37,943,148 papers found

BACKGROUND: There is strong evidence that bilinguals have a deficit in speech perception for their second language compared with monolingual speakers under unfavourable listening conditions (e.g., noise or reverberation), despite performing similarly to monolingual speakers under quiet conditions. This deficit persists…

OBJECTIVES: The incidence of esophageal adenocarcinoma is five times higher in the UK than in Sweden. We examined the prevalence of established risk factors for esophageal adenocarcinoma in both populations. METHODS: A population-based cross-sectional study comparing the prevalence of gastroesophageal reflux symptoms,…

Proficient, nonnative English-speaking neurosurgery candidates are assessed for language function in English. In order to understand whether it is necessary to also assess native-language function, we examined the influence of native language on the bilingual language network of early, proficient bilinguals using funct…

OBJECTIVES: To investigate the difference in acupuncture treatment regimens for low back pain (LBP) among textbooks, clinical studies and clinical practice, and explore reasons for such differences. METHODS: A systematic review of textbooks, surveys, clinical studies (randomised controlled trials (RCTs) and case studi…

INTRODUCTION: Medical students and researchers need to learn English, not only because it is the means of teaching and learning, but also because its knowledge is necessary in their research activities. OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to determine the importance of the study of English language learning for…

PURPOSE: The purpose of this article is to share what we have learned from a series of 4 scientific studies about preventing reading failure through early intervention with native Spanish-speaking students who are struggling readers. The goal is to provide guidance to practitioners about effective practices for working…

AIM: To test whether the original factor structure of the Quality of Life in Reflux and Dyspepsia (QOLRAD) can be replicated in Nordic patients and English speaking patients. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Clinical trial patients with heartburn without esophagitis completed the Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish and Danish versions (…

Cerebral organization during sentence processing in English and in American Sign Language (ASL) was characterized by employing functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) at 4 T. Effects of deafness, age of language acquisition, and bilingualism were assessed by comparing results from (i) normally hearing, monolingual…

Communities with a high prevalence of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) knowledge have a greater out of hospital cardiac arrest survival rate. Within metropolitan Adelaide, 12.4% of the community is from a non-English speaking country and 20.3% of these have a poor proficiency in English. The purpose of this study wa…

Expressions of anti-Asian hate and racism rose substantially during the pandemic, which had drastic effects on the wellbeing of various Asian-American communities. Through the lens of bicultural and bilingual Asian human service workers, this study explores how older Asian adults perceived anti-Asian racism and develop…

Good communication is essential in neurological consultations, yet this is obviously compromised by the absence of a common language. Interpreters can make valuable contributions to improving consultations, but translation has its shortcomings. The consultation dialogue is not always interpreted correctly or accurately…

This study investigates whether there is a relation between how motion is linguistically expressed and how it is conceptualised. To do this, native speakers of two languages that differ typologically in how they encode telic motion (English and Spanish) are compared in both a verbal and a non-verbal experiment. The pre…

While the 2015 federal Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) allows states to adopt new measures to assess school accountability, state and district leaders must now use evidence-based interventions that address student inequities. For English learners (ELs) at the secondary level, one important measure of opportunity to l…

This paper reports the results of a longitudinal case study examining the acquisition of the English voice system by a three-year-old native speaker of Dutch. The study aims to examine whether the child develops two different phonetic systems or uses just one system for both languages, and compares the early L2 acquisi…

Commonly applied cutoff scores of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) perform poorly among US Latinos. Prior studies relied on small samples, combining persons with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and dementia into a single group, or failing to account for multiple intersecting demographic factors. We identified o…

Narrative production requires coordinating lexical, grammatical, and discourse skills. For bilingual children, these abilities develop across two languages, influencing how resources are used during storytelling. This study compared Japanese-English bilingual and English monolingual children's narrative microstructure…

OBJECTIVE: To perform a translation and cultural adaptation into Spanish of the IKDC-Subjective Knee Form and Tegner Activity Score (TAS). They are very relevant and widely used subjective scales, but their Spanish version is not available. METHODS: The ISPOR guide methodology was followed. It is structured in ten sta…

Oral translation in English serves as a critical conduit for international communication and cultural exchange. However, the prevalent variations in pronunciation and the rapid pace of spoken language currently impede the efficacy of synchronous translation methods. To improve the quality and efficiency of synchronous…

Archibald's article makes a strong case for abstract symbolic representations in the phonological grammars of second language learners/users (L2ers). The evidence he brings to bear on this comes principally from the prosodic domain. However, the case for abstractness is hardest to defend in the segmental domain, specif…