Exploring barriers and facilitators of vaginal birth after caesarean section (VBAC), awareness, and preferences among females in Western Saudi Arabia by Daniyah Aloufi, Omar Saggaf, Zainab Ali Alkhalifah, Hassan Alalawi, Nadia Alhazmi

“…Methodology: This cross-sectional study was conducted among adult females in Western Saudi Arabia utilizing a convenient snowball sampling technique. …”
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Socio-economic and environmental factors affecting breastfeeding and complementary feeding practices among Batwa and Bakiga communities in south-western Uganda. by Giulia Scarpa, Lea Berrang-Ford, Sabastian Twesigomwe, Paul Kakwangire, Maria Galazoula, Carol Zavaleta-Cortijo, Kaitlin Patterson, Didacus B Namanya, Shuaib Lwasa, Ester Nowembabazi, Charity Kesande, IHACC Research Team, Janet E Cade

“…We investigate past and present breastfeeding and complementary feeding practices within Indigenous Batwa and neighbouring Bakiga populations in south-western Uganda. Specifically, we describe the demographic and socio-economic characteristics of breastfeeding mothers and their children, and individual experiences of breastfeeding and complementary feeding practices. …”
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“You’re telling us to go first?!” COVID-19 pandemic and vaccination experiences among Aboriginal adults in Western Australia by Samantha J. Carlson, Carla Puca, Paige Wood-Kenney, Justin Kickett, Valerie Swift, Katie Attwell, Christopher C. Blyth

“…Between September 2022 and October 2023, we conducted five face-to-face yarning workshops with Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people in Noongar Whadjuk Boodja (Perth metropolitan region, Western Australia). Yarns discussed COVID-19 experiences, knowledge and attitudes about COVID-19 and vaccination, reasons for or against COVID-19 vaccination, trusted sources of information, and knowledge of COVID-19 vaccination programmes for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. …”
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Reproductive modes in populations of late-acting self-incompatible and self-compatible polyploid Ludwigia grandiflora subsp. hexapetala in western Europe by Stoeckel, Solenn, Becheler, Ronan, Portillo-Lemus, Luis, Harang, Marilyne, Besnard, Anne-Laure, Lassalle, Gilles, Causse-Védrines, Romain, Michon-Coudouel, Sophie, Park, Daniel J., Pope, Bernard J., Petit, Eric J., Barloy, Dominique

“…Ludwigia grandiflora subsp. hexapetala (Lgh) is a partially clonal, polyploid, hermaphroditic, and heteromorphic plant that recently colonized multiple countries worldwide. In western Europe, individuals are either self-incompatible caused by a late-acting self-incompatibility (LSI) system developing long-styled flowers, or self-compatible (SC), with short-styled flowers. …”
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Development of material and technical base urban transport companies in Western Siberia in years of eighth five-year plan (1966–1970) by M. K. Alafiev

Subjects: “…urban public transport in western siberia…”
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Technology to improve reliable access to oxygen in Western Uganda: study protocol for a phased implementation trial in neonatal and paediatric wards by Graham Moore, Hamish Graham, Rami Subhi, Sheillah Bagayana, Joseph Mugerwa, David Peake, Eleanor Nakintu, Daniel Murokora, Roger Rassool, Marc Sklar, Bryn Sobott

“…The aim of this study is to assess the clinical impact and cost-effectiveness of expanding this system to 20 community and district hospitals and level IV facilities in Western Uganda.Methods and analysis This will be a phased implementation with preintervention and postintervention comparison of outcomes. …”
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The diversity of spring hexaploid triticales, differing on the time of the onset of developmental phases under conditions of near Ob region of Western Siberia by M. V. Emtseva, P. I. Stepochkin

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Effects of Land Use Change and Seasonality of Precipitation on Soil Nitrogen in a Dry Tropical Forest Area in the Western Llanos of Venezuela by Ana Francisca González-Pedraza, Nelda Dezzeo

“…We evaluated changes of different soil nitrogen forms (total N, available ammonium and nitrate, total N in microbial biomass, and soil N mineralization) after conversion of semideciduous dry tropical forest in 5- and 18-year-old pastures (YP and OP, resp.) in the western Llanos of Venezuela. This evaluation was made at early rainy season, at end rainy season, and during dry season. …”
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['PETROLOGY AND GEOCHEMISTRY OF THE LATE CRETACEOUS PAB FORMATION, WESTERN SULAIMAN FOLD- THRUST- BELT, PAKISTAN: IMPLICATIONS FOR PROVENANCE AND PALEO-WEATHERING'] by Farooq Ahmed, Aimal Khan Kasi, M. Mohibullah, Razzaq Abdul Manan

