Ancient Way Research Articles

How a speaker herds the audience: multibrain neural convergence over time during naturalistic storytelling.

Storytelling-an ancient way for humans to share individual experiences with others-has been found to induce neural alignment among listeners. In exploring the dynamic fluctuations in listener-listener (LL) coupling throughout stories, we uncover a significant correlation between LL coupling and lagged speaker-listener (lag-SL) coupling over time. Using the analogy of neural pattern (dis)similarity as distances between participants, we term this phenomenon the "herding effect." Like a shepherd guiding a group of sheep, the more closely listeners mirror the speaker's preceding brain activity patterns (higher lag-SL similarity), the more tightly they cluster (higher LL similarity). This herding effect is particularly pronounced in brain regions where neural alignment among listeners tracks with moment-by-moment behavioral ratings of narrative content engagement. By integrating LL and SL neural coupling, this study reveals a dynamic, multibrain functional network between the speaker and the audience, with the unfolding narrative content playing a mediating role in network configuration.

Effect of Hatha Yoga in the management of Kitibha vis-a-vis Psoriasis

Yoga is an ancient way of living that provides physical, mental, emotional and spiritual health. Yoga cures many chronic diseases and bring a state of relaxation for overall well-being. In today’s scenario diseases start due to a sedentary lifestyle, wrong behavior, negative thoughts and attitudes. All this creates an imbalance in the human body, according to Ayurveda these habits vitiate Tridosha that is Vata, Pitta and Kapha. These three humor of human existence governs bodily function. In Ayurvedic classical text, all the skin diseases have described under the common heading ‘Kushtha’. Kitibha is one of the types of Kushtha and considered under category of Kshudra Kushtha is correlated with Psoriasis due to close resemblance of their clinical features. The mental and physical pain involved in the psoriasis affect the health of patients. The Ayurveda text elaborates the symptoms, causes and diagnosis of vitiated Dosha while the Yoga text explains the techniques which purify Dosha from the body and provide balance among three Vata, Pitta and Kapha. These three Dosha are essential constitutions of the living being. A balanced functioning of these three Dosha in living being considered a healthy individual and disharmony of these three Dosha could lead to many chronic illnesses. According to Ayurveda, no disease manifests without the Vaisamya of Dosha. Yoga provides a holistic approach to managing skin conditions.

“The old rains are gone, so are we”: Kurdish Nomads of Mount Ağrı (Ararat)

ABSTRACT Mount Ararat, located on Turkey’s eastern border, has been the home of Kurdish nomads for centuries. They pass the winter months in their villages built around the mountain and in the city centre; the spring and summer seasons are spent with their herds in the highlands of the mountain. However, this ancient way of life has undergone significant changes in recent years, and the number of nomads living in the region is gradually decreasing. With its ethnographic structure, this study aims to understand the story of these ancient people through their eyes and to increase their visibility. Based on extensive fieldwork and interviews conducted between 2019 and 2023, this study also endeavours to discover the social, cultural, economic, political, and climatic factors that have led to these changes and to explain how they have altered the lives of the Kurdish nomads of Mount Ararat.

Emotion Based Music Player

The work presents described the development of Emotion Based Music Player, which is a computer application meant for all type of users, specifically the music lovers. Due to the troublesome workloads in songs selection, most people will choose to randomly play the songs in the playlist. As a result, some of the songs selected not matching the users’ current emotion. Moreover, there is no commonly used music player which able to play the songs based on user’s emotion. The proposed model is able to extract user’s facial expression and thus detect user’s emotion. The music player in the proposed model will then play the songs according to the category of emotion detected. It is aimed to provide a better enjoyment to music lovers in music listening. The scope of emotions in the proposed model involve normal, sad, surprise and happy. The system involves the major of image processing and facial detection technologies. Facial expression is a easy way and most ancient way of expressing emotion, feelings and ongoing mood of the person. This model based on real time extraction of facial expression and identify the mood. In this project we are using Haar cascade classifier to extract the facial features based on the extracted features from Haar cascade, we are using COHN KANADE dataset to identify the emotion of user. If the user's detected emotion is neutral then the background will be detected and the music will play according to the background.

