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📄 social_science

Factors Determining the Effectiveness of Skill Development Programs Using Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling

This study utilizes Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling on data from 630 Indian trainees to identify that Assessment Methodology, Context Linkages, Trainees' Empowerment, Trainers' Responsibility, and Facilitating Conditions collectively explain 64.4% of the variance in the effectiveness of skill development programs, with Assessment Methodology emerging as the strongest predictor.

Ananta Narayana, Utkarsh Kumar Verma, Uma shankar Yadav2026-07-08
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Zambian Secondary School Teachers’ TPACK and their Attitude Towards Artificial Intelligence in Mathematics Classrooms: A Case of Mufulira District

This study of 127 mathematics teachers in Mufulira District, Zambia, reveals that while TPACK is a vital competency, it does not significantly influence teachers' attitudes toward adopting Artificial Intelligence in mathematics classrooms, suggesting that policymakers should focus more on addressing best practices to shift general perspectives on AI integration.

Donald Siame, Allan Musonda2026-07-08
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A Sustainable Operations and Management System for Urban Design Administration - Comparative Evidence from South Korea and Japan

This study constructs and validates a sustainable operations framework for urban design administration by comparing South Korea and Japan, revealing that institutional governance maturity and procedural fairness are more critical to policy sustainability than short-term execution capacity, while highlighting Japan's strengths in long-term continuity and South Korea's in implementation momentum.

Seokhyun Lee, YOSHIAKI KUBOTA, Changhee Ahn2026-07-08
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Reconfiguring Policy Diffusion: Development Aid and Diffusion of Gender Responsive Budgeting in Developing Countries

This study reconfigures policy diffusion theory by demonstrating how unconditional development aid, rather than coercive conditionality, serves as an enabling instrument for spreading gender-responsive budgeting in developing countries when global-national policy coherence, early-stage technical assistance, and supportive government partnerships converge.

Arup Barua2026-07-08
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“Haste makes Waste”: Exploring the Hidden Cost of XiangQin for Marital Mental Health

Using China Family Panel Studies data, this paper demonstrates that individuals entering marriages through the traditional XiangQin matchmaking system experience significantly higher post-marital depressive symptoms than those in free-love unions, primarily due to unobservable compatibility mismatches that are exacerbated by household constraints and urban individualistic norms.

Yuandong Mu, Yidonglin Liu, Yidan Ao, Shuchan Ning, Chun-Chieh Hu2026-07-08
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Collaborative Governance in Circular Food System Transformation: A Systematic Literature Review

This study systematically reviews 98 peer-reviewed articles to synthesize the relationship between collaborative governance and circular food system transformation, ultimately proposing an Integrative Collaborative Governance Framework that connects institutional mechanisms, circular practices, and sustainability outcomes to guide future research and policy.

Novi Rahardjo, Moses Glorino Rumambo Pandin2026-07-08✓ Author reviewed ⓘ
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Networked resilience at a distance: how the scientific diaspora sustains Ukrainian higher education in wartime — and why military education remains disconnected

This article examines how displaced Ukrainian scholars have sustained higher education research through feminized, dual-present personal networks despite wartime funding losses, while highlighting the structural exclusion of military education due to secrecy regimes and a lack of connective tissue in non-classified domains.

Svitlana Bondarenko, Andrii Hupalo, Vitalii Anisimov, Anzhela Gelbak, Natalia Tsumarieva, Oksana Lapa2026-07-08
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How Psychological Change Unfolds During Online Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy: A Convergent Mixed-Methods Study of Daily Processes in Depression

This convergent mixed-methods study reveals that while online Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy yields consistent symptom improvements across both synchronous and asynchronous formats, the underlying psychological processes of developing mindfulness and self-compassion are highly individualized, effortful, and characterized by faster daily gains in asynchronous delivery.

Jan Wardęszkiewicz, Paweł Holas, Magdalena Budziszewska2026-07-08
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Repress, Tolerate, or Redesign? A Systematic Review and International Comparative Matrix of Strategies Against the Indefinite Occupation of Public Roads and Sidewalks in San Juan de Miraflores, Peru

This systematic review and international comparative analysis of strategies to address indefinite public road and sidewalk occupation in San Juan de Miraflores, Peru, concludes that while no single solution is universally transferable, combining physical redesign with market-based mechanisms yields better outcomes than enforcement alone, though their local applicability depends on institutional conditions yet to be consolidated.

PAUL RICARDO PRUDENCIO GALVEZ2026-07-08