Sentence examples for direct preference for from inspiring English sources

Instead, automatic concept-based categorization should have no direct preference for any of the layers: the extracted concepts correspond both to phenomena and methods, and the algorithm has no information about the possible division of the concepts.

Therefore, the male preferences for low BMI correspond to preferences for females taller and lighter than their actual partners (rather than reflecting a direct preference for BMI).

Considering clinical outcome measurement, there is no direct preference for the use of either autograft or allograft for anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction.

Thirty-seven of them did not undergo PD for various reasons including failure of previous treatment elsewhere, or direct preference for cardiomyotomy.

The direct preferences for BMI correspond to the BMI of the silhouette built by the subject in accordance with his/her preferences.

We built a first model including partner's BMI as a response variable and with a unique covariate corresponding to direct preferences for BMI.

This second model allows the examination of the relationship between direct preferences for BMI and partner's BMI independently of BMI preferences caused by preferences for stature and body mass.

For BMI, the partner's BMI could be influenced by direct preferences for BMI i.e. preferences for a certain body shape independently of preferences for stature and body mass, or by preferences for stature and body mass which generate indirect preferences for BMI.

In fact, it appears that considering direct preferences for BMI in a model that already includes indirect preferences does not improve the quality of the prediction for either sex (for females: F1,93 = 0.01, p = 0.91; for males: F1,92 = 0.09, p = 0.76).

Another technique for direct preference assessment is the standard-gamble technique (Fig.  3), which involves offering the patient two treatment alternatives.

We recommend that health state descriptions used for direct preference elicitation, as with HRQOL instruments, should be developed with reference to patient perspectives derived from published qualitative research and/or directly from patients themselves.