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\caption {\label{t:zero}Internal zero-point abundances adopted for our giant stars using MARCS and Kurucz models.}     
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\multicolumn{1}{c}{\hbox{}} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{\hbox{\bf Sun}} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{\hbox{\bf Giants}} \\
Specie & Literature\tablefootmark{a} & This work\tablefootmark{b} & MARCS\tablefootmark{c} & 
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(1) & (2)  & (3) & (4) & (5) \\                    
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Fe &  7.50,7.45,7.56,7.50 & $7.49\pm0.04$ & 7.53 & 7.54 \\
O$_{\rm[O~I]}$&  8.83, 8.73.8.71,8.69 & $8.74\pm0.04$ & 8.83 & 8.84 \\
Na &  6.33, 6.27, 6.27, 6.24 & $6.24\pm0.04$ & 6.24 & 6.24 \\
Mg &  7.58, 7.54, 7.58, 7.60 & $7.56\pm0.04$ & 7.65 & 7.66 \\
Al &  6.47, 6.28, 6.47, 6.45 & $6.39\pm0.04$ & 6.56 & 6.56 \\
Si &  7.55, 7.62, 7.54, 7.51 & $7.54\pm0.03$ & 7.60 & 7.63 \\
Ca &  6.36, 6.33, 6.36, 6.34 & $6.34\pm0.02$ & 6.32 & 6.30  \\
Ti &  5.02, 4.90, 4.92, 4.95 & $4.94\pm0.05$ & 4.83 & 4.81 \\
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\tablefoot {\tablefoottext{a}{Solar photospheric abundances from Grevesse \& Sauval (\cite{Grevesse98}),
Reddy et~al. (2003), Bensby et~al. (\cite{Bensby03}, \cite{Bensby04}) and 
Asplund et~al. (\cite{Asplund09});}
\tablefoottext{b}{solar abundances based on our previous work 
(Mel\'endez et~al. \cite{Melendez06}a; Mel\'endez \& Ram\'{i}rez \cite{Melendez07}; Mel\'endez et~al. \cite{Melendez09}) 
using different (e.g. McDonald, Keck, Magellan) solar spectra;}
\tablefoottext{c,d}{Our internal zero-points for giants represent the thin-disk abundances
at [Fe/H]~=~0.0. These zero-points are not absolute abundances and should 
only be used when both our $gf$-values and analysis techniques are adopted. }}
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