Society- A Rudimentary Media (with respect to India)

Is mass media confined to television, radio, newspaper and new media or it has a wider perspective? There is other way also through which we receive information which is also the ancient way and which is also the basic media, that is society or the collection of people. All the mass media are connected to this media.

Taoist way of a balanced exercise training cocktail for the management of primary hypertension in older persons.

High blood pressure is the world's leading risk factor for mortality, affecting nearly half of the global population aged 50-79 years. Physical inactivity is one factor contributing to the prevalence of hypertension. This paper discusses a new concept for the management of hypertension in older persons. We are inclined to fade the current guidelines used in China, the United States, and Europe. Although demonstrating irrefutable benefits for blood pressure regulation, the guidelines fail to address the need to incorporate balance exercises, which are crucial for mitigating the risk of falling. We address three pressing questions regarding the efficacy of various combinations of exercise modes for blood pressure regulation, alongside providing an overview of balance exercises. At the core of our concept, we explicate the challenges inherent in addressing the global pandemic of physical inactivity and hypertension in regular socioeconomic people. No guidelines could change the state of inactivity by jumping between zero and all things, where "zero" symbolizes conditions such as physical inactivity and hypertension, and the concept of "all things" encompasses the ideals of an active lifestyle and healthy aging. We advocate a Taoist way, "zero-one-all things," where "one" in this context refers to an inclusive and culturally diverse exercise training cocktail. The Tao guides us to illuminate an ancient way of overcoming physical inactivity-associated diseases in the present day.

Finding Groundwater in East and West

Hydraulic systems were built by ancient civilizations, notably the Persians and Romans, to deliver water to their residences where the water supply was scarce. Qanats were invented by the Persians to transfer water from aquifers to the surface, and aqueducts were built by the Romans to transport surface or underground water from its sources to distribution points in cities. Finding groundwater is a similarity between these two historical systems. This research compares ancient methods used by Persians and Romans to locate areas with abundant subsurface water. The oldest existing historical documents that recorded ancient ways of tracking groundwater, Al-Karaji’s treatise on qanats and Vitruvius’ treatise, were investigated with the qualitative content analysis method. As a result, historical means are divided into two categories in these two treatises including natural indications and practical tests. Natural indications consist of mountains and rocks, features of steppes, plants, vapours and dew, the whistles of the wind, and alluvial fans. An inverted container, a fleece of wool, an oil lamp, and a fire are instances of practical tests. Although these two treatises were authored over a ten-thousand-year interval and the structures of water systems differ, there are commonalities between ancient methods of tracing underground water.

The Use of Digital Media "Tayo Prenatal" on Anxiety Pregnant Women

Globally, people are experiencing increased feelings of stress, anxiety, and depression as a consequence of the situation that has arisen due to the current pandemic. Pregnant women also often feel anxious and afraid of being exposed to COVID-19, which has an impact on anxiety and mood disorders. Yoga is an ancient way of living in harmony with oneself (body, emotions, and mind) and nature and can improve individual health and reduce stress. This study aims to determine the average difference in anxiety in pregnant women after being given "prenatal tayo". This research is a quasi-experiment using a pretest-Posttest Control Group Design, with 25 respondents fulfilling the inclusion and exclusion criteria. The inclusion criteria in this study were pregnant women with gestational ages between 14 and ≤ 30 weeks, being able to read and write, and owning a smartphone. Exclusion criteria in this study were pregnant women with pregnancy complications and pregnant women with a history of previous miscarriages caused by a weak uterus or heart disease. The sampling technique is purposive sampling. Statistical tests using independent T test and Paired T-Test. There is a difference in the anxiety of pregnant women before and after being given "Tayo Prenatal". More research is needed regarding changes in anxiety in pregnant women measured every week to determine the effect of the intervention of giving "Tayo Prenatal" compared to giving Yoga.

