Saudi Arabia is currently experiencing rapid technological, social, and economic transformation associated with its ongoing digitalization efforts. Protecting individuals’ valuable data is therefore essential for ensuring safe digital progress. Cyberattacks, particularly those based on social engineering, are often shaped by local context and culture in order to exploit trust. This emphasizes the need for culturally aware cybersecurity research, particularly in highly collectivist societies like the Saudis, where ongoing changes require evidence-based guidance to ensure safe and effective progress. Understanding the behaviors, perceptions, and concerns of individuals, as well as sources of cybersecurity advice is essential. This study involved in-depth face-to-face interviews with 33 Saudis and analyzed 12 real-life phishing experiences using a narrative inquiry approach. Participants showed various levels of security vigilance; most recognized common threats like viruses but lacked understanding of more advanced practices such as multi-factor authentication. We found that some risky behaviors were common, such as sharing passwords; participants expressed frustration and difficulty remembering passwords; the decision to share was often driven by convenience and priorities. From the narrative, we identified cultural factors such as avoiding reporting incidents, possibly due to shame, social pressure, or a lack of trust, which must be considered when designing effective, localized cybersecurity strategies.

Becoming serious young men: Joblessness, platform enterprising, and the contradictory production of Amazon reselling in North India

The evolution of journalism in India has been deeply intertwined with the country’s political, social, and technological transformations. From its foundational role during the freedom struggle to its present-day manifestation across digital platforms, journalism in India has historically functioned as a democratic watchdog, a platform for public deliberation, and an instrument of social reform. In the digital age, however, journalism is undergoing one of the most significant transformations in its history. The proliferation of the internet, affordable smartphones, social media platforms, and algorithm-driven content distribution has fundamentally altered how news is produced, circulated, and consumed.

"They're not used to people asking what they need": work processes and care practices in feminist abortion accompaniment - a qualitative study.

We explore and summarize the evidence linking cooking to health with consideration of the broader implications for nutrition security. We begin with an overview of social transformations in everyday meal preparation over the past century and how these transformations and cooking at home are associated behaviors. With increased availability of prepared and processed foods in the food environment, making meals at home has emerged as a pro-health behavior with the potential to promote nutrition. Food agency is a means of defining and assessing meal preparation practices, which include cooking but also other practical and cognitive actions. We discuss the theory and measurement of food agency and provide a framework for action to better understand and address possible associations between food agency, cooking skills and behavior, and nutrition security. Available evidence suggests higher level cooking skills, greater frequency of cooking at home, and higher cooking confidence are associated with greater fruit and vegetable intake and higher diet quality. However, numerous barriers to making meals from whole ingredients at home exist including food environments and sociocultural pressures that prioritize convenience. Much of the current research on food and cooking remains focused on consumption. However, more work is needed to articulate the pathways through which food agency and cooking could support dietary quality and nutrition security.

ABSTRACT Riverine and valley systems across the globe have been central to the development of past urban centres. By AD 900, the Shashe and Limpopo Rivers seem to have facilitated the interaction and integration of early farming communities in southern Africa. This paper focuses on the application of geoarchaeological perspectives made available by the subsurface environments and the development of advanced morphometric models to understand human behavioural patterns under various climatic conditions in the Shashe‐Limpopo basin. Mapungubwe emerged between AD 1220–1300 as the earliest Iron Age state system in the middle Limpopo valley, practising floodplain agriculture together with surplus wealth generated from long‐distance trade that bolstered social and political transformations. At about AD 1290, Mapungubwe began to decline and was subsequently abandoned due to erratic rainfall patterns in the region. Despite the general absence of relevant palaeo‐environmental proxies, Mapungubwe's dominance lasted to about the 13th Century. The reasons for Mapungubwe's decline remain contested. The role played by changing climate variability is a possible proximate cause. Uneven distribution of rainfall and flooding seem to have resulted in low agricultural productivity in the Shashe‐Limpopo Basin and led to the movements of people towards better‐watered regions. This paper aims to show how advanced morphometric hydrological analysis of inundation regimes (riverine modelling) and evidence from geoarchaeological records on buried soil sequences can be used as tools to evaluate human responses against the ever changing and deteriorating environmental conditions in southern Africa.

