Stroke Outcome and Determinants among Patients with and without Diabetes in a Tertiary Hospital in Ghana by Josephine Akpalu, Alfred E. Yawson, Foster Osei-Poku, Yacoba Atiase, Ernest Yorke, Patrick Adjei, Kodwo Nkromah, Albert Akpalu

“…Determinants of poor functional stroke outcome for diabetes patients were older age (Adjusted Odds Ratio (AOR)-1.07; CI-1.03-1.12), female gender (AOR-3.74; CI-1.26-12.65), and pneumonia (AOR-11.32; CI-1.93-220.05) whereas the determinants for those without diabetes were unemployment (AOR-4.19; CI-1.24-19.50), speech abnormalities (AOR-1.99; CI1.08-3.73), and pneumonia (AOR-4.05; CI-1.83-9.77). …”
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Hearing Phenotypes of Patients with Hearing Loss Homozygous for the GJB2 c.235delc Mutation by Chang Guo, Sha-Sha Huang, Yong-Yi Yuan, Ying Zhou, Ning Wang, Dong-Yang Kang, Su-Yan Yang, Xin Zhang, Xue Gao, Pu Dai

“…The severity of hearing loss was scaled with the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA). Auditory phenotypes were analyzed, and three types of interaural asymmetry were defined based on audiograms: Type A (asymmetry of hearing loss severity), Type B (asymmetry of audiogram shape), and Type C (Type A plus Type B). …”
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Early Detection and Intervention of Preschool-Aged Children Using Android-Based Monitoring during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Central Java by Triwiji Lestari, Elisa

“…Alarming statistics from the Indonesian Ministry of Health reveal that 16% of Indonesian toddlers, amounting to 0.4 million children, experience developmental delays, encompassing fine and gross motor skills, hearing impairments, reduced cognitive abilities, and speech delays. This study aims to assess the effectiveness of an Android-based early detection and intervention system on the development of preschool children during the challenging circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic in Central Java. …”
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Case report: A severe myositis mimicking bulbar palsy after administration of immune checkpoint inhibitors by Philippe Rochigneux, Philippe Rochigneux, Alexandre Bertucci, Elika Loir, Alexia Mattei, Danielle Robert, Michael Dassa, Brice Chanez, Mikael Ebbo, Lea Gaigne, Anne Sophie Chretien, Giovanni Corazza, Giovanni Corazza, Nicolas Schleinitz

“…In a multidisciplinary setting, she was treated with IV corticosteroids (methylprednisolone 1 mg/kg started at day 10, with a progressive decrease until 1 mg of prednisone in March 2024), IV immunoglobulins started at day 18 (1.5 g/kg in 2 days, administered monthly, with a progressive decrease and a cessation in June 2022), enteral nutrition, speech therapy and physical therapy, with noticeable improvement. …”
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UX Evaluation with Standardized Questionnaires in Ubiquitous Computing and Ambient Intelligence: A Systematic Literature Review by Ignacio Díaz-Oreiro, Gustavo López, Luis Quesada, Luis A. Guerrero

“…In addition, this review intends to determine how the three questionnaires have been applied in the fields of ubiquitous computing and ambient intelligence (RQ4) and also in studies that incorporate nontraditional interfaces, such as haptic, gesture, or speech interfaces, to name a few (RQ5). Methods. A systematic literature review was conducted starting from 946 studies retrieved from four digital databases. …”
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Multidimensional features of sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in the elderly: a case report and systematic review by Jiangfeng Liao, Jiangfeng Liao, Wenming Hu, Wenming Hu, Shiheng Chen, Chunyu Huang, Chunyu Huang, Senwei Dong, Senwei Dong, Wanjin Chen, Wanjin Chen, Xiaochun Chen, Longfei Chen, Longfei Chen

“…Various clinical symptoms were identified, with cognitive disorder (86.7%) as the commonest typical symptom and speech impairment (66.7%) as the most atypical one. …”
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Social determinants of mental health in asthma: an exploratory study by Sarah A. Hiles, Sarah A. Hiles, Hayley Lewthwaite, Hayley Lewthwaite, Vanessa L. Clark, Vanessa L. Clark, Anne E. Vertigan, Anne E. Vertigan, Anne E. Vertigan, Amber Smith, Amber Smith, Vanessa M. McDonald, Vanessa M. McDonald, Vanessa M. McDonald

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Integrated analysis of the prevalence and influencing factors of poststroke dysphagia by Xiaopeng Wen, Baochao Fan, Jie Zhan, Hao Wen, Huihui Ban, Yujiao Yang, Chenyang Tao, Cui Li, Kunbin Li, Liming Lu

“…Fiberoptic endoscopic evaluation of swallowing test shows a striking prevalence of 64.27% (95% CI 55.72–72.81%), and Video fluoroscopic Swallowing Study is 46.93% (95% CI 41.99–51.87%). The the Speech Language Physiotherapist group accounts for 41.36% (95% CI 36.61–46.11%), and a positive correlation between the prevalence of PSD and the NIHSS score. …”
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A Pragmatic Approach to Rhetorical Technique of "Exaggeration" Based on Grice’s "Cooperative Principle" by Hassan Rahmani, Qasem Mokhtari, Mohammad Jorfi, Ebrahim Anari Bozchlooi, Mahmoud Shahbazi

“…Given its extensive application in literary and everyday language and its ambiguous proximity to false speech, it deserves to be examined and read more thoroughly than any other rhetorical technique. …”
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Phenomenology of Organizational Silence (Case Study Farhangian University) by Iraj Mehdizadeh, Saeed Rajaipour, Seyed Ali Siadat