Clinical Evaluation of Jalaukavacharana (Medicinal Leech Therapy) in Non-Healing Ulcer

Chronic non-healing ulcers are those that do not heal within three months or often remain in the inflammatory stage for too long and may never heal or may take years. Some wounds heal easily by body’s self-healing mechanism and some poses challenge to normal wound healing and does not heal in time and becomes a matter of concern for the physicians. Leech therapy proved to be a better treatment option by benefits of its salivary constituents in wound healing. It is an ancient way of treating such complicated disorders mentioned in different texts. A patient came at Shalya Tantra OPD with ulcer on posterior aspect of right ankle joint above the heel which was not healing since 6 months even on daily antiseptic dressings. Patient gave h/o immobilization for 2 months following ORIF of same joint 7 months back. During immobilization, after 1month of ORIF, patient developed ulcer at posterior aspect of Rt. Ankle above heel. Leech was applied at wound site twice weekly initially followed by once weekly then once in 15 days along with antiseptic dressing daily. The ulcer started showing signs of healing within three sittings and completely healed by 4 months. This study was carried out in Department of Shalya Tantra, Rajiv Gandhi govt. Post Graduate Ayurvedic college and Hospital, Paprola.

The spirit of place: Murmurs along the ancient ways

Andrew Rafferty’s photography has frequently been described as ‘beautiful’, but his work can also be radical and challenging. He finds particular inspiration working with writers and especially poets, but the notion that the images are simply there to illustrate the text is anathema to him. In his latest collaboration with poet Kevin Crossley-Holland, he uses movement as a metaphor to convey the emotions of the landscape – to capture impressions, drawing on the essence of the poetry, but without producing anything strictly representational, and create images, which although rooted in the landscape, are more abstract, more expressionistic. In his view neither poetry nor images should attempt to describe the other, but there should be a close coexistence between the two. As the reader moves back and forward between text and image and image and text, there comes a deeper understanding of ideas within the mind of the poet and the mind of the artist that may not have been made explicit, but are nonetheless there.

Ancient Indian Education: It’s Relevance and Importance in the Modern Education System

Purpose: India has a rich tradition of education and learning right from ancient times and especially during the Renaissance period, the Golden Age of Indian Culture. The major three achievements in education, during this period were the decimal system, the great Sanskrit epics, and the contribution to the sciences of astronomy, mathematics, and metallurgy. The four Vedas, i.e., the Rigveda, Yajurveda, Samaveda, and the Atharvaveda were configured through ideals, practices, and conducts. The doctrine of action (Karma) occupies a very significant place in the Indian system of education and has evolved during the transition from ancient to modern education. Two methods of teaching were being practiced during the Vedic period. First, the verbal/oral method, and the second based on thinking (Chintan). Current higher education has shown trends of multidisciplinary approaches along similar lines. NEP 2020 also suggests a multidisciplinary approach. Bloom’s Taxonomy defines three domains of learning, cognitive, affective, and psychomotor. The ancient education system is also based on the three domains, to develop higher-order learning by building up the lower-level cognitive skills. Approach: The exploratory study based on secondary published research articles on the education system in India, seeks to interpret extant academic research on the relevance of the ancient education system in modern multidisciplinary education. Findings: The literature analysis emphasizes that ancient learning systems based on Vedas included many yogic practices. In general, to calm the mind and improve learning, asanas, chanting of mantras, and meditation were done. The same practices are emphasized by HEI, guided by UGC and AICTE. Universal Human value (UHV) has been implemented for all-around personality development and practice of an integrated approach in Yoga. Modern methods to develop memory include the logical method, spaced learning, and rational memory. All of these are derived from the ancient way of teaching and learning. Using the ABCD listing methodology this paper explores the advantages, benefits, constraints, and disadvantages of the modern education system, both from learners’ viewpoint and teachers’ viewpoint. Type of Paper: Exploratory Research.

