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IoT and radio telemetry based wireless engine control and real-time position tracking system for an agricultural tractor
Authors: Shrivastava Prateek , Tewari V. K. , Gupta Chanchal , Singh Gajendra 
Published: June 2023

AbstractInternet of Things (IoT) has presented a new scope in the field of Precision Agriculture. With the application of cloud computing and WiFi-based long-distance network in IoT, it is possible to connect the farmers of rural areas effectively and harness the benefit of its advancement. In the present research work, an IoT-based scalable network architecture has been designed for two capabilities 1. For starting and stopping the tractor engine from a remote location and 2. For real-time tracking of the position and monitoring the engine status on a developed website. The developed system consists of the on-board unit (OBU), web server, and google map-based web application. The OBU consists of the Engine Control Sub Unit (ECSU) along with a GPS tracking sub unit for presenting real-time information on the developed web application. The ECSU consists of an RF-based wireless transmitting and receiving system to start and stop the remotely situated tractor engine. As the tractor engine starts it automatically powers up the GPS device for acquiring real-time information i.e. Longitude, Latitude, Time, speed, and Date from satellites, and sends it to the OBU. The Raspberry Pi-3 which has been used as the central processing unit in OBU, gathers both position and engine information and processes it after that sends it to the webserver, where these data are stored in the database of the web server and can be retrieved as a request for position browsing on the map. Finally, a web application was created using Python, language and also embedded with Google Map to retrieve and display real-time information. The developed system enables tractor owners to monitor the real-time position and status of the engine of their targeted tractor on Google Map. The developed system was found to be very simple and can be used by skilled farmers as well.
Use of whole genome sequencing to determine the genetic basis of visceral myopathies including Prune Belly syndrome
Authors: Geraghty Robert M. , Orr Sarah , Olinger Eric , Neatu Ruxandra , Barroso-Gil Miguel , Mabillard Holly , Consortium Genomics England Research , Wilson Ian , Sayer John A. 
Published: June 2023

Abstract

Objectives/aims
The visceral myopathies (VM) are a group of disorders characterised by poorly contractile or acontractile smooth muscle. They manifest in both the GI and GU tracts, ranging from megacystis to Prune Belly syndrome. We aimed to apply a bespoke virtual genetic panel and describe novel variants associated with this condition using whole genome sequencing data within the Genomics England 100,000 Genomes Project.

Methods
We screened the Genomics England 100,000 Genomes Project rare diseases database for patients with VM-related phenotypes. These patients were screened for sequence variants and copy number variants (CNV) in ACTG2, ACTA2, MYH11, MYLK, LMOD1, CHRM3, MYL9, FLNA and KNCMA1 by analysing whole genome sequencing data. The identified variants were analysed using variant effect predictor online tool, and any possible segregation in other family members and novel missense mutations was modelled using in silico tools. The VM cohort was also used to perform a genome-wide variant burden test in order to identify confirm gene associations in this cohort.

Results
We identified 76 patients with phenotypes consistent with a diagnosis of VM. The range of presentations included megacystis/microcolon hypoperistalsis syndrome, Prune Belly syndrome and chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction. Of the patients in whom we identified heterozygous ACTG2 variants, 7 had likely pathogenic variants including 1 novel likely pathogenic allele. There were 4 patients in whom we identified a heterozygous MYH11 variant of uncertain significance which leads to a frameshift and a predicted protein elongation. We identified one family in whom we found a heterozygous variant of uncertain significance in KCNMA1 which in silico models predicted to be disease causing and may explain the VM phenotype seen. We did not find any CNV changes in known genes leading to VM-related disease phenotypes. In this phenotype selected cohort, ACTG2 is the largest monogenic cause of VM-related disease accounting for 9% of the cohort, supported by a variant burden test approach, which identified ACTG2 variants as the largest contributor to VM-related phenotypes.

