/* ==========================================================================
   1. Setup & Adaptive Layout Container
   ========================================================================== */

/* img {
  max-width: 100%;
  display: block;
} */

a {
  color: inherit;
  text-decoration: none;
}

ul {
  list-style: none;
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
}

h1,
h2,
h3,
h4 {
  font-family: var(--font-sans);
  margin: 0;
  font-weight: 600;
  color: var(--navy-950);
}

p {
  margin: 0;
}

.wrap {
  max-width: var(--maxw);
  margin: 0 auto;
  /* padding: 0 16px; */
}

/* === DYNAMIC SVG == */
/* ==========================================================================
   1. Default Blue State Layout Rules
   ========================================================================== */
.feature-card {
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  align-items: center;
  text-align: center;
  cursor: pointer;
}

.governance-icon-svg {
  width: 30px;
  height: 30px;

  /* Force native inline structural path layout to initialize standard cobalt blue links */
  stroke: #1d4ed8;
  fill: none;
  transition: stroke 0.25s ease;
}

/* ==========================================================================
   2. Interactive Golden Hover State Intersection Transformations
   ========================================================================== */
/* Triggers color transformations when a user hovers anywhere over the feature card container */
.feature-card:hover .icon-halo {
  border-color: #eab308; /* Outer frame transition mapping to golden yellow lines */
}

.feature-card:hover .governance-icon-svg {
  stroke: #ca8a04; /* Swaps vector path strokes to steady deep golden ochre accents */
}

/* === END DYNAMIC SVG */

/* ===== CONTINUUM ===== */
/* ==========================================================================
   1. Section Layout Foundations
   ========================================================================== */

.continuum-framework-section {
  width: 100%;
  background-color: #f1f6fa; /* Pastel ice-blue workspace backplate tint */
  padding: 20px 24px;
  font-family:
    -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, sans-serif;
  box-sizing: border-box;
}
.section-wrapper {
  max-width: 1140px;
  margin: 0 auto;
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  align-items: center; /* Enforces uniform cross-axis layout centering */
}

/* ==========================================================================
   2. Typography Headers Styling
   ========================================================================== */

.section-header {
  max-width: 760px;
  text-align: center;
  margin-bottom: 10px;
}

.main-title {
  font-size: 2.1rem;
  font-weight: 600;
  color: #0f172a;
  margin: 0 0 16px 0;
  letter-spacing: -0.01em;
}

/* ==========================================================================
   3. Feature Columns Layout Configuration
   ========================================================================== */
.features-grid {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: repeat(3, 1fr);
  gap: 32px;
  width: 100%;
  margin-bottom: 48px;
}

.feature-card {
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  align-items: center;
  text-align: center;
  padding: 12px;
}

/* Rounded Circular Icon Base Plates */
.icon-halo {
  width: 76px;
  height: 76px;
  border-radius: 50%;
  background-color: #ffffff;
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: center;
  margin-bottom: 20px;
  box-shadow: 0 4px 12px rgba(15, 23, 42, 0.03);
}

.icon-halo svg {
  width: 30px;
  height: 30px;
}

/* Theme Colors Mapping */
.gold-theme {
  border: 2px solid #eab308;
  color: #ca8a04;
}

.blue-theme {
  border: 2px solid #2563eb;
  color: #1d4ed8;
}

.card-title {
  font-size: 1.15rem;
  font-weight: 600;
  color: #0f172a;
  line-height: 1.3;
  margin: 0 0 14px 0;
  min-height: 2.6em;
}

.card-body-text {
  font-size: 0.95rem;
  line-height: 1.55;
  color: #334155;
  margin: 0;
  max-width: 280px;
}

/* ==========================================================================
   4. Middle Center CTA Link Button Component
   ========================================================================== */
.action-trigger-container {
  width: 100%;
  display: flex;
  justify-content: center;
  margin-bottom: 20px;
}

.btn-model-trigger {
  display: inline-flex;
  align-items: center;
  background-color: #0c2340; /* Royal navy solid fill color matches original buttons */
  color: #ffffff;
  text-decoration: none;
  padding: 12px 28px;
  font-size: 0.95rem;
  font-weight: 500;
  border-radius: 6px;
  box-shadow: 0 4px 10px rgba(12, 35, 64, 0.15);
  transition:
    background-color 0.2s ease,
    transform 0.2s ease;
}

