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Pathways and pitfalls: a qualitative study of student experiences in biomedical science education

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
Biomedical science students from underrepresented backgrounds face barriers including financial strain, disrupted laboratory access and cultural exclusion. Peer networks provide vital support when institutional systems are difficult to navigate. To create inclusive learning environments and achieve academic success, educators should blend active, hands‐
Olivia J. Russell, Cassy Ross, Panagiota S. Filippou, Bruno Silvester Lopes, Dominic Gilchrist, Paul Dean, Kamar Ameen‐Ali, Tora K. Smulders‐Srinivasan, Ahmad A. Khundakar   +8 more
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L2 Speech Learning

Cadernos de Linguística, 2020
Adult L2 learners have difficulties in perceiving and producing L2 speech sounds. In analyzing learners’ L2 speech learning problems, this study provides research data from a series of studies on L2 speech perception, production, and training.
Xinchun Wang
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From patient advocacy to patient‐driven research: Building active partnerships beginning at the bench to reach the bedside

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
Research is strongest when conducted alongside patients, not just about them. Patient research organizations help integrate patient perspectives into research priorities, study design, and scientific meetings, leading to meaningful patient outcomes and development of relevant therapies.
Jenica H. Kakadia, Rachel Heilmann, Maximiliano Barrientos, Laura MacNeill, Ingrid Vallee, Sarah K. Schultz, Patrick O'Donoghue, Angelica A. Moresco, Victoria M. Siu, Ilka U. Heinemann   +9 more
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The influence of temperament and perinatal factors on language development: a longitudinal study

Frontiers in Psychology
Early language development is characterized by large individual variation. Several factors were proposed to contribute to individual pathways of language acquisition in infancy and childhood.
Andrea Balázs, Andrea Balázs, Andrea Balázs, Krisztina Lakatos, Veronika Harmati-Pap, Ildikó Tóth, Bence Kas, Bence Kas   +7 more
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Perception of alcoholic intoxication in speech [PDF]

Interspeech 2011, 2011
The ALC sub-challenge of the Interspeech Speaker State Challenge (ISSC) aims at the automatic classification of speech signals into intoxicated and sober speech. In this context we conducted a perception experiment on data derived from the same corpus to analyze the human performance on the same task.
openaire   +2 more sources

Posterior Cortical Atrophy in the Asia‐Pacific: A Report From the PCA Asian Workgroup

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Posterior Cortical Atrophy (PCA) is a distinct dementia syndrome primarily affecting spatial abilities and visual processing. It is associated with degeneration in the posterior part of the brain. PCA is subclassified into PCA‐pure and PCA‐plus syndromes based on consensus criteria.
Yuttachai Likitjaroen, Ya‐Ting Chang, Levinia Lim, Pai‐Yi Chiu, Jung‐Lung Hsu, SangYun Kim, Wataru Narita, Na Young Ryoo, Kyoko Suzuki, Nagaendran Kandiah, Sebastian Crutch, Ming‐Chyi Pai   +11 more
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Don’t put words in my mouth: speech perception can falsely activate a brain-computer interface

Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation
Background Recent studies have demonstrated that speech can be decoded from brain activity which in turn can be used for brain-computer interface (BCI)-based communication.
Anouck Schippers, Mariska J. Vansteensel, Zac V. Freudenburg, Shiyu Luo, Nathan E. Crone, Nick F. Ramsey   +5 more
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Can you hear me clearly? The differential effects of surgical mask on Cantonese consonant, vowel, and tone perception

Frontiers in Communication
This study examined the differential effects of surgical mask on Cantonese consonant, vowel, and tone perception. Forty native Cantonese adults were tested with the Cantonese consonant, vowel, and tone identification tasks.
William Choi, William Choi, William Choi, Tianyu Chu, Tianyu Chu, Jiaqing Zu, Jiaqing Zu   +6 more
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Neural bases of accented speech perception

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2015
The recognition of unfamiliar regional and foreign accents represents a challenging task for the speech perception system (Adank, Evans, Stuart-Smith, & Scott, 2009; Floccia, Goslin, Girard, & Konopczynski, 2006).
Patti eAdank, Helen E Nuttall, Briony eBanks, Dan eKennedy-Higgins   +3 more
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Sex Representation in US Stroke Clinical Trials: A Decade of Trends and Challenges

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Stroke remains a major cause of disability and mortality in the US, with significant sex‐based disparities, and females remain underrepresented in stroke clinical trials. We aimed to examine sex representation in US‐based stroke clinical trials, identify trial characteristics associated with higher female enrollment (≥ 50%), and ...
Chaitali Dagli, Mudasir Andrabi, Tova Cohen, Pranali G. Patel, Tapasya Katta, Chen Lin   +5 more
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