History and National Integration: A Study of Collective Memory of Tamiang Monuments in Medan 1894 by Aulia Rahman, Husaini Ibrahim, Okhaifi Prasetyo, Usman Usman, Mufti Riyani

“…The monument is an important symbol to remind people of the greatness and courage in the struggle against the colonizers. …”
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Modeling the adoption of urban air mobility based on technology acceptance and risk perception theories: A case study on flying cars by Sangen Hu, Zikang Huang, Ke Wang, Haiyuan Lin, Mingyang Pei

“…Flying cars, a symbol of Urban Air Mobility (UAM), signify a pivotal step in revolutionizing urban transportation and play a pivotal role in shaping future transport systems. …”
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Dynamic methylation and expression of alternative promoters for oestrogen receptor alpha in cell line models of fulvestrant resistance by Juliane Albrecht, Mirjam Müller, Völundur Hafstað, Kamila Kaminska, Johan Vallon‐Christersson, Gabriella Honeth, Helena Persson

“…Oestrogen receptor alpha (ER; gene symbol ESR1) is the most important prognostic and treatment‐predictive biomarker in breast cancer. …”
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Exploring the Association Between Overactive Bladder (OAB) and Cognitive decline: mediation by depression in elderly adults,   a NHANES weighted analysis by Ling Liu

“…Cognitive health was assessed using the Consortium to Establish a Registry for Alzheimer’s Disease-Word Learning (CERAD W-L), Animal Fluency Test (AFT), and Digit Symbol Substitution Test (DSST). OAB was defined by a score more than 3 on the Overactive Bladder Syndrome Symptom Score (OABSS). …”
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Sex differences in the association between lipids and cognitive function in older adults by Jiahao Chen, Yinming Wang, Wenyan Guo, Muyuan Jiang, Zixuan Gai, Huinan Zhang, Mulei Chen, Yifan Fan

“…Cognitive function was assessed using the Digit Symbol Substitution Test (DSST). Multiple linear regression models and restricted cubic spline curve fitting were used. …”
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On Defining Expressions for Entropy and Cross-Entropy: The Entropic Transreals and Their Fracterm Calculus by Jan A. Bergstra, John V. Tucker

“…Instead of adding conventions or splitting formulae into cases, we create a new algebra of real numbers with two symbols <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mo>±</mo><mo>∞</mo></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> for signed infinite values and a symbol named ⊥ for the undefined. …”
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Comparative effects of dual-task training versus combined exercise training in water and on land on patients with multiple sclerosis: a study protocol of a randomised factorial tri... by Sahar Nazary Soltan Ahmad, Seyed Sadredin Shojaedin, Mehdi Khaleghi Tazji

“…The primary outcome includes the Symbol Digit Modalities Test. The secondary outcomes involve the California Verbal Learning Test-II, the Brief Visuospatial Memory Test—Revised, kinetics and kinematics throughout the balance and gait cycle. …”
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The black female body: Representation of the erotic in contemporary visual art in Africa by Tayler FRIAR

“…Using Baartman as a guiding symbol, this article will argue that contrary to its previous confinements as an overly policed trope, the black female body is charged with an artistic power that explodes, leaks, and subverts the historical narrative, making it a constantly evolving archetype in contemporary visual art.…”
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La diversion comme genre : L’écriture et ses labyrinthes à l’époque élisabéthaine by Sophie Chiari-Lasserre

“…With its eccentricities and its extravagances, Renaissance literature gave the symbol a new life. Such translations as Edward Fairfax’s Godfrey of Bulloigne or the Recoverie of Jerusalem (1600) and Robert Dallington’s Hypnerotomachia (1592) allow us to enter a world full of “diversions” – in both senses of the word – and of intricate mazes. …”
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Ethnosymbolism as a Framework for Early Modern Literature Analysis: Theoretical Reflections on the Identity of the Political Community of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania by Skirmantas Knieža

“…The emergence of ethnosymbolism in the 1980s can be associated with a broader cultural turn in historiography and history studies: scholars shifted their focus to foundational myths and myths of descent, analyzing symbols that helped establish and cultivate the cultural memory of communities. …”
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Refining the Production Date of Historical Palestinian Garments Through Dye Identification by Diego Tamburini, Ludovic Durand, Zeina Klink-Hoppe

