Chanting and praying are among the most popular religious activities, which are said to be able to alleviate people's negative emotions. However, the neural mechanisms underlying this mental exercise and its temporal course have hardly been investigated. Here, we used event-related potentials (ERPs) to explore the effects of chanting the name of a Buddha (Amitābha) on the brain's response to vi...

a remarkable part of foreign cultural products is the audiomedial texts like feature films and tv series. they have a more extensive addressee circle on the basis of the medium, through which they are transferred. these products fascinate many people and therefore play a very vital role within intercultural relations. there are many people who are not able to speak other languages except their ...

in carrying out research in mythology and literary works in the world, we see some works in which the subject matter is a combat between close relatives; especially father and son. these stories are in different forms like myth, tragedy, epic, fiction and religious narratives but they are close together in structure and basic plot and have special features peculiar to them. but, what's the...

This paper discusses the typology of names surahs Qur'an, methodology for their determination, works produced by scholars, and maqāṣid implied these names. By using type qualitative research library research, data processing descriptive-analytic maqāṣidī socio-historical approaches, it can be seen that source naming surah is taken from beginning word, main theme surah, foreign unique terms, cha...

This article makes a contribution towards understanding the correlation between Úgwú (hill or mountain) and personal names among Igbo people of Nigeria. Sacralisation natural environment which include hills mountains is belief that cuts across religions. Among Igbo, perceived sacred value placed on such prompted series socio-cultural changes. Personal are usually drawn from deified entities as ...

SIR—A Korean supreme patriarch died a natural death at 81 years. An author died aged 27 years. Does longevity vary with occupation? We have studied longevity in different occupations in Korea by examining obituary notices in newspapers. We classified socially prominent occupations into 11 groups and investigated 2,143 cases. Because of small numbers, we excluded soldiers, doctors and policemen....

Besides its religious importance, the Bible, because of its ancient origin represents a relevant witness of the way of life of the people mentioned in it. The Holy Scripture is also the first text revealing the utility of plants for man, as natural sources of food, wood, fibers, oils and medicinal herbs. In the last 60 years, several distinguished botanists have attempted to identify the scient...

Shortwave infrared (SWIR) spectroscopy can be applied directly to analyze the mineral chemistry of raw or geologic materials. It provides diagnostic spectral characteristics of the chemical composition of minerals, information that is invaluable for the identification and quality control of such materials. The present study aims to investigate the potential of SWIR spectroscopy as an alternativ...

Recent decades have seen a drastic increase of academic interest in non-verbal communication various ethnic groups. However, gestural behaviour the Vietnamese, particularly sphere etiquette, has been rarely analyzed by modern scholars. Research papers on this topic describe etiquette gestures Vietnamese culture, especially bows, vaguely and sketchily. Although past bows used to be widespread Vi...