CASTING THE BUDDHA ACROSS SOUTHERN ASIA

Casting the Buddha across Southern Asia

The production of copper alloy devotional images of the Buddha probably began in northern India sometime in the late second century CE but certainly by the third century.From there the CARBOLIC SOAP transmission of copper alloy Buddha sculpture technology traveled across Asia, beginning with the earliest known images from Pakistan, Afghanistan, and

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Developing and Implementing a Web-Based Psychotherapy Program to Address Mental Health Challenges Among Patients Receiving Oncologic and Palliative Care: Protocol for an Open-Label Randomized Controlled Trial

BackgroundThe demand for mental health care, particularly for depression and anxiety, is 3-fold greater among patients receiving oncologic and palliative care than for the general population.This population faces unique barriers, making them more susceptible to mental health challenges.Various forms of psychotherapy have been deemed effective in ad

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A New Characterization of Unichord-Free Graphs

Pattern Art Unichord-free graphs are defined as having no cycle with a unique chord.They have appeared in several papers recently and are also characterized by minimal separators always inducing edgeless subgraphs (in contrast to Bandage Protectors characterizing chordal graphs by minimal separators always inducing complete subgraphs).A new charact

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Defrosting Performance Improvement of Air-Source Heat Pump Combined Refrigerant Direct-Condensation Radiant Floor Heating System with Phase Change Material

Traditional 7-inch defrosting methods applied to solve frosting problems of air-source heat pumps operating in cold periods may reduce heat capacity of the system and decrease indoor thermal comfort.In order to improve the performance of air-source heat pump (ASHP) and maintain indoor temperature in defrosting conditions, an air-source heat pump co

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