Tracheostomy-related indications, early complications and their predictors among patients in low resource settings: a prospective cohort study in the pre-COVID-19 era by Nyanzi, Daniel J., Daniel, Atwine, Kamoga, Ronald, Birungi, Caroline, Nansubuga, Caroline A., Nyaiteera, Victoria, Nakku, Doreen

“…Emphasis on multidisciplinary team care,standardization of tracheostomy care protocols, and continuous collection of patient data as well as paying attention to patient quality of life factors such as early return to oral feeding, ambulation and normal speech may have great potential for improved quality of tracheostomy care in low resource settings.…”
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ECONOMIC ASPECT OF CRIMINAL LAW COUNTERACTION TO JUSTIFICATION OF ARMED AGGRESSION AGAINST UKRAINE: RISKS FOR THE STATE BUDGET IN THE LIGHT OF THE PRACTICE OF THE EUROPEAN COURT OF... by Andrii Lapkin, Daryna Yevtieieva, Daria Kukovynets

“…It has been determined that the criminal law provisions stipulated in Article 4362 of the CCU, by virtue of their subject matter and nature, give rise to the potential for restrictions on the rights to privacy (Article 8), freedom of speech and expression (Article 10), and, in a indirect capacity, the prohibition of torture (Article 3) and the liberty and security of the person (Article 5) as guaranteed by the Convention. …”
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Effects of tongue tamers and customized bonded spurs as an early treatment of anterior open bite: a randomized clinical study by Safa B. Alawy, Shaimaa S. EL-Desouky, Ibrahim A. Kabbash, Shimaa M. Hadwa

“…Abstract Background Anterior open bite is a challenging condition for pediatric dentists and orthodontists as it causes aesthetic, speech, feeding, and psychological problems; this emphasizes the need for early diagnosis and interception of this malocclusion. …”
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Screening of Anti-Inflammatory Components of Qin Jin Hua Tan Tang by a Multivariate Statistical Analysis Approach for Spectrum-Effect Relationships by Feipeng Duan, Yisheng Li, Meizhen Zhao, Tianyong Hu, Xinquan Pan, Yue Feng, Fang Ma, Shuqi Qiu, Yiqing Zheng

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Self-beneficial transactional social dynamics for cooperation in Shwachman-Diamond syndrome: a mixed-subject analysis using computational pragmatics by Arthur Trognon, Arthur Trognon, Arthur Trognon, Natacha Stortini, Natacha Stortini, Coralie Duman, Coralie Duman, Nami Koïdé, Ewa Skupinska, Ewa Skupinska, Hamza Altakroury, Alizée Poli, Alizée Poli, Loann Mahdar-Recorbet, Loann Mahdar-Recorbet, Blandine Beaupain, Jean Donadieu, Michel Musiol, Michel Musiol, Michel Musiol

“…Using computational pragmatics, we aimed to identify the underlying principles guiding their social behavior.MethodsA cohort of 10 children (5 SDS, 5 matched controls) participated in ecological and cognitive tasks, including the WISC-V “Comprehension” subtest, NEPSY-II social perception tasks, and the Trognon Ecological Side Task for the Assessment of Speech-Act Processing (TEST-ASAP). Dialogues were analyzed using the Topological and Kinetic (2TK) model and a Recurrent Neural Network (RNN), enabling fine-grained computational insights into their interaction patterns.ResultsChildren with SDS exhibited cooperative behaviors shaped by perceived economic benefits, often at the expense of established social norms. …”
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Systemic Diseases in Patients with Congenital Aniridia: A Report from the Homburg Registry for Congenital Aniridia by Jessica Obst, Fabian N. Fries, Maryam Amini, Annamária Náray, Cristian Munteanu, Tanja Stachon, Shweta Suiwal, Neil Lagali, Berthold Seitz, Barbara Käsmann-Kellner, Nóra Szentmáry

“…Systemic diseases were detected in 155 of 337 (46%) patients, with the most common being obesity (29 [8.6%]), thyroid disease (28 [8.3%]), hypertension (26 [7.7%]), intellectual disability (22 [6.5%]), diabetes mellitus (19 [5.6%]), auditory perception disorder/speech development delay (16 [4.7%]), and epilepsy (12 [3.6%]). …”
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Clinical Features and Genetic Characteristics of XLID Patients With KDM5C Gene Mutations: Insights on Phenotype–Genotype Correlations From 175 Previous Cases and Identification of... by Mohammad‐Reza Ghasemi, Zahra Esmaeilizadeh, Sahand Tehrani Fateh, Hossein Sadeghi, Saman Bagheri, Farzad Hashemi‐Gorji, Morteza Sheikhi Nooshabadi, Rasoul Madannezhad, Toktam Sadat Tavabe Ghavami, Reza Mirfakhraie, Mohammad Miryounesi

