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Effects of Fraction Relationships-Based Instruction on Primary School Learners’ Proficiency in Fraction Operations

This study demonstrates that a relationships-based instructional approach significantly improves primary school learners' proficiency in fraction operations by fostering a deeper conceptual understanding of fraction relationships, which serves as a stronger predictor of success than mere symbolic recognition.

Japhet Kwasi Osiakwan, Mavis Okyere, Forster Danso Ntow, George Adom2026-09-01
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Understanding the Drivers of Environmental Inequality Through an Integrative Framework

This study synthesizes 1,039 global publications using bibliographic coupling and interpretive analysis to develop an integrative framework that identifies six interacting drivers—ranging from resource inequality to political-economic structures—explaining how environmental inequality is produced and sustained across diverse contexts.

Sanjeev Ramachandran, Leela Rani, Purnima Venkat2026-09-01
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Pluralising Urban Design Theory through Institutional Practice: Agonistic Design Infrastructure in Ankara, 2019–2024

This paper argues that pluralising urban design theory requires transforming the institutional production of legitimate design knowledge, proposing an "agonistic design infrastructure" model derived from a 2019–2024 study in Ankara that reveals both the potential and limitations of integrating civic and academic actors into decision-making processes.

Savaş Zafer Şahin2026-09-01
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Learning Energy for Sustainable Learning with Artificial Intelligence in Higher Education

This perspective article introduces the "Learning Energy" framework, a multidimensional model integrating five psychological theories to explain how generative AI can either deplete or energize higher education learners through resource appraisal, thereby offering a comprehensive approach to understanding and sustaining academic well-being in AI-mediated environments.

Van Huong Nguyen2026-09-01
📄 social_science

Autistic traits are associated with psychological distress while coping strategies do not mediate these associations in Malaysian emerging adults

A study of 458 Malaysian emerging adults found that while higher autistic traits are significantly associated with increased psychological distress and the use of various coping strategies, these strategies do not mediate the relationship between autistic traits and distress, suggesting other mechanisms are responsible for the observed mental health challenges.

William Hoi Wei Yuan, Su Wan Gan¹, Wan Ying Lee¹, Poh Chua Siah2026-09-01
📄 social_science

Improving the Quality of Practical Training for Officers Using Leadership Coaching Technology

This quasi-experimental study demonstrates that a custom-developed leadership coaching cycle significantly enhances the practical leadership skills of officers in training compared to standard methods, as evidenced by statistically superior improvements in teamwork, reflection, and decision-making among the experimental group.

Andrii Vitchenko, Roman Bakumenko, Stanislav Pavlushenko, Oleh Rybchuk, Svitlana Khrystiuk2026-09-01
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Where Does the Sahelian Fertility Transition Stall? Higher-Order Parity Progression in Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger

This study reveals that the fertility transition in the Sahel stalls specifically at higher parities (three and above), with Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger diverging significantly only after the third child, indicating that the region's high fertility differentials are driven by women who already have large families rather than by adolescent reproductive patterns.

Aristide Romaric Yiwonégadjan Bado, Hermann Badolo, Nouhou Abdoul-Moumouni2026-09-01
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Generative AI Governance and Media Sentiment: Comparative Evidence from Five Global Regulatory Regimes

This study analyzes media sentiment across five global regulatory regimes from 2024 to 2025, revealing that contrary to expectations, the strictest EU framework generated the most positive coverage while looser US and UK frameworks were less favorable, with regulatory events driving significantly larger coverage spikes than technological ones in most jurisdictions.

SHRIDUL GUPTA2026-09-01
📄 social_science

Vertical Elaboration or Horizontal Integration? A Citation-Network Analysis of Saudi Arabian Legislation

This paper presents the first citation-network analysis of Saudi Arabian legislation using a newly released machine-readable corpus, revealing that while the system is predominantly cross-referential rather than hierarchical, its structure is highly concentrated around key instruments like the Companies Law and contains significant data quality issues such as misresolutions and citations to unrecovered repealed laws.

Abdullah Almohammedi2026-09-01