El mascarón arquitectónico preclásico de la Estructura 3 de Chacté, Guatemala by Carlos Morales-Aguilar, Daniel Salazar Lama, Ivan Šprajc, Richard D. Hansen

“…In this paper, we offer a preliminary iconographic interpretation of this sculpture mask that might represent the K’inich Ajaw god, symbolizing the emergence of the sun in the east.…”
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Non-probabilistic Solution of Uncertain Vibration Equation of Large Membranes Using Adomian Decomposition Method by Smita Tapaswini, S. Chakraverty

“…Finally the same governing equation is solved by Adomian decomposition method (ADM) symbolically to obtain the uncertain bounds. The present methods are very simple and effective. …”
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“Wairon and Waimansusu”: War Boat and Trade Boat of The Biak People in Papua-Indonesia by Rumbekwan Albert, Sulistiyono Singgih Tri, Rochwulaningsih Yety, Susilowati Endang, Ali Ismail, Masruroh Noor Naelil

“…For the Biak Tribe, the Wairon and Waimansusu boats are not only functional, but also have artistic and symbolic value in the maritime history of the eastern region of the archipelago. …”
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Partially-massless higher spin algebras in four dimensions by Thomas Basile, Shailesh Dhasmana

“…More precisely, we show that the centraliser of osp(1|2(ℓ − 1), ℝ) in the Weyl-Clifford algebra generated by 4 bosonic and 8(ℓ − 1) fermionic symbols, modulo osp(1|2(ℓ − 1), ℝ) generators, is isomorphic to the higher spin algebra of the type-A ℓ theory whose spectrum contains partially-massless fields of all spins and depths t = 1, 3,…, 2ℓ − 1. …”
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Root Locus Practical Sketching Rules for Fractional-Order Systems by António M. Lopes, J. A. Tenreiro Machado

“…The practical rules derived for those do not apply to other symbolic expressions, namely, to transfer functions expressed as the ratio of FO zeros and poles. …”
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Rethinking contending themes in indigenous and Christian religions in contemporary Africa by O.C. Eze, L.I. Ugbudian, T.A. Adihikon, S.O.S. Nnabuchi, J.U. Eke, C.J. Okolo

“…In the vast majority of deficit-prone literature, such themes as symbolism, liturgy, sacrifice, saints, sinners, and ontology, among others, are far from balanced. …”
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The culinary linguistic landscape of Kupang City, Indonesia: unraveling identity through sign boards by Naniana N. Benu, Budi A. Sudarmanto, Tri Wahyuni, Dian Susilastri, Erlinda Rosita, Amir Mahmud, Sri Yono

“…Using a qualitative approach, this research examines the linguistic of culinary signboards, focusing on language selection, cultural symbols, and visual design. Data were collected from 464 culinary signboards across various roads in Kupang. …”
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Public commemoration in service of nation, state and dynastic identity-building by Marković Anita

“…When considering the socio-political situation at the time of the centenary of the First Serbian Uprising in 1804 in the country, largely metered by the dynastic change of 1903, the organization of the commemoration of this anniversary as an official state ceremony - the highlight of this being the coronation of Petar Karađorđević - necessitated, in the form of an ephemeral spectacle, the symbolic revival, reinterpretation and reconstruction of the past, in order to emphasize the legitimacy of the power of the new ruler and dynasty and to encourage promotion of this in a broad range of media.…”
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Chaos in Ecology: The Topological Entropy of a Tritrophic Food Chain Model by Jorge Duarte, Cristina Januário, Nuno Martins

“…In the present work we study a specific food chain model from the literature. Using results from symbolic dynamics, we characterize the topological entropy of a family of logistic-like Poincaré return maps that replicates salient aspects of the dynamics of the model. …”
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Safeguarding in Sport: The Performative Compliance of International Sports Federations by Carole Gomez, Lucie Schoch

“…Beyond the objective aspects of these actions, symbolic dimensions are included, leading to introduce the concept of “performative compliance”. …”
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Measuring Fear and Greed Index in Stock Market: Evidence from the Tehran Stock Exchange by Mojtaba Rostami Noroozabad, Ali Golbabaei Pasandi, Milad Shahrazi, Somayeh Esfandyari

