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Contact Details

Phone
+64 3 479 7295
Email
hesham.al-sallami@otago.ac.nz
Position
Associate Dean, Pharmacy Practice
Qualifications
BPharm MClinPharm PhD
Research summary
Clinical practice, clinical pharmacology and pharmacometrics
Teaching
Clinical Pharmacy practice and clinical pharmacology (undergraduate and postgraduate)
Memberships
  • Registered Pharmacist, RegPharmNZ
  • Chair of the Australasian Society for Clinical and Experimental Pharmacologists and Toxicologists (ASCEPT NZ)
  • Executive committee member of the Population Approach Group in Australia and New Zealand (PAGANZ)
  • Executive editor of the British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology
  • Member of the Otago Medical Research Foundation Scientific Committee
  • Board member of the British Pharmacological Society (BPS) International Advisory Board
Clinical
Locum pharmacist (community and hospital pharmacy)

Research

My area of research is Clinical Pharmacy Practice with a focus on the individualisation of pharmacotherapy in order to optimise patient clinical outcomes.

My research focus is drug dosing in relation to body composition in children and in obese individuals. The clinical application of my research has been in the areas of anticoagulation and in insulin dosing in diabetes.

My research interests also include clinical education and professional competency.

Additional details

Otago Pharmacometrics Group

Publications

Sergel-Stringer, O. T., Al-Sallami, H. S., Styles, S. E., Boucsein, A., de Bock, M. I., & Wheeler, B. J. (2023). Knowledge, safety, and impact of alcohol consumption in young adults with type 1 diabetes mellitus: A qualitative study. BMC Endocrine Disorders, 23, 229. doi: 10.1186/s12902-023-01471-7

O'Hanlon, C. J., Holford, N., Sumpter, A., & Al-Sallami, H. S. (2023). Consistent methods for fat free mass, creatinine clearance and glomerular filtration rate to describe renal function from neonates to adults. Clinical & Translational Science, 12, 12924, 401-412. doi: 10.1002/psp4.12924

Derbalah, A., Duffull, S., Sherwin, C. M., Job, K., & Al-Sallami, H. (2022). Optimal dosing of enoxaparin in overweight and obese children. British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 88, 5348-5358. doi: 10.1111/bcp.15459

Al-Sallami, H. S., Wright, D. F. B., & Duffull, S. B. (2022). The propagation of between-subject variability from dose to response. British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 88, 1414-1417. doi: 10.1111/bcp.14699

Derbalah, A., Al-Sallami, H., Hasegawa, C., Gulati, A., & Duffull, S. B. (2022). A framework for simplification of quantitative systems pharmacology models in clinical pharmacology. British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 88, 1430-1440. doi: 10.1111/bcp.14451

O'Hanlon, C. J., Holford, N., Sumpter, A., & Al-Sallami, H. S. (2023). Consistent methods for fat free mass, creatinine clearance and glomerular filtration rate to describe renal function from neonates to adults. Clinical & Translational Science, 12, 12924, 401-412. doi: 10.1002/psp4.12924

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Sergel-Stringer, O. T., Al-Sallami, H. S., Styles, S. E., Boucsein, A., de Bock, M. I., & Wheeler, B. J. (2023). Knowledge, safety, and impact of alcohol consumption in young adults with type 1 diabetes mellitus: A qualitative study. BMC Endocrine Disorders, 23, 229. doi: 10.1186/s12902-023-01471-7

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Derbalah, A., Duffull, S., Sherwin, C. M., Job, K., & Al-Sallami, H. (2022). Optimal dosing of enoxaparin in overweight and obese children. British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 88, 5348-5358. doi: 10.1111/bcp.15459

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Bahnasawy, S., Al-Sallami, H., & Duffull, S. (2021). A minimal model to describe short-term haemodynamic changes of the cardiovascular system. British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 87, 1411-1421. doi: 10.1111/bcp.14541

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Derbalah, A., Al-Sallami, H. S., & Duffull, S. B. (2021). Reduction of quantitative systems pharmacology models using artificial neural networks. Journal of Pharmacokinetics & Pharmacodynamics, 48, 509-523. doi: 10.1007/s10928-021-09742-3

