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Evolving Expectations and Structural Constraints of Cybersecurity Leadership: A Transatlantic Longitudinal Analysis of CISO Job Advertisements

This longitudinal analysis of 720 CISO job advertisements across the DACH region and the United States reveals persistent role ambiguities, regional structural disparities, and a critical misalignment between advertised expectations and the strategic realities of the position, which collectively risk undermining recruitment effectiveness and executive integration.

Daniel Fall, Leonhard Kurthen2026-09-14

📄 social science

Artificial intelligence literacy and self-efficacy among nursing students: A network analysis of educational stratification

This study utilizes network analysis to reveal that AI literacy and self-efficacy among nursing students form a moderately interconnected structure centered on "Assistance," with significant variations in network organization between associate and bachelor's degree students that suggest a need for differentiated educational strategies.

Lu Feng, Yujuan Zhao, Jiao Zhai, Xinyue Nie, Qiuyue Huang, Jie Jing2026-09-14

📄 social science

The Effectiveness of an Integrated 9E Learning Cycle and Tetrahedral Representation Model on Students' Motivation and Attitude Toward Hydrocarbons

This study demonstrates that integrating the 9E Learning Cycle with a Tetrahedral Representation Model significantly enhances tenth-grade students' motivation and attitudes toward learning hydrocarbons, with male students showing particularly positive attitudinal gains.

Fsaha Tesfamicael, Woldie Belachew, Tesfaye Demissie2026-09-14

📄 social science

Symbol, Meaning, and the Sacred: A Study on Contemporary Malaise from the Perspective of Logotherapy and Analytical Psychology

This theoretical essay argues that contemporary psychological malaise stems from the erosion of symbols, meaning, and the sacred, and proposes that integrating Logotherapy and Analytical Psychology into clinical practice is essential for restoring these dimensions to improve mental health.

Victor Lima de Souza, Sávio Emmerick, Cleia Zanatta2026-09-14

📄 social science

From decentring to crisis recentring: institutional authority in contested global art exhibitions

This article argues that while global art exhibitions often attempt to decentre curatorial authority through collaborative practices, political crises ultimately trigger a "crisis recentring" where institutional, legal, and administrative hierarchies reassert consequential authority to resolve controversies, as demonstrated through case studies of documenta fifteen, the 12th Berlin Biennale, and the proposed South African Pavilion at the 61st Venice Biennale.

Yupeng Zheng, Liangyong Yan2026-09-14

📄 social science

Selective Advantages of Dance: Cognitive and Psychological Well-Being

This study suggests that while long-term dance training does not broadly enhance general cognitive abilities in healthy young adults, it is significantly associated with improved psychological well-being, adaptive motivational regulation, and selective cognitive advantages in emotionally demanding contexts.

Stuti Mehta, Rashmi Gupta2026-09-14

📄 social science

Local embedding of regional grassroots sports events: A comparative analysis of Langao Village BA and Guizhou Village BA

This study employs a qualitative comparative analysis of Langao and Guizhou Village BA events to construct a three-stage framework that reveals how distinct "Industry Driven" and "Culture-Identity Driven" models emerge through the local reconstruction of knowledge, thereby explaining the heterogeneous development of rural grassroots sports under China's unified administrative system.

Ziyi Lu, Haomin Sheng, Zhanning Sun2026-09-14

📄 social science

Teaching Micro-credentials through Learning Management Systems: A Systematic Review of Pedagogical Designs, Assessment Practices, and Learner Outcomes

This systematic review of 12 studies on LMS-enabled micro-credentials identifies key pedagogical features like assessment and modular pathways, proposes a framework for effective design, and highlights the need for more longitudinal research on workplace transfer and authentic performance assessment.

Bayu Rahmat Setiadi, Sutopo Sutopo, Tri Adi Prasetya, Chrisna Tri Harjanto, Amalia Sapriati, Hafiziani Eka Putri, Nuur W (…)2026-09-14

📄 social science

Unpacking the role of lobbies in shaping EU Member States' regional cooperation on climate and forests

This study finds that among European Union Member States, the strength of forest conservation lobbies is a more decisive factor than forest industry lobbies in driving participation in centralized and non-co-extensive regional climate and forest governance arrangements.

Fredy David Polo Villanueva, Ana Alice de Oliveira Tavares, Simon Bulian, Lukas Giessen, Sarah Lilian Burns2026-09-14

📄 social science

Algorithmic manipulation and mental self-determination: Operationalizing freedom of thought as a neuroright

This article argues that current legal frameworks fail to protect the cognitive process of thought formation from non-invasive algorithmic manipulation, and proposes operationalizing "mental self-determination" as a specific neuroright with a four-factor threshold to legally distinguish unlawful manipulation from legitimate influence.

Thi Long Nguyen, Ngoc Hiep Tran2026-09-14

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