Legitimasi Penafsiran DI/TII Sensen Komara tentang Perubahan Arah Kiblat: Analisis Penafsiran QS. Al-Baqarah 142-144 by Hafid Nur Muhammad, Tasya Sekardila, Tia Dahtiana

“…As a consequence, the deep spiritual message of changing the Qibla direction as a symbol of Muslim obedience and unity can be reduced to a mere political tool. …”
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A Study of the Cultural and Musical Structure of Indian Classic Music for Critical Rereading of the Book “The Music of Northern India” by Navid Vaziri

“…This paper has attempted to reread the book The Music of Northern India from the collections of the musical experiments as a symbol of culture collection, and the aim of this research is to criticize the mentioned book considering the musical-technical dual discussions and the musical-social issues. …”
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Search for the turning points in the Soviet Lithuanian historiography: 1956 (?) by Aurimas Švedas

“… The XX Congress of the Soviet Union Communist Party which took place in February 1956 became a symbol of radical reforms in the Soviet Union. Liberation processes started in many fields of the totalitarian state: in political and social life, in culture, in science, and art. …”
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Campowy androgyn. „Rocky Horror Picture Show” Jima Sharmana by Karolina Kosińska

“…Kochanek taki, istota bez zdefiniowanej płci, to pewnego rodzaju model, oniryczny symbol przejścia, inicjacji, androgynizacji, którą aplikuje „niewinnej” parze. …”
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GASTRONOMY'S INFLUENCE ON CHOOSING CULTURAL TOURISM DESTINATIONS: A STUDY OF GRANADA, SPAIN by Franklin CORDOVA-BUIZA, Lucía GARCÍA-GARCÍA, Lucía CASTAÑO-PRIETO, José VALVERDE-RODA

“…Key findings indicate that different tourist types have distinct characteristics and perceptions of local cuisine as a cultural identity symbol. Understanding these segments helps in tailoring tourism offerings to meet diverse preferences. …”
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Russian Arctic in the Contours of the Maritime Doctrine of the Russian Federation by Sergey Yu. Kozmenko, Arina S. Kozmenko

“…The Arctic nuclear icebreaker fleet and fleets of reinforced ice-class vessels are rightly considered the symbol of the Arctic maritime potential. …”
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Cognitive Impairment in Opium Use Disorder by Hossein Sanjari Moghaddam, Behrang Shadloo, Helen Shahkhah, Abbas Tafakhori, Maryam Haghshomar, Shakila Meshkat, Vajiheh Aghamollaii

“…Thirty outpatients with OUD and 20 healthy controls (HCs) were assessed using a neuropsychological battery consisted of Auditory Verbal Learning Test-Revised (AVLT-R), Brief Visuospatial Memory Test-Revised (BVMT-R), Digit Forward and Backward Tests (DFT and DBT), and WAIS-R Digit Symbol Substitution Test (DSST). The most affected cognitive functions in patients with OUD were detected by DBT and DSST. …”
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LPI‐based cooperative tactic for satellite communication uplink signal accompanied by directed and power limited jamming by Fei Wang, Xiaoyan Huang, Yiyuan Chen, Chenguang Shi, Jun Chen

“…First, based on the satellite link equation, an optimisation model for LPI SCUS is established with coding and synchronisation of symbol and carrier frequency. However, when the satellite is on the synchronisation orbit, the LPI model of SCUS is still very likely to be intercepted by an eavesdropper that might be close to the SCUS. …”
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Listy Cyrana, chustka Desdemony i róża upiora opery, czyli filmowa rekwizytornia romansowa by Grażyna Stachówna

“…W niektórych sytuacjach ekranowych rekwizyt może także zyskać znaczenie czyniące z niego symbol. Zostaje wtedy nacechowany w szczególny sposób, który widzowie odczytują w wyniku deszyfrowania jego ukrytego sensu. …”
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A Comparative Study of the Psychology of Color in the Contemporary Poetry of Iranian and Afghanistanian Women Based on Max Luscher's Theory; A Case Study of the Poems of Forough Fa... by Shafiullah Salik, Mahsa Rone

“…Khaleda Forough's initial selection is green, which is a symbol of faith, freedom, and serenity. The color black, which is situated adjacent to green, is associated with tyranny, suffocation, and social unrest. …”
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A Critique and Review on the Book Holding Strategic Management: A Framework for Supervision Strategies by Karim Esgandari, Sheida Orafaye Jamshidi, Shadi Orafaye Jamshidi, Mojtaba Ramazani

