Art and Decolonial Worldviews: Transcultural Resistance in and Beyond the Installations of Hassan Hajjaj by Siobhán Shilton

“…In this article, I explore how art can resist both globalised and nationalist frameworks by revealing – and reinterpreting – what Walter Mignolo has referred to as “ways of knowing and sensing” that have been hidden by “zero point epistemology” (80) – that is, the enduring colonial belief that there is a transparent and universal knowledge. …”
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XVII. Yüzyılda Osmanlı Hac Menzilleri: Rûznâmçeci İbrahim Efendi Kethüdâsı Hacı Ali Bey’in Tuhfetü’l-Huccâc Risâlesi Örneği by Şerife EROĞLU MEMİŞ

“…According to the Islamic belief, Muslims living in various regions, based on the principle of making every Muslim who is free, mentally healthy and entitled to make a pilgrimage at least once in their lifetime, have to live in Mecca in the first half of the month of Zilhicce. …”
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Effect of Information Genotype on Investors' Inertia by Fatemeh Jahandari, Amirhossein Taebi Noghondari, Hadis Zeinali

“…Investors' belief that current market conditions will persist often leads them to delay reacting to earnings information. …”
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The mediating role of creative self-efficacy in the relationship between organizational intelligence and organizational agility of teachers by Abbas Gholtash

“…Bandura defines self-efficacy as "an individual's belief that he can function successfully in a specific environment." …”
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Effect of Lockdown due to COVID-19 on the Aerosol and Trace Gases Spatial Distribution over India and Adjoining Regions by Madineni Venkat Ratnam, Perumal Prasad, Sivan Thankamani Akhil Raj, Ibrahim Hoteit

“…This finding is important to argue against the common belief that Asian countries are the main sources of pollution when long-range transport, which is a natural source, is the main cause. …”
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ANTHROPOLOGICAL DIMENSIONS OF PRAGMATISM AND PERSPECTIVES OF SOCIO-HUMANITARIAN REDESCRIPTION OF ANALYTIC METHODOLOGY by A. S. Synytsia

“…Anthropological problematics is also important in the theory of knowledge, the core of which is the notion of pragmatic belief, which enables truth and religious beliefs, since the foundation of the theory of truth is determined by the principle of humanism, and the truth is interpreted as a value orientation. …”
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The Role of Rituals and Ceremonies in the Identity Struggle of a Society that Has Lost Its Language: the Example of Lithuanian Tatars by Mehmet Aça

“… Language, history, geography, belief, and culture have an important role in the societies to have a common identity and to maintain their existence by embracing this identity. …”
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GENOME POLITICS: STRATEGY AND TACTICS by Jonas Rubikas

“…Human mental and consciousness activity, brain functions obtained by learning mask the dependence of these activities on the genome. Even belief in various forms of trascendental phenomena, reincarnation, astral energy influence, energy materialization and many others completely depends on the believer’s genome. …”
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Demographic Characteristics Associated With Adolescent Receipt of Provider E-Cigarette Screening and Advice and the Impact on Harm Perception by John S. Acosta-Peñaloza, MS, Karen W. Geletko, MPH, Jon Mills, PhD

“…The authors found no association between provider intervention and increased harm perception of E-cigarettes; however, provider intervention was associated with the belief that E-cigarettes are equally or more addictive than cigarettes (p<0.0001). …”
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Knowledge, religiosity, and decision to use Sharia hospital services among residents in Central Java, Indonesia by Amelia Wilda, Sabrina Mutiara Putri, Bintang Ananda Afrilianti Vinalisa, Reefa Dyah Salsabila, Putri Sirry Nafisatussalimah, Arifin Santoso, Indriyati Hadi Sulistyaningrum

“…Meanwhile, religiosity is an individual's level of religious commitment that reflects the extent of belief in the values and expectations of the religion they adhere to or practice; in this study, it is the Muslim community. …”
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Oncologists' views on ototoxicity monitoring in head and neck cancer patients: A South Indian qualitative study. by Varsha Shankar, Jayashree Seethapathy, Satish Srinivas, Raghu Nandhan, Prasanna Kumar Saravanam

