The preference for the existence of the signal and the preference for signal intensity are often regarded to have the same origin [ 8, 20- 23].
Influences might include level of preference for information, existence of available treatment options, involvement in shared decision making, and decisions which are more values-based (i.e. where clinical equipoise exists) versus those that where there is a clearly superior treatment option.
The existence of preference for relatively dense vegetation in urban parks in segments of the population has consequences for the designing of urban parks in Norway.
Similarly where there is a difference between the individual's and the social marginal rate of time preference, for example due to the existence of a social externality, an individual consumer's choice will result in a loss of social welfare.
That error boils down to a preference for the traditionalist worldview, which sees existence as complete, ordered, and in harmony with unchanging divine purpose, over what might be called the historical worldview, which assumes change, contingency, and randomness — all the lessons of evolution.
Appleton (1975) explains the existence of a preference for natural environments as an innate characteristic of humankind, which can also be affected by social, historical and cultural influences.
Our randomized controlled trial on THA and RHA confirmed for us the existence of patient preference for RHA; it was difficult to recruit patients for the trial.
In almost all cases of multiple isoforms, the isoforms had one splice site in common, suggesting the existence of a preference for that splice site.
Nevertheless, the existence of a preference for Western males in the Western population at the edge of the contact zone might contribute to the stabilization of the hybrid zone, preventing (or slowing down) further advancement of the Central lineage.
