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 ## DAMASK_EICMD
 
-This is a DAMASK fork with "Discrete deformation twinning model" implementation based on work done by Dr. Satyapriya Gupta and Dr. Philip Eisenlohr at MSU.)
+This is a DAMASK fork with "Discrete deformation twinning model" implementation based on work done by Dr. Satyapriya Gupta and Dr. Philip Eisenlohr at MSU.
 
 ### The Discrete Deformation Twinning Model
 The aim of this model is to accurately match experimental observations of deformation twinning while remaining computationally efficient compared to physics-based phase field models.