“…Study Design Whole‐exome sequencing was performed on the proband's DNA, and Sanger sequencing was used to confirm and analyze the identified variant in a 20‐month‐old male patient with motor and speech delays. Moreover, a comprehensive literature review was conducted to gather previously reported cases, providing insights into the molecular findings and clinical characteristics of this disorder. …”
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A Multicenter Observational Prospective Cohort Study of Association of the Prehospital National Early Warning Score 2 and Hospital Triage with Early Mortality by Francisco Martín-Rodríguez, Raúl López-Izquierdo, Carlos del Pozo Vegas, Juan F. Delgado-Benito, Carmen del Pozo Pérez, Virginia Carbajosa Rodríguez, Agustín Mayo Iscar, José Luis Martín-Conty, Carlos Escudero Cuadrillero, Miguel A. Castro-Villamor

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An Emotion-Driven Vocal Biomarker-Based PTSD Screening Tool by Thomas F. Quatieri, Jing Wang, James R. Williamson, Richard DeLaura, Tanya Talkar, Nancy P. Solomon, Stefanie E. Kuchinsky, Megan Eitel, Tracey Brickell, Sara Lippa, Kristin J. Heaton, Douglas S. Brungart, Louis French, Rael Lange, Jeffrey Palmer, Hayley Reynolds

“…<italic>Results:</italic> Speech from low-arousal and positive-valence regions provide the highest discrimination for PTSD. …”
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Blood and Iron: The Rise and Fall of the German Empire 1871 – 1918 by Arzu Melek Ozgumus

“…This speech becomes a recurring theme in Hoyer's analysis.  …”
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Porto Alegre Line predicts lenticulostriate arteries encasement and extent of resection in insular gliomas. A preliminary study by Gustavo Rassier Isolan, Gustavo Rassier Isolan, Gustavo Rassier Isolan, Samir Ale Bark, Samir Ale Bark, Jander Moreira Monteiro, Jander Moreira Monteiro, Tobias A. Mattei, Kaan Yağmurlu, Rafaela Fernandes Gonçalves, Rafaela Fernandes Gonçalves, Osvaldo Malafaia, Rafael Roesler, Rafael Roesler, Rafael Roesler, Jurandir Marcondes Ribas Filho

“…In cases with no tumor located medial to Porto Alegre line, our medial resection limit, mainly for the tumor part located next to the limen insula, was the inferior fronto-occipital fasciculus (IFOF), identified through altered speech patterns during electric subcortical stimulation. …”
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High Frequency of AIFM1 Variants and Phenotype Progression of Auditory Neuropathy in a Chinese Population by Hongyang Wang, Dan Bing, Jin Li, Linyi Xie, Fen Xiong, Lan Lan, Dayong Wang, Jing Guan, Qiuju Wang

“…There was no hearing threshold increase during the short-term follow-up period (1-10 years), but the low-frequency and high-frequency hearing thresholds showed a significant increase with the prolongation of follow-up time. The speech discrimination score progressed gradually and significantly along with the course of the disease and showed a more serious decline, which was disproportionately worse than the pure tone threshold. …”
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Perspektywiczne kierunki rozwoju biologii człowieka w Polsce, ze szczególnym uwzględnieniem auksologii by Napoleon Wolański, Anna Siniarska

“…Most likely generalizations of tools behaviors and social contacts have caused brain development and favored abstraction, future vision and articular speech. Since the beginning of Civilization, science had been created not because there was a demand for it, but as the reflection on human life, the result of technical achievements, and as the answer for the question “why does it happen?” …”
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Using Health Utility Index (HUI) for Measuring the Impact on Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQL) Among Individuals with Chronic Diseases by Frank Mo, Bernard C.K. Choi, Felix C.K. Li, Joav Merrick

