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Open AccessPublished: 19 October 2025

From Service Quality to Loyalty: Understanding Rail Commuter Satisfaction in Greater Kuala Lumpur

Maryam Kalhoro, Hui Nee Au Yong, Charles Ramendran SPR

Transportation Development Research · 9-28 · 10.55121/tdr.v3i2.678

Rapid urbanization in Greater Kuala Lumpur has intensified automobile dependency, causing congestion and environmental concerns. Although urban rail systems are promoted as sustainable alternatives, their adoption remains limited. This study examines how service quality influences commuter loyalty and whether satisfaction mediat

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Open AccessPublished: 17 October 2025

Special Shaped Bodies of Revolution with Delay of Laminar-Turbulent Transition and their Applications in Clean Energy Technologies

Igor Nesteruk

Transportation Development Research · 1-8 · 10.55121/tdr.v3i2.697

Shapes with negative pressure gradients on their surfaces were proposed in order to avoid separation of the boundary layer. Wind tunnel tests have confirmed the absence of separation on some bodies of revolution similar to the trunks of aquatic animals. According to the Tollmin-Schlichting-Lin theory, the boundary-layer on a fla

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Open AccessPublished: 16 October 2025

Threshold Sites of Encounter: Dialogic (Place) Making to Enable Cross-Cultural Community Development—Lessons from Tuti Island, Khartoum, Sudan

Robert Brown, Ioana Popovici

Cultural Conflict and Integration · 48-69 · 10.55121/cci.v2i2.690

This text explores a possibility for extending our thinking on enacting dialogical placemaking and its potential to contribute to cross-cultural exchange through co-joining making and place as threshold sites of encounter. Advancing our knowledge and practice of dialogical placemaking and cross-cultural interaction is significan

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Open AccessPublished: 16 October 2025

Embedded Sensors for In-Situ Strain Monitoring in Composite Structures

Elias Randjbaran, Darya Khaksari, Hamid Mehrabi, Rizal Zahari, Dayang L. Majid, Mohamed T.H. Sultan, Norkhairunnisa Mazlan

New Environmentally-Friendly Materials · 14-26 · 10.55121/nefm.v4i2.510

Continuous in-situ strain monitoring is vital for assessing the structural integrity and in-service performance of large-scale composite structures in sectors like aerospace and wind energy. This review provides a comprehensive analysis of methodologies for integrating sensor technologies to facilitate such monitoring. It encomp

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Open AccessPublished: 9 October 2025

The Hybrid Poetological Model in Peter Handke's Work: Intertextuality, Language Innovation and Cultural Border Crossings

Miša Glišič

Cultural Arts Research and Development · 132-144 · 10.55121/card.v5i2.679

This article presents an innovative, Hybrid Poetological Model for analyzing the works of Peter Handke. Drawing on Julia Kristeva’s “Revolution of Poetic Language”, it integrates linguistic, visual and semiotic elements to interpret Handke’s intricate aesthetic and cultural expressions. Focusing on intertextuality, the model exa

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Open AccessPublished: 5 October 2025

The Influence of the Provo Movement and the New Culture Movement on the Surrealist Phenomenon of the Orange Alternative

Marta Moldovan-Cywinska

Cultural Arts Research and Development · 117-131 · 10.55121/card.v5i2.594

This text will contribute to research into the phenomenon of the Orange Alternative protest-artist movement, which the author examines not only as a researcher but also as a “witness to history” (students, young researchers who, due to their age, position, or social involvement, observed important or interesting events—a term us

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Open AccessPublished: 4 October 2025

Electrochemical Energy Storage Studies on Sustainably Synthesized Co3O4 Nanoparticles for Supercapacitor Electrodes

Helen Osora, T. Jebakumar Immanuel Edison, David Kolkoma, Gabriel Anduwan, Mathew Waimbo, Senthilkumar Velusamy

New Environmentally-Friendly Materials · 1-13 · 10.55121/nefm.v4i2.689

In this study, a facile hydrothermal technique was used, and the commercially important cobalt oxide nanoparticles were synthesised for pseudocapacitor electrodes in supercapacitor applications. The prepared particles were subjected to different characterization techniques to determine their phase structure, topography, and elem

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Open AccessPublished: 30 September 2025

The “Invisible Wall” of Germany

Mirko Ivanović

Cultural Conflict and Integration · 36–47 · 10.55121/cci.v2i2.545

In February 2025, parliamentary elections were held in Germany, the results of which showed an extraordinary division of the electorate of East and West Germany, along the former state border between East and West Germany. These elections showed not only the geopolitical division of Germany but also the deep cultural, economic,

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Open AccessPublished: 26 September 2025

Ubuntu as a Normative Ethic of Empowerment: A Philosophical Critique of Faith-Based Vocational Training in a Pentecostal Church

Revi  Zhakata, Rodwell Kumbirai Wuta

Philosophy and Realistic Reflection · 178–190 · 10.55121/prr.v2i1.620

This paper explores Ubuntu as a normative ethic to critically assess empowerment claims in a Pentecostal vocational training program in Chitungwiza, Zimbabwe. As Pentecostalism influences socio-economic development across Africa, it raises ethical questions about alignment with indigenous African values. Ubuntu, rooted in relati

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Open AccessPublished: 26 September 2025

Nietzsche’s “Historical” Jesus: The Crucified Free-Spirit and Bringer of Glad Tidings

James Magrini

Philosophy and Realistic Reflection · 191–200 · 10.55121/prr.v2i1.576

Elements of Theology and New Testament scholarship are interwoven into this essay to supplement the reading of Nietzsche’s “historical” Jesus as it appears in The Anti-Christ. The paper unfolds in four sections: First, thoughts are offered regarding Nietzsche’s methodological approach to his reading, and Nietzsche interprets Jes

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