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Derbalah, A., Duffull, S., Moynihan, K., & Al-Sallami, H. (2021). The influence of haemostatic system maturation on the dose-response relationship of unfractionated heparin. Clinical Pharmacokinetics, 60, 491-499. doi: 10.1007/s40262-020-00949-0

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Majimbi, M., Brook, E., Galettis, P., Eden, E., Al-Salami, H., Mooranian, A., Al-Sallami, H., … Takechi, R. (2021). Sodium alginate microencapsulation improves the short-term oral bioavailability of cannabidiol when administered with deoxycholic acid. PLoS ONE, 16(6), e0243858. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0243858

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Santiago, M., Davis, E. A., Hinton, T., Angelo, T. A., Shield, A., Babey, A.-M., … Al-Sallami, H. S., … White, P. J. (2021). Defining and unpacking the core concepts of pharmacology education. Pharmacology Research & Perspectives, 9(6), e00894. doi: 10.1002/prp2.894

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White, P. J., Davis, E. A., Santiago, M., Angelo, T., Shield, A., Babey, A.-M., … Al-Sallami, H. S., … Hinton, T. (2021). Identifying the core concepts of pharmacology education. Pharmacology Research & Perspectives, 9(4), e00836. doi: 10.1002/prp2.836

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Mooranian, A., Wagle, S. R., Kovacevic, B., Takechi, R., Mamo, J., Lam, V., … Al-Sallami, H., & Al-Salami, H. (2020). Bile acid bio-nanoencapsulation improved drug targeted-delivery and pharmacological effects via cellular flux: 6-months diabetes preclinical study. Scientific Reports, 10, 106. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-53999-1

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Sinha, J., Al-Sallami, H. S., & Duffull, S. B. (2020). An extension of Janmahasatian’s Fat-Free Mass model for universal application across populations of different ethnicities. Clinical Pharmacokinetics, 59, 1161-1170. doi: 10.1007/s40262-020-00883-1

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Sinha, J., Duffull, S. B., Green, B., & Al-Sallami, H. S. (2020). Evaluating the relationship between lean liver volume and fat-free mass. Clinical Pharmacokinetics, 59, 475-483. doi: 10.1007/s40262-019-00824-7

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Abdul Aziz, Y. H., Al-Sallami, H. S., Wiltshire, E., Rayns, J., Willis, J., McClintock, J., Medlicott, N., Wheeler, B. J., the Paediatric Society of New Zealand Diabetes Clinical Network. (2019). Insulin pump initiation and education for children and adolescents: A qualitative study of current practice in New Zealand. Journal of Diabetes & Metabolic Disorders, 18, 59-64. doi: 10.1007/s40200-019-00390-6

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Dowd, L. A., Wheeler, B. J., Al-Sallami, H. S., Broadbent, R. S., Edmonds, L. K., & Medlicott, N. J. (2019). Paracetamol treatment for patent ductus arteriosus: Practice and attitudes in Australia and New Zealand. Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine, 32(18), 3039-3044. doi: 10.1080/14767058.2018.1456520

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Majid, A., Blackwell, M., Broadbent, R. S., Barker, D. P., Al-Sallami, H. S., Edmonds, L., Kerruish, N., & Wheeler, B. J. (2019). Newborn vitamin K prophylaxis: A historical perspective to understand modern barriers to uptake. Hospital Pediatrics, 9(1), 55-60. doi: 10.1542/hpeds.2018-0104

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Mooranian, A., Zamani, N., Luna, G., Al-Sallami, H., Mikov, M., Goločorbin-Kon, S., … Al-Salami, H. (2019). Bile acid-polymer-probucol microparticles: Protective effect on pancreatic β-cells and decrease in type 1 diabetes development in a murine mode. Pharmaceutical Development & Technology, 24(10), 1272-1277. doi: 10.1080/10837450.2019.1665069

