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The Hybrid Security Paradox: A Human-Centred Study of How Cyber Risk Perception and Protective Behaviour Diverge Between Home and Office

Drawing on Person-Environment Fit and Technology Threat Avoidance theories, this study of 588 Australian employees reveals that the perception of higher cyber risk at home leads to lower security policy recall, particularly among occasional remote workers, highlighting a critical design mismatch between office-centric security support and the realities of hybrid work.

James Carlopio2026-09-30
📄 social science

ICORN at Twenty: A Documentary Content Analysis of Protective Residencies, Professional Continuity, and City-Level Support

This documentary content analysis of ICORN's public records at its twentieth anniversary reveals that the City-of-Refuge model is primarily framed as a mechanism linking writer safety with professional continuity and community engagement, while also highlighting structural limitations and the need for independent longitudinal research to verify outcomes.

AHMED Arar ALATAWNA2026-09-30
📄 social science

Legal Status of the AI-Transparency Duties at the Consumer-Facing Interface

Through a structured comparative analysis of eleven jurisdictions, this paper categorizes diverse AI-transparency duties at the consumer-facing interface into a four-level typology, revealing partial convergence in regulatory techniques while highlighting significant variations in their legal force and implementation across the European Union, China, the Republic of Korea, and other global regions.

Maxim Osovsky, Ekaterina Krikunova, Ruth Shonubi2026-09-30
📄 social science

Reimagining Multilingualism in English Language Textbooks: A Comparative Study from India

This study employs a comparative qualitative analysis of NCERT's Class IX English textbooks, *Beehive* and *Kaveri*, to demonstrate that while both recognize multilingualism as an educational resource, *Kaveri* more effectively integrates it across content, pedagogy, and multimodal design in alignment with recent curricular reforms.

Shubham Kumar Pati, Ravneet Kaur, Rishabh Kumar Mishra2026-09-30
📄 social science

Minimization-Denial in Retrospective Reports of Childhood Trauma Among Ghanaian University Students: Prevalence, Sociodemographic Factors, and Social Anxiety

This study of Ghanaian university students reveals that minimization-denial of childhood trauma is prevalent (41.3%), associated with female gender and parental marriage, and linked to higher social anxiety, suggesting it is a significant factor to consider when interpreting retrospective trauma reports in African populations.

Evangel Akua Adobea Boahen, Ambrose Ellis2026-09-30
📄 social science

Project Management Pitfalls and the Ambivalent Role of Artificial Intelligence: A Scoping Review of Bad Practices

This scoping review expands the known list of project management bad practices to twenty systemic failures across four key clusters and argues that while artificial intelligence offers potential for improvement, its uncritical adoption risks exacerbating existing issues, necessitating its integration as a complement to rather than a substitute for sound human judgment and governance.

Eduardo Escofet, Beatriz Pupo, Rafael Trinchet2026-09-30
📄 social science

What Makes Written Feedback Effective? A Lagged Analysis of Feedback Functions and Score Improvement in L2 Writing

This study utilizes a lagged analytical design on a corpus of 2,030 L2 essays to demonstrate that the framing and organization of written feedback, particularly the balance between prescriptive/diagnostic guidance and moderate suggestion density, are stronger predictors of subsequent score improvement than the specific linguistic topics addressed.

Yinyan Dong2026-09-30
📄 social science

The Right to a Fair Trial in India and Madagascar: Constitutional Perspectives and International Human Rights Dimensions

This article presents a comparative analysis of the right to a fair trial in India and Madagascar, examining how their respective constitutional frameworks and judicial practices align with international human rights standards while addressing shared challenges such as judicial delays and the need for enhanced legal aid and independence.

Rabarisoa Giverhold, K.SITA MANIKYAM2026-09-30