Muerte, muertos y “llanto” palero by Ana Stela de Almeida Cunha

“…During funerals, the multiple religious identities of a deceased person become particularly visible, as they converge and interact through rituals. Since they draw attention to the whole initiatory and religious network to which the deceased person belonged, funerals are key moments for understanding Cuban religious diversity and the creative and sometimes innovative relationships that develop between different ‘traditions’, according to an individual’s conceptions and nieds. …”
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The plurality of temporal reckoning among the Maya by William F. Hanks

“…The paper tracks the varieties of cyclic and spiral time measurement in several domains, where different units and levels of temporal measurement and different rhythms are observed: 1) the field of co-presence in which utterances are performed, including deictic time; 2) the diurnal cycle and its actional correlates; 3) the agricultural cycles, the forest life cycle and the labor they imply; 4) domestic space whose time involves in addition the age and generational relations among co-residents; 5) ritual time in Yucatec shamanic practice, which is given special attention. Ritual practices display the most dramatic cyclicity, compounded by sedimentation, deictic time, historical time and cosmological space. …”
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The Ongoing Challenge of Hematopoietic Stem Cell-Based Gene Therapy for β-Thalassemia by Ekati Drakopoulou, Eleni Papanikolaou, Nicholas P. Anagnou

“…Furthermore, as human HSCs have intrinsic barriers to HIV-1 infection, attention is drawn towards their ex vivo manipulation, aiming to achieve higher yield of genetically modified HSCs. …”
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Shall we kill again? Violence and intimacy among the “awajun “new leaders” in the northeastern Peruvian frontier by Silvia Romio

“…Using the tools which ethno history and the anthropology of affectivity provide, and paying particular attention to the topic of the building of the “heroic body”, the present text focuses on how Awajun society suffered significant changes regarding the of the use of force and of the symbolic management of violence, leading to the assimilation of new styles of indigenous leadership. …”
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PaTAVTT: A Hardware-in-the-Loop Scaled Platform for Testing Autonomous Vehicle Trajectory Tracking by Zhigang Xu, Mingliang Wang, Fengzhi Zhang, Sheng Jin, Jin Zhang, Xiangmo Zhao

“…With the advent of autonomous vehicles, in particular its adaptability to harsh conditions, the research and development of autonomous vehicles attract significant attention by not only academia but also practitioners. …”
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The Potential Importance of MicroRNAs as Novel Indicators How to Manage Patients with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis More Effectively by Krzysztof Orczyk, Elzbieta Smolewska

“…As they draw increasing attention of rheumatologists, there is a growing body of evidence concerning specific molecules that may affect the long-term care of patients with inflammatory arthritides. …”
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“Pest Forests”, “Utility Forests” and “Cow Bends” by Gerard A. Persoon

“…In this article an overview will be given of the origin of these ‘forest islands’ and how they have functioned in the Dutch polder landscape in the past century as an often ignored aspect of farmers’ knowledge and practices. Attention will also be paid to the present efforts to maintain these forest islands.…”
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Dark Chocolate Intake May Reduce Fatigue and Mediate Cognitive Function and Gray Matter Volume in Healthy Middle-Aged Adults by Kiyotaka Nemoto, Keisuke Kokubun, Yousuke Ogata, Yasuharu Koike, Tetsuaki Arai, Yoshinori Yamakawa

“…Dark chocolate has attracted attention for its potential for cognitive improvement. …”
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The evolution of ASEAN's language policies: A diachronic analysis of official documents and website. by Chen Zhang, Ronghui Zhao, Yan Huang

“…While the analysis of language policies in international organizations has received increasing attention, the evolution of language policies in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has been understudied. …”
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Influence of Social Network Strength on Entrepreneurial Opportunity Recognition: A Chain Mediation Model of Need Knowledge and Technological Knowledge by Jing Fan, Jiafu Su

“…Entrepreneurial opportunity recognition is a key focus of entrepreneurship research and has received considerable attention in recent years. Previous research has highlighted that social network strength, need knowledge, and technological knowledge are important factors in entrepreneurial opportunity recognition and that these factors in isolation cannot sufficiently explain how entrepreneurial opportunities are recognized. …”
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Multiattribute Supply and Demand Matching Decision Model for Online-Listed Rental Housing: An Empirical Study Based on Shanghai by Lingyan Li, Jiangying An, Yan Li, Xiaotong Guo

“…However, extant literature pays little attention to this problem. This study proposes an ORH multiattribute supply and demand matching decision model based on the perceived utility of matching both sides of this market. …”
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Wpływ emisji energii dźwiękowej ze szlaków komunikacyjnych i innych miejsc konsumpcji energii na zdrowie ludzi by Urszula Kaźmierczak, Andrzej Kulczycki

“…This article aims to draw attention to the hitherto unexplored and scarcely noticed the problem of the effects of the consumption of increasing amounts of energy to human health and ecosystems exposed to emissions processed in the phase of energy consumption. …”
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Nonverbal Communication and its Effects on Human Relations: An Analysis from Surah Luqman by Tajudeen Yusuf

“…The study of nonverbal communication has garnered attention across various disciplines, including psychology, sociology, and anthropology. …”
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Thrush nightingales adjust the peak frequency and structure of their songs in response to different types of experimental noise by Michał Budka

“…Abstract Animals employ various strategies to minimize the overlap of their vocalizations with other sounds, thereby enhancing the effectiveness of their communication. However, little attention has been given to experimentally examining how the structure of the acoustic signal changes in response to various kinds of disturbances in the soundscape. …”
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Implementasi Model Pembelajaran Klasik dan Model Pembelajaran Kelompok PAUD Bintang Ananda Botoran Tulungagung by Siti Istatik Choiroyaroh

“…So, the institution has arranged and prepared everything to implement the learning model that will be applied, focusing on learning models that can develop children's abilities and pay attention to children's interests. …”
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Do the Effects of ICT Use on Trip Generation Vary across Travel Modes? Evidence from Beijing by Chaoying Yin, Xiaoquan Wang, Chunfu Shao

“…With the development of information and communication technologies (ICTs), considerable attention is being paid to the relationship between ICT use and travel behavior. …”
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Fifa world cup 2018 in Russia: implementation of digital technologies by Yu. V. Sinchuk, V. P. Zhuravel, B. E. Vlasov

“…The necessity to pay special attention to security issues has been identified and justified. …”
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Sparse and Dense Mixed Grid Transit Accessible Network Based on Uneven Distribution of Travel Demand by Chen Guo, Jianjun Wang, Yueying Huo, Meiying Jian

“…The uneven distribution of travel demand is incredibly commonplace in cities, but insufficient attention has been paid to this problem. In this paper, we explore the impact of the uneven distribution of travel demand on an accessible network. …”
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Genesis of State Social Policy of Ukraine: Administrative and Legal Aspect by L. S. Katsalap

“…And taking into account the aggregate of the most urgent issues of the development of our state, connected with overcoming the negative phenomena in a social life, the administrative and legal provision of the reliable mechanism of social protection of the population by public authorities requires particular attention. The author of the research analyzes the historical and legal base of the social sphere of the Ukrainian state since the adoption of the Declaration of State Sovereignty of Ukraine until now. …”
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THE STRAFIFICATION OF CONSCIOUSNESS IN THE YOGACARA BUDDHISM PHILOSOPHY by Audrius Beinorius

“… The philosophical interpretation of the Buddhist concept of consciousness and stratification of its levels is analysed in the article with the reference to the Sanskrit sources of early Yogacara philosophy. A special attention is drawn to the treatises of Vasubandhu and by applying the phenomenological, comparative and semantic methods of research. …”
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