Features and prospects of the Russian civil aircraft industry development under sanctions pressure from Western countries by V. V. Lapushkin

“…The specifics and prospects of development of the Russian civil aircraft industry under sanctions pressure from Western countries have been considered. The study analyzes secondary data from open sources. …”
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Seasonal Changes in a Population of Desert Harvestmen, Trachyrhinus Marmoratus (Arachnida: Opiliones), From Western Texas by William P. MacKay, Che'ree Grimsley, James C. Cokendolpher

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Modeling the Impact of Air Pollution and Meteorological Variables on COVID-19 Transmission in Western Cape, South Africa by John Kamwele Mutinda, Amos Kipkorir Langat

“…This study focuses on modeling the impact of air pollution and meteorological parameters on the risk of COVID-19 transmission in Western Cape Province, South Africa. The data used in this study consist of air pollution parameters, meteorological variables, and COVID-19 incidence observed for 262 days from April 26, 2020, to January 12, 2021. …”
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Formation of forest mensuration indicators of Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirb.) Franco in artificial plantations of the western region of Ukraine by Iurii Debryniuk, Stepan Myklush, Yuriy Myklush

“…Franco were studied in various forest-growth conditions of the Western Forest-Steppe, represented by different numbers of plots with varying participation of the studied tree species in the stand composition, ranging from 5% to 100%. …”
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The Effect of Land Cover Change on Soil Properties around Kibale National Park in South Western Uganda by J. G. M. Majaliwa, R. Twongyirwe, R. Nyenje, M. Oluka, B. Ongom, J. Sirike, D. Mfitumukiza, E. Azanga, R. Natumanya, R. Mwerera, B. Barasa

“…The change from natural forest cover to tea and Eucalyptus is rampant in protected areas of western Uganda. The objectives were; to examine the trend in land-use /cover change and determine the effect of these changes on the physico-chemical properties of soils around Kibale National Park. …”
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Primary Esophageal Lymphoma: A Histopathological Experience from Two Tertiary Hospitals, Western Saudi Arabia by Jaudah Al-Maghrabi, Sahar Al-Maghrabi

“…The objective of this study was to document the clinicopathological features of PEL at two tertiary hospitals in the western region of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Methods. …”
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Western Diet Decreases Hepatic Drug Metabolism in Male LDLr−/−ApoB100/100 Mice by Markus Koponen, Jaana Rysä, Anna-Kaisa Ruotsalainen, Olli Kärkkäinen, Risto O. Juvonen

“…Consumption of a Western diet is an important risk factor for several chronic diseases including nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), but its effect on the xenobiotic metabolizing enzyme activities in the liver has been studied incompletely. …”
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Lesion Distribution and Epidemiology of Mycobacterium bovis in Elk and White-Tailed Deer in South-Western Manitoba, Canada by Todd K. Shury, Doug Bergeson

“…Surveillance for Mycobacterium bovis in free-ranging elk (Cervus elaphus) and white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) from south-western Manitoba was carried out from 1997 to 2010 to describe the lesions, epidemiology, and geographic distribution of disease. …”
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Simulacre et modernité : l’illusion d’optique dans On the Western Circuit de Thomas Hardy by Catherine Lanone

“…This paper focuses on various visual devices which Thomas Hardy chooses to include in his short stories in order to question the Victorian cult of progress, such as photographs, the Crystal Palace or more unexpectedly the phenakistiscope, which clearly lies behind the obsessional description of the « steam circus » in the short story entitled On the Western Circuit. Although Hardy was forced to bowdlerize his text, removing allusions to sexual intercourse and subsequent pregnancy, the real shock lies less in the hackneyed sentimentality of the illegitimate baby theme than in the depiction of modernity and modern exchanges — or systems of communication through trains, letters, or judicial rounds — as vicious circles breeding spurious desires and fantasies. …”
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Isotopic Age of the Xiong’er Group Volcanic Rocks and Its Geological Significance in Western Henan, China by Wenchao Dong, Xucheng Pang, Weixun Qu, Guangshun Hou

“…The Xiong’er Group is mainly distributed in western Henan, southern Shanxi, and southeastern Shaanxi. …”
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Afterword - Chimpanzee stick use culture in Western Uganda: not so limited after all, and what this means by Thibaud Gruber

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Managing agricultural water use in the Western United States: A search for efficient climate adaptation institutions by Frank A. Ward, Nicholas A. Potter, R. Aaron Hrozencik

“…Irrigated agriculture throughout much of the western United States relies on water resources that are under increasing stress from more frequent and severe droughts, reduced snowpack, and changes in the timing of runoff. …”
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THE ROLE OF INFORMANTS IN THE ACCENTUATION OF ARMED BANDITRY IN NORTH-WESTERN NIGERIA: A CASE STUDY OF ZAMFARA STATE by TUKUR ABDULKADIR, ABDULNASIR UMAR

“…This development is a threat to national security and the effort to combat armed banditry in the north-western region and Zamfara State in particular. Eventhough a lot has been written on armed banditry in north-western Nigeria,most of the literature do not analyse and explore the role of the bandits informants in the accentuation of armed banditry in north-western Nigeria, with specific reference to Zamfara State. …”
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Avoidable mortality does not allow valid conclusions on population health and health system quality in Western Europe by Susanne Stolpe, Bernd Kowall

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Institutional impacts on diversity, equality and inclusion practices: Case Study of Western multinationals and their emerging economy subsidiaries by Emil Velinov, Andreas Hilger, Pawel Dobrzanski

“…This study examines the contextual impacts on the transfer of equality, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) practices from Western multinational corporations (MNCs) to their subsidiaries in emerging economies. …”
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Catfishes from the North-Western Part of Lake Tanganyika: Contribution to a Reference Library of DNA Barcodes by Archimède Mushagalusa Mulega, Arthur F. Boom, Imane Rahmouni, Hocein Bazairi, Abdelaziz Benhoussa, Maarten P. M. Vanhove, Maarten Van Steenberge

“…We aimed to contribute to bridging this gap by providing molecular data on commercially important catfish species from the north-western part of Lake Tanganyika. We collected 215 catfish specimens and sequenced the standard vertebrate barcoding gene (COI) for 41 specimens. …”
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Assessment of trade-off balance of maize stover use for bioenergy and soil erosion mitigation in Western Kenya by Keiji Jindo, Keiji Jindo, Golaleh Ghaffari, Manisha Lamichhane, Asher Lazarus, Yoshito Sawada, Hans Langeveld

“…This study evaluates the trade-off between maize stover's use for energy generation and its role in soil erosion mitigation in Western Kenya, considering biophysical conditions and households' socio-economic status.MethodsSocio-economic data were collected from 91 households to assess energy usage. …”
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Hydrogeochemical Characteristics and Formation of Low-Temperature Geothermal Waters in Mangbang-Longling Area of Western Yunnan, China by Xing-Wang Chang, Mo Xu, Liang-Wen Jiang, Xiao Li, Yun-Hui Zhang

“…Numerous low-temperature geothermal waters are distributed extensively in Mangbang-Longling of western Yunnan in China, whose formation mechanism has not been completely investigated yet. …”
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Is Word Order Responsive to Morphology? Disentangling Cause and Effect in Morphosyntactic Change in Five Western European Languages by Julie Nijs, Freek Van de Velde, Hubert Cuyckens

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Cash Budgeting and Organizational Performance of Private Firms in Uganda: A Case of Kabale District, Western Uganda by Eton, Marus, Fabian, Mwosi, Benard, Patrick Ogwel

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