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Portrayals of Animals and Birds in Sacred Spaces: Exploring Iconography, Symbolism, and Cultural Significance in Mediaeval South Indian Religious and Artistic Traditions

This paper examines the iconography, symbolism, and cultural significance of animal and bird depictions in medieval South Indian temple architecture across the Chola, Pandya, Vijayanagara, and Hoysala dynasties, highlighting how these artistic representations integrate nature, spirituality, and society while continuing to influence contemporary art, heritage conservation, and environmental consciousness.

Barun Mandal, Anuradha. Avadhanula, Adinarayana Machavarapu2026-07-06

📄 social science

Divergent attitudes, convergent preferences: Teachers' and parents' views on digital games for primary school children in Greece

Although Greek teachers and parents of primary school children hold divergent attitudes regarding the advantages and disadvantages of digital games, they share convergent preferences on how these games should be used, suggesting a functional basis for collaborative home-school mediation.

Evangelia Pouliou, Ioannis Lefkos, Nikolaos Fachantidis2026-07-06

📄 social science

Family Environment and Early Childhood Education as Predictors of Learning Outcomes from Birth to Age 5: A Systematic Review and Meta‑Analysis

This meta-analysis of 25 studies involving over 65,000 children reveals that both family environment and early childhood education quality independently predict learning outcomes from birth to age five, with family environment showing a slightly stronger effect, thereby supporting the need for integrated investments in both domains.

Konstantina Diamanti, Aida Vafae Eslahi, Ioannis Adamopoulos2026-07-06

📄 social science

The Quiet Decline of Organizational Capital: A Comprehensive Literature Review on Quiet Quitting employing ADO-TCM Framework

This literature review critically examines the phenomenon of quiet quitting by applying the ADO-TCM framework to identify key antecedents such as job dissatisfaction and toxic leadership, analyze outcomes like increased turnover intentions, and integrate theoretical perspectives to offer strategic insights for improving employee engagement and retention.

Chahat Malhotra, Puja khatri, Sumedha Dutta, Vidushi Dabas, Suruchi Chopra2026-07-06

📄 social science

Why are doctoral students kept silent？- An Analysis Based on Chinese Cultural Perspectives

Drawing on semi-structured interviews with 12 Chinese PhD students, this study analyzes how traditional cultural values—specifically reverence for authority, face-saving, harmony, and endurance—compel doctoral students to adopt silence and avoidance strategies when facing supervisor-student conflicts.

Yan Gong, changkang Ding, xinzhuo zhu2026-07-06

📄 social science

Impact of Household Workload on Girls’ Academic Performance in Secondary Schools in the Benadir Region Mogadishu Somalia

This quantitative study of 255 female secondary students in Mogadishu, Somalia, reveals that time spent on household chores and gendered domestic responsibilities significantly negatively impact girls' academic performance, explaining 72% of the variance in their outcomes, while physical and mental fatigue showed no direct statistical significance.

Leila Mohamed Warsame, Abdirahman Ibrahim Abdi, Mohamed Ali Osman, Abukar Mukhtar Omar, Ahmed Abdullahi Mohamud, Mohamed (…)2026-07-06

📄 social science

Governance Design and Achievement Stability: Fiscal Autonomy, Punitive Oversight, and Performance Balance Across U.S. States

This study investigates how state governance designs, specifically fiscal autonomy and punitive oversight, influence the stability and balance of student achievement across subjects and grades in the U.S., finding limited evidence that fiscal autonomy independently reduces achievement dispersion while suggesting a modest role for punitive oversight in mitigating internal performance imbalances.

Bongyoung Kim, Yong Hak Lee2026-07-06

📄 social science

Unpacking the Differential Effects of Growth Mindset on Mathematics Academic Achievement Between Competitive and Regular Students

This study utilizes multi-group structural equation modeling to reveal that while teacher support fosters growth mindset in both competitive and regular students, the impact of growth mindset on mathematics achievement differs significantly: for regular students, it operates entirely through indirect psychological pathways, whereas for competitive students, it also exerts a direct positive effect on academic scores.

Qiwei Qian, Zheng Wu, Wenkang Du2026-07-06

📄 social science

Understanding and Addressing Digital Interface Barriers for Seniors: A User-centred Design of a Swedish Digital Postbox

This study employs a user-centred design approach to identify and address specific usability barriers—such as physical interaction, navigation, trust, and comprehension—faced by Swedish seniors using digital postboxes, ultimately demonstrating that actively involving this demographic throughout the design process significantly enhances interface accessibility and user experience.

Emma Rongione, Frida Wilhelmsson, Arzu Guneysu2026-07-06

📄 social science

Cross-cultural variation in emotional coherence during music listening

This study investigates cross-cultural differences in emotional coherence between subjective experience and physiological responses during music listening, finding that Western participants generally exhibit higher coherence than Eastern participants, particularly in response to negative music.

Cen Cong2026-07-06

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