Lifestyle components of the global oldest old assessed as effective nonpharmacologic strategies to maintain lifelong cognitive and functional health by Cécil J.W. Meulenberg

“…This paper will summarize scientific studies focussing on cardiovascular and cognitive health benefits induced by: Physical activity through exercise, light to moderate intensity, and nonexercise outdoors activities; Nutrition through the Mediterranean diet and the incidence of neurodegeneration; Cognitive engagement through cognitive-motor exercises, language usage, and meditation; and finally: Sleep. The identified denominators are reviewed through various scientific studies regarding substantiated healthinducing effects. …”
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Mendel: corroboration of the idea of binary trait coding by methods of statistical physics by О. V. Trapezov

“…Probably, the ideas of binary combinations and mathematical probabilistic variants arose from Mendel’s long meditation and an imaginary experiment. Experiments on pea crosses were undertaken just in order to test the idea of a set of invisible determinants. …”
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Triptic editorial: Maxim (Iuliu-Marius) Morariu by Iulia MEDVESCHI

“…For this prolific writer, reading and meditation go hand in hand. This can be seen in the book Evanghelie și actualitate (2023). …”
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Neagoe Basarab – modelul „omului desăvârșit și întreg” by Eugen Simion

“…Besides the theological instruction, the teachings of Neagoe Basarab puts into the foreground a moralist who knows the pitfalls and subtleties of the language, the finesse of meditation and the skill to push ideas to metaphysics. …”
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The Functoin of Binary Opposition in Validation of Lasting Persian Couplets by Hamid Jafari GhariyehAli

“…Binary oppositions may carry an elevated sense of meaning that encourages reflection and meditation. They also arouse a sense of awe in the reader through imagery, which turns couplets into a more viable medium with high exemplary functioning in folk literature.…”
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“The Road of War” and “The Path of Peace”: William Morris’s Representation of Violence by Eleonora Sasso

“…Morris’s early romances and the high fantasies develop their own detailed blueprint of wars and battles which reveal to be a broad philosophical meditation on the entire mediaeval vision of man’s aggressive attitude. …”
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Play space – head space – third space: playful pedagogy and research – ways of building collaborative and creative communities of learners by Sandra Abegglen, Tom Burns, Sandra Sinfield

“… This bricolage untext constructs a meditation on third space professionals, practices, and opportunities. …”
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METAPHYSICAL REVOLUTION OF DESCARTES AND TRANSFORMATION OF THE ANTHROPOLOGICAL PROJECT by Anatolii M. Malivskyi

“…The main forms of oriented to science ideals of naive anthropology, trust in evidence of the senses, atheism, interpretation of science as the main form of detection rationality of human nature, which Descartes tends constructively to overcome in the text of "meditation", are highlighted. During creation of metaphysical anthropology the attention of the thinker is drawn by the fact of impossibility of comprehension of human nature by means of natural-science rationality and expediency of the appeal to metaphysics. …”
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Social maturity and thinking flexibility as a basis of student resilience by O. V. Zabrodina, M. I. Ryazanova

“…Such directions in flexible thinking development as practicing open thinking, learning new skills and knowledge, communicating with different people, meditation practicing, reading books, exploring new ideas, and fantasizing have been outlined. …”
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The symbolic language of Akhavaans poem, a place for promoting the force of expression and its influence on readersâ mind by محمد خاکپور

“…The changing of Nima’s way from romanticism to social symbolism, which was associated with refining and mixed with deep poetic meditation, caused to form this new movement (social Symbolism) in new Persian poetry. …”
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Pandemic as Pretext: The Implications of Global Cataclysms in Don DeLillo’s The Silence and Slavoj Žižek’s Writings on Covid-19 by Alicja Piechucka

“…DeLillo’s novel is more of a meditation while Žižek’s collection of essays may be seen as a call to action. …”
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Improving the Accuracy of Early Detection of Parkinson's Disease Using Brain Signals Based on Feature Selection in Machine Learning by Shamimeh Sadat Nabavi Monfared, Mohammad Reza Yousefi

“…This diagnosis is based on the initial symptoms, motor symptoms, and meditation of the doctor's experience. Since the diagnosis is made with the help of a doctor and based on the clinical description and received information, there is always an error in the diagnosis. …”
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System Design to control a wheelchair using brain electric signals by Fausto Freire Carrera, Olga Chadrina, Edison Maila Andrango, Vladimir Drozdov

“…The electroencephalography signals generated by the user (emotion, participation / boredom, frustration and meditation) were observed and measured using a waveform. …”
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Ovid Among the Floating Garbage: Derek Mahon on Recycling and Exile by Peter Kelly

“…It argues that the Metamorphoses provides a means of contemplating the interconnections between the human and natural world, while the Tristia and Ex Ponto offer an extensive meditation on exile and displacement. Mahon’s long lasting relationship with Ovid, however, extends beyond thematic interest. …”
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Digital Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for the Average Person in Developing Countries by Muhammad Abdullah, Muhammad Yahya Saeed

“…The study examines and presents SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats) of several diverse types of online resources, including online counseling platforms, peer-to-peer support communities, self-help programs, mindfulness meditation resources, self-help therapy modules, videos, online therapy services for teenagers, mental health first aid resources, confidential and anonymous support services. …”
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Cultivating Well-being, Community Cohesion, and Sense of Purpose through African Contemplative Practices by Lucy Draper-Clarke, Caryn Green

“…Exploring Southern African contemplative traditions addresses an important gap in the fields of contemplative science and healing modalities. In contrast to meditation practices drawn from Eastern wisdom traditions, practices embedded in African spirituality are sound- and movement-based and conducted in community settings. …”
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The feasibility of an innovative online mind-body wellness program for medical students by Christina Ray, Shankar Jha, Makayla Watt, Ashley Hyde, Kendra McGowan, Sarah Tymchuk, Puneeta Tandon

“…From September to October 2020, medical students from a large Canadian medical school were introduced to a 12-week online program with weekly sessions on yoga, breathwork, meditation, and nutrition. Feasibility measures included adherence, satisfaction, and retention, with secondary outcome measures including stress, anxiety, quality of life, and mindfulness. …”
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Physical activity at home during the COVID-19 lockdown in India: Need of the hour for optimum physical health and psychological resilience by Suraj CHAWLA, Manisha KOCHER

“…In this viewpoint we overview several ways to stay active and reduce sedentary behavior while at home such as short active bre- aks and exercises, breaking up sitting, using online resources for being active, deep breaths, and meditation. Maintaining regular physical activity using the aforementioned measures in a safe home environment is an important strategy for physical health and emotional resilience during the coronavirus crisis.…”
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JEANAS PAULIS SARTRE'AS: "PONO-VERGO" DIALEKTIKA IR SOLIPSIZMO ĮVEIKOS ILGESYS by Jūratė Baranova

“…Why Sartre, starting from Husserl, does not accept the relation between Me and the Other as alter ego explicated in the fifth Cartesian Meditation? Why he turns toward the dialectics of "master-slave" found in the Phenomenology of Spirit by Georg Hegel? …”
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In Sight of Mont Blanc: an Approach to Ruskin’s Perception of the Mountain by Laurence Roussillon-Constanty

“…Dans sa biographie, Praeterita, John Ruskin décrit son premier aperçu des Alpes comme "not only the revelation of the beauty of the earth, but the opening of the first page of its volume" (XXXV. 116), établissant d’emblée un lien entre expérience et écriture, appréhension physique et méditation poétique, spectacle naturel et interprétation symbolique. …”
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