Foreign Population Research Articles

Unsettling Utopia: The Making and Unmaking of French India. By Jessica Namakkal

The colonial history of India is frequently associated with the British Empire, yet the French Empire also had a long-lasting and significant presence in India. Jessica Namakkal illuminates this important aspect of India’s colonial history and its legacy in her engaging book, which offers original insights and contributions to various disciplines, including French studies, colonial history, postcolonial studies, political science, and memory studies. Namakkal draws on a wide range of sources, perspectives, and original methodologies, including the study of archival material, the press of various nations, memoirs, interviews, visual media, and observations of the landscape and events taking place in contemporary Pondicherry, the former capital of the French Empire in India. The work highlights the complex entanglements, tensions, and rivalries between the British and French Empires that shaped India’s colonial history. The author offers detailed portraits of key figures who played important roles in defining the colonial history and the future of French India, such as Sri Aurobindo, Mira Alfassa, Édouard Goubert, and Raphael Ramanyya Dadala, tracing their actions and examining their thought. The volume also explores the complex interrelations between identity, nationality, ethnicity, and caste of residents of French India, and highlights the ways in which attitudes towards nationality shifted in tandem with the evolving policies and politics of the Empire. Namakkal casts light on the various migrant trajectories which arose as a consequence of the French Empire in India, including the experiences of those who migrated from Europe to French India, those who sought refuge from the British Empire in French Indian territories, and those who migrated from India to France after independence. Through an analysis of various case studies, Namakkal explores the plight of French nationals of Indian origin after independence, who were frequently alienated from both nations. She also provides fresh insight into the experiences and political significance of mixed-race residents of French India, offering a new perspective on the concept of ‘creolization’ in the context of Pondicherry. A particular strength of the work lies in its novel approach to the concept of decolonization. The author argues that decolonization in the context of French India is not merely to be equated with liberation and peace, but suggests that it engendered violence, and remains incomplete in various senses. Namakkal casts light on the ways in which various aspects of the colonial regime, including divisions and inequalities between local and foreign populations, and the oppression of indigenous populations, continue today in the form of the settlement of Auroville near Pondicherry, which, despite the utopian vision of its founder, Alfassa, ‘exemplifies the phenomenon of anticolonial colonialism, a key concept in understanding neocolonialism in a postcolonial world’ (p. 183). This thoroughly researched and thought-provoking book, which offers insights into a frequently neglected aspect of India’s colonial history, is ­especially valuable to scholars working in postcolonial, French, and South Asian studies.

The Relationship Between Migration and Private Enterprises in Shanghai during the Late Qing Dynasty and the Early Republic of China

In the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China, private enterprises in Shanghai made rapid development. There are many reasons to promote the development of private enterprises in Shanghai. From the perspective of population migration, this research analyzes how the migration of Chinese and foreign population to Shanghai promoted the development of private enterprises in Shanghai in this period from four aspects: concession, labor and demand, technology, and the change of government control over enterprises. By analyzing old photographs and data from local gazetteers of Shanghai, the paper also investigates the relationship between migration and private enterprises in Shanghai. It demonstrates that the foreign and domestic migration to Shanghai significantly contributed to the development of private enterprises in Shanghai during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Culture, religion and gender: considerations in facing migration related health inequalities in Italy.

The presence in Italy of a significant foreign population (5-6 million including both formally residents and not officially registered ones) introduces significant transformations in the Italian demography with important challenges on ensuring fundamental rights including work, education and above all, health. Access to healthcare. Issues common to the entire migrant population concern the difficulty of accessing the health system of the host country due to the lack of knowledge of its rules and its functioning, the linguistic and cultural barriers and the distrust towards a system that is not recognized as his own, as well as the difficulties and misunderstandings encountered in the relationship with health professionals. Religion, culture and gender may even increase these difficulties. Conlusion and future perspective. Culture and religion should be taken into account when designing and implementing healthcare services and healthcare workers need to be trained in acknowledging these challenges. The National Health Service should become more sensitive to the increasing cultural and religious pluralism of patients starting with investing more in the training of health professionals.

Environmental Deterioration Response to Economic and Financial Progress, FDI, and Trade Openness in Egypt: Do Structural Breaks Matter?