“…There are some formal weaknesses such as: not using a specific symbol for the strategic management of the holding in the design on the cover of the book, not observing the proportion of the volume of the chapters, and lack of attractive shapes. …”
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Rediscovering Mikola Husouski: Carmen De Statura Feritate Ac Venatione Bisontis In The Light Of Niccolo Machiavelli’s The Prince by Volha Korbut Salman

“…Carmen de Statura Feritate ac Venatione Bisontis [The Song about the Bison, Its Stature, Ferocity and Hunt] 1523 , in its turn, was soon forgotten and rediscovered only three centuries later, just recently becoming a masterpiece of the Belarusian and Slavic literature. It is through the symbol of the bison that the long poem celebrates the valour and noble free spirit of its native land, provides an image of an ideal ruler, glorifies the persona of Vytautas the Great – the ruler of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, as well as acquaints the reader with the beauty of the state, which, at the time of the poem’s creation, was situated beyond the borders of the Holy Roman Empire, and was often regarded as a land of savages and barbarians, populated by fiends and ogres. …”
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Conflict Between African Tradition and Western Culture in The Play The Lion and The Jewel By Wole Soyinka. by Magezi, Martin Walter

“…The study concluded that Wole Soyinka's play The Lion and the Jewel is a significant success, which shows how African culture is better than Western culture. Baroka, who is the symbol of African culture, wins Sidi's hand in marriage over Lakunle, who symbolizes Western tradition. …”
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Heiliges und Sinnliches by Swetha Vijayakumar

“…Durch die Betrachtung von Marketingstrategien der indischen Regierung, des Bewerbens erotischer Souvenirs und von durch das Ministerium für indischen Tourismus bereitgestellten statistischen Daten werden drei verschiedenartige Wege identifiziert, wie in Khajuraho Erotisierung stattfindet: erstens, durch ein einzigartig romantisiertes Marketing von indischen Reiseagenturen, die verführerische Hochzeitsreisen und Urlaubspakete anbieten; zweitens, durch eine Fülle an erotischen Souvenirs, die als ein Symbol Khajurahos auf den Straßen verkauft werden; und drittens, durch die Schaffung einer von örtlicher Prostitution getragenen „Erlebnisökonomie“. …”
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Relationship between social determinants of health and cognitive performance in an older American population: a cross-sectional NHANES study by Zhen-Guo Yang, Xu Sun, Xue Han, Xiao Wang, Lei Wang

“…Cognitive performance was evaluated using three tests: the Digit Symbol Substitution Test (DSST) for processing speed, the Animal Fluency Test (AFT) for executive function, and a subtest from the Coalition to Establish an Alzheimer’s Disease Registry (CERAD) for memory. …”
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Dynamic Peak Threshold Estimation Method for Noise Mitigation in Hybrid PLC/VLC Systems by Irvine Mapfumo, Thokozani Shongwe

“…Moreover, the results showed a clear correlation between the optimal blanking threshold and the peak-to-average power value of the ACO-OFDM symbol which we leveraged to ascertain the optimal blanking threshold.…”
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From Social Infrastructure to Civic Center. The School as Laboratory of Collaborative Governance Models by Daniela Ciaffi, Emanuela Saporito, Ianira Vassallo

“…First of all, as the symbol of a public welfare service in crisis, it is simultaneously possible to recognize a certain habit of school communities taking part in the redevelopment of this service, through actions to care for the school building and its pertinent spaces. …”
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Une motte castrale dans le contexte des recompositions politiques au tournant de l’an mil (Région Centre, Indre-et-Loire) by Samuel Riou, Flore Marteaux

“…The deserted area was never reoccupied, as during the middle age this space was seen as a feudal vassal symbol. This has influenced the evolution of the village, which only went on to develop itself on the narrow slope of the spur.…”
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Badges of (Dis-)Honour: Manifesting the ‘Conquest’ of Uluṟu via Wearable Material Culture by Dirk H. R. Spennemann, Sharnie Hurford

“…Set in a wide open plain, the monolith of Uluṟu (‘Ayers Rock’) has become an internationally recognizable symbol for the Australian outback, currently attracting hundreds of thousands of tourists each year. …”
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Constellation Optimization for MIMO VLC System With Signal-Dependent Noise: Receiver-Side Design and Lookup Table Establishment by Jiaqi Wei, Yuan Wang, Nuo Huang, Yan-Yu Zhang, Yi-Jun Zhu, Wenliang Hao, Chen Gong

“…Simulation results show that the optimized constellation leads to lower symbol error rate (SER) than the method of maximizing minimum Euclidean distance. …”
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