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A social network analysis model approach to understanding continuing care retirement community policies in China

This study employs social network analysis on 204 central-level policies from 2000 to 2026 to reveal that China's Continuing Care Retirement Community policies have evolved from an exploratory phase focused on market-based care to an industrialization phase emphasizing health and innovation, characterized by expanding interdepartmental collaboration yet persisting coordination challenges.

Xuechun Wang, Bo Xia, Qing Chen, Martin Skitmore, Huiming Liu, Jiaxuan E2026-08-07
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From Anthropomorphism to Purchase Intention in AI Shopping Assistant Contexts: A Three-Wave Longitudinal Moderated Mediation Study of Perceived Intelligence and General Self-Efficacy Among College Students

This three-wave longitudinal study of Chinese college students reveals that perceived anthropomorphism of AI shopping assistants prospectively increases purchase intention through enhanced perceived intelligence, with this indirect effect being significantly stronger for individuals possessing higher general self-efficacy.

Siyi Wu, Yang Yang, Xiangyu Tan, Jiale Wang2026-08-07
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Paul von Hindenburg and his role in the political developments of Germany 1918-1934

This paper employs quantitative analysis of electoral data, emergency decrees, and cabinet instability to demonstrate that Paul von Hindenburg's escalating use of executive powers and his brokerage role among conservative elites were the primary drivers in the rapid structural transformation of the Weimar Republic into an authoritarian regime culminating in Hitler's appointment in 1933.

LOAY TAUFIQ HASSAN2026-08-06
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Sacred Place, Community Identity, and Heritage Transformation under Airport Expansion: A Human Ecology Study of Zhuwai Fuhai Temple, Taiwan

This human ecology study of the Zhuwai Fuhai Temple in Taiwan argues that sacred heritage should be understood as a place-based human–environment relationship rather than a transferable object, revealing how airport expansion governance prioritizes technical constraints over community identity and collective memory despite recognizing cultural value.

Yi-Chang Chiang2026-08-06
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AIGC empowers the interactive narrative logic and immersive aesthetic paradigms of chinese opera films and television

This study explores how AIGC technologies, specifically virtual production and interactive imaging, transform Chinese opera films from static stage documentation into immersive cinematic re-creations by leveraging the classic Sichuan Opera *The Story of the Colored Tower* to balance narrative innovation with the preservation of traditional aesthetic principles.

Peng Lu, Jinxuan Zhang2026-08-06
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Regenerative destination brand gestalt: Toward an integrated socio-ecological branding framework

This study proposes the Regenerative Destination Brand Gestalt (RDBG) framework, developed through grounded theory and multisite netnography, to reconceptualize destination branding as a dynamic socio-ecological system where long-term value and resilience emerge through the reciprocal relationships of People, Place, and Purpose.

Danny I. Rantung, Deske W. Mandagi, Andrew C. Aseng2026-08-06
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The Rasa-Śarīra Scale: development and validation of a culturally grounded instrument for measuring embodied aesthetic learning in architectural heritage games

This paper presents the development and validation of the Rasa-Śarīra Scale, a culturally grounded 25-item instrument based on classical Indian aesthetics and embodied cognition theory, which successfully measures embodied aesthetic learning in architectural heritage games and demonstrates superior effectiveness over passive walkthroughs in an experimental study.

Sneha Maji, Akhil Das2026-08-06
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Factors Shaping the Perceptions Toward Economic Inequality among Bangladeshi Adolescents: A nationwide cross-sectional study

A nationwide cross-sectional study of 3,917 Bangladeshi adolescents conducted in early 2024 reveals that high perceptions of economic inequality are significantly driven by urban residence, science-stream education, and institutional distrust, with media and judicial trust fully mediating the relationship between gender and these perceptions.

Ayub Ali, Mohammad Ahsan Habib, Abu Bakkar Siddik, Tafajjal Islam, Nurul Islam, Sohel Rana, Zobayer Ahmed, Md. Tawhidul (…)2026-08-06
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Case-Based Health Law Teaching for Undergraduate Rehabilitation Therapy Students: A Single-Group Pre-Post Educational Intervention Study

This single-group pre-post study demonstrates that an 18-hour case-based health law teaching intervention significantly improved legal knowledge, clinical risk identification, learning attitudes, and course satisfaction among 102 undergraduate rehabilitation therapy students at Guizhou Medical University.

Qian Zhang, Shuang Wu, Lijun Xiao, Guoyu Chen, Jue Long2026-08-06