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Choosing English as a Dominant Language Among Indigenous Youth: Cultural Boon or Identity Bane?

open access: yesLingua Cultura
Cultural disconnect is increasingly evident among Indigenous youth who struggle to maintain fluency in their native languages, even when they retain passive understanding.
Liaa Eve Dalilis Tacio   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Case of the Missing Green Iguana Predators: Reviews of Ecological Literature Should Go Beyond Google Scholar

open access: yesThe Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America, EarlyView.
Abstract Knowing about species interactions is essential for ecological research, conservation efforts, resource management, and maintaining healthy ecosystems, but many of these, such as reports of predation, may not always be published in easily located resources—if they are published at all.
Matthijs P. van den Burg, Hinrich Kaiser
wiley   +1 more source

Do you say uh or uhm? A cross-linguistic approach to filler particle use in heritage and majority speakers across three languages

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology
Filler particles like uhm in English or ähm in German show subtle language-specific differences and their variation in form is related to socio-linguistic variables like gender.
Marlene Böttcher, Margaret Zellers
doaj   +1 more source

A World of Apologies [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
A World of Apologies is a music video that was created in order to promote multiculturalism and foreign culture education. Within this video, twelve different languages are showcased to the tune of the world-wide pop music hit “Sorry” by Justin Bieber ...
Hickman, Samantha
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Where Do We Fit? Reflections on Research Interview Practice, Project Design, and Interpretation**

open access: yesBerichte zur Wissenschaftsgeschichte, EarlyView.
What is special about historical research interviews in the history of science, technology, and medicine, and how do they compare to the tools of oral historians and social scientists? This essay reflects on three interview projects I have undertaken, each taking a distinct shape.
Dmitriy Myelnikov
wiley   +1 more source

Learning with Patient Campaigners About a German Drug Scandal

open access: yesBerichte zur Wissenschaftsgeschichte, EarlyView.
The West German drug Duogynon was internationally marketed as a “hormone pregnancy test” (HPT) between the 1950s and 1980s. In the late 1960s it came under suspicion for inducing miscarriage, spina bifida, and a spectrum of birth defects similar to those caused by the sedative thalidomide.
Jesse Olszynko‐Gryn   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Language Management in Transnational Multilingual Families: Generation 1.5 Parents in Finland

open access: yesLanguages
In today’s globalized world, more children are born to parents who speak two or more languages between them. These families manage complex language dynamics, with diverse language practices influencing communication among family members.
Gali Bloch
doaj   +1 more source

Learning about Chinese-speaking cultures at a distance [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
This chapter focuses on the challenges posed by curriculum choices and pedagogical frameworks to the study of Languages of the Wider World in the UK. These languages reflect complex linguistic and cultural realities that do not fit into the traditional ...
Álvarez, Inma
core  

Transfer Learning Approaches in Bioprocess Engineering: Opportunities and Challenges

open access: yesBiotechnology and Bioengineering, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Transfer learning (TL) has recently emerged as a promising approach to overcoming one of the key limitations of bioprocess engineering: data scarcity. By leveraging knowledge from one bioprocess to another, TL allows existing models and data sets to be reused efficiently, accelerating process development, improving prediction accuracy, and ...
Daniel Barón Díaz   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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