Narrative skill and syntactic complexity in school-age children with and without late language emergence.

Background: Children who do not produce single words by the expected age have been described as 'late talkers' or as demonstrating 'late language emergence' (LLE). Although their short-term growth in vocabulary is often strong, longer-term consequences of LLE remain in dispute. It has been argued that the majority of school-age children who had LLE move into the average range for narrative production, though studies have not examined narrative comprehension.

Articulatory behaviors of nonnative speakers: role of l2 proficiency and accent modification.

To sound native-like, nonnative speakers need to approximate the articulatory patterns of native speakers. When nonnative speakers deviate from native speakers' production patterns, it gives rise to a nonnative accent. This study examines how proficiency in a second language (L2) is related to processing skills in L2, as measured by the accuracy of consonant production.

Systematic review of the literature on the treatment of children with late language emergence.

Background: Research has indicated that 24-36-month-olds with late language emergence ('late talkers') are at risk for later language-learning difficulties. Previous reviews have examined the efficacy of treatment for children with language delay/disorders; however, no systematic review has examined the effects of language treatment specifically for children with late language emergence.

Aims: This systematic review reports the effects of intervention studies conducted between 1985 and 2008 of 24-36-month-olds with late language emergence.

Pulmonary function in patients with type 1 diabetes before and after simultaneous pancreas and kidney transplantation.

Introduction: Pulmonary function is impaired in type 1 diabetes mellitus and is associated with the quality of metabolic control. Correction of chronic hyperglycemia by pancreas transplantation may ameliorate pulmonary function.

Methods: Lung volume and diffusing capacity were measured in 75 uremic patients with type 1 diabetes and a long diabetes duration waiting for a simultaneous kidney and pancreas transplantation (SPK).

[The national GTH haemophilia registry as database within the scope of the German human genome project].

The Committee of Haemophilia of the GTH has established a central registry for all German centers treating patients with haemophilia. The intention was to establish a suitable system for collecting and analyzing epidemiological data relevant to bleeding disorders. The registry provides the database within the scope of the German Human-Genome-Project.