As an action role-playing game based on the Chinese classic novel Journey to the West, Black Myth: Wukong incorporates rich religious elements, especially Buddhist metaphors, which carry profound cultural connotations and philosophical implications. The translation of game dialogues helps promote the international dissemination of Chinese mythological culture. This study selects the bilingual dialogues from Chapter One of the game as the corpus, explores the translation of religious metaphors th...

Linguistics  Literature 

Uganda’s consumption of mineral fertilizers is low and this is partly attributed to its high costs and lack of proper information among others. Alternative soil fertility management technologies such as the use of manure and integration of legumes in cropping systems provide plausible options, but their adoption by small-scale farmers is less investigated. The National Agricultural Research Organization with the financial support from the Korea-Africa Food and Agriculture Cooperation Initiative ...

Agricultural Science 

Consumer purchasing behavior is shaped by a combination of cultural, social, and personal factors that influence preferences and product choices. In Loja, Ecuador, the preservation of traditions and cultural identity is challenged by globalization and the increasing availability of both national and international products. This study examines the relationship between cultural values and purchasing decisions, highlighting the role of tradition, education, and perceived quality in the selection of...

Marketing 

Religion has been one of the platforms where either believing in the existence of the evil spirit, bad spirit that causes harm or trouble to general people, or purification, protection from such a spirit has been manifested for ages. Among the different religions of the world, Christianity, in its Holy Bible, also contains numerous references to the practices of Witchcraft, Sorcery, the occult, or Black Magic, where people attempt to gain knowledge of such practices to collect money and become w...

Culture  History  Politics 

At the core of the quest for a new constitution in Kenya was the need to restructure the government and this included reconfiguring of the disgraced Judiciary. There was a need to ensure sufficient independence for the courts. A significant step towards achievement of this objective is the delegation of sovereign power to the Judiciary and independent tribunals under Article 1 (3) (c) of the Constitution. The courts and the tribunals have been empowered to interpret the constitution and to make ...

Law 

With the development of the Internet, the network has become an important platform for Generation Z groups to express themselves, and Generation Z has gradually become a group of social concern. In recent years, Generation Z has been labelled as “lying flat,” “Buddha-like,” and “involution,” and the phenomenon of labelling has become prevalent. This article is based on the theory of Interaction Ritual Chains, analyzing the existence of individual Self-Cognition bias, internal group fragmentation...

Sociology 

Potassium (K) is a key nutrient in maintaining high levels of turgor and adequate water levels to regulate sugar during cell division. It is the most required during reproductive stage in coconut. Despite its importance, very little is known about its dynamic in soils. This study aimed to assess the content of K in soil deep profiles complemented with individual samples (IS) at 0 - 30 and 30 - 60 cm depth, taken during different years (year 1 and 4) in coconut plantations of Guerrero, M...

Agricultural Engineering 

Background: Globally pedestrians account for nearly a quarter of all road crash deaths, with the number of pedestrian victims rising at nearly twice the rate of all other road crash fatalities. The proportion of pedestrians killed compared with other road users is highest in the African Region, at 40%.. Increasing incidence of road traffic accidents in Low and Middle Income Countries like Kenya calls for region and country specific interventions. There is, however, inadequate data to inform suc...

Sociology 

Metaphors are widely used in people’s daily lives and are an important part of language. They are also a common rhetorical device used in political discourse. Political leaders often employ metaphors to transform abstract political concepts into simple language that the general public can understand, in order to convey political information and political positions. The English translation of metaphors in the report of the 20th National Congress is crucial for building a discourse dissemination s...

Culture 

This paper introduces a novel AI-enhanced retirement planning platform that integrates behavioral economics principles with advanced machine learning techniques to optimize financial decision-making. Traditional financial planning models, while numerically sound, often fail to consider the cognitive biases and behavioral patterns that influence individual choices. Our system addresses this gap by incorporating mechanisms that counteract biases such as loss aversion, present bias, and overconfide...

Artificial Intelligence