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Schmidt and Ernst (2014).
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Hamre et al. (2017).
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Fishman et al. (2015).
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Hunt et al. (2010).
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Fratellone et al. (2016).
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Cherniack and Govorushko (2018).
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Vandamme et al. (2013).
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Pasupuleti et al. (2017).
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Ernst (2002).
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Sridharan et al. (2011).
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Bannuru et al. (2018).
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Ernst (2008).
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Coon and Ernst (2004).
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Jones et al. (2013).
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Austin (2013).
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Cooper et al. (2003).
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Wang et al. (2017).
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Huang et al. (2018).
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Maisch et al. (2018).
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Huebner et al. (2014).
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Ernst (2012b).
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Khan et al. (2016).
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Bar-Yoseph et al. (2017).
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Rashleigh et al. (2014).
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Ernst (1996).
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Ernst (2001).
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Kattge et al. (2017).
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Posadzki et al. (2013a).
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Posadzki et al. (2013b).
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Zhang et al. (2012).
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Ernst (2005).
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Fisher et al. (2008).
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Guo et al. (2007).
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Baatsch et al. (2017).
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Givati (2015).
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Baum (2010).
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Barrett et al. (2003).
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Saks (1997).
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Ernst (2016).
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Maizes et al. (2009).
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Ernst (2012b).
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Motoo et al. (2014).
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Ikegami et al. (2003).
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Borchers et al. (2000).
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Locher and Pforr (2014).
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Schencking et al. (2013).
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Diehm and Diehm (2002).
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Doering et al. (2001).
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Carlson (2017).
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Smith and Logan (2002).
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Atwood (2003).
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Fleming and Gutknecht (2010).
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Smith and Logan (2002).
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Ooi et al. (2018).
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Atwood (2003).
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Ernst (2001).
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Weiss (2017).
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Pauling (1968).
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Janson (2006).
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Fitzpatrick et al. (2018).
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Carmona (2006).
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Burke (2012).
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Clavo et al. (2018).
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Ernst (2007).
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Ernst and Resch (1995).
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Pittler et al. (2005).
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Khanna et al. (2018).
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Ali et al. (2015).
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