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social_science

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📄 social_science

Longitudinal patterns of adverse childhood experiences and ‘NEET’ (Not in Education, Employment or Training) status in young adulthood

This longitudinal study of 8,851 UK participants reveals that specific patterns of adverse childhood experiences, particularly early abuse combined with parental mental health issues and persistent parental mental health problems, are significantly associated with increased odds of persistent 'NEET' (Not in Education, Employment, or Training) status in young adulthood, even after adjusting for socioeconomic factors.

Zayn Rajan, Gemma Hammerton, Bushra Farooq, Laura D Howe, Ana Goncalves Soares, Annie Herbert2026-07-31
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Forming safety and security in critical infrastructure public-private partnerships: Four interdependent domains identified in a systematic literature review

Through a systematic literature review of thirty studies, this paper identifies four interdependent domains—organizational, contractual, governance, and relational—that shape safety and security in critical infrastructure public-private partnerships, revealing that safety relies primarily on organizational commitment and operational practices while security depends more on institutional coordination, regulation, and information sharing.

Teemu Lampovaara2026-07-31
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The here-and-now of "real-time visual assistance". Assembling gestalt contexture in blind-sighted navigation

This ethnomethodological study examines how experienced sighted guides dynamically construct a shared "here-and-now" for blind individuals during street crossings by methodically segmenting and indexing environmental features, thereby revealing that real-time visual assistance is an active process of assembling gestalt contexture rather than merely describing a pre-existing scene.

Damien Rudaz, Brian L. Due, Barbara Patricia Nino Carreras2026-07-31
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Institutional Factors Enabling Research-to-Operations Conversion in a Military Health ICT: The Case of the Institute of Aerospace Medicine within SINAER

This qualitative case study demonstrates how the Institute of Aerospace Medicine (IMAE) within Brazil's SINAER successfully converted academic research into operational military health products through supportive institutional governance and a centralized technology transfer model, thereby validating the maturity of military health organizations in bridging the "valley of death" between science and operations.

Joel Eloi Belo Junior, Celso Borges Pinto Filho, Geraldo Mulato de Lima Filho, Adriano Percival Calderaro Calvo, Breno R (…)2026-07-31
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The Politics of Proximity: Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's Communication Style and the Construction of People-Oriented Leadership

This qualitative historical study employs critical discourse analysis and Max Weber's framework of charismatic authority to demonstrate how Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman strategically utilized rhetoric, symbols, and emotional proximity in his communication from 1948 to 1975 to construct a people-oriented leadership that fostered national consciousness and consolidated his power in Bangladesh.

Mustak Ahmed2026-07-31
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From food waste data to transformative sensemaking: the Motta Framework for sustainability learning

This study introduces the Motta Framework for Transformative Sensemaking, a non-linear model derived from a Brazilian school-based intervention, which demonstrates how contextual food waste data, mediated by a hybrid digital-teaching tool, facilitates a recursive process of problem materialization and collective sensemaking that reframes socio-environmental issues without relying on technology's autonomous transformative power.

Sany da Silva Motta, Ricardo César da Silva Guabiroba2026-07-31
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Contextualized Edge Pedagogy (CEP) for Offline Education: Readiness, Privacy and Pedagogy Gaps in Post-Conflict Tigray

This paper introduces Contextualized Edge Pedagogy (CEP), a design framework for offline, accessible education in post-conflict Tigray, derived from a survey of 250 visually impaired students that addresses infrastructure limitations and privacy concerns to establish evidence-based requirements for equitable learning.

Behailu Wolde, Abrhaley Teklay Haile, Melkamu Hunegnaw Asmare, Wim Van Petegem2026-07-31
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Geographies of Power, Market, and History: The Spatiotemporal Dynamics and Generative Mechanisms of China's Music Intangible Cultural Heritage

This study analyzes the spatiotemporal distribution and driving mechanisms of 1,473 Chinese music intangible cultural heritage items, revealing a "three-core, multi-center" pattern shaped primarily by historical-cultural factors and proposing a differentiated, networked protection strategy based on cultural ecosystem typologies.

Yidi Ma, Pengkai Wang2026-07-31