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Contributions by: B. Donnio, D. Guillon, A. Harada, A. Hashidzume, W. Jaeger, B. Janowski, S. Kudaibergenov, A. Laschewsky, J. Njuguna, J. Pielichowski, K. Pielichowski, Y. Takashima