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Village-based Spatial Diagnosis of Differentiated Responses Around the Erlitou Archaeological Site Park

This study utilizes land-use change analysis, space-syntax modeling, and functional vitality assessments to demonstrate that village responses to the Erlitou Archaeological Site Park are driven by corridor connectivity, nodal accessibility, and pre-existing land structures rather than simple distance, offering a spatially grounded framework for balanced regional development and heritage conservation.

Xiaolong Tao, Zekai Li, Wenjia Liu2026-07-09
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Beyond Five-Legged Sheep: Empirically Grounded Lessons for PhD Candidates and Supervisors to Navigate Challenges in Inter- and Transdisciplinary PhD Trajectories

This study empirically identifies five key themes and distills 18 actionable lessons to help PhD candidates and supervisors navigate the shared challenges of inter- and transdisciplinary research, emphasizing the need for systemic support to move beyond unrealistic expectations of "five-legged sheep" professionals.

Annemarie Horn, Jessica Oudenampsen, Pelle Boers, Cathelijne R. Schoof2026-07-09
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Developing Smart Port Readiness: The Roles of Workforce Competency, Training, and Inter-Organisational Collaboration

This study reveals that while transferable and digital-regulatory competencies significantly drive smart port workforce readiness through the mediating role of training quality, industry-academia collaboration functions as a modest boundary condition rather than a universal driver, suggesting that maritime education should prioritize training infrastructure and curriculum rebalancing over merely increasing collaboration frequency.

Jagan Jeevan2026-07-08
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Learner-Targeted Bullying Against Internationally Educated Teachers: A Comparative Mixed-Methods Study Across Twelve Countries

This mixed-methods study of twelve countries reveals that internationally educated teachers frequently face verbal harassment and classroom disruption driven by cultural distance and institutional neglect, while positive school climates and discipline serve as protective factors, prompting calls for enhanced cultural training and international security protocols.

Adeniran Gregory Adewusi2026-07-08
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Lexical variables that affect integrated speaking test scores among EFL learners

This study analyzes Korean EFL learners' integrated speaking responses to reveal that while lexical fluency, diversity, and sophistication consistently predict proficiency in listen-to-speak tasks, read-to-speak tasks exhibit distinct patterns where lexical sophistication uniformly aids all levels while diversity peaks at intermediate stages, suggesting that written source texts fundamentally alter the developmental trajectory of productive vocabulary.

Hyojung Lim2026-07-08
📄 social_science

The Electoral Business Cycle of Wikipedia: What Elections Reveal About Partisanship, the Public's Attention, and the Production of Political Knowledge

By analyzing 1.8 million edits to U.S. Congress members' Wikipedia pages, this study reveals that while reader interest remains steady for both sitting and retired politicians, editor activity disproportionately favors current officeholders, creating a structural bias in decentralized knowledge systems where information production lags behind public attention once institutional power is lost.

Juan Diego Alvarado, Carolina F.T. Batista, Ernesto Calvo, Giovanni Luca Ciampaglia, Rojin Ziaei2026-07-08