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PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to determine whether language skills differed between children with cleft palate or cleft lip and palate (CP±CL) who were adopted into an English-speaking home from a non-English-speaking country (late English exposure [LE]) and children with CP±CL raised from birth in a…

PURPOSE: This study investigated how listeners' native language affects their weighting of acoustic cues (such as vowel quality, pitch, duration, and intensity) in the perception of contrastive word stress. METHOD: Native speakers (N = 45) of typologically diverse languages (English, Russian, and Mandarin) performed a…

It has been proposed that differences in digit span performance between English and Spanish speakers are due to the greater number of syllables per digit in the Spanish language. To test this hypothesis, we studied the performance of 30 English- and 30 Spanish-speaking elders on the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Re…

Livers of wild English sole (Parophrys vetulus) from polluted waterways and embayments of Puget Sound, Washington, are affected by a spectrum of multiple, co-occurring idiopathic hepatic lesions, including neoplasms, putative preneoplastic foci of cellular alteration, and unique degeneration conditions. Results from a…

Multilingual speakers can find speech recognition in everyday environments like restaurants and open-plan offices particularly challenging. In a world where speaking multiple languages is increasingly common, effective clinical and educational interventions will require a better understanding of how factors like multil…

BACKGROUND: In recent times, digital mental health interventions (DMHIs) have been proven to be efficacious; however, most are available only for English speakers, leaving limited options for non-English languages like Spanish. Research shows that mental health services in one's dominant language show better outcomes.…

OBJECTIVE: To examine access to cholecystectomy and postoperative outcomes among non-English primary-speaking patients. BACKGROUND: The population of U.S. residents with limited English proficiency is growing. Language affects health literacy and is a well-recognized barrier to health care in the United States of Amer…

BACKGROUND: Team-Based Learning (TBL) is a potentially effective method of instruction that has been applied only infrequently in nursing education in Taiwan. PURPOSE: This study was developed to examine the effects of incorporating the TBL strategy into the course "Advanced Medical Nursing English". METHODS: A quasi…

OBJECTIVE: Language barriers may be significant contributors to diabetes disparities. We sought to assess the association of English speaking ability with glycemic control among Latinos with diabetes. METHODS: We analyzed 167 Latinos from a cross-sectional survey of adults with type 2 diabetes. The main outcome was Hb…

BACKGROUND: Autosomal recessive hereditary nephropathy (ARHN) in the English Cocker Spaniel is caused by a type IV collagen defect, but the underlying mutation is unknown. ANIMALS: One hundred thirty-four English Cocker Spaniels (12 with ARHN, 8 obligate carriers, and 114 others), 3 mixed breed dogs with X-linked here…

OBJECTIVE: To determine the readability and quality of both English and Spanish Web sites for the topic of hearing aids. STUDY DESIGN: Cross-sectional Web site analysis. SETTING: Various online search engines. METHODS: The term "hearing aid" was queried across four popular search engines. The first resulted 75 Engli…

To help non-native English speakers quickly master English vocabulary, and improve reading, writing, listening and speaking skills, and communication skills, this study designs, constructs, and improves an English vocabulary learning model that integrates Spiking Neural Network (SNN) and Convolutional Long Short-Term M…

While not itself life-threatening, ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) can progress to invasive disease if untreated, and confers an increased risk of future breast cancer. We investigated knowledge of DCIS among a cohort of English- and Spanish-speaking Latina and English-speaking non-Latina white women previously treated…

The rapid advancement of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies in language services, education, and knowledge production has imposed substantial occupational displacement pressures on English majors, thereby triggering significant AI-related anxiety. However, existing research rarely systematically explores the for…

INTRODUCTION: This mixed methods study examines the effects of AI-mediated language instruction on English learning achievement, L2 motivation, and self-regulated learning among English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners. It addresses the increasing interest in AI-driven educational technologies and their potential t…

BACKGROUND: The 13-MD is a new instrument designed to measure more globally the various aspects of the health-related quality of life. Its structure is balanced around physical, mental, and social aspects of health. OBJECTIVE: To translate the 13-MD into Canadian English and to ensure that it is conceptually equivalen…

N1 tuning to words, a neural marker of visual word recognition, develops by an interaction between age and ability. The development of N1 tuning to a second learnt print is unclear. The present study examined the joint contribution of age and English reading abilities to N1 amplitude and tuning to English print in Chin…

Gastrointestinal clinical teaching is of vital important for gastrointestinal surgery interns. However, during COVID-19 pandemic, due to frequent lockdowns and essential social distancing policy implemented in China, face-to-face teaching was interrupted significantly. To find a cost-effective way to deliver medical ed…

Academic emotions can play a major role in students' learning in their English classes. The literature about emotional scaffolding strategies is not widely developed; most of the studies merely focus on negative emotions in EFL contexts. However, in today's world of varied psychological elements, it is more critical th…