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Revealing Early Iron Age Social Organization in Southern Tianshan, Xinjiang through Multi-scale Spatial Analysis of the Mohuchahan Cemetery

By integrating multi-scale spatial analysis with quantitative mortuary data from 225 burials, this study reveals that the Early Iron Age Mohuchahan Cemetery in Southern Tianshan was organized into four distinct clusters reflecting a composite social structure based on family units and local communities rather than a rigid hierarchy.

Jinpeng Wang, Ziyu Kong, Xiao Yuan, Jian Ma, Sijia Huo2026-08-14
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India’s Vocational Education Policy Response to Artificial Intelligence: Layering or Conversion?

Drawing on Streeck and Thelen's theory of gradual institutional change, this study analyzes India's AI-skilling initiatives across six dimensions and concludes that the country's vocational education policy response is predominantly characterized by incremental institutional layering rather than the fundamental structural transformation of institutional conversion.

Gowhar Rashid Ganie2026-08-14
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Devolution, diversity, and data: Research evidence informing reading and writing policy and practice in Wales

This paper analyzes the evolution of Wales's devolved bilingual literacy policy since 1999 to argue that effective evidence-informed practice requires integrating the instructional principles of the Science of Reading with contextual evidence on bilingualism and curriculum design, rather than viewing these research traditions as mutually exclusive.

Manon Jones, Carl Hughes, Cameron Downing2026-08-14
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The “Invisible” Impact of Phenomenology?: The Reception of Luckmann’s The Invisible Religion in Japanese Sociology of Religion

This paper analyzes how Thomas Luckmann's *The Invisible Religion* was received in Japanese sociology of religion, arguing that its radical phenomenological potential to challenge the boundaries between religion and nonreligion became "invisible" as the work was reduced to a familiar framework for secularization and privatization theories without critical engagement with its phenomenological roots.

Yu Mitsuda2026-08-14
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Triple Helix-Based Applied Research for Strengthening Vocational Students’ Technological Competence: A Coffee Traceability System Case Study

This study demonstrates that a Triple Helix-based applied research model, exemplified by the development of a GPS-based coffee traceability system at Politeknik Negeri Medan, effectively strengthens vocational students' technological competence by integrating authentic project-based learning with real-world industry and community problem-solving.

Arfanda Anugrah Siregar¹, Ismael Ismael¹, Marlya Fatira¹, Amelira Haris Nasution², Eli Safrida¹, Dina Afrianti Siregar¹ (…)2026-08-14
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Aesthetic Experience Across Cultures: Evidence from Germany and Portugal

This cross-cultural study comparing German and Portuguese participants reveals that while aesthetic evaluations of paintings share a consistent underlying structure across perceptual, emotional, and cognitive dimensions, significant differences in rating magnitudes suggest that cultural factors influence evaluative standards rather than the fundamental intensity of aesthetic experience.

Khaoula Ennahli, Laura Grazt, Ann-Kathrin Beck, Cristiane Souza, Margarida Vaz Garrido, Thomas Lachmann2026-08-14