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 WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 limitations under the License.
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+# Acknowledgements
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+This work has been funded by the European Union Seventh Framework Program (FP7/2007­2013) under grant agreement no. 604102 (HBP)
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+This work is part of SP8 of the Human Brain Project (SGA1).