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Alcohol Use Disorder Within the Maternal Population This paper covers the presence of Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) within the maternal population. The paper takes a two-fold approach as it first discusses the issue from a twenty-first century perspective. Utilizing blogs, social me
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January 10, 2026 at 4:33 PM
Alcohol Use Disorder Within the Maternal Population This paper covers the presence of Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) within the maternal population. The paper takes a two-fold approach as it first discusses the issue from a twenty-first century perspective. Utilizing blogs, social me
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Anticipatory Suppression and Social Cost in Dating Platforms: A JX Framework Whitepaper Dating platforms face a critical tension: maximizing engagement can conflict with safety, fairness, and user agency. This paper presents Transdisciplinary Equilibrium (JX), a composite social–
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January 10, 2026 at 12:56 PM
Anticipatory Suppression and Social Cost in Dating Platforms: A JX Framework Whitepaper Dating platforms face a critical tension: maximizing engagement can conflict with safety, fairness, and user agency. This paper presents Transdisciplinary Equilibrium (JX), a composite social–
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The Demise of Affirmative Action in College Admissions Affirmative action began as a bipartisan policy to address racial inequality in the workplace and in higher education. Given its small footprint in college admissions (most colleges never practiced it), its bipartisan support
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January 10, 2026 at 8:35 AM
The Demise of Affirmative Action in College Admissions Affirmative action began as a bipartisan policy to address racial inequality in the workplace and in higher education. Given its small footprint in college admissions (most colleges never practiced it), its bipartisan support
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Complicity of the Oppressed:
A Socially Patterned Defect that Reproduces Inequality The workers of the world have not united. In three successive elections, white workers in the US voted for Donald Trump, many hoping that he would deport immigrant workers who were “taking their
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January 10, 2026 at 4:40 AM
Complicity of the Oppressed:
A Socially Patterned Defect that Reproduces Inequality The workers of the world have not united. In three successive elections, white workers in the US voted for Donald Trump, many hoping that he would deport immigrant workers who were “taking their
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Prosocial environments promote individual success: evidence from a school network panel study Why do we care for others? Several studies have shown that people holding altruistic dispositions tend to be more successful than others. Since caring for others is often costly, theoret
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January 9, 2026 at 8:46 PM
Prosocial environments promote individual success: evidence from a school network panel study Why do we care for others? Several studies have shown that people holding altruistic dispositions tend to be more successful than others. Since caring for others is often costly, theoret
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Labour market insecurity and parental co-residence in the United Kingdom: heterogeneities by parental class and age Amidst young adults’ increasing labour market insecurity and rates of parental co-residence, this article examines how unemployment and underexplored forms of non-s
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January 9, 2026 at 8:41 PM
Labour market insecurity and parental co-residence in the United Kingdom: heterogeneities by parental class and age Amidst young adults’ increasing labour market insecurity and rates of parental co-residence, this article examines how unemployment and underexplored forms of non-s
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Sitting arrangement and malpractice behaviours among higher education test-takers: On educational assessment in Nigeria In this study, a cohort of 170 university students was observed for malpractice behaviour under three forms of sitting arrangement. The aim was to identify the
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January 9, 2026 at 8:37 PM
Sitting arrangement and malpractice behaviours among higher education test-takers: On educational assessment in Nigeria In this study, a cohort of 170 university students was observed for malpractice behaviour under three forms of sitting arrangement. The aim was to identify the
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Curriculum management and graduate programmes’ viability: The mediation of institutional effectiveness using PLS-SEM approach This study used a partial least squares structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM) to estimate curriculum management's direct and indirect effects on univers
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January 9, 2026 at 8:33 PM
Curriculum management and graduate programmes’ viability: The mediation of institutional effectiveness using PLS-SEM approach This study used a partial least squares structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM) to estimate curriculum management's direct and indirect effects on univers
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Situated Histories and the Somatic Heart of Language: An Examination of Environmental Education Curricula Conceptions of nature are not immune to the parameters of the social world. Situating pedagogical texts historically and assessing their current implications is to attempt ta
