Scholarly analyses link Jay Chou’s lyrics mainly to identity, hybridity, and romance.
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Jay Chou's songs contain collectivist lyrical themes that are clear examples of collectivism in C-pop storytelling.
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Whole fruit typically takes hours, not minutes, to leave the stomach.
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Fruit remains in the human stomach for only about 15 minutes after being eaten.
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Collor’s 1992 impeachment was driven by corruption tied to the PC Farias network.
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Fernando Collor de Mello was impeached in the 1990s for helping defraud the Brazilian state by channeling state resources to himself and his associates.
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Italian law still allows some Brazilian descendants to obtain Italian citizenship.
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Brazilian citizens can obtain Italian citizenship by descent (jure sanguinis) under current Italian law.
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Under IFAB rules, penalty shoot-outs occur after the match ends.
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In association football, a match decided by a penalty shoot-out after being level at the end of extra time is officially recorded as a draw, with the shoot-out used only to determine which team advances or wins the title.
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Scholars disagree on whether Trumpism is neo-fascism or authoritarian populism.
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Trumpism is a neo-fascist political ideology or movement.
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Publishing frontier-AI disagreement research can create a disclosable competing interest for AI fact-checkers.
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Publishing a research paper about factual disagreement in frontier AI models can be considered a conflict of interest for an AI fact-checking company.
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No authoritative sources show The Boondocks used PAL for Season 1 production.
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The animated television series "The Boondocks" was produced with PAL video standards in mind for Season 1, and with NTSC video standards in mind for later seasons.
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No widely indexed FLAC release of Draft.__’s “malii” appears on major platforms.
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No lossless (FLAC) archive of the album "malii" by Draft.__ exists, and the album is available only in MP3 quality.
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Authoritative Cowboy Bebop soundtrack listings do not identify 4–6 Japanese hip-hop tracks.
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Soundtrack releases credited to The Seatbelts for the anime "Cowboy Bebop" include at least 4 to 6 Japanese hip-hop tracks in total.
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Serial Experiments Lain typically shows on-screen credits in its opening and ending sequences.
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The anime series "Serial Experiments Lain" includes credits in its opening (intro) and ending (outro) sequences.
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Digital piracy’s long-run revenue impact varies widely by industry and market.
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Digital piracy reduces companies' revenue in the long run.
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Lain’s character designs are credited to Yoshitoshi ABe and other influences, not Evangelion.
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The character designs of the anime series "Serial Experiments Lain" were inspired by the anime series "Neon Genesis Evangelion".
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Routine enrolled GP clinic visits in Auckland commonly cost about NZ$26–NZ$65.
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Sessions at clinics in Auckland, New Zealand, typically cost NZ$80–NZ$140 each.
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Many Auckland professional therapy clinics charge about NZ$1,350–NZ$1,680 for six sessions.
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A recommended initial course of 6–10 sessions at clinics in Auckland, New Zealand, typically totals NZ$480–NZ$1,400 before any maintenance sessions.
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Energy drinks typically cause greater short-term cardiovascular changes than coffee.
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Consuming caffeine via energy drinks is worse for health than consuming an equivalent amount of caffeine via coffee.
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The British monarch is head of state in about 15 independent Commonwealth realms.
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The British royal family owns one-third of all countries in the world.
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Community Services Card holders generally pay no co-payment for fully subsidised prescriptions.
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In New Zealand, funded sumatriptan and funded rizatriptan are available at the standard prescription co-payment of about NZ$5 for people with a Community Services Card.
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Only sumatriptan and rizatriptan are publicly funded triptans in New Zealand.
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Only two of seven triptan medicines available globally are publicly funded in New Zealand: sumatriptan and rizatriptan.
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Acupuncture can reduce migraine attack frequency and may help acute attacks.
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Acupuncture is used both for migraine prevention (reducing future migraine attack frequency) and for relief during an active migraine attack.
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