Better together - finding family in film by Ho, Phoebe Zoe Rui Lin

“…At the same time, it was also imperative to correctly enact the thematic elements of a General Election that was uniquely Singaporean, and a family setting that was culturally rich. With this many colloquial elements in place, the challenge was also in setting our film apart from just any bland Channel 8 Family Drama series on Singapore television. …”
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Attitudes towards Singlish : voices of Singaporeans overseas by Lee, Elsie Shu Ying

“…This study explores the attitudes of Singaporean undergraduate students living overseas towards the colloquial variety of English in Singapore, also known as Singlish. …”
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The motivational salience of infant faces is similar for men and women. by Parsons, C, Young, K, Kumari, N, Stein, A, Kringelbach, M

“…It has been widely assumed that men and women respond in different ways to those features, such as a large forehead and eyes and round protruding cheeks, colloquially described as 'cute'. We investigated experimentally potential differences using measures of both conscious appraisal ('liking') and behavioural responsivity ('wanting') to real world infant and adult faces in 71 non-parents. …”

'The silver cord': male labours in Hemingway by Arndt, W

“…Writers have traditionally referred to their books as ‘brainchildren,’ and using the method of examining colloquial metaphors proposed by George Lakoff and Mark Johnson in <em>Metaphors We Live By</em> (Lakoff [1980] 2003), we witness the extension of the metaphor to the writing and editing process by Hemingway. …”

Right-dislocated pronouns in British English: the form and functions of ProTag constructions by Mycock, L

“…Tags are widely acknowledged as being an important feature of colloquial British English. In this paper, I examine a type of tag that has to date received little attention in the literature beyond sociolinguistic research into its interpersonal functions: rightdislocated lone pronouns, or ProTags. …”

Importance of frugality for sustainable innovations by Simula, Henri

“…"Sustainable," "environmentally friendly," "green," "pro-environmental" and "ecological" have often been used interchangeably to describe firms, products and production processes that use less energy, that recycle materials, that reduce waste and pollution and that preserve natural resources.In any event, the demand of sustainable products is increasing globally.Frugal innovation is a new concept that has gained interest among scholar recently.Frugal innovation relates to simplification and lean practices, which are elementary important in resource scarce environments.Frugal innovation can be defined as the practice of developing low cost products in order to create value for consumers.A more colloquial version of this is referred to as Sugaad in the Indian context.The overall purpose of this conceptual paper is to determine the role of these two concepts, based on current literature and case examples that are selected via theoretical sampling.The research problem addressed is why and how technology firms should create sustainable products by applying concepts of frugal innovation.The first part of the paper is an overview of extant literature.The second part introduces a conceptual framework that combines frugal and sustainable innovation. …”

LEXICAL VERNACULAR IN THE SPEECH OF LITERARY LANGUAGE USERS RESIDING IN PERM REGION by Tamara I. Erofeeva, Svetlana V. Shustova

“…It is stated that substandard verbs most frequently get the status of colloquial verbs due to their expressive semantic content or to their wider area of usage. …”
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Socio community practices’ analyses at a public superior education institution: Social commitment and transformational potential by Romina TIRITILLI, Paola GIOMETTI, Wanda BOSCH, Yamila SILVA-PERALTA, Miriam T. APARICIO

“…It’s an exploratory descriptive and qualitative research in which there were used different instruments: tutorials non participant observation during the practices; final students’ colloquies non participant observation; teachers’ critical incidents interviews and students’ final written reports. …”
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What Is Food Noise? A Conceptual Model of Food Cue Reactivity by Daisuke Hayashi, Caitlyn Edwards, Jennifer A. Emond, Diane Gilbert-Diamond, Melissa Butt, Andrea Rigby, Travis D. Masterson

“…As GLP-1 receptor agonists, like semaglutide, emerge as effective treatments for weight management, anecdotal reports from patients and clinicians alike point to a reduction in what has been colloquially termed “food noise”, as patients report experiencing less rumination and obsessive preoccupation about food. …”
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The Analysis of Naturalistic Elements in Novel of Safar-e Shab by Bahman Sholehvar by Abdoolla Hasnzadeh Mirali, Artmiz Sayyad Chamani

