gersoft and H. Schmidt, 383-388.

92.              Sen, M. K., A. Dattagupta, P. L. Stoffa, L. Lake, and G. Pope, 1995, Stochastic reservoir modeling by simulated annealing and genetic algorithms, SPE Formation Evaluation, March, 49-55.

 

1993

93.              Jervis, M., P. L. Stoffa, and M. K. Sen, 1993, 2-D migration velocity estimation using a genetic algorithm, Geophysical Research Letters, 20(14), 1495-1498.

94.              Sen, M. K., B. B. Bhattacharya, and P. L. Stoffa, 1993, Nonlinear inversion of resistivity sounding data, Geophysics, 58, 496-507.

 

1992

95.              Stoffa, P. L. and M. K. Sen, 1992, Seismic Waveform Inversion Using Global Optimization, Journal of Seismic Exploration, 1(1), 9-27.

96.              Sen, M. K. and P. L. Stoffa, 1992, Rapid sampling of model space using genetic algorithms: Examples from seismic waveform inversion, Geophysical Journal International, 108(1), 281-292.

97.              Sen, M. K., and P. L. Stoffa, 1992, Genetic inversion of AVO, Geophysics, The Leading Edge of Exploration, 11(1), 27-29.

 

 

 

1991

98.              Stoffa, P. L. and M. K. Sen, 1991, Nonlinear multiparameter optimization using genetic algorithms: Inversion of plane wave seismograms, Geophysics, 56(11), 1794-1810.

99.              Sen, M. K., and P. L. Stoffa, 1991, Non-linear one-dimensional seismic waveform inversion using simulated annealing, Geophysics, 56(10), 1624-1638.

100.          Sen, M. K., and L. N. Frazer, 1991, Multifold phase space path integral synthetic seismograms, Geophys. J. Int., 104, 479-487.

101.          Somerville P. G., J. P. Mclaren, M. K. Sen, and D. V. Helmberger, 1991, Tthe influence of site conditions on the spatial incoherence of ground motions, Structural Safety,10 (1-3): 1-13.

102.          Somerville, P. G., M. K. Sen, and B. P. Cohee, 1991, Simulation of strong ground motions recorded during the 1985 Michoacan, Mexico and Valpariso, Chile earthquakes, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 81(1), 1-28.

103.          Sen, M. K., 1991, Modeling of wave propagation in northern Los Angeles Basin, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 81(3), 751-768.

 

1990

104.          Sen, M. K., 1990, Deep structural complexity and site response in Los Angeles Basin, Proceed. 4th U.S. Natl. Conf. Earthq. Eng., May 20-24, Palm Springs, CA, II, 545-554.

105.          Tajima, F., and M. K. Sen, 1990, Implications from the aftershocks of the Loma Prieta earthquake, Geophysical Research Letters, 17(9), 1421-1424.

 

1989-1981

106.          Somerville, P. G., B. P. Cohee, and M. K. Sen, 1989, Estimates of strong ground motions in the Seattle-Portland region from hypothesized magnitude 8 Cascadia subduction earthquakes, Proceedings of Conference XLVIII: 3rd annual workshop on earthquake hazards in the Puget Sound, Portland area, Portland, Oregon, March 28-30, 50-61.

107.          Sen, M. K., L. N. Frazer, N. R. Chapman, and S. Mallick, 1988, Analysis of multipath sound propagation in the ocean, J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 83(2), 588-597.

108.          Sen, M. K., and L. N. Frazer, 1987, Reflection seismograms using multifold path integrals, Part II, Computations, Geophysical J. Royal Astr. Soc., 88, 647-671.

109.          Frazer, L. N., and M. K. Sen, 1985, Kirchhoff-Helmholtz reflection seismograms in a laterally variable multi-layered elastic medium, Part I, Theory, Geophysical J. Royal Astr. Soc., 80, 121-147.

110.          Sen, M. K., and L. N. Frazer, 1985, Kirchhoff-Helmholtz reflection seismograms in a laterally variable multi-layered elastic medium, Part II, Computation, Geophysical J. Royal Astr. Soc., 82, 415-437.

111.          Bhattacharya, B. B., and M. K. Sen, 1981, Depth of investigation of co-linear electrode arrays over homogeneous, anisotropic half space in direct current methods, Geophysics, 46(5), 767-778.

 

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