Population Dynamics from Peripheral Regions: A North Atlantic Perspective by Godfrey Baldacchino

“…It also reviews qualitative material from Prince Edward Island, a small island province of Canada, which highlights why immigrants may privilege their mobility to ‘settling down’: some of the reasons given speak to the difficulty of ‘fitting into’ a tight, albeit friendly, island community. …”
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Population Dynamics from Peripheral Regions: A North Atlantic Perspective by Godfrey Baldacchino

“…It also reviews qualitative material from Prince Edward Island, a small island province of Canada, which highlights why immigrants may privilege their mobility to ‘settling down’: some of the reasons given speak to the difficulty of ‘fitting into’ a tight, albeit friendly, island community. …”
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A Transfer of Language and Culture: German Bread and Pastries and Their Names in Kosovo by Hamiti Vjosa, Jusufi Lumnije

“…This article examines the linguistic and cultural influence of German bread culture in Kosovo, where bread holds significant meaning as a symbol of hospitality and community. The introduction of German bread products, driven by migration and economic changes, has transformed Kosovar “bread habits”. …”
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Designing a defensive silence failure model of creative employees in organizations by Azam Khosravi, karam khalili, Esfandyar Mohammadi

“…Defensive silence is a type of organizational silence that occurs when the employee fears the consequences of speaking up, or perceives that speaking up will have a negative impact (Moalemian et al, 2021).Powell (2023) in a study investigated the drivers of organizational silence and strategies to deal with them and finally reached the conclusion that; the most important influencing factors in reducing organizational silence are the perception of organizational support and the rule of meritocracy in organizations.Fang-Shu & Ramayah (2022) in a study investigated the effect of participatory management on reducing employees' defensive silence by mediating the quality of communication and finally reached the conclusion that; participatory management and the quality of the organization's internal communication have a significant impact on the breaking of employees' defensive silence. …”
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Feminist spiritualities, gender equality and sustainable development: The possibilities of a countermovement by N. Swanepoel, T. van Wyk

“… Feminist historiography indicates that spirituality has historically been one of the instruments whereby women could “speak”. This “voice” implied recognition and authority, to a certain degree, in a patriarchal-oriented reality. …”
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Estimating mortality attributable to alcohol or tobacco – a cohort study from Germany by Ulrich John, Hans-Jürgen Rumpf, Monika Hanke, Christian Meyer

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Cultural nuances in pre-request speech acts: a pragmatic analysis of the Minangkabau language by Ike Revita, Oktavianus Oktavianus, Farah Anindya Zalfikhe, Wuri Syaputri

“…In addition, this study is widely applied to pragmatic theory and practice, granting a functional and cultural lens for analyzing speech acts in the context of the Minangkabau language with its rule of speaking called as Kato nan Ampek.…”
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A History of The Six-Year Primary Project in the Use of Yoruba as the Medium of Primary Education by Toyin Falola, Michael Oladejo Afolayan

“…If a young child is forced to speak in English (or the majority language) when they prefer to speak in their mother tongue, they are also forced to operate at a lower intellectual age than they actually are. …”
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Health promoting palliative care interventions in African low-income countries: a scoping review by Anne-Marie Turcotte-Tremblay, Diane Tapp, Samiratou Ouedraogo, Ariane Plaisance, Carol-Anne Hyland-Carignan, Idriss Ali Gali-Gali

“…The majority of studies were cross-sectional, had limited numbers of participants and were conducted in English-speaking countries. We found that volunteers and caregivers played a key role in HPPC. …”
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COMPETITION ASPECTS IN THE AI ACT – NAVIGATING THE MURKY WATERS OF THE ABUSIVE PRACTICES IN A DECENTRALISED VIRTUAL WORLD by Iulian BĂICULESCU

