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Patient Understanding of Medical Terminology
… examine patient understanding of common medical terminology. The structured questionnaires were administered and evaluated to determine if there was a significant difference between medical staff or patients' perceived knowledge and the patients' actual knowledge of medical terminology. A …
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College student understanding of informed consent terminology
… was to evaluate students' understanding of terminology commonly used in the ICF. An online research survey was sent to active students of Eastern Michigan University (EMU) during the winter 2015 semester. Questions were asked to evaluate the students' understanding of the correct meaning of …
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The language of community psychology : South African Terminology
This study is about language in psychology. As its central theme, it [study] advocates the cen-trality of language in psychology in general and particularly in community psychology. The study seeks to demonstrate that language is not only a tool for social construction of reality and social …
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Typology of Signed Languages: Differentiation through Kinship Terminology
… 1966 analysis of Universals of Kinship Terminology, it examines the linguistic patterns that emerge from a comparison of kinship terminology in 40 signed languages, specifying what patterns can be seen in visual-gestural languages. Findings of this study revealed that form-function …
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Knowledge of Health Care Terminology in Persons with Cancer
… study was to assess the knowledge of health care terminology in persons with a diagnosis of cancer. Procedure. "The Informational Questionnaire" and "Health Care Terminology Questionnaire" were mailed to a sample of 2,684 persons with cancer. The sample was selected from the cancer registry of a …
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Medical Interpreters' Knowledge of Key Terminology and Principles of Genetic Counseling
… counseling and their knowledge of the key terminology and principles of genetic counseling. Of those invited, 142 completed the survey. The study participants demonstrated knowledge of genetic terminology and the medical aspects of genetic counseling, but seemed to lack a full understanding …
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Legal Translation and Terminology in the Irish Free State, 1922-1937
… section - on English-Irish legal translation and terminology, with particular focus on the period 1922-1937; a period bookended by the establishment of the Irish Free State and the enactment of Bunreacht na hÉireann (the Constitution of Ireland) in 1937. It aims to assess the efficacy and …
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Method and Theory in the Semantics and Cognition of Kinship Terminology
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The role of metalinguistic terminology in second language teaching and learning
What is the role of metalinguistic terminology in second language teaching and learning? Specifically, how is metalinguistic terminology used in foreign language textbooks? To what extent are students familiar with metalinguistic terms? What effect does the instruction of metalinguistic terminology …
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Sophisticated credulity: Are old beliefs disguised by new terminology and selective learning?
<p>The present research attempted to distinguish between traditional anomalistic belief (TAP) and pseudoscientific anomalistic belief (PSAP). In Study 1, I constructed the PSAP scale and then, to establish construct validity, examined its correlation to other measures related to TAP. In Studies 2 …
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English learners or multilingual learners: To what extent does terminology even matter?
… lens, this study finds that the change in terminology had a limited effect on teacher beliefs and practices. Participants largely remained situated within the English-dominant, monolingual norms. At the same time, the shift sparked valuable reflection among educators and highlighted …
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Making cyber security interdisciplinary : recommendations for a novel curriculum and terminology harmonization
… fields is lacking, as evidenced by differing terminology between these fields and few interdisciplinary journal publications. The remainder of this thesis is devoted to answering the question "How can cyber security professionals, including academic researchers, better approach cyber security …
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Development of a computer-assisted instructional program to teach word processing terminology
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The Remediation of Students in Counseling Graduate Programs: Behavioral Indicators, Terminology, and Interventions
… associated with student remediation, the terminology used to discuss student remediation, and remedial interventions and their effectiveness. Members of the Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (ACES) were electronically surveyed using a researcher-designed instrument, the …
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The Effect of Variability in Substance Abuse and Dependence Terminology on Physicians' Prescribing Decisions
… variability has been found in substance abuse terminology in the literature, textbooks, and FDA-approved product labeling. This dissertation describes a survey study designed to address how the variability in substance abuse terminology, specifically package inserts, affects the prescribing …
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