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Prototypicality and platformisation in India’s CTI ecosystem

Drawing on two years of qualitative fieldwork in India, this paper argues that cognitive-linguistic prototypes (such as the firefighter, smoke-detector, bystander, and Danda) shape organizational behavior and policy reasoning, thereby creating inertia, fragmentation, and constrained innovation in the development and adoption of Cyber Threat Intelligence platforms.

Shashank Yadav, Sundeep Oberoi, Shishir K Jha2026-08-07
📄 social science

Han Cultural Integration and Identity among Ethnic Minorities in the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties: Evidence from Eaves Tiles

By analyzing 356 eaves tiles from 46 sites, this study demonstrates that the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties witnessed a tangible transition from regional divergence to a shared Han cultural paradigm among ethnic minorities, evidenced by the gradual convergence of northern and southern architectural dimensions and decorative motifs.

Lianyu Wang, Wenyu Jia, Yixin Dou, Haiming Li2026-08-07
📄 social science

When Empathy Becomes a Risk: The Moderating Role of Children’s Empathy on the Association Between Parental Burnout and Children’s Emotional and Behavioral Problems During War

This study of Israeli mother-child dyads during wartime reveals that while parental burnout generally predicts child maladjustment, higher levels of a child's affective empathy specifically exacerbate the link between parental burnout and internalizing symptoms, whereas cognitive empathy is associated with increased war-related acting out behaviors.

Tamar Kadosh-Laor, Liat Israeli-Ran, Liat Zelikovich-Moyal, Florina Uzefovsky2026-08-07
📄 social science

Determinants of Higher Education Choice The Mediating Role of Institutional Image in East Kalimantan Indonesia

This quantitative study in East Kalimantan reveals that while service marketing mix and social influence significantly shape institutional image, it is this image that fully mediates and ultimately drives students' higher education selection decisions, rather than marketing efforts having a direct impact.

Widyatmike Gede Mulawarman, Nurlaili Nurlaili, Siti Halimah, Agus Saputra, Swadia Gandhi Mahardika2026-08-07
📄 social science

Barriers and Enablers of Youth Technopreneurship in South Africa: An Empirical Analysis

This empirical study of 533 survey respondents and 90 interviewees in South Africa identifies that while digital skills, finance, mentorship, and ecosystems significantly enable youth technopreneurship, systemic barriers like the digital divide and corruption hinder it, underscoring the need for integrated policies to reduce youth unemployment.

Cyril Baloyi, Lawrence Obokoh, Richard Wamalwa Wanzala2026-08-07
📄 social science

Microaggressions and Learning Environment Satisfaction in Medical Education: An Exploratory Cross-Sectional Survey

This cross-sectional survey of 596 medical students across 36 schools reveals that microaggressions are prevalent and socially patterned by ethnicity, gender, and nativity, with specific forms like microinvalidations showing a consistent negative association with learning environment satisfaction.

Mandeep Gill Sagoo, Nimish Maskara, Nile Ismail, Adedeji Adeniyi, Jia Liu, Cecilia Brassett, Dana A Stearns, Geoffroy No (…)2026-08-07