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</header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div property="schema:text" class="text-with-summary"> The report notes that the team has completed all experimental work on the physical evidence from the building’s structural elements. </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div> <article about="/news-events/news/2025/01/nist-hosts-second-stakeholder-workshop-digital-twins" typeof="schema:Article" class="nist-teaser" > <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/news-events/news/2025/01/nist-hosts-second-stakeholder-workshop-digital-twins" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/2025/01/24/NIST%20Hosts%20Second%20Stakeholder%20Workshop%20on%20Digital%20Twins.png?itok=fNrm-I4k" width="100" height="69" alt="NIST Hosts Second Stakeholder Workshop on Digital Twins" typeof="foaf:Image" /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a 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class="text-with-summary"> Measurement science and standards are needed to support the safe and predictable operation of future automated vehicles (AVs), and to realize their potential to </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <footer> <div class="link-list"><a href="/news-events/news-updates/org/5646">View All News and Updates</a></div> </footer> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--dynamic-content-list-ou paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="nist-block " > <h2 class="nist-block__title" > <div class="string">Events</div> </h2> <div class="viewsreference"><div class="views-element-container"><div class="js-view-dom-id-4ad708212a236842fe55d40cb744ff6d1d200d78f0dd1b336168fdcbc7003636"> <div> <article about="/news-events/events/2025/04/open-industrial-digital-ecosystem-summit" class="nist-teaser" > <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/news-events/events/2025/04/open-industrial-digital-ecosystem-summit" 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class="entity-reference"> <a href="/news-events/events/2025/08/additive-construction-path-standardization-continues-iii" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/2025/03/14/Add_Construction2025.png?itok=u-RRNM7c" width="100" height="67" alt="Additive Construction The Path to Standardization III" typeof="foaf:Image" /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/news-events/events/2025/08/additive-construction-path-standardization-continues-iii"><span>Additive Construction – The Path to Standardization Continues III</span> </a></h3> <div class="nist-teaser__date"> <div class="smartdate">Mon, Aug 18 - Wed, Aug 20 2025</div> </div> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="text-with-summary"> The event, Additive Construction – The Path to Standardization Continues, will bring together industry and academic </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <footer> <div class="link-list"><a href="/news-events/upcoming-events/org/5646">View All Events</a></div> </footer> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--content-list paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="nist-block " > <h2 class="nist-block__title" > <div class="string">Software</div> </h2> <div class="nist-field nist-field--label-hidden entity-reference"> <div class="nist-field__items"> <div class="nist-field__item"> <article about="/services-resources/software/tool-evaluation-vaporized-hydrogen-peroxide-disinfection-n95-masks-small" class="nist-teaser" > <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/services-resources/software/tool-evaluation-vaporized-hydrogen-peroxide-disinfection-n95-masks-small"><span>Tool for Evaluation of Vaporized Hydrogen Peroxide Disinfection of N95 Masks in Small Rooms</span> </a></h3> <div class="nist-teaser__date"> <div class="daterange"><time datetime="2020-06-03T12:00:00Z">June 3, 2020</time> </div> </div> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="text-with-summary"> This spreadsheet tool estimates the vaporized hydrogen peroxide (VHP) concentration in air of rooms used for VHP mask disinfection systems. The tool employs a </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="nist-field__item"> <article about="/services-resources/software/fds-and-smokeview" class="nist-teaser" > <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/services-resources/software/fds-and-smokeview"><span>FDS and Smokeview</span> </a></h3> <div class="nist-teaser__date"> </div> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="text-with-summary"> Fire Dynamics Simulator (FDS) is a computational model for smoke and heat transport from fires. Smokeview visualizes the output from FDS and CFAST. </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="nist-field__item"> <article about="/services-resources/software/bees" class="nist-teaser" > <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/services-resources/software/bees" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/el/economics/bees_model4_1.jpg?itok=BZaZgT87" width="100" height="67" typeof="foaf:Image" /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/services-resources/software/bees"><span>BEES</span> </a></h3> <div class="nist-teaser__date"> <div class="daterange"><time datetime="2018-02-05T12:00:00Z">February 5, 2018</time> </div> </div> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="text-with-summary"> The BEES ( Building for Environmental and Economic Sustainability) software brings to your fingertips a powerful technique for