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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query>
    <logevents>
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      <item logid="172" pageid="70" ns="6" title="File:Fig7 new copy.pdf" type="upload" action="upload" user="Nmruser" timestamp="2022-05-18T18:34:02Z" comment="" />
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      <item logid="170" pageid="54" ns="6" title="File:TnScheme.jpg" type="upload" action="overwrite" user="Nmruser" timestamp="2021-08-19T20:47:14Z" comment="" />
      <item logid="169" pageid="54" ns="6" title="File:TnScheme.jpg" type="upload" action="overwrite" user="Nmruser" timestamp="2021-08-19T20:43:28Z" comment="Reverted to version as of 20:40, 19 August 2021" />
      <item logid="168" pageid="54" ns="6" title="File:TnScheme.jpg" type="upload" action="overwrite" user="Nmruser" timestamp="2021-08-19T20:42:54Z" comment="Reverted to version as of 20:17, 19 August 2021" />
      <item logid="167" pageid="54" ns="6" title="File:TnScheme.jpg" type="upload" action="overwrite" user="Nmruser" timestamp="2021-08-19T20:40:50Z" comment="" />
      <item logid="166" pageid="54" ns="6" title="File:TnScheme.jpg" type="upload" action="overwrite" user="Nmruser" timestamp="2021-08-19T20:17:33Z" comment="" />
      <item logid="165" pageid="68" ns="6" title="File:Winners 2018.JPG" type="upload" action="upload" user="Nmruser" timestamp="2021-01-28T21:45:56Z" comment="" />
    </logevents>
  </query>
  <query-continue>
    <logevents lestart="2021-01-28T21:39:25Z" />
  </query-continue>
</api>