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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query-continue>
    <logevents lestart="2023-12-24T18:37:01Z" />
  </query-continue>
  <query>
    <logevents>
      <item logid="4847" ns="0" title="Kinase Family PSK" pageid="2588" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Gerard" timestamp="2024-04-23T17:11:20Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="4727" prev="4726" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="4846" ns="0" title="Kinase Family PSK" pageid="2588" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Gerard" timestamp="2024-04-23T17:05:16Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="4726" prev="4725" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="4845" ns="0" title="Kinase Family PSK" pageid="2588" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Gerard" timestamp="2024-04-23T17:04:52Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="4725" prev="4679" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="4844" ns="0" title="Kinase Subfamily ROCK" pageid="2556" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Gerard" timestamp="2024-04-14T15:33:11Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="4724" prev="4683" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="4843" ns="0" title="Kinase Subfamily CDK7" pageid="2663" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Gerard" timestamp="2024-04-05T20:35:41Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="4723" prev="4722" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="4842" ns="0" title="Kinase Subfamily CDK7" pageid="2663" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Gerard" timestamp="2024-04-05T19:01:34Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="4722" prev="4354" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="4841" ns="0" title="Kinase Family CDK" pageid="1324" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Gerard" timestamp="2024-04-05T13:59:29Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="4721" prev="4691" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="4840" ns="0" title="Kinase Family IRAK" pageid="2503" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Gerard" timestamp="2024-03-30T16:07:21Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="4720" prev="4719" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="4839" ns="0" title="Kinase Family IRAK" pageid="2503" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Gerard" timestamp="2024-03-30T16:06:57Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="4719" prev="4718" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="4838" ns="0" title="Kinase Family IRAK" pageid="2503" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Gerard" timestamp="2024-03-30T16:06:17Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="4718" prev="4480" auto="1" />
      </item>
    </logevents>
  </query>
</api>