ABSTRACT This theoretical essay explores the contributions of historical-dialectical materialism and pragmatism to knowledge construction in occupational therapy and occupational science. The paper presents a conceptual analysis related to philosophical foundations, concepts of truth, and approaches to occupation/everyday life and praxis. Pragmatism highlights the role of individual experience and contextual adaptation through practical action. In contrast, historical-dialectical materialism emphasizes the structural, material, and historical dimensions of everyday life/occupation, focusing on the contradictions of labor in capitalism. Pragmatism proposes social transformation based on inquiry and experience, while historical-dialectical materialism roots it in collective struggles aiming at disrupting structural inequalities. A reflective analysis reveals that each perspective offers distinct yet valuable insights for understanding occupation/everyday life. The findings underscore the importance of philosophical pluralism in the field and suggest that, overall, integrating a range of diverse theoretical approaches could potentially enhance the capacity of occupational therapy and occupational science to engage with complex social realities and to support a more critically grounded and socially responsive practice. As such, the article offers an introductory contribution to ongoing academic discussions in the field.

The proposed research study aims to explore the cognitive development of the proposed research about the social enterprises during the period, 2015 to 2025. The research focuses on the publication trends, the author collaboration, and the keywords co-occurrence in the context of social enterprises through the use of bibliometric tools and visualization programs such as Vosviewer. It provides a wide perspective of the evolution of the research on the topic of social enterprises in many different areas that connect the issues of entrepreneurship, innovation, sustainability, and social development. The analysis contributes to the understanding of the intellectual foundation and the emerging trends in the study of social enterprises, tracing the most significant publications, locating the key contributors, and visualizing the interconnection of the significant themes. The findings help redefine the interdisciplinary nature of the topic and give valuable information to researchers, policy makers and practitioners who are interested in the formation of social enterprises in achieving sustainable and inclusive development. The article presents a data-driven overview of the global trends in research, thus, offering a ground to future research and contributing to the consistency between theoretical and practical research on the subject of social entrepreneurship. This research will offer valuable information to scholars, practitioners and decision makers who are concerned about the imperative role social entrepreneurship plays in facilitating meaningful social transformation.

ABSTRACT In this article we analyse the intersection of system collapse, the crisis of the embodied citizen-subject, and the experiential dimension of wide-reaching social and political change. As Cubans from all walks of life perceive an acute sense of deterioration of revolutionary values, certain groups experience with more intensity the permanent state of emergency that has been present in the country since the early 1990s. Their coping strategies both challenge and, paradoxically, support the government’s claims at continuity and devotion to the revolutionary project. The paper discusses the social relations that emerge from the economies of late socialism and the limits and possibilities of agency, reconfigured in various moments of economic and social transformation.

This study aims to trace the evolution trajectory of the concept of "facial aesthetics" in modern Chinese literature (from the Late Qing Dynasty to the Republic of China period) and its social and cultural roots; by integrating the clinical practice and aesthetic orientation of contemporary craniofacial aesthetic surgery, it explores the operational reference significance of the literary aesthetic concept for the "personalization and localization" development of contemporary craniofacial aesthetic surgery, thereby providing humanistic support for clinical aesthetic decisions and addressing prominent clinical issues such as aesthetic homogenization and excessive plastic surgery. This study adopted a combined research design of qualitative textual analysis and comparative research. (1) Qualitative textual analysis: we included 56 representative works of Modern Chinese Literature from 1840 to 1949, covering late Qing satirical novels, May Fourth Literature, and popular literature of the Republic of China. Using NVivo 12 software, we conducted standardized coding analysis on the facial aesthetic descriptions in the texts, with a double-coder back-to-back coding procedure to ensure coding reliability (kappa ≥0.85). (2) Comparative research: we systematically retrieved clinical research literature on craniomaxillofacial aesthetic surgery from 2015 to 2026, extracted the core elements of clinical aesthetic orientation and surgical practice, and conducted dimensional matching analysis with the coding results of literary aesthetic concepts from 3 dimensions of "individuality, localization, and humanistic care." Close textual reading and cultural interpretation were used to analyze the evolutionary characteristics of aesthetic concepts against the background of social transformation in modern China. The facial aesthetic concepts in Modern Chinese Literature have gone through three core stages: the adherence to the traditional paradigm of dignified countenance in the Late Qing Dynasty, the aesthetic awakening of natural vividness in the May Fourth Period, and the aesthetic compatibility of Chinese-Western integration in the Republic of China Period. Statistical results of textual coding showed that 100% of positive facial descriptions in the Late Qing Dynasty conformed to the "dignified countenance" paradigm, 81.6% of facial descriptions in the May Fourth Period focused on "natural vividness" of individual traits, and 76.8% of facial descriptions in the Republic of China Period presented the feature of "Chinese-Western integration". Its evolution is closely related to ideological emancipation, the impact of Western culture, and social stratum mobility. Contemporary craniomaxillofacial aesthetic surgery is undergoing a transformation from "standardized templates" to "individualized adaptation", and from "pure pursuit of morphology" to "equal emphasis on function and aesthetics". The concepts of "respect for individual traits", "conformity to local aesthetics", and "balance between external form and inner verve" in literature are highly consistent with the development orientation of contemporary craniomaxillofacial aesthetic surgery, with clear clinical convergence points verified by comparative analysis. The evolution of facial aesthetic concepts in Modern Chinese Literature provides abundant humanistic and clinical references for contemporary craniomaxillofacial aesthetic surgery, which is conducive to promoting the realization of "technical precision, aesthetic localization, and humanistic individualization" in clinical aesthetic practice, and avoiding problems such as excessive plastic surgery and aesthetic homogenization. This study provides a standardized interdisciplinary research framework for the integration of literary aesthetics and clinical aesthetic surgery.

