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The Gourd as a Spiritual and Cultural Symbol Among the Yi People in Southwest China

open access: yesReligions
In the Yi ethnic group in southwest China, the gourd is a prominent symbol, collectively imbued with imaginative and spiritual significance. It maintains a profound connection to the Yi people’s way of life, manifested in both ancient mythological ...
Ling Chen
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Explanation and analysis of the relationship between External senses and Judgment in proposition in the Islamic Philosophy with a historical-logical approach [PDF]

open access: yesتاریخ فلسفه اسلامی, 2022
scholars of Islamic philosophy must determine their relationship with sense and experience so that they can achieve growth and in many cases production and recognize themselves as a living and dynamic stream in the world of philosophy.
hesamaldin momeni, ahmad abedi arani
doaj  

Low SLC8A1 in Colorectal Cancer Dictates Radiotherapy Resistance Through Calcium‐Dependent ANXA2+sEVs Driving M2 Polarization of TAMs

open access: yesAdvanced Science, EarlyView.
SLC8A1 deficiency in colorectal cancer cells increases intracellular calcium signaling, promoting the secretion of ANXA2‐enriched small extracellular vesicles. These vesicles reprogram tumor‐associated macrophages towards an M2 phenotype, which in turn fosters a tumor microenvironment conducive to radioresistance and is associated with poor patient ...
Yimin Fang   +18 more
wiley   +1 more source

An Inquiry into the Method of Penetrating the Chaotic Obscurity 鑽杳冥 in Li Xiyue’s Internal Alchemy Practice

open access: yesReligions
Li Xiyue 李西月, the founder of the Western Branch (Xipai 西派) of Internal Alchemy (neidan 內丹) during the mid-to-late Qing dynasty, explicitly identified the method of Penetrating the Chaotic Obscurity (zuan yaoming 鑽杳冥) as the primary and most challenging ...
Rui Zhang
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ASPECTS OF CATHOLICISM AND MODERNITY THROUGH THE EXAMPLE OF CHRISTIAN POPULAR MUSIC [PDF]

open access: yesRevista Română de Sociologie, 2016
The present study examines the ambivalent connection between modernisation and Roman Catholic religion. It focuses on the appearance of popular music in a religious environment and seeks an answer to the question of how the official and lived religion ...
KINGA POVEDÁK
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The Evolution of Religious Doctrines and their Impact on the Cultural Heritage of Central Asia [PDF]

open access: yesPharos Journal of Theology
The aim of this study was to identify the mechanisms of religious transformation and cultural continuity in the countries of Central Asia through the analysis of Islamic discourse in texts and architecture.
Ershat Onggar   +2 more
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Designing Tissue Function Through Embedded Bioprinting Architectures

open access: yesAdvanced Science, EarlyView.
Embedded bioprinting enables soft, cell‐dense constructs to be fabricated within supporting bath environments. This review introduces a function‐guided framework linking target tissue functions to architectural requirements, supporting bath selection, bioink design, printing dynamics, and validation assays.
Qi Li   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Modern Postural Yoga, Meditation, and Spiritual Seeking: Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga and “Moving Meditation”

open access: yesReligions
This study focuses on yoga as part of contemporary spiritual culture (CSC) and examines the relationship between modern yoga and meditation. First, I investigate the purpose of practice and the position of meditation in classical yoga and hatha yoga; I ...
Masayuki Ito
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KLF5 Downregulation Links Impaired BNIP3‐Mediated Mitophagy to Inflammatory Valve Remodeling in Calcific Aortic Valve Disease

open access: yesAdvanced Science, EarlyView.
In human CAVD, KLF5 is reduced in VIC‐rich regions and remodeling/stress‐associated VIC states. In VICs, KLF5 sustains BNIP3 promoter activity and BNIP3‐mediated mitophagy, thereby limiting cytosolic mtDNA accumulation. KLF5 loss weakens mitochondrial quality control and enhances mtDNA‐sensitive STING/NF‐κB/NLRP3 inflammatory signaling under osteogenic
Jin‐Hui Bian   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Traversing, turning, and mobilizing as operators for a radical interdisciplinarity: modeling local and complementary integration

open access: yesFrontiers in Education
This article examines how interdisciplinarity is operationalized today, a question explored in our graduate seminar Radical Interdisciplinarity, which was offered four times between 2019–2020 and 2022–2023 by the Netherlands Institute for Cultural ...
Maaike Bleeker, Iris van der Tuin
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