Conclusions
VM are a group of disorders that are not easily classified and may be given different diagnostic labels depending on their phenotype. Molecular genetic analysis of these patients is valuable as it allows precise diagnosis and aids understanding of the underlying disease manifestations. We identified ACTG2 as the most frequent genetic cause of VM. We recommend a nomenclature change to ‘autosomal dominant ACTG2 visceral myopathy’ for patients with pathogenic variants in ACTG2 and associated VM phenotypes.
The effectiveness and externality of China’s outward foreign direct investment policy
Authors: Liu Kai , Zhu Jiayi , Iqbal Badar , Hao Yating 
Published: June 2023

AbstractThis paper uses the China Foreign Investment Country-Oriented Industry Catalog as a policy shock to study the effectiveness and externality effect of China's OFDI incentive policy through the RD and PSM-DID model correspondingly. The results show that OFDI encouragement policy can effectively promote enterprises to carry out foreign direct investment. This also has certain externalities that (1) firms participate in OFDI, the promotion of productivity is not significant in the short term, but in the long term the promotion effect increases with time; (2) compared with non-policy-driven OFDI, policy-driven OFDI is more effective; (3) the externality effect show strong heterogeneity on level of the host country’s technology, the absorption capacity of home-based firms, and ownership of firms.
The impact of technological innovation on occupational insertion: a case study in Brazil
Authors: Freitas Alan Araújo 
Published: June 2023

AbstractThis article (Special thanks to the editors of Discover Global Society magazine, Dr. Rajendra Baikady and Dr. Akshay Dhavale, and the anonymous referees for the article) analyzes the impact of technological innovation on occupational integration, using Brazil as a case study. The Brazilian example is evaluated as an illustration of how change promoted by innovation occurs, as well as its effects and consequences for individuals, positions, and occupations. The old and feared possibility of replacing humans with machines is discussed in light of the renewed fear caused by recent developments in artificial intelligence and how they may impact employment in different parts of the world. The study uses cohort analyses, occupational classes, and their respective productive sectors to provide empirical evidence for its arguments. Based on a historical-statistical analysis of a given social space, the study defends the hypothesis that the change resulting from technological innovation in the way goods and services are produced has not increased unemployment. However, it did contribute to the decline of the old middle class and the rise of a new middle class. It was not rural and urban workers who were replaced by machines. Instead, rural and urban smallholders found it difficult to compete with larger organizations that had already established themselves as modern enterprises. These former self-employed or smallholders with few employees changed occupations, and this trend was reproduced in the new generation, leading to a decline in the number of petty bourgeoisie and a concomitant increase in the occupational class called non-manual routine workers.
Propagation of chaos and large deviations in mean-field models with jumps on block-structured networks
Authors: Dawson Donald A. , Sid-Ali Ahmed , Zhao Yiqiang Q. 
Published: June 2023

AbstractA system of interacting multi-class finite-state jump processes is analyzed. The model under consideration consists of a block-structured network with dynamically changing multi-color nodes. The interactions are local and described through local empirical measures. Two levels of heterogeneity are considered: between and within the blocks where the nodes are labeled into two types. The central nodes are those connected only to nodes from the same block, whereas the peripheral nodes are connected to both nodes from the same block and nodes from other blocks. Limits of such systems as the number of nodes tends to infinity are investigated. In particular, under specific regularity conditions, propagation of chaos and the law of large numbers are established in a multi-population setting. Moreover, it is shown that, as the number of nodes goes to infinity, the behavior of the system can be represented by the solution of a McKean–Vlasov system. Then, we prove large deviations principles for the vectors of empirical measures and the empirical processes, which extends the classical results of Dawson and Gärtner (Stochastics20, 1987) and Léonard (Ann. Inst. H. Poincaré Prob. Statist.31, 1995).
Application of team science best practices to the project management of a large, multi-site lung cancer screening research consortium
Authors: Steiner Julie S. , Blum-Barnett Erica , Rolland Betsy , Kraus Courtney R. , Wainwright Jocelyn V. , Bedoy Ruth , Martinez Yannica Theda , Alleman Elizabeth R. , Eibergen Roxy , Pieper Lisa E. , Carroll Nikki M. , Hixon Brian , Sterrett Andrew , Rendle Katharine A. , Saia Chelsea , Vachani Anil , Ritzwoller Debra P. , Burnett-Hartman Andrea 
Published: June 2023