Internet use, social adaptation and subjective well-being in Chinese older adults: a cross-lagged study.

ABSTRACT This autoethnographic study explores my experiences as a transgender man in China, examining how the specific sociocultural context shapes the formation and expression of gender identity. By integrating personal narrative with psychoanalytic theory and cultural critique, I reveal how family dynamics, collectivist values, and rapid social transformation collectively influence transgender self-perception and social positioning. In a cultural environment lacking transgender visibility, gender identity development undergoes a complex process from nameless confusion to reinterpretation through limited cultural resources. I particularly emphasize the positive psychological impact of social transition rather than medical intervention and reveal the interdependence between understanding gender identity and sexual orientation. Through this case study, I challenge Western-centric narratives of gender identity formation and provide new perspectives for cross-cultural transgender research.

Contemporary penal change is often explained as an institutionally mediated outcome of political, cultural, and social transformations that vacillate between affinity for retributive and rehabilitative penal measures. The retributive approach to punishment is typically associated with symbolic gestures and conflict, whereas the rehabilitative approach is linked to austerity and a drive to create docile bodies that are less inclined to resist. Although widespread in the field, this explanatory framework has recently been critiqued as a “pendular perspective,” a perpetual rebounding between poles that ignores the persistent presence of symbolic charge and conflict within modern punishment—traits especially visible both in the penal measures that target marginalized populations globally and in the Global South's institutional penal landscape. Drawing on Michel Foucault's work from the early 1970s, this article conceptualizes punishment as a discursive act and presents it as a means of transcending the so-called pendular perspective on penal change. It argues that modern punishment—including in its rehabilitative forms—remains symbolically charged and capable of fostering conflict because it enacts a comprehensive moral horizon for subjectivation. This horizon includes not only docile bodies, but also oppositional and consensus-challenging positions such as delinquency, insurrection, resistance, and counter-conduct. Despite the presuppositions of the pendular perspective, penal change thus arises from a historically contingent need to alter an arrangement of conflictual subjective positions, the latter having undergone no core changes since the dawn of modernity in Western societies.

This article analyzes the decolonization of education in Bolivia as a historical, political, and pedagogical process aimed at the emancipation of the individual and social transformation. From a critical perspective, it proposes overcoming colonial structures through the recovery of the knowledge, identities, and practices of Indigenous peoples. Within this framework, Law 070 establishes a decolonizing, intercultural, and productive educational model. The ecology of knowledges is highlighted as an epistemological alternative that recognizes the plurality of knowledge, along with interculturality understood as a horizontal dialogue under construction. However, limitations are evident, such as insufficient teacher training, a lack of resources, and the persistence of traditional practices. Furthermore, the Socio-Community Productive Educational Model presents tensions between theory and practice. The article concludes that educational decolonization is an ongoing process that requires coherence between policies, practices, and critical teacher training.

The Himalayan mountains have been going through a series of ecological and social transformations. In systems where communities depend on natural resources, externalities in government policies and development interventions can have unexpected consequences for people-environment relationships. Our study investigates agro-pastoralism changes across a decade in the Upper Spiti Landscape in Himachal Pradesh, India. It evaluates these changes in the framework of ecological and social perturbations with respect to human-dog relationships. We compared livestock population trends across a temporal scale using interviews and secondary data. Our results indicate a decline in livestock population across the years from 2003 to 2013, specifically a reduction in small-bodied livestock due to dogs. The study highlights the changing agriculture-livestock nexus with increasing demands for manure from outside. Dogs in the landscape have emerged as disrupters influencing the intricately linked production systems. The research reiterates the need for concerted efforts by multiple agencies for dog population management.

