Ministry of Culture

CONTENT AND LANGUAGE INTEGRATED LEARNING (CLIL) IN ENGLISH EDUCATION

Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) is an educational approach in which subject content is taught through a foreign language, most often English. This dual-focused approach aims to develop both subject knowledge and language competence simultaneously. CLIL has become...

Multi-Analytical Characterization of the Earthen Plaster and Ground Layer from the Nirvana Platform in Cave No. 47 of the Kizil Grottoes, Xinjiang, China

The Nirvana platform in Cave No. 47 of the Kizil Grottoes preserves an important example of early Buddhist earthen plaster and ground layer manufacture along the Silk Roads. This study investigated the material composition and stratigraphic sequence of its earthen plaster and gro...

The effect of the China-Thailand railway on Thailand’s trade with China Guangxi Province

This study assesses how the China-Thailand Railway may reshape Thailand’s trade with Guangxi by altering the relative competitiveness of road, rail, and sea freight. A mixed-methods framework is employed, combining literature and secondary data with expert interviews, the Analyti...

Self-reported aggressiveness does not follow facial masculinization in diverse South Asian populations

Abstract It has been suggested that sexually dimorphic facial traits are related to competitive behavior and aggression, but empirical evidence remains inconsistent and is based on a small number of populations and culturally homogeneous samples. We have combined geometric morpho...

FISH MIGRATION PARTICULARITIES BETWEEN THE NISTRU RIVER AND THE RĂUT RIVER

This study investigates the particularities of fish migration between the Răut and Bâc rivers and the Nistru River, within the context of the severe degradation of aquatic ecosystems in the Republic of Moldova. Hydromorphological changes, pollution, and the fragmentation of water...

Psychological capital as a moderator of areas of worklife and employee wellbeing and turnover intention among white-collar employees in Türkiye

Areas of work-life (AoWL), comprising workload, control, rewards, community, fairness and values, represent key organizational dimensions that shape employee attitudes and behaviours. Despite growing interest in employee wellbeing and retention, the boundary conditions under whic...

4000-year-old painted plaque from Southeast Indonesia reveals Austronesian Painting Tradition preceded Neolithic pottery

The Austronesian dispersal is the largest such event in human history, with descendants of people from Taiwan colonizing islands from Rapa Nui to Madagascar. The extent to which this dispersal was facilitated by an economic package or a particular ideology is uncertain. The “Aust...

Surveys of Hintang standing stone sites and excavations at Site 7A, Houaphanh, Lao PDR

Archaeological research conducted by a Lao-Australian team at the Hintang (standing stone) sites in Houaphanh Province, Laos, has permitted the geolocation of standing stone groups and the recovery of excavated archaeological remains from one site, including earthenware ceramics,...

Optimising LoRA for fine-tuning lightweight LLM expert agents in cross-regional collaboration in the construction industry: Evidence from the Greater Bay Area

Abstract Under the “One Country, Two Systems, Three Legal Jurisdictions” framework, cross-regional collaboration in the construction industry of the Guangdong–Hong Kong–Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA) is more complex than other urban agglomerations, and this makes traditional method...