“…Using the HUI (constructed based on eight attributes: vision, hearing, speech, mobility, dexterity, cognition, emotion, and pain/discomfort) to measure the HRQL for chronic disease patients and to detect possible associations between HUI system and various chronic conditions, this study provides information to improve the management of chronic diseases.This study is of interest to data analysts, policy makers, and public health practitioners involved in descriptive clinical studies, clinical trials, program evaluation, population health planning, and assessments. …”
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Validation of the Polish version of the Functional Oral Intake Scale against flexible endoscopic evaluation of swallowing and the International Dysphagia Diet Standardization Initi... by Magdalena Milewska, Barbara Jamroz, Mariusz Panczyk, Joanna Chmielewska-Walczak, Tomasz Czernicki, Marta Dabrowska-Bender, Marcin Folwarski, Marcin Folwarski, Dorota Szostak-Wegierek

“…Inter-rater reliability between evaluations conducted by a dietitian (FOIS I) and a speech-language pathologist (FOIS II) demonstrated high consistency (tau = 0.995; p &lt; 0.001). …”
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An Explainable Artificial Intelligence Text Classifier for Suicidality Prediction in Youth Crisis Text Line Users: Development and Validation Study by Julia Thomas, Antonia Lucht, Jacob Segler, Richard Wundrack, Marcel Miché, Roselind Lieb, Lars Kuchinke, Gunther Meinlschmidt

“…Recent studies using benchmark datasets and real-world social media data have demonstrated the capability of pretrained large language models in predicting suicidal ideation and behaviors (SIB) in speech and text. ObjectiveThis study aimed to (1) develop and implement ML methods for predicting SIBs in a real-world crisis helpline dataset, using transformer-based pretrained models as a foundation; (2) evaluate, cross-validate, and benchmark the model against traditional text classification approaches; and (3) train an explainable model to highlight relevant risk-associated features. …”
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CHI study: protocol for an observational cohort study on ageing and mental health in community-dwelling older adults by Lei Feng, Lieng Hsi Ling, Qiushi Feng, Rachael Zhi Yi Lee, Junhong Yu, Iris Rawtaer, Patrick Finbarr Allen, Zhiming Bao, Jeong Kyu Lee, Chin Tat Lim, Leng Leng Thang, Thet Naing, D Y Wang, Kai Zhen Yap, EH Kua, Rathi Mahendran

“…Assessments include basic sociodemographic, physical health and function (cardiac, oral and blood profiles and visual function), cognitive functioning, daily functioning, physical fitness, emotional state, free-flowing speech, sleep quality, social connectedness, caregiver burden, intergenerational communication, quality of life, life satisfaction, attitudes to ageing and gratitude and compassion. …”
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Legal Disputes of Emigrant Periodical Publishers from the End of the 19th Century to 1904 by Remigijus Misiūnas

“…Additionally, the defense of freedom of speech became a cornerstone in the litigation between Olšauskas and priest Kriaučiūnas. …”
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Mapping outcomes for recovery of consciousness in studies from 1986 to 2020: a scoping review protocol by Monica Steiner, Elizabeth Burns, Trudy Mallinson, Joshua Rosenow, Jennifer Weaver, Alison Cogan, Parie Bhandari, Erica Jacobs, Ariana Pape, Chantal Nguyen, Ann Guernon, Tom Harrod, Theresa Bender Pape, Marilyn Pacheco, Catherine Burress Kestner, Kelsey Watters, Elizabeth Yost, Henk Eilander, Berno Overbeek, Sophie Leeds, Kelly Krese, Haylee Winden, Mary Philbin, Stefani Cleaver, Vanessa Silva, Konner Nelson, André Lindsey, Angela Hartman, Kristen Maisano, Erika Cooley, Jessica Rudin Portnoff, Bailey Widener, Sarah Hollingsworth, Coty Wardwell, Julianne Angel, Ladan Hakima, Jennifer Nebel, Bint-e Zainab Awan

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Adverse events associated with the delivery of telerehabilitation across rehabilitation populations: A scoping review. by Thomas Yau, Josh Chan, McKyla McIntyre, Damanveer Bhogal, Angie Andreoli, Carl Froilan D Leochico, Mark Bayley, Ailene Kua, Meiqi Guo, Sarah Munce

“…Understanding adverse events, such as falls during physiotherapy or aspiration pneumonia during speech therapy, is crucial for identifying limitations and optimizing delivery through risk mitigation and quality indicators. …”
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