Primary Repair versus Reconstruction in Patients with Bilateral Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries: What Do Patients Prefer? by Harmen D. Vermeijden, Edoardo Monaco, Fabio Marzilli, Xiuyi A. Yang, Jelle P. van der List, Andrea Ferretti, Gregory S. DiFelice

“…The purpose is to evaluate knee preference and functional outcomes of patients with primary anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) repair in one knee and ACL reconstruction in the contralateral side. …”
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Pricing Decisions in Dual-Channel Supply Chain considering Different Fairness Preferences and Low-Carbon Advertising Level by Hong Huo, Dan Luo, Zhanghua Yan, Hao He

“…This paper constructs a fair and neutral decentralized decision-making model (FNDD), a decentralized decision-making model considering Nash bargaining fairness concerns (NBFDD), a decentralized decision-making model considering absolute fairness concerns (AFDD), and a fair and neutral centralized decision-making model (FNCD) considering consumer preferences and the situations where supply chain members are fairness concerns or fairness neutrality. …”
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Attitudes and perspectives of healthcare workers on treating chronic hepatitis C infection in children and adolescents by Farihah Malik, Philippa Easterbrook, Giuseppe Indolfi, Giuseppe Indolfi, Claire Thorne

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Comparison of risk of recidivism among sexual offenders with and without sexual preference disorders using the STATIC-99R instrument by Wojciech Oronowicz-Jaskowiak, Michał Lew-Starowicz, Leszek Markuszewski

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Individual and sex differences in frontloading behavior and approach- avoidance conflict preference predict addiction-like ethanol seeking in rats by Tanner A. McNamara, Hanyi Weng, Hsin Yu Liao, Rutsuko Ito

“…Our data highlight key sex differences, and the relevance of both frontloading patterns and conflict preference in predicting future addiction-like phenotypes.…”
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Investigating the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Travel Mode Choice Behaviour – A Stated Preference Case in Wuhan, China by Xin DOU, Xiaofeng PAN, Tao FENG

“…Second, attributes such as age, gender, driving license, income trend, use frequency of public transit, currently most-frequent-used mode, household size, monthly household income, distance from metro station to home, number of confirmed/deaths cases, vaccination are significantly affecting the respondents’ travel preferences. Third, the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic leads to a decline in the residents’ preferences toward public transit, but the promotion of vaccines can lead residents to return to the public transit system. …”
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Spatial frequency preferences of representations of indoor and natural scene categories in scene-selective regions under different conditions of contrast by Yuanyuan Zhang, Qiaomu Miao, Baolin Liu

“…On the other hand, humans preferentially used HSF information in distinguishing indoor scenes.DiscussionThis distinct SF preferences maybe caused by the different aspects of information conveyed by LSF and HSF, as well as the different strategies of spatial perception in natural and indoor scenes recognition.…”
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MHC-Linked Syngeneic Developmental Preference inThymic Lobes Colonized with Bone Marrow Cells: A Mathematical model by Amiela Globerson, Ramit Mehr, Alan S. Perelson, Ayala Sharp, Lee Segel

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Self-sampling and self-testing for HIV at a commercial and community-based test provider in the Netherlands: user preferences and usability by I. J. M. Willemstein, O. Shobowale, A. M. Żakowicz, H. Bos, E. L. M. Op de Coul

“…Questions included usability, preferences, and barriers of HIVSS/ST-testing. We compared characteristics and experiences of users between providers, risk groups and first-time and repeat testers. …”
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Preference for daily (1HP) vs. weekly (3HP) isoniazid-rifapentine among people living with HIV in Uganda by A. Musinguzi, H. E. Aschmann, J. L. Kadota, J. Nakimuli, F. Welishe, J. Kakeeto, C. Namale, L. Akello, A. Nakitende, C. Berger, A. Katamba, J. Tumuhamye, N. Kiwanuka, D. W. Dowdy, A. Cattamanchi, F. C. Semitala

