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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
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    <allcategories>
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      <c size="4" pages="4" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">BIOTEC Dresden/Human Practices</c>
      <c size="7" pages="3" files="0" subcats="4" xml:space="preserve">BIOTEC Dresden/Notepad</c>
      <c size="31" pages="31" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">BIOTEC Dresden/Notepad/August</c>
      <c size="30" pages="30" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">BIOTEC Dresden/Notepad/July</c>
      <c size="25" pages="25" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">BIOTEC Dresden/Notepad/October</c>
      <c size="27" pages="27" files="0" subcats="0" xml:space="preserve">BIOTEC Dresden/Notepad/September</c>
      <c size="2" pages="1" files="0" subcats="1" xml:space="preserve">BIOTEC Dresden/Parts</c>
    </allcategories>
  </query>
  <query-continue>
    <allcategories acfrom="BIOTEC Dresden/Project" />
  </query-continue>
</api>