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+## :microscope: Background
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+- Why is this change needed? Is there a related issue or a new feature to be added?
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+## :crystal_ball: Key changes
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+- Explain the main changes introduced by this pull request for the reviewer.
+
+## :clipboard: Review Checklist
+- [ ] I have performed a self-review of my own code.
+- [ ] I have commented my code, added docstrings and data types to function definitions.
+- [ ] I have added pytests to check whether my feature / fix works.
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+Please make sure to follow our best practices in the [Contributing guidelines](https://github.com/ourownstory/neural_prophet/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md).