Analysis of Foreign Tourists’ Behavioral Patterns and Perceptions in Rural Destinations by Hamdollah Sojasi Gheidari, Zahra Soleymani

“…AbstractAnalyzing tourists' photos' visual content proves to be an effective method for understanding their behaviors and preferences in tourism destinations. …”
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Molecular architecture of the altered cortical complexity in autism by Makliya Mamat, Yiyong Chen, Wenwen Shen, Lin Li

“…Abstract Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is characterized by difficulties in social interaction, communication challenges, and repetitive behaviors. …”
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Out-of-context misinformation detection method based on stance analysis by YUAN Xin, GUO Jie, QIU Weidong, HUANG Zheng

“…As artificial intelligence-based automatic generation technology advances, the emergence of misinformation in more sophisticated guises has become a significant threat to the economy and social order. Among its forms, out-of-context misinformation stands out as particularly deceptive and readily executable. …”
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Numerical Study to Assess the Structural Behavior of the Bajrakli Mosque (Western Kosovo) by Huseyin Bilgin, Faton Ramadani

“…Cultural heritage is one of most significant concerns in modern societies carrying different social and historical values. Among the stock of cultural heritage, historical monuments are one of the greatest contributors to the values in many aspects. …”
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Detection of Manipulations in Digital Images: A Review of Passive and Active Methods Utilizing Deep Learning by Paweł Duszejko, Tomasz Walczyna, Zbigniew Piotrowski

“…The rapid development of social networks and generative technologies, such as deepfakes, significantly increases the risk of disinformation through image manipulation. …”
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A Bibliometric Analysis of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Through the Lens of Maqasid Shariah Tafsir by Mariam Elbanna, Munshid Falih Wadi, Anwar M. Radiamoda, Yohei Matsuyama, Mohamad Haeqal Bin Ishak

“…The analysis also highlights key research keywords and emerging themes, such as ethical governance, social justice, and economic sustainability. Using VOSviewer helps create visual maps of research networks, providing insights into relationships between authors, institutions, and keywords. …”
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Visualising anthropomorphism as a creative communicative mode in Samit Basu and Ashish Padlekar’s The Tall Tales of Vishnu Sharma: Panchatantra by Cynthiya Rose J S, Bhuvaneswari R

“…The paper underscores the significance of studying signs and interpreting visually represented social phenomena in order to articulate culture, society, and historical context. …”
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Nuanced Archival Triangulation (NAT) by Seth Knievel

“…Next, newspaper archives are accessed to uncover information about the individual’s social life to contextualize the biographical information found in step one. …”
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Reversible data hiding scheme based on enhanced image smoothness by Jinghan WANG, Hui ZHU, Helin LI, Hui LI, Xiaopeng YANG

“…With the prosperity of Internet technology and the popularity of social networks, reversible data hiding technology has been widely adopted in concealed information transmission of medical and military fields with its advantages on secret information recovery.Traditional reversible data hiding schemes mainly focus on the enhancement of embedding capacity and the reduction of the distortion rate of stego image, but pay less attention to the understanding of image details with the human eyes.Thus, it is difficult to resist hidden information detection methods.To solve the above challenge, a reversible data hiding algorithm was proposed, which ensured the visual quality of the stego image in the process of data hiding through the image visual smoothness enhancement.Specifically, the original image was divided into reference area and non-reference area.The secret data was embedded through the translation of the difference, which was calculated according to the predicted pixel value and the original pixel value of the non-reference area.To guarantee the visual quality of the image, smoothing mechanism was constructed, in which a Gaussian filter was utilized as a template to filter the predicted value and to add the filter difference into the cover image without loss.The pixel value of the reference region was used as edge information for lossless restoration of the original image.The filtering coefficient in Gaussian function was exploited as the embedded key to ensure the security of secret information.Simulation results regarding a large number of classical image data sets illustrated that the visual smoothness of stego image processed by this scheme was effectively enhanced with lower distortion rate, higher embedding rate, and higher embedding and extraction efficiency.In a typical circumstance, the similarity between the generated stego image and the Gaussian filter image can reach 0.9963.The PSNR and the embedded capacity can be up to 37.346 and 0.3289 BPP, respectively.…”
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EmoHeart: Conveying Emotions in Second Life Based on Affect Sensing from Text by Alena Neviarouskaya, Helmut Prendinger, Mitsuru Ishizuka

