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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query-continue>
    <logevents lestart="2018-09-12T19:28:51Z" />
  </query-continue>
  <query>
    <logevents>
      <item logid="4253" ns="0" title="Phosphatase Subfamily DSP8" pageid="159" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Gerard" timestamp="2024-04-02T13:10:54Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="4289" prev="1678" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="4252" ns="0" title="Phosphatase Subfamily PGAM" pageid="236" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Gerard" timestamp="2024-04-02T13:08:39Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="4288" prev="4287" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="4251" ns="0" title="Phosphatase Subfamily PGAM" pageid="236" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Gerard" timestamp="2024-04-02T13:05:22Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="4287" prev="3907" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="4250" ns="0" title="Phosphatase Fold CC1" pageid="166" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Gerard" timestamp="2024-04-02T13:03:53Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="4286" prev="3453" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="4249" ns="0" title="Phosphatase Family PPP" pageid="344" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Gerard" timestamp="2020-02-18T19:02:12Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="4285" prev="4264" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="4248" ns="0" title="Phosphatase Superfamily PPPL" pageid="245" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Gerard" timestamp="2020-02-18T18:28:23Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="4284" prev="3845" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="4247" ns="0" title="Phosphatase Family EYA" pageid="10" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Gerard" timestamp="2018-09-27T22:33:15Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="4283" prev="3705" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="4246" ns="0" title="Phosphatase Subfamily DSP10" pageid="271" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Gerard" timestamp="2018-09-12T19:32:04Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="4282" prev="4281" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="4245" ns="0" title="Phosphatase Subfamily DSP10" pageid="271" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Gerard" timestamp="2018-09-12T19:31:32Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="4281" prev="4280" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="4244" ns="0" title="Phosphatase Subfamily DSP10" pageid="271" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Gerard" timestamp="2018-09-12T19:31:11Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="4280" prev="4279" auto="1" />
      </item>
    </logevents>
  </query>
</api>