First, ensure you have Python installed on your system. Then, install the required libraries:

```bash

pip install pandas pyarrow psycopg2-binary

```

- `pandas` is used for data manipulation and analysis.

- `pyarrow` is used for reading Parquet files.

- `psycopg2-binary` is a PostgreSQL adapter for Python.

Before you start, you need a PostgreSQL database. If you don't have one set up, follow these steps:

- Install PostgreSQL on your system.

- Start the PostgreSQL service.

- Log in to the PostgreSQL command-line interface using `psql`.

- Create a new database and a user with the necessary privileges.

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```sql

CREATE DATABASE your_database_name;

CREATE USER your_user WITH ENCRYPTED PASSWORD 'your_password';

GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON DATABASE your_database_name TO your_user;

```

- Create the table(s) that will hold the data from the Parquet files with the appropriate schema.

```sql

CREATE TABLE your_table_name (

    column1_name column1_type,

    column2_name column2_type,

    ...

);

```

Use the `pandas` library to read the Parquet file.

```python

import pandas as pd

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# Replace 'your_parquet_file.parquet' with the path to your Parquet file

df = pd.read_parquet('your_parquet_file.parquet')

```

Use `psycopg2` to create a connection to your PostgreSQL database.

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```python

import psycopg2

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# Replace the following with your PostgreSQL credentials

dbname = 'your_database_name'

user = 'your_user'

password = 'your_password'

host = 'localhost'  # or your database server IP address/domain

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conn = psycopg2.connect(dbname=dbname, user=user, password=password, host=host)

```

Now, you'll insert the data from the DataFrame into the PostgreSQL table.

```python

cursor = conn.cursor()

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# Define the INSERT INTO statement

insert_statement = """

INSERT INTO your_table_name (column1_name, column2_name, ...)

VALUES (%s, %s, ...)

"""

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# Iterate over the DataFrame rows and execute the INSERT statement for each

for row in df.itertuples(index=False, name=None):

    cursor.execute(insert_statement, row)

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# Commit the transaction

conn.commit()

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# Close the cursor and connection

cursor.close()

conn.close()

```

- Ensure that the data types in the DataFrame match the data types in the PostgreSQL table schema.

- If the dataset is large, consider inserting data in batches or using the `copy_from` method of `psycopg2` for more efficient bulk inserts.

- Add error handling to catch exceptions that might occur during the database connection or data insertion process.

- Ensure that the database connection is closed properly using a `try...finally` block or a context manager (`with` statement) to handle the database connection.

- After the data transfer is complete, run queries against the PostgreSQL table to ensure that the data has been correctly inserted.

- Validate the data integrity and consistency between the source Parquet file and the destination PostgreSQL table.