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var liferayNotices = Liferay.Data.notices; for (var i = 0; i < liferayNotices.length; i++) { Liferay.Util.openToast(liferayNotices[i]); } })();(function() {var $ = AUI.$;var _ = AUI._;Liferay.Menu.register('_com_liferay_asset_publisher_web_portlet_AssetPublisherPortlet_INSTANCE_qokb_tiym___menu');})();}); // ]]> </script> <link data-senna-track="temporary" href="/o/asset-publisher-web/css/main.css?browserId=ie&themeId=cataloniatheme_WAR_cataloniatheme&minifierType=css&languageId=en_US&b=7310&t=1639639256000" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" /> <link data-senna-track="temporary" href="/o/journal-content-web/css/main.css?browserId=ie&themeId=cataloniatheme_WAR_cataloniatheme&minifierType=css&languageId=en_US&b=7310&t=1639688208000" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" /> <link data-senna-track="temporary" href="/o/product-navigation-product-menu-web/css/main.css?browserId=ie&themeId=cataloniatheme_WAR_cataloniatheme&minifierType=css&languageId=en_US&b=7310&t=1639694364000" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" /> <link data-senna-track="temporary" href="/o/portal-search-web/css/main.css?browserId=ie&themeId=cataloniatheme_WAR_cataloniatheme&minifierType=css&languageId=en_US&b=7310&t=1639692308000" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" /> <link data-senna-track="temporary" href="/o/com.liferay.product.navigation.user.personal.bar.web/css/main.css?browserId=ie&themeId=cataloniatheme_WAR_cataloniatheme&minifierType=css&languageId=en_US&b=7310&t=1639694530000" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" /> <link data-senna-track="temporary" href="/o/site-navigation-menu-web/css/main.css?browserId=ie&themeId=cataloniatheme_WAR_cataloniatheme&minifierType=css&languageId=en_US&b=7310&t=1639696544000" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" /> <link data-senna-track="temporary" href="/o/segments-experiment-web/css/main.css?browserId=ie&themeId=cataloniatheme_WAR_cataloniatheme&minifierType=css&languageId=en_US&b=7310&t=1639636390000" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" /> <script src="https://catalonia.com/o/catalonia-theme/js/main.js?browserId=ie&minifierType=js&languageId=en_US&b=7310&t=1720505396000" type="text/javascript"></script> <script type="text/javascript"> // <![CDATA[ AUI().use( 'aui-base', function(A) { var frameElement = window.frameElement; if (frameElement && frameElement.getAttribute('id') === 'simulationDeviceIframe') { A.getBody().addClass('lfr-has-simulation-panel'); } } ); // ]]> </script><script type="text/javascript"> // <![CDATA[ Liferay.Loader.require('frontend-js-tooltip-support-web@3.0.5/index', function(frontendJsTooltipSupportWeb305Index) { try { (function() { var TooltipSupport = frontendJsTooltipSupportWeb305Index; TooltipSupport.default() })(); } catch (err) { console.error(err); } }); // ]]> </script><script type="text/javascript"> // <![CDATA[ Liferay.Loader.require('frontend-js-collapse-support-web@1.0.11/index', function(frontendJsCollapseSupportWeb1011Index) { try { (function() { var CollapseProvider = frontendJsCollapseSupportWeb1011Index; CollapseProvider.default() })(); } catch (err) { console.error(err); } }); // ]]> </script><script type="text/javascript"> // <![CDATA[ Liferay.Loader.require('remote-app-support-web@1.0.6/index', function(remoteAppSupportWeb106Index) { try { (function() { var RemoteAppSupport = remoteAppSupportWeb106Index; 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