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after software tuning and validation the obtained data becomes significantly more reliable and therefore valuable for the analysis of SSC susceptibility.

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he authors declare no competing interest.

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he present article was published within the framework of science and research activities funded by the Russian Science Foundation grant under the Agreement № 26-19-00651/20167.

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