Sahaja Yoga Meditation to Improve Learning Style, Self Esteem, Mutual Behaviour, and Relaxation Level of Students

Meditation is the ancient way to heal and improve the physical body, emotional status, and mental peace of human beings on earth. The present study aims to observe the effect of Sahaja yoga meditation on 105 school children to develop their mutual behaviour with children independently, their learning style, and ease level at home. The class 9th students from New English School, Landewadi, Pune, India, were subjected to questionnaire related to requirement of teacher or parent support to develop their mutual behaviour with other students, how they prefer to learn and how they feel after return from school at their home. Then, they practiced Sahaja Yoga meditation for 30 minutes every day in presence of Sahaja yoga instructor at school and for 10-15 min at home for 30 days. The students were again subjected to questionnaire after 30 days of meditation session. The data was analysed by McNemar's test. The results showed that the students significantly approached towards independent mutual behaviour with other students, better learning style, higher self-esteem, more relaxed, and less busy on reaching home from school, after practicing Sahaja yoga meditation for 30 days.

THE EXPRESSION OF ANCIENT MOTIFS IN THE EPIC POEM «DOTAN BATYR»

The ancient epic is composed of mythical, fairy-tale, and legendary events, which to a certain extent artistically imagine the thinking, consciousness, beliefs, and worldview of the people of the first community. In the network of heritages of this category, there are fantasy scenes, mythical concepts about creation, plots during the transition from the era of matriarchy to the era of patriarchy, hunting profession, belief in witchcraft, dreams and visions, praying for children from saints, rapid growth of heroes, suitable choosing a horse and going on a long journey, encountering difficulties on the way, marrying heroically, etc. events are reflected. Folk works such as "Kulamergen", "Surmergen", "Kubygul", "Dotan batyr", "Edil-Zhaiyk" have been preserved among the epics that have reached the form of eposes. If we focus on the epos "Dotan batyr" among them, this epos is an example of an ancient epic enriched by the later epic tradition, although mythical and fairy-tale motifs predominate in this epos. Therefore, in the content of the work, a significant place is given to the events that describe the warring times between the Kazakhs and the Kalmyks. However, these plots arise and develop due to the motif of the hero's journey in search of a bride, which is very common in ancient epics, and passing the test during that journey. The ancient way of life in the work, the long stay of the hero in the land of the bride, and the remnants of the matriarchal society, testify to the primitive nature of the epic. Therefore, our task is to determine the specific manifestations of the ancient motifs in the epos during the analysis of the epic work.

On Holistic Psychosomatic Nature Of Bioenergycorrection

Bioenergycorrection as an ancient way of correcting vital energy flow is well known in many multi-millennial traditions, having withstood the test of time to this day, with some modern modifications. On the wave of the expansion of integrative medicine since the mid-1990s in China, the US and Europe, some bioenergycorrection techniques have been subjected to scientific research and have been included in the curricula of medical schools therein. We emphasize that numerous transpersonal phenomena associated with consciousness and psychosomatic bioenergycorrection are phenomenologically well documented, and that their physical explanation should be sought at the very border of the existing scientific paradigm. Within our quantum-holographic / quantum-gravitational (QHQG) theoretical framework of the acupuncture system, consciousness, and vital energy, they are of a deeper quantum-gravitational origin, with exotic aspects of spatio-temporal tunnels and vital energy extended to acupuncture channels (of exotic vacuum-like refractive index!) with transpersonal quantum-entangling inflow of vital energy. It should also be noted that the healing effects on the patient's acupuncture system / consciousness are often blocked by quantum-holographically encoded spiritual personal consent to the disease as a form of (self) punishment (as evidenced by the subjects' experiences in post-hypnotic regressions), when prayers and self-love for oneself and others are necessary with the aim of ending (self) punishment - thus performing spiritual integration of the personality, i.e. dis-entanglement of transpersonal energy blockages, which triggers the process of permanent healing. Such spiritual indeterministic interventions by introducing new vacuum excitations of vital energy in the otherwise deterministic quantum-holographic evolution of collective consciousness (similar to the spiritually-excited and mentally-channeled Ayurvedic, Qigong, Reiki and modern experiences of local and transpersonal healing, thus non-Schrodinger imposing necessary essentially new boundary conditions!) - can permanently remove as a net effect the whole mutual conflict between two people, which is also the greatest source of freedom in optimizing life programs through spiritual cleansing. This significantly contributes to our understanding that even the most severe psychosomatic disorders have their roots in energy-informational blockages, and that healing begins by removing them - first by loving oneself, accepting oneself and forgiving oneself, which is then manifested by loving others and accepting others (e.g. spiritually dis-entangling / unleashing repentant-forgiving prayer)!

