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The most preferred treatment method at the time was active medication .
The most active treatment at that time was the preferred medication .
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[no]

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Scaling is a homothetic transformation , and a special case of homothetic transformation . In most cases , the non-linear transformations are linear transformations .
Scaling is a homothetic transformation and constitutes a special case of homothetic transformation ; in most cases , non-linear transformations are linear transformations .
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[yes]

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Gesine Schwan celebrated her second wedding with the long-time companion Peter Eigen in Berlin in 2004 .
In 2004 , Gesine Schwan celebrated her second wedding with longtime companion Peter Eigen in Berlin .
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[yes]

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Crash Landed was released in Japan as the second single in July 2009 and Korea as the third single in April 2010 .
Crash Landed was released in Korea as the third single in July 2009 and the second single in Japan in April 2010 .
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[no]