selecting cost-effective </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="nist-field__item"> <article about="/services-resources/software/contam" class="nist-teaser" > <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/services-resources/software/contam"><span>CONTAM</span> </a></h3> <div class="nist-teaser__date"> <div class="daterange"><time datetime="2021-01-08T12:00:00Z">January 8, 2021</time> </div> </div> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="text-with-summary"> CONTAM is a multizone indoor air quality and ventilation analysis computer program designed to help you determine: (a) airflows: infiltration, exfiltration, and </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="nist-field__item"> <article about="/services-resources/software/step-file-analyzer-and-viewer" class="nist-teaser" > <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/services-resources/software/step-file-analyzer-and-viewer" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/2024/09/26/SFA.png?itok=irxodzaj" width="100" height="53" alt="NIST STEP File Viewer screenshot" typeof="foaf:Image" /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/services-resources/software/step-file-analyzer-and-viewer"><span>STEP File Analyzer and Viewer</span> </a></h3> <div class="nist-teaser__date"> <div class="daterange"><time datetime="2025-03-27T12:00:00Z">March 27, 2025</time> </div> </div> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="text-with-summary"> The free STEP File Viewer supports parts, assemblies, dimensions, tolerances, and more. The Analyzer generates a spreadsheet of all entity and attribute </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="nist-field__item"> <article about="/services-resources/software/evap-cond-version-50" class="nist-teaser" > <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/services-resources/software/evap-cond-version-50"><span>EVAP-COND, Version 5.0</span> </a></h3> <div class="nist-teaser__date"> <div class="daterange"><time datetime="2020-01-01T12:00:00Z">January 1, 2020</time> </div> </div> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="text-with-summary"> EVAP-COND is a software package that contains NIST's simulation models EVAP and COND for finned-tube evaporators and condensers. The “tube-by-tube” scheme in </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="nist-field__item"> <article about="/services-resources/software/cfast" class="nist-teaser" > <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/services-resources/software/cfast"><span>CFAST</span> </a></h3> <div class="nist-teaser__date"> </div> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="text-with-summary"> CFAST (Consolidated Model of Fire and Smoke Transport) is a computer program that helps users understand how fire and smoke spread through a building. </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="nist-field__item"> <article about="/services-resources/software/vcctl-software" class="nist-teaser" > <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/services-resources/software/vcctl-software" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/el/building_materials/aggregatepage_1.jpg?itok=nJb2HMV7" width="100" height="45" typeof="foaf:Image" /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/services-resources/software/vcctl-software"><span>VCCTL Software</span> </a></h3> <div class="nist-teaser__date"> </div> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="text-with-summary"> (Return to Cement Hydration and Degradation Modeling Software) The Virtual Cement and Concrete Testing Laboratory (VCCTL) software provides a virtual testing </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div> </div> <div class="link-list"> <a href="/services-resources/software/org/5646">View All Software</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--dynamic-content-list-ou paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="nist-block " > <h2 class="nist-block__title" > <div class="string">Tools and Instruments</div> </h2> <div class="viewsreference"><div class="views-element-container"><div class="js-view-dom-id-07f8c2050f342ddb33b81793d821f43564b32db403b0c0d2ca17cf7b92332b87"> <div> <article about="/laboratories/tools-instruments/fire-calorimetry-database-fcd" class="nist-teaser" > <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/laboratories/tools-instruments/fire-calorimetry-database-fcd" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/2021/02/11/SouthWide%20-%202019-12-10%20-%20Test16_8woodCrib_r1%20-%2001-32-00.600%20PM-frameP.jpg?itok=pGlkTrvM" width="100" height="56" alt="FCD-landing-page.jpg" typeof="foaf:Image" /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/laboratories/tools-instruments/fire-calorimetry-database-fcd"><span>Fire Calorimetry Database (FCD)</span> </a></h3> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="text-with-summary"> The NIST Fire Calorimetry Database (FCD) contains results of fire experiments conducted at the National Fire Research Laboratory. </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div> <article about="/laboratories/tools-instruments/sphere" class="nist-teaser" > <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/laboratories/tools-instruments/sphere" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/2024/06/17/OIP%20%282%29.png?itok=A72ywvUp" width="99" height="100" alt="A" typeof="foaf:Image" /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/laboratories/tools-instruments/sphere"><span>SPHERE</span> </a></h3> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="text-with-summary"> In the artificial ultraviolet (UV) weathering of materials, a need exists for weathering devices that can uniformly illuminate test specimens with a high level </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div> <article about="/laboratories/tools-instruments/additive-manufacturing-metrology-testbed-ammt" class="nist-teaser" > <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/laboratories/tools-instruments/additive-manufacturing-metrology-testbed-ammt" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/2024/07/03/NIST-metal-3D-printing-testbed.