Rich Cultural Traditions to Be Preserved Through Digitization- A Task of Great Responsibility

The pros and downsides of using digital technology to preserve cultural artifacts are discussed in this study. Technology has been pioneering in the field of digitalization, allowing for the creation of digital manuscripts and e-books. Manuscripts and documents covering words and pictures are being digitized and archived using digital cameras & scanners as an entry point to the use of technology. Participation in the Next Generation requires an emphasis on cutting-edge digital technologies. The culture and tradition depicted in these manuscripts must be preserved together with the texts themselves. Physically preserving objects, texts, and artworks in past communities and libraries using ancient ways has limits. The inability to secure goods and the ease with which the general public may get access to them are two of the most prominent limitations. Chemical preservation procedures seldom capture the original orientation of papers and manuscripts. By digitizing priceless cultural heritage texts and manuscripts, we can readjust for these factors and smooth out many of the wrinkles. This study discusses how digitalization may be used to better conserve cultural objects in the future via the use of natural language processing and indexing.

Idegen szavak elavulása határon innen és túl

In my study, I would like to deal with those foreign words that have become obsolete in Hungary, but are still in live use in other parts of the Hungarian language area. This is usually explained by the fact that speakers in the regions have adopted them from the language of contact, ie they are modeled on Serbian, Croatian, Slovenian, German, Slovak, Ukrainian or Romanian. Obsolescence can be complete, it can cover the whole word, then it is obsolete in all its meanings, but sometimes the use of the word only in a certain sense is old, obsolete, it is considered partial obsolescence. An obsolete foreign word or its equivalent in the motherland may appear in use in several ancient ways, and sometimes it appears only in one of the regions. For example, the word advokát 'lawyer, legal adviser', which is obsolete in Hungary, can be found in the same form, meaning 'lawyer' in the Hungarian regional languages of Transylvania, the Highlands, Vojvodina, Transcarpathia, Croatia and Mura region. In the meaning of ‘general trade’, the obsolete equivalent of the main name of the bazár occurs only in the Highlands, in the form of a bazár and a autóbazár, denoting a used car dealership following the Slovak model. It seems a coincidence that the same word in one language becomes obsolete, is not required by speakers, and the other language needs and uses it, does not allow it to become obsolete. En pre-sumably has a rational explanation. It should be borne in mind that the acquisition of foreign words is not a phenomenon that takes place equally in different languages, so the path of a foreign word taken from contact languages is not necessarily the same as the etiology of an obsolete foreign word in Hungary. The time, place and method of receipt must also be taken into account for a proper evaluation. Quite a few foreign words came to Hungarian in Hungary through German me-diation, but their counterparts reached Hungarian Serbs via French and Serbian mediation. There are some obsolete ones among them. For example, obsolete kredit meaning ‘loan’ is of German origin in Hungarian in Hungary. In Vojvodina's parlance, the meaning of kredit of French-Serbian origin is, on the one hand, a 'loan, a loan' and, on the other hand, an amount of ‘money that can be negotiated (on a mobile phone); frame'. It has its first meaning in Transylvania, Croatia, the Mura region and the Guardian region, and the second in Transylvania and the Highlands. The phenome-non may also be related to the fact that speakers living in regions outside Hungary rarely use the Hungarian equivalent of an outdated foreign word, or do not know the foreign word at all under the influence of another language, in which case the kredit noun is used instead of the hitel noun used.

