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Brainstem and Cerebellar Volume Loss and Associated Clinical Features in Progressive Supranuclear Palsy

open access: yesAnnals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP) is a neurodegenerative ‘tauopathy’ with predominating pathology in the basal ganglia and midbrain. Caudal tau spread frequently implicates the cerebellum; however, the pattern of atrophy remains equivocal.
Chloe Spiegel   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Political and Economic Obstacles of Minority Language Maintenance [PDF]

open access: yesJournal on Ethnopolitics and Minority Issues in Europe, 2012
Over the past decades, problems related to linguistic minorities and their well-being, as well as to minority languages and their maintenance, have developed as an independent branch of minority studies.
Janne Saarikivi, Heiko F. Marten
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The Internet and Minority Languages of Russia: Symbolic Presence or a Revitalization Tool? (a Case Study of the Buryat Language)

open access: yesМонголоведение, 2019
The purpose of this article is to assess the nature of the presence of Russian minority languages (primarily of the Buryat language) on the Internet: is this presence symbolic or is it a real instrument for revitalization? The author considers the main
Erzhen V. Khilkhanova
doaj   +1 more source

Can State Language Policies Distort Students' Demand for Higher Education? [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper takes advantage of a recent policy experiment in Ukraine's secondary education system to study the effect of stricter requirements for proficiency in the state language on linguistic minority students’ demand for, as well as opportunities to ...
Muravyev, Alexander, Talavera, Oleksandr
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Territorial-Administrative Decentralisation and Ethnocultural Diversity in Ukraine: Addressing Hungarian Autonomy Claims in Zakarpattya [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
The paper argues firstly that, since there is no obvious separatist movement within Zakarpattya, the Ukrainian state should seek as far as possible to accommodate Hungarian identity claims within the region (and those of other smaller minority ...
Semenyshyn, Mariana, Smith, David J.
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Making homework count: Homework as a collective task for language minority families

open access: yes, 2009
In response to a writing prompt asking, “What can parents do to ensure academic success for their child?” a mother with three children under the age of six wrote: “In my opinion he needs motivation from his parents and interest in his homework. [He needs]
Fox, Kathy R.
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Language planning and policy, law and (post)colonial relations in small Island States : a case study [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Language planning and policy (LPP) in postcolonial island states is often strongly (co)determined by the former colonizer's state tradition. Comparable to the examples of the development of LPP in Cabo Verde (Baptista, Brito, & Bangura, 2010), Haiti ...
Bröring, Herman, Mijts, Eric
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Identifying High‐Impact Solutions to Address Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities in Lupus: A Consensus‐Based Approach

open access: yesArthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective We conducted formative research aimed at identifying solutions that address inequitable health outcomes in lupus due to adverse social determinants of health (SDoH). Methods We conducted a search for keywords, which provided insights into potential solutions and initiatives underway. An advisory panel of lupus experts iteratively reviewed the
Joy Buie   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

“We’re all in it together”: uniting a diverse range of professionals and people with lived experience within the development of a complex, theory-based paediatric speech and language therapy intervention

open access: yesResearch Involvement and Engagement
Background It is increasingly commonplace to involve relevant professionals and people with lived experience within healthcare research. Although valuable case studies regarding such involvement exist, there is currently a paucity of case studies ...
Lucy Rodgers   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Optimal Babel - An Economic Framework for the Analysis of Dynamic Language Rights [PDF]

open access: yes
We analyze various normatively determined distributions of language rights in multilingual settings. A general model for the analysis of language rights over time in a model with overlapping generations is set up.
Bengt-Arne Wickström
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