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📄 social_science

Democratic Governance, Public Service Satisfaction, and Health Equity in Africa: A Multivariate Statistical Analysis

Using pooled Afrobarometer data from 34 African countries, this study demonstrates that while stronger democratic supply reduces barriers to health care access, higher individual democratic expectations paradoxically correlate with greater reported difficulties due to critical evaluations of government performance, yet democratic contexts overall serve to mitigate socioeconomic inequities in health access.

Benjamin Otsen, Samuel Asiedu Owusu, Justice Odoi, David Oscar Yawson, Frederick Ato Armah2026-08-13
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From Cultural Perception to Computable Semantics: An EFA–AHP–EWM Framework for Ming–Qing Horseshoe-back Armchairs

This study proposes an EFA–AHP–EWM coupled framework to transform qualitative cultural perceptions of Ming–Qing horseshoe-back armchairs into computable semantic representations, identifying five key dimensions and revealing a dual-core structure of morphological characteristics and cultural symbolism to advance heritage digitalization beyond geometric reconstruction.

Yue Wang, Jingjing Zhang, Jinliang Wu2026-08-12
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Peer Tutoring as a Collaborative Strategy for Enhancing Communication Skills in Higher Education

This quasi-experimental study demonstrates that implementing peer tutoring significantly enhances higher education students' communication skills, particularly in providing feedback and explaining material, by fostering active participation and authentic interaction.

Mochamad Kamil Budiarto, Sarmini Sarmini, Adhitya Amarulloh, Djatmiko Djatmiko, Favian Avila Syahmi, lham Laksana, Budi (…)2026-08-12
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Student Transition and Adaptability in a Sino-Foreign Cooperative University:  A Comparative Study of Different Enrolments and Disciplines

This mixed-methods study of 628 undergraduates at a Sino-foreign cooperative university reveals that the enrolment pathway, rather than academic discipline, is the predominant factor influencing multidimensional adaptation competencies, with Unified Enrolment students demonstrating significantly stronger adaptive and innovative skills than their Independent Enrolment counterparts.

Xuan Li, Jianlan Zhang2026-08-12
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Cross-scale Institutional Fragmentation and Panarchic Collapse: From Extractive Traps to Nested Environmental Stewardship

By synthesizing Panarchy theory with Ostrom's institutional analysis, this study demonstrates how cross-scale institutional fragmentation in Venezuela's oil-dependent system (2014–2021) created rigidity traps that decoupled governance from ecological feedback, leading to panarchic collapse and severe environmental degradation, thereby proposing a diagnostic framework for building resilient, nested stewardship in resource-dependent states.

Carlos Méndez-Vallejo¹, Meimalin Moreno-Villalobos¹, Dinora Sánchez², María Isabel Arteaga², Miguel Ángel Contreras³2026-08-12
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Toward a Collective Competency Framework for Educational Support Professionals in Postsecondary Technology-rich Education

Through a mixed-methods study of Dutch educational support professionals, this paper challenges traditional individual-focused competency models by demonstrating that technology-rich, boundary-spanning roles are better understood and supported through a collective framework of five complementary network functions.

Mijke Geertruida Petronella Maria van As, Milou Jo-Anne Dorothea Hekhuizen, Derk Bransen, Daphne Yvette Sietske Vogel2026-08-12
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Why Did China’s Ancient Logical Culture Decline? An Inquiry into China’s Non-Litigation Legal Culture

This article argues that the decline of China's ancient logical culture after imperial unification was primarily driven by a non-litigation legal culture, where Confucian, Legalist, and administrative traditions converged to view litigation as a sign of disorder, thereby depriving adversarial disputation of the institutional space necessary for logical reasoning to develop into a cumulative discipline.

Tianxiang Zheng2026-08-12
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Development and Validation of a STEM Learner Experience Evaluation Model for Learning Management Systems in East African Higher Learning Institutions

This study developed and validated a context-specific, seven-dimensional STEM Learner Experience Evaluation Model for Learning Management Systems in East African higher education institutions by integrating mixed-methods data from 871 learners and expert review to address the unique infrastructural, social, and pedagogical challenges of the region.

Bukenya Moses, Mercy Mbise, Masoud Mahundi2026-08-12