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Narrative reconstruction of the self: Living funerals as rituals of trauma and transformation

The Australian Journal of Anthropology, EarlyView.
Abstract Living funerals mark a radical reconfiguration of contemporary engagements with mortality, transforming death from an imposed ending into an actively authored narrative. This study examines the practice in Hong Kong's hybrid sociocultural landscape, where traditional Chinese death rituals collide with neoliberal selfhood and globalised ...
Yuen‐Ki Tang
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Symbolic and Imaginative Source of Mudra and Asana in Buddhist Art

Известия Уральского федерального университета. Серия 2: Гуманитарные науки
This article reveals the meaning of one of the key elements of Buddhist iconography, i.e. the phenomenon of mudra (folding of fingers) and asana (body posture).
Victoria Vladimirovna Demenova
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Pandemic Geographies of Home: Domestic Thresholding in Response to COVID‐19

Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, EarlyView.
Short Abstract With the home at the forefront of political and public health responses to COVID‐19, the thresholds between domestic space and the world beyond acquired a new significance in people's everyday lives. This paper introduces the concept of ‘thresholding’ to explore the ways in which internal and external thresholds are understood and ...
Alison Blunt, Kathy Burrell, Annabelle Wilkins, Georgina Endfield, Miri Lawrence, Eithne Nightingale, Alastair Owens, Jacqueline Waldock   +7 more
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The impacts of biological invasions

Biological Reviews, Volume 101, Issue 3, Page 1255-1310, June 2026.
ABSTRACT The Anthropocene is characterised by a continuous human‐mediated reshuffling of the distributions of species globally. Both intentional and unintentional introductions have resulted in numerous species being translocated beyond their native ranges, often leading to their establishment and subsequent spread – a process referred to as biological
Phillip J. Haubrock, Teun Everts, Neil Angelo S. Abreo, Jamie Bojko, Victor Deklerck, James W. E. Dickey, Ana Clara S. Franco, Emili García‐Berthou, Stelios Katsanevakis, Natalia I. Kirichenko, Stefano Mammola, Martin A. Nuñez, Ben Parker, Riccardo Scalera, Ismael Soto, Diederik Strubbe, Ali Serhan Tarkan, Lorenzo Vilizzi, Tim Adriaens, Paride Balzani, Dagmara Błońska, Elizabeta Briski, Rein Brys, Amy L. Burgess, James E. Byers, Carlos Cano‐Barbacil, Giuseppe Castaldelli, Jaimie T.A. Dick, Victoria Dominguez Almela, Romina D. Dimarco, Margarita Florencio, Antonín Kouba, Melina Kourantidou, Irmak Kurtul, Irene Martín‐Forés, Olivier Morissette, Julian D. Olden, Bruno E. Soares, Jakub Truszkowski, Hugo Verreycken, Marc Kenis, Ronaldo Sousa, J. Robert Britton   +42 more
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Buddhist Discourse in Changing Times: The Significance of Buddhist Magazines in Early 20th-Century Korea with a Focus on Bulgyo

Religions
In early 20th-century Korea, Buddhist magazines emerged as vital extra-canonical sources, offering a modern platform that complemented traditional Buddhist texts.
Junghyun Kwon, Jongjin Kim
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Cultural and Methodological Adaptations in Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing Therapy Across Diverse Cultural Contexts: A Narrative Review

Counselling and Psychotherapy Research, Volume 26, Issue 2, June 2026.
ABSTRACT Background and Aim Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy is an established intervention for trauma and stress‐related disorders. As its use expands across diverse sociocultural contexts, questions arise regarding how its structured protocol can be adapted without compromising therapeutic integrity.
Anwar Khan, Amalia bt Madihie
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A Mobile Temple: Forms and Visual Grammar of Portable Buddhist Shrines from the 3rd to the 8th Centuries Unearthed Along the Silk Road

Religions
Portable Buddhist shrines refer to small-scale mobile or assembled shrines, typically made of wood, stone, clay, and metal. They were initially used as temporary ritual sites or ornamental attachments for temples and stupas, later becoming independent ...
Haoran Li, Hengbang Zhou
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Sleep Quality, Sleep Hygiene Behaviors, and Psychosocial Determinants Among Undergraduate Students in South‐Eastern Bangladesh: A Cross‐Sectional Study

Public Health Challenges, Volume 5, Issue 2, June 2026.
Poor sleep is highly prevalent among university students and is shaped by gender differences, academic discipline, socioeconomic status, and psychosocial stress. These findings underscore the need for targeted sleep hygiene and stress management interventions to enhance student health, well‐being, and academic performance.
Md. Mayin Uddin Hasan, Intesar Mahmud Sayeed, Mohammed Zahidul Islam, Md. Shahin Rana, Md. Aminul Anowar, Shantu Ghosh, Abdullah Al Noman, Mohammed Abu Sayeed, Mohammad Injamul Hoq   +8 more
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Compassion - Toward an Ethics of Mindfulness [PDF]

, 2018
This work is guided by two hypotheses with one overall objective of establishing an ethics of mindfulness . The first hypothesis is the concept of moral motivator or in- tentional moral.
Janning, Finn
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Images Old and New: Buddhist Painting Preservation and the Transmission of Tradition in Premodern Japan

Ars Orientalis
For the past two decades, scholarship has made great strides uncovering the multifaceted ways in which Buddhist objects provide insights into the beliefs, practices, and worldviews of the people who used and viewed them.
Miriam Chusid
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