.btn-model-trigger:hover {
  background-color: #1a365d;
  transform: translateY(-1px);
}

.btn-arrow {
  width: 14px;
  height: 14px;
  margin-left: 10px;
}

/* ==========================================================================
   5. Lower Diagram Core Wrapper Panel
   ========================================================================== */
.diagram-display-panel {
  width: 100%;
  /* background-color: #ffffff; */
  border: 0px solid #e2e8f0;
  border-radius: 12px;
  padding: 24px;
  /* box-shadow:
    0 10px 25px -5px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.03),
    0 8px 10px -6px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.03);
  box-sizing: border-box; */
}

.responsive-diagram-img {
  display: block;
  width: 100%;
  height: auto; /* Scales proportionally across varied screen size viewports */
  border-radius: 6px;
}

/* ===== END CONTINUUM ===== */

/* ===== GOVERNANCE PRINCIPAL BAND ===== */

/* ==========================================================================
   1. Section Background Plate 
   ========================================================================== */
.governance-band-section {
  width: 100%;
  background-color: #0d2a4a;
  /* Deep navy tone matching the uploaded banner graphic */
  padding: 24px 24px;
  font-family:
    -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, sans-serif;
  box-sizing: border-box;
}

.band-container {
  max-width: 840px;
  /* Limits reading lines to maintain centralized typography layout */
  margin: 0 auto;
  text-align: center;
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  align-items: center;
}

/* ==========================================================================
   2. Typography Layout Hierarchy 
   ========================================================================== */
.band-tagline {
  display: block;
  font-size: 0.95rem;
  font-weight: 500;
  color: #ffffff;
  /* White tone text for top subtitle marker */
  margin-bottom: 12px;
  letter-spacing: 0.02em;
}

.band-heading {
  font-size: clamp(1.4rem, 3.5vw, 1.9rem);
  /* Fluid scaling typography rules */
  font-weight: 500;
  color: #38bdf8;
  /* Bright azure blue hue for the primary action heading line */
  line-height: 1.3;
  margin: 0 0 16px 0;
  letter-spacing: -0.01em;
}

.band-description {
  font-size: 0.85rem;
  line-height: 1.6;
  color: #cbd5e1;
  /* Soft muted silver color for the long-form context block */
  max-width: 680px;
  margin: 0 0 32px 0;
  font-weight: 300;
}

/* ==========================================================================
   3. CTA Button Integration
   ========================================================================== */
.band-action {
  width: 100%;
  display: flex;
  justify-content: center;
}

.btn-band-cta {
  display: inline-flex;
  align-items: center;
  background-color: #031326;
  /* Dark slate button fill background layer */
  color: #ffffff;
  text-decoration: none;
  padding: 10px 24px;
  font-size: 0.8rem;
  font-weight: 400;
  border-radius: 4px;
  border: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.15);
  /* Delicate framing edge border lines */
  transition:
    background-color 0.2s ease,
    transform 0.2s ease,
    border-color 0.2s ease;
}

/* .btn-band-cta:hover {
  background-color: #081f3b;
  border-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.3);
  transform: translateY(-1px);
} */

.btn-band-cta:hover {
  background-color: #104b91;

  transform: translateY(-1px);
}

.btn-arrow {
  width: 12px;
  height: 12px;
  margin-left: 8px;
  transition: transform 0.2s ease;
}

.btn-band-cta:hover .btn-arrow {
  transform: translateX(3px);
  /* Subtle directional push animation on hover */
}

/* ===== END GOVERNANCE PRINCIPAL BAND ===== */

/* ==== LARC IN PRACTICE SECTION ==== */
/* ==========================================================================
   1. Core Framework Setup
   ========================================================================== */
.practice-section {
  width: 100%;
  background-color: #f1f6fa;
  padding: 20px 24px;
  font-family:
    -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, sans-serif;
  box-sizing: border-box;
}

.practice-container {
  max-width: 1280px;
  margin: 0 auto;
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  align-items: center;
}

