Background: developmental stuttering is a pathology which begins during childhood, during the phase of language acquisition and development and is characterized as being chronic. Aim: to verify the influence of typology and grammatical classes on the occurrence of speech disruptions of stuttering and fluent children. Method: participants of this study were 80 children, with ages between 4.0 and...

The purpose of the study was to compare the speech fluency of Brazilian Portuguese speakers with that of European Portuguese speakers. The study participants were 76 individuals of any ethnicity or skin color aged 18-29 years. Of the participants, 38 lived in Brazil and 38 in Portugal. Speech samples from all participants were obtained and analyzed according to the variables of typology and fre...

1.1 The Quantifiable Continuum of Uncertainty. Notice that once uncertainties are acknowledged as unquantified uncertainties, increased knowledge about the uncertainties will determine their position on the continuum.. .. .. 11 1.2 Typology for sources and degree of uncertainty. Adapted from Van Asselt's (2000) proposed typology for uncertainties in integrated assessment.. .. 12 1.3 Some potent...

This paper fulfils a gap in environmental management by producing a typology of stakeholders for effective participatory processes and co-design of solutions to complex social–environmental issues and then uses this typology for a stepwise roadmap methodology for balanced and productive stakeholder engagement. Definitions are given of terminology that is frequently used interchangeably such as ...

Objective. Sasang typology is a traditional Korean medicine based on the biopsychosocial perspectives of Neo-Confucianism and utilizes medical herbs and acupuncture for type-specific treatment. This study was designed to develop and validate the Sasang Personality Questionnaire (SPQ) for future use in the assessment of personality based on Sasang typology. Design and Methods. We selected questi...

BACKGROUND There is a growing body of evidence relating to how information and communication technology (ICT) can be used to support people with physical health conditions. Less is known regarding mental health, and in particular, mood disorder. OBJECTIVE To conduct a metasynthesis of all qualitative studies exploring the use of ICTs by people with mood disorder. METHODS Searches were run i...

BACKGROUND The complexity of surgical interventions has major implications for the design of RCTs. Trials need to consider how and whether to standardize interventions so that, if successful, they can be implemented in practice. Although guidance exists for standardizing non-pharmaceutical interventions in RCTs, their application to surgery is unclear. This study reports new methods for standar...