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Comparative AI‐Based Framework for Name‐Based Demographic Inference in the Indian Subcontinent

Engineering Reports, Volume 8, Issue 6, June 2026.
A multi‐task framework of five AI models (SVM, XGBoost, LightGBM, BiLSTM, and XLM‐RoBERTa) infers nationality, religion, and gender from personal names across seven Indian subcontinent countries. Character‐level TF‐IDF with SVM achieves the highest accuracy: 83.23% for nationality, 92.94% for religion, and 92.67% for gender across 7581 names.
Sherin Sultana, Zaed Bin Monir Atib, Md. Omur Faruk Redoy, Md. Ataur Rahman, Mohammad Shorif Uddin, Md. Tarek Habib   +5 more
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Can Mindful Politics Be Meaningful Politics? Socially Engaged Buddhism as a Political Project within a Liberal Political Order

Religions
Throughout the Western political world, and particularly in the United States, contemporary Buddhist political thought has largely become synonymous with the movement of mindful politics, also known as Socially Engaged Buddhism.
Cory Sukala
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Naturalist Identity and Biodiversity Conservation: The Mediating Role of Obligation

PsyCh Journal, Volume 15, Issue 3, June 2026.
ABSTRACT Identity is a fundamental concept in social psychology; however, its application in conservation education has been limited. This study examines the impact of naturalist identity on biodiversity conservation behaviors, focusing on both direct and indirect pathways mediated by a sense of obligation.
Yichuan Meng, Jin Chen
wiley   +1 more source

Serendipitous ritualization: dynamics of lay connectivity in Chinese Buddhist temples and beyond Ritualisation fortuite : dynamique de la connectivité des laïques dans les temples bouddhistes chinois et au‐delà

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Volume 32, Issue 2, Page 390-411, June 2026.
This article contributes to rethinking the dichotomy between informal sociality and ritual formality by examining the occasional ritual encounters surrounding spirit‐tablet inscription in Chinese Buddhist temples. Rather than viewing rituals as enactments of established orders, it presents ritual engagement as a contingent process of relational ...
Yang Shen
wiley   +1 more source

Identifying Effective Informal Mindfulness Practices in Daily Activities

Journal of International Buddhist Studies, 2018
Mindfulness is a state of consciousness that entails regulating attention to focus on the moment-to-moment experience with an open orientation. The ability to evoke and sustain this state can be cultivated by both formal and informal meditation practices.
Ke Zhang
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Mindfulness in Action: Buddhist Environmental Activism of Earth Holder Berlin

Religions
This study explores the intersection of mindfulness practice and environmental activism within the Earth Holder Berlin (EHB) group, a part of the Order of Interbeing (O of I) inspired by Thich Nhat Hanh.
Hanyi Zhang, Ruotong Shi
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Wang Chuan’s Abstract Painting: A Contemporary Expression of Chinese Zen Ink Painting

Contemporary Social Sciences, 2021
“Zen ink painting” is the art school formed under the confluence of the sectarian “Zen” and the Chinese traditional art form “ink painting” after Buddhism was introduced to China. It emphasizes the belief that Buddhism practitioners could reveal their
Yue Zhaomin and Shi Chenggang
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(Re)framing Teacher Resilience Through an Ethico‐Onto‐Epistemological Lens

European Journal of Education, Volume 61, Issue 2, June 2026.
ABSTRACT In the face of teacher shortages and early‐career teacher attrition, resilience has emerged as a central focus in preservice teacher education particularly in the Global South, where resource disparities and socio‐political instabilities worsen existing constraints.
Shwe Ye Phyo, Erika Kopp
wiley   +1 more source

THE NAITŌ HYPOSTASIS: NAITŌ KONAN (1866–1934) AND THE JAPANESE IMPERIALIST LEGACY IN THE HISTORIOGRAPHY OF MIDDLE‐PERIOD CHINA (800–1400 CE)

History and Theory, Volume 65, Issue 2, Page 203-236, June 2026.
ABSTRACT In 1955, Hisayuki Miyakawa published an article that sought to introduce American and European scholars to the work of the Japanese Sinologist Naitō Konan (1866–1934). Miyakawa drew particular attention to what he called the “Naitō hypothesis”—that is, Naitō’s argument that China became modern during the Song dynasty (960–1279).
CHRISTIAN DE PEE
wiley   +1 more source

Buddhism in Australia: An Emerging Field of Study

Journal of Global Buddhism, 2015
In 2006, Paul D. Numrich (2008) posed the question of whether contemporary scholarship on North American Buddhism constituted a distinct "field of study" and identified several factors that defined both academic disciplines and fields. This paper applies
Anna Halafoff, Ruth Fitzpatrick, Kim Lam
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