37,927,236 papers found

BACKGROUND: Health systems are increasingly implementing remote telephone and Internet refill systems to enhance patient access to medication refills. Remote refill systems may provide an effective approach for improving medication non-adherence, but more research is needed among patients with limited English proficien…

BACKGROUND: This study aimed to assess the measurement equivalence of the 5-level EQ-5D (EQ-5D-5L) among the English, Chinese, and Malay versions. METHODS: A convenience sample of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus were enrolled from a public primary health care institution in Singapore. The survey questionnaire c…

The advancement of digital technologies has spurred a surge in research on informal digital learning of English (IDLE) in second language (L2) acquisition. However, few studies have compared the relationships between artificial intelligence (AI) and non-AI-IDLE on affective variables such as grit, motivation, self-conf…

OBJECTIVES: This study evaluated the feasibility of voice recognition-based electronic medical record (EMR) documentation for periodontal probing in dentistry, particularly emphasizing Korean-English bilingual speech patterns and real-world clinical conditions. METHODS: Experiments were conducted in a dental chair set…

The present study examined 1) basic biliteracy difficulty subtypes in Chinese (L1) and English (L2) Hong Kong Chinese children, 2) genetic-versus-environmental aetiologies for the subtypes, and 3) the moderating role of SES and school language use in the aetiologies. Four hundred fifty-six twin pairs (91.08 &#xb…

Objective To analyze the research status ofsimulation in the medical field and explore its hotspots and trends. Methods Relevant literature was searched in China National Knowledge Infrastructure and Web of Science core collection from the inception to February 2024.CiteSpace 6.3.R1 was used to analyze the authors,inst…

INTRODUCTION: The use of generative AI tools in language learning has attracted increasing academic attention. However, previous reviews rarely focus on learner emotions in AI-assisted English as a Second/Foreign Language (ESL/EFL) learning, a crucial aspect for second language (L2) development. The present study addre…

Root mucilage plays a crucial role in plant-soil interactions, yet its composition and functions for trees remain largely unexplored. We investigated the root mucilage of two tree species with contrasting growth strategies: the slow-growing English oak (Quercus robur L.) and the fast-growing black poplar (Populus nigra…

BACKGROUND: Communication barriers are known to adversely affect patient safety. Yet few health systems assess and track physician non-English language proficiency for use in clinical settings. Barriers to current assessments (usually simulated clinician oral proficiency interviews) include time constraints and lack of…

BACKGROUND: The coronavirus anxiety scale (CAS) was developed and validated in 2020 as a psychometrically suitable measure of anxiety incurred by the coronavirus disease of 2019 pandemic. Since it is available only in the English language, it cannot be used in the general population, most of whom are not English speaki…

PURPOSE: The purpose of this case series was to demonstrate a community-based sociolinguistic approach to language sample analysis (LSA) for the evaluation of Spanish-English bilingual preschoolers acquiring Black language (BL). As part of a comprehensive bilingual speech-language evaluation, we examined sociolinguisti…

Decades of research have indicated that reading self-concept is an important predictor of reading achievement. During this period, the population of emergent bilinguals has continued to increase within United States' schools. However, the existing literature has tended to examine native English speakers' and emergent b…

Human identification and kinship testing in forensic science rely on Short Tandem Repeat (STR) multiplex kits, typically containing loci recommended by standard sets. However, complementary kits with additional STR loci can be valuable in complex cases. Allele frequency databases specific to the population are essentia…

PURPOSE: Previous studies of ChatGPT performance in the field of medical examinations have reached contradictory results. Moreover, the performance of ChatGPT in other languages other than English is yet to be explored. We aim to study the performance of ChatGPT in Hebrew OBGYN-'Shlav-Alef' (Phase 1) examination. METH…

This study aims to understand the effects of face mask on speech production between Mandarin Chinese and English, and on the automatic classification of mask/no mask speech and individual speakers. A cross-linguistic study on mask speech between Mandarin Chinese and English was then conducted. Continuous speech of the…

Reading comparisons across transparent and opaque orthographies indicate critical differences that may reveal the mechanisms involved in orthographic decoding across orthographies. Here, we address the role of criterion and speed of processing in accounting for performance differences across languages. We used binary t…

OBJECTIVES: The present article aims to identify the optimal cutoff score and the diagnostic accuracy for the English version of Speech Handicap Index (SHI) to screen out individuals with and without speech disorders in daily life. MATERIALS AND METHODS: In this cross-sectional cohort study, a volunteer sample of 104…

The COVID-19 pandemic has had serious implications on educational systems worldwide and, hence, online courses have been organized. It is expected that the use of online learning in higher education promote knowledge sharing among students and the sharing of knowledge result in the improvement of reflective thinking am…

INTRODUCTION: Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) in military personnel are common, and it is important to identify those at risk so that appropriate preventive and rehabilitative strategies can be undertaken. The Musculoskeletal Screening Protocol (MSP) questionnaire is part of the implemented prevention strategy to redu…

The engagement of the cerebellum during reading tasks is not unprecedented. However, it is still unclear which regions in the cerebellum are specifically involved in reading and how the cerebellum processes different languages. With functional magnetic resonance imaging, we compared the cerebellar neural activity in Ch…