The potentials of rural tourism in developing rural areas in Albania by Henrietta Nagy, József Káposzta, Bledar Meta

“…But as for other rural areas which have a great potential for development of rural tourism, they are not preferred by the population either to live because they do not have developed agriculture. …”
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La(dé)mobilisation scolaire : les enjeux de la socialisation par les pairs by Lucie Hernandez, Nathalie Oubrayrie Roussel, Yves Prêteur

“…Finally, students too dependent of group and with a representation of friendship based on power relations, conflict or conformity (“neglected” and “scapegoat”) are disengaged. They prefer relational learning to intellectual learning.…”
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DIGITAL IMPRESSIONS VERSUS TRADITIONAL IMPRESSIONS: AN OVERVIEW by Marius Negucioiu, Smaranda Buduru, Diana Coman, Ana-Maria Condor, Antonela Berar, Daniela Condor, Rareș Buduru, Andreea Kui

“…Patients reported increased comfort and a clear preference for digital scans due to their less invasive nature and reduced discomfort. …”
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La série télévisée comme métaphore fonctionnelle et mémorielle de la pandémie Covid-19 by Pierre Morelli

“…Instead of the metaphor of waves of contamination unable to convey the complexity of the situations encountered, we prefer the model of television series (Morelli 2021), whose immersive narrative mechanisms are more conducive to building and understanding both singular and collective memories of the history of Covid-19.…”
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Morphological Bias of Ancient Artifacts: A Case Study of Incense Burners in Ming and Qing Dynasties by Yu-Fu Chen, Jie Wei

“…Among these related incense burner styles, the design group paid more attention to the proportional design of “incense burner foot” in the perceptual bias of incense burner shape and preferred the proportional incense burner shape of “long foot.”…”
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Long-Term Suitability of Left Gastric Artery Inflow for Arterial Perfusion of Living Donor Right Lobe Grafts by Judyta A. Lipinska, Johnny Wang, Joseph N. Carey, Aaron A. Ahearn, Yuri S. Genyk

“…Our experience is limited, but this is our preferred alternative technique to standard hepatic artery reconstruction complicated by dissection. …”
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What the Seasons Tell Us. The Monthly Movement of Marriages, Economic Modernization, and Secularization in the Netherlands, 1810-1940 by Theo Engelen

“…We ask whether the prevalence of May as the preferred marriage month was dimin­ishing when industrialization changed the course of workload over the year. …”
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Chemical Stabilisation of Collagen as a Biomimetic by R. Gordon Paul, Allen J. Bailey

“…Collagen products can be purified from fibres, molecules reconstituted as fibres or from specific recombinant polypeptides with preferred properties. A common feature of all these biomaterials is the need for stable chemical cross-linking to control the mechanical properties and the residence time in the body, and to some extent the immunogenicity of the device. …”
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Uncommon Surgical Emergencies in the Adult Gynecologic Patient: Two Cases of Missed Diagnosis of Outflow Tract Obstruction from Congenital Uterine Anomalies by Bailey McGuinness, Natalia Llarena, Tommaso Falcone, Elliott G. Richards

“…When excision of a rudimentary horn is required, a laparoscopic approach is preferable. This case series focuses on two adult patients with severe pelvic pain due to unicornuate uteruses with obstructed noncommunicating cavitated rudimentary horns. …”
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Vastly different energy landscapes of the membrane insertions of monomeric gasdermin D and A3 by Viktoria Korn, Kristyna Pluhackova

“…We reveal a lower free energy barrier of membrane insertion for gasdermin D than for gasdermin A3 and a preference of gasdermin D for the membrane-inserted and of gasdermin A3 for the membrane-adsorbed state, suggesting that gasdermin D first inserts and then oligomerizes while gasdermin A3 oligomerizes and then inserts. …”
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Circulatory shock in adults in emergency department by Ashok Kumar Pannu

“…The review emphasizes prompt shock identification with tissue hypoperfusion, knowledge of the underlying pathophysiological mechanism, initial fluid resuscitation with balanced crystalloids, norepinephrine as the preferred vasopressor in septic and profound cardiogenic shock, and tailored intervention addressing specific etiologies. …”
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Le changement climatique et les propriétés du Conservatoire du littoral by Élodie Doze

“…Attentive to the considerations of safety and security, which worry the inhabitants of coastal zones and faithful to its founding principles, the Conservatoire does not adopt a dogmatic position today and prefers to adapt its strategies according to the territorial contexts. …”
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Port Logistics Function Evaluation Model Based on Entropy Weight TOPSIS Method by Zeyun Chen

“…Therefore, this paper puts forward the evaluation model of port logistics function based on entropy weight TOPSIS (Technique for Order of Preference by Similarity to an Ideal Solution) method. …”
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Sociological Analysis of Chinese Sports Viewers with Differences in Social Capital by Wei Liu, Xing Liu

“…Besides, we found that although sports programs are a type of public social resources, the Chinese audience’s preference for sports programs is affected by social capital and regional differences. …”
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Handsanitizer Formulation 70% with the Addition of Natural Performance by Aisyah Mentari, Hafni Nur Insan

“…Methods: Handsanitizer formulations were carried out in the pharmacy laboratory of the Aufa Royhan University health faculty in Padangsidimpuan City and then the preparations were tested with preference and allergy tests. Results: Of the 50 panelists, 46 liked the hand sanitizer preparation 70%, while the allergy test carried out showed that 2 panelists did not dare to try because of a history of allergies and 2 people had moderate allergies. …”
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The non-proportionality of local stress paths in engineering applications by C. Riess, M. Obermayr, M. Vormwald

“…Another set-up with slightly less non-proportionality but with a very localized damage is derived. This set-up is preferred, because of the robustness in the physical test.…”
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Study on Angular Free Vibration Stability and Parameters Influence of Dry Gas Seal Based on the Characteristic Equation by Liming Teng, Jinbo Jiang, Xudong Peng, Jiyun Li, Simin Zheng

“…Both the angular main damping and main stiffness are not simply the larger the better, but there are preferred values in the interval greater than the stability threshold. …”
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Impact of Using Double Positive Samples in Deming Regression by Samuel Akwasi Adarkwa, Frank Kofi Owusu, Samuel Okyere

“…In view of that, the Deming regression is preferred over the classical regression. The focus of this work is to assess the impact of censored data on the traditional regression, which deletes the censored observations compared to an adapted version of the Deming regression that takes into account the censored data. …”
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Secondary Intraocular Lens Options in Intraocular Lens Dislocation: A Review by Alexander Maloof, Ava James, Nicholas Pavic, Shane Zhang, Stephanie Wu, Christopher Go

“…The choice of secondary IOL and fixation techniques are often guided by patient anatomy and the nature of the dislocation, but in many cases are decided upon the surgeon’s experience and preference.…”
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Eclecticism in child welfare by Terje Halvorsen

“…The author argues that one should give up the search for one ultimate approach, or a few preferred approaches, and realize that eclecticism is the way to high-quality child welfare.   …”
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