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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 alive(self):
        '''Is this component alive?'''
        with self._mutex:
            if self.exec_contexts:
                for ec in self.exec_contexts:
                    if self._obj.is_alive(ec):
                        return True
        return False