/* ==========================================================================
   2. Header Area Configuration
   ========================================================================== */
.practice-header {
  max-width: 780px;
  text-align: center;
  margin-bottom: 10px;
}

.main-title {
  font-size: 2.1rem;
  font-weight: 600;
  color: #0f172a;
  margin: 0 0 14px 0;
  letter-spacing: -0.01em;
}

.sub-title {
  font-size: 1.05rem;
  line-height: 1.5;
  color: #475569;
  margin: 0;
  font-weight: 400;
  text-wrap: none;
}

.framework__sub-title {
  font-size: 1.05rem;
  line-height: 1.5;
  color: #475569;
  margin: 0;
  font-weight: 400;
}

/* ==========================================================================
   3. Fluid Grid Framework (6 Columns Default)
   ========================================================================== */
.applications-grid {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: repeat(6, 1fr);
  gap: 24px;
  width: 100%;
  margin-bottom: 56px;
  align-items: start;
}

.app-card {
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  align-items: center;
  text-align: center;
  padding: 8px;
}

/* Halo Wrapper Nodes */
/* 1. Parent Layout Wrapper Context */
.icon-hover-container {
  position: relative;
  display: inline-block;

  /* Sizing dimensions based exactly on the source graphic files */
  width: 100px;
  height: 100px;

  text-decoration: none;
  overflow: hidden;
  box-sizing: border-box;
}

/* 2. Core Image Structural Properties */
.icon-hover-container .icon-img {
  position: absolute;
  top: 0;
  left: 0;
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  object-fit: contain;

  /* Implements a smooth, hardware-accelerated opacity cross-fade */
  transition: opacity 0.25s cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 0.2, 1);
}

/* 3. Initial Visual States Configuration */
.icon-hover-container .initial-blue {
  opacity: 1;
  z-index: 2; /* Sits securely on top when page initializes */
}

.icon-hover-container .hover-gold {
  opacity: 0;
  z-index: 1; /* Renders invisibly behind the blue asset layer */
}

/* ==========================================================================
   4. Interactive Hover Transition State Intersections
   ========================================================================== */
.icon-hover-container:hover .initial-blue {
  opacity: 0;
}

.icon-hover-container:hover .hover-gold {
  opacity: 1;
  z-index: 2; /* Brings the golden asset forward cleanly */
}
/* .icon-circle {
  width: 72px;
  height: 72px;
  border-radius: 50%;
  background-color: #ffffff;
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: center;
  margin-bottom: 20px;
  box-shadow: 0 4px 10px rgba(15, 23, 42, 0.03);
  transition:
    transform 0.2s ease,
    box-shadow 0.2s ease;
}

.icon-circle svg {
  width: 28px;
  height: 28px;
}

/* Theme Color Rings Matching Image Patterns */
/* .ring-gold {
  border: 2px solid #eab308;
  color: #ca8a04;
}

.ring-blue {
  border: 2px solid #2563eb;
  color: #1d4ed8;
}

.app-card:hover .icon-circle {
  transform: translateY(-3px);
  box-shadow: 0 10px 20px rgba(37, 99, 235, 0.1);
} */

/* Card Text Layers styling */
.card-title {
  font-size: 1.05rem;
  font-weight: 600;
  color: #0f172a;
  line-height: 1.3;
  margin: 0 0 14px 0;
  min-height: 2.6em;
  /* Keeps alignment vertical even if title maps to 1 or 2 lines */
}

.card-desc {
  font-size: 0.85rem;
  line-height: 1.6;
  color: #475569;
  margin: 0;
  font-weight: 300;
}

/* ==========================================================================
   4. Centered Footer CTA Button Component
   ========================================================================== */
.action-footer {
  width: 100%;
  display: flex;
  justify-content: center;
}

.btn-explore {
  display: inline-flex;
  align-items: center;
  background-color: #0c2340;
  /* Dark navy brand fill look */
  color: #ffffff;
  text-decoration: none;
  padding: 12px 32px;
  font-size: 0.9rem;
  font-weight: 500;
  border-radius: 6px;
  box-shadow: 0 4px 12px rgba(12, 35, 64, 0.15);
  transition:
    background-color 0.2s ease,
    transform 0.2s ease;
}

