The phrase "a preferential selection of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a choice or decision that favors certain options over others.
Example: "The committee made a preferential selection of candidates based on their qualifications and experience."
Alternatives: "a favored choice of" or "a preferred selection of".
The PES shows a peculiar dependence of the lateral diffusion barriers on the rotation angle of the benzene molecule which leads to a preferential selection of certain rotational states in the MD trajectories.
This study showed, notably, that in conjunction CVS, where two features (shape and color) define the target, letters located inside items sharing one feature with the target were detected more often, suggesting the existence of a preferential selection of potentially pertinent items.
We cannot rule out a preferential selection of these subjects in our study.
Nevertheless, the target specificity estimates of the anatomical connectivity map (circles in Fig. 4) are >0.2, reflecting a preferential selection of excitatory targets.
This prior selection may lead to a preferential selection of more severe cases and subsequent spectrum bias, producing spurious clinical associations and overestimation of likelihood ratios (Jelinek, 2008).
A preferential selection of CAIX and GLUT-1 positive subclones in the primary tumor upon metastasis or adaptation to the local hypoxic environment may explain their negative to positive conversion in distant breast cancer metastases and might also explain the fact that GLUT-1 was positively associated with time to metastasis formation, as these processes might take time to develop and occur.
However, also in this case we did not observe a preferential selection on specific PGC phenotypes or a modulation of the percentage of newborn cells expressing selective PGC neurochemical markers, with the exception of TH.
We cannot rule out a preferential selection in our study of concerned subjects.
This approach may result in a post-test referral bias as a result of preferential selection of patients with a clear positive MPS examination for coronary angiography.
This class is characterized by a preferential selection where the edge destinations are chosen according to a preferential function f(k) which depends on the node degree k.
Although LOFA-carriers might have contributed to the distribution, a selection bias can be ruled out since there was not a preferential selection during recruitment.
