We assessed the literacy level and readability of online communications about H1N1/09 influenza issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) during the first month of outbreak. Documents were classified as targeting one of six audiences ranging in technical expertise. Flesch-Kincaid (FK) measure assessed literacy level for each group of documents. ANOVA models tested for diffe...

We present OSMAN (Open Source Metric for Measuring Arabic Narratives) a novel open source Arabic readability metric and tool. It allows researchers to calculate readability for Arabic text with and without diacritics. OSMAN is a modified version of the conventional readability formulas such as Flesch and Fog. In our work we introduce a novel approach towards counting short, long and stress syll...

BACKGROUND The CLEFT-Q is a new patient-reported outcome instrument designed to measure outcomes that matter to patients. The aim of this qualitative study was to establish content validity of the CLEFT-Q in patients who differ by age and culture. METHODS Patients aged between 6 and 29 years were recruited from plastic surgery clinics in Canada, India, Ireland, the Philippines, the Netherland...

Study Design An Internet-based evaluation of Web sites regarding lumbar fusion. Objective The Internet has become a major resource for patients; however, the quality and readability of Internet information regarding lumbar fusion is unclear. The objective of this study is to evaluate the quality and readability of Internet information regarding lumbar fusion and to determine whether these measu...

This study aimed to investigate whether there is any significant relationship between the readability and vocabulary profile including the most frequent words (K1 words) and academic word list (AWL) of reading passages of Four Corners series which were EFL textbooks. To determine the readability of the texts, the Flesch–Kincaid (1975) readability test was used, while the texts' academic word li...

This study aimed to investigate whether there is any significant relationship between the readability and vocabulary profile including the most frequent words (K1 words) and academic word list (AWL) of reading passages of Four Corners series which were EFL textbooks. To determine the readability of the texts, the Flesch–Kincaid (1975) readability test was used, while the texts' academic word li...

Background: Traumatic dental injuries is a common public health issue all over the world. The aim of this study was to investigate quality and readability web based information regarding treatments traumatic injuries. Methods: An internet search carried out using Google engine with four different keywords (''treatment broken teeth'', ''treatment tooth trauma'', anterior fractures in children'',...

Abstract Though the empirical findings of past studies in literature have offered strong support to significant role language knowledge and background reading comprehension, this issue has not been explored with regard specific purposes tests Iranian higher education context. Therefore, study aimed at exploring interaction effects between among university students majoring economics. For purpos...

Although word frequency is often associated with the cognitive load on reader and widely used for automated text complexity assessment, to date, no eye-tracking data have been obtained effectiveness of this parameter prediction Russian primary school readers. Besides, optimal ways taking into account individual words assess an entire not yet precisely determined. This article aims fill these ga...