Is the well‐known phrase ‘small is beautiful’ true of small transnational education institutions?
British Educational Research Journal, Volume 52, Issue 4, Page 2777-2796, August 2026.Abstract The purpose of this research is to consider the potential attractiveness of operating a small international branch campus (IBC). Drawing upon resource‐based and legitimacy theories, we examine the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats associated with the business model that is based on having a small institution size.
Stephen Wilkins, Joe Hazzam
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Resilience through sports: Ukraine and Latvia confront geopolitical challenges. [PDF]
Front Sports Act LivingKamenecka-Usova M, Tkalych M.
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Citizens' Preferences for Narrow and Broad Security Threats: Evidence From a New NATO Member State
Scandinavian Political Studies, Volume 49, Issue 3, August 2026.ABSTRACT This study explores citizens' evaluations of competing security threats and prioritizes policy responses using data from Finland. Despite escalating geopolitical tensions and proximity to Russia, Finnish public opinion favors broader human security concerns, such as climate change and organized crime, over traditional military threats. Using a
Anton Brännlund +6 more
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Determinants of modern contraceptive use among married and sexually active unmarried women aged 15-49 years old in Cambodia: How are geographical and socio-demographic factors associated with access? [PDF]
PLOS Glob Public HealthUm S +4 more
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Inferring alternative ecosystem states with field survey data
Methods in Ecology and Evolution, Volume 17, Issue 8, Page 2256-2276, August 2026.Abstract Many ecosystems potentially exhibit alternative stable states, where distinct states can coexist under identical environmental conditions. While simulation models have generated key hypotheses in alternative stable states theory, they often rely on scale‐free parameters disconnected from real ecosystems.
Ning Chen +10 more
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Does Family Doctor Contracting Improve the Health of the Elderly: An Empirical Study from Beijing, China. [PDF]
J Multidiscip HealthcLv B, Wang Z, Meng K.
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Child &Family Social Work, Volume 31, Issue 3, Page 1664-1675, August 2026.ABSTRACT At‐risk emerging adults may be less inclined to invest in future goals, yet the mechanisms underlying their future orientation (FO) remain unclear. Therefore, this study examined how social support network attributes contribute to FO in at‐risk and non‐at‐risk emerging adults and the mediating role of self‐efficacy.
Eran P. Melkman, Yafit Sulimani‐Aidan
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Arbovirology and Cold War Collaborations: A Transnational History of the Tick-borne Encephalitis Vaccine, 1930-1980. [PDF]
J Hist Med Allied SciMazanik A.
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Palatal violence: Sonic gatekeeping and enemy‐making in wartime Ukraine
Journal of Linguistic Anthropology, Volume 36, Issue 2, August 2026.Abstract Within 2 days of Russia's full‐scale invasion of Ukraine, a single word—palianytsia, a Ukrainian round loaf—became a phonetic test separating Ukrainians from Russians. The article traces how a culinary term was enregistered as a wartime shibboleth that structurally marks the very citizens it was meant to protect as enemies.
Anatoli Ulyanov
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Human Papillomavirus vaccine knowledge and recommendation practice among primary care providers, Almaty, Kazakhstan - 2023. [PDF]
Hum Vaccin ImmunotherAblimitova F +7 more
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