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Sinha, J., Al-Sallami, H. S., & Duffull, S. B. (2019). Choosing the allometric exponent in covariate model building. Clinical Pharmacokinetics, 28(1), 89-100. doi: 10.1007/s40262-018-0667-0

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Al-Sallami, H., & Loke, S.-K. (2018). Learning a complex dose–response relationship with the computer simulation CoaguSim. Currents in Pharmacy Teaching & Learning, 10, 1406-1413. doi: 10.1016/j.cptl.2018.07.009

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Mooranian, A., Negrulj, R., Takechi, R., Mamo, J., Al-Sallami, H., & Al-Salami, H. (2018). The biological effects of the hypolipidaemic drug probucol microcapsules fed daily for 4 weeks, to an insulin-resistant mouse model: Potential hypoglycaemic and anti-inflammatory effects. Drug Delivery & Translational Research, 8(3), 543-551. doi: 10.1007/s13346-017-0473-5

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Mooranian, A., Zamani, N., Takechi, R., Al-Sallami, H., Mikov, M., Goločorbin-Kon, S., … Al-Salami, H. (2018). Pharmacological effects of nanoencapsulation of human-based dosing of probucol on ratio of secondary to primary bile acids in gut, during induction and progression of type 1 diabetes. Artificial Cells, Nanomedicine & Biotechnology, 46(Suppl. 3), S748-S754. doi: 10.1080/21691401.2018.1511572

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Muller, M., Wheeler, B. J., Blackwell, M., Colas, M., Reith, D. M., Medlicott, N. J., & Al-Sallami, H. S. (2018). The influence of patient variables on insulin total daily dose in paediatric inpatients with new onset type 1 diabetes mellitus. Journal of Diabetes & Metabolic Disorders, 17, 159-163. doi: 10.1007/s40200-018-0355-5

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Gogoi-Tiwari, J., Williams, V., Waryah, C. B., Costantino, P., Al-Salami, H., Mathavan, S., … Al-Sallami, H., & Mukkur, T. (2017). Mammary gland pathology subsequent to acute infection with strong versus weak biofilm forming Staphylococcus aureus bovine mastitis isolates: A pilot study using non-invasive mouse mastitis model. PLoS ONE, 12(1), e0170668. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0170668

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Selvakumar, D., Al-Sallami, H. S., de Bock, M., Ambler, G. R., Benitez-Aguirre, P., Wiltshire, E., … Willis, J., Wheeler, B. J., on behalf of the Paediatric Society of New Zealand Diabetes Clinical Network. (2017). Insulin regimens for newly diagnosed children with type 1 diabetes mellitus in Australia and New Zealand: A survey of current practice. Journal of Paediatrics & Child Health, 53(12), 1208-1214. doi: 10.1111/jpc.13631

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Al-Sallami, H., Newall, F., Monagle, P., Ignjatovic, V., Cranswick, N., & Duffull, S. (2016). Development of a population pharmacokinetic-pharmacodynamic model of a single bolus dose of unfractionated heparin in paediatric patients. British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 82(1), 178-184. doi: 10.1111/bcp.12930

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Negrulj, R., Mooranian, A., Chen-Tan, N., Al-Sallami, H. S., Mikov, M., Golocorbin-Kon, S., … Al-Salami, H. (2016). Swelling, mechanical strength, and release properties of probucol microcapsules with and without a bile acid, and their potential oral delivery in diabetes. Artificial Cells, Nanomedicine & Biotechnology, 44(5), 1290-1297. doi: 10.3109/21691401.2015.1024845

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Tordoff, J. M., Ailabouni, N. J., Browne, D. P., Al-Sallami, H. S., & Gray, A. R. (2016). Improvements in the prescribing of antipsychotics in dementia and psychogeriatric units in New Zealand. International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy, 38(4), 941-949. doi: 10.1007/s11096-016-0318-1

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Al-Sallami, H. S., & Medlicott, N. J. (2015). Investigation of an anti-activated factor X (anti-Xa) assay for the quantification of enoxaparin in human plasma. Journal of Pharmacy & Pharmacology, 67(2), 209-214. doi: 10.1111/jphp.12333

