Address correspondence to: Lydia M. López del Valle, DMD, MPH, School of Dental Medicine, University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus, P.O. Box 365067, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936. E-mail: [email protected] Objective: Children with type 1 diabetes have infrequently been the subjects of studies examining oral health status (caries and gingival diseases); in addition, no study of this ty...

abstract the role of l1 in second/foreign language learning has been the subject of much debate and controversy. this article reports on a piece of research carried out in a junior high school in isfahan, iran. this study was conducted to examine the effect of using translation from l1 to l2 on the improvement of efl learners' language accuracy. to fulfill the purpose of the study, 62 stud...

the purpose of this study was twofold. firstly, it attempted to investigate whether language learning strategies (llss) can predict foreign language (fl) proficiency. secondly, it examined what kind of llss iranian learners of english use more frequently in fl institutes. to do so, 112 intermediate iranian efl learners participated in the study. oxford’s strategy inventory for language learning...

Address correspondence to: Julio Jiménez, MD, P.O. Box 7004, Ponce, PR 007327004. E-mail: [email protected] Objective: HIV felt stigma is a major problem needing to be addressed because of its association with poor treatment adherence, decreases in help-seeking behaviors, high-risk sexual conduct, emotional discomfort, and the reduction of well-being in people with HIV/AIDS (PWHA). The aim of t...

ion. Open coding means that notes and headings are written in the text while reading it” (19, p. 109). Then, categories are created, grouped, collapsed, and organized in hierarchical order. Finally, the abstraction is related to formulate a general description of the research through the use of the categories. Interviews were audio-recorded and transcribed, and a codebook was developed to perfo...

The purpose of this study was twofold. Firstly, it attempted to investigate whether language learning strategies (LLSs) can predict foreign language (FL) proficiency. Secondly, it examined what kind of LLSs Iranian learners of English use more frequently in FL institutes. To do so, 112 intermediate Iranian EFL learners participated in the study. Oxford’s Strategy Inventory for Language Learning...

Address correspondence to: Heriberto A. Marín, PhD, University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus, PO Box 365067, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936-5067. Email: [email protected] Objective: Tobacco use and the involuntary exposition to secondhand smoke (SHS) is one of the leading causes of cancer. The objective of this study was to assess the effect of the smoke free workplace ban implement...

Dr Shackcloth: And another question. Did you use anything fairly subjective looking at gastric dilatation? Did you try any radiological methods or looking at factors such as paracetamol absorption to give you a much better quantitative measure of gastric emptying? Dr Renaud: To measure the gastric distension? Dr Shackcloth: That is fairly subjective. You could use radioactive tracers or paracet...