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BACKGROUND: As large language models (LLMs) evolve, assessing their competence in ethically sensitive domains such as medical ethics has become increasingly important. Since medical ethics is a universal component of medical education, disparities in AI performance across languages may result in unequal benefits for le…

The flipped classroom exemplifies the concept of active teaching; nevertheless, its effects on learning motivation and academic performance remain somewhat inconsistent. In this research, a sample of 70 sophomore students from China was selected and divided into an experimental group (comprising 35 students) and a cont…

BACKGROUND: Before the COVID-19 pandemic, stagnating life expectancy trends were reported in some high-income countries (HICs). Despite previous evidence from country-specific studies, there is a lack of comparative research that provides a broader perspective and challenges existing assumptions. This study aims to exa…

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…

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…

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…

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…