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Overall, emotional and social loneliness and their associated factors: a large-scale cross-sectional study of young and middle-aged adults in Germany

This large-scale cross-sectional study of 14,443 German adults reveals that while overall loneliness remains stable across young and middle adulthood, emotional and social loneliness follow distinct age-related trajectories and are primarily influenced by social relationships, mental health status, and migration background rather than physical health or gender.

Pauline Kleinschlömer, Helena Ludwig-Walz, Sabine Diabaté, Martin Bujard2026-07-08
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Language Vitality Beyond Speaker Counts: A Large-Scale Application of the LAR-II Framework across Fifty Indian Languages

This paper challenges the reliance on speaker population counts as a sole indicator of language health by applying the LAR-II framework to 50 Indian languages, revealing that demographic size often masks structural fragility and demonstrating that intergenerational transmission and variation fragmentation are critical, independent predictors of language vitality.

Sibansu Mukherjee2026-07-08
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Understanding Municipal AI Governance: Practitioner Perspectives on AI Policy and Enactment

Drawing on grounded theory and interviews with practitioners across five regions, this study reconceptualizes municipal AI governance as a cyclical, adaptive process shaped by practitioner judgment and institutional context, identifying five interrelated dimensions that explain how policy meaning is constructed in everyday practice rather than merely implemented as static rules.

Anne David, Tan Yigitcanlar, Pauline Hope Cheong, Karen Mossberger, Rita Yi Man Li, Rashid Mehmood, Juan Corchado2026-07-08
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Women are Pretty and Big Boys Don’t Cry — Associations Between the Trifurcated Model of Narcissism and Sexism

This study of 1,102 participants reveals that men's antagonistic narcissism traits (specifically entitlement and arrogance) predict hostile sexism toward women, while agentic narcissism traits generally predict benevolent sexism toward one's own gender, whereas neurotic narcissism shows only weak inverse relationships with sexist attitudes.

Sabrina Schneider, Sabrina Vanessa Gordt, Sandy Sue Spormann, Andreas Mokros2026-07-08
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Impact of guided STEM challenges on critical thinking and scientific reasoning in the Early Years.

This study demonstrates that incorporating guided questioning into structured LEGO-based STEM tasks significantly enhances critical thinking, scientific reasoning, and problem-solving skills in 5- to 6-year-old children, effectively bridging the gap between play-based early years learning and more structured school curricula.

Leanne Joy Shay, Rachel Takriti, Ahmad Qablan, Lise Westaway2026-07-08