Results 11 to 20 of about 3,310,049 (341)
A dataset for plain language adaptation of biomedical abstracts [PDF]
Scientific Data, 2022 Though exponentially growing health-related literature has been made available to a broad audience online, the language of scientific articles can be difficult for the general public to understand.
Kush Attal +2 more
semanticscholar +3 more sources
The amyloid-β pathway in Alzheimer's disease: a plain language summary
Neurodegenerative Disease Management, 2023 What is this summary about? This plain language summary of an article published in Molecular Psychiatry, reviews the evidence supporting the role of the amyloid-β (Aβ) pathway and its dysregulation in Alzheimer's disease (AD), and highlights the ...
Harald Hampel +15 more
semanticscholar +2 more sources
Current Medical Research and Opinion, 2021 Objectives We aimed to gather multi-stakeholder insights on key issues relating to plain language summaries (PLS) of company-sponsored medical research to inform future industry recognized guidelines.
D. Lobban, J. Gardner, R. Matheis
semanticscholar +3 more sources
Strategic Combination of Theory, Plain Language, and Trusted Messengers Contribute to COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake: Lessons Learned from Development and Dissemination of a Community Toolkit [PDF]
Vaccines, 2023 Widely accepted practices for the development of health education materials include the use of theoretically driven content, the execution of plain language writing and design strategies, the solicitation of community input, and a plan for dissemination ...
Alison Caballero +2 more
doaj +2 more sources
Why Plain Language? Linguistic Accessibility in Inclusive Higher Education
Journal of Inclusive Postsecondary Education, 2021 Plain language writing is clear, succinct, and jargon-free, and is organized in a way that facilitates understanding. It is a reader-centered way of writing, with the end goal of readers being able to access, comprehend, and utilize information.
Beth Myers, Teukie Martin
doaj +1 more source
Learned Publishing, 2023 Plain language summaries (PLS) are accessible, short, peer‐reviewed summaries of scholarly journal articles written in non‐technical language. The aim of PLS is to enable a broader audience of experts and non‐experts to understand the original article ...
A. Rosenberg +3 more
semanticscholar +1 more source
Unpacking the Right to plain and understandable Language in the Consumer Protection Act 68 of 2008 [PDF]
Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal, 2013 The Consumer Protection Act 68 of 2008 came into effect on 1 April 2011. The purpose of this Act is, among other things, to promote fairness, openness and respectable business practice between the suppliers of goods or services and the consumers of such ...
Philip N Stoop, Chrizell Chürr
doaj +1 more source
A randomized implementation trial to increase adoption of evidence-informed consent practices
Journal of Clinical and Translational Science, 2023 Introduction: Several evidence-informed consent practices (ECPs) have been shown to improve informed consent in clinical trials but are not routinely used.
Erin D. Solomon +7 more
doaj +1 more source
Clear, easy, plain, and simple as keywords for text simplification
Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence, 2022 In this paper, we distinguish between four interconnected notions that recur in the literature on text simplification: clarity, easiness, plainness, and simplicity.
Sara Vecchiato
doaj +1 more source
Cancer Medicine, 2023 Cochrane plain language summaries (PLSs) are an important format to present high‐quality healthcare evidence to patients with cancer and their families.
Jelena Šuto, A. Marušić, I. Buljan
semanticscholar +1 more source