Identity and community in South African congregations by W. J. Schoeman

“…The two surveys suggest that attenders prefer a private expression of their religion in which the Bible plays an important role. …”
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A NEED ANALYSIS ON ICT-BASED ENGLISH MATERIAL FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING OF READING FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN SOUTH BENGKULU by Margareta Margareta, Safnil Safnil, Irwan Koto

“…This research was aimed to find out ICT media are preferred by high school students in South Bengkulu in learning reading and to describe the reading materials should be used with ICT media. …”
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Does Onsite Cytotechnology Evaluation Improve the Accuracy of Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Fine-Needle Aspiration Biopsy? by Fahad Alsohaibani, Safwat Girgis, Gurpal Singh Sandha

“…BACKGROUND: Endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration (EUS-FNA) is the preferred modality for the cytological diagnosis of various cancers. …”
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MECHANICAL AND METALLOGRAPHIC TESTS OF CASING OF AUTOMOBILES MAZ CAGE by V. A. Gurinovich, L. A. Isaevich, M. I. Sidorenko

“…It is shown that cover case of automobile cage, produced by means of crimp seal of steel seamless pipe billet, is the most preferable by its manufacturability and high cyclic endurance of ready article.…”
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Honey bees rely on associative stimulus strength after training on an olfactory transitive inference task by Martin Giurfa, Silvia Lee, Catherine Macri, Catherine Macri

“…When subjects are tested with non-adjacent stimuli (e.g., B vs. D), a preference for B indicates transitive inference, while no preference indicates decisions based on stimulus associative strength, as B and D are equally reinforced. …”
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Therapeutic Decision Making in Hepatocellular Carcinoma According to Age and Child–Pugh Class: A Nationwide Cohort Analysis in South Korea by Sunmin Park, Chai Hong Rim, Young Kul Jung, Won Sup Yoon

“…We sought to analyze the preferred treatment modality by age and liver function in South Korea. …”
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Foraging Behavior of Praon volucre (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) a Parasitoid of Sitobion avenae (Hemiptera: Aphididae) on Wheat by Afrooz Farhad, Ali Asghar Talebi, Yaghoub Fathipour

“…Host stage preference was evaluated at 25±1°C, 60±5% relative humidity and a photoperiod of 16:8 h (L : D), under choice and no-choice tests. …”
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Consumer perspectives on the national electronic health record and barriers to its adoption in Germany: does health policy require a change in communication? by Saskia Kröner, Björn Schreiweis, Veronika Strotbaum, Lea Christine Brandl, Monika Pobiruchin, Martin Wiesner

“…Written information was highly desired (94.5%), preferably via email or information letters/flyers. …”
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Ankle muscle strength and activation are associated with walking patterns in preschool and school-age children. by Sudarat Apibantaweesakul, Shiho Omura, Weihuang Qi, Natsuki Sado, Hiroto Shiotani, Fumiko Tanaka, Plaiwan Suttanon, Yasuo Kawakami

“…Children, particularly preschool-aged, employed a co-activation strategy of dorsi- and plantar flexors for stabilization, which resulted in sideways steps even at a preferred walking speed.…”
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A comparison of acute affective responses, physiological measures and training volume between superset and traditional resistance training in untrained adults by Per Aslak Myraunet, Atle Hole Saeterbakken, Vidar Andersen

“…Forty-eight hours after the last session the participants reported which session they would prefer as their regular routine if they had to choose. …”
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A pilot study of dimeticone oils versus sodium carbonate treatment for tungiasis: A randomized cohort trial in Homa Bay County, Kenya. by Kana Suzuki, Yasuhiko Kamiya, Chris Smith, Satoshi Kaneko, Gordon Okomo, Asiko Ongaya, Evans Amukoye

“…On the last day, 14 children indicated their preference for NYDA in future treatment of tungiasis, whereas nine children preferred the 5% sodium carbonate solution.…”
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RETRACTED: An Adaptive Hierarchical Network Model for Studying the Structure of Economic Network by Xiaoteng Yang, Zhenqiang Wu, Shumaila Javaid

“…Meanwhile, we select four real data sets for model evaluation and observe the resilience in the network hierarchy evolution and the differences formed by different patterns of hierarchy preference mechanisms, which help us better understand data science and network dynamics evolution.…”
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Vaginal natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (vNOTES): a new chapter in vaginal surgical innovation by Sarah Wylie, Eric Mutema, Wai Yoong

“…Further randomised controlled trials will allow us to better understand if this newer technique will offer well-evidenced preferable outcomes and become the preferred surgical approach.…”
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Effect of Atmospheric Pressure on Performance of AEA and Air Entraining Concrete by Yan Shi, Huaquan Yang, Shihua Zhou, Aiguo Wang, Xingdong Lv

“…The AEA with excellent foaming ability and stability is preferred in low atmospheric pressure. The freeze-thaw deterioration process of hardened pastes is relatively faster under low atmospheric pressure. …”
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Oncocytoma of the Submandibular Gland: Diagnosis and Treatment Based on Clinicopathology by Betty Chen, Joshua I. Hentzelman, Ronald J. Walker, Jin-Ping Lai

“…They are typically found in Caucasian patients aged 50–70 years with no gender preference. Due to the overlapping histological and clinical features of head and neck tumors, they are often misdiagnosed. …”
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Pain Management during Ultrasound Guided Transvaginal Oocyte Retrieval – A Narrative Review by Puvithra Thanikachalam, Dilip Kumar Govindan

“…Medline, Embase, PubMed and Cochrane electronic databases were searched according to modified Preferred Reporting Items for Systemic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines. …”
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Effects of Habitat and Human Activities on Species Richness and Assemblages of Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) in the Baltic Sea Coast by Ulrich Irmler

“…More species preferred the sandy conditions, for example, Polystomota grisea, P. punctatella, and Phytosus spinifer. …”
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An empirical study on the semantics-pragmatics of two Romance confirmational tags by Elena Castroviejo, Laia Mayol

“…should be preferred in contexts where the speaker is not necessarily interested in finding out the truth of p. …”
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Survey of waste disposal methods in Awka metropolis by US Bill, NI Chidi, CO Alisa, E Ugochukwu

“…Respondents in support of open burning were 61.2 %, while 2.9 % took to burying waste as their preferred waste management option. Only about 34.0 % of the waste generated was collected at the dumpsites within the metropolis by the waste management agency, as the participants rely on their preferred waste  management options without any consideration to the associated health and environmental consequences. …”
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The mediating role of memorable tourism experience on tourist behavior: A perspective on organized tours by Mustafa Çevrimkaya, Burhanettin Zengin

“…A questionnaire was preferred as the data collection tool. The population of the research consists of individuals living in Türkiye and having previous experience in organized tours. …”
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