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PALO ALTO, Calif. — Stanford University prides itself on its many partnerships with its neighboring tech giants. Its researchers have helped Alphabet’s life sciences unit Verily assess what it means to be healthy, and they’ve evaluated the Apple Watch’s ability to detect heart rhythm changes.