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The EVS 2017 Methodological Guidelines comprise the recommendations and standards designed for the lifecycle phases of the EVS wave 2017 and agreed with the participating countries.

SummaryHibiscus glaber is a symbolically significant endemic species found exclusively on the Ogasawara (Bonin) Islands. It is one of the main tree species in the natural forests of the island. This species is illustrated here, and its natural history, ecology, pollination, and cultivation are described.

What do we know about elections and how do we know it? The articles in this collection use creative strategies and cutting-edge methods to answer these and other important questions. As such, these papers continue a long tradition of methodological innovation in the study of elections and provide blueprints for future work. [Copyright Elsevier Ltd.]

<i>This methodological reflection is developed from a nursing research study that compared health systems in Canada and Saudi Arabia, using both English and Arabic languages for data collection. Conducting research in a language not spoken by all the research team members is relatively common, yet addressing the nuanced details of implementing bilingual work has limited guidance within extant literature. This includes consideration of promising practices for concept development, translation, data analysis, and presenting the findings. </i><i>This article </i><i>discusses the strengths and limitations of bilingual research and recommendations regarding these issues from our own experiences. Ultimately, it is proposed that via bilingual research, the accumulation of knowledge pertaining to qualitative research concepts, translation, analysis, and dissemination of comprehensive frameworks can be enacted, ultimately enhancing the rigor of qualitative research and increasing confidence in applying knowledge created in the chosen language of participants.</i>