A5063211519- Stuttering Research and Treatment
- Phonetics and Phonology Research
- Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism
- Language Development and Disorders
- Reading and Literacy Development
- Youth Substance Use and School Attendance
- Tracheal and airway disorders
- Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias
- Pleural and Pulmonary Diseases
- Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Studies
- Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies
- Cardiovascular Issues in Pregnancy
- Trauma Management and Diagnosis
- Ion channel regulation and function
- Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
- Sarcoidosis and Beryllium Toxicity Research
- Hospital Admissions and Outcomes
- Aortic aneurysm repair treatments
- EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
- Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments
- Blood groups and transfusion
- Emergency and Acute Care Studies
- Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Voice and Speech Disorders
Texas State University
2014-2025
Jewish Hospital
2020
Mercy Health
2020
The University of Texas at San Antonio
2018
Baystate Medical Center
2017
University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
2017
Baystate Health
2017
Tufts University
2017
University of Cincinnati
2015
Mercy Medical Center
2008-2011
A 24-year-old man was admitted with a two-day history of shortness breath and right chest pain. He had an eight-pack-year smoking no significant medical history. febrile (temperature 38.6°C), tachycardic, dyspneic at rest. There dullness to percussion over the
Purpose: This study explored whether K-12 teachers reported attitudes that were indicative of role entrapment people who stutter (PWS) in the form occupational stereotyping. Method: The Vocational Advice Scale (VAS; R. M. Gabel, G. W. Blood, Tellis, & T. Althouse, 2004) was completed by 204 teachers. also an open-ended question and a demographic questionnaire to identify factors influenced their choices on VAS. Results: findings did not indicate presence for most careers; however, this group...
This study examined the language skills and type frequency of disfluencies in spoken narrative production typically developing Spanish-English bilingual children. A cross-sectional sample 106 children (50 boys; 56 girls) enrolled kindergarten through Grade 4, produced a total 212 retell samples English Spanish. specialized fluency coding system was implemented to index percentage (%TD) stuttering-like (%SLD) each language. Large-scale reference databases were used classify children's dual...
Purpose: A limited number of studies have ex- plored attitudes toward people who stutter (PWS) in different cultures. Recent looked at the Arab parents PWS. The current study explores reported by teachers from Kuwait and provides a pre- liminary comparison with United States. Method: This used an English version Arabic translation 14-item semantic differential (SD) scale (Bur- ley & Rinaldi, 1986) to assess differences American teachers' Results: majority neutral positive PWS on SD scale....
Introduction: Patient progress, the movement of patients through a hospital system from admission todischarge, is foundational component operational effectiveness in healthcare institutions. Optimalpatient progress key to delivering safe, high-quality and high-value clinical care. The Baystate PatientProgress Initiative (BPPI), cross-disciplinary, multifaceted quality process improvement project, waslaunched on March 1, 2014, with primary goal optimizing patient for adult patients.Methods:...
Stuttering therapy for children, both preschool and school-age, has been offered in a variety of settings formats, example schools, university clinics, outpatient private practices. Therapy itself is either group setting or one-to-one basis many these settings. In recent years, there an increase specialized camps (generally the summer) children who stutter. Camps stutter vary duration offer combination individual addition to activities designed address affective cognitive aspects stuttering...
Objective: To evaluate whether implementation of a geographic model assigning hospitalists is feasible and sustainable in large hospitalist program assess its impact on provider satisfaction, perceived efficiency patient outcomes.Methods: Pre (3 months) – post (12 intervention study conducted from June 2014 through September 2015 at tertiary care medical center with caring for patients scattered 4 buildings 16 floors. Hospitalists were assigned to particular nursing unit (geographic...
A key goal of cognitive neuroscience is to better understand how dynamic brain activity relates behavior. Such dynamics, in terms spatial and temporal patterns activity, are directly measured with neurophysiological methods such as EEG, but can also be indirectly expressed by the body. Autonomic nervous system best-known example, but, muscles eyes face index activity. Mostly parallel lines artificial intelligence research show that EEG facial both encode information about emotion, pain,...
Brugada syndrome is a well-defined clinical entity with the typical electrocardiographic changes in right precordial leads (V1 and V2), attributed to mutation SCN5A gene. Brugada-like pattern can be replicated by sodium channel-blocking drugs electrolyte abnormalities. We describe 46-year-old individual, who presented hyperkalemia secondary muscle damage renal insufficiency, after abusing cocaine. The electrocardiogram showed sign. disappeared bicarbonate administration normalization of...
A 55-year-old woman was admitted with a 10-day history of colicky, left lower-quadrant abdominal pain and intermittent vomiting. She also reported 2-month alternating diarrhea constipation, 20-pound weight loss. denied malena or hematemesis. had 40-pack year smoking. On admission, she normotensive, tachycardic appeared dehydrated. Generalized tenderness noted on palpation, hyperactive bowel sounds no guarding rigidity. There palpable lymphadenopathy. The remainder physical examination...
The course of a chronically ill patient was complicated by the development bronchopleural fistula and pyopneumothorax attributed to Aspergillus fumigatus. There an excellent therapeutic response regimen that included pleural drainage, parenteral amphotericin B in low doses, intrapleural B, oral prednisone. Numerous indices immune fumigatus their decrease after treatment are described.
A disordered voice may lead to social stigma as well reduced occupational opportunities. Much of the research on this topic has investigated effects disorders from a Western perspective. The societal attitudes international populations toward people with (PWVD) are less known. purpose study was investigate adults living in Kuwait PWVD. Participants completed questionnaire that addressed social, educational, and aspects life for results indicated while Kuwaiti hold generally positive PWVD,...
Purpose: The purpose of this research was to gain a deeper understanding about coping strategies by adults who stutter (AWS). Methods: A mixed methods approach used gather responses from 61 participants in response questionnaire with forced choice and open-ended questions. Participants were recruited via speech-language pathologists forwarded the present past clients stutter. Results: Successful stuttering had positive correlation lower severity. following themes where indicative successful...