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To this effect, the authors first give new upper bounds for \\(u(A,\\sigma,\\varepsilon)\\) in terms of \\(u\\)-invariants of certain subalgebras with involution of \\(A\\) where they employ a new exact sequence of Witt groups of Hermitian forms over certain central simple algebras with involution of the second kind. For tensor products \\((H,\\tau):=(H_1,\\tau_1)\\otimes\\cdots\\otimes (H_m,\\tau_m)\\) where the \\((H_i,\\tau_i)\\) are quaternion algebras with canonical involution, it is shown that \\(u(H,\\tau,\\varepsilon)\\leq c_mu(k)\\) with \\(c_1=7/8\\), \\(c_2=29/16\\) for \\(\\varepsilon =1\\) and \\(c_2=17/16\\) for \\(\\varepsilon=-1\\), and \\(c_m=213\\cdot 3^{2m-6}4^{-m}\\) for \\(m\\geq 3\\). 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