The Development of Wheeled Transportation in Osun Division of Southwestern Nigeria, 1900-1960 by AbiodunAjayi

“…This is in a view to examine the diplomacies that surrounded road and rail construction in the division, Western Regional Government initiatives and the implications of the transportation technology on the divisional economy. …”
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An Empirical Study on the Agglomeration Characteristics of China’s Construction Industry Based on Spatial Autocorrelation and Spatiotemporal Transition by Likun Zhao, Junsen Tian, Yanqi Liu, Rui Liu

“…And the difference of “East-West” two ends of the industrial agglomeration level is obvious. (2) The Yangtze River Delta Urban Agglomerations (Shanghai, Jiangsu, and Zhejiang), the Pearl River Delta Urban Agglomerations (Guangdong), Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Urban Agglomerations, and the western region (Xinjiang and Tibet) have significant local features. …”
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Integrating Satellite Data and In-situ Observations for Trophic State Assessment of Renuka Lake, Himachal Pradesh, India by Sujit Kumar Jally, Rakesh Kumar and Sibabrata Das

“…The sustained eutrophic condition is attributed to escalating human-induced activities surrounding the lake, particularly in the western region.…”
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A Novel Efficiency Measure Model for Industrial Land Use Based on Subvector Data Envelope Analysis and Spatial Analysis Method by Wei Chen, Rui He, Qun Wu

“…The results indicate that the industrial land use efficiency and the industrial development level in the provinces of eastern region are higher than those of the western region. The spatial distribution of industrial land use efficiency shows remarkable positive spatial autocorrelation. …”
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Subacute Thyroiditis: Clinical Presentation and Long Term Outcome by Assim A. Alfadda, Reem M. Sallam, Ghadi E. Elawad, Hisham AlDhukair, Mossaed M. Alyahya

“…In conclusion, SAT is uncommon in the central region of SA. Compared to the western region, corticosteroid is not commonly prescribed, and permanent hypothyroidism is not uncommon. …”
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Sociodemographic Determinants of Nonattendance in a Population-Based Mammography Screening Program in the City of Manisa, Turkey by Pınar Erbay Dundar, Beyhan Cengiz Ozyurt, Koray Erdurak

“…Being from an urban district and being from the western region were the risk factors for not participating in the screening program (𝑃=0.014, 𝑃=0.023). …”
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An Empirical Study on the Relationship between Craftsman’s Spirit and Economic Growth of Construction Industry by Furong Bai, Huanru Wang

“…The promotion effect is more obvious in the central region, followed by the eastern region, and weaker in the western region. The research content has important reference value for improving the construction industry’ attention to cultivating the craftsman’s spirit of employees and promoting the coordinated development of regions.…”
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Research on the Impact of Technological Finance on Financial Stability: Based on the Perspective of High-Quality Economic Growth by Lu Shen, Guohua He, Huan Yan

“…The impact factor is the highest in the eastern region, while the western region holds the lowest factor among the three. (2) Judging by the general national sample, technological finance has an obvious negative shock effect on financial stability within a short period, but the effect gradually dwindles as time goes by. …”
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Research on the Nonlinear Impact of Environmental Regulation on the Efficiency of China’s Regional Green Economy: Insights from the PSTR Model by Shuangliang Yao, Xiang Su

“…The green economy efficiency of provinces in the western region except Chongqing is less than 1, indicating that these provinces have insufficient regional production, severe environmental pollution, or extensive resource depletion. (2) The impact of environmental regulations on the efficiency of the green economy presents an inverted “U” shape, with a threshold of 0.5128 for environmental regulations. …”
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How to Evaluate the Coordination of Green Economy, Education Development, and Technological Innovation? Take China as Example by Junqi Wu, Kui Zhang

“…The coordination level of the central region was higher than that of the northeast region, and the coordination level of the northeast region was higher than that of the western region. Finally, the limitations of this paper are summarized and proposed the direction of future research.…”
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Uma lupa sobre a política agroalimentar do município de Anchieta sob a perspectiva da inovação social by Julie Rossato Fagundes, Silvio Antonio Ferraz Cario, Alexandre Marino Costa

“…In this context, the proposal of social innovation opens spaces for new theoretical approaches and practices of governance, like what has been developed in Anchieta, in the western region of Santa Catarina, Brazil. Municipality with an intense agricultural vocation and articulated for the conservation of its agrobiodiversity, it has been a protagonist in the construction of effective policies to support the production, supply and consumption of food, with strong mobilization and social participation. …”
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Old Nick Crossed the Mississippi: The Figure of the Devil in Late Cold War Era Novels of the American West by Michael Walonen

