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ENCOUNTERS AT THE EDGE OF NIGHT: An Ethnography of the Weird
ABSTRACT Ethnographers often hear stories that, for the listener, cannot be. Explanations that shelve away such “weird” stories into cultural boxes or reframe them as metaphors for something familiar not only close the door on the theoretical possibilities of openness but also do not do justice to their interlocutors' own inquiries about the world ...
ANDREW ALAN JOHNSON
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Abstract Based on an analysis of the Old Literary Tibetan corpus—a corpus of the oldest documented Tibetic language—the present study provides evidence that literary Tibetan v3 verb stems (commonly termed ‘future’) initially encoded passive voice. New arguments put forward in this article range from Trans‐Himalayan nominal morphology to early Tibetan ...
Joanna Bialek
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Nāgārjuna is the most influential and revered author and religious figure in many of the Mahayana Buddhist traditions. Chinese and Tibetan sources credit Nāgārjuna with retrieving the Mahayana sutras from the realm of the submarine serpent/dragon beings,
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ABSTRACT Background Chronic diseases are a major global health burden, contributing to morbidity, mortality and healthcare costs. Self‐care is essential for effective disease management, with health literacy (HL) and digital health literacy (eHL) playing a role in enabling individuals to engage in health‐promoting behaviours.
Camilla Elena Magi +9 more
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Medicine for the Material World
ABSTRACT It is clear that many of the inorganic materials of antiquity have been used both as medicines for human ills and also as agents in technological processes. This paper speculates that there might have been a stronger link between these two functions in the past, based on the concept of “active agents”—materials that are efficacious at curing ...
A. M. Pollard
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El budismo Mahāyāna en diálogo con la deconstrucción
El propósito de este trabajo es indagar las posibles resonancias entre el pensamiento de la différance de Derrida (1930-2004) y aspectos del budismo Mahāyāna, por ende el pensamiento de Nāgārjuna (II y III siglo d.C.) su principal exponente.
Eliana Lotti Vigna
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The Metaphysical Turn in the History of Thought: Anaximander and Buddhist Philosophy
The present study, primarily of a theoretical nature, endeavors to accomplish two distinct objectives. First and foremost, it endeavors to engage in a thoughtful examination of the metaphysical significance that Anaximander’s philosophy embodies within ...
Aldo Stella, Federico Divino
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Osteoporosis from long‐term glucocorticoid (GIOP) use elevates susceptibility to fracture. This study shows GCs impair ascorbic acid (AA) metabolism in osteoblasts, collagen synthesis and extracellular matrix integrity. AA enhanced collagen biochemical and mechanical properties and restored osteoblast and endothelial function. These findings underscore
Micaila DE Curtis +19 more
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This paper proposes a new enhanced Single Digit BCD Adder (SDBA) to perform decimal addition optimally. Quantum‐dot Cellular Automata (QCA) will construct nanostructured arithmetic circuits for future computing. One of the vital structures in arithmetic structures is the Binary Coded Decimal (BCD)/Decimal Adder. The existing Decimal Adders require many
Nagarjuna Telagam +4 more
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