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In two experiments, multilingual Papua New Guinean subjects were tested using a divided visual field technique designed to determine hemispheric laterality for English and for Tok Pisin. Various factors including age of acquisition, proficiency, mode of instruction, and number of years that the language had been used w…

Groups of 7, 8, and 9-year-old children who were learning to read in English and German were given three different continuous reading tasks: a numeral reading task, a number word reading task, and a nonsense word reading task. The nonsense words could be read by analogy to the number words. Whereas reading time and err…

As the proportion of elderly persons comprising the population of developing and industrialized countries continues to increase, issues involving the elderly and attitudes toward the elderly will become more salient. The structure and components of attitudes held regarding the elderly need to be better understood. This…

The study examines both the attitudes towards the role of women in society and the psychological masculinity/femininity manifested by a small group of Cuban-American college women. In Miami, 31 such women completed the Attitudes Towards Women Scale and the Personal Attributes Questionnaire. Overall, the means for this…

Acquisition of an advanced medical degree beyond licensure and specialization is advantageous and encouraged in Swedish medical education. Since a thesis and a number of published works, usually in English are required, there is considerable interest in medical writing by doctors and medical scientists. A voluntary cou…

This paper is concerned with the electromyographic analyses of the pronunciation of English consonants as pronounced by a native speaker, a well-trained Japanese, and an untrained Japanese. Six muscles related to movement of the lips and the mandible were tested. The three-paired English words (right--light, she--see,…

INTRODUCTION: While the literature on deferred parenthood is rich in analyses of this topic from a sociological and medical point of view, psychological research is in the minority. The analysis also shows that there are no questionnaires to measure motives for postponing parenthood. This gap is filled by the Multidime…

BACKGROUND: Scoping reviews have emerged as a valuable method for synthesizing emerging evidence, providing a comprehensive contextual overview, and influencing policy and practice developments. The objective of this study is to provide an overview of scoping reviews conducted in Chinese academic institutions over the…

The risk of coal mine accidents rises significantly with mining depth, making it urgent for accident prevention to be supported by both scientific analysis and advanced technologies. Hence, a comprehensive grasp of the research progress and differences in hotspots of coal mine accidents in China serves as a guide to fi…

CONTEXT: Measurement of patient-centred outcomes enables clinicians to focus on patient and family priorities and enables quality of palliative care to be assessed. OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to evaluate the validity and reliability of the English and translated Chinese versions of the Integrated Palliative care Out…

CONTEXT: Morocco, like other countries of the Great Maghreb, does not use their mother language (Arabic) nor the dominant one (English), in teaching medicine, which could create cognitive barriers in assimilating knowledge and developing innovations. OBJECTIVE: To explore attitudes of a representative sample of studen…

OBJECTIVE: To describe differences in patient experiences of hospital care by preferred language within racial/ethnic groups. DATA SOURCE: 2014-2015 HCAHPS survey data. STUDY DESIGN: We compared six composite measures for seven languages (English, Spanish, Russian, Portuguese, Chinese, Vietnamese, and Other) within a…

ISSUE ADDRESSED: Earlier research evidence suggests that there is a difference and over time change in the prevalence of tobacco smoking between immigrants and native-born population. This study investigates the differences in smoking among immigrants from English speaking (ESC) and non-English speaking (NESC) countrie…

BACKGROUND: Standardized means to identify patients likely to benefit from language assistance are needed. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the accuracy of the U.S. Census English proficiency question (Census-LEP) in predicting patients' ability to communicate effectively in English. DESIGN: We investigated the sensitivity and…

Less acculturated Chinese Americans experience cultural and language barriers. The present study assessed the relationship between linguistic aspects of acculturation and cigarette smoking among Chinese Americans. A cross-sectional, self-administered survey was administered to a consecutive sample of 541 Chinese Americ…

BACKGROUND: Suicide is a leading cause of death worldwide, and India recorded an estimated 171,000 deaths by suicide in 2022. Media coverage can shape public behavior: responsible reporting may help prevent suicides. Stories that model coping and help-seeking can reduce suicide risk (Papageno effect), whereas sensation…

This study examines the specific factors that contribute to academic writing difficulties among English as a Foreign Language (EFL) students in an English education department at a private university in Indonesia. Unlike other language skills, academic writing requires students to construct well-organized arguments, us…

PURPOSE: In this study, we investigated the phenomenon of cognate status-based picture-naming abilities before and after anomia treatment in a multilingual person with poststroke aphasia whose languages vary in relation to language typology, age of acquisition, proficiency, and exposure/use in the years leading up to t…

A 2-week-old litter of three Old English Sheepdog puppies presented with episodic generalised muscle hypertonia and cyanosis triggered by touch and noise. Owing to poor response to therapy and progression of symptoms, the puppies were euthanised. Post-mortem histology revealed perineuronal incrustations in the spinal c…

The present study uses event-related potentials (ERPs) to investigate lexicosemantic prediction in native speakers (L1) of English and advanced second language (L2) learners of English with Swedish as their L1. The main goal of the study was to examine whether learners recruit predictive mechanisms to the same extent a…