“…The findings align with the key components of the health belief model, including perceived susceptibility, perceived barriers, and cues to action. …”
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Social Justice Work in the University: Understanding Student and Staff Perceptions and Aspirations for Decolonising the Curriculum from a University-Wide Survey by Kyra Araneta, Kelsea Costin, Jennifer Fraser, Fatima Maatwk, Özge Süvari, Esra Tahir

“…This study aims to enrich the discourse on social justice work in higher education by offering a critical lens on decolonial efforts and highlighting opportunities for collective action to rethink knowledge production and pedagogical practices. Grounded in the belief that decolonial research partnerships between students and staff are essential, the survey and article were developed by six researchers—three staff members and three students.…”
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Traveling wave solutions of a hybrid KdV-Burgers equation with arbitrary real coefficients in relation with beam-permeated multi-ion plasma fluids by Kuldeep Singh, Steffy Sara Varghese, Ioannis Kourakis

“…Contrary to widespread belief (based on a beam-free plasma description), an investigation of nonlinear electrostatic waves in beam-permeated plasmas reveals that the sign(s) of all (any) of the coefficients (a, b or c) may be reversed, independently from each other, depending on the beam velocity (value). …”
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Investigating the intrinsic top-down dynamics of deep generative models by Lorenzo Tausani, Alberto Testolin, Marco Zorzi

“…A popular class of hierarchical generative models is that of Deep Belief Networks (DBNs), which are energy-based deep learning architectures that can learn multiple levels of representations in a completely unsupervised way exploiting Hebbian-like learning mechanisms. …”
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Individual and organizational factors associated with public health workforce competencies to advance health equity. by Paula M Kett, Shahida Shahrir, Betty Bekemeier, Kay Schaffer, Danielle J Zemmel, Davis G Patterson

“…Logistic regression assessed associations between key factors and staff-reported "knowledge of" and "confidence in addressing" structural racism, health equity, social determinants of equity (SDoE), social determinants of health (SDOH), and environmental justice, as well as belief and involvement in addressing racism through one's work. …”
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Relationship between mindfulness and self-control in deaf individuals: mediating role of inner peace and moderating role of life experience by Tong-Ao Zeng, Meng Xu, Han Zhu, Fu-Xiang Li, Xuan-feng Duan, Wen-Jun An, Fu-Yi Yang

“…A moderated mediation analysis was conducted based on participants’ responses to the Mindfulness Attention Awareness Scale, Peace of Mind Scale, and Belief Self-Control Scale. Results The findings indicate a significant positive correlation between mindfulness and self-control across both groups. …”
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A Medication Management App (Smart-Meds) for Patients After an Acute Coronary Syndrome: Pilot Pre-Post Mixed Methods Study by Frederic Ehrler, Liliane Gschwind, Hamdi Hagberg, Philippe Meyer, Katherine Blondon

“…The study aimed to assess changes in participants’ beliefs about medication and self-reported adherence before and after the intervention. …”
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Development of Innovative Activity of University Teachers: Philosophical and Psychological Perspectives by Yu. N. Gut, L. E. Tursunov, M. V. Lanskikh, Sh. B. Akhmedova

“…It was also found that the leading factors hindering the innovative activity of teachers are: insufficient awareness of possible innovative activities at the university; the belief that only the traditional education system is effective; lack of assistance in mastering innovations in the team, as well as fear of negative performance results. …”
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Telecommand Rejection Probability in CCSDS-Compliant LDPC-Coded Space Transmissions With Tail Sequence by Rebecca Giuliani, Massimo Battaglioni, Marco Baldi, Franco Chiaraluce, Nicola Maturo

“…Instead, when the same approach is employed with LDPC codes and probabilistic belief propagation iterative decoders, the scenario becomes more challenging. …”
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Cognitive Distortions and Decision-Making in Women Victims of Intimate Partner Violence: A Scoping Review by Marta Badenes-Sastre, Patricia Medinilla-Tena, Chelsea M. Spencer, Francisca Expósito

“…Results: Self-blame, low attribution of responsibility to the aggressor, minimization of violence or damage, normalization of IPV, denial/loss of self, denial injury, control perceived, hope of change, savior beliefs, “should” belief in the relationship, focus on positive aspects of the relationship or aggressor, and denial other emotional options besides the partner were the main cognitive distortions found in women victims of IPV and related to maintaining IPV. …”
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