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Which Language Declines More? Longitudinal versus Cross-sectional Decline of Picture Naming in Bilinguals with Alzheimer’s Disease [PDF]

Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 2014
AbstractIn this study, we investigated dual-language decline in non-balanced bilinguals with probable Alzheimer’s disease (AD) both longitudinally and cross-sectionally. We examined patients’ naming accuracy on the Boston Naming Test (BNT: Kaplan et al., 1983) over three testing sessions (longitudinal analysis) and compared their performance to that of
Iva, Ivanova, David P, Salmon, Tamar H, Gollan   +2 more
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The Shadow Presence of U.S. Models of Parental Involvement in Postcolonial Multilingual Language and Literacy Reforms in Western Highland Mayan Rural School Districts in Guatemala

Journal of Sociolinguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study offers a critique of imperialist relations implicit in U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) pedagogical texts and capacity‐building resources designed to support decolonial Indigenous Mayan language and literacy instruction.
Jennifer F. Reynolds
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Rapidly declining seagrass meadows in Brazil: Findings from satellite imagery and local knowledge

People and Nature, Volume 8, Issue 5, Page 1155-1171, May 2026.
Abstract Due to the limitations of individual monitoring approaches, integrating social perceptions with multiple advanced technologies provides a new opportunity to gain a comprehensive understanding of ecosystem degradation. We combined historical aerial mapping, satellite imagery, semi‐structured interviews with local stakeholders, and a bilingual ...
Karine Matos Magalhães, Emma Deeks, Aline da Silva Cerqueira, Gabriel Henrique Ferreira Silva, Fabiana Aguiar Santos, Terry Dawson, Pavel Kratina   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Knowledge from non‐English‐language studies broadens contributions to conservation policy and helps to tackle bias in biodiversity data

Journal of Applied Ecology, Volume 62, Issue 9, Page 2148-2162, September 2025.
Collecting data from local sources markedly further strengthens global biodiversity databases by adding species not previously included in international datasets. Furthermore, the addition of these data helps to understand spatial and temporal biases that potentially influence abundance trends at both national and global levels.
Filipe C. Serrano, Valentina Marconi, Stefanie Deinet, Hannah Puleston, Helga C. Wiederhecker, Juan C. Diaz‐Ricaurte, Carolina Farhat, Ricardo Luría‐Manzano, Marcio Martins, Eletra de Souza, Sergio Marques‐Souza, João Paulo dos Santos Vieira‐Alencar, Paula Valdujo, Robin Freeman, Louise McRae   +14 more
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Sign Language as “Mother Tongue Orphan”: A Challenge to Raciolinguistic Multiculturalism in Singapore

American Anthropologist, Volume 127, Issue 3, Page 517-528, September 2025.
ABSTRACT This article examines the contested status of “sign language” in Singapore by exploring deaf people's experiences of the “Mother Tongues”—the state's designation for the official languages of Mandarin, Malay, and Tamil—with a particular focus on the relationships that deaf Chinese Singaporeans have with Mandarin.
Timothy Y. Loh
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Bilingual Development in the Tai‐Vietnamese Multicultural Borderland

International Journal of Applied Linguistics, Volume 35, Issue 3, Page 1402-1412, August 2025.
ABSTRACT Northern Vietnam, in particular the regions along the international border, is home to a rich diversity of language communities. Important research opportunities have presented themselves in the Tai‐speaking communities in rural districts near Laos with an emphasis on the development and preservation of the Tai languages.
Thi‐Nham Le, Norbert Francis
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ITALIAN LINGUISTIC SCHOOLSCAPE IN BUDAPEST: A CASE STUDY

Italiano LinguaDue
An increasingly important line of research within the linguistic landcsape paradigm is the study of language schoolscapes. The presence, multiplicity or absence of verbal signs on the walls of school buildings, or their relocation into digital space ...
Máté Huber, Andrea Zentainé Kollár
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Dreaming of Borderlands Biliteracies: A Framework for Recognizing the Critical Literacies of Racialized Bilinguals

Reading Research Quarterly, Volume 60, Issue 3, July/September 2025.
Borderlads Biliteracies Abstract ABSTRACT In this theoretical paper, we aim to (re)imagine and (re)conceptualize biliteracy as an anti‐colonial endeavor to destabilize colonial projects that continue to permeate how language and literacy are conceptualized in schools.
Idalia Nuñez, Enrique David Degollado, Claudia G. Cervantes‐Soon   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Identifying greenwashing in corporate‐social responsibility reports using natural‐language processing

European Financial Management, Volume 31, Issue 1, Page 427-462, January 2025.
Abstract A textual analysis of corporate‐social responsibility (CSR) reports reveals that companies engaged in environmental violations report differently from firms with a clean record. The violators issue longer, more positive and more frequent reports to relay environmental content that is more copious but less readable. The violator firms appear to
Nina Gorovaia, Michalis Makrominas
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Preparedness of the Local Population for the Uptake of Artificial Intelligence and Digital One Health for Home Healthcare of Emerging and Reemerging Infectious Diseases in Southwest and Littoral Regions of Cameroon

Journal of Tropical Medicine, Volume 2025, Issue 1, 2025.
Background: Rapid digital responses to pandemics highlight advancements in healthcare, data sharing, and artificial intelligence (AI). While AI has driven progress in precision medicine, drug discovery, and vaccine development, its application to emerging and reemerging infectious diseases (ERIDs) remains underexplored, presenting critical challenges ...
Ettah Agnes Asonganyi, Elvis Asangbeng Tanue, Ginyu Innocentia Kwalar, Odette Dzemo Kibu, Moise Ondua, Maurice Marcel Sandeu, Patrick Jolly Ngono Ema, Denis Nkweteyim, Madeleine L. Nyamsi, Peter L. Achankeng, Christian Tchapga, Justine Ayuk, Gregory Eddie Halle-Ekane, Jude Dzevela Kong, Dickson Shey Nsagha, Wei Wang   +15 more
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