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All issues Volume 12 (2025) EPJ Appl. Metamat., 12 (2025) 6 References
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EPJ Appl. Metamat.
Volume 12, 2025
Article Number 6
Number of page(s) 9
DOI https://doi.org/10.1051/epjam/2025011
Published online 22 December 2025
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