.btn-explore:hover {
  background-color: #16365c;
  transform: translateY(-1px);
}

.arrow {
  width: 14px;
  height: 14px;
  margin-left: 8px;
  /* transition: transform 0.2s ease; */
}

.btn-explore:hover .arrow {
  transform: translateX(3px);
}

/* ==== END LARC IN PRACTICE SECTION ==== */

/* ==== FEATURED RESEARCH SECTION ==== */
/* ==========================================================================
  1. Structural Foundations & Global Reset Boundaries
  ========================================================================== */
.featured-research__section {
  width: 100%;
  background-color: #f7fafc;
  /* Perfectly matched light clean gray background canvas */
  padding: 20px 24px;
  font-family:
    -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial,
    sans-serif;
  box-sizing: border-box;
}

.featured-research__wrapper {
  max-width: 1240px;
  margin: 0 auto;
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  align-items: center;
}

/* ==========================================================================
    2. Section Header Block Typography
  ========================================================================== */
.featured-research__main-header {
  max-width: 820px;
  text-align: center;
  margin-bottom: 54px;
}

.featured-research__main-header .section-title {
  font-size: 2.2rem;
  font-weight: 600;
  color: #1e293b;
  /* Charcoal tone black header text color */
  margin: 0 0 16px 0;
  letter-spacing: -0.01em;
}

.featured-research__main-header .section-subtitle {
  font-size: 1.05rem;
  line-height: 1.55;
  color: #64748b;
  /* Soft slate gray body text */
  margin: 0;
}

/* ==========================================================================
  3. Cards Grid Layout Configuration (Fluid 4-Column Layout Setup)
  ========================================================================== */
.featured-research__cards-grid {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: repeat(4, 1fr);
  gap: 24px;
  width: 100%;
  margin-bottom: 20px;
}

.featured-research__card {
  background-color: #ffffff;
  border: 1px solid #e2e8f0;
  border-radius: 8px;
  overflow: hidden;
  box-shadow:
    0 4px 6px -1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.02),
    0 2px 4px -1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.01);
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  height: 100%;
  /* Guarantees balanced parallel matrix row lines */
}

/* Graphic Header Framing Content Wrapper Box */
.featured-research__card-banner-box {
  width: 100%;
  height: 165px;
  background-color: #0f172a;
  overflow: hidden;
}

.featured-research__card-banner-box img {
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  object-fit: cover;
}

.featured-research__card-content {
  padding: 24px 20px;
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  align-items: center;
  text-align: center;
  flex-grow: 1;
  /* Pushes the yellow bottom tracking buttons to an identical alignment */
}

/* ==========================================================================
  4. Exact Card Elements Color & Typography Matching
  ========================================================================== */
.featured-research__category-tag {
  font-size: 0.82rem;
  font-weight: 600;
  margin-bottom: 12px;
  text-transform: capitalize;
}

.featured-research__category-blue {
  color: #1e3a8a;
  /* Deep structural blue tag color text format */
}

/* Heading Variant Color Matrices */
.featured-research__card-title {
  font-size: 0.8rem;
  font-weight: 700;
  line-height: 1.35;
  margin: 0 0 10px 0;
  letter-spacing: 0.03em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}

.featured-research__title-orange {
  color: #d97706;
}

/* Burnt ochre gold orange font color text */
.featured-research__title-blue {
  color: #2563eb;
}

/* Bright royal cobalt blue font color text */
.featured-research__title-green {
  color: #16a34a;
}

/* Deep clean emerald forest green font color text */

.featured-research__card-subtitle {
  font-size: 0.92rem;
  font-weight: 500;
  line-height: 1.4;
  margin: 0 0 16px 0;
}

.featured-research__subtitle-blue {
  color: #0284c7;
  /* Sky blue shade matching lower subtitles */
}

.featured-research__card-description {
  font-size: 0.82rem;
  line-height: 1.6;
  color: #475569;
  /* Soft charcoal readable summary text color */
  margin: 0 0 24px 0;
  font-weight: 400;
}

