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OBJECTIVES: English primary care organisations (primary care groups and trusts - PCGs, PCTs) were, and are, responsible for the quality of general practice but lack hierarchical structures and, frequently, contractual relationships through which to influence it. The theory of soft governance describes how managers can…

At present, the English translation of TCM terms of pulse picture are various, which would bring confusion to the study and research on TCM diagnostics. In this paper, four principles for the translation are suggested by the authors: to distinguish the nomenclature of term with its connotative explanation, to translate…

OBJECTIVES: Neighborhood social cohesion has been linked to sleep health in the United States, but the association remains understudied among Latinxs. There is evidence that Latinxs may experience neighborhood social cohesion differentially based on nativity status and English language proficiency. We investigated the…

BACKGROUND: Excessive use of smartphones is recognized as a major problem in our modern society and can have dramatic consequences on the health of adolescents and young adults. Measuring problematic smartphone use in research and clinical practice is generally operationalized with self-reported questionnaires. In orde…

Online language learning applications have transformed English as a foreign language instruction by providing flexible and personalized pathways to language learning. For EFL learners, proficiency is crucial for academic and career advancement, necessitating understanding how motivation, self-regulated learning strateg…

INTRODUCTION: Previous research has indicated language-based disparities in outcomes after total hip and knee arthroplasty. In this study, we examined the relationship between primary spoken language and outcomes and patient engagement process metrics in a multihospital academic health system. METHODS: This retrospect…

Multiocular defect has been described in different canine breeds, including the Old English Sheepdog. Affected dogs typically present with multiple and various ocular abnormalities. We carried out whole genome sequencing on an Old English Sheepdog that had been diagnosed with hereditary cataracts at the age of five and…

INTRODUCTION: This study aims to assess the changes in cigarette consumption CO levels, and importance and self-confidence levels of quitting smoking in adult smokers after participation in a 6-month community-based smoking cessation program. METHODS: Participants were enrolled in the intervention (counseling group) o…

BACKGROUND/PURPOSE: Patients with functional dyspepsia (FD) have poor health-related quality of life (HRQOL), but Indian data are  lacking. Also, there is non-availability of validated disease-specific questionnaire to assess HRQOL in Hindi-speaking patients with dyspepsia. We aimed to develop and validate a…

BACKGROUND: Informed consent is important for limited English proficient (LEP) patients undergoing surgery, as many surgical procedures are complicated, making patient comprehension difficult even without language barriers. The study objectives were to (1) understand surgeons' preoperative consenting process with LEP p…

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to test the initial psychometric properties of the Emotional Reactions Instrument-English with hospitalised American children, ages 7-12 years, in the USA. BACKGROUND: Children's negative emotional responses have been a subject of concern for paediatric clinicians and res…

Within predominantly English-speaking countries such as the US, UK, Canada, New Zealand, and Australia, there are a significant number of people who speak languages other than English. This study aimed to examine Australian speech-language pathologists' (SLPs) perspectives and experiences of multilingualism, including…

BACKGROUND: Few studies have examined whether patients with language barriers receive worse hospital care in terms of quality or efficiency. OBJECTIVE: : To examine whether patients' primary language influences hospital outcomes. DESIGN AND SETTING: Observational cohort of urban university hospital general medical ad…

Studies of English have shown that temporal-lobe patients, including those with Alzheimer's disease, are spared at processing real and novel regular inflected forms (e.g., walk-->walked; blick-->blicked), but impaired at real and novel irregular forms (e.g., dig-->dug; spling-->splang). Here we extend the investigation…

BACKGROUND: Missing data may bias the results of clinical trials and other studies. This study describes the response rate, questionnaire responses and financial costs associated with offering participants from a multilingual population the option to complete questionnaires over the telephone. DESIGN: Before and after…

Digital transformation has become a strategic pathway toward sustainable and equitable education worldwide. For higher education English teachers, digital literacy is particularly vital for integrating technology into language teaching. However, empirical research examining the factors influencing teachers' digital lit…

This paper presents CLIP, a dataset of 11,072 popular western music signals sourced from independent artists, accompanied by ground truth lyrics, and lyric intelligibility scores from listening tests. The dataset is designed to facilitate music information retrieval (MIR) research using machine learning. It was created…

This study presents a structured method for validating and prioritizing key indicators necessary for implementing blended Massive Open Online Courses (bMOOCs) in English language learning, using the Fuzzy Delphi Method (FDM). Despite the growing adoption of MOOCs in higher education, especially during and after the COV…