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In the present study, the Luria-Nebraska and the Halstead-Reitan Neuropsychological Test batteries were administered to 112 male and female Arabic and English speaking Egyptians enrolled at the American University in Cairo. The aims of the study were to establish normative data, test the effects of language and order o…

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…

Martin Powell makes the point that the death of the National Health Service (NHS) is constantly asserted without criteria. This article suggests that the NHS is many things, which makes criteria unstable. The alignment of interests in the structure of the NHS enables both overheated rhetoric and political strength, and…

Martin Powell suggests that the death of the English National Health Service (NHS) has been announced so many times we are at risk of not noticing should it actually happen. He is right. If we 'cry wolf' too many times, we risk losing sight of what is important about the NHS and why.

Letters regarding the paper “Epidemiological study of the structural alterations present in the nasal cavity associated to the obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS)”, published on the Brazilian Journal of Otorhinolaryngology 72 (4) July/August 2006. Paper available at: http://www.rborl.org.br/conteudo/a…

OBJECTIVE: To review and summarize key studies of secondary prevention of atherothrombotic events. DATA SOURCES: English language clinical trials and guidelines. STUDY SELECTION: Key clinical trials and guidelines were selected by the authors based on their perceived importance and relevance to consultant pharmacists…

The accurate identification of 30 words and 15 sentences spoken by native English, Taiwanese, and Spanish speakers was compared for 16 persons with and 16 persons without dementia. Statistically significant differences for words and sentences occurred between groups of listeners.

Following the high profile launch of the English NHS Plan last summer, there has been speculation in Wales about whether we too would have a Plan. Jane Hutt the Welsh Assembly's minister for health became rather defensive after the launch of the English Plan. She accused journalists of posing awkward questions about th…

While there are areas of concentration in particular states, throughout the nation the number of young children (and their parents/guardians) who have limited communication abilities in the English language is continuing to increase. Almost three-quarters of school-age children with limited English language proficiency…

Gull and Lasègue are usually credited with the first description of anorexia nervosa. In general, however, the work of the French neuropsychiatrist has been underestimated, and English-speaking colleagues who refer to Lasègue's writing on 'hysterical anorexia' almost exclusively rely on the translation of his…

The elderly receive proportionately more prescriptions than any other age group in Canada. In a review of available English language studies in the Canadian literature, the author found that the most common groups of drugs prescribed for the elderly are psychotropic and cardiovascular drugs, principally digoxin and diu…

The prevalence of Anoplocephala perfoliata in 103 horses and ponies from Clwyd, Powys and the adjacent English marches, slaughtered during January 1987, was 69 per cent.

Congenital and probable developmental vestibular disease is reported in a litter of English cocker spaniel puppies. The syndrome was marked by loss of balance and ataxia initially, but subsequent compensation has left only one individual with "permanent" head tilt.

A case of right subdiaphragmatic extralobar pulmonary sequestration (PS) associated with a gastric duplication cyst is reported. To the authors' knowledge such a case has not been reported previously in the English literature. PS was first noted as a defect on a nuclear liver image. The duplication cyst was defined by…

This mixed methods study explores the relationships among mindfulness, grit, self-regulation, and L2 boredom in Chinese undergraduate English majors. Using structural equation modeling (SEM) with a sample of 516 students from various universities, the quantitative phase found that mindfulness and grit were negatively r…

AbstractIn recent years, ecological research has become increasingly synthetic, relying on revolutionary changes in data availability and accessibility. In spite of their strengths, these approaches may cause us to overlook natural history knowledge that is not part of the digitized English-language scientific record.…

We investigate whether regionally-associated primes can affect speech perception in two lexical decision tasks in which New Zealand listeners were exposed to an Australian prime (a kangaroo), a New Zealand prime (a kiwi), and/or a control animal (a horse). The target stimuli involve ambiguous vowels, embedded in a fram…

Drawing on the control-value theory, this study adopted a qualitative approach to explore the various achievement emotions Chinese EFL learners experienced in an online English learning environment and their antecedents during the COVID-19 pandemic period. Data were collected from six Chinese EFL students through semi-…

Parents of autistic children are routinely advised to raise them monolingually, despite potential negative effects of monolingualism and no evidence of harm from bilingualism. There is, however, limited research on this topic. This study explored experiences and perspectives of educational practitioners ('practitioners…

The woman known as Julian of Norwich, the first female author in the English language, survived a pandemic which tore English society apart. The first outbreak of the bubonic plague in Norwich was in 1349 when Julian was only six years old and continued for another twenty-one years of sporadic outbreaks in East Anglia.…