“…The whole European construction, based on the three initial European Communities (namely, the European Coal and Steel Community, the European Economic Community and the European Atomic Energy Community) were built with several goals in mind, one of them being the establishing of a fair competition, seen as an essential step in the making of an internal market. …”
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Qualitative study of factors affecting engagement with a hospital-based violence intervention programme in Indianapolis, Indiana by Malaz Boustani, Lauren A Magee, Damaris Ortiz, Zachary W Adams, Brigid R Marriott, Reilin J Moore, Blakney Q Brooks, Clark J Simons

“…This secondary analysis aimed to identify factors that may impact engagement with an HVIP.Study design This study was a subanalysis of an original qualitative study that used a community-based participatory research approach to conduct semistructured interviews with English-speaking, intentional firearm injury survivors aged 13 and older within Indianapolis, Indiana between 2021 and 2022. …”
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Challenges of Diabetes Self-Management in Adults Affected by Food Insecurity in a Large Urban Centre of Ontario, Canada by Justine Chan, Margaret DeMelo, Jacqui Gingras, Enza Gucciardi

“…Qualitative study comprising of in-depth interviews, using a semistructured interview guide. Setting. Participants were recruited from the local community, three community health centres, and a community-based diabetes education centre servicing a low-income population in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. …”
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České evangelické sbory ve východní a jihovýchodní Evropě aneb „Bibli donesli ze sebou...“ by Gabriela Krejčová Zavadilová

“…The paper aims to describe the background to the migration of the Czech-speaking population and the historical development of Czech-speaking foreign evangelic communities of the reformed religion. …”
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The Interpretation of a New Generation of Persian So-called Friendship Humors According to Grecian Principles of Co-operation by Sadighe Sadat Meghdari, Zahra Ezaddosost

“…The results showed that the consequences of violation of Grecian co-operation principles results in lying, idiom, ridicule, metaphor, hyperbole, secrecy, emphasizing the subject, insults, lack of desire to continue the discussion, ambiguity, contradiction, surprised the audience, change topic in the Persian-speaking community.…”
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Evidence adaptation and tailored implementation of family bereavement support in specialised palliative care: A multi-method study by Myrta Kohler, Qëndresa Thaqi, Silke Kuske, Torsten Schwalbach, Marco Riguzzi, Rahel Naef

“…Objective: To adapt evidence-informed recommendations for supporting bereaved families to the local context, and to develop a tailored implementation strategy for their integration in specialised palliative care services. …”
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Naissance et déclin de la presse arabophone au Sénégal de 1960 à nos jours by Djim Dramé

“…As a language of civilization and a means of international communication, Arabic has since independence, led the Senegalese state to create a press in Arabic intended to disseminate African and Arab-Islamic cultures, to popularize the government’s policy among religious leaders and, above all, to consolidate diplomatic and cultural relations with Arabic-speaking and Muslim countries. …”
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Supplementary Schools as Spaces of Hope for a More Inclusive World: Challenging Exclusion and Social Injustice in Multilingual London by Terry Lamb

“…Following a contextualisation of multilingual London, I will explore the ways in which many of London’s – and indeed the UK’s – language communities and the languages they speak suffer marginalisation and exclusion. …”
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Developing expertise and managing inaccessibility: a study of reading by listening practices among students with blindness or vision impairment by Anna Lundh

“…This process was related to trajectories of participation in academic communities of practice, English-speaking communities of practice, and blindness and visual impairments communities of practice. …”
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Lessons from Deborah’ Inspiration and Implications on the Plight of Women Leadership in A Male Dominated Society: Significances for Today’s World by Rugyendo, Medard

“…They couldn’t be allowed to speak in the church (1 Cor.14:33b-36). Women couldn’t be placed in higher positions of leadership in the Jewish community yet women like Deborah the prophetess and judge in the Old Testament (Judges 4 & 5) inspired the Israelites who later defeated the Canaanite oppressors. …”
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Translation and Validation of the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale for Eritrea: A Screening Tool for Postpartum Depression in Primary Health Care Facilities by Gebregziabher NK, Netsereab TB, Alazar FA, Fessaha YG, Sium AH, Ghebrehiwet NK

“…The Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) was developed to be used as a self-report questionnaire for English-speaking populations to screen for postnatal depression. …”
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