This study aims to explore and evaluate the effects of economic growth, financial development, foreign direct investment, energy usage, population growth, trade-in service, and trade openness on carbon dioxide release in Egypt for the period 1977-2018. This study utilizes cointegration and structural break unit root techniques to investigate integrating features of the variables under examination and cointegration among those variables. The Toda-Yamamoto test is performed to test for causality among the variables. The unit root test, variance decomposition under the vector autoregressive (VAR) approach, impulse response function, and Granger causality under VAR environment have been applied to infer the short and long-run statistical dynamics. Empirical findings reveal that economic growth, energy usage, and total population may increase CO2 emissions. So, these factors are positively linked with environmental degradation. Besides, financial development and trade openness may improve environmental quality, as they significantly negatively affect CO2 emissions. Moreover, foreign direct investment and environmental degradation may cause each other in the Granger sense.

The profile of foreign urban gardeners in the municipalities of Lombardy (Italy)

This paper offers the first insight into the profile (origin, age, family background) of foreign urban gardeners in Lombard municipalities. The cultivation of urban gardens encourages socialisation among gardeners and the rest of the population, and also consolidates social capital at local level. Studies confirming these benefits proliferate in the current literature. However, they estimate these effects with reference to the entire population of gardeners, without specifically considering the consequences for particular social sub-groups. This scarce knowledge prevents a better understanding of the characteristics of these sub-groups and the individual benefits that can be derived from the cultivation. This is especially true for the subset of foreign gardeners, which is currently understudied. This group consists of foreign-born people who live in Italian municipalities for family or work reasons and cultivate an urban garden at present. Since their cultivation promotes socialisation, urban gardens could play a decisive role for accelerating the integration of this group into their local communities and therefore reduce the risk of social isolation and marginalisation. The description of the profile of foreign gardeners is proposed for Lombardy since here the foreign resident population is continuously growing at regional level. Currently, foreign-born residents represent about 12 per cent of the entire population (the highest percentage in Italy). Although the Lombard regional government has legally recognised the importance of urban gardens, there is no database of cultivated plots, or detailed information related to the number of gardens cultivated by foreign-born residents, at a regional level. As a result of the elaboration of answers to a questionnaire, many Lombard municipalities have experimented with urban gardening projects in their territories. The municipalities in question are primarily located around provincial capitals and in the area between Milan and Bergamo. Some of these municipalities have allocated urban gardens to foreign citizens; these municipalities are located across the region, but particularly in the provincial capitals and in the municipalities closest to these urban centres. Foreign gardeners come predominantly from North Africa and Eastern Europe. Most of them are over 40 years old, married and have children. Only in two municipalities are the foreign gardeners more likely to be single or without children.

The Effects of Manufacturing Sector Output on Environmental Sustainability in Nigeria from 1990 to 2019

The study examined the effects of manufacturing sector output on environmental sustainability in Nigeria from 1990 to 2019. The variables used in the study are CO2 emissions as the dependent variable, and manufacturing sector output as the independent variable, with foreign direct investment, electricity production and population density applied as control variables. Co-integration tests indicated the presence of a long-run relationship among the variables of the study. The study employed the Autoregressive Distributed Lag Model (ARDL) for regression analysis. The result of the regression analysis indicates that the second lagged period of CO2 emissions has a negative impact on CO2 emissions in the current period. Also, manufacturing output has an insignificant effect on the rate of carbon dioxide emissions in Nigeria, both in the first and second lagged periods. However, electricity production has a significant effect on CO2 emissions in Nigeria. In addition, among the control variables of the study (FDI, PPD and EPD), foreign direct investment exhibits an insignificant effect on environmental sustainability in Nigeria. The study recommends that the government institutes and empowers environmental regulatory agencies that will help check environmentally harmful practices by manufacturing firms and industrial areas in the country.

Nonlinear Effects of Eco-Industrial Parks on Sulfur Dioxide and Carbon Dioxide Emissions—Estimation Based on Nonlinear DID

Eco-industrial parks (EIPs) promote the coordination of economic development and environmental protection. This paper uses the nonlinear DID method, with the data of 288 cities spanning from 2003–2019, to study the nonlinear effects of EIPs on SO2 and CO2 emissions, aiming to portray the nonlinear and heterogeneous characteristics of EIP’s effects. Meanwhile, this paper examines the effects of EIPs more accurately and completely. The main results are as follows: 1. EIPs can significantly reduce CO2 and SO2 emissions, but there is significant heterogeneity between the effects. 2. The effect of EIPs on SO2 and CO2 emissions is nonlinear. In addition, it shows significant nonlinear characteristics as the change of foreign investment and population density in cities. Therefore, it is important to consider these nonlinear characteristics when establishing and evaluating EIPs. This paper accurately identifies the nonlinear effects of EIPs and provides some suggestions for the future development of EIPs.

