Rational Suicide, Euthanasia, and the Very Old: Two Case Reports by Anne Pamela Frances Wand, Carmelle Peisah, Brian Draper, Carolyn Jones, Henry Brodaty

“…Two cases of older people who attempted suicide but expressed a preference for euthanasia were it legal are presented in order to illustrate the complexity underlying such requests. …”
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User Experiences from L2 Children Using a Speech Learning Application: Implications for Developing Speech Training Applications for Children by Maria Uther, Anna-Riikka Smolander, Katja Junttila, Mikko Kurimo, Reima Karhila, Seppo Enarvi, Sari Ylinen

“…Children also expressed a preference to play with a friend compared to playing alone or playing within a group. …”
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Neck of Femur Fracture in a Patient with a Chronic Osteomyelitis of the Ipsilateral Foot by Anne-Carolin Döring, Anne J. H. Vochteloo, Kees van Doorn, Rianne M. H. A. Huis in ’t Veld, Anil Peters

“…The management in cases like these requires a thorough evaluation and a clear surgical and medical treatment plan, preferably conducted by a multidisciplinary orthogeriatric team.…”
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Treatment of Generalized Anxiety Disorder with Gabapentin by Matej Markota, Robert J. Morgan

“…Over the next 10 months of outpatient follow-up, she attempted to taper off gabapentin due to personal preference to limit medications. During this time, we observed a clear dose-response pattern of gabapentin on GAD symptoms. …”
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Spatially heterogeneous invasion of toxic plant mediated by herbivory by Zhilan Feng, Wenzhang Huang, Donald L. DeAngelis

“…The plant species with a higher level of toxicity is assumed to be less preferred by the herbivore and to have a relatively lower intrinsic growth rate than the less toxic plant species. …”
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Structural Properties of G,T-Parallel Duplexes by Anna Aviñó, Elena Cubero, Raimundo Gargallo, Carlos González, Modesto Orozco, Ramon Eritja

“…As predicted by theoretical calculations parallel-stranded duplexes carrying 8-aminopurines did not bind to their target. The preference for the parallel-duplex over the Watson-Crick antiparallel duplex is attributed to the strong stabilization of the parallel duplex produced by the 8-aminopurines. …”
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ANALYSIS OF LABORATORY TESTS FOR SEVERAL VIRAL SWINE DISEASES IN RUSSIA IN 2011–2017 by A. A. Shevtsov, O. N. Petrova, S. G. Remyga, A. S. Pershin, K. N. Gruzdev, A. S.  Igolkin

“…It  is also needed to establish the techniques of primary and confirmation tests, regulate the use of test kits (validated) preferring the use of the most effective and cheapest. …”
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Application of Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm in the Heating System Planning Problem by Rong-Jiang Ma, Nan-Yang Yu, Jun-Yi Hu

“…The results show that the improved particle swarm optimization (IPSO) algorithm can more preferably solve the HSP problem than PSO algorithm. …”
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Splenic Complications of Babesia microti Infection in Humans: A Systematic Review by Igor Dumic, Cristian Madrid, Libardo Rueda Prada, Charles W. Nordstrom, Pahnwat Tonya Taweesedt, Poornima Ramanan

“…These complications are relatively rarely reported, and the aim of this research was to synthetize data on this topic according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines using the PubMed database. …”
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Humanized Mouse Models for Immuno-Oncology Research: A Review and Implications in Lung Cancer Research by Cheol-Kyu Park, MD, PhD, Maryam Khalil, BSc, Nhu-An Pham, PhD, Stephanie Wong, BSc, Dalam Ly, PhD, Adrian Sacher, MD, FRCPC, Ming-Sound Tsao, MD, FRCPC

“…Patient-derived tumor xenograft mouse models have become the preferred animal model for translational cancer research and preclinical studies. …”
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Presenting a method to reduce the sensitivity of incremental clustering algorithms of XML documents based on collective intelligence algorithms by Mohammad Nazari Farokhi, Ebrahim Nazari Farokhi, Ali Norouzbakhsh

“…The results showed that the proposed method is preferable to the XCLS and XCLS+ methods in terms of Entropy, Purity and Fscore, and it is slightly less efficient than the XCLS+ method only in the Fscore criterion.…”
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A SWOT ANALYSIS OF THE INNOVATION BOX AS A TAX INSTRUMENT TO SUPPORT INNOVATION BY ENTERPRISES IN POLAND by Katarzyna Łukaszewska, Edyta Małecka-Ziembińska

“…The Innovation Box – a tax relief introduced in Poland in 2019, serves as a complementary element of fiscal support and the final link in the chain of innovation support. This preference isnot applied at the stage of creating new solutions (as was the case with the tax relief for purchasing new technologies and has been the case with tax relief for research and developmentactivity since 2016), but at the stage of their commercialisation. …”
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MULTI-CRITERIA OPTIMIZATION OF SPECIAL-PURPOSE GEODETIC NETWORK USING THE VIKOR METHOD by Tamara Kecojević, Filip Mileski

“…The ranking of these alternatives was carried out based on four different preference approaches. The primary difference between these approaches lies in the varying weights assigned to certain criteria. …”
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Giant Gallstones – a Systematic Review by Amjaad Alkhezzi, Sajad Ahmad Salati, Lamees Sulaiman Alsulaim, Mohammad Ahmed Elmuttalut, Yasir Ahmed Alsalamah

“…For this study, we used the PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses) guidelines. …”
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Opposition to Synchronization of Bistable State in Motif Configuration of Rössler Chaotic Oscillator Systems by Dıdıer Lopez Mancılla, Guillermo Huerta-cuellar, Juan Hugo García López, Rider Jaimes-reategui

“…It can be observed that each system has a preferred Homoclinic chaotic attractor with any perturbation or change in initial conditions. …”
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Exploration of Complex Dynamics for Cournot Oligopoly Game with Differentiated Products by S. S. Askar, Mona F. EL-Wakeel, M. A. Alrodaini

“…In this game, a firm’s preference is represented by a utility function that is derived from a constant elasticity of substitution (CES) production function. …”
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MANAGERIAL AND ENTREPRENEURIAL CAREER ASPIRATIONS OF STUDENTS – THE CASE OF BIH by Bahrija Umihanić, Sabina Đonlagić, Ana Marija Alfirević

“…The preliminary empirical results indicate that BiH students perceive a managerial job as a preferable career choice and confirm lower orientation of the students and the society toward entrepreneurship. …”
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Homopteran Attendance by Wasps and Ants: The Stochastic Nature of Interactions by Deborah K. Letourneau, Jae C. Choe

“…This account is unique in the literature on Hymenoptera-Homoptera associations because it (1) addresses observable interference between hymenopteran attendants, (2) reports behavioral preference by homopterans for certain hymenopreran attendants, and (3) describes an interaction between a polistine wasp and an aetalionid planthopper. …”
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Removal of Nonmyrmecochorous Seeds by Ants: Role of Ants in Cattle Grasslands by Selene Escobar-Ramírez, Sebastián Duque, Natalia Henao, Alejandra Hurtado-Giraldo, Inge Armbrecht

“…Ants removed 25% of the seeds (1827) in 48 hours. Preference for arillated and small-to-medium sized seeds, such as Pithecellobium dulce, and Guazuma ulmifolia, was observed. …”
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Internationalization Strategies in Music Festivals by Amélia Maria Pinto da Cunha Brandão, Rodrigo Ferreira de Oliveira

“…The results can confirm the internationalization model mostly used by the sector, which prefers a phased method. Main entry strategies, territory-choosing process, and motivations and reasons behind this process are also investigated.…”
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