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Test of Russian as an official language in Kyrgyzstan: Formation and development of the national testing system in the Russian language

open access: yesRussian language: research, testing and practice
The paper is devoted to the problem of designing a nationally oriented level-based testing system for Russian as a foreign language and as a non-native language using a cultural approach in teaching on the example of Kyrgyzstan. The authors review the stages of the development of the language proficiency level system in Russian as an official language (
Vera A. Stepanenko   +2 more
openaire   +1 more source

Multidimensional Profiling of MRI‐Negative Temporal Lobe Epilepsy Uncovers Distinct Phenotypes

open access: yesAnnals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Although hippocampal sclerosis (TLE‐HS) represents the most frequent cause of temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE), up to 30% of patients show no lesion on visual MRI inspection (TLE‐MRIneg). These cases pose diagnostic and therapeutic challenges and are underrepresented in surgical series.
Alice Ballerini   +28 more
wiley   +1 more source

Deconstructing the instrumental/identity divide in language policy debates

open access: yes, 2005
Debates about language and literacy policies are increasingly constructed at national levels in relation to their potential contribution to the ‘knowledge economy’, and to the ability of nation-states to compete economically in an increasingly globalised
May, Stephen
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Official Status As a Tool of Language Revival? A Study of the Language Laws in Russia’s Finno-Ugric Republics

open access: yesJournal of Ethnology and Folkloristics, 2013
This study explores the legal and institutional position of Finno-Ugric languages according to the language laws of the national republics in post-Soviet Russia.
Konstantin Zamyatin
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Location‐Specific Hematoma Volume Predicts Early Neurological Deterioration in Supratentorial ICH

open access: yesAnnals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Early neurological deterioration (END) adversely affects outcomes in patients with intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH). This study aimed to determine the location‐specific hematoma volumes for END in supratentorial ICH patients. Methods We retrospectively analyzed supratentorial ICH patients presenting from two prospective cohorts.
Zuoqiao Li   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Lusophonization returns? The condition of language policy and planning in a post-colonial plurilingual Timor-Leste

open access: yes, 2013
The present study examines the national language policy and language in education policy in Timor-Leste, a post-colonial nation that has adopted an exogenous language (Portuguese) and an autochthonous language (Tétun) to be its official languages, and ...
da Silva Sarmento, João
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UNITY IN DIVERSITY. THE EUROPEAN UNION’S MULTILINGUALISM [PDF]

open access: yesChallenges of the Knowledge Society, 2016
It is undeniable that the European Union represents the most ambitious legal and linguistic project, integrating 28 Member States and 24 official languages.
Laura-Cristiana SPĂTARU-NEGURĂ
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The Usefulness of Imperfect Speech Data for ASR Development in Low-Resource Languages

open access: yesInformation, 2019
When the National Centre for Human Language Technology (NCHLT) Speech corpus was released, it created various opportunities for speech technology development in the 11 official, but critically under-resourced, languages of South Africa.
Jaco Badenhorst, Febe de Wet
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Sex Representation in US Stroke Clinical Trials: A Decade of Trends and Challenges

open access: yesAnnals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Stroke remains a major cause of disability and mortality in the US, with significant sex‐based disparities, and females remain underrepresented in stroke clinical trials. We aimed to examine sex representation in US‐based stroke clinical trials, identify trial characteristics associated with higher female enrollment (≥ 50%), and ...
Chaitali Dagli   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Relative Importance of the European Languages [PDF]

open access: yes
The European Union has introduced a “two foreign languages policy” with little solid knowledge of the consequences. I attempt in this paper to provide some facts for a serious discussion of language policy.
Chr. Hjorth-Andersen
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