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Rethinking Humanitarian Localization: From Local Implementation to the Redistribution of Resources and Authority

This article argues that true humanitarian localization requires moving beyond mere operational delegation to a substantive redistribution of resources and decision-making authority, proposing a T₁–T₂–T₃ congruence framework to diagnose and address the misalignments between local implementation responsibilities, resource control, and governance power.

Pascal KABAMBA MUKINAYI, Pascal KABAMBA MUKINAYI2026-09-08
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Cultural Norms in Food Cognition: Development and Cross-Cultural Validation of the Culinary Violation Task

This study validates the Culinary Violation Task by demonstrating that Chinese and Italian adults exhibit significantly stronger disgust and lower appropriateness judgments toward food pairings that violate their own cultural norms compared to those violating other cultures' norms, highlighting the role of culturally shared knowledge in organizing affective and evaluative cognition.

Roberto Filippi, Paola Bonifacci, Liang Hu, Olivia Yang, Lam Yuen Sun, Yinuo Tian, Tong Wu, Elisa Pappalardo, Maria Fran (…)2026-09-08
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Scam Compounds and Virtual-Asset Laundering: A Structured Case Analysis of the Alleged Chen Zhi/Prince Group Network

This documentary case analysis employs a "Scam-Compound Organisational Matrix" to examine the alleged Chen Zhi/Prince Group network, illustrating how scam compounds integrate coerced labor, industrialized fraud, and virtual-asset laundering while emphasizing the critical need to distinguish allegations from verified facts for effective asset restitution and victim safety.

Raymond L.M. Tang, Bo Wen2026-09-08
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Dark Personality Traits and the Big Five Personality Traits of Fathers in Relation to Sons’ Self-Confidence, Self-Esteem, and Attachment Style: The Moderating Role of Fathers’ Life Strategy and Reproductive Value

This study of 200 male participants reveals that fathers' personality traits, particularly neuroticism and conscientiousness, and their supportive behaviors significantly influence sons' self-esteem and attachment styles, with these relationships further moderated by the fathers' mate value.

Diana Iordache2026-09-08
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Student attitudes towards disclosure of GenAI in academic writing: A multidisciplinary study of undergraduate students in Nigerian universities

This multidisciplinary study of Nigerian undergraduates reveals that while students generally hold favorable attitudes toward disclosing generative AI use in academic writing, inconsistent institutional policies and fear of punitive consequences hinder the translation of this ethical awareness into consistent practice.

Lukman Abiodun Oyebode, Ify Evangel Obim, Esther David Josiah Okai, Bridget Enuwa Abah, Edidiong Essienita Nkang, Isaac (…)2026-09-08
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Governance Quality, Political Patronage, and Social Safety Net Effectiveness: Micro-level Evidence from Bangladesh

This mixed-methods study in Meherpur, Bangladesh, reveals that while social safety net effectiveness is moderate and varies significantly by administrative unit and programme type, expressed political patronage remains low due to constrained candour rather than its absence, suggesting that patronage persists independently of incumbency and necessitates governance reforms grounded in neo-patrimonial theory.

Md. Maruf Hossain Mamun2026-09-08
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Childhood Predictors of Educational Attainment Across 22 Countries: A Cross-National Analysis of the Global Flourishing Study

This cross-national analysis of over 200,000 individuals across 22 countries identifies childhood family financial status as the most consistent predictor of high educational attainment, while revealing that other factors like religious attendance and health show moderate associations, and gender or immigration status exhibit highly context-dependent effects.

Roza Nalbandyan, R. Noah Padgett, Christina Hinton, Merve Cerit, Byron R. Johnson, Tyler J. VanderWeele2026-09-08