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class="teaser-link-button--style-color-darkblue teaser teaser-link-button item-1 item-1-1 last-item end"><div> <a href="/gp/group/communities" class="link core" data-track="click" data-track-label="/gp/group" data-track-category="sn:content-page-main-content" data-track-component="teaser-link-button - Discover more about how we add value to our communities - /gp/group/communities">Discover more about how we add value to our communities</a> </div></div></div></div> </div> </div></div></div><div class="column small-0 large-2" id=""><div id="c17570696" class="has-no-image collection collection-default item-3 item-3-3 last-item end"><div> <div class="core"> <div class="row row-block-grid small-up-1"></div> </div> </div></div></div></div> </div> </div></div></div></div> </div></div></div> </div></div><div style="data-background-image:url("https://media.springernature.com/full/springer-cms/rest/v1/content/17511366/data/v10");" id="c17468186" class="has-background-image 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