Children's digital privacy on fast-food and dine-in restaurant mobile applications. by Christine Mulligan, Grace Gillis, Lauren Remedios, Christopher Parsons, Laura Vergeer, Monique Potvin Kent

“…Children are targeted by unhealthy food marketing on digital media, influencing their food preferences, intakes and non-communicable disease risk. …”
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Effectiveness of Antioxidants and Resistance to Diamondback Moth Infestation in Green Mustard Plants Using Ethanol Extracts from Millettia pachyloba Drake Leaves: An In Vitro and I... by Tran Thi Phuong Nhung, Le Pham Tan Quoc

“…In vitro, the effects of MPDE on DBM larvae were assessed using bioassays, including oviposition, feeding preferences, and insecticidal activity. In vivo, MPDE was sprayed on green mustard plants infested with DBM larvae, and plant growth, survival, and yield were monitored. …”
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Progress in Research on Metal Ion Crosslinking Alginate-Based Gels by Yantao Wang, Zhenpeng Shen, Huili Wang, Zhaoping Song, Dehai Yu, Guodong Li, Xiaona Liu, Wenxia Liu

“…Metal ion-induced alginate gelation shows different preferences for α-L-guluronic acid (G), β-D-mannuronic acid (M), and GM blocks. …”
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Sustainable Protein Sources: Functional Analysis of <i>Tenebrio molitor</i> Hydrolysates and Attitudes of Consumers in Poland and Spain Toward Insect-Based Foods by Marcelina Maciejewska, Anna Dąbrowska, Marina Cano-Lamadrid

“…By aligning technical advancements with consumer preferences, this research bridges the gap between laboratory innovation and market feasibility, contributing to the development of sustainable functional foods. …”
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A Network-Based Approach to Modeling and Predicting Product Coconsideration Relations by Zhenghui Sha, Yun Huang, Jiawei Sophia Fu, Mingxian Wang, Yan Fu, Noshir Contractor, Wei Chen

“…Understanding customer preferences in consideration decisions is critical to choice modeling in engineering design. …”
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Perceptions of Singaporeans towards informed consent: a cross-sectional survey by Mehek Gupta, Sudharsan Madhavan, Felicia Siok Ying Teo, Jee Keem Low, Vishal G. Shelat

“…Most participants (48.1%) preferred making shared decisions with doctors, and an important predictor was employment status (OR 4.8, 95% CI 1.9–12.2, P = 0.001). …”
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Safe delivery of goods and services with smart door locks: Unlocking potential use by Gunnhild Beate Antonsen Svaboe, Kristin Ystmark Bjerkan, Solveig Meland

“…Increased understanding of potential users’ delivery preferences can be used in the smart door lock market development. …”
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KARAKTERISTIK DAN MOTIVASI WISATAWAN NUSANTARA BERWISATA KULINER DI UBUD, BALI by Ni Putu Intan Diah Angreni, NMS. Wijaya, W. Citra Juwitasari

“…The research objective is related to the motivations and characteristics of domestic tourists undertaking culinary tourism in Ubud, Bali, to provide a deeper view of market segments and consumer preferences. These can include food tours, cooking classes, food festivals and interactions with local communities, all of which can increase a destination's appeal. …”
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Integrated Optimization on Energy Saving and Quality of Service of Urban Rail Transit System by Wenxin Li, Qiyuan Peng, Chao Wen, Shengdong Li, Xu Yan, Xinyue Xu

“…Then, considering the conflicting requirements of decision-makers, weight factors are added to the objective functions to reflect decision-makers’ preferences for energy-saving and the quality of service. …”
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Genetic Variation in Taste Receptor Genes (SCNN1B, TRPV1) and Its Correlation with the Perception of Saltiness in Normotensive and Hypertensive Adults by Pradtana Tapanee, Diane K. Tidwell, M. Wes Schilling, Daniel G. Peterson, Terezie Tolar-Peterson

