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AIMS: Mental health policy internationally varies in its support for recovery. The aims of this study were to validate an existing conceptual framework and then characterise by country the distribution, scientific foundations and emphasis in published recovery conceptualisations. METHODS: Update and modification of a…

AIM: To determine the national practice of transvaginal ultrasound (TVUS) probe decontamination in English hospitals and to develop recommendations for guidance. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A literature review was undertaken to clarify best practice and evaluate methods of decontamination of TVUS probes. A questionnaire wa…

The perception and production of nonnative phones in second language (L2) learners can be improved via auditory training, but L2 learning is often characterized by large differences in performance across individuals. This study examined whether success in learning L2 vowels, via five sessions of high-variability phonet…

In Mandarin Chinese, speakers benefit from fore-knowledge of what the first syllable but not of what the first phonemic segment of a disyllabic word will be (Chen, Chen, & Dell, 2002), contrasting with findings in English, Dutch, and other Indo-European languages, and challenging the generality of current theories of w…

We examined health status and access to care among Asian Americans by the following acculturation indicators: nativity, percent lifetime in the US, self-rated English proficiency, and interview language, to assess whether any measure better distinguishes acculturation. Data from the 2003 California Health Interview Sur…

This study examined the effects of linguistic experience on audio-visual (AV) perception of non-native (L2) speech. Canadian English natives and Mandarin Chinese natives differing in degree of English exposure [long and short length of residence (LOR) in Canada] were presented with English fricatives of three visually…

The objective of this study was to examine differences between fluent English-speaking ethnically diverse (ED) individuals (from Hispanic, Asian and Middle-Eastern descent) and monolingual English-speaking Anglo-Americans (MEAA) on commonly used tests of information processing and attention. A sample of 123 (84 ED and…

Normative data on English language development in children adopted from China are needed to determine whether a child's language skills are within normal limits or significantly delayed relative to his or her peers who are other children adopted from China. A longitudinal survey of children adopted from China, modified…

This study used confirmatory factor analysis to compare alternative models of the structure of posttraumatic distress symptoms as measured by the Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Checklist--Civilian version (PCL-C; F. W. Weathers, B. T. Litz, D. S. Herman, J. A. Huska, & T. M. Keane, 1993). Data were derived from English-…

PURPOSE: This study investigated the relationship between home literacy experiences and bilingual preschoolers' early literacy outcomes. METHOD: Forty-three Puerto Rican mother-child dyads recruited from Head Start programs in central Pennsylvania participated in this study of home literacy experiences and emerging En…

Attitudes to and knowledge about elderly people were assessed in 1091 students and lecturers from the London Hospital Medical College (LHMC), London, UK and the English and Computer Science departments of Queen Mary and Westfield College (QMW), London, UK. General knowledge about elderly people was measured by the Palm…

The proportion of the Australian population from non-English-speaking backgrounds is increasing (particularly among the elderly, who are more likely to be disabled), but their use of health care services and institutions is proportionately lower than that for other Australians, and many care for a family member with a…

Between 10(7.5) and 10(8.1) viable organisms of four English and one Danish strain of Haemophilus pleuropneumoniae serotype 2 and five English strains of serotype 3 were inoculated intranasally into groups of conventional pigs. Among the English isolates of both serotypes there were virulent and non-virulent strains. F…

Teaching English to large and varied student populations has made adaptive, learner-aware resource recommendation a pressing need, yet most deployed systems still lean on collaborative filtering or content heuristics that read learners only at the surface. Such systems tend to stumble in four recurring ways: they miss…

OBJECTIVES: We assessed time to provider (TTP) for patients with a non-English language preference (NELP) compared to patients with an English language preference (ELP) in the emergency department (ED). METHODS: We conducted a retrospective cohort study of adults presenting between 2019 and 2023 to a large urban ED. W…

This study investigated the effects of spaced and massed repetition on the acquisition and retention of English /b/ and /p/ sounds among Saudi English as a foreign language (EFL) learners. Forty-nine university students participated in a quasi-experimental design comparing two learning conditions: massed repetition and…

Research with nonnative speech spans many different linguistic branches and topics. Most studies include one or a few well-known features of a particular accent. However, due to a lack of empirical studies, little is known about how common these features are among nonnative speakers or how uncommon they are among nativ…

BACKGROUND: Adverse health outcomes are more common for health consumers with limited English proficiency (LEP). This study examines the consumer experience of refugee mothers with LEP when communicating with paediatric health services. METHOD: A community-based participatory qualitative study engaging participants fr…

This study aims to objectively and quantitatively analyze the research status and hot spots of Chuanxiong Rhizoma and provide guidance for further research and clinical application of this herbal medicine. Firstly, the research articles involving Chuanxiong Rhizoma from 2010 to 2023 were retrieved from seven databases…

INTRODUCTION: This study attempted to investigate the impact of flipped teaching (FT) on EFL (English Foreign Language) students' academic resilience (AR), self-directed learning (SDL), and learners' autonomy (LA). METHOD: To do this, the researcher selected 354 participants by the two-stage cluster sampling method. T…