“…Concerns about freedom of speech, compliance and obedience, poor quality of the work environment, lack of a supportive atmosphere, prevalence of a culture of indifference, and flattery and praise were raised in discussions of the organizational climate theme. …”
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Designing a security-oriented leadership model of Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences by Saeid Miladigorji, Mohammad Hassan Shakki, Mojtaba Rezaei Rad

“…Discussion and conclusion In the model presented regarding the safety-oriented leadership model of Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences; according to the interviewees, the components of acceptability (the acceptability of leadership in an ambiguous and complex environment) and respect for values ​​(the manager's speech about the organization's basic beliefs and values ​​and leadership of people's thought, speech and behavior) among the causal factors are paid more attention in this section. …”
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Barcelona scale for buccophonatory apraxia: Quantitative assessment tool by N. Montagut, S. Borrego-Écija, J. Herrero, A. Lladó, M. Balasa, E. Muñoz, F. Valldeoriola, R. Sánchez-Valle

“…Our aim in this study is to create a quantitative scale for buccophonatory apraxia and evaluate it in patients with the non-fluent/grammatical variant of primary progressive aphasia (nfvPPA) and other neurodegenerative diseases that occur with speech and/or language problems. Methods: The scale was designed based on useful elements in the assessment of buccophonatory apraxia and the total was quantified in seconds. …”
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Voice EHR: introducing multimodal audio data for health by James Anibal, James Anibal, Hannah Huth, Ming Li, Lindsey Hazen, Veronica Daoud, Dominique Ebedes, Yen Minh Lam, Hang Nguyen, Phuc Vo Hong, Michael Kleinman, Shelley Ost, Christopher Jackson, Laura Sprabery, Cheran Elangovan, Balaji Krishnaiah, Lee Akst, Lee Akst, Ioan Lina, Iqbal Elyazar, Lenny Ekawati, Stefan Jansen, Richard Nduwayezu, Charisse Garcia, Jeffrey Plum, Jacqueline Brenner, Miranda Song, Emily Ricotta, Emily Ricotta, David Clifton, C. Louise Thwaites, Yael Bensoussan, Bradford Wood

“…Information contained in the Voice EHR samples was consistently rated as equally or more relevant to a health evaluation.DiscussionThe HEAR application facilitates the collection of an audio electronic health record (“Voice EHR”) that may contain complex biomarkers of health from conventional voice/respiratory features, speech patterns, and spoken language with semantic meaning and longitudinal context–potentially compensating for the typical limitations of unimodal clinical datasets.…”
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Automatic Recognition of Authors Identity in Persian based on Systemic Functional Grammar by Fatemeh Soltanzadeh, Azadeh Mirzaei, Mohammad Bahrani, Shahram Modarres Khiabani

“…Comments can target either the ideational content of the proposition or the interpersonal aspects of the speech function (Halliday & Matthiessen, 2014). Method A corpus was compiled from the works of seven contemporary Persian writers: Hoshang Golshiri, Bozorg Alavi, Ahmad Mahmoud, Mahmoud Dolatabadi, Nader Ebrahimi, Jalal Al-e Ahmad, and Gholamhossein Saedi, totaling 2,069,243 words. …”
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INTERNATIONAL FORUM OF AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR ENGINEERING EDUCATION by Vasily Ivanov, Yulia Ziyatdinova

“…And even if the country outruns the market’s need for engineers, this will be a good outcome, because the engineering mentality will take amore prominent place in the nation. The keynote speech of Mitchell Daniels was followed by a number of questions from the audience, showing a good feedback.The following three days of the Conference were very intensive in business meetings, technical sessions and other events. …”
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Discourse Structure Analysis of Hasanak-e-Vazir’s Hanging Tale: A Study based on Van Dijk’s (2007) Socio-Cognitive Approach by Nader Abyar, Mousa Ghonchepour, Zahra Iranmanesh

“…Marked (topicalized and inverted) clauses were used to enhance the impact of the speech on the audience. This style directs the audience's attention more towards Hasank and his associates (the in-groups) than towards the out-groups. …”
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Developing an effective teaching model in order to improve the educational level of schools by Mehdi Mohammadi, fardin Abdollahy, Rafigh Hasani

“…The effectiveness of teachers' teaching in the classroom consists of various dimensions, including: respect for students, the ability to challenge and stimulate their minds, lesson organization, speech skills, and presentation of materials in an appropriate manner (Aldrup, Carstensen et al, 2022). …”
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Presenting Iran's new economic diplomacy model with an export approach for neighboring countries with an emphasis on cultural and media diplomacy capacities by sekhavat kheirkhah, sayed Ali Tabatabai Panah, Alireza Soltani, Hamid Reza Shirzad

“…He says with the discussion plan of discourse: Every proposition is formed in the body of speech. As soon as we enter into a conversation, we accept that there is a possibility of agreement (Holub, 1996). …”
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Dire sans entraves ! by Jérémy Perrin

“…This article explores the five varieties of ineffective speeches that reflect throughout the plot the low esteem in which language is held. …”
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Metonymy in climate change discourse by King Charles III: A cognitive-linguistic perspective by Oleksandr Kapranov

“…Whereas he has delivered numerous speeches on climate change both domestically and internationally, currently, however, there are no studies that investigate his speeches on the issue of climate change through a linguistic lens in general and through a cognitive-linguistic prism in particular. …”
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