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January 9, 2026 at 4:43 PM
Situated Histories and the Somatic Heart of Language: An Examination of Environmental Education Curricula Conceptions of nature are not immune to the parameters of the social world. Situating pedagogical texts historically and assessing their current implications is to attempt ta
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Hallowed Institutional Categories, Race, and Organizations In an era in which most organizations are not explicitly built around racist aims and most organizational actors do not admit racial bias, how do racial inequalities nevertheless persist? In recent years, research scholar
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January 9, 2026 at 4:39 PM
Hallowed Institutional Categories, Race, and Organizations In an era in which most organizations are not explicitly built around racist aims and most organizational actors do not admit racial bias, how do racial inequalities nevertheless persist? In recent years, research scholar
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EL EFECTO DEL CONTEXTO SOCIAL EN LA ASOCIACIÓN ENTRE MÚSICA Y EMOCIÓN The research of the association between music and emotions
investigates the emotions expressed in a song and those it
provokes in the listener. Experimental designs generally lack
a social context that controls
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investigates the emotions expressed in a song and those it
provokes in the listener. Experimental designs generally lack
a social context that controls
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January 9, 2026 at 4:37 PM
EL EFECTO DEL CONTEXTO SOCIAL EN LA ASOCIACIÓN ENTRE MÚSICA Y EMOCIÓN The research of the association between music and emotions
investigates the emotions expressed in a song and those it
provokes in the listener. Experimental designs generally lack
a social context that controls
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investigates the emotions expressed in a song and those it
provokes in the listener. Experimental designs generally lack
a social context that controls
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Exploring the Role of Visual Art in Healthcare Spaces: A Case Study at the Kentish Town Health Centre Research has increasingly demonstrated that visual art in healthcare settings can support wellbeing through psychological and physiological benefits such as reduced stress, impro
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January 9, 2026 at 1:48 PM
Exploring the Role of Visual Art in Healthcare Spaces: A Case Study at the Kentish Town Health Centre Research has increasingly demonstrated that visual art in healthcare settings can support wellbeing through psychological and physiological benefits such as reduced stress, impro
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Arbitration Governance in Transition: Contractually, Institutional Control, and Judicial Review in China Arbitration is generally acknowledged as a contract-based procedure driven by the principles of party autonomy, procedural flexibility, and minimal judicial intervention. In t
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January 9, 2026 at 1:44 PM
Arbitration Governance in Transition: Contractually, Institutional Control, and Judicial Review in China Arbitration is generally acknowledged as a contract-based procedure driven by the principles of party autonomy, procedural flexibility, and minimal judicial intervention. In t
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Gestalt Therapy and Argentine Tango: An Embodied Framework for Relational Awareness and Socio-Emotional Development Embodied and relational approaches to socio-emotional development increasingly emphasize lived experience, interaction, and situated awareness, yet few frameworks s
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January 9, 2026 at 1:41 PM
Gestalt Therapy and Argentine Tango: An Embodied Framework for Relational Awareness and Socio-Emotional Development Embodied and relational approaches to socio-emotional development increasingly emphasize lived experience, interaction, and situated awareness, yet few frameworks s
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Australia’s multi‑provider social housing system: contest or growth? This research examined Australia’s multi-provider social housing system and analysed changes over time to social housing delivery. The system includes public housing, managed by state and territory government ag
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January 9, 2026 at 1:38 PM
Australia’s multi‑provider social housing system: contest or growth? This research examined Australia’s multi-provider social housing system and analysed changes over time to social housing delivery. The system includes public housing, managed by state and territory government ag
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The Interpenetration of the Real World and Digital World This paper challenges the conventional dualism of "real versus digital," proposing a state of interpenetration where both domains are inseparably integrated within human cognition. Utilizing sense-making theory, the author
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January 9, 2026 at 1:36 PM
The Interpenetration of the Real World and Digital World This paper challenges the conventional dualism of "real versus digital," proposing a state of interpenetration where both domains are inseparably integrated within human cognition. Utilizing sense-making theory, the author
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FROM FISCAL OPPORTUNITY TO GOVERNANCE RISK: MAKING TOURISM ACCOMMODATION TAXES WORK FOR SUSTAINABILITY This study examines the disconnect between sustainability rhetoric and fiscal practice in the Balearic Islands' tourism tax policy (Spain). Using a novel AI-assisted method, we
