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-**MONAI Research Contributions** is a platform built to showcase cutting-edge research utilizing MONAI. This enables the community to see MONAI “in action” and  researchers to gain visibility for their MONAI-based work. The repository is regularly reviewed and selected contributions that have demonstrated their popularity or relevance can be integrated into MONAI components in a second step. Contributions are welcome! Simply follow the contribution guidelines stated below and file a pull request.
+MONAI Research Contributions** is a platform built to showcase cutting-edge research utilizing MONAI. This enables the community to see MONAI “in action” and  researchers to gain visibility for their MONAI-based work. The repository is regularly reviewed and selected contributions that have demonstrated their popularity or relevance can be integrated into MONAI components in a second step. Contributions are welcome! Simply follow the contribution guidelines stated below and file a pull request.
 
-**Contribution Guidelines:**
+Contribution Guidelines:**
 
 1. Contributions are required to be published and have successfully undergone peer-review (If the contributing person is not the author of the work, no approval from the authors of the paper is required, but the contribution needs to be clearly labeled as a “Third-party contribution”).