In addition to recent shifts in herd composition from cattle to a preference of small stock (goats and sheep), per capita livestock has also declined, threatening economic hardship and food security issues in these pastoral communities (Lamprey and Reid 2004).
These observations all support the idea that the musical scales used over human history have resulted from a preference for collections of dyads that most resemble a harmonic series, and therefore human vocalizations.
I make a distinction here of the plains, because Munda speakers in all likelihood did migrate in from the northeast, but with a preference of hill habitats (as per Fuller 2003; Harvey et al. 2006; and contra Fuller 2007; Donegan and Stampe 2004 hypothesis on Austroastiatic origins).
Originally, "Dance in the Dark" was planned to be released as the third single from The Fame Monster, as a preference of Gaga's record label.
He also showed a preference of leading from the front and prided himself on avoiding the rear areas, which he called a "cesspool".
JA abilities change across the first year of life, from a preference for direct gaze and faster orienting given gaze cues in neonates (Farroni, Csibra, Simion & Johnson 2002; Farroni, Massaccesi, Pividori & Johnson, 2004) to the development of more flexible JA behaviours towards the end of the first year of life (Butterworth & Jarrett, 1991; Scaife & Bruner, 1975).
A recent study [ 29] found a preference of the slavemaker H. sublaevis to one of its two hosts, while no preference from a spatial point of view was evident here.
QALYs are a combined measure of length and quality of life, and are calculated by multiplying the number of years spent in a particular state of health by a utility value for that health state, derived from a preference-based measure of health-related quality of life [ 9].
Maintenance of the status quo may derive from the belief that they are already adequately educating patients and involving them in decision making[ 30]; or it may stem from the preference of a paternalistic role and the genuine belief that the approach is better for patients[ 30].
Data of high frequency gravity wave propagation direction from globally distributed stations indicate a meridional preference of mesospheric gravity waves to be globally oriented toward the summer pole.
