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"The introduction frames the problem clearly and the gap identification is specific. However, the final sentence before the aim states what the study will do rather than why it matters. The gap should feel unmissable before the aim appears."

StructureAim appears before the gap is fully established

StatisticsEffect sizes reported without confidence intervals throughout

MechanismResults describe what changed, not why. The Discussion needs causal framing

PriorityAcknowledge underpowering explicitly before drawing mechanistic conclusions

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