Megaformalism of living. Genealogy and prerogatives of a potential morpho-technotype by Oscar Eugenio Bellini, Marianna Arcieri

“…The contribution traces the genealogy and prerogatives of this unusual morphotype, not attributable to any conventional typological classification, assuming its rediscovery and re-proposition also in an empirical key, starting from the indispensable rethinking of the principles of our living with others, in the belief that to survive in the cities that we have irreversibly transformed, we must learn to think in a new way.…”
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Chain Graph Models to Elicit the Structure of a Bayesian Network by Federico M. Stefanini

“…Building the structure of large networks is still a challenging task, but Bayesian methods are particularly suited to exploit experts’ degree of belief in a quantitative way while learning the network structure from data. …”
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‘His Own Nearer Household Gods’: Pagans, Christians, and Marius the Epicurean’s Religious Hermeneutics by Jude Wright

“…Yet, Pater’s novel is distinct from these others, for while it follows the familiar trajectory of works in this vein, tracing the progress of the eponymous protagonist from paganism to Christianity, Marius’s conversion is portrayed primarily as a movement across a spectrum of belief that is tied directly through aesthetics back to the pagan religiosity that Marius grew up participating in. …”
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Charles Bukowski’s Online Reading Community: Safeguarding the Author’s Work by Building a Consensus by Amélie Macaud

“…For several years, this community of readers, whose behaviors and actions can be compared to that of fans, has tried to right the wrongs of an issue relating to the editing of Charles Bukowski’s posthumous work. They share the belief that John Martin, Charles Bukowski’s former publisher, heavily edited his poems after his death, to the point of making them unrecognizable. …”
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Corrigendum: Jeremiah 29:5-7 reread through the lens of posttraumatic growth by X. Li

“…Accordingly, the exhortation to settle down reflects the domain of appreciation of life in PTG, and the exhortation to pray for Babylon indicates the belief in a just world for self (BJW-self), which is closely related to PTG and entails forgiving others. …”
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A morte em forma de poesia: comoção, indignação e reivindicação em cordéis midiatizados by Simone Mendes

“…In a rhetorical argumentation, logical thought and demonstration aren’t enough to guarantee the efficiency of the interaction, because, while basing itself on the interlocutor adhesion to a thesis, through belief, other re-requirements are raised and need to be observed, like the speaker ethos or his honesty, sincerity, sense of justice, seriousness and reliability; the pathos or the ability of raising emotions in the public logos or the discourse itself and its rationality, using by the speaker to reinforce his point of view and his socio-discursive representations around the given theme. …”
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Self-Love or Diffidence? Malebranche and Hume on the Love of Fame by Julie Walsh

“…For Malebranche, imitation—both of passions and belief—and our tendency to judge ourselves by comparison, generate the passion of pride or grandeur, which plays a useful social role. …”
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Identification of Acanthocephala on Water Monitor Lizard (Varanus salvator) Human Consumed in Sidoarjo by Ahmad Herdianto Wicaksono, Emmanuel Djoko Poetranto, Tatik Hernawati, Boedi Setiawan

“…The demand this reptile consumption because the taste and belief of the people in healing disease. Based on habitat and food, they have the potential to transmit zoonosis and have a high possibility of being infested by parasites. …”
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God's missional people: reflecting God's love in the midst of suffering and affliction by Frans J. van H. Hancke

“… The title of this article reflects a deep and personal conviction founded on the belief that a major solution to lessen the suffering of people living in poverty and in the midst of pandemics such as AIDS, lies within the body of Christ. …”
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Analysis of Multimedia Teaching Path of Popular Music Based on Multiple Intelligence Teaching Mode by Dongfang Wang

“…In the stage of music audio segmentation, the deep belief network algorithm is used to accurately carry out music multimedia teaching. …”
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Opening the Trinity: developing the "open theism" debate by D. T. Williams

“…Recently the issue has become prominent with the emergence of support for "open theism", the belief that free will is such that God cannot know the future, simply because it has not yet happened. …”
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Cyril of Alexandria's critique of the term Theotokos by Nestorius Constantinople by E. Artemi

“…Cyril of Alexandria disproved this erroneous belief and supported the reason why the mother of God should be called Theotokos. …”
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A Mathematical Model of Communication with Reputational Concerns by Ce Huang, Yuanyuan Zhang, Chong Lai

“…After consulting the expert on the decision problem of period one, the decision maker updates belief about the expert’s bias and consults the expert on the problem of period two. …”
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Dynamic security-empowering architecture for space-ground integration information network by Lingcui ZHANG, Yaobing XU, Fenghua LI, Liang FANG, Yunchuan GUO, Zifu LI

“…., the dynamic variability of threats, and the dynamic changes of protection technology) of space-ground integration information network (SGIIN), the existing security technologies were no longer applicable.Firstly, a security-empowering architecture for SGIIN was designed and formalized, which integrated capability orchestration unit of security service, analysis unit of security situation and the response unit of security threat measure.Then, a double judgment method for the effectiveness of threat measure was proposed.Finally the method is theoretically proved to be credible by using belief mini-entropy.…”
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A Doping Bits Based BP Decoding for Rateless Distributed Source Coding Applications by N. M. Masoodhu Banu, S. Sasikumar

“…A novel doping bits based belief propagation decoding algorithm, for rate-adaptive LDPC codes based on fixed bipartite graph code, is proposed. …”
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Sequent calculus usage for BDI agent implementation by Adomas Birstunas

“… BDI logic is widely used to describe agent based systems, since it can express a lot of different real world domains with three main operators: belief, desire and intention. There are lots of works where BDI logic is used as descriptive language, but authors do not talk about implementation issues [5,2,4,8,1]. …”
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Developing inclusive education policy and practice for looked after children by Joe Francis

“…Given all the evidence that looked-after children have extraordinary educational needs (Dixon and Stein, 2002; 2005; Francis, 2000; 2007; Goddard, 2000; HM Inspectors of Schools and the Social Work Services Inspectorate, 2001; Jackson and Sachdev, 2001) and the belief in some quarters that looked-after children in general require special education measures, it is important to consider whether a broader interpretation of the current statutory requirements relating to inclusive education for children with 'additional support needs' might enhance the education of this vulnerable group. …”

Prophètes et prophétie chez Giuseppe Mazzini by Laura Fournier-Finocchiaro, Jean-Yves Frétigné

“…Far from being a mere allegory aimed at galvanizing the Italian patriots, Mazzini’s Third Rome takes on the form of a belief which is experienced like a revelation, thus making Mazzini one of the leading representative of a democratic spirituality nourished by Christian principles.…”
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Games under Ambiguous Payoffs and Optimistic Attitudes by Wei Xiong

“…In real-life games, the consequence or payoff of a strategy profile and a player's belief about the consequence of a strategy profile are often ambiguous, and players may have different optimistic attitudes with respect to a strategy profile. …”
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Secular-Believing Diasporic Jews: The Grassroots Theology of Paul Simon and Leonard Cohen by Hagar Lahav

“…By analyzing the musical works of Paul Simon and Leonard Cohen, this study examines the theological expressions of secular Jews in the diaspora who retain elements of belief. Drawing on contemporary theories of lived religion and post-secular spirituality, it explores how their lyrics articulate distinctive forms of Jewish spirituality outside traditional frameworks. …”
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