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Soft Power in Trade: Quantifying the Impact of Confucius Institutes on China's Exports

International Studies of Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper investigates the role of Confucius Institutes (CIs) as a form of China's cultural diplomacy and their impact on international trade, particularly exports. Using a gravity model, we analyze data from 1990 to 2019 across countries, finding that the presence of CIs significantly boosts China's exports.
Renjing Chen, Wei Jin, Tangrui Yang
wiley   +1 more source

Missing the Mix: Perceiving Code-Switches as a Mechanism for Bilingual Adaptation. [PDF]

Child Dev Perspect
Arredondo MM, Castro S.
europepmc   +1 more source

Promise‐Keeping Reputations in an Investment Game: An Experimental Investigation

International Studies of Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We design a controlled laboratory experiment to mitigate moral hazard problems in livestream shopping when sellers make promises to buyers. In our experiment, the promise‐keeping reputation mechanism allows sellers to send promises to buyers while buyers can observe the sellers' historical promise‐keeping records. Results demonstrate that bare
Ninghua Du, Qun Zhao
wiley   +1 more source

Knowledge, attitudes, and practices toward obesity and their determinants: a cross-sectional study. [PDF]

Front Public Health
AlOmeir O, Almutairi F, Alrouleh MM, Baeissa M, Asdaq SMB, Gilkaramenthi R, AlAnazi MA, Alasmari FM, Quadri MSA, Shaikh ST, Nausheen F.   +10 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Cultural Intelligence in Adolescents: Initial Evidence From The Identity Project in Multiethnic Schools in Italy

Journal of Adolescence, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction In today's multiethnic schools, promoting youth connectedness and well‐being requires equipping students with the skills to navigate cultural diversity. Cultural intelligence (CQ), defined as the ability to interact effectively across diverse cultural contexts, is a key asset in this regard. This study explored whether the Italian
Xiwei Zhang, Chiara Ceccon, Ughetta Moscardino   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Alignment Risks of AI Overconfidence about Consciousness

Journal of Applied Philosophy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Many contemporary AI systems (as of May 2025) have expressed extreme confidence in current and near‐future AI lacking consciousness and moral patiency. This article argues that artificially reinforcing such confidence, even if pragmatically useful, poses a novel alignment risk: as coherence‐seeking AIs become more epistemically principled ...
Sharon Berry
wiley   +1 more source

"Same principles, different decisions": A qualitative study exploring the attitudes of COVID-19 vaccination among school staff in Switzerland. [PDF]

Hum Vaccin Immunother
Fadda M, Bernegger G, Bezani K, Falvo I, Suggs LS, Caiata-Zufferey M.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The We‐Relationship as a Key to Addressing Dementia‐Related Ambiguous Loss

Journal of Applied Philosophy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Pauline Boss describes the challenges faced by people caring for family members with dementia in terms of ambiguous loss – a condition in which the physical presence of the person with dementia coexists with their psychological absence. This article proposes the concept of we‐relationship as a key to addressing dementia‐related ambiguous loss.
Takuya Niikawa, Xue Li
wiley   +1 more source

Bridging the gap: Strengthening shared care for diabetes in Japan. [PDF]

J Diabetes Investig
Kouchi Y.
europepmc   +1 more source