Cultural Ambitions of Cities in Central and Eastern Europe in the Light of Two Cities - Tallin and Maribor - Case Studies by Szabolcs Morvay

“…The cities of Central and Eastern Europe have recognized those trends, which are already visible in the Western Europe on cultural sphere. The Western European cities generate development of society and economy based on culture. …”
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Faith’s Frontiers: An Exploration of Religious Syncretism and Cultural Adaptation in the “Guanyin/Madonna and Child” Painting by Zetong Liu, Hui Zeng, Junming Chen

“…This academic study explores the religious syncretism within this artwork, set against the backdrop of Sino-Western cultural dynamics. By integrating socio-religious analysis with iconographic methods, this research highlighted the interplay between the two religious traditions and the broader trends of cultural adaptation and religious amalgamation. …”
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Identification and Spatial Mapping of Locality of Streetscapes in Shanghai Hengfu Historic and Cultural Preservation Area by Yuhan SHAO, Sinan YIN, Dongbo MA, Yuting YIN

“…ObjectiveAs one of the major open spaces, urban streets not only carry the transportation function, but also promote social interaction and economic growth, while displaying the aesthetic, cultural and historical characteristics of the city. …”
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Cultural foundations of global health: a critical examination of universal child feeding recommendations by Gabriel Scheidecker, Leberecht Funk, Nandita Chaudhary, Bambi L. Chapin, Wiebke J. Schmidt, Christine El Ouardani

“…This endeavor can only succeed, we argue, if we also recognize that much of established global health doctrine is rooted in Euro-American beliefs, values, and practice rather than being culturally neutral. This paper examines the cultural biases of child feeding recommendations as a case in point. …”
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Russians among the Peoples of the Baltic States: the Origins of Mutual Perceptions and Relations by R. H. Simonyan, T. M. Kochegarova

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NICOLAS ASTRINIDIS (1921-2010): COMPOSITIONAL LANGUAGES IN HIS « ‘ DEUX PIÈCES EN STYLE GREC’ » FOR VIOLIN AND PIANO by Vangelis KARAFILLIDIS

“…These pieces illustrate an inventive synthesization of Western music compositional techniques and aesthetic approaches with the Greek folk music timbre. …”
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Identifying Preferred Features of Influenza Vaccination Programs Among Chinese Clinicians Practicing Traditional Chinese Medicine and Western Medicine: Discrete Choice Experiment by Liuren Zhang, Linchen Chu, Maria E Sundaram, Yi Zhou, Xiu Sun, Zheng Wei, Chuanxi Fu

“…Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), rooted in cultural symbols and concepts without direct parallels in modern Western medicine, may influence perspectives on vaccination. …”
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Responsibility, refusal, and return: Thoughts on an ethics of inclination by K. van Marle

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Environmental Activism in the Architectural Culture of Socialist Yugoslavia: The Case of the Center for Urban Development Planning (CEP) by Jasna Galjer

“…This article challenges conventional models of interpreting relations between local and global architectural culture by bringing its multilayered transfers under the spotlight.…”
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Cultural differences in perceiving co-present phone use as phubbing: Evidence from six countries by Christiane M. Büttner, Elianne A. Albath, Rainer Greifeneder

“…Phubbing has mostly been investigated in Western samples. However, culture likely shapes whether co-present phone use is perceived as phubbing (phubbing perception). 588 participants from collectivist (India, Kenya, Venezuela) and individualist countries (Austria, Belgium, UK) rated 25 vignettes (k = 14,700) describing co-present phone use concerning the perception of phubbing and attribution of others’ behavior. …”
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Preparing for Cultural and Linguistic Diversity in Norwegian Compulsory Schools: Student Teachers’ Encounters With Multicultural Education by Artëm Ingmar Benediktsson

“… Although the concepts of multicultural education and critical multiculturalism are well-known in Western societies, including Norway, research indicates that teachers often lack the necessary support and guidance to put these ideas into practice effectively. …”
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Effect of Organizational Cultural Differences and Mutual Trust on Contract Management of Nonequity Construction Project Alliances by Yanling Zhao, Yingbin Feng, Chenggang Li

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The Ural Population Project. Demography and Culture From Microdata in a European-Asian Border Region by Elena Glavatskaya, Julia Borovik, Gunnar Thorvaldsen

“…Infant mortality in Ekaterinburg was lower among Jews and the Catholics, minorities with higher education and western background, while the Orthodox majority exposed their newborn to extremely tough baptism. …”
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Prof. Juozas Eretas' views on the history of Lithuanian culture: from „Tėvynės sargas" to „Naujoji Romuva" by Aldona Vasiliauskienė

“…With youthful zeal and a Western European outlook, he plunged into activities which demanded a great deal of ingenuity and devotion. …”
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BMP4 Cooperates with Retinoic Acid to Induce the Expression of Differentiation Markers in Cultured Mouse Spermatogonia by Yongguang Yang, Yanmin Feng, Xue Feng, Shangying Liao, Xiuxia Wang, Haiyun Gan, Lixian Wang, Xiwen Lin, Chunsheng Han

“…Here, we developed a simplified high concentration serum-containing system for the culture of mouse SSCs. Analysis of SSCs markers and transplantation results revealed that the cultured spermatogonia retained stem cell characteristics after long-term in vitro propagation. …”
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Autologous precision-cut lung slice co-culture models for studying macrophage-driven fibrosis by So-Yi Chang, So-Yi Chang, Wen-Hsin Chang, Wen-Hsin Chang, David C. Yang, Qi-Sheng Hong, Qi-Sheng Hong, Ssu-Wei Hsu, Ssu-Wei Hsu, Reen Wu, Ching-Hsien Chen, Ching-Hsien Chen

“…To study macrophage recruitment, we employed an indirect co-culture model using transwells to approximate blood vessel function. …”
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CHINA THREAT THEORY: A CULTURAL INSTITUTIONAL PERSPECTIVE ON THE MASS MEDIA COVERAGE OF THE 19TH CONGRESS by Mert Çetin, Hakan Cavlak

“…This study examines skepticism of the Western societies towards China’sgrowth which manifests itself on the Western mass media coverage of the ChineseCommunist Party’s 19th congress based on cultural-institutional approach. …”
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Comparison of Culture, Cytotoxin Assay and Two Eia Tests with Clinical Diagnosis of Clostridium difficile-Associated Diarrhea by Marilyn Binning, Michael A John, Berend C Schieven, Thomas W Austin, Robert Lannigan, Zafar Hussain

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Semiotic insights on the socio-cultural influence of the San Sebastian Church architectural facade, Lumban, Laguna, Philippines by Ronald Allan S. delos Reyes, Jomel Paulo G. Ebron, Jhona N. Gamez, Christie C. Amores, Ma Rovilla C. Sudaprasert

“…From documents that are gathered, it has been found that the Philippines has had a very active interchange both economically and culturally dating back to Roman times with the Western Hemisphere. …”
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ANTHROPOLOGICAL COMPREHENSION OF A WOMAN-AUTHOR AS THE SUBJECT OF CULTURE THROUGH THE PRISM OF LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE (GENDER ASPECT) by I. A. Koliieva, T. A. Kuptsova

“…To study the phenomenon of a woman-author as a subject of culture and philosophy from a development of literary aspect in the works both Western and Ukrainian scientists. …”
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