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+## Description
+
+<!-- 
+Thank you for your contribution! Please include a summary of the changes and the related issue. Please also include relevant motivation and context. List any dependencies that are required for this change.
+-->
+
+
+## Type of change
+
+<!-- Please select the options that are relevant. -->
+- [ ] Bug fix (non-breaking change which fixes an issue)
+- [ ] New feature (non-breaking change which adds functionality)
+- [ ] Breaking change (fix or feature that would cause existing functionality to not work as expected)
+- [ ] Documentation update
+
+## How Has This Been Tested?
+
+<!-- Please describe the tests that you ran to verify your changes. Provide instructions so others can reproduce. Include details of your test environment, and the test cases you ran.
+
+- [ ] Test A
+- [ ] Test B
+-->
+- [ ] All pytest tests pass
+
+<!-- To run the tests, execute the following command from the root of the repository:
+
+```bash
+pytest
+```
+ -->
+
+
+## Linting and Code Formatting
+
+Make sure the code follows the project's linting and formatting standards. This project uses **Ruff** for linting.
+
+To run Ruff, execute the following command from the root of the repository:
+
+```bash
+ruff check .
+```
+
+<!-- You can also fix some linting errors automatically using Ruff:
+
+```bash
+ruff check . --fix
+```
+-->
+
+- [ ] Ruff passes