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OBJECTIVE: To understand and to analyze the overall situation of ophthalmic research articles issued in English internationally by mainland Chinese authors during the past 6 years. METHODS: Using relevant retrieval words to search the articles from the PubMed, the largest database in biology and medical science in the…

BACKGROUND: Recent studies show that the traditional conception of academic writing practices as neutral and deprived of personal elements needs to be revised. The KIAP project investigates whether there is such a thing as cultural identity in academic prose and to what extent it may be related to discipline or languag…

BACKGROUND: Large language models (LLMs) are increasingly used by patients for medical information and reassurance. In psychodermatology, where communication must address psychological distress, stigma, and functional impact, the safety and quality of AI-generated educational content have not been systematically assess…

BACKGROUND: Fibromyalgia is a chronic pain syndrome affecting 2-4% of the global population. Social media platforms host patient narratives and public discussions that can complement traditional evidence. OBJECTIVE: To characterize English-language YouTube discourse on fibromyalgia over 2015-2025, describing longitudi…

This convergent mixed-methods study examined how teacher and student perceptions of feedback align and diverge in Thai university EFL writing classes and which psychologically informed practices enhance feedback uptake. Conducted at a public university, the study involved 15 lecturers and 169 students (31 English major…

PURPOSE: This study aims to examine the associations of phonological, lexical, and grammatical skills within and between languages in Mandarin-English bilingual preschoolers. METHOD: Sixty-three Singaporean Mandarin-English bilingual children aged 3-5 years were assessed for articulation, receptive vocabulary, and rec…

BACKGROUND: Evaluating publication trends in a research area helps assess organised scientific efforts in the particular academic field. This study aims to evaluate and compare trends in medical ethics publications in the Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMRO) countries. METHODS: A scoping review was conducted to identif…

This study aimed to comprehensively analyze Language Learning through Music on the academic achievement (AA), creative thinking (CT), and self-esteem (SE) of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) Learners. With the rapid progress of technology, there has been a growing interest in exploring innovative teaching methods th…

INTRODUCTION: Guidelines for transition from paediatric to adult care are being introduced around the world. There are tools available in the English-language literature to assess a patient's readiness to transition. The aim of the study was to adapt the English-language version of the Transition Readiness Assessment Q…

Even in highly-developed countries, as many as 15-30% of the population can only understand texts written using a basic vocabulary. Their understanding of everyday texts is limited, which prevents them from taking an active role in society and making informed decisions regarding healthcare, legal representation, or dem…

Rhythm is key to language acquisition. Across languages, rhythmic features highlight fundamental linguistic elements of the sound stream and structural relations among them. A sensitivity to rhythmic features, which begins, is evident at birth. What is less clear is whether rhythm supports infants' earliest links betwe…

Previous research has shown that as the level of background noise increases, auditory word recognition performance drops off more rapidly for bilinguals than monolinguals. This disproportionate bilingual deficit has often been attributed to a presumed increase in cross-language activation in noise, although no studies…

BACKGROUND: Patient race, ethnicity, and culture including language are intertwined and may influence patient reporting of pain severity. PURPOSE: To describe documentation of patient's self-reported pain presence and severity by race, ethnicity, and language, specifically, Spanish, Hmong, Lao, or Khmer requiring an i…

PURPOSE: To conduct an exploratory study to establish construct validity of the Focus on the Outcomes of Communication Under Six (FOCUS) in the Jamaican context for FOCUS Total and Profile scores. METHOD: Parents of a representative sample of 3-to-6-year-old Jamaican Creole (JC)-English-speaking simultaneous bilingual…

The objective of the study was to validate adapted versions of the Glasgow Anxiety Scale for people with Intellectual Disabilities (GAS-ID) simultaneously developed in English and French. A sample of 361 youth with mild to moderate intellectual disability (ID) (M = 15.78 years) from Australia (Englis…

Purpose The aim of this study was to investigate the appropriateness of standardized assessments of expressive grammar and vocabulary in a sample of preschool-age dual language learners (DLLs) who use Jamaican Creole (JC) and English. Adult models from the same linguistic community as these children were used to inform…

BACKGROUND: Communication and comprehension of medical information are known barriers in health communication and equity, especially for non-English-speaking caregivers of children with special health care needs. OBJECTIVE: The objective of this proposal was to develop an interoperable and scalable medical translation…

AIMS: Research aims were (a) to test competing predictions regarding the levels of heritage and societal language proficiency among young adults who experienced early exposure to both languages, and (b) to identify sources of individual differences in degree of bilingualism. DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH: Participants c…

The importance of literacy in academics and the predominantly digital world cannot be understated. The literacy component of writing is less researched than that of reading, even though it holds equal significance for modern success. Spelling is an important aspect of the construct of literacy, and is more difficult to…

Empathy for others' pain plays a critical role in human social interactions, but the influence of language contexts remains unclear. We examined the foreign-language effect on the behavioral and the underlying neural processes of empathy for others' pain. Chinese-English bilinguals performed a pain empathy task separat…