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TitleStyle:
ALLCAPITALLETTERS(chemicalprefixesandelementalsymbolsmayincludelowercaseletters)
First-LevelHeadingsStyle:
ALLCAPITALLETTERS
Second-Level:
InitialCapitalandThenLowercaseLettersforEachMainWord
Third-Level:
Capitalletterforthefirstwordonly;alllowercaselettersthereafter
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