L’inattendu du terrain by Claire Vidal

“…Based on a reflexive perspective on my ethnographic study, in this article I examine the reconfiguration processes of the Buddhist Academy of Putuoshan, where Buddhist monks and nuns are trained. …”
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Pleiotropic Associations of RARRES2 Gene Variants and Circulating Chemerin Levels: Potential Roles of Chemerin Involved in the Metabolic and Inflammation-Related Diseases by Leay-Kiaw Er, Semon Wu, Lung-An Hsu, Ming-Sheng Teng, Yu-Ching Sun, Yu-Lin Ko

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APPROACHING THE LEGENDARY HSUAN TSANG, THE PILGRIM AND SCHOLAR THROUGH THE LENS OF BIOGRAPHICAL CRITICISM by Thanh Trung Nguyen

“…By employing biographical criticism and integrating three specialized methods–psychological analysis, socio-cultural context, and interdisciplinary approaches–this paper analyzes the work focusing on biographical elements, travel accounts, and Buddhist studies. The aim is to clarify the depiction of Tang Hsüan-tsang, contributing to the research on Hsuan Tsang, the Pilgrim & Scholar as a resource for Buddhist studies and Vietnamese literature at the university level. …”
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Trends in blood transfusion and causes of blood wastage: a retrospective analysis in a teaching hospital by Ju-huei Chien, Chao-yuan Yao, Hui-fen Chen, Tsing-Fen Ho

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Role of drug-induced sleep endoscopy in evaluation of positional vs non-positional OSA by Ming-Chin Lan, Stanley Yung-Chuan Liu, Ming-Ying Lan, Yun-Chen Huang, Tung-Tsun Huang, Yen-Bin Hsu

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Antipsychotic Drugs Reverse MK801-Inhibited Cell Migration and F-actin Condensation by Modulating the Rho Signaling Pathway in B35 Cells by Yi-Chyan Chen, Fu-Ming Tsai, Mao-Liang Chen

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ANAPUS GYVENIMO IR MIRTIES DUALIZMO: BUDISTINĖ EGZISTENCIJOS INTERPRETACIJA by Agnė Budriūnaitė

“…The buddhism offers another way of thinking by equalizing life and death and showing the illusiveness of ‘Self’. The buddhist term suunyataa may seem identical to Nothingness in existentialist philosophy, but it is not. …”
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Positive Associations between Adipocyte Fatty Acid-Binding Protein Level and Central Arterial Stiffness in Peritoneal Dialysis Patients by Cheng-Hao Sung, Bang-Gee Hsu, Jen-Pi Tasi, Chih-Hsien Wang, Chiu-Huang Kuo

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High or Nonhigh Doses of Proton Pump Inhibitors for Patients with Peptic Ulcer Bleeding? by Yu-Hsi Hsieh, Hwai-Jeng Lin

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Sacral Space of Ethnic Buryatia: The Cult of Healing Springs by Marina M. Sodnompilova

“…The paper traces certain chains of changes in statuses of such springs: from ‘water of immortality’ once granted by deities — to symbols of holiness of Buddhist hierarchs whose efforts gave birth to a number of such arshans. …”
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The History of the Bargut Confrontation in Northeastern China (early 20th century): Ethno-Political and Religious Aspects (based on archival materials) by Bair Ts. Gomboev, Eduard V. Batunaev

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High interindividual variability of indoxyl sulfate production identified by an oral tryptophan challenge test by Ting-Yun Lin, Wei-Kai Wu, Szu-Chun Hung

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Enquête interdisciplinaire autour du bodhisattva des Musées Royaux d’Art et d’Histoire de Bruxelles by Audrey Dion

“…Since its acquisition by the museum, the bodhisattva of RMAH had been identified as a Buddhist sculpture from the 10th century made of dry lacquer, a barely known Asian technique. …”
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Amyand’s hernia by Shu-Yu Wu, Shu-Ting Wu

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Os cem olhos do pavão by Marcelo Amato Cardoso

“…This beauty, concerning the imaginary, becomes a key element in the narratives and arts that associate the peacock with the Hindu and Buddhist deities, but also with the pride and the vanity. …”
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Ordos Mausoleum of Genghis Khan: History and Modernity by Nomin D. Tsyrenova, Chingis Ts. Tsyrenov

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Neuroprotective Effects of Collagen-Glycosaminoglycan Matrix Implantation following Surgical Brain Injury by Jia-Hui Chen, Wei-Cherng Hsu, Kuo-Feng Huang, Chih-Huang Hung

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ln pursuit of Aryan Homeland (2nd Lithuanian Archaeological expedition in Afghanistan) by Aleksiejus Luchtanas, Ramunė Butrimaitė

“…These were the site of worship, Qabre Zahak, rock carvings at Qala Malek Antar of the 2nd millennium BC, and the Buddhist monastery of the first half of the 1st millennium AD. …”
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A brief history of formation of the kalmyk collection in the oriental section of the saint petersburg university scientific library by Vladimir L. Uspensky

“…The collection mainly contains Buddhist books. The manuscripts collected by V. P. …”
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Eight Khalkha Jebtsun-damba Khutukhtu and Pandito Khambo-Lama Dashi-Dorzho Itigelov, 1911–1915 by Leonid V. Kuras, Bazar D. Tsybenov

“…The study attests to Buryat Buddhists in the face of Pandito Khambo-Lama of Eastern Siberia D.…”
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