On Holistic Psychosomatic Nature Of Bioenergycorrection

Bioenergycorrection as an ancient way of correcting vital energy flow is well known in many multi-millennial traditions, having withstood the test of time to this day, with some modern modifications. On the wave of the expansion of integrative medicine since the mid-1990s in China, the US and Europe, some bioenergycorrection techniques have been subjected to scientific research and have been included in the curricula of medical schools therein. We emphasize that numerous transpersonal phenomena associated with consciousness and psychosomatic bioenergycorrection are phenomenologically well documented, and that their physical explanation should be sought at the very border of the existing scientific paradigm. Within our quantum-holographic / quantum-gravitational (QHQG) theoretical framework of the acupuncture system, consciousness, and vital energy, they are of a deeper quantum-gravitational origin, with exotic aspects of spatio-temporal tunnels and vital energy extended to acupuncture channels (of exotic vacuum-like refractive index!) with transpersonal quantum-entangling inflow of vital energy. It should also be noted that the healing effects on the patient's acupuncture system / consciousness are often blocked by quantum-holographically encoded spiritual personal consent to the disease as a form of (self) punishment (as evidenced by the subjects' experiences in post-hypnotic regressions), when prayers and self-love for oneself and others are necessary with the aim of ending (self) punishment - thus performing spiritual integration of the personality, i.e. dis-entanglement of transpersonal energy blockages, which triggers the process of permanent healing. Such spiritual indeterministic interventions by introducing new vacuum excitations of vital energy in the otherwise deterministic quantum-holographic evolution of collective consciousness (similar to the spiritually-excited and mentally-channeled Ayurvedic, Qigong, Reiki and modern experiences of local and transpersonal healing, thus non-Schrodinger imposing necessary essentially new boundary conditions!) - can permanently remove as a net effect the whole mutual conflict between two people, which is also the greatest source of freedom in optimizing life programs through spiritual cleansing. This significantly contributes to our understanding that even the most severe psychosomatic disorders have their roots in energy-informational blockages, and that healing begins by removing them - first by loving oneself, accepting oneself and forgiving oneself, which is then manifested by loving others and accepting others (e.g. spiritually dis-entangling / unleashing repentant-forgiving prayer)!

Corporate systems: The origin and the development

This article strives to depict today’s corporate world and how far it has stretched its branches from our ancient ways and methods. The article intends to shed light on current day management practices providing information about the current developments in the corporate system along with a brief description of the three institutes and a comparison of the present system with the ancient management laws of our country. It further goes on to depict how the past and present has fused to form a positive work environment for all including our country international businesses.

RANCANG BANGUN ROBOT LEGO SEBAGAI MEDIA PEMBELAJARAN SEKOLAH DASAR BERBASIS ARDUINO MEGA

Students are taught in an ancient way that has been used for a long time so that new technology learning media are needed that motivate students who are creative and understand the world of robotics. Making robots as a learning tool for robotics based on the FKKS SD/MI Muhammadiyah syllabus in Central Java Province which can train elementary school students' skills in designing, assembling, and programming robots using the Arduino Mega microcontroller which is designed in a simple and attractive way. in one set of robots have various abilities such as transporter robots, avoider robots, and line follower robots. On the transporter robot, the movement of the robot is controlled using a joystick and push buttons to control the gripper. In the avoider robot, the sensor used is the HC SR04 sensor, in the analog line follower robot the sensor used is a photodiode sensor coupled with an LED, the output of the sensor is an analog value which will be compared or compared. This robotics learning media is made to be easily accessible and operated by children, therefore the robot mode options can be selected easily via the LCD and buttons on the robot.

A review on current epidemiology and herbal approach towards the management of diabetes mellitus in India

The article here is about the disorder Diabetes Mellitus (DM) and the various treatments from the herbal background more specifically in India. It has been found that DM is a very common disorder affecting people mostly from the Asian subcontinent. The most common form of diabetes is Non-insulin dependent Diabetes Mellitus (NIDDM) or Type 2 DM (T2DM) and although a number of treatment approaches have been taken for this, herbal drugs never stand apart. Herbal medicines have been the backbone of the entire medicinal system in India and hence this paper will specifically look into all the original, novel, and ancient ways to treat the disorder. Several plants have been found to have anti-diabetic effects like catechu, basil, ginko biloba, fenugreek, and much more. Also, there have been many marketed herbal products too like Bitter gourd powder, episulin, Dia care, and much more which have been discussed in detail in the paper. Interestingly, all of these herbal products have some mechanism of action which are quite varied and have been discussed here. So, the main approach behind this paper is to re-establish herbal drugs as effective ways of medication against the disorder of Diabetes Mellitus.