-500x383.png?itok=Z8uzdiJt" width="100" height="77" alt="TEMP" typeof="foaf:Image" /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/laboratories/tools-instruments/additive-manufacturing-metrology-testbed-ammt"><span>Additive Manufacturing Metrology Testbed (AMMT)</span> </a></h3> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="text-with-summary"> The NIST Additive Manufacturing Metrology Testbed is a fully custom, open-platform laser powder bed fusion (LBPF) system to advance monitoring, controls, and </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div> <article about="/laboratories/tools-instruments/additive-manufacturing-powder-metrology-laboratory" class="nist-teaser" > <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/laboratories/tools-instruments/additive-manufacturing-powder-metrology-laboratory"><span>Additive Manufacturing Powder Metrology Laboratory</span> </a></h3> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="text-with-summary"> NIST researchers are developing and deploying test methods, protocols, and exemplar data for characterizing the properties of metal powders used in commercial </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <footer> <div class="link-list"><a href="https://www.nist.gov/laboratories/tools-instruments/org/5646">View All Tools & Instruments</a></div> </footer> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--dynamic-content-list-ou paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="nist-block " > <h2 class="nist-block__title" > <div class="string">Awards</div> </h2> <div class="viewsreference"><div class="views-element-container"><div class="js-view-dom-id-74948d723bfa735f1ef11a9fea68e409a17bb3873928b365821053f39c4b2ceb"> <div> <article about="/nist-awards/2024-bronze-medal-award-john-harris-iii-matthew-speicher-siamak-sattar" class="nist-teaser" > <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/nist-awards/2024-bronze-medal-award-john-harris-iii-matthew-speicher-siamak-sattar" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/2024/12/12/Speicher.Harris.Sattar.jpg?itok=JNnZAyeY" width="100" height="65" alt="Matthew Speicher, John Harris, Saimak Sattar" typeof="foaf:Image" /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/nist-awards/2024-bronze-medal-award-john-harris-iii-matthew-speicher-siamak-sattar"><span>2024 - Bronze Medal Award---John Harris, III, Matthew Speicher, Siamak Sattar</span> </a></h3> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="string-long">For developing critical improvements in seismic design criteria and evaluation of buildings in standards through an innovative research program.</div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div> <article about="/nist-awards/2024-bronze-medal-award-shelly-bagchi-jeremy-marvel-megan-zimmerman" class="nist-teaser" > <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/nist-awards/2024-bronze-medal-award-shelly-bagchi-jeremy-marvel-megan-zimmerman" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/2024/12/12/Marvell.Zimmerman.Bronze.jpg?itok=iCVvF-au" width="100" height="71" alt="Megan Zimmerman, Jeremy Marvel" typeof="foaf:Image" /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/nist-awards/2024-bronze-medal-award-shelly-bagchi-jeremy-marvel-megan-zimmerman"><span>2024 - Bronze Medal Award---Shelly Bagchi, Jeremy Marvel, Megan Zimmerman</span> </a></h3> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="string-long">For developing innovative metrology tools, standards, and global community events to advance technologies for human-robot interaction.</div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div> <article about="/nist-awards/2024-bronze-medal-award-joseph-main-fahim-sadek-jonathan-weigand" class="nist-teaser" > <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/nist-awards/2024-bronze-medal-award-joseph-main-fahim-sadek-jonathan-weigand" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/2024/12/12/Main.Sadek_.Weigand.jpg?itok=3WhFlt7I" width="100" height="71" alt="Joseph Main, Fahim Sadek, Jonathan Weigand" typeof="foaf:Image" /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/nist-awards/2024-bronze-medal-award-joseph-main-fahim-sadek-jonathan-weigand"><span>2024 - Bronze Medal Award---Joseph Main, Fahim Sadek, Jonathan Weigand</span> </a></h3> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="string-long">For developing the scientific basis for the first U.S. standard for prevention of catastrophic collapse of buildings.</div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div> <article about="/nist-awards/2024-bronze-medal-award-gregory-vogl" class="nist-teaser" > <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/nist-awards/2024-bronze-medal-award-gregory-vogl" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/2024/12/12/Vogl.jpg?itok=84f6s5Ey" width="71" height="100" alt="Gregory Vogl" typeof="foaf:Image" /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/nist-awards/2024-bronze-medal-award-gregory-vogl"><span>2024 - Bronze Medal Award---Gregory Vogl</span> </a></h3> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="string-long">For leading development of the ASME B5.64 Single-Axis Linear Positioning Systems standard that improves performance of precision manufacturing systems.