Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Piotr Tomaszewski, Piotr Krzysztofiak, Jill P. Morford, Wiktor Ezlakowski
Summary: This study examines the relationship between the age of acquisition of Polish Sign Language (PJM) and the receptive language skills of deaf individuals. The results show that early exposure to PJM promotes sensitivity to phonological, morphological, and syntactic patterns in language.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Education & Educational Research
Hamidreza Moeiniasl, Laura Taylor, Michael DeBraga, Tanya Manchanda, William Huggon, Jeffrey Graham
Summary: This study examined the critical thinking skills of undergraduate students in a psychology course and explored the impact of language ability on their performance in different tests. The findings showed that international students were able to improve their performance in subject-specific tests after a year of course, but still had challenges in general critical thinking tests.
THINKING SKILLS AND CREATIVITY
(2022)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
John Heintzman, Tahlia Hodes, Daniel Parras, Jennifer A. Lucas, Cirila Estela Vasquez Guzman, Brian Chan, Matthew P. Banegas, Miguel Marino
Summary: Latinas in the United States have higher mortality from breast cancer, but longitudinal studies of mammography ordering in primary care are lacking. This study analyzed mammography order rates in Latinas and non-Latina white women over a 10-year period and found that English-preferring Latinas had lower mammogram order rates, while Spanish-preferring Latinas had higher odds of ever having a mammogram ordered and a higher rate of annual mammogram orders.
PREVENTIVE MEDICINE
(2023)
Article
Immunology
Ellen Merrick Schill, Elisabeth L. Joyce, Alexandria N. Floyd, Sreeram Udayan, Brigida Rusconi, Shreya Gaddipati, Bibiana E. Barrios, Vini John, Mitchell E. Kaye, Devesha H. Kulkarni, Jocelyn T. Pauta, Keely G. McDonald, Rodney D. Newberry
Summary: Early-life antibiotic exposure, particularly to vancomycin, disrupts the development of the enteric nervous system (ENS), leading to an increased risk of complications in neonates. This disruption is associated with an expansion of pro-inflammatory colonic macrophages and altered macrophage phenotypes.
FRONTIERS IN IMMUNOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Educational
Marina Kalashnikova, Manuel Carreiras
Summary: In this study, the influence of parental and infant bilingualism on infants' speech perception skills was investigated, and it was found that bilingualism did not affect the developmental trajectory of infants' native and non-native speech perception. However, vowel exaggeration in IDS was significantly related to speech perception skills for older infants.
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Serana Chun Yee So, Danielle Wing Lam Ng, Qiuyan Liao, Richard Fielding, Inda Soong, Karen Kar Loen Chan, Conrad Lee, Alice Wan Ying Ng, Wing Kin Sze, Wing Lok Chan, Victor Ho Fun Lee, Wendy Wing Tak Lam
Summary: This study aimed to document the rates and correlates of return to work, work productivity, and activity impairment among Chinese cancer survivors in Hong Kong at one year post-treatment. The results showed that physically demanding jobs and poorer physical functioning delayed return to work, and unmanaged physical symptom and psychological distress hindered work productivity.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Surgery
Carney Chan, Daniel Fort, Cruz Velasco-Gonzalez, Thomas N. Hawken, Charles C. Leithead, Clayton J. Brinster, Waldemar C. Sternbergh, Hernan A. Bazan
Summary: This study utilized a custom software algorithm to analyze a large dataset of over 4 million patient records, identifying that rapid progression of carotid stenosis is rare, with only 3.6% of patients experiencing it. Factors such as younger age, white race, lower body mass index, peripheral arterial disease diagnosis, and transient ischemic attack diagnosis were found to be associated with rapid progression.
JOURNAL OF VASCULAR SURGERY
(2021)
Article
Business, Finance
Yu-Lun Chen
Summary: This paper analyzes the connectedness and spillover transmission mechanism in the U.S. Treasury yields with different maturities. It finds that the 5-year Treasury yields play a significant role as an information transmitter to other yields, even under unconventional monetary policies. This role is also evident in the Treasury market flash event and in Treasury futures and ETFs.
INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF FINANCIAL ANALYSIS
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Chunting Diao, Huiping Tan, Yanhui Wen, Ruiyue Zhu, Xiaoyue Wu, Shiqi Zhang, Yongzhi Zhao, Nian Liu, Xuan Zhou, Zhen Hu
Summary: This study examined the psychological well-being of the general population in China during the critical transition period from strict COVID-19 control measures to relaxed policies. The findings showed that individuals infected with COVID-19, particularly the Omicron variant BA.5.2 or BF.7, reported lower levels of positive emotions compared to uninfected individuals or those who had recovered. COVID-19 related thoughts were found to mediate the relationship between negative emotions and life satisfaction.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Microbiology
Christian T. Fontan, Claire D. James, Apurva T. Prabhakar, Molly L. Bristol, Raymonde Otoa, Xu Wang, Elmira Karimi, Pavithra Rajagopalan, Devraj Basu, Iain M. Morgan
Summary: This study demonstrates that the interaction between the viral replication/transcription/segregation factor E2 and the tumor suppressor p53 is critical for the HPV16 life cycle. HPV16 immortalized cells retain significant expression of p53, and the critical role for the E2-p53 interaction demonstrates why this is the case. If the E2-p53 interaction is disrupted then HPV16 immortalized cells fail to proliferate, have enhanced DNA damage and senescence, and there is premature differentiation during the viral life cycle. Results suggest that targeting the E2-p53 interaction would have therapeutic benefits, potentially attenuating the spread of HPV16.
MICROBIOLOGY SPECTRUM
(2022)
Article
Endocrinology & Metabolism
Nanna Maria Uldall Torp, Zeyan Liew, Allan Carle, Jesper Karmisholt, Inge Bulow Pedersen, Stig Andersen, Stine Linding Andersen
Summary: This study investigated the changes in the occurrence of hyperthyroidism and the use of antithyroid drugs (ATDs) in Danish pregnant women before and after the implementation of iodine fortification (IF). The results showed that after IF, the proportion of pregnant women using ATDs increased and then leveled out at the end of the follow-up period, indicating the influence of IF on the occurrence of autoimmune hyperthyroidism in younger individuals.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM
(2023)
Article
Psychiatry
Maximilian Monninger, Pascal-M Aggensteiner, Tania M. Pollok, Iris Reinhard, Alisha S. M. Hall, Lea Zillich, Fabian Streit, Stephanie-H Witt, Markus Reichert, Ulrich Ebner-Priemer, Andreas Meyer-Lindenberg, Heike Tost, Daniel Brandeis, Tobias Banaschewski, Nathalie E. Holz
Summary: Social integration is important for health, but the COVID-19 pandemic has limited social interactions. This study found that social contacts were linked to positive affect, and this relationship was moderated by individual risk and resilience factors.
TRANSLATIONAL PSYCHIATRY
(2022)
Article
Linguistics
Liv T. Davila
Summary: This article applies cultural translation and geohistorical frameworks to analyze the interplay between linguistic, cultural, physical, and ideological proximities and distances in immigrant advocacy and outreach efforts. Data are taken from 'small stories' shared by directors of immigrant-serving organizations in a small metropolitan area in the USA during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. Findings trace how local, state, and national policies were taken up by individual participants and the communities they serve and bring to light the value of applied linguistics research in amplifying the complexities of language access in times of crisis as well as community resilience that are often hiding in plain sight.
APPLIED LINGUISTICS
(2023)
Article
Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism
Bartolome Marco-Lajara, Mercedes Ubeda-Garcia, Lorena Ruiz-Fernandez, Esther Poveda-Pareja, Eduardo Sanchez-Garcia
Summary: This study analyzes the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the hospitality sector, particularly rural accommodations, and examines the influence of CSR strategies on the resilience of rural hotels. The findings demonstrate a significant positive impact of CSR strategies on resilience levels, with resilience also affecting hotel performance. Moderation effects indicate that the relationship is stronger for hotels with an official sustainability certificate.
CURRENT ISSUES IN TOURISM
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Ria Devereux, Elizabeth Kebede Westhead, Ravindra Jayaratne, Darryl Newport
Summary: This study is potentially the first to investigate the impact of large-scale firework displays on surrounding waterways in terms of microplastic pollution. The study found a significant influx of microplastics, particularly polychloroprene, in the River Thames following the New Year fireworks, which will have detrimental effects on the ecology and aquaculture of the river and neighboring waterways.
MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN
(2022)
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Dror Dotan, Naama Friedmann
Article
Psychology
Naama Friedmann, Maya Yachini, Aviah Gvion, Lyndsey Nickels
JOURNAL OF NEUROPSYCHOLOGY
(2020)
Article
Physics, Multidisciplinary
Neta Haluts, Massimiliano Trippa, Naama Friedmann, Alessandro Treves
Article
Neurosciences
Yair Lakertz, Ori Ossmy, Naama Friedmann, Roy Mukamel, Itzhak Fried
Summary: The study found that single-cell responses to phonemes are governed by manner-of-articulation features and organized according to sonority. It also showed that phonemes that were perceptually similar had similar neural responses.
Article
Neurosciences
Ronit Szterman, Naama Friedmann
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Selcuk Guven, Naama Friedmann
Summary: Developmental vowel dyslexia is a type of dyslexia that selectively affects the reading aloud of vowel letters, with deficits located in vowel processing in the sublexical route rather than in the phonological-output stage or the orthographic-visual-analyzer. This type of dyslexia highlights the importance of detailed error analysis and dyslexia-relevant stimuli in detecting dyslexia in transparent language systems.
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Naama Friedmann, Neta Haluts, Doron Levy
Summary: This study presents the first in-depth analysis of a specific type of dysnumeria in sign language, focusing on a participant named Nomi. It was found that Nomi mainly made decimal, number-structure errors when reading multidigit numbers. Despite intact early numeric-visual abilities, her deficit appeared to be in a component shared by reading and comprehension of numbers.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Linguistics
Naama Friedmann, Julia Reznick
Summary: The study revealed a fixed order of acquisition for various types of syntactic movement structures in Hebrew, with different children acquiring the same structures at different ages. Both sentence repetition and analysis of spontaneous speech showed that while the syntactic path is constant, each child progresses at their own pace.
GLOSSA-A JOURNAL OF GENERAL LINGUISTICS
(2021)
Article
Linguistics
Naama Friedmann, Adriana Belletti, Luigi Rizzi
Summary: This paper discusses the acquisition of various syntactic structures in Hebrew, proposing a Growing Trees approach based on the cartographic analysis of the clause. The stages of acquisition follow the geometry of the syntactic tree, with early stages corresponding to small portions of the adult tree. Three stages are proposed, each connected to the development of functional layers of the syntactic tree.
GLOSSA-A JOURNAL OF GENERAL LINGUISTICS
(2021)
Article
Linguistics
Yuval Z. Katz, Neta Haluts, Naama Friedmann
Summary: This study found for the first time that thiamine deficiency in infancy can result in language disorders that persist into adulthood. Thiamine is crucial for language development during the critical period for first language acquisition in the first years of life, and deficiency during this period may cause long-lasting impairments in syntax, morphology, reading, phonological working memory, and lexical abilities.
JOURNAL OF NEUROLINGUISTICS
(2022)
Article
Education & Educational Research
Selcuk Guven, Naama Friedmann
Summary: We report on developmental surface dyslexia in Turkish, a very transparent orthography, for the first time. Surface dyslexia can be identified even in transparent orthographies once the relevant stimuli and error analyses are used.
SCIENTIFIC STUDIES OF READING
(2022)
Article
Neurosciences
Liora Toledano, Naama Friedmann
Summary: This study explores letter migrations between words in reading aloud and finds that they can result from both a deficit in visual-orthographic analysis and a deficit in the phonological output buffer. Different characteristics of these migrations and methods to distinguish them are identified.
Meeting Abstract
Clinical Neurology
V. Chernuha, U. Kramer, G. Shalom, N. Friedmann, A. Fattal-Valevski
Article
Education, Special
Nufar Sukenik, Eleonore Morin, Naama Friedmann, Philippe Prevost, Laurice Tuller
Summary: Children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) exhibit difficulties in producing wh-questions, which may be pragmatic or syntactic in nature. Pragmatic errors were common in the ASD groups, while syntactic errors were influenced by language structure. Despite differences in country and language, ASD groups showed similar correct production rates and error types.
AUTISM & DEVELOPMENTAL LANGUAGE IMPAIRMENTS
(2021)
Article
Education & Educational Research
Orly Fuhrman, Anabel Eckerling, Naama Friedmann, Ricardo Tarrasch, Gal Raz
Summary: Research shows that vocabulary learning in a virtual reality environment with purposeful actions can greatly enhance comprehension rates. Participants learning new vocabulary through manipulation movements demonstrated significantly improved learning outcomes compared to those in irrelevant movement conditions.
JOURNAL OF COMPUTER ASSISTED LEARNING
(2021)