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January 9, 2026 at 1:33 PM
FROM FISCAL OPPORTUNITY TO GOVERNANCE RISK: MAKING TOURISM ACCOMMODATION TAXES WORK FOR SUSTAINABILITY This study examines the disconnect between sustainability rhetoric and fiscal practice in the Balearic Islands' tourism tax policy (Spain). Using a novel AI-assisted method, we
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Tracing taonga trajectories: a methodological framework for Indigenous heritage mapping Rangitāhua is a tupuna to Ngāti Kuri and represents the iwi’s geographic and ancestral connection to the Pacific. Despite this millennium-long ancestral tie, Ngāti Kuri’s access to Rangitāhua
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January 9, 2026 at 1:28 PM
Tracing taonga trajectories: a methodological framework for Indigenous heritage mapping Rangitāhua is a tupuna to Ngāti Kuri and represents the iwi’s geographic and ancestral connection to the Pacific. Despite this millennium-long ancestral tie, Ngāti Kuri’s access to Rangitāhua
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COMPETING FOR SUSTAINABILITY: Sensemaking and organisational engagement in European tourism competitions Sustainability competitions are widely used as soft governance instruments, yet organisational engagement varies considerably. This study explains this variation by examining
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January 9, 2026 at 1:26 PM
COMPETING FOR SUSTAINABILITY: Sensemaking and organisational engagement in European tourism competitions Sustainability competitions are widely used as soft governance instruments, yet organisational engagement varies considerably. This study explains this variation by examining
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Reverse Catastrophe Bonds for Pandemic Preparedness Traditional catastrophe bonds allow jurisdictions to insure against major disasters when a sponsor can afford regular coupon payments but cannot afford a large, unexpected disaster. Wealthy national governments can afford both r
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January 9, 2026 at 1:24 PM
Reverse Catastrophe Bonds for Pandemic Preparedness Traditional catastrophe bonds allow jurisdictions to insure against major disasters when a sponsor can afford regular coupon payments but cannot afford a large, unexpected disaster. Wealthy national governments can afford both r
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Backcasting as a tool to fostering a kaleidoscopic dialectic and a radical sociological imagination This chapter explores the potential of backcasting as a participatory foresight method to foster collective learning and unlock transformative pathways toward social-ecological sus
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January 9, 2026 at 1:21 PM
Backcasting as a tool to fostering a kaleidoscopic dialectic and a radical sociological imagination This chapter explores the potential of backcasting as a participatory foresight method to foster collective learning and unlock transformative pathways toward social-ecological sus
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“The Feeling of Life”: Creative Dynamics Captured in Real Time This article presents a proof-of-concept for the Researcher-As-Obstacle (RAO) framework, grounded in a case study with a professional artist. By deliberately interfering with the creative process through real-time mic
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January 9, 2026 at 1:20 PM
“The Feeling of Life”: Creative Dynamics Captured in Real Time This article presents a proof-of-concept for the Researcher-As-Obstacle (RAO) framework, grounded in a case study with a professional artist. By deliberately interfering with the creative process through real-time mic
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Vectors of Disclosure: Scenarios, Taxonomies, and the Mode of Existence of Environmental KPIs Environmental KPIs have long been analysed as socio-technical devices—ions, inscriptions, and instruments of action at a distance—rather than as neutral representations of external reali
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January 9, 2026 at 1:17 PM
Vectors of Disclosure: Scenarios, Taxonomies, and the Mode of Existence of Environmental KPIs Environmental KPIs have long been analysed as socio-technical devices—ions, inscriptions, and instruments of action at a distance—rather than as neutral representations of external reali
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Conserved Attention Theory: From Physical Constraints to Social Emergence Attention is notoriously definitionally fragmented, which results in downstream confusion in applied theory. In this paper, I introduce Conserved Attention Theory (CAT), in which attention is defined as the
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January 9, 2026 at 1:15 PM
Conserved Attention Theory: From Physical Constraints to Social Emergence Attention is notoriously definitionally fragmented, which results in downstream confusion in applied theory. In this paper, I introduce Conserved Attention Theory (CAT), in which attention is defined as the
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Foraging and Farming in the Cloud Forest: Human Occupation of the Peruvian Eastern Andes, 5,400–1,000 cal BP This article presents the results of survey and excavation in the Chachapoyas region of the Peruvian eastern Andes attesting to human occupation of the mid-altitude cloud
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January 9, 2026 at 1:10 PM
Foraging and Farming in the Cloud Forest: Human Occupation of the Peruvian Eastern Andes, 5,400–1,000 cal BP This article presents the results of survey and excavation in the Chachapoyas region of the Peruvian eastern Andes attesting to human occupation of the mid-altitude cloud
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