/* Solid Yellow/Amber Flat Rectangle Action Buttons */
.featured-research__card-cta-btn {
  display: inline-flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: center;
  background-color: #eab308;
  /* Exactly sampled golden yellow button background */
  color: #0f172a;
  /* Deep slate tone black text inside buttons */
  text-decoration: none;
  padding: 10px 24px;
  font-size: 0.88rem;
  font-weight: 500;
  border-radius: 4px;
  width: 100%;
  box-sizing: border-box;
  margin-top: auto;
  /* Aligns to core card baseline envelope grid paths */
  transition: background-color 0.15s ease;
}

.featured-research__card-cta-btn:hover {
  background-color: #ca8a04;
  /* Darker warm gold tone displacement calculation */
}

/* ==========================================================================
            5. Lower Section Footer Panel System
        ========================================================================== */
.featured-research__footer-panel {
  width: 100%;
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  align-items: center;
  text-align: center;
}

.featured-research__footer-panel .panel-heading {
  font-size: 1.35rem;
  font-weight: 600;
  color: #0f172a;
  margin: 0 0 10px 0;
}

.featured-research__footer-panel .panel-text {
  font-size: 1rem;
  color: #475569;
  margin: 0 0 28px 0;
}

.featured-research__panel-cta-btn {
  display: inline-flex;
  align-items: center;
  background-color: #0c2340;
  /* Dark premium royal navy block action trigger fill */
  color: #ffffff;
  text-decoration: none;
  padding: 12px 32px;
  font-size: 0.9rem;
  font-weight: 500;
  border-radius: 4px;
  box-shadow: 0 4px 10px rgba(12, 35, 64, 0.12);
  transition:
    background-color 0.2s ease,
    transform 0.2s ease;
}

.featured-research__panel-cta-btn:hover {
  background-color: #1a365d;
  transform: translateY(-1px);
}

.featured-research__arrow-svg {
  width: 14px;
  height: 14px;
  margin-left: 10px;
}
/* ==== END FEATURED RESEARCH SECTION ==== */

/* ==== LARC APPLIED ACROSS REGIONS ==== */

/* ==========================================================================
        1. Structural Foundations & Global Reset Boundaries
        ========================================================================== */
.aar__global-cases-section {
  width: 100%;
  background-color: #f0f4f8;
  /* Soft light backdrop canvas tint matching the upload */
  padding: 20px 24px;
  font-family:
    -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial,
    sans-serif;
  box-sizing: border-box;
}

.aar__cases-wrapper {
  max-width: 1280px;
  margin: 0 auto;
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  align-items: center;
}

/* ==========================================================================
        2. Section Header Block Typography
        ========================================================================== */
.aar__cases-main-header {
  max-width: 900px;
  text-align: center;
  margin-bottom: 56px;
}

.aar__cases-main-header .main-heading {
  font-size: 2.2rem;
  font-weight: 600;
  color: #1e293b;
  margin: 0 0 12px 0;
  letter-spacing: -0.02em;
}

.aar__cases-main-header .sub-heading-red {
  font-size: 1.1rem;
  font-weight: 700;
  color: #b91c1c;
  /* Sharp crimson red identifier */
  margin: 0 0 14px 0;
  letter-spacing: 0.05em;
}

.aar__cases-main-header .sub-heading-blue {
  font-size: 1.4rem;
  font-weight: 600;
  color: #1d4ed8;
  /* Distinct deep blue header tone */
  margin: 0 0 24px 0;
  letter-spacing: -0.01em;
}

.aar__cases-main-header .main-description {
  font-size: 0.95rem;
  line-height: 1.6;
  color: #0f172a;
  margin: 0;
}

.aar__cases-main-header .main-description strong {
  display: block;
  margin-top: 10px;
  font-weight: 600;
  color: #334155;
}

/* ==========================================================================
        3. Cards Grid Layout Configuration (Fluid 4-Column Layout Setup)
        ========================================================================== */
.research-cards-grid,
.aar__cases-cards-grid {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: repeat(4, 1fr);
  gap: 24px;
  width: 100%;
  margin-bottom: 56px;
}

