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    "Faculty of Information and Communication Technology, Department of Control Systems and Mechatronics, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Wroclaw, Poland",
    "Faculty of Medicine, Division of Family Medicine, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland",
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