📄 social science

You Have More Data Than You Think: Optimizing Machine Learning in Tabular Social Science Datasets Through Augmentation and Linkage

This paper details how the authors achieved top performance in the Predicting Fertility data challenge by employing two data engineering strategies—time-shift data augmentation to increase sample size and partner linkage to expand feature sets—demonstrating their effectiveness for optimizing machine learning on tabular social science datasets.

Hanzhang Ren, Emily M. Cantrell2026-08-07
📄 social science

Perceived School Support and Self-Reported Digital Civic Responsibility Among Vocational Health Professions Students in China: A Cross-Sectional Study

This cross-sectional study of Chinese vocational health students found a strong positive association between perceived school support and self-reported digital civic responsibility, though the authors caution that common method bias and poor discriminant validity likely inflate this correlation, rendering the findings hypothesis-generating rather than causal.

Yang Li, Bingzhong Xu, Qiufeng Liu2026-08-07
📄 social science

Internal Coherence of Multi-Level AI-Generated Content: A Comparative Analysis of Novice and Experienced Teachers' Consistency within the IAT Framework

This study introduces the Consistency Quotient (CQ) to demonstrate that while experienced teachers generally produce more conceptually and structurally coherent AI-generated educational content than novices, significant individual variability and the effectiveness of structured prompt engineering challenge deterministic assumptions about professional experience, highlighting the critical role of AI literacy and pedagogical knowledge in optimizing teacher-AI collaboration.

Hossein talebzadeh2026-08-07
📄 social science

The Influence of ChatGPT Usage, Learning Content, and Digital Competence on Biology Students’ Learning Motivation in the Digital Education Era: A Moderated Effect Analysis Model

This study utilizes Structural Equation Modeling on 366 biology students to demonstrate that while ChatGPT usage and learning content positively influence learning motivation, digital competence acts as a critical moderator that enhances the effectiveness of content and determines the extent to which ChatGPT contributes to student engagement.

Ibrahim Ibrahim, Juli Firmansyah, Jalaluddin Jalaluddin, Marwan Marwan2026-08-07
📄 social science

Competences and Legislative Powers for Food Policies: A Systematic Approach Applied to the EU and Germany

This study employs a systematic approach using the INFORMAS Food-EPI framework to map the distribution of legislative powers across EU, federal, state, and municipal levels for food policies in Germany, revealing a complex multilevel governance structure that is crucial for designing effective implementation strategies.

Franziska Wiebke, Anette Buyken, José Martínez, Kai P. Purnhagen, Peter von Philipsborn2026-08-07
📄 social science

The concept of solid waste through an artistic lens: An alternative approach to mitigate the adverse impact of urban and consumerist culture

This studio-based research investigates how upcycled art, grounded in Eco-aesthetics and transformative learning theories, can serve as a pragmatic intervention to mitigate the adverse impacts of solid waste in Jamestown's urban and consumerist culture by unifying aesthetic values with sustainability to drive sociocultural transformation.

Samuel Prophask Asamoah, Dickson Adom, Steve Kquofi2026-08-07