.aar__case-card {
  background-color: #ffffff;
  border-radius: 8px;
  overflow: hidden;
  box-shadow: 0 4px 12px rgba(15, 23, 42, 0.03);
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  height: 100%;
  /* Keeps cards strictly identical in grid height rows */
}

/* Graphic Header Framing Box */
.aar__card-banner-box {
  width: 100%;
  height: 160px;
  overflow: hidden;
  border-bottom: 3px solid rgba(15, 23, 42, 0.05);
}

.aar__card-banner-box img {
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  object-fit: cover;
}

.aar__card-content {
  padding: 24px 20px;
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  align-items: center;
  text-align: center;
  flex-grow: 1;
  /* Pushes the amber buttons down to an identical baseline alignment */
}

/* ==========================================================================
        4. Exact Card Elements Color & Typography Matching
        ========================================================================== */
.aar__region-label {
  font-size: 1.05rem;
  font-weight: 700;
  margin-bottom: 12px;
}

/* Region Title Matching Colors */
.aar__text-blue {
  color: #2563eb;
}

.aar__text-orange {
  color: #ea580c;
}

.aar__text-green {
  color: #16a34a;
}

.aar__text-red {
  color: #dc2626;
}

.aar__card-heading-dark {
  font-size: 0.85rem;
  font-weight: 700;
  color: #0f172a;
  line-height: 1.3;
  margin: 0 0 10px 0;
  letter-spacing: 0.03em;
}

.aar__card-subheading-cyan {
  font-size: 0.95rem;
  font-weight: 600;
  color: #0284c7;
  /* Sky blue matching design */
  margin: 0 0 16px 0;
  min-height: 2.8em;
  /* Enforces multi-line subtitle baseline symmetry */
}

.aar__card-description-block {
  font-size: 0.82rem;
  line-height: 1.6;
  color: #334155;
  margin-bottom: 24px;
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  gap: 12px;
  flex-grow: 1;
}

.aar__card-description-block p {
  margin: 0;
}

.aar__card-description-block .highlight-stat {
  font-weight: 700;
  color: #0f172a;
  /* Emphasized summary statistics at the bottom */
}

/* Warm Amber/Gold Styled Rectangle Action Buttons */
.aar__card-cta-btn {
  display: inline-flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: center;
  background-color: #dca124;
  /* Sampled golden yellow flat profile */
  color: #0f172a;
  text-decoration: none;
  padding: 12px 20px;
  font-size: 0.88rem;
  font-weight: 500;
  border-radius: 6px;
  width: 100%;
  box-sizing: border-box;
  margin-top: auto;
  transition:
    background-color 0.15s ease,
    transform 0.15s ease;
}

.aar__card-cta-btn:hover {
  background-color: #c48e1a;
  transform: translateY(-1px);
}

/* ==========================================================================
        5. Main Section Lower Action Panel System
        ========================================================================== */
.cases-footer-action {
  width: 100%;
  display: flex;
  justify-content: center;
}

.btn-view-all {
  display: inline-flex;
  align-items: center;
  background-color: #0c2340;
  /* Royal navy brand button fill color */
  color: #ffffff;
  text-decoration: none;
  padding: 12px 32px;
  font-size: 0.92rem;
  font-weight: 500;
  border-radius: 4px;
  box-shadow: 0 4px 12px rgba(12, 35, 64, 0.15);
  transition:
    background-color 0.2s ease,
    transform 0.2s ease;
}

.btn-view-all:hover {
  background-color: #16365c;
  transform: translateY(-1px);
}

.arrow-icon {
  width: 14px;
  height: 14px;
  margin-left: 10px;
  transition: transform 0.2s ease;
}

.btn-view-all:hover .arrow-icon {
  transform: translateX(3px);
}

/* ==== END LARC APPLIED ACROSS REGIONS ==== */

/* === FOUNDER SECTION === */
/* ==========================================================================
    1. Section Background Canvas
    ========================================================================== */
.founder__section {
  width: 100%;
  background-color: #dfae37;
  /* Exactly sampled warm golden ochre background */
  padding: 64px 24px;
  font-family:
    -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial,
    sans-serif;
  box-sizing: border-box;
}

.founder__container {
  max-width: 1200px;
  margin: 0 auto;
  display: flex;
  align-items: flex-start;
  gap: 32px;
}

