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Words and Scents: How Language Shapes and Skews Olfactory Processing

Topics in Cognitive Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Research on language and olfaction presents a paradox. Language appears to support the formation of odor categories, yet it can also hinder odor recognition through verbal interference, highlighting that different olfactory processes get affected in distinct ways.
Norbert Vanek
wiley   +1 more source

Inpatient Food Insecurity and Pediatric Hematology Oncology Hospitalization Outcomes

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, Volume 73, Issue 7, July 2026.
ABSTRACT Children with cancer and blood disorders are at risk for food insecurity (FI). We aimed to describe the association of inpatient food insecurity (IFI) and hospitalization outcomes among patients admitted to the pediatric hematology oncology service. Of 325 caregivers screened for IFI, 60 (18.6%) screened positive.
Joanna M. Robles, Greg Russell, Leila H. DeWitt, Kimberly Montez, Callie L. Brown   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Advancing Health Equity for Men From Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Backgrounds: Outcomes From a Culturally Adapted Community Wellbeing Program

Health Promotion Journal of Australia, Volume 37, Issue 3, July 2026.
ABSTRACT Introduction Culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities are recognised as a priority population within Australia's preventive health strategies. Community‐based wellbeing programs can enhance mental and physical health, but culturally tailored approaches are essential for engaging CALD populations and reducing health inequities ...
Michelle C. Attard, Camilla L. Brockett
wiley   +1 more source

Analysis of language factors in a multilingual stutterer

South African Journal of Communication Disorders, 2000
The apparently predictable occurrence of stuttering in English-speaking stutterers has been well documented and has revealed a number of rules regarding stuttering loci known as the language factors. This study investigated the presence of these language
Nola Watt
doaj   +1 more source

Swahili personality-trait vocabulary: A psycho-lexical study using dictionary and day-to-day conversations by indigenous speakers

International Journal of Personality Psychology
Human social behavior is a function of peoples’ personalities and individual differences. As humans engage in social behaviors, peoples’ traits and other unique attributes come out and get noticed, and community members may feel tempted to talk about ...
Harrun H. Garrashi, Boele De Raad, Dick P.H. Barelds   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

From Language Identification to Topic Modelling: A Fully Integrated Pipeline for Multilingual Aspect‐Based Sentiment Analysis and Component‐Level Insights

Expert Systems, Volume 43, Issue 7, July 2026.
ABSTRACT The rapid expansion of multilingual digital platforms has made the accurate analysis of user‐generated content across different languages and cultural contexts increasingly essential. However, existing methods struggle to maintain consistent performance due to linguistic diversity, morphological complexity, and structural variations in text ...
Abdulkadir Şeker
wiley   +1 more source

Normalizing English for interlingua [PDF]

, 2018
The report demonstrates how English can be normalized to make it more suitable as interlingua in machine translation. Typical to modern English is to omit such critical features as relative pronouns and conjunctions in subordinate clauses.
Hurskainen, Arvi
core  

Linguistic distance of Swahili speech varieties [PDF]

, 2021
In this report I study the speech varieties of Swahili in the coastal area of Tanzania and on the nearby islands of the Indian Ocean. The study material consists of the tape-recorded speech of various people.
Hurskainen, Arvi
core  

Feasibility and Acceptability of a Breastfeeding Support Intervention Among Mothers of Infants Under Six Months Old Discharged From Malnutrition Treatment in Kilifi County

Maternal &Child Nutrition, Volume 22, Issue 3, July 2026.
ABSTRACT Malnourished infants under 6 months experience poor growth and development. A pilot study applied the WHO guideline for treatment of acute malnutrition and found that it was possible to re‐establish exclusive breastfeeding during inpatient treatment.
Jackson Unda, Fridah Munene, Nancy Kagwanja, Caroline Jones, Martha Mwangome   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Linguistic complexity: A case study from Swahili

, 2018
This paper addresses the question of linguistic complexity in Swahili, a Bantu language spoken in East and Central Africa. Literature on linguistic complexity in other languages has argued that high levels of second-language learning affect linguistic ...
Kyle Jerro, Jerro, Kyle
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