Abstract
Research is increasingly conducted through multi-institutional consortia, and best practices for establishing multi-site research collaborations must be employed to ensure efficient, effective, and productive translational research teams. In this manuscript, we describe how the Population-based Research to Optimize the Screening Process Lung Research Center (PROSPR-Lung) utilized evidence-based Science of Team Science (SciTS) best practices to establish the consortium’s infrastructure and processes to promote translational research in lung cancer screening. We provide specific, actionable examples of how we: (1) developed and reinforced a shared mission, vision, and goals; (2) maintained a transparent and representative leadership structure; (3) employed strong research support systems; (4) provided efficient and effective data management; (5) promoted interdisciplinary conversations; and (6) built a culture of trust. We offer guidance for managing a multi-site research center and data repository that may be applied to a variety of settings. Finally, we detail specific project management tools and processes used to drive collaboration, efficiency, and scientific productivity.
Migration governance in civil war: The case of the Kurdish conflict
Authors: Adamson Fiona B. 
Published: June 2023

AbstractThis article examines the management and instrumentalisation of migration and mobility as an area of contested governance in civil wars. Building on work in migration studies and rebel governance, it shows how migration and mobility regimes form part of the structure of violent armed conflicts, as both states and non-state actors seek to control processes and consequences of mobility and migration to their advantage. Governance of migration during conflict involves the strategic use of mechanisms of migration governance for the purposes of achieving conflict aims. This article develops a framework for understanding how migration governance is instrumentalised in civil war as a means of managing and controlling populations. The framework is then applied to the case of the Kurdish conflict in Turkey and beyond through an analysis of three areas of migration governance that have played significant roles in this extended regional conflict: forced migration and refugee governance; border management; and diaspora engagement. The analysis provides a challenge to dominant state-centric, securitisation and humanitarian approaches to migration and security by pointing to the political and spatial complexity of contested migration governance in situations of protracted conflict.
Sexual Refusal: The Fragility of Women's Authority
Authors: Mason Elinor 
Published: June 2023

AbstractI expand on and defend a particular account of silencing that has been identified by Mary Kate McGowan. She suggests that one sort of silencing occurs when men do not think that women have the authority to refuse. I develop this proposal, arguing that it is usefully distinct from other forms of silencing, which attribute a radical misunderstanding to the perpetrator. Authority-silencing, by contrast, concedes that the perpetrator understands that the woman is trying to refuse. I examine the nature of authority and of refusal and argue that a normatively binding refusal requires authority: the normative capacity to make a determination that has a “because I said so” structure. Women's authority in this sense is fragile. Authority to refuse sexual advances can be lost through women's attire, how much they have had to drink, location, or their profession. This account makes sense of the way that perpetrators both do and do not understand sexual refusal, and explains how they are blameworthy despite their misunderstanding.
Risk factors for long coronavirus disease 2019 (long COVID) among healthcare personnel, Brazil, 2020–2022
Authors: Marra Alexandre R. , Sampaio Vanderson Souza , Ozahata Mina Cintho , Lopes Rafael , Brito Anderson F. , Bragatte Marcelo , Kalil Jorge , Miraglia João Luiz , Malheiro Daniel Tavares , Guozhang Yang , Teich Vanessa Damazio , Victor Elivane da Silva , Pinho João Renato Rebello , Cypriano Adriana , Vieira Laura Wanderly , Polonio Miria , de Oliveira Solange Miranda , Ricardo Victória Catharina Volpe , Maezato Aline Miho , Callado Gustavo Yano , Schettino Guilherme de Paula Pinto , de Oliveira Ketti Gleyzer , Santana Rúbia Anita Ferraz , Malta Fernanda de Mello , Amgarten Deyvid , Boechat Ana Laura , Kobayashi Takaaki , Perencevich Eli , Edmond Michael B. , Rizzo Luiz Vicente 
Published: June 2023