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Al-Sallami, H. S., Goulding, A., Grant, A., Taylor, R., Holford, N., & Duffull, S. B. (2015). Prediction of fat-free mass in children. Clinical Pharmacokinetics, 54(11), 1169-1178. doi: 10.1007/s40262-015-0277-z

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Mooranian, A., Negrulj, R., Al-Sallami, H. S., Fang, Z., Mikov, M., Golocorbin-Kon, S., … Al-Salami, H. (2015). Release and swelling studies of an innovative antidiabetic-bile acid microencapsulated formulation, as a novel targeted therapy for diabetes treatment. Journal of Microencapsulation, 32(2), 151-156. doi: 10.3109/02652048.2014.958204

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Mooranian, A., Negrulj, R., Al-Sallami, H. S., Fang, Z., Mikov, M., Golocorbin-Kon, S., … Al-Salami, H. (2015). Probucol release from novel multicompartmental microcapsules for the oral targeted delivery in type 2 diabetes. AAPS PharmSciTech, 16(1), 45-52. doi: 10.1208/s12249-014-0205-9

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Mooranian, A., Negrulj, R., Chen-Tan, N., Al-Sallami, H. S., Fang, Z., Mukkur, T. K., Mikov, M., … Al-Salami, H. (2014). Microencapsulation as a novel delivery method for the potential antidiabetic drug, Probucol. Drug Design, Development & Therapy, 8, 1221-1230. doi: 10.2147/dddt.s67349

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Mooranian, A., Negrulj, R., Chen-Tan, N., Al-Sallami, H. S., Fang, Z., Mukkur, T., Mikov, M., … Al-Salami, H. (2014). Novel artificial cell microencapsulation of a complex gliclazide-deoxycholic bile acid formulation: A characterization study. Drug Design, Development & Therapy, 8, 1003-1012. doi: 10.2147/dddt.s65396

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Loke, S.-K., Al-Sallami, H. S., Wright, D. F. B., McDonald, J., Jadhav, S., & Duffull, S. B. (2012). Challenges in integrating a complex systems computer simulation in class: An educational design research. Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 28(4), 671-683. doi: 10.14742/ajet.834

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Wright, D. F. B., Pavan Kumar, V. V., Al-Sallami, H. S., & Duffull, S. B. (2011). The influence of dosing time, variable compliance and circadian low-density lipoprotein production on the effect of simvastatin: Simulations from a pharmacokinetic—pharmacodynamic model. Basic & Clinical Pharmacology & Toxicology, 109(6), 494-498. doi: 10.1111/j.1742-7843.2011.00757.x

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Al-Sallami, H. S., Barras, M. A., Green, B., & Duffull, S. B. (2010). Routine plasma anti-Xa monitoring is required for low-molecular-weight heparins. Clinical Pharmacokinetics, 49(9), 567-571. doi: 10.2165/11532960-000000000-00000

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Wright, D. F. B., Al-Sallami, H. S., Jackson, P. M., & Reith, D. M. (2010). Falsely elevated vancomycin plasma concentrations sampled from central venous implantable catheters (portacaths). British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 70(5), 769-772. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2125.2010.03749.x

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Al-Sallami, H. S., Kumar, V. V. P., Landersdorfer, C. B., Bulitta, J. B., & Duffull, S. B. (2009). The time course of drug effects. Pharmaceutical Statistics, 8, 176-185. doi: 10.1002/pst.393

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Al-Sallami, H., Ferguson, R., Wilkins, G., Gray, A., & Medlicott, N. J. (2008). Bleeding events in patients receiving enoxaparin for the management of non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndrome (NSTEACS) at Dunedin Public Hospital, New Zealand. New Zealand Medical Journal, 121(1285). Retrieved from http://journal.nzma.org.nz/journal/121-1285/3342/content.pdf

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Al-Sallami, H., Ball, P. A., & Davey, A. (2001). Metered-dose inhaler with spacer versus nebuliser for acute exacerbation of asthma - a literature review. Australian Journal of Hospital Pharmacy, 31(3), 189-192.