“…Components of detailed descriptions and description of details, opposition to moral and religious conventions, Obscenity, The obvious expression of sexual issues, breaking the sanctity of words and concepts, the influence of the environment, colloquial language, the feeling of despair and vanity, attention to the lower class, and the negation of will and power are the most frequent components of Safar-e Shab novel. …”
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‘UC Eclipse’, a Summer Plant-adapted Photoperiod-insensitive Strawberry Cultivar by Steven J. Knapp, Glenn S. Cole, Dominique D.A. Pincot, Cindy M. Lòpez, Omar A. Gonzalez-Benitez, Randi A. Famula

“…‘UC Eclipse’, a photoperiod-insensitive cultivar of strawberry (Fragaria ×ananassa Duchesne), was developed and released by the University of California, Davis (UC Davis) College of Agriculture & Environmental Sciences for summer-plant production. The colloquial “summer-plant” designation has been adopted in California agriculture to distinguish summer- from autumn-planted production of day-neutral cultivars. …”
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Recombinant production of growth factors for application in cell culture by Meenakshi Venkatesan, Cameron Semper, Stig Skrivergaard, Rosa Di Leo, Nathalie Mesa, Martin Krøyer Rasmussen, Jette Feveile Young, Margrethe Therkildsen, Peter J. Stogios, Alexei Savchenko

“…Summary: Culturing eukaryotic cells has widespread applications in research and industry, including the emerging field of cell-cultured meat production colloquially referred to as “cellular agriculture”. These applications are often restricted by the high cost of growth medium necessary for cell growth. …”
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Application of the Electromagnetic Method to the Spatial Distribution of Subsurface Saline and Fresh Water in the Coastal Mudflat Area of Jiangsu Province by Wei Zhu, Wenguo Wang, Dayong Wang, Gang Wang, Aiming Cui, Yongzai Xi, Fei Li, Baowei Zhang, Gege Zhang

“…Interfacial zones straddling terrestrial and marine realms, colloquially known as mudflats, epitomize a dynamic nexus between these environments and are fundamental to the coastal ecosystem. …”
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Between Law and Tradition: Women and Womanhood in Iran’s Nasim-e Shomal by Serhan Afacan

“…Gilani’s simple expression and extensive use of colloquial language in form of poetry made Nasim-e Shomal one of the most popular periodicals of the period. …”
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Evaluation of Literary Texts Translation from Persian to Arabic Based on Carmen Garces Model by Iysa Motaghizadeh, Seyyed Ala Naghizadeh

“…Similarly, examples such as adaptation, equivalents, an extension of vocabulary in the target language and using proper and general vocabulary, susceptibility from colloquial language are among most important challenges in this context.…”
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A giant placental mass masquerading as an acardiac twin by Lavisha S. Punjabi, Kai Zhi Ong, Ryan Wai Kheong Lee, Khurshid Merchant

“…Large chorangiomas (colloquially “giant chorangiomas”) are relatively uncommon. …”
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Can participatory processes lead to changes in the configuration of local mental health networks? A social network analysis by Salvador Camacho, Salvador Camacho, Adriane Martin Hilber, Adriane Martin Hilber, Laura Ospina-Pinillos, Mónica Sánchez-Nítola, Débora L. Shambo-Rodríguez, Grace Yeeun Lee, Jo-An Occhipinti, Jo-An Occhipinti

“…Such approaches can have significant advantages, including that they may improve connection and coordination of the network of stakeholders operating across the system; however, these are often observed in practice as colloquial anecdotes and seldom formally assessed. We used a basic social network analysis to explore the impact on the configuration of the network of mental health providers, decision-makers, and other stakeholders in Bogota, Colombia active in a series of three workshops throughout 2021 and 2022. …”
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Naive Bayesian Automatic Classification of Railway Service Complaint Text Based on Eigenvalue Extraction by Lifeng Li, Wenxing Li

“…The text of railway complaints includes characteristics spanning wide business coverage, various events, serious colloquialisms, interference and useless information. …”
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Review of the Underutilized Indigenous <i>Portulacaria afra</i> (Spekboom) as a Sustainable Edible Food Source by Alba du Toit, Rozanne MacDonald, Elmay Steyn, Zamancwane P. Mahlanza, Ayanda B. Zulu, Maryna de Wit

“…<i>Portulacaria afra</i>, colloquially known as spekboom, is an indigenous succulent to South Africa. …”
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Expression of tardigrade disordered proteins impacts the tolerance to biofuels in a model cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 by Heao Zhang, Qingyang Liu, Qing Liang, Boxiang Wang, Zixi Chen, Jiangxin Wang

“…Tardigrades, known colloquially as water bears or moss piglets, are diminutive animals capable of surviving many extreme environments, even been exposed to space in low Earth orbit. …”
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