“…The 3D virtual world of “Second Life” imitates a form of real life by providing a space for rich interactions and social events. Second Life encourages people to establish or strengthen interpersonal relations, to share ideas, to gain new experiences, and to feel genuine emotions accompanying all adventures of virtual reality. …”
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Definición de buenas prácticas en la revitalización de lenguas: una agenda en curso by José Antonio Flores

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Cultivated and Fallow Land in the Highlands of Cañar (Ecuadorean South Andes): Effects of Farmer Emigration on an Agrarian Landscape by Michel Vaillant, Marc Oswald

“…An analysis of the landscape, combined with the agricultural history of the study area, helps to shed light on the reasons for the observed paradox and gives meaning to the relationships between types of fallow and agricultural dynamics, mobility and the process of social differentiation. The principal result is: far from signifying abandonment, fallow land is visual proof in the landscape of the maintenance of agricultural activity by those who are unable to migrate or modernize their farms. …”
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TempoGRAPHer: Aggregation-Based Temporal Graph Exploration by Evangelia Tsoukanara, Georgia Koloniari, Evaggelia Pitoura

“…Most real-world graphs, such as social and cooperation networks, evolve over time, and exploring their evolution may reveal important information. …”
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“Transformative dynamics of the gig economy: Technological impacts, worker well-being and global research trends” by Rachoru Himani Srihita, Gurunadham Goli, Rajyalaxmi M, R Gobinath

“…The analysis used R Studio Software to visualize keyword themes using a strategic thematic map, which signifies the structure and development of themes within the gig economy. …”
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TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY IN POLITICAL FINANCING IN TURKEY by Mehmet Karakaş

“…Through a consequentialist approach, this study suggests that accountability and transparency must be endogenised in political and also political party financing structures and strategies so that good government should be essentialised by the Parliament, which is supposed to run on democratic rules aiming to maximise good governance as a social capital. Therefore, current practice as well as the development trajectories of political financing is examined by this study to identify the developments and general pattern of Turkish political financing and its implications for good governance over the years.Keywords: Political Financing, Political Corruption, Transparency, Accountability.* Assoc. …”
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Identification and Stylistic Analysis of the Artistic Expression on Opa, Yoruba Sculptural Verges by Michael Olaniyi Ajadi

“… Opa is an emblematic Yoruba sculptural verge and preserved transcendence expressional art amongst the social group in order to describe hierarchical structure in ranking chiefs, religious cults’ priests/priestesses and aged right. …”
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Driving against the Power: Sexism in Automobile Culture and Female Drivers in Turkiye by S. Yetkin Işık, Birgül Koçak Öksev

“…This article’s aim is to understand the socio-historical factors behind sexist judgments against female drivers in Turkey, based on written and visual media, social media content with the theme of “female driver errors,” and everyday male conversations in which being a woman is equated with novice driving. …”
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Quality of Life, Participation, and Functional Status in Cerebral Palsy: A 13-year Follow-up Study by Bilinc DOGRUOZ KARATEKIN, Afitap ICAGASIOGLU

“…Independence in daily life activities should be aimed and participation in social life should be ensured.…”
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Enhancing EFL writing skills for adult Deaf and hard of hearing individuals by Marta Chomicz, Marta Chomicz

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Evaluation of the role of cultural-religious indices in tourism development with an emphasis on the Chehel Dokhtar ritual in Khorram Abad city by ali amiri, mandana masoudi rad, somayeh bakhshizadeh, hosein zaree

“…Religious tourism, as one of the ways of development, cultural exchange and social interaction between nations can have many benefits for any society today. …”
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