“…The fluctuation in the number of accepted companies on the Tehran Stock Exchange is attributed to factors such as initial public offerings, the transfer of stocks between over-the-counter and the stock market, the delisting of symbols, and the cessation of trading for certain symbols. …”
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Hunters Before ‘Diana’: examining pre-protohistoric lithic artifacts at the sanctuary of ‘Diana nemorensis’ (Lake Nemi, central Italy) as an indicator of human-environmental intera... by Flavio Altamura, Francesca Diosono

“…However, during the Mid-Late Holocene, decreasing water levels allowed late prehistoric and protohistoric groups to engage in diverse activities in the basin, leaving traces that may hold early symbolic significance. The geomorphological setting and early occupation dynamics influenced the palaeoenvironmental conditions and the patterns of human presence and utilization of the area during the Iron Age and historical times. …”
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Archetype of transformation in The Legend of Sleepers by Danilo Kiš by Drakulić-Kozić Nataša S.

“…It is stressed that the period of dreaming is very long and that the cave is a secretive locus, which corresponds with the metamorphoses of the characters on symbolic level, as well as with their unconscious state during the separation of the spiritual from the physical part of the sleeping being. …”
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Betumbang Apam Tradition as a Medium of Islamic Education: Clifford Geertz's Interpretative Analysis by Muhammad Ikhsan Fadil, Zulfa Jamalie, Asikin Nor

“…In the context of modernization, this tradition remains relevant because it strengthens people's religious understanding through deep symbolism. …”
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The Neverending 90s in Serbia by Nađa Bobičić, Vanja Petrović

“…Drawing on Judith Butler’s concept of gender phantasm and Andrea Pető’s concept of gender as symbolic glue, this analysis examines two documents: the 1992 “Warning” resolution and Patriarch Pavle’s 1995 Christmas message. …”
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HIJRA, BETWEEN SOCIOLOGICAL AND THEOLOGICAL PHENOMENON by Firmansyah Firmansyah

“…Hijrah principally is not just a matter of strengthening the religious values symbolically, but also the mission of building an open mind on social and religious plurality. …”
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Leveraging Advanced NLP Techniques and Data Augmentation to Enhance Online Misogyny Detection by Alaa Mohasseb, Eslam Amer, Fatima Chiroma, Alessia Tranchese

“…Key contributions include emoji decoding to interpret symbolic communication, contextual expansion using Sentence-Transformer models, and LDA-based topic modeling to enhance data richness and contextual understanding. …”
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The struggle and enrichment of play: Domestications and overflows in the everyday life of gamer parents by Ask Kristine, Sørenssen Ingvild Kvale, Moltubakk Stine Thordarson

“…The analysis investigates how gamer parents mediate play, with an emphasis on how games are interpreted, the family's player practices, and the role of gaming-related expertise in accordance with the three dimensions (symbolic, practice, cognitive) of domestication theory.…”
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Viajes, comercio y cultura corsa en el noreste venezolano (S. XIX): aproximación histórica a los estereotipos de viaje a través del documental De navíos, ron y chocolate by Edda O.  Samudio Aizpurúa, Johnny V. Barrios-Barrios

“…This exercise is based on the renowned documentary De navíos, ron y chocolate (Roncayolo, 2011), where it is possible to observe the context of this historical period and the economic and sociocultural aspects about the  Corsican presence in eastern Venezuela, which allows a historical approach to the theme of travel through documentation, oral testimonies, dramatization, imaginary perspectives and evocation of historical images, elements that bring the observer closer to narratives,  representations, socio-symbolic aspects and perceptions of Venezuelan culture. …”
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HIJANETICS (HIJAIYAH AND ENGLISH PHONETICS) IN EFL PRONUNCIATION CLASSES: A PARTICIPATORY ACTION RESEARCH by Shafrida Wati

“…It promoted independent learning for the students since their ability to recognize phonetics symbols allow them to discover how a word is pronounced. …”
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