“…This essay focuses on Western regional novels of the late Cold War period (1968-1991), analyzing their manner of using the devil figure to variously challenge and/or reinforce mainstream conceptions of evil and come to terms with the meaning and direction of America at a time of crossroads and vast social transfiguration. …”
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Spatial allocation and sustainable development: a study of production-living-ecological spaces in the Yangtze River Delta by Shangbo Li, Yong Chen, Qinshi Huang

“…The key findings are as follows: (1) The proportion of Production-Living Space (PLS) increased from 9% in 2000 to 14% in 2020, with projections indicating further growth to 15% by both 2030 and 2040, while Ecological Space (ES) remained relatively stable; (2) The coupling coordination between the stages of PLES evolved from mild disharmony to weak coordination, reflecting a shift from localized improvements to broader, more integrated spatial development; (3) The spatial distribution of PLES coupling exhibited significant heterogeneity, characterized by higher values in the eastern region, lower values in the western region, and a pattern of concentration in the north and dispersion southward. …”
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Machine learning methods of satellite image analysis for mapping geologic landforms in Niger: A comparison of the Aïr mountains, Niger River basin and Djado Plateau by Lemenkova Polina

“…Landscape patterns are affected by drought periods in central Niger, geological setting of mountains, distribution of crust Karst pits and sinkholes in Eastern Niger. Western region of the Niger River basin shown land cover patterns linked to hydrological effects of soil erosion. …”
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Coalbed Methane Potential Evaluation and Development Sweet Spot Prediction Based on the Analysis of Development Geological Conditions in Yangjiapo Block, Eastern Ordos Basin, China by Xinyu Fu, Yanjun Meng, Zhongcheng Li, Peng Kong, Suoliang Chang, Taotao Yan, Yanfei Liu

“…The CBM favorable development sweet spot is forecasted to be located in the southeastern part, central-western region, and northeastern part of Yangjiapo block.…”
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Exploring the Classification and Restructuring of Chemical Industrial Cities in China: The Perspectives of Sectoral and Spatial Differences by Hui Zou, Xuejun Duan, Lei Wang, Tingting Jin

“…In China, which is at the stage of accelerated industrialization that is varied across regions, the chemical industry has gradually retreated from developed cities, such as Beijing and Shanghai, in the eastern region, and has become the inevitable choice for industrialization of less-developed cities, such as Xi’an, Chengdu, and Chongqing, in the western region. This study took the perspectives of chemical industrial sectors and their spatial differences to understand the changing patterns of the chemical industry and its dominant cities. …”
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Characterization of Metakaolin from Wassa Kaolin and Its Potential as Adsorbent for the Regeneration of Used Engine Lubrication Oil by Ralph Kwakye, Albert Aniagyei, Bright Yaw Vigbedor, Jonathan Osei-Owusu, Bonface Yeboah Antwi, Anthony Selorm Kwesi Amable, George Edusei, Bright Kwakye-Awuah

“…Metakaolin was produced from the calcination of kaolin from Wassa in the Western region of Ghana. The metakaolin was characterized by using X-ray fluorescence (XRF), X-ray diffractometry (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) coupled with energy dispersive X-ray (EDX), and Fourier transform infra-red (FT-IR). …”
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Analysis on Current Status and Countermeasures for Laboratory Animal Management in Sichuan Province Based on Administrative Licensing by CHEN Bing, ZOU Yixing, WANG Jingdong

“…Then, it discusses the development advantages of the laboratory animal industry in Sichuan Province, including its leading industrial scale in the western region, increasing regional influence, and emerging comprehensive benefits. …”
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Enabling Innovative Governance: Ethical Leadership and Dynamic Capabilities in Government Digital Transformation by Xiangyu Bian, Bin Wang

“…This study examines how ethical leadership fosters innovative behavior within government institutions across China’s western region, focusing on the interplay between leadership styles and dynamic capabilities. …”
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Quantitative Evaluation for the Threat Degree of a Thermal Reservoir to Deep Coal Mining by Yun Chen, Xinyi Wang, Yanqi Zhao, Haolin Shi, Xiaoman Liu, Zhigang Niu

“…The evaluation results show that the threat degree of the roof in the eastern region is generally greater than that in the western region and that the closer it is to the coal seam outcrop line, the higher the threat degree is; near the boreholes, in the areas Qs1,Qs5, Qs8, Sx1, Tk5, Zc4, and Zc7, which are close to the hidden outcrop line of the coal seam, the classification characteristic value of the threat degree is greater than 3.5, which is in the high-threat zone for disasters caused by roof thermal storage aquifers during coal seam mining. …”
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