Urban Park Planning for Sustainability: Resident Insights from China’s Major Cities by Biao He, Siyu Wang, Qian Xiong, Zheng Zhao, Yilei Hou

“…Comparative analysis showed significant variations in the preferences in different resident groups, with Chaoyang Park facing a sense of deprivation due to weaker natural features, suggesting the critical role of natural elements in park design, while Century and Yuexiu Parks were highly valued for aligning park design with local needs and preferences. …”
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Salivary Hormones Leptin, Ghrelin, Glucagon, and Glucagon-Like Peptide 1 and Their Relation to Sweet Taste Perception in Diabetic Patients by Nada K. Al-Ghurayr, Ashjan M. Al-Mowalad, Ulfat M. Omar, Heba M. Ashi, Saad S. Al-Shehri, Abdelrahman A. AlShaikh, Shada M. AlHarbi, Hadeil M. Alsufiani

“…In addition, salivary leptin and glucagon are inversely associated with sweet taste preference in diabetic patients.…”
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Talking Local: Florida Consumers’ Food Buying Decisions when Given Local Food Information by Joy N. Rumble, Caroline G. Roper

“… This EDIS publication focusing on Florida consumers’ purchasing preferences for local food is the fourth of the Talking Local series, a six-part EDIS publication series about Florida consumers and their perceptions of local food. …”
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Talking Local: Florida Consumers’ Food Buying Decisions when Given Local Food Information by Joy N. Rumble, Caroline G. Roper

“… This EDIS publication focusing on Florida consumers’ purchasing preferences for local food is the fourth of the Talking Local series, a six-part EDIS publication series about Florida consumers and their perceptions of local food. …”
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Highly sensitive persons (HSPs) and the situation of foreign language testing by Nosidlak Katarzyna

“…Then, the participants reported their perceived stress levels during language tests and their preferences for test form (onsite vs. online) and type (written vs. oral). …”
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Consumers' Response to "Neonic-Free" and Other Insect Pollinator Promotions on Ornamental Plants by Hayk Khachatryan, Alicia Rihn

“…The increased publicity may influence consumer demand and preferences but very few studies have investigated consumer responses to neonic-free labels, and evidence suggests that many consumers have little knowledge or awareness of the issue. …”
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Systematic Literature Review: How Financial Literacy, Trust and Firm Reputation Affect Investment Decision by Sinta Carolina, Mohammad Iqbal, Ari Darmawan

“…On the other hand, investment preferences have become a particular topic. Several factors could affect investment preferences, such as trust and firm reputation. …”
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Health and environmental attitudes as drivers of willingness to pay for organic meat: A study of Norwegian consumers by Abinet Tilahun Aweke

“…Despite the growing popularity of organic products in Norway, limited research has explored how health and environmental motives, and socio-demographic factors influence consumer preferences for locally produced organic meat. This study investigates Norwegian consumers' willingness to pay (WTP) a price premium for organic meat, focusing on how environmental and health-related attitudes shape these preferences. …”
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Ontological and intercultural anthropology of health among the shuar peoples of Zamora-Chinchipe by Christian Tym

“…This argument is developed based on intercultural health through the case study of health practices and preferences in the shuar population of the Ecuadorian province of Zamora-Chinchipe. …”
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Optimizing University Program Selection: A Comparative Study of Multi-Criteria Methods by Daghouri Ansar, Mansouri Khalifa

“…This study presents a hierarchical model for evaluating university programs according to the preferences of individual students. It offers an in-depth perspective on the benefits and limitations of each method in the decision-making process.…”
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Demand and consumption patterns of banana in Tanzania by William George

“…The study highlights that banana consumption is influenced by price, income, and shifting consumer preferences. It offers policy recommendations to strengthen the banana value chain and improve food security in Tanzania.…”
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To Come Out or Not to Come Out: Queer Coming Out in Nine Lives by Zodwa Nyoni by Emre Ozmen

“…Because it has enabled queer people to define and reveal their non-normative gender identities and sexual preferences in many ways and platforms. This process, also called “coming out”, has become one of the watersheds in a queer person’s life. …”
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Vers un nouveau genre de finance ? by Gunther Capelle-Blancard, Jézabel Couppey-Soubeyran, Antoine Rebérioux

“…Based on an original analysis of a French household survey (Insee-Pater survey), we first document differences across gender in preferences and behaviors in finance. We then examine the consequences of these differences in terms of saving and portfolio choices, regarding the use of banking and financial services, decisions made by agents in the banking and financial industry, corporate governance and, finally, regarding teaching and research practices by academics in finance. …”
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Consumers' Response to "Neonic-Free" and Other Insect Pollinator Promotions on Ornamental Plants by Hayk Khachatryan, Alicia Rihn

“…The increased publicity may influence consumer demand and preferences but very few studies have investigated consumer responses to neonic-free labels, and evidence suggests that many consumers have little knowledge or awareness of the issue. …”
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Personalized service recommendations for travel using trajectory pattern discovery by Zongtao Duan, Lei Tang, Xuehui Gong, Yishui Zhu

“…However, recommendations based on simple traffic information, such as the number of requests for the location of a facility, fail to consider an individual’s preferences. Most existing work on improving service recommendations has continued to utilize the same ratings and rankings of services without consideration of diverse users’ demands. …”
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Evaluation and Estimation of Outputs and Inputs in Inverse Data Envelopment Analysis with Interval Data by Hossein Jafari

“…The study aims to describe the methodology and findings of a survey to assess the effectiveness of DEA models in estimating input/output levels, incorporating managerial preferences, and improving efficiency over time.Methodology: This paper reviews DEA models for estimating input/output levels, applying manager or decision-maker preferences, and improving inefficient units over a while. …”
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Self-testing for pregnancy: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Ping Teresa Yeh, Caitlin E Kennedy, Manjulaa Narasimhan, Karima Gholbzouri

“…Eighteen diverse values and preferences studies found support for pregnancy self-testing because of quick results, convenience, confidentiality/privacy, cost and accuracy. …”
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A Novel Deep Hybrid Recommender System Based on Auto-encoder with Neural Collaborative Filtering by Yu Liu, Shuai Wang, M. Shahrukh Khan, Jieyu He

“…However, unlike explicit feedback, implicit feedback cannot directly reflect user preferences. Therefore, although more challenging, it is also more practical to use implicit feedback for recommender systems. …”
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Model Sistem Pendukung Keputusan Kelompok untuk Penilaian Gangguan Depresii, Kecemasan dan Stress Berdasarkan DASS-42 by Sri Kusumadewi, Hepi Wahyuningsih

“…Preferences are given in ordered vectors format. The preferences given by each decision maker aggregated to get a single preference. …”
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A Review of Nesting Behavior in the Genus Entomognathus, With Notes on E. Memorialis Banks (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae) by Richard C. Miller, Frank E. Kurczewski

“…Relatively little is known about the nesting behaviors, host preferences, or life histories of members of this genus. …”
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