This study investigates the indicators of gentrification and their applicability across urban, rural, and forestland settings through a systematic literature review guided by the PRISMA framework. Anchored in socio-spatial transformation perspectives, the study synthesizes existing literature to identify recurring patterns and measures of gentrification. A comprehensive search of academic databases and search engines yielded 154 studies, of which 33 relevant publications were selected based on defined inclusion criteria. Data were analyzed through thematic synthesis to determine the most common indicators and their contextual relevance. Findings reveal eleven key indicators of gentrification, with rising housing costs, displacement and marginalization, and demographic changes emerging as the most dominant across settings. Additional indicators include land-use change, shifts in racial or ethnic composition, social and cultural transformation, economic restructuring, and rural landscape changes. These indicators are interconnected and collectively reflect the socio-economic and environmental impacts of gentrification. The study concludes that gentrification is a multidimensional process extending beyond urban areas and recommends context-specific, equitable development frameworks, sustainable land governance, and protection of indigenous and long-standing communities to mitigate adverse impacts. The study aligns with SDG 11 (Sustainable Cities and Communities) and SDG 15 (Life on Land) by addressing inclusive development and sustainable land use. It contributes to socio-economic and environmental sustainability by informing policy, promoting equitable resource management, and supporting community resilience in transforming landscapes.

Life course socio-economic effects in later life cognitive functioning by cohort, gender and origin.

Introduction: In a contextual manner, we present Cultural Studies as a possible theoretical-methodological tension within interdisciplinary studies and provide a brief overview of Research Groups (CNPq) that also investigate Cultural Studies in Brazil. Objective: The research aims to construct a timeline of the themes of theses and dissertations produced within the Cultural Studies and Audiovisualities Research Group, affiliated with the Federal University of Santa Maria (UFSM), over the past 10 years (2013–2023). Methodology: We developed a state-of-the-art type of research applied to 30 graduate reports originating from the Cultural Studies and Audiovisualities Research Group, defended between 2013 and 2023: 26 master’s dissertations and 4 doctoral theses. Results: The findings revealed studies in communication and cultural heritage that encompass discussions focused not only on social transformation, but also on the connection between contexts, cultures, meanings, identities, representations, and both social and power relations, thus offering relevant contributions to the field of Cultural Studies.

Purpose The purpose of this study is to explore how University Social Responsibility (USR) research has evolved to support the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and strengthen higher education institutions’ (HEIs) societal role. This study examines how universities move beyond academic functions to embed inclusion, sustainability and community welfare within institutional strategy, teaching and governance. Design/methodology/approach A bibliometric and science-mapping analysis was performed on 789 Scopus-indexed documents (2000–2025) using Biblioshiny and VOSviewer. Citation, co-authorship and keyword network analyses were used to identify influential scholars, themes and conceptual linkages between USR and SDG implementation. Trends and thematic clusters were interpreted to trace how USR research translates into social and institutional transformation. Findings The analysis revealed a significant rise in USR research after 2015. Three major thematic areas were identified: student engagement and sustainability education, institutional assessment and governance and community-focused sustainability. Influential journals included Sustainability, International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education and Journal of Cleaner Production. Europe, Latin America and Southeast Asia emerged as key contributors. The findings of this study indicate a paradigm shift from environmental compliance toward integrated social innovation, positioning HEIs as catalysts of inclusive and sustainable development. Practical implications This study provides HEIs with actionable insights to embed USR in curricula, partnerships and policy, guiding measurable progress toward SDGs through transparent assessment and community collaboration. Social implications By bridging academic research with real-world outcomes, this study demonstrates how universities can institutionalize responsibility, promote equity and actively contribute to societal well-being and sustainable development. Originality/value This study offers one of the most comprehensive bibliometric reviews connecting USR with the SDGs in higher education. Drawing on 789 publications over 25 years, this study consolidates fragmented literature into a structured synthesis of performance indicators, collaborative networks and thematic clusters.

Diaconal service is one of the essential callings of the church, yet in practice, it often gets trapped in a charitable model that is reactive, sporadic, and unsustainable. Consequently, such service fails to produce genuine social transformation for its recipients. This article demonstrates that to revitalize diaconal ministry, the church requires a new paradigm that integrates the spirituality of servant leadership with the discipline of strategic management. Servant leadership provides the theological foundation, vision, and ethical motivation centered on the serving example of Christ. Meanwhile, strategic management offers a practical framework, encompassing planning, organizing, implementing, and evaluating, to ensure that the vision is executed effectively, efficiently, and accountably. Through a qualitative approach using the literature study method, the author analyzes and synthesizes these two concepts to construct a transformative diaconia model. The result is a holistic paradigm where spirituality and strategy work synergistically, guiding the church to move from merely providing momentary assistance toward planned and long-term impactful community empowerment.