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People-Centric Discourse of German-Speaking Populist Radical Right Parties: Evidence from Computer-Assisted Discourse Analysis

This study utilizes computer-assisted discourse analysis of press releases from Austrian, Swiss, and German populist radical right parties to demonstrate that their definitions of "the people" vary significantly across contexts, with ethnic dimensions being central only in Austria, subordinated to democratic institutions in Switzerland, and largely absent in Germany.

Tomáš Dvořák, Jan Philipp Thomeczek, Linda Coufal, Laurent Bernhard, Lisa Zehnter2026-09-25

📄 social science

Sequential Pattern Mining of Question and Verbal Scaffold in Adult-Child Interaction in Low-Resource Areas: A Comparative Study of Teachers, Parents, and Grandparents

This study utilizes sequential pattern mining to reveal that while adults in low-resource Chinese communities dynamically adjust scaffolding during shared book reading, teachers and grandparents exhibit distinct strengths in generating complex cognitive sequences and sustaining engagement, respectively, compared to the more limited, closed-ended exchanges typical across all groups.

Xuerong Wang, Peijing Qiao, Si Chen2026-09-25

📄 social science

Academic Civilization and the Nobel Prize: Center–Periphery Relations in Global Knowledge Production

This article proposes the concept of "academic civilization" to analyze the global higher education system as a distinct civilizational formation, arguing that persistent center–periphery dynamics are evidenced by the concentration of Nobel Prize laureates and research resources within Western institutions.

Inbar Gotlib-Rivkin2026-09-24

📄 social science

A Foundational Acknowledgment: Vibe as the Felt Medium of Human Participation and the Topography of Pursuits

This paper proposes "vibe" as the foundational, ineffable felt medium of human participation that precedes and underlies established psychological concepts, offering a new framework that maps the architecture of perception and the topography of human pursuits based on this primal sensory faculty.

Ravindra Kumar Sharma2026-09-24

📄 social science

Association Between Family Caregivers’ Cognitive Bias and Maternal Negative Affect: The Mediating Role of Family Functioning

This cross-sectional study of 426 postpartum mother-caregiver pairs in China reveals that caregivers' cognitive biases regarding maternal emotions are common and significantly associated with maternal negative affect, a relationship partially mediated by family functioning.

Yueting Han, Xuyao Zhou, Yanfei Cao, Feng Zhang2026-09-24

📄 social science

From Symbolic Recognition to Limited Public Visibility: Field Isolation and Capital Conversion in the Digital Transformation of Jialu Oil-Paper Umbrellas

Using Bourdieu's framework, this paper analyzes how the Jialu oil-paper umbrella's national ICH status generates symbolic capital that remains isolated from economic and digital success due to conflicting field logics, arguing that digital transformation must serve as a mediating space for capital conversion rather than merely a technical tool for promotion.

Xingqian Yu, Yuzhu Fu2026-09-24

📄 social science

An Ecological Momentary Assessment of the Affective Experience of Music Listening, Exercise, and Eating

This ecological momentary assessment study reveals that everyday activities like music listening, exercise, and eating possess distinct affective signatures, with exercise uniquely boosting positive affect and music reducing negative affect, while greater activity variety and positive prior experiences further enhance emotional well-being.

Sara MacPhail, Dongyu Liu, Margaret S. Osborne, Sarah M. Tashjian2026-09-24

📄 social science

Planning for Homelessness in the Ethekwini Municipality: A Case Study of South Beach, Durban, South Africa

This mixed-method case study of South Beach, Durban, reveals that homelessness is primarily driven by systemic socio-economic factors like unemployment and high housing costs, and argues that the eThekwini Municipality's current ineffective response stems from a lack of inclusive policy and weak stakeholder collaboration, necessitating comprehensive affordable housing and employment strategies.

Ziyanda Mngoma, Godfrey Musvoto, Clive Greenstone2026-09-24

📄 social science

Narrative Reconstruction for Cross-Cultural Adaptation: A Comparative Study of Heiyan and Its English Translation Black Flame

This study employs Genette's narratological framework to analyze the English translation of the children's novel *Heiyan* (*Black Flame*), demonstrating how strategic shifts in narrative time, distance, and focalisation balance accessibility for global readers with the preservation of cultural specificity, albeit at the cost of certain philosophical and emotional nuances.

Wenjuan Cheng, Derong Xu2026-09-24

📄 social science

Bridging the Macro–Micro Divide in Health Entrepreneurship: A Multi-Stakeholder Qualitative Study of Faculty and Student Entrepreneurial Intention

This qualitative study bridges the macro–micro divide in health entrepreneurship by revealing that while faculty and students share a consensus on the factors influencing entrepreneurial intention, a critical "analytical level gap" exists where faculty focus on structural and policy-level interventions while students prioritize lived experiences and practical support, necessitating aligned strategies to translate intention into action.

Masumeh Saeidi, Ali Akbar Aghajani Afrouzi, Reza Faridi-Majidi, Gholamreza Hassanzadeh2026-09-24

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