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Al-Sallami, H. S., Wright, D. F. B., & Duffull, S. B. (2022). The propagation of between-subject variability from dose to response. British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 88, 1414-1417. doi: 10.1111/bcp.14699

Journal - Research Other

Derbalah, A., Al-Sallami, H., Hasegawa, C., Gulati, A., & Duffull, S. B. (2022). A framework for simplification of quantitative systems pharmacology models in clinical pharmacology. British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 88, 1430-1440. doi: 10.1111/bcp.14451

Journal - Research Other

Sinha, J., Al-Sallami, H. S., & Duffull, S. B. (2020). Authors' reply to Friesen: "An extension of Janmahasatian's Fat-Free Mass Model for universal application across populations of different ethnicities". Clinical Pharmacokinetics, 59, 1315. doi: 10.1007/s40262-020-00906-x

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Sinha, J., Duffull, S. B., Green, B., & Al-Sallami, H. S. (2020). Evaluating lean liver volume as a potential scaler for in vitro-in vivo extrapolation of drug clearance in obesity using the model drug antipyrine. Current Drug Metabolism, 21(10), 746-750. doi: 10.2174/1389200221666200515105800

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Derbalah, A., Duffull, S., Newall, F., Moynihan, K., & Al-Sallami, H. (2019). Revisiting the pharmacology of unfractionated heparin. Clinical Pharmacokinetics, 58(8), 1015-1028. doi: 10.1007/s40262-019-00751-7

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Hennig, S., Hannam, J. A., Kirkpatrick, C. M. J., Staatz, C. E., Holford, S., Duffull, S. B., Al-Sallami, H. S., … Foster, D. J. R. (2019). Pharmacometrics in Australasia: Twenty years of Population Approach Group of Australia and New Zealand. CPT: Pharmacometrics & Systems Pharmacology, 8(10), 701-704. doi: 10.1002/psp4.12460

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Mooranian, A., Zamani, N., Takechi, R., Al-Sallami, H., Mikov, M., Goločorbin-Kon, S., … Al-Salami, H. (2019). Probucol-poly(meth)acrylate-bile acid nanoparticles increase IL-10, and primary bile acids in prediabetic mice. Therapeutic Delivery, 10(9), 563-571. doi: 10.4155/tde-2019-0052

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Reith, D. M., & Al-Sallami, H. S. (2018). Comment on van Rongen et al., "Higher midazolam clearance in obese adolescents compared with morbidly obese adults". Clinical Pharmacokinetics, 57, 1355. doi: 10.1007/s40262-018-0691-0

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Sinha, J., Duffull, S. B., & Al-Sallami, H. S. (2018). A review of the methods and associated mathematical models used in the measurement of fat-free mass. Clinical Pharmacokinetics, 57(7), 781-795. doi: 10.1007/s40262-017-0622-5

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Al-Sallami, H. S., Cheah, S. L., Han, S. Y., Liew, J., Lim, J., Ng, M. A., Solanki, H., Soo, R. J., Tan, V., & Duffull, S. B. (2014). Between-subject variability: Should high be the new normal? European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 70(11), 1403-1404. doi: 10.1007/s00228-014-1740-8

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Wright, D. F. B., Al-Sallami, H. S., & Duffull, S. B. (2013). Is the dose of dabigatran really more predictable than warfarin? British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 76(6), 997-998. doi: 10.1111/bcp.12144

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Duffull, S. B., Wright, D. F. B., Al-Sallami, H. S., Zufferey, P. J., & Faed, J. M. (2012). Dabigatran: Rational dose individualisation and monitoring guidance is needed. New Zealand Medical Journal, 125(1357). Retrieved from http://www.nzma.org.nz/journal

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Al-Sallami, H., Jordan, S., Ferguson, R., Medlicott, N. J., Schollum, J., & Duffull, S. B. (2010). Current enoxaparin dosing guidelines have dubious credibility [Viewpoint]. New Zealand Medical Journal, 123(1313). Retrieved from http://journal.nzma.org.nz/journal/123-1313/4076/content.pdf

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