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Previous research has shown that learners of English-as-a-second-language (ESL) have difficulties in understanding connected speech spoken by native English speakers. Extending from past research limited to quiet listening condition, this study examined the perception of English connected speech presented under five ad…

In recent decades, historians of English psychiatry have shifted their major concerns away from asylums and psychiatrists in the nineteenth century. This is also seen in the studies of twentieth-century psychiatry where historians have debated the rise of psychology, eugenics and community care. This shift in interest,…

BACKGROUND: As the world becomes increasingly interconnected, the demand for bilingual teachers has grown exponentially. However, the unique combination of being a bilingual occupational voice user establishes challenges that warrant careful examination. OBJECTIVE: To investigate the association between bilingualism,…

Over the course of literacy development, children learn to recognize word sounds and meanings in print. Yet, they do so differently across alphabetic and character-based orthographies such as English and Chinese. To uncover cross-linguistic influences on children's literacy, we asked young Chinese-English simultaneous…

INTRODUCTION: English springer spaniels have larger, rounder ventricles than most other breeds. How this geometry impacts responses to volume overload remains unknown. We compared left ventricular size between English springer spaniels and two similarly sized sporting breeds (Border collies and Labrador retrievers) in…

BACKGROUND: Preoperative decision-making in patients who speak a primary language other than English is understudied. We investigated whether patient primary language is associated with differences in immediate breast reconstruction (IBR) after mastectomy. PATIENTS AND METHODS: This retrospective observational study a…

To examine the association between acculturation and leisure-time physical activity among Asian Americans.Data came from the 2011-2016 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, restricting to non-Hispanic Asian adults aged 20 years and older (n = 1989). Acculturation was assessed by language preference at home,…

OBJECTIVE: To assess the impact of search strategies for a different language on systematic review results, using English index searches versus Chinese index searches for Chinese literature pertaining to cerebral palsy (CP) as an example. METHODS: We conducted two parallel searches with the same search strategy. Both…

OBJECTIVE: The goal of this study was to assess the equivalence of English- and Chinese-language versions of the SF-6D (a 6-dimensional health classification system based on the 36-Item Short Form Health Survey) using a model of equivalence proposed previously. METHODS: We analyzed data from a previously published, cr…

CONTEXT: Despite the substantial amount of health-related information available on the Internet, little is known about the accessibility, quality, and reading grade level of that health information. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate health information on breast cancer, depression, obesity, and childhood asthma available through…

OBJECTIVE: To explore the relationship between English language proficiency and mental health service utilisation. METHODS: In September 1993, a sample census was conducted of all mental health services in the State of Victoria, including public and private hospital wards, outpatient consultations provided by psychiat…

To analyze the literature on electric burns published at home and abroad, and to explore the research hotspots and frontiers of electric burns.The bibliometric method was used. The Chinese and English literature related to electric burns published in China National Knowledge Infrastructure, Wanfang database, VIP databa…

BACKGROUND: Latine people, comprising 18.5% of the US population, constitute the largest ethnic minority group, with nearly one-third self-identifying as having non-English language preference (NELP). Despite the importance of the telephone in health care access, there is limited understanding of how NELP patients navi…

This study investigated how proficiency in a non-tonal L2 influences the perception of tone-related information in a tonal L1 among Mandarin-English bilinguals who are dominant in Mandarin. In Experiment 1, 65 participants with varying L2 proficiency completed a Mandarin tone perception task involving acoustically simi…

INTRODUCTION: Understanding the impact of hypoxic conditions on cognitive functions, including English listening comprehension, has garnered increasing attention due to its implications for high-altitude education and cognitive resilience. Traditional research in this domain has often relied on behavioral assessments o…

Health equity exists when everyone has an equal opportunity to achieve their highest level of health. Effective communication is essential to ensure a therapeutic relationship. Patients with limited English proficiency (LEP) experience communication barriers, leading to poorer outcomes. Federal regulation requires hosp…

This study aims to examine the perception of English vowels by Greek monolingual and bidialectal speakers of English as a second language (L2) and assess the predictions of the Universal Perceptual Model (UPM). Adult Cypriot Greek (CG) bidialectal speakers and Standard Modern Greek (SMG) monolingual speakers participat…

Amid the globalization of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), the English translation of related texts is in full swing. Several representative international organizations in fields regarding standardization and healthcare, one after another, have published a series of international standards for TCM nomenclature. With…

Many English language learners (ELL) experience academic and reading difficulties compared to native English speakers (NES). Lack of vocabulary knowledge is a contributing factor for these difficulties. Teaching students to analyze words into their constituent morphemes (meaningful word units) in order to determine the…

Latino dual language children typically enter school with a wide range of proficiencies in Spanish and English, many with low proficiency in both languages, yet do make gains in one or both languages during their first school years. Dual language development is associated with how language is used at home and school, a…