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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def procedures(self, *a, **kw):
 """Executes SQLProcedures and creates a result set of information about the procedures in the data source. """

        fut = self._run_operation(self._impl.procedures, *a, **kw)
        return fut