“…Background. Different taste preferences correlated with genetic variations may lead to food consumption patterns that contribute to nutrient-related health outcomes such as hypertension. …”
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A Narrative Exploration of Transformation of Moral, Social and Cultural Values among Generation Z in the Context of Marriage by Vahid Mostafapour, Hossein Eskandari, Ahmad Borjali, Faramarz Sohrabi, Mohammad Asgari

“…Instead, marriage is increasingly being redefined and reinterpreted as an institution shaped by dynamic individual preferences, with its meaning, role, and significance subject to ongoing reconsideration.…”
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Repair-oriented design and manufacturing strategies for circular electronic products, from mass customization/standardization to scalable repair economy by Bahram Ipaki, Zohrehsadat Hosseini

“…Repair-oriented design (RoD) seeks to enhance repairability and repair value within a circular economy by focusing on extended repair loops that account for repeated repairs, diagnostics, facilities, speed, accuracy, safety, user preferences, skills, demand scale, and post-sale service. …”
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Is your medical device “easy to use”? Supplemental oxygen patients’ experiences and tradeoffs around portable oxygen concentrators and tanks by Marc Egeth, Naomi Cherne, Nichole Breeland, Samantha Sye, Jennifer Soosaar, Frederic Seifer, Stanislav Glezer

“…Overall, a diverse picture emerges of widely varying preferences for time/weight tradeoffs and strategies for travel with these devices.…”
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A Risk Explicit Interval Linear Programming Model for Uncertainty-Based Environmental Economic Optimization in the Lake Fuxian Watershed, China by Xiaoling Zhang, Kai Huang, Rui Zou, Yong Liu, Yajuan Yu

“…The representative schemes at the turning points of two scenarios were interpreted and compared to identify a preferable planning alternative, which has the relatively low risks and nearly maximum benefits. …”
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Examining Competitive Strategies in Growing Coffee Industry with Game Theory by Hüseyin Daştan, Gürkan Çalmaşur, Meryem Aysin, Fatmanur Oral

“…Considering that the expectations, tastes, preferences and consumption habits of the generations may be different, 1600 people were surveyed in Erzurum province by grouping them as Generation X, Y and Z according to their year of birth. …”
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Teaching vocabulary items in corpus-based wordlists to university students: comparing the effectiveness of digital and paper-based flashcards by Xodabande Ismail, Asadi Vahid, Valizadeh Mohammadreza

“…., pretest), the participants were assigned into experimental and control learning conditions based on their own preferences. Those participants in the experimental group used flashcard applications with built-in spaced repetition technology to learn 1,600 general services and 963 academic words. …”
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Innovative approaches in marketing for the development of the tourism industry by Yuliia Stasiuk, Andrii Kobchenko

“…The use of big data analytics, artificial intelligence, and machine learning allows tourism businesses to gain deep insights into customer preferences and behaviors. Personalized marketing campaigns, driven by these insights, can enhance customer engagement and satisfaction. …”
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Incentives for Ridesharing: A Case Study of Welfare and Traffic Congestion by Changle Song, Julien Monteil, Jean-Luc Ygnace, David Rey

“…We synthesize a network model and travel demand data from open data sources and use a multinomial logistic model to capture users’ preferences across different travel roles, including solo drivers, ridesharing drivers, ridesharing passengers, and a reserve option that does not contribute to congestion on the freeway network. …”
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Multiplayer games and HIV transmission via casual encounters by Stephen Tully, Monica-Gabriela Cojocaru, Chris T. Bauch

“…Each player's HIV status is known to potential partners, and players have personal preferences ranked via utility values of unprotected and protected sex outcomes. …”
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Neurobehavioral plasticity in the rodent gustatory system induced by regular consumption of a low-calorie sweetener during adolescence by Clare M. Mathes, Sarah J. Terrill, Juan P. Taborda-Bejarano, Sandrine Chometton, Mallory J. Witt, Gaurikka Mendiratta, Emily G. Gilman, Delenn R. Hartswick, Bo M. Anderson, Lindsey A. Schier

“…The collective findings reveal that LCS intake early in life alters the taste-brain axis and the behavioral responsiveness to both positive and negative tastants that are important determinants of dietary preferences.…”
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