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Simulation of Temperature Changes in the western half of Iran during (1960-2100) by using reanalysis datasets and RCP8.5 Models by Hossin Asakereh, Piero Lionello, hossein mirmousavi, sahar sadrafshari

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Implementation of rural provider-to-provider telehealth in country Western Australia: a retrospective observational analysis via the RE-AIM framework by Kaylie Toll, Suzanne Robinson, Stephen Andrew, Aled Williams, Justin Yeung, Richard Varhol, Joanna C. Moullin

“…There is limited research on the implementation of these services, especially in an emergency or inpatient hospital setting. The Western Australia Country Health Service (WACHS) Command Centre is one such example. …”
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Refined construction of semi-provincial hydrogeological models using hierarchical modeling: A case study in Western Shandong Province, China by Guangjun Ji, Zizhao Cai, Xiaobo Tan, Tao Wang, Chuanqi Wang, Qiuxiao Xu, Bo Zhou, Yang Cui

“…Study region: Western Shandong Province, China, covering an area of 83,700 km², is a study area that contains various representative hydrogeological conditions. …”
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Taxonomic and functional diversity of protists in saline and hypersaline lakes in southern Western Siberia, a region strongly affected by climate change by Elena A. Gerasimova, Alexander S. Balkin, Vladimir Y. Kataev, Ekaterina S. Filonchikova, Yulia V. Mindolina, Denis V. Tikhonenkov

“…In this study, we investigated the taxonomic and functional diversity of planktonic protist communities in saline and hypersaline lakes (22–220‰) in southern Western Siberia through Illumina 18S rDNA amplicon sequencing. …”
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The Translation of Physics Texts by Western Missionaries During the Late Ming and Early Qing Dynasties and Its Enlightenment of Modern Chinese Physics by Yafeng Li, Jingmin Fu

Subjects: “…Western missionaries…”
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The Petrogenesis of the Permian Podong Ultramafic Intrusion in the Tarim Craton, Western China: Constraints from C-He-Ne-Ar Isotopes by Mingjie Zhang, Pengyu Feng, Tong Li, Liwu Li, Juerong Fu, Peng Wang, Yuekun Wang, Zhongping Li, Xiaodong Wang

“…The Podong Permian ultramafic intrusion is only one ultramafic intrusion with massif Ni-Cu sulfide mineralization in the Pobei layered mafic-ultramafic complex, western China. It is obviously different in sulfide mineralization from the nearby coeval Poyi ultramafic intrusion with the largest disseminated Ni-Cu sulfide mineralization and mantle plume contribution (Zhang et al., 2017). …”
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Study on Layered-Backfill-Based Water Protection Technology of Thick Coal Seam in the Ecologically Fragile Mining Area in Western China by Lei Zhu, Tianqi Song, Wenzhe Gu, Kai Xu, Zhicheng Liu, Fengqi Qiu, Xinfu Zhang

“…The mining areas in Western China are characterized by water shortage and ecological fragility, and the coal resources in these areas are extracted in a large-scale and highly intensive manner, which is highly likely to induce ecological problems, such as soil erosion and grassland degradation. …”
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Mineralized Granitic Porphyry of the Yangla Copper Deposit, Western Yunnan, China: Geochemistry of Fluid Inclusions and H-O, S, and Pb Isotopes by Xinfu Wang, Bo Li, ShenJin Guan, Olivier Nadeau, Guo Tang

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Three-Dimensional Modelling of Desorbed Gas Volume and Comparison to Gas Production Rate in the Montney Plays, Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin by Gihun Song, Hyun Suk Lee, Hyundon Shin

“…The largest gas production in Canada is recovered from either tight sandstone or shale reservoirs. The Montney play in Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin (WCSB) has produced up to 80% of Canadian natural gas production. …”
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Examining the Effect of Combined Biochar and Lime Rates on Selected Soil Physicochemical Properties of Acid Soils in Gimbi District, Western Ethiopia by Solomon Abeba Kenea, Tolera Abera Goshu, Kinati Chimdessa

“…The physicochemical properties of Western Ethiopian soils were negatively threatened with continuous cultivation crop lands. …”
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Another new karst-dwelling rock gecko in the Cnemaspis siamensis group (Reptilia, Gekkonidae) from Kanchanaburi Province, western Thailand by Attapol Rujirawan, Akrachai Aksornneam, Siriporn Yodthong, Parinya Pawangkhanant, Bryan L. Stuart, Anchalee Aowphol

“…A new species of the Cnemaspis siamensis group is described from Wang Khrachae District, Kanchanaburi Province, western Thailand based on morphological and molecular data. …”
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