Business elites and the process of democratization in Paraguay by Luis Ortiz-Sandoval, Guillermo Rojas

“…Although the democratic aperture was presented as a necessary change, it had risky implications due to the promotion of the specific interests of the elites. …”
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“The Good Years Have Passed and Will Never Come Again”: Political Functions of Nostalgic Fantasies in Incel Discussions by Emilia Lounela, Shane Murphy, Ümit Bedretdin

“…The unattainable nature of fantasy continuously feeds attachment to community and works to construct inceldom as a political identity. …”
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Responses to climate change adaptation messages: A focus group study on the potential for public engagement with climate adaptation by Perälä Annu

“…Six online focus groups, including working-aged men and women (n = 30), were conducted in Finland in 2024, and the data were analysed using qualitative content analysis. …”
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Negative Affect and Performance on Exam Day in College Students: The Role of Self-Regulation by Alissa Russell, Kathleen Thursby, Teresa Aubele-Futch, Rebecca Stoddart

“…Such challenges may arise as students face normative but novice stressors while working towards professional goals. Students’ ability to engage in successful self-regulation may be especially important in response to these challenges. …”
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Faculty Perceptions of Social and Economic Rewards as Motivating Factors in Educational Development Programs: A Mixed-Methods Analysis by Charmian lam, George Rehrey, Carol Hostetter

“…Study implications include considerations for program design and suggestions for future research.…”
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Exploring the ‘Everyday’ in Colin Wilson’s The Black Room and The Personality Surgeon by Sanjay Kumar, Muzaffar Ahmad

“…This paper attempts to explore and analyse the idea of ‘Everyday consciousness’ in Colin Wilson’s two fictional works, The Black Room and The Personality Surgeon from the perspective of the concept of ‘natural attitude’ put forth by Edmund Husserl. …”
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Behind the mask: Random and selective masking in transformer models applied to specialized social science texts. by Joan C Timoneda, Sebastián Vallejo Vera

“…MLM uses a default masking rate of 15 percent, and few works have investigated how different masking rates may affect performance. …”
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Underworld, underground, underhistory. Towards a counterhistory of waste and wastelands by David Williams

“…The author goes deeper: in order to present a global consciousness, he introduces a spectrum of artists and art works concerned with waste’s constitutive presence in and implications for contemporary landscapes, both literal and cultural. …”
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A model of factors influencing safety behaviour and awareness among Vietnamese construction workers by Duy Khanh Ha

“…The findings reveal 23 factors, categorised into three groups: worker characteristics, management capacity, and working conditions. The study found no significant differences in the assessment of these factors’ effects on worker safety behaviour across the respondent groups. …”
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The impacts of perceived overqualification on employee performance: A case of chefs by Gökhan ONAT, Duygu Eren

“…There are many variables that affect employee performance in working life. Some of these variables originate from individuals, while others are caused by external factors. …”
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AI-Generated Artwork as a Modern Interpretation of Historical Paintings by Wai Yie Leong

“…The results of this study highlighted the role of AI as a transformative tool in art, education, and exhibition, while also addressing the ethical implications of AI in recreating significant artworks…”
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Analysing humanities scholars’ data seeking behaviour patterns using Ellis' model by Wenqi Li, Pengyi Zhang, Jun Wang

“…Much of humanities data are existing materials. Yet there are few works examining humanities scholars’ data seeking behaviours. …”
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A general method for quantifying random processes of water infiltration into soils to improve water security by Ninghu Su

“…One demonstration of this method is the assessment of infiltration into the same soil by altering land surface covers, and its implications are significant for managing land without high costs associated with engineering works which cause environmental concerns. …”
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Discourse decolonization and the engagement perspective in film and media studies by Iwona Morozow

“…It also considers issues related to working conditions in the creative sectors and examine the economic, political, and cultural processes that influence the shaping of content, as well as its global and local determinants. …”
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Translating gesture from sculpture to text by David Devanny, Andrew Fentham

“…This is a collaborative practice-based investigation which aims to outline some of the key lessons and implications from a number of the uses of gesture in the sculpture of Barbara Hepworth. …”
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Toward a Sociotechnical Ecosystem for Ethical Screening and Promotion of Mental Health and Well-Being by Federico Colecchia, Gabriella Spinelli, Dominik Havsteen-Franklin, Monomita Nandy

“…The article defines a research agenda for expanding socially inclusive dialogue on data governance and policy implications.…”
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Social Intuitions and Qurʾānic Ethics by Kevin Rienhart

“…Some possible different workings-out of this ethical system for Imāmī-Shīʿī and Sunnī Islam will be considered as well.…”
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Beyond Distance: The Aesthetic and Ethical Impact of Touch in Art by Barbora Řebíková

“…This paper explores the aesthetic and ethical implications of touch in contemporary art, challenging the Kantian notion of aesthetic distance, which has long privileged vision and hearing as the primary senses for experiencing art. …”
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Las escritoras y el canon en España: el concepto de generación literaria desde una perspectiva de género by Raquel Fernández Menéndez

“…The aim is to examine what place they assign to women, as well as to understand the mechanisms through which female literary works are positioned lagging behind canonical texts. …”
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From Unincorporated Territory to Commonwealth Connecting Decolonization and U.S. Empire by Cynthia H. Tolentino

“…The essay begins by examining dominant assumptions about the meanings and implications of the unincorporated territory and commonwealth in U.S. culture and history. …”
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