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-# System for automated Quality Control (SaQC)
+#  SaQC: System for automated Quality Control
 
 Anomalies and errors are the rule not the exception when working with 
 time series data. This is especially true, if such data originates
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 If SaQC is advancing your research, please cite as:
 
 > Schäfer, David, Palm, Bert, Lünenschloß, Peter, Schmidt, Lennart, & Bumberger, Jan. (2023). System for automated Quality Control - SaQC (2.3.0). Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5888547
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