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Illness Severity among Non-English, Non-Spanish Speaking Patients in a Public Emergency Department [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Background: Patients with limited English proficiency (LEP) have poor health outcomes compared to English proficient patients. Most studies on language proficiency and health disparities focus on Spanish.
Dirvonas, Tyler, M.D.   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Cis‐regulatory and long noncoding RNA alterations in breast cancer – current insights, biomarker utility, and the critical need for functional validation

open access: yesMolecular Oncology, EarlyView.
The noncoding region of the genome plays a key role in regulating gene expression, and mutations within these regions are capable of altering it. Researchers have identified multiple functional noncoding mutations associated with increased cancer risk in the genome of breast cancer patients.
Arnau Cuy Saqués   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

What counts as numeracy? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2001
The purpose of the study was to infer the Scottish HMI view of what is meant by Numeracy given the concerns that primary children's achievements in Numeracy reflect a lack of flexibility in handling number and an overemphasis on procedures at the expense
Maclellan, Effie
core  

Methylation biomarkers can distinguish pleural mesothelioma from healthy pleura and other pleural pathologies

open access: yesMolecular Oncology, EarlyView.
We developed and validated a DNA methylation–based biomarker panel to distinguish pleural mesothelioma from other pleural conditions. Using the IMPRESS technology, we translated this panel into a clinically applicable assay. The resulting two classifier models demonstrated excellent performance, achieving high AUC values and strong diagnostic accuracy.
Janah Vandenhoeck   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

EFL Students' Preferences Towards Written Corrective Feedback: An Exploratory Study on Age and Level of Proficiency

open access: yesThe Grove, 2016
Corrective feedback (CF, henceforth) has been an issue of investigation in second language acquisition for a number of years now. In the English-as-a-foreign-language classroom, students may have different preferences towards how to have their errors ...
Sara Orts, Patricia Salazar
doaj  

Latinos Online [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
Presents findings from a telephone survey conducted in 2006, and demonstrates that Hispanics with lower levels of education and English proficiency remain largely disconnected from the ...
Gretchen Livingston, Susannah Fox
core  

Detection of circulating tumor DNA in colorectal cancer patients using a methylation‐specific droplet digital PCR multiplex

open access: yesMolecular Oncology, EarlyView.
We developed a cost‐effective methylation‐specific droplet digital PCR multiplex assay containing tissue‐conserved and tumor‐specific methylation markers. The assay can detect circulating tumor DNA with high accuracy in patients with localized and metastatic colorectal cancer.
Luisa Matos do Canto   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Effects of English Proficiency among Childhood Immigrants: Are Hispanics Different? [PDF]

open access: yes
We test whether the effect of English proficiency differs between Hispanic and non-Hispanic immigrants. Using 2000 U.S. Census microdata on immigrants who arrived before age 15, we relate labor market, education, marriage, fertility and location of ...
Aimee Chin   +2 more
core  

Perspectives in educating molecular pathologists on liquid biopsy: Toward integrative, equitable, and decentralized precision oncology

open access: yesMolecular Oncology, EarlyView.
Liquid biopsy enables minimally invasive, real‐time molecular profiling through analysis of circulating biomarkers in biological fluids. This Perspective highlights the importance of training pathologists through integrative educational programs, such as the European Masters in Molecular Pathology, to ensure effective and equitable implementation of ...
Marius Ilié   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

On the Role of Informal vs. Formal Context of Language Experience in Italian–German Primary School Children

open access: yesLanguages
This study focuses on the contexts of language experience in relation to language dominance in eighty-seven Italian–German primary school children in Germany using the MAIN narrative task.
Mariapaola Piccione   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

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