Sentence examples for preference indexes from inspiring English sources

In contrast, to ensure that females laid an adequate number of eggs to reliably calculate oviposition preference indexes, eggs were counted after the flies laid eggs overnight.

In addition, sucrose preference indexes in both vehicle + sham group (1 W, P < 0.001; 2 W, P < 0.05) and E2 + sham group (1 W, 2 W, all ** P < 0.001) were higher than the vehicle + MCAO group.

To obtain oviposition preference indexes (OI), the number of eggs on each half of the plate was counted after females laid eggs overnight: OI = (no. of eggs laid on experimental food − no. of eggs laid on control food)/total no. of eggs laid).

Small groups (8 12) of larvae were place in the center of the assay area and monitored for 5.5 min. Larvae were tracked and preference indexes were calculated using custom MATLAB software (Supplementary file 1) and using the MATLAB Image Processing Toolbox.

To obtain positional preference indexes (PI), the number of flies on each half of the plate was scored at 10-min intervals for 80 min. Values were totaled and a PI value was calculated: PI = (total flies on experimental food − total flies on control food)/ total flies on experimental food + total flies on control food).

These data are summarized by the preference index averaged across all stimulus categories (Figure 2B) and for the preferred stimulus category (Figure 2C).

Fig. 5 Hypothetical distributions of the neighboring preference indices (NPIs).

Relative preference indices indicated a strong preference for grass regardless of treatment and stocking rate.

Carbon preference index of both reservoir oils was around one, indicating mature oil samples.

The Environmental Preference Index did not rank cities as it did not have comparative data, Dr Angel Hsu said.

Carbon Preference Index (CPI) was about 1, suggesting that oils were generated from a mature source rock.