AbstractObjective:To determine risk factors for the development of long coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in healthcare personnel (HCP).Methods:We conducted a case–control study among HCP who had confirmed symptomatic COVID-19 working in a Brazilian healthcare system between March 1, 2020, and July 15, 2022. Cases were defined as those having long COVID according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention definition. Controls were defined as HCP who had documented COVID-19 but did not develop long COVID. Multiple logistic regression was used to assess the association between exposure variables and long COVID during 180 days of follow-up.Results:Of 7,051 HCP diagnosed with COVID-19, 1,933 (27.4%) who developed long COVID were compared to 5,118 (72.6%) who did not. The majority of those with long COVID (51.8%) had 3 or more symptoms. Factors associated with the development of long COVID were female sex (OR, 1.21; 95% CI, 1.05–1.39), age (OR, 1.01; 95% CI, 1.00–1.02), and 2 or more SARS-CoV-2 infections (OR, 1.27; 95% CI, 1.07–1.50). Those infected with the SARS-CoV-2 δ (delta) variant (OR, 0.30; 95% CI, 0.17–0.50) or the SARS-CoV-2 o (omicron) variant (OR, 0.49; 95% CI, 0.30–0.78), and those receiving 4 COVID-19 vaccine doses prior to infection (OR, 0.05; 95% CI, 0.01–0.19) were significantly less likely to develop long COVID.Conclusions:Long COVID can be prevalent among HCP. Acquiring >1 SARS-CoV-2 infection was a major risk factor for long COVID, while maintenance of immunity via vaccination was highly protective.
“Iranian Conditions: Health Problems and Medical Practices in the Words of the Staff of the Alliance Israélite Universelle, 1900–1950”
Authors: Headrick Isabelle S. 
Published: June 2023

AbstractThe staff of the Alliance Israélite Universelle (AIU), an international educational philanthropy, were professionally and personally buffeted by health and medical concerns. This article examines the value of their letters, arguing they serve as a deep reservoir of biased yet valuable evidence that corroborates other sources while also providing insight into the health and disease conditions of Iran's provincial cities. This article also asks why, in the early twentieth century, AIU staff failed to acknowledge Iranians who were similarly invested in medical services and public hygiene. Ultimately, the letters help scholars witness historical evolutions in Iran and in the AIU staff's understandings of the Iranian social and medical landscape they inhabited.
Effect of mulberry fruit extract on post-prandial glycaemic and insulinemic responses to different rice types: a randomised trial in healthy adults
Authors: Mela David J. , Boers Hanny M. , Kadam Tanvi , Hiemstra Harry , Kalathil Ramitha , Seijen ten Hoorn Jack W. M. 
Published: June 2023

AbstractWe previously reported that the addition of a specified mulberry fruit extract (MFE) to rice consistently reduces post-prandial glycaemic (PPG) and post-prandial insulinemic (PPI) responses. This research tested whether this effect generalises to a broad range of rice types, reflecting the wide variation in rice characteristics known to influence glycaemic responses. In a randomised, balanced, partial factorial crossover design, Sona Masoori (SM), Bora Saul (BS), Gobindobogh (Gb) and Banskati (Bn) rices were tested with and without 0·37 g MFE. Healthy, normal-weight Indian adults (N 120) each consumed four of the eight possible boiled rice meals, all containing about 50 g available carbohydrate. The primary outcome was the effect of MFE on PPG, expressed as the percentage change in the positive, incremental AUC over 2 h. The mean effect of MFE on PPG for all rice types combined was −11·4 % (P < 0·003). The reduction in PPG was in a qualitatively similar range for all rice types (–9·8 to −15·1 %), and this was statistically significant for Bn. MFE also reduced the corresponding PPI response to all rice types combined by a mean of 10·1 % (P < 0·001; range −6·1 to −13·4 %), and the reduction in PPI was statistically significant for SM, Gb and BS. In conclusion, addition of 0·37 g MFE modestly reduced PPG and PPI responses to rices in general, and the effects were statistically significant for specific rice types.
Beyond Legal Measures: A Review of the DRC's Initial Report under the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa
Authors: Makunya Trésor Muhindo 
Published: June 2023

