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  1. Copyright Retention: Authors retain unrestricted copyright and full publishing rights of their work.

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Licensing Policy All articles published in SEI are distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0).

Under this license, the public (and the authors) are free to:

  • Share: Copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format.

  • Adapt: Remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose, even commercially.

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