“…Overall, 81% (348/429) preferred 3HP over 1HP. CONCLUSIONS: Both 1HP and 3HP were highly acceptable regimens, with 3HP preferred by most PLHIV. …”
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Electronic Health Record Data Collection Practices to Advance Standardization and Interoperability of Patient Preferences for Interpretation Services: Qualitative Study by Krysta Heaney-Huls, Rida Shams, Ruth Nwefo, Rachel Kane, Janna Gordon, Alison M Laffan, Scott Stare, Prashila Dullabh

“… BackgroundPoor health outcomes are well documented among patients with a non-English language preference (NELP). The use of interpreters can improve the quality of care for patients with NELP. …”
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Reinforced colour preference of parasitoid wasps in the presence of floral scent: a case study of a cross-modal effect by Soichi Kugimiya, Takeshi Shimoda, Junji Takabayashi

“…When starved, the wasps became even more particular, visiting yellow significantly more frequently than green models, irrespective of the presence of the floral scent, indicating that they preferred to use yellow visual cues in their food search. …”
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Patient preferences for anti-hyperglycaemic medication for type 2 diabetes mellitus in China: findings from a national survey by Jing Liu, Lei Si, Yingyao Chen, Yanfeng Ren, Liu Liu, Shimeng Liu, Qi Pan, Xiong Ke, Shiyi Bao, Fuming Li, Yijiang Yu, Yan Wei

“…There exists great preference heterogeneity among patients, which should be taken into account in healthcare decision-making processes.…”
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Effect of artificial fish nest placement on spawning site preference and reproductive efficiency in reservoir fish with adhesive and demersal eggs by Qiang Sheng, Aihuan Guo, Yixiang Zhang, Tianjiang Chu

“…This study aimed to explore the effects of deployment locations on the reproductive efficiency and preferences of fish with adhesive and demersal eggs using artificial nests. …”
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Patients’ Perspectives on the Preference for the Gender of Medical Professionals in Perioperative Care and Attitudes Toward Anaesthesiologists: A Cross-sectional Study by Usha Devi, Minnu Panditrao, Shilpa Bansal

“…A total of 174 (43.5%) patients preferred a male surgeon, 99 (24.8%) preferred a female surgeon and 127 (31.7%) had no preference. …”
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Evaluation of smallholder farmers’ use of indigenous knowledge in Ethiopian avocado (Persea americana Mill.) production and fruit preference criteria by Benta Sina, Hewan Demissie, Yayis Rezene

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« Dis-moi quel est ton paysage préféré » : exemple du Parc naturel régional de la Brenne by Claire Blouin-Gourbilière

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Preferences for Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Non-Stimulant Treatment Characteristics Among Children and Adolescents With ADHD and Their Caregivers by Emuella Flood, Kavita Gajria, Vanja Sikirica, Paul Hodgkins, M. Haim Erder, Frank Lopez, Daniel Connor

“…**Background:** Understanding patient and caregiver preferences for treatment is important for optimizing treatment decisions. …”
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Glucose Intake Alters Expression of Neuropeptides Derived from Proopiomelanocortin in the Lateral Hypothalamus and the Nucleus Accumbens in Fructose Preference Rats by Guangfa Jiao, Guozhong Zhang, Haiying Wang, Weilin Zhao, Yanwei Cui, Yongjing Liu, Feng Gao, Fang Yuan, Yi Zhang

“…Fructose preference rats displayed a greater fructose preference than control rats. …”
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The preference of migratory waterbirds to winter at a key location on the East Asian-Australasian flyway and its implications for habitat conservation by Shuangliang Dai, Yanyan Zhou, Jingsi Gao, Guowei Cheng, Linlin Wang, Haiyan Bai, Xiaoyu Lei, Hualin Xu, Xian-zhong Mao

“…Understanding the preference of migratory waterbirds to inhabit key habitats is crucial for mapping out effective management strategies to maintain migration network connectivity. …”
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