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Phantasmic Encounters in the Arctic: Haunting Materialities Beyond the Ghosts of War

Anthropology of Consciousness, Volume 37, Issue 1, Spring 2026.
ABSTRACT In the vast north, ghostly experiences are common for locals and outsiders alike. Here, we explore how cultural‐natural attributes, like remoteness and extreme seasonal variation, compound experiences of the haunting in visceral ways. This provides the Arctic region with an unusually pronounced baseline of other‐than‐human agency, which in the
Aki Hakonen, Oula Seitsonen
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Enduring Crises of the Nation‐State: How Spatial Imaginations Reshape Identity and Dis/Unity

Geography Compass, Volume 20, Issue 3, March 2026.
ABSTRACT This article reframes the contemporary “crisis” of the nation‐state not as a simple erosion of sovereignty but as a problem of spatial misalignment: adaptive states remain strategically embedded in dense transnational regimes, yet domestic legitimacy falters when unitary national imaginaries confront heterogeneous, multi‐sited social realities.
Erdem Bekaroğlu, Suat Yazan
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Religion and Official Politics in Contemporary China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan

Religion Compass, Volume 20, Issue 2, March/April 2026.
ABSTRACT With increasing discussions on political deification and the official references to traditional religions in the People's Republic of China (PRC), recent debates on the PRC's alleged infiltration over Taiwan elections through the goddess Mazu, and the post‐Handover government's emphasis on filiality to China in Hong Kong, it is high time to ...
Ting Guo
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Topography of the Cemetery of the Majar Settlement based on Archival Materials of the XVIII–XIX Centuries and Archaeological Sources

Археология евразийских степей
The paper analyzes information on the topography of the cemetery of Majar city, contained in archival materials of the XVIII–XIX centuries and in the materials of archaeological excavations in 1907, 1909, 1989-1991 and 2020.
Vitali A. Babenko
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المعتقدات والطقوس الخاصة بالأضرحة في الجزائر خلال الفترة العثمانية

إنسانيات, 2015
In this article we discuss the role and importance of mausoleums as burial spaces and life resurrection in Algeria, in their immaterial and spiritual extents, regarding social and religious aspects.
نفيسة دويدة
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Temporal Evolution and Prevention Efficacy of Ritually Induced Fire Ignition Probability in Urban‐Forest Interface Zones: An Empirical Model Based on Forest Fire Risk Data From Kaifu District

Engineering Reports, Volume 8, Issue 1, January 2026.
This study integrates multi‐source geospatial data and fire risk modeling to provide the first quantitative analysis of the dynamic impacts of ritual fires on urban‐forest interface zones. Unlike conventional static risk assessment methods, our proposed temporal evolution model elucidates the coupling mechanisms between anthropogenic activities and ...
Sicong Zhou
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Cult Monuments in the Golden Horde: Origin and Tradition

Поволжская археология, 2016
The author analyzes cult architectural sites of the Golden Horde. She addresses such categories of buildings as mosques, minarets and mausoleums. Objects of monumental architecture quite clearly refl ect the different traditions in development of ...
Zilivinskaya Emma D.
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Genetic Algorithm Based on Trip Priority Optimization and Its Application in Tourism Path Planning

Engineering Reports, Volume 7, Issue 12, December 2025.
This study incorporates trip priority into GA optimization by designing a priority weight encoding mechanism and embedding user preferences into the fitness function to ensure that high‐priority nodes are selected first. ABSTRACT Current tourism path planning methods struggle to respond in real time to dynamic factors such as sudden changes in tourist ...
Yang Gao, Xuesong Yang
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Bio‐Archive of Cultural Heritage Microbiomes for Sustainable Conservation in the Multi‐Omics Era

Advanced Genetics, Volume 6, Issue 4, December 2025.
This review emphasizes the importance of a bio‐archive of the core microbiomes of cultural heritage as a reference for sustainable conservation, encompassing the scope of multi‐omics approaches and the identification of core microbiomes that integrate with environmental parameters.
Xiaomei Fu, Fasi Wu, Xiaobo Liu
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About the Medieval Bulgar-Tatar Architectural Tradition (in the case of Golden Horde Mausoleums)

Золотоордынское обозрение
Research objectives: The purpose of the article is to complement the existing scientifically based narratives about the origin of the stone mausoleums in the Bulgar ulus of the Golden Horde. Research materials: In the territory of the Volga-Ural region,
Valeeva-Suleimanova G.F.
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