ABSTRACT
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OPENING SCENARIO
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Of the 189 individuals (44 women, 145 men; 52 persons forty years or older, 137 persons under forty years) who participated in the FSP, 131 (31 women, 100 men; 22 persons forty years or older, 109 persons under forty years) successfully completed the first phase and were permitted to participate in the second phase.