AbstractThe Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa (Maputo Protocol) established a reporting process to monitor compliance. Despite its shortcomings, this process provides an opportunity for states to engage in a frank, constructive and open dialogue with the African Commission on the measures they have adopted to realize women's rights and the challenges they face. The DRC's initial report on implementing the Maputo Protocol provides an opportunity to assess how the country has advanced women's rights. This article notes that the DRC has adopted legislation and policies to comply with some of its obligations under the protocol. However, these have not brought about much transformation in terms of effective enjoyment of rights due to the contested nature of many women's rights and the community's patriarchal mindset. The article argues that states should focus on extra-legal measures that can counteract negative attitudes and beliefs towards women's rights.
Friendly Investing and Information Sharing in the Asset Management Industry
Authors: Golez Benjamin , Rizzo Antonino Emanuele , Zambrana Rafael 
Published: June 2023

AbstractDo asset managers engage in friendly investing to obtain privileged investment information? We test this hypothesis in the context of mutual fund connections to financial groups. Using brokers as the source of connections, we find that funds overweight the stock of connected financial groups and side with management in contested votes. We also find that fund performance improves with the extent of friendly investing. The improvement stems from trading the stock of companies that borrow from connected financial groups. Brokerage commissions do not drive the results. Our findings suggest that funds can obtain valuable information by acting as friendly shareholders.
How has the idea of prevention been conceptualised and progressed in adult social care in England?
Authors: Tew Jerry , Duggal Sandhya , Carr Sarah 
Published: June 2023

Abstract
Over recent years, a preventative approach has been promoted within adult social care policy and practice in England. However, progress has been somewhat inconsistent, in part due to issues around conceptualising what exactly prevention means within this context. Particularly since the financial crisis, there have emerged tensions between seeing prevention as a positive strategy to build assets and capability; as part of a neo-liberal project to roll back expectations for state support; or simply as a technocratic strategy to increase efficiency by deploying resources ‘upstream’ where they might have greater impact. This paper provides a critical perspective on how policy has unfolded over the last 15 years, which provides the context for an analysis of findings from a national survey of English local authorities and interviews with key stakeholders. These findings demonstrate a substantial commitment to preventative activity, but also some serious confusions and contradictions in how this agenda may be taken forward in the current policy environment.
Stratified social norms
Authors: van Wietmarschen Han 
Published: June 2023

AbstractThis article explains how social norms can help to distinguish and understand a range of different kinds of social inequality and social hierarchy. My aim is to show how the literature on social norms can provide crucial resources to relational egalitarianism, which has made social equality and inequality into a central topic of contemporary normative political theorizing. The hope is that a more discriminating and detailed picture of different kinds of social inequality will help relational egalitarians move beyond a discussion of the justice or injustice of social equality as a single general category.
“Old” Does Not Always Mean “Incompetent”: The Implication of Respect in the Perception of Older People Subtypes
Authors: Boudjemadi Valérian , Świątkowski Wojciech , Vieira Luc , Carrier Antonin , Rohmer Odile 
Published: June 2023

AbstractBuilding on the Stereotype Content Model, the present work examined the heterogeneity of the stereotypes about older people. We aimed to broaden the range of perceived predictors of competence in older people and included respect in addition to status. Seventeen subtypes were selected in a pilot study (n = 77). The main study was conducted on a French sample (n = 212) that took part in a self-reported survey. Cluster analysis showed that specific older people subtypes appear in three combinations of warmth and competence. Correlation and regression analyses showed that competition negatively predicts warmth, and that status positively predicts competence. In a substantial number of target groups, respect played a more important role than status in the perception of group competence. To sum up, this study suggests that the perceived competence of older people is not only related to perceived socio-economic status but also to the amount of respect they receive.