Re-reading the Position of Women in Islamic-Iranian Mystical Texts (With Reference to Attar and Rumi’s Works) by Najmeddin Jabbari

“…Contrary to the traditional disciple-making efforts presented by commentators of mystical works, which aim to consolidate a fanatical attitude towards mysticism and hide any epistemological defects, these works have their own disadvantages, similar to any other knowledge system. …”
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Extrapolating training of neural networks by Ya. A. Bury, D. I. Samal

“…The paper observes the possibility of using the output signal of a trained handwriting recognition system on the images what are presented to it and which are absent in the original training set of symbols. …”
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Metaphor, Metonymy and Metalepsis: Three Tropes in Contemporary Slovak Documentary by Maria Ferencuhova

“…This paper presents the films of three Slovak contemporary documentary filmmakers of the younger generation from a rhetorical and poetic perspective. …”
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Characteristics of Düzce Traditional Housing Architecture; The Case of Düzce Konuralp by Elif Besli, Özlem Sallı Bideci

“…The traditional Turkish house is a type of house that can be described as a cultural heritage, having developed since the moment the Turks appeared on the stage of history and has survived to the present day. Traditional houses are civil architectural works that are built according to the physical conditions and cultural characteristics of the environment they belong to, have become historical, and have become a national symbol. …”
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The aesthetics of Mesopotamian furniture and its reflections in contemporary furniture design by Sumaya Abdul Wahab Muhammad, Lubna Asaad Abdel Razzaq

“…Therefore, the problem of the research lies in the following question: - Is it possible to employ the aesthetics of Mesopotamian furniture designs with its symbols and shapes in contemporary furniture design to ensure the achievement of cultural communication between the past and the present and consider it as a design basis? …”
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Improving Windowed Decoding of SC LDPC Codes by Effective Decoding Termination, Message Reuse, and Amplification by Inayat Ali, Jong-Hwan Kim, Sang-Hyo Kim, Heeyoul Kwak, Jong-Seon No

“…An effective termination method of the windowed decoding and the reuse of edge messages of previous target symbols provide a good performance-latency tradeoff when compared with the conventional windowed decoder. …”
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Imago proelii. La cartografia storica della Prima Guerra Mondiale dal Museo Storico della Terza Armata: spigolature per una analisi tipologica e semiologica by Elena Dai Prà, Nicola Gabellieri

“…First, the cartographic corpus is presented; second, a first typological classification and a semiological decoding of maps are proposed, based on the interpretation of the symbols used, of the legend and of the methods of representation. …”
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New tourism concept of Ekaterinburg: How to change the tourism product from “historical” to “modern” by Tatiana S. Belik, Konstantin V. Kuzmin

“…The speed of social change dictates the need to adjust urban development strategies, including the tourism development strategy of specific locations. The article presents the results of 2024 studies subordinated to the tasks of updating the «Strategic Development Plan of Ekaterinburg». …”
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La construction d’une communauté nationale by Joy Paillocher

“…Afin de construire une communauté nationale-catholique homogénéisée, d’exalter le nouveau régime et de régénérer la société, les idéologues de l’appareil culturel s’attachèrent à promouvoir la création de discours poétiques nourris de symboles impérialistes, religieux et martiaux. Le présent article questionne, au travers d’un corpus constitué de productions instrumentalisées par l’appareil culturel, le modus operandi des discours poétiques de la première période franquiste ainsi que l’efficience du projet.…”
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La comunità debole: cohousing tra utopia sociale e mercato capitalistico by Dario Altobelli

“…The paper intends to present the phenomenon in its general aspects, focusing in particular on what can be called the "philosophy" that animates these communities of residence, which appear, for many reasons, "weak". …”
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Simbolisasi Etnik Muna di Bandung: Studi Identitas Etnik Orang Muna by Sumadi Dila

“…This research also find the accentuation of symbols, setting, and ethnic identity using in expressive and impressive manner based on personality (individual) and social. …”
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Concept of TRAITOR in National Consciousness of Native Speakers of Russian and Chinese Languages (according to Data of Associative Experiment) by E. S. Eremkina, E. B. Trofimova

“…The results of two associative experiments are presented. Russian-speaking respondents were presented with the word-incentive predatel’ ‘traitor,’ Chinese respondents - with the word-incentive 背叛者 (bèipànzhě / traitor). …”
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Zwischen Sport und Diplomatie by Philipp Didion

“…Cela nous amènera à conclure que ces rencontres ont été un symbole pour le développement des relations diplomatiques entre les deux nations dans les „longues“ années 1950. …”
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A Philanthropic Approach to Combating Homelessness: The Role of the Mosques in İstanbul by Mustafa Fazıl Karaman

“…Subsequently, the research findings are presented. Understanding mosques’ services to homeless individuals as visible symbols of philanthropy and social life regulators within Turkish-Islamic culture is crucial. …”
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Who are the tsahars and the peculiarities of good wishes for the yurt by (SUYILASIQIN) Soyoltsetsen

“…In particular, it is a meaningful ceremony that symbolizes the good future of the family, which is the foundation of the state, and makes people understand the meaning of the family, and makes them feel the responsibility. …”
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A Milestone in the Field of Dracula Studies: Elizabeth Miller and the Perception of History in Bram Stoker’s Vampire Novel by Marius-Mircea Crișan

“…The paper also investigates the connection between Count Dracula and Vlad the Impaler, presenting a synopsis of Miller’s perspective (in 1990s and 2000s) versus the hypotheses proposed by Raymond McNally and Radu Florescu in 1972. …”
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Employing Game Design for Forensic Aesthetics by Judith Ackermann, Rahel Maué

“…Drawing on practice-based design research and artistic research, it presents the development of a VR experience (hopohopo), designed to raise awareness for Social Anxiety Disorder (SAD). …”
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Des clichés protectionnistes aux discours intégrateurs : l’institutionnalisation de réserves naturelles de France by Clara Therville, Raphaël Mathevet, Frédéric Bioret

“…We argue the thesis of an unfinished institutionalization symbolized by the partial substitution of the protectionist cliché by the new super-cliché of integrated conservation. …”
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Polsko-bułgarska i bułgarsko-polska 
komunikacja kulturowa 
w kontekście zmian ustrojowych i globalizacji. 
Obecna, nieznana, nieodkryta by Galia Symeonowa-Konach

“…This study presents various perspectives on cultural communication issues, in the context of globalization and political and economic transformation in Poland and Bulgaria since the democratic revolution of the 1989. …”
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„Ďakujeme, že ste si všetky dobré rady nechali pred dverami“: O ASPEKTu a on-line feminismu v československém kontextu by Vanda Černohorská

“…This article presents a case study of the Slovak feminist organisation ASPEKT, the oldest and one of the most significant advocates of gender equality in the region. …”
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