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The Impact of Tilburg Frailty on Poststroke Fatigue in First‐Ever Stroke Patients: A Cross‐Sectional Study With Unified Measurement Tools and Improved Statistics

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Poststroke fatigue (PSF) and frailty share substantial overlap in their manifestations, yet previous research has yielded conflicting results due to the use of heterogeneous frailty assessment tools. Objective To evaluate the independent impact of frailty on PSF using a unified measurement system (Tilburg Frailty Indicator, TFI ...
Chuan‐Bang Chen, Xiao‐Xue Wang, Shao‐Rui Bao, Sui‐Li Lin, Mei‐Chun Shu, Xi‐Xi Ye, Wen‐Jie Cong   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Frailty Exacerbates Disability in Progressive Multiple Sclerosis

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background To evaluate frailty in severe progressive multiple sclerosis (PMS) and to investigate the underlying mechanisms. Methods This prospective, cross‐sectional, multicenter study enrolled a late severe PMS group requiring skilled nursing (n = 53) and an age, sex, and disease duration‐matched control PMS group (n = 53).
Taylor R. Wicks, Anna Wolska, Diala Ghazal, Dejan Jakimovski, Bianca Weinstock‐Guttman, Alexander Burnham, Niels Bergsland, Michael G. Dwyer, Alan T. Remaley, Robert Zivadinov, Murali Ramanathan   +10 more
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Effectiveness and Safety of Nusinersen and Risdiplam in Spinal Muscular Atrophy: A Systematic Review

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) is a rare genetic disorder marked by progressive muscle weakness and mobility loss. It has a profound physical, emotional and social impact on patients and caregivers, requiring comprehensive medical and supportive care.
Amin Mehrabian, Peter Auguste, Amy Grove, Anna Brown, Janette Parr, Mubarak Patel, Furqan Butt, Jeremiah Donoghue, Mehdi Yousefi, Jo Parsons   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Language policy and language teaching

, 2021
Abstract This study focuses on the teaching of English in Brazil and how language policy is handled by public school teachers; it also offers some reflections on adaptability (Mey 2009). Given the current status of English as a lingua franca, the study seeks to understand its influence in the classroom, both in relation to the official regulation of ...
Silvana Aparecida Carvalho do Prado, Djane Antonucci Correa   +1 more
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Language policy implementation in South Africa: how Kempton Park's great expectations are dashed in Tshwane

Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics, 2008
No abstract available.
Beukes, Anne-Marie
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Bayesian Estimation Improves Prediction of Outcomes After Epilepsy Surgery

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We estimated the statistical power of studies predicting seizure freedom after epilepsy surgery. We extracted data from a Cochrane meta‐analysis. The median power across all studies was 14%. Studies with a median sample size or less (n ≤ 56) and a statistically significant result exaggerated the true effect size by a factor of 5.4, while the ...
Adam S. Dickey, Vineet Reddy, Ammar A. Rashied, Nigel P. Pedersen, Robert T. Krafty   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The notion of language in language education policy: a comparative analysis of Lithuania and Denmark

Taikomoji kalbotyra, 2017
The article analyses the notion and ideology of language formed at the state level in Lithuania and Denmark. The aim is to examine the notion of language and the understanding of language functionality conveyed in the documents of language education ...
Daina Urbonaitė
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Understanding Individual Differences in Metacognitive Strategy Use, Task Demand, and Performance in Integrated L2 Speaking Assessment Tasks

Frontiers in Psychology, 2022
This study investigated the concept of individual differences (IDs) in the use of metacognitive strategies (planning, problem-solving, monitoring, and evaluating) and its relationship with task demand and learner performance within Kormos’ Bilingual ...
Weiwei Zhang, Meijuan Zhao, Ye Zhu
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Variably Protease‐Sensitive Prionopathy: Two New Cases With Motor Neuron‐Dementia Syndrome

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We describe two patients with variably protease‐sensitive prionopathy (VPSPr) who developed progressive upper motor neuron symptoms, insomnia, behavioral and cognitive decline, compatible with primary lateral sclerosis associated with frontotemporal dementia (FTD).
María Elena Erro, María Victoria Zelaya, Hasier Eraña, Javier Sánchez Ruiz de Gordoa, Fermín García‐Amigot, Anika Simonovska‐Serra, María Cristina Caballero, Isidre Ferrer, Ellen Gelpi, Ivonne Jericó, Joaquín Castilla   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Interfacing Language Research with Policy

Nordic Journal of African Studies, 2000
This paper addresses the interaction between language research and the formulation of language policy in the education sector of Malawi. It is widely agreed in the literature of language planning that research (i.e.
Gregory H. Kamwendo
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