Düzce İli Geleneksel Özel Gün Kadın Giysilerinin İncelenmesi by Filiz DURSUN, Çiğdem Dursun ÇALIŞAN, Gülden ABANOZ

“…Clothing as a material cultural heritage is one of the most important elements reflecting the traditions and customs of a nation. …”
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‘Repackaging’ Cuban cultural consumption by José Raúl Concepción Llanes, Martín Oller Alonso

“…Nesse sistema, o Instituto Cubano de Arte e Indústria Cinematográfica (ICAIC) e o Instituto Cubano de Rádio e Televisão (ICRT) monopolizaram a distribuicão de material cultural produzido para defender os ideais  revolucionários. …”
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Quality of Life of the Population: Content and Specifics of the Regional Level by Bil Mariana M.

“…Based on accounting the definitions of quality of life operated by international and government structures, domestic and foreign scholars have proposed to understand this category as an indicator of the degree of provision of the population with benefits in both the quantitative and the qualitative assessment, taking into account the environmental conditions and its stability for long-term satisfaction of material, cultural and spiritual needs. As a result of the study, the difference between the concept of quality of life and other evaluative indicators of human activity was identified, namely: standard of living, well-being, human and sustainable development. …”
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An Attempt to Estimate the Social Value Resulting from Making Cultural Heritage Available in the Form of a Tourist Product by Adam R. Szromek, Marek Bugdol

“…As a result, a tool was created that includes six statements that can contribute to the assessment of the social value resulting from the provision of material cultural heritage in the form of a tourist product. …”
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Bases para una nueva historia del patrimonio cultural: un estudio de caso en Santafé de Bogotá by Monika Therrien

“…Los recientes proyectos de restauración en monumentos y del patrimonio urbano en general, se han convertido en otro recurso para la investigación histórica, que por su perspectiva interdisciplinaria (iconografía, historia, arquitectura o arqueología) permiten obtener información que no se sustenta en una única fuente de datos (estilos y tipos edilicios, pintura mural, documentos o material cultural) y pueden llegar, de esta manera, a resultados basados en el contraste más que en la supremacía de una disciplina. …”
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Methodology of Сonstructivism in the Сonstitutional Arrangement of the State and Society by V. V. Lazarev

“…Third, being a reflection and consolidation of the actual material, cultural and legal level, it enables to see not only the possibilities of cognition and interpretation of the will of power enshrined in it, but also the prospects for the effective use of relevant norms and institutions. …”
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Accelerated mineral bio-carbonation of coarse residue kimberlite material by inoculation with photosynthetic microbial mats by Thomas Ray Jones, Jordan Poitras, Emma Gagen, David John Paterson, Gordon Southam

“…Abstract Microbiological weathering of coarse residue deposit (CRD) kimberlite produced by the Venetia Diamond Mine, Limpopo, South Africa enhanced mineral carbonation relative to untreated material. Cultures of photosynthetically enriched biofilm produced maximal carbonation conditions when mixed with kimberlite and incubated under near surface conditions. …”
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The Rules of the Game by Oppizzi, Martino

“…My contribution aims to enrich the debate about the relationship between migrant worlds and material cultures by the analysis of a specifical, yet apparently anonymous object: a tennis racket. …”
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Accounting Treatment for Heritage Assets: A Case Study on Management of Pari Temple by Heri Widodo, Nur Ravita Hanun, Retno Wulandari

“…Theoretical contribution/Originality: The research contributes to find out how the accounting treatment of the Heritage Assets Candi Pari Practitioner/Policy implication: Heritage assets are a material cultural heritage in the form of cultural heritage objects, cultural heritage buildings, cultural heritage structures, cultural heritage sites and cultural heritage areas on land or in water that needs to be preserved because they have essential values for history, science, education, religion, or culture through the determination process. …”
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Jewels Set in Stone: Hindu Temple Recipes in Medieval Cōḻa Epigraphy by Andrea Gutiérrez

“…Through analyzing thousands of Tamiḻ inscriptions from the tenth through the fourteenth centuries CE, I have gleaned information concerning two distinct material cultural facets. (1) The practice of writing these rare but remarkable recipes which themselves are culinary textual artifacts has allowed us to access (2) Hindu food offerings of the past, also complex, sensory historical artifacts. …”
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Sacred Code in the Space of Kalmyk Traditional Dwelling by Tatyana I. Sharaeva

“…The shape of the pole, its localization, and various related ritual actions make it possible to suggest its symbolic tie to a hitching post as a polysemantic symbol of Turko-Mongolian spiritual and material cultures.…”
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The toucan in early modern French culture (1526-1650) by Lawrence, A

“…</p> <p>The thesis is organised into three principal chapters, each one following the Toucan in a distinct area of early modern culture -- that is, natural-historical writing, confessional discourses and material cultures of collecting and making. Reading familiar material in the new lights of semiosis and agency and drawing several new conclusions, the discussion also broaches little-known texts and reaches the borders between languages and genres. …”

Cultivating commitment: how cultural ecosystem services affect visitor loyalty attitudes and intention-to-return in parks and protected areas by Michael D. Ferguson, Thomas Robinson, Lauren A. Ferguson, Darrick Evensen, Forrest Schwartz, Sarah Gonyo, Amy Freitag

“…While previous research has predominantly focused on material-based ecosystem services, limited attention has been devoted to the impact of non-material cultural ecosystem services (CES), such as recreation and cultural-historic aspects, on visitor loyalty. …”
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Traditionelle Moscheebauten by Dorothee Gruner

“…Architecture stands apart within 'materialized' culture. Until now her socio-historical and ethno-sociological expressiveness - at least for Africa - has been neglected. …”
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Contested Living with/in the Boeng Chhmar Flooded Forests, Tonle Sap Lake, Cambodia by Vu Thi Phuong Linh, Kelly Shannon, Bruno De Meulder

“…The coexistence and contestation in Boeng Chhmar and the Tonle Sap can provide spatial insights into contemporary forest and water urbanisms, especially concerning local material cultural practices and landscape transformation.…”
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KEARIFAN LOKAL BERDASARKAN TINGGALAN BUDAYA DI SITUS PARUMASAN CIAMIS by Lia Nuralia

“…The foci are material and non-material cultural heritage that lived in old times, including sacred-land management and a more profane ones that applied to their daily life. …”
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Antibiotic Resistance Profiles of Mycoplasma hominis and Ureaplasma urealyticum Strains Isolated from Patients with Urethritis/ Vaginitis Symptoms by Serpil Mızrakçı

“…Of the 245 genital sample material cultures sent, only M. hominis was isolated in 55 (22.4%), only U. urealyticum was isolated in 27 (11.02%), and both bacteria were isolated in 87 (35.5%). …”
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General principles of the structure and functioning of the life support systems of traditional societies by Sataev R.М.

“…The overall structure of the systems includes natural, material, cultural and social units. Degree of dependence of life-support systems on particular environmental conditions is suggested as a criteria for their assessment. …”
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The Function of Explaining Sufism of Anatolian Turkish Culture: The Sample of Cabbar Kulu Book / Anadolu Türk Kültürünün Tasavvufu Açıklama İşlevi: Cabbar Kulu Kitabı Örneği... by Cafer Özdemir*

“…Since the book of Cabbar Kulu is rich in terms of cultural material, cultural elements are mentioned in the study as titles. …”
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Advances in Nanostructured Materials for Multifunctional Applications : Synthesis, Characterization and Properties : Special topic volume with invited peer reviewed papers only / by Gomez-Villalba, Luz Stella, editor 632397