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BACKGROUND: The present study aimed to evaluate the performance of four large language models (LLMs)—ChatGPT-4o (OpenAI, San Francisco, CA, USA), Gemini 2.5 Flash (Google AI, Mountain View, CA, USA), Claude Sonnet 4 (Anthropic, San Francisco, CA, USA), and DeepSeek V3 (DeepSeek AI, Hangzhou, China)—in ans…

INTRODUCTION: A comprehensive definition of culture encompasses shared norms, beliefs, expectations, language, and customs, all of which are crucial considerations when working with patients with limited English proficiency (LEP). In this study, the authors examined how language, external influences, and patient-provid…

The automatic activation of letter-speech sound (L-SS) associations is a vital step in typical reading acquisition. However, the contribution of L-SS integration during nonalphabetic native and alphabetic second language (L2) reading remains unclear. This study explored whether L-SS integration plays a similar role in…

BACKGROUND: Menstrual cycle has a significant impact on women's health from different perspectives, both physically and psychologically. The assessment of menstrual-related distress is of pivotal clinical interest, especially in women with chronic exposure to abnormal bleeding or pain. The Menstrual Distress Questionna…

As a result of the fast rise of globalization, people in China are learning English at a rapid pace. However, there is a severe shortage of English teachers in the region, which is a major hindrance. To address these concerns, a deep learning-based algorithm is proposed that can not only check English pronunciation but…

Purpose This study examined the use of African American English (AAE) among a group of young Latinx bilingual children and the accuracy of the English Morphosyntax subtest of the Bilingual English-Spanish Assessment (BESA) in classifying these children with and without developmental language disorder (DLD). Method Chil…

 Learning a second language is an essential task in today's world, and is experienced by many children. The cognitive auditory-evoked potential (P300) is related to cognitive activity, attention and concentration, enabling the investigation of the effect of a second language on the central auditory pathway.&#x20…

Purpose An impoverished production of routinized expressions, namely, formulaic language, has been reported for monolingual speakers with Parkinson's disease (PD). Little is known regarding how formulaic expressions might be manifested in individuals with neurological damage who speak more than one language. This study…

This study aimed to translate the General Medication Adherence Scale (GMAS) into English language and validate it in patients suffering from chronic illnesses.A 1-month study (January 2018) was conducted in a random sample of patients suffering from chronic illnesses who visited the outpatient departments of four terti…

The purpose of this study is to assess the psychometric properties of a French version of the Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Checklist for DSM-5 (PCL-5), a self-report measure of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms, and to further validate the existing English version of the measure. Undergraduate students (n…

OBJECTIVE: To identify which English and Spanish terms Latino parents consider motivating, as well as culturally and linguistically appropriate, for provider use during weight counseling of overweight and obese Latino youth. METHODS: Latino parent perceptions of common Spanish and English terms for overweight were dis…

OBJECTIVE: Misunderstanding of prescription labels results in adverse drug events and non-adherence. We assessed the effect of limited English and other factors on prescription understanding among five ethnic groups in a controlled analysis. DESIGN: Subjects were respondents to California's 2007 Health Interview Surve…

INTRODUCTION: There are no measures of health-related absenteeism and presenteeism validated for use in the large and increasing US Spanish-speaking population. Before using a Spanish translation of an available English-language questionnaire, the linguistic validity of the Spanish version must be established to ensure…

Teaching in English (aka English as a medium of instruction [EMI]) presents a significant challenge for many university instructors. This is particularly true for those who have never taught an EMI course before, as they may feel confused, anxious, and unsure how to start. Beyond the challenge of the language itself, t…

With the rapid development of society, the emergence and innovation of network buzzwords continue to emerge. On the rapidly changing social network platform, previous sentiment analysis tasks cannot fully meet the needs of users. This paper aims to study the metaphorical function and affective cognition in Internet Eng…

This study adopted a mixed-method study design to investigate the acquisitional features of English existential constructions at the syntax-pragmatics interface by Chinese learners, and explore the factors for non-native performance from the perspective of the Interface Hypothesis. A questionnaire was administered onli…

In the context of English as a foreign language classroom, affections that form between teacher and students may affect the teaching/learning process. This review aimed to investigate the related studies on the effect of teacher-learner interpersonal relationships on learners' educational performance in English as a Fo…

Research shows that exploring language corpora through data-driven learning (DDL) plays a significant role in language learning. Nevertheless, it is not clear if using concordancing as an application of DDL affects the learners' second language motivation. To address this gap, the current study adopted a triangulation…

BACKGROUND: Few valid and reliable measures of professional self-efficacy and its influence on reporting child abuse and neglect (CAN) are available. AIM: To test the psychometric properties of the Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Self-Efficacy (CANRSE) (English) questionnaire. DISCUSSION: The Psychometric Grading F…

The recent development of inexpensive and accurate eye-trackers allows the creation of gazed based virtual keyboards that can be used by a large population of disabled people in developing countries. Thanks to eye-tracking technology, gaze-based virtual keyboards can be designed in relation to constraints related to th…