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Beyond Infrastructure: Knowledge Fragmentation, Governance Complexity, and the Institutionalisation of AR/VR in German Secondary Schools

Through a qualitative case study of Münster, Germany, this article argues that the episodic adoption of AR/VR in secondary schools is driven not by infrastructure scarcity but by systemic barriers including fragmented knowledge management, complex governance, and a lack of pedagogical routinisation, highlighting the need for robust organisational and knowledge infrastructures to achieve durable technology integration.

Stephen Mimi2026-06-30
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Precarious Selling: Gender, Disability, and Everyday Platform Work on Shopee and Tokopedia in Indonesia

Drawing on qualitative interviews with 15 women sellers in Indonesia, this article argues that e-commerce platforms like Shopee and Tokopedia reorganize rather than resolve inequality by creating a condition of "precarious inclusion" for women with disabilities, where digital access is granted but participation remains unstable due to intersecting gendered, ableist, and algorithmic structures.

Dewi Candraningrum2026-06-30
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Deconstructing nurses’ techno stressors and its link to safety performance: A mixed approach by LASSO and Bayesian Network analysis

This mixed-method study of 798 nurses identifies techno-induced job insecurity and role ambiguity as key stressors that impair safety performance, revealing that job insecurity operates through negative affect and rumination while role ambiguity has a direct negative impact.

Zhigang Li, Haitong Lin, Haonan Zhang, Ruoyi Qu, Wei Liu, Zhongqian Yang2026-06-30
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The ties that bind: A longitudinal analysis of downward economic support, social participation, and mental health among Chinese older adults

Drawing on longitudinal CHARLS data, this study challenges Western resource depletion models by demonstrating that providing financial support to adult children enhances Chinese older adults' mental health by boosting social participation, an empowering effect that is particularly pronounced among those living independently.

Yangkan Yang, Hajar Siti2026-06-30
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Storybook-Based Instruction and EFL Students’ Language Politeness: A Quasi- Experimental Study in Indonesian Senior High Schools

This quasi-experimental study demonstrates that a six-week storybook-based instruction significantly improved the language politeness of 30 Indonesian EFL senior high school students, as evidenced by a statistically significant increase in pre-test to post-test scores.

Melliofatria Melliofatria, Mahdum Adanan, Hadriana Hadriana, Indah Tri Purwanti, Novel Lyndon2026-06-30
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Development of a questionnaire for children’s perceptions of urban physical activity scenes in China: A modified Delphi study

This study utilized a modified Delphi method with Chinese experts to develop and validate a new 49-item questionnaire that assesses children's perceptions of urban physical activity scenes through a development-sensitive, scene-oriented framework emphasizing educational, egalitarian, neighborly, self-expressive, and glamorous dimensions.

PEI OU, Nor Eeza Zainal Abidin, Hutkemri Zulnaidi2026-06-30