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Policy, governance, financing and coordination barriers to early childhood development implementation in Tanzania: a qualitative study

This qualitative study of 55 stakeholders across Tanzania reveals that Early Childhood Development implementation is hindered by interrelated systemic barriers, including fragmented policies, weak governance, inconsistent multisectoral coordination, and untrackable financing, necessitating stronger institutional leadership and integrated accountability mechanisms.

Farida Katunzi, Laura Meyer, Ramadhani Mtongwa, Jackline Mrema, Arnold William, Ester Elisaria2026-06-24

📄 social science

Perceived usefulness of AI-generated music predicts learning engagement and flow through attention and AI trust

This study demonstrates that among university students, the perceived usefulness of AI-generated music significantly enhances learning engagement and flow experiences by fostering greater attention and trust in AI, thereby validating an extended Technology Acceptance Model within educational contexts.

Wanting Li, Ruikai Yuan2026-06-24

📄 social science

Layered Pharmaceutical Exclusivity under TRIPS-Plus Trade Agreements and Biosimilar Access in Central America and the Caribbean: A Comparative Legal-Policy Review

This comparative legal-policy review finds that while CAFTA-DR imposes significantly stricter TRIPS-plus pharmaceutical exclusivity measures—such as data exclusivity and patent linkage—that could hinder biosimilar access in Central America and the Caribbean compared to the more flexible EU trade agreements, the actual empirical impact on medicine prices and availability remains unmeasured.

Stefano Todde2026-06-24

📄 social science

Uncertainty avoidance moderates the relationship between growth mindset and mental wellness: Global evidence

Based on a large-scale analysis of 347,960 students across 54 countries, this study reveals that while a growth mindset generally promotes mental wellness, its positive impact is significantly stronger in low-uncertainty avoidance cultures and may be negligible or even negative in high-uncertainty avoidance contexts.

Michael Shengtao Wu, Yaru Wang, Xin Tang, Xinzhuo Yang, Yanming Ren, Taiyang Zhao, Kaiping Peng2026-06-24

📄 social science

In Pain and in Politics: Chronic Pain and Political Participation in the United States

Using nationally representative data from 2024, this study finds that chronic pain shapes the specific forms of political participation among U.S. adults rather than uniformly suppressing engagement, with low-impact pain increasing intentions to discuss politics on social media while high-impact pain initially correlates with reduced voting and donating intentions before socioeconomic factors are accounted for.

Merita Limani, Gillian Fennell, Laura Stephenson, Anna Zajacova2026-06-24

📄 social science

Effects of Human Centered AI Supported Instruction on EFL Listening With Adaptive Feedback Gamified Engagement and Motivational Scaffolding

This mixed-methods study involving 53 Iranian high school students demonstrates that a gamified, AI-driven listening instruction system incorporating adaptive feedback and motivational scaffolding significantly improves EFL learners' listening proficiency, self-efficacy, and engagement compared to a non-gamified conversational AI approach.

Aliakbar Tajik, Atefeh Karkhaneh2026-06-24

📄 social science

Extractive Asabiya before the State: A Normal-Form Model of Old Copper Mining and Hunter-Gatherer Complexity

This paper employs a cusp normal-form model to demonstrate that the Old Copper Complex represented a stable, non-state "extractive asabiya" regime capable of sustaining large-scale copper mining and long-distance exchange through seasonal aggregation and ritual valuation, rather than indicating a failed transition to statehood.

Juan J. Segura2026-06-24

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