“…Palestinian embroidery is a symbol of national identity and the topic of scholarly research. …”
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La reescritura prismática del orfismo y sus dimensiones en la poesía de Carles Riba, Agustí Bartra y Josep Sebastià Pons by Marta López Vilar

“…On the other hand, the article will show how Orphic rewriting is configured in a prismatic way in each of them: death as the beginning of knowledge and transcendence, the symbol as the embodiment of civil and spiritual conscience and, finally, the Orphic myth as the expression of mourning and absence. …”
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Deep Learning-Based Channel Estimation to Mitigate Channel Aging in Massive MIMO With Pilot Contamination by Hiroki Hirose, Siyuan Yang, Tomoaki Ohtsuki, Mondher Bouazizi

“…To further enhance estimation accuracy, a smoothing filter is employed to minimize local distortions caused by incorrect symbol detection in the time domain. Simulation results demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed method, particularly at normalized Doppler frequencies above 0.01, where it significantly outperforms conventional techniques and interpolation-based approaches. …”
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The Struggle to Defend Minority Rights: The Role of Islamic Religious Counselor in the Realization of Religious Freedom by Syamsul Rijal, Harjoni Desky, Ermy Azziaty Rozali, Taslim H. M. Yasin

“…The results of the study show the issue in understanding the extent to which the role of divine (heavenly) religious symbols is manifested in the social realm when the majority and minority groups of various religious believers interact with each other in a society, and when each different symbol touches each other intensely. …”
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Representation of Culture and Human Rights Violations in Timothy Wangusa’s Upon This Mountain and Austin Bukenya’s The Bride. Unisa Press. by Tugume, Benon.

“…Lekindo, the leader of the young generation is opposed to her discrimination and fights for her rights and acceptance in the plains by smashing the skull, an iconic symbol of cultural beliefs. He marries Namvua to underscore the theme of the inevitability of change because of human rights abuses.…”
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Holistic Spirituality in Gail Godwin’s Life and Fiction: Father Melancholy’s Daughter, The Good Husband, and Evensong by Elaine LUX

“…Marriage is thus a spiritual metaphor for the marriage of the soul with Christ and a Jungian symbol of the divided self that needs to synthesize its contraries even as it is a daily living out of mundane human existence. …”
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PHRASEOLOGICAL EXPRESSIONS WITH THE COMPONENT ‘SHOES’ IN THE LINGUOCULTURAL PICTURE OF THE CHINESE WORLD by Ma Guangdong

“…The study of phraseological expressions with the component “shoes” in Chinese language and culture involves an in-depth study of the rich connotation and meaning of this unique cultural symbol. Phraseologisms, as treasures of the Chinese language, are not only the historical heritage, but also the wisdom and emotions of the nation. …”
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Sudeten: Erinnerung reinterpretiert by Jan Pacholski

“…After World War II, this monument was reinterpreted; Borussian symbols were removed from it, including the emblematic eagle taking flight and the visage of von Götzen himself, and replaced with a hammer and sickle and a red star. …”
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Mekong cooperation frameworks and geopolitical dynamics: a Cambodian perspective by Kin Phea

“…This paper proposes some recommendations to ensure the Mekong River remains a symbol of regional cooperation and prosperity. Strengthening the MRC through enhanced regulatory power and fostering greater regional cooperation on water management and environmental protection is crucial. …”
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Role of cumulative biological risk in mediating socioeconomic disparities in cognitive function in the elderly: a mediation analysis by Jimmy Akrivos, Carolyn Wei Zhu, Vahram Haroutunian

“…Of the 4976 elderly (60 years or older) who were selected, 3234 agreed to participate in the household and medical exam interviews (65% response rate).Primary and secondary outcome measures Performance on the Digit Symbol Substitution Test (DSST)—a measure of cognitive function.Results Relative to participants with the lowest level of education or family income, participants who were college graduates (β=24.4, 95% CI 22 to 26.8, p&lt;0.0001) or in the highest income quartile (β=17.3, 95% CI 15.2 to 19.4, p&lt;0.0001) had the highest DSST scores and the least AL burden (β=−0.72, 95% CI −0.98 to −0.47 and β=−0.82, 95% CI −1 to −0.57; p&lt;0.0001, respectively). …”
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