/* ==========================================================================
    2. Column Width Layout Allocations
    ========================================================================== */
.founder__column-avatar {
  flex: 0 0 120px;
  /* Locks avatar column structure dimensions */
}

.founder__column-narrative {
  flex: 1 1 50%;
  /* Allows flexible expansive space for main descriptions */
  padding-right: 24px;
}

.founder__column-quote {
  flex: 1 1 35%;
  border-left: 1px solid rgba(15, 23, 42, 0.15);
  /* Soft dark vertical separation dividing line */
  padding-left: 40px;
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  justify-content: space-between;
  min-height: 160px;
  /* Anchors height so link drops evenly to baseline paths */
}

/* ==========================================================================
    3. Individual Column Detail Elements Styling
    ========================================================================== */

/* --- Avatar Image Window --- */
.founder__image-wrapper {
  width: 100px;
  height: 100px;
  border-radius: 6px;
  overflow: hidden;
  background-color: #1e293b;
  box-shadow: 0 4px 10px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.08);
}

.founder__image-wrapper img {
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  object-fit: cover;
}

/* --- Narrative Text Segment --- */
.founder__narrative-heading {
  font-size: 1.35rem;
  font-weight: 700;
  color: #0b1a30;
  /* High-contrast navy tone text */
  margin: 0 0 16px 0;
  letter-spacing: -0.01em;
}

.founder__narrative-body {
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  gap: 14px;
  margin-bottom: 20px;
}

.founder__narrative-body p {
  margin: 0;
  font-size: 0.88rem;
  line-height: 1.5;
  color: #0b1a30;
  font-weight: 400;
}

.founder__signature {
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  gap: 2px;
}

.founder__name {
  font-size: 0.9rem;
  font-weight: 700;
  color: #0b1a30;
}

.founder__title {
  font-size: 0.82rem;
  color: #1e293b;
  font-weight: 500;
}

/* --- Blockquote Segment --- */
.founder__quote-block {
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
  border: none;
  width: 100%;
}

.founder__quote-mark {
  display: block;
  font-family: Georgia, serif;
  font-size: 2.2rem;
  line-height: 1;
  color: #0b1a30;
  font-weight: 700;
  margin-bottom: 4px;
}

.founder__quote-mark--open {
  margin-bottom: 8px;
}

.founder__quote-mark--close {
  margin-top: 8px;
  text-align: right;
}

.founder__quote-text {
  margin: 0;
  font-size: 1.15rem;
  line-height: 1.4;
  font-weight: 500;
  color: #0b1a30;
}

.editorial-quote__container {
  margin: 0 auto;
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
}

.editorial-quote__block {
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
  border: none;
  width: 100%;
}

.editorial-quote__text {
  margin: 0;
  font-size: 1.15rem;
  line-height: 1.4;
  font-weight: 500;
  color: #0b1a30;
  margin: 0;
  letter-spacing: -0.015em;
  text-align: left;
}

/* ─── INLINE GRAPHIC QUOTATION MARKS ─── */
.editorial-quote__mark {
  font-family: "Georgia", serif;
  font-size: 2.2rem;
  line-height: 1;
  color: #0c2340;
  line-height: 0; /* Prevents large characters from introducing artificial row height gaps */
  display: inline-block;
  vertical-align: middle;
  user-select: none;
}

/* Leaves clean whitespace tracking padding buffers separating characters from words */
.editorial-quote__text .editorial-quote__mark:first-child {
  margin-right: 4px;
  transform: translateY(
    -4px
  ); /* Fine-tunes alignment axis to frame uppercase letters perfectly */
}

.editorial-quote__text .editorial-quote__mark:last-child {
  margin-left: 4px;
  transform: translateY(
    8px
  ); /* Adjusts position downward to rest naturally right after the period */
}

/* --- Navigation Dynamic Anchor Link --- */
.founder__link {
  display: inline-flex;
  align-items: center;
  font-size: 0.82rem;
  font-weight: 700;
  color: #0b1a30;
  text-decoration: none;
  transition: opacity 0.2s ease;
  margin-top: auto;
}

