Translate a Research Abstract Into Plain English

Academic abstracts are written for people who already know the field, which is unhelpful if you do not. This strips the jargon out while keeping every claim intact, so you know what the study actually found before deciding if it is worth reading in full.

Rewrite the following academic abstract in plain English that a smart non-specialist could understand, keeping every factual claim intact and removing all field-specific jargon. Do not shorten it by more than 20%. Abstract: {ABSTRACT_TEXT}