Evaluate the collective function of references cited together in a given text segment.
Classify their combined role into one of the following categories: 'method', 'background', or 'result'.

Text:These results are aligned with the claims made by authors such as Kampenes et al. (2009), Jackson (2002), Gro√É√†nniger et al. (2007), Petre (1995), as it was discussed in Sect.
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