.founder__link:hover {
  opacity: 0.8;
}

.founder__link-arrow {
  width: 12px;
  height: 12px;
  margin-left: 6px;
  transition: transform 0.2s ease;
}

.founder__link:hover .link-arrow {
  transform: translateX(4px);
  /* Interactive visual micro displacement shift */
}

/* === END FOUNDER SECTION ===*/

/* === COLLABORATION SECTION === */
/* ==========================================================================
    1. Banner Section & Flex Layout Container
    ========================================================================== */
.collaboration__banner-section {
  width: 100%;
  background-color: #ffffff; /* Soft ice-blue backdrop tone sampled from image background */
  padding: 48px 24px;
  font-family:
    -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial,
    sans-serif;
  box-sizing: border-box;
}

.collaboration__banner-flex-container {
  max-width: 1140px;
  margin: 0 auto;
  display: flex;
  justify-content: space-between;
  align-items: center;
  gap: 40px;
}

/* ==========================================================================
    2. Typography Column Styling
    ========================================================================== */
.collaboration__banner-text-column {
  flex: 1;
  max-width: 680px;
}

.collaboration__community-callout {
  margin: 0;
  font-size: 1.05rem;
  font-weight: 700;
  line-height: 1.45;
  color: #1a2b40; /* High-contrast deep charcoal navy text tone */
  letter-spacing: -0.01em;
}

/* ==========================================================================
    3. Call-To-Action Button Column Styling
    ========================================================================== */
.collaboration__banner-action-column {
  flex-shrink: 0; /* Prevents the button container from squishing */
}

.collaboration__btn-collaborate {
  display: inline-flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: center;
  background-color: #16365c; /* Exact premium royal navy solid button background color */
  color: #ffffff;
  text-decoration: none;
  padding: 14px 28px;
  font-size: 0.88rem;
  font-weight: 500;
  border-radius: 6px;
  transition:
    background-color 0.15s ease,
    transform 0.15s ease;
  white-space: nowrap;
}

.collaboration__btn-collaborate:hover {
  background-color: #0f2744;
  transform: translateY(-1px);
}

.collaboration__btn-arrow {
  width: 14px;
  height: 14px;
  margin-left: 10px;
  transition: transform 0.15s ease;
}

.collaboration__btn-collaborate:hover .btn-arrow {
  transform: translateX(
    4px
  ); /* Modern dynamic micro-interaction hover offset */
}

/* === END COLLABORATION SECTION === */

/* ===== RESPONSIVE ===== */

@media (max-width: 640px) {
  .continuum-framework-section {
    padding: 20px 16px;
  }

  .features-grid {
    grid-template-columns: 1fr; /* Compresses layout cells down into linear row formats */
    gap: 40px;
  }

  .founder__container {
    flex-direction: column;
    align-items: center;
    text-align: center;
    gap: 40px;
  }

  .applications-grid {
    grid-template-columns: 1fr; /* Compresses layout cells down into linear row formats */
    gap: 20px;
  }

  .publications-grid {
    grid-template-columns: 1fr;
    /* Stacks to a singular uniform row grid stream on compact devices */
    gap: 32px;
  }

  .publications-section {
    padding: 60px 16px;
  }

  .featured-research__cards-grid {
    grid-template-columns: 1fr;
    /* Stacks to a singular vertical column list on narrow mobile frames */
    gap: 32px;
  }

  .featured-research__section {
    padding: 20px 16px;
  }

  .aar__cases-cards-grid {
    grid-template-columns: 1fr;
    /* Stacks into a singular vertical column line framework on compact viewports */
    gap: 32px;
  }

  .global-cases-section {
    padding: 60px 16px;
  }

  .collaboration__banner-flex-container {
    flex-direction: column; /* Unwraps horizontal rows to stack vertically on screen sizes */
    text-align: center;
    gap: 28px;
  }

  .editorial-quote__text {
    line-height: 1.45;
    letter-spacing: -0.01em;
  }

  .editorial-quote__text .editorial-quote__mark:first-child {
    margin-right: 8px;
  }

  .editorial-quote__text .editorial-quote__mark:last-child {
    margin-left: 4px;
  }
}

/* ===== END RESPONSIVE ===== */