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OBJECTIVE: To compare the quality of systematic reviews reported in English and in languages other than English, and to determine whether there are differences between conventional medicine (CM) and complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) reports. STUDY DESIGN AND SETTING: We used the Oxman and Guyatt (OG) scale…

Cancer randomized clinical trial (RCT) participation is low, particularly among ethnic and racial minorities. Hispanic enrollment is far below their representation in the US population, yet their cancer burden is higher. Little is known from the patient perspective about factors which influence the decision to enroll i…

OBJECTIVE: Chronic leg wounds can represent a major health problem and have a negative emotional impact on patients' lives. The Cardiff Wound Impact Schedule (CWIS) was developed by the Wound Healing Research Unit at University of Wales College of Medicine to assess the quality of life in patients with chronic wounds.…

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: This study examined the psychometric properties and equivalence of the six-item Headache Impact Test (HIT-6) across 11 languages in 14 countries. METHODS: A multicenter, international cross-sectional study conducted in a primary care setting. Data obtained from 1,171 adults from 14 countries…

The purpose of this survey was to determine how many residential and day schools for deaf and hard-of-hearing students in the United States described themselves as bilingual-bicultural (BiBi) programs and to describe characteristics of those programs related to initial implementation, whether a single language (e.g., E…

BACKGROUND: The second to fourth digit ratio (2D:4D) is lower in men than in women. 2D:4D may be established in utero and is negatively correlated with sperm counts and testosterone in men and positively correlated with oestrogen in men and women. Negative associations between male 2D:4D and family size and positive as…

English language achievement of 29 prelingually deaf children with 3 or more years of cochlear implant (CI) experience was compared to the achievement levels of prelingually deaf children who did not have such CI experience. Language achievement was measured by the Rhode Island Test of Language Structure (RITLS), a mea…

OBJECTIVE: To assess the risk of injury to professional footballers during European international and English Premier and First Division league matches. METHODS: Videotaped recordings of 29, 49, and 93 matches from the 1996 European Championship, 1996/1997 English Premier season and 1994 to 1997 English First Division…

This study investigated the effects of training in/r/-/l/ perceptual identification on /r/-/l/ production by adult Japanese speakers. Subjects were recorded producing English words that contrast /r/ and /l/ before and after participating in an extended period of /r/-/l/ identification training using a high-variability…

Data from the 1972, 1982 and 1990 surveys of the National Study of Health and Growth were used to calculate changes in height, weight, triceps skinfold thickness and weight-for-height index for children aged between 4.5 and 11.99 years. There were data for 7887, 6396 and 6420 white English children in the 3 years respe…

Data from the 1990 survey of the National Study of Health and Growth, comprising 3357 white English boys and 3050 white English girls, were used to construct and evaluate a new index of weight-for-height. Prediction of triceps + subscapular skinfold thickness, using half of the data, led to the index (weight -9)/height…

BACKGROUND: The success of graduate nursing students who speak English as a second language (ESL) is critical to addressing the shortage of diverse advanced practice providers, yet evidence focuses exclusively on prelicensure students, predominantly in face-to-face contexts. PURPOSE: This study assessed graduate ESL n…

INRODUCTION: The rapid expansion of short-form video apps like TikTok has raised concerns about how excessive use may be associated with students' cognitive functions, emotional control, and academic experiences. While previous research has documented associations between short-form video addiction, attentional difficu…

Deaf, deafblind, and hard-of-hearing (DDBHH) American Sign Language (ASL) users assigned female at birth experience disparities in cervical cancer screening. There is a need to further clarify the roles of education status and English proficiency in adherence to the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) screenin…

Creativity greatly helps English as a Foreign Language (EFL) teachers flourish and succeed in the teaching profession. Given the immense influence of creativity on EFL teachers' professional success, it is crucial to ascertain the factors that trigger teachers to bring more creativity into the educational setting. To a…

This study aims to explore and construct an evaluation system of English language teaching effect combining data visualization analysis and intelligent text analysis technology. The study is based on the limitations of traditional English teaching evaluation methods, that is, relying too much on teachers' subjective ju…

Despite extensive efforts to facilitate COVID-19 vaccine access and achieve a 70% vaccination rate, race-based disparities and barriers to vaccine access continue to persist in the United States. To investigate discrimination among Limited-English Proficient (LEP) populations, we conducted a paired audit test field exp…

BACKGROUND: Language barriers have the potential to influence acute stroke outcomes. Thus, we examined postoperative stroke outcomes among non-English primary language speakers. METHODS: Utilizing the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project State Inpatient Database (2016-2019), we conducted a retrospective cohort stud…

Through the bibliometrics analysis and visual analysis of Chinese and English literature related to pneumoconiosis through CiteSpace, to understand the research situation, research trend and hotspots of pneumoconiosis, so as to provide reference for further research.In August 2022, CNKI (China National Knowledge Infras…

BACKGROUND: Poor comprehension of pharmaceutical pictograms used on medicine labels or leaflets can compromise understanding of medicine-taking information, potentially causing negative health outcomes. AIM: The aim was to assess association of health literacy (HL) with comprehension of pictograms displaying indicatio…