</div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <footer> <div class="link-list"><a href="/awards/org/5646">View All Awards</a></div> </footer> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--dynamic-content-list-ou paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="nist-block " > <h2 class="nist-block__title" > <div class="string">Taking Measure Blog</div> </h2> <div class="viewsreference"><div class="views-element-container"><div class="js-view-dom-id-08c0687f36a17c471483a49d43469f208410d795db4a97bb83de051613679300"> <div> <article about="/blogs/taking-measure/7-tips-keep-your-smart-home-safer-and-more-private-nist-cybersecurity" class="nist-teaser" > <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/blogs/taking-measure/7-tips-keep-your-smart-home-safer-and-more-private-nist-cybersecurity" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/2025/03/11/julie_haney_computer_and_smartphone_021325.jpg?itok=1GwDB0fE" width="100" height="67" alt="Julie Haney sits at a table in the NIST library with a laptop, looking at a smartphone in her hand. 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" typeof="foaf:Image" /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/blogs/taking-measure/mathematical-models-can-help-us-understand-and-possibly-treat-complex-diseases"><span>Mathematical Models Can Help Us Understand — and Possibly Treat — Complex Diseases </span> </a></h3> <div class="nist-teaser__date"> <div class="daterange"><time datetime="2025-03-26T12:00:00Z">March 26, 2025</time> </div> </div> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="text-with-summary"> What if a computer model could help make us healthier? 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" typeof="foaf:Image" /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/blogs/taking-measure/5-concepts-can-help-you-understand-quantum-mechanics-and-technology-without"><span>5 Concepts Can Help You Understand Quantum Mechanics and Technology — Without Math!</span> </a></h3> <div class="nist-teaser__date"> <div class="daterange"><time datetime="2025-02-05T12:00:00Z">February 5, 2025</time> </div> </div> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="text-with-summary"> Quantum is everywhere, and you can understand the basic quirks of life at the quantum level … no math required. </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div> <article about="/blogs/taking-measure/drones-disaster-zones-how-advanced-3d-mapping-technology-can-help-first" class="nist-teaser" > <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/blogs/taking-measure/drones-disaster-zones-how-advanced-3d-mapping-technology-can-help-first" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/2025/01/06/judges_watching_drone_compeition_012925.jpg?itok=2msUHID6" width="100" height="67" alt="Four men are protected by a net structure as they look away from the camera toward a drone flying in a large high-ceilinged room with street signs on the walls." typeof="foaf:Image" /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/blogs/taking-measure/drones-disaster-zones-how-advanced-3d-mapping-technology-can-help-first"><span>Drones in Disaster Zones: How Advanced 3D Mapping Technology Can Help First Responders Save Lives</span> </a></h3> <div class="nist-teaser__date"> <div class="daterange"><time datetime="2025-01-29T12:00:00Z">January 29, 2025</time> </div> </div> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="text-with-summary"> NIST is working to help emergency workers have more information in a crisis by encouraging the development of advanced drones at an affordable price. </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div> <article about="/blogs/taking-measure/robots-and-ai-are-working-together-bring-you-better-medicines-shampoo-and-more" class="nist-teaser" > <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/blogs/taking-measure/robots-and-ai-are-working-together-bring-you-better-medicines-shampoo-and-more" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/2024/12/18/peter_beaucage_afl_equipment_121024.jpg?itok=CdxapNjs" width="100" height="67" alt="Peter Beaucage wears safety glasses as he stands in the lab, holding a piece of equipment on display. 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But NIST resources are helping crime labs examine evidence more efficiently — so the justice system can work </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div> <article about="/blogs/taking-measure/look-back-past-3-years-accomplishments-nist-director-laurie-e-locascio" class="nist-teaser" > <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/blogs/taking-measure/look-back-past-3-years-accomplishments-nist-director-laurie-e-locascio" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/2022/04/20/LLHS_3063_0.jpg?itok=trtjWTVk" width="67" height="100" alt="Laurie Locascio" typeof="foaf:Image" /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/blogs/taking-measure/look-back-past-3-years-accomplishments-nist-director-laurie-e-locascio"><span>A Look Back at the Past 3 Years’ Accomplishments, by NIST Director Laurie E. 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