Fig. 3 shows the cost of the motor interfering task (difference between d' in the interfering condition and d' in the control condition) as a function of the Interfering hand (Right vs. Left) and of Motor Preference (Preferential vs. Non-preferential).
Note that this is basically a rule against a preferential transfer a/k/a "preference rule", cf., Bankruptcy Code § 547(b).
In that 2015 Queensland election, despite the state's optional preferential voting system, the preference flow from the Greens to Labor was far higher than in previous elections and this had a big impact on the result.
We provide an efficient framework for simulating preferential attachment under general preference functions which scales to millions of nodes.
GATT prohibits preferential tariffs except historical preference schemes like the Commonwealth, those part of a formal economic integration treaty like a free trade area and preference to companies of a developing country importing into a developed country.
Similar findings for late neonatal deaths have been observed in other studies from Nepal 38 and India, 42 and may reflect overarching gender preference or preferential care-seeking as well as interactions between ethnicity, sex and the presence of prior siblings.
Digit preference, the preferential reporting of dates or numbers by subjects, typically those ending in zero or five, is a well documented reporting bias that has been investigated in several health-related contexts, including blood-pressure measurements [ 8], self-reported height and weight [ 9] and date of onset of last menstrual cycle [ 10].
We have presented evidence that records of cattle births and "on-farm" deaths taken from the RADAR information management system are subject to a reporting bias, namely digit preference, with preferential reporting of dates ending in a multiple of 10's, even numbers or the first of the month.
Preferential distributions reflect personal preferences and mutual mating/parenting agreements and possibly also societal discrimination of one kind or another.
China alone has a "fabric of laws, regulations and directives which provide for preferential financing...tax incentives, procurement preferences, local content preferences, and R&D subsidies for their renewable energy equipment producers," according to a study commissioned by the National Foreign Trade Council last year.
