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Sounds and Images, a measure of originality, was administered to 131 English-speaking high school students of Orissa, India in 1987. The test has two forms, viz., IA and IB. Each form has four sounds which were presented three times. To each the students wrote their verbal images which were scored for originality and a…

It's 2000. Walk into a department of a typical healthcare organization. Of the 14 employees, four are African-American, five are Hispanic, three are Asian, and two are white. Seven are women. For at least half of the group, English is a second language. Are you willing to teach English to improve service to patients an…

This analysis examined references to foods mentioned in elementary school textbooks used in Montreal English schools. A study of 58 language arts and mathematics textbooks used in grades one-six revealed 4,391 references to foods in words and pictures. A large proportion of the references were to sugar-rich foods. Eati…

The WHO Scientific Group to Adopt a Standard International Acupuncture Nomenclature met in Geneva from 30 October to 3 November 1989. The main features of the recommended nomenclature are the use of the English translation of the name of each meridian and an alphanumeric code derived from the English names, and the use…

Before nomenclatorial translation can be begun, an approved definition of the term concerned is required, as is a systematic classification of related designations. Existing sources are bi- or multi-lingual dictionaries and glossaries but relatively few of these cover oral biology and dentistry in adequate detail. Much…

Comprehension of English language texts was tested among paramedical students. Tests were carried out using the cloze procedure on texts thought appropriate for these students, and previously tested to determine the expected number of years of schooling needed to comprehend them by using the Fog Index. In only 2% of 22…

The English-speaking clinician frequently evaluates and treats patients whose mother tongue is not English. This paper summarizes some of the evidence supporting an emotional-detachment effect associated with speaking in a second language and describes its implications for the psychotherapy of this population.

A case is reported of an English woman who presented with a mass in the breast which was locally excised. Histological studies revealed a giant-cell granulomatous inflammation involving the duct system and a fungus showing brown pigmentation was demonstrated in the lesions. This was not grown in culture but the morphol…

An overview of the progress of health economics research in HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment based on CiteSpace analysis.With the help of visual literature analysis software CiteSpace 6.3.R1, English literature databases Web of Science, PubMed, Chinese literature databases CNKI, Wanfang Data Knowledge Service Platform…

INTRODUCTION: There are significant challenges and a lack of data related to culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) cancer patients. We compared patient characteristics, treatment patterns, and outcomes of patients with advanced pancreatic cancer that required an interpreter. METHODS: Registry data was extracted…

Regarding the considerable role educators have within the area of studying language, their affections and sensations have currently been at the core of attention. Such affections and feelings can both elevate their career achievement or impede their achievement such as burnout. Indeed, they usually experience "burnout"…

Recently, numerous datasets have been produced as research activities in the field of automatic detection of abusive language or hate speech have increased. A problem with this diversity is that they often differ, among other things, in context, platform, sampling process, collection strategy, and labeling schema. Ther…

The question of identifying the properties of language that are specific human linguistic abilities, i.e., Universal Grammar, lies at the center of linguistic research. This paper argues for a largely Emergent Grammar in phonology, taking as the starting point that memory, categorization, attention to frequency, and th…

The Japanese Society of Neurology, founded in 1960, gained momentum after the 12th World Congress of Neurology held in Kyoto (1981) and currently enjoys an indisputable reputation as a major contributor in the field of neuroscience. Clinical training, however, has fallen behind research achievements with a shortage of…