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Unveiling dynamics of language visibility and vitality in café menus near Labrang Monastery

Frontiers in Psychology
IntroductionThis study explores the dynamics of Linguistic Landscapes (LL) in the commercial tourist district near Labrang Monastery by analyzing the use of Tibetan, Mandarin, and English on café menus.
Min He, Shengnan Chen
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Language Vitality of Spanish in Equatorial Guinea: Language Use and Attitudes

Humanities, 2019
This study investigates the use of and attitudes towards, Spanish in the multilingual Republic of Equatorial Guinea, the only African country with Spanish as an official language. The Spanish dialect of Equatorial Guinea is an understudied area, although
Grace A. Gomashie
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Scoring sign language vitality : Adapting a spoken language survey to target the endangerment factors affecting sign languages

, 2019
This article explores factors affecting the vitality/endangerment levels of sign languages, and how these levels were assessed through an international collaboration using a systematic scoring scheme.
Webster, Jenny, Safar, Josefina,
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Advances in Solution‐Processed Textile Triboelectric Nanogenerators: Ink Formation, Processing Strategies, Applications, and Challenges

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Advanced ink systems for solution‐processed textile triboelectric nanogenerators are systematically summarized, spanning conductive, tribo‐negative, and tribo‐positive layers. By connecting ink chemistry, deposition methods, and device function, the present review reveals the key governing principles of solution development and highlights practical ...
Xinlong Sun, Stephen Beeby
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Water‐Activated Phospholipid Phase‐Separation Gel as an Immunomodulatory Anti‐Adhesion Barrier for Postoperative Adhesion Prevention

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
A water‐activated phospholipid phase‐separation gel is repurposed as a drug‐free surgical barrier for postoperative adhesion prevention. Propylene glycol promotes rapid lamellar gel reinforcement, prolonged local retention, and tissue coverage, while phosphatidylcholine‐mediated immunomodulation suppresses inflammatory and fibrotic responses. This dual‐
Jong‐Ju Lee, Yulseung Sung, Yeji Kim, Heesang Yang, Suyeon Pyo, Byeol Yun, Sung‐Joo Hwang   +6 more
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Chemical Strategies for Multistimuli Responsive Dynamic Covalent Materials in Regenerative Medicine

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Multistimuli responsive dynamic covalent materials integrate reversible chemistry with the complex chemical, mechanical, and biochemical cues of regenerative environments. This review highlights chemical strategies based on orthogonal dynamic bonds, multicomponent networks, and hierarchical architectures to regulate mechanics, degradation, and ...
Saurabh Joshi, Matthew B. Baker, Dominik Schauenburg   +2 more
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Vitality of the Aymara Language

Lengua y Sociedad, 2013
La vitalidad de la lengua aimara se puede apreciar de diversas formas, y una de ellas es verla en peligro de desaparecer. En esta apreciación, hay factores que desde un sustrato de diversidad cultural positiva influyen para expresar la identidad propia, o para entender con respeto la identidad de otro.
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Bioinspired Adaptive Sensors: A Review on Current Developments in Theory and Application

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
This review comprehensively summarizes the recent progress in the design and fabrication of sensory‐adaptation‐inspired devices and highlights their valuable applications in electronic skin, wearable electronics, and machine vision. The existing challenges and future directions are addressed in aspects such as device performance optimization ...
Guodong Gong, You Zhou, Qingxiu Li, Wenyu Zhao, Sunyingyue Geng, Hangfei Li, Yan‐Bing Leng, Shirui Zhu, Guanglong Ding, Yongbiao Zhai, Ziyu Lv, Ye Zhou, Su‐Ting Han   +12 more
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Artificial Intelligence Meets Micro/Nanorobotics

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Artificial intelligence is transforming micro‐ and nanorobots from externally controlled, task‐specific machines into adaptive, autonomous systems. Machine learning, multimodal perception, digital twins, AI‐guided materials and geometry design enhance propulsion, localization, decision‐making, whichaccelerates clinical and environmental applications ...
Fatma M. Yurtsever, Minitha Cherukutty Ramakrishnan, Ian Kuula Ross, Ivan Zelinka, Hamed Shahsavan, Michal Otyepka, Martin Pumera   +6 more
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Language Vitality of Malaysian Languages and Its Relation to Identity

GEMA Online Journal of Language Studies, 2015
Bahasa Malaysia is the national language in Malaysia, which acts as a national symbol that raise a sense of national unity, and maintains a sense of cultural value and identity. As the country is multicultural and multilingual, the use of Bahasa Malaysia, English, Mandarin, and Tamil invite questions of comparative vitality, which is a strength ...
How, Soo Ying, Chan, Swee Heng, Abdullah, Ain Nadzimah   +2 more
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