From Russia with fear: fear appeals and the patterns of cyber-enabled influence operations

Abstract Much research on influence operations (IO) and cyber-enabled influence operations (CEIO) rests on the assumption that state-backed digital interference attempts to generically produce sociopolitical division favorable to the perpetrator’s own interests. And yet, the empirical record of malicious IO during the 2010s show that social media manipulation and messaging takes a number of forms. In this article, we survey arguments regarding the targeting tactics and techniques associated with digital age IO and suggest that existing accounts tend to ignore the strategic context of foreign interference. We propose that state-sponsored IO are not unlike conventional political messaging campaigns in that they are an evolving flow of information rooted in several key objectives and assumptions. However, the strategic position of foreign actors as an outside force constrains opportunities for effective manipulation and forces certain operational constraints that shape practice. These outside actors, generally unable to create sensation from nothing without being unveiled, rely on domestic events tied to a broad macrosocial division (e.g. an act of race violence or protest activity) to create the conditions wherein social media manipulation can be leveraged to strategic gain. Once an event occurs, belligerents tailor steps being taken to embed themselves in relevant social networks with the goal of turning that influence toward some action. We illustrate and validate this framework using the content of the Russian Federation’s coordinated trolling campaign against the USA between 2015 and 2016. We deploy an empirical testing approach centered on fear appeals as a likely method for engaging foreign populations relative to some domestic triggering event and find support of our framework. Specifically, we show that while strong associations exist between Russian ad emissions on Facebook and societal unrest in the period, those relationships are not statistically causal. We find a temporal ordering of social media content that is highly suggestive of a fear appeals strategy responsive to macrosocial dividing events. Of unique interest, we also see that malware is targeted to social media populations at later stages of the fear appeal threat lifecycle, implying lessons for those specifically interested in the relationship between CEIO and disinformation tactics.

Meta-analysis of lung cancer in Chinese population in genetic predisposition

The prevention and diagnosis of lung cancer in the Chinese population has received extensive attention in past few years. Many studies have suggested that genetic predisposition may be a risk factor for lung cancer and an important means for early diagnosis of carcinoma of the lung. At present, the research on the molecular mechanism of lung cancer has been carried out on the whole genome, and a large number of SNPs have also been found in the Chinese population, these results suggest that the genetic predisposing factors of lung cancer in Chinese population are different from those in foreign population.

Exploration of Influencing Factors for Postoperative Recurrence in Patients with Madelung's Disease on the Basis of Multivariate Stepwise Cox Regression Analysis.

Madelung's disease (MD) is a rare condition of massive deposits of fat accumulations between superficial and deep fascia at typical locations. There is an absence of systematic studies related to MD in the Chinese cohort. Thus, the objective of the study was to investigate the clinical features of the MD cases in our institution and to explore the clinical variables associated with postoperative recurrence. We retrospectively analyzed the clinical information of 21 individuals with MD from 2013 to 2021 enrolled in our institution. The paired t-test and χ 2 test were, respectively, used to determine the difference between continuous and classified variables. The univariate Kaplan-Meier analysis by log-rank and multivariate stepwise Cox regression analysis were used to explore variables possibly associated with postoperative recurrence in MD individuals. In the current study, 90.48% of the studied patients were male with a mean age of 48.76 years old. About 61.90% exhibited type I MD. MD patients who experienced postoperative recurrence had a higher age, BMI, incidence of chronic complications, and prevalence of alcoholism than the other MD patients without recurrence (P < 0.05). The univariate Kaplan-Meier analysis by log-rank identified that age, BMI, alcoholism, and comorbidities were influencing factors related with postoperative recurrence (P < 0.05). Demographic characteristics of the 21 studied Chinese cases with MD were generally in accordance with previously published data of other foreign populations. The factors possibly influencing the postoperative recurrence for patients with MD were age, BMI, alcoholism, and a combination of comorbidities. This is the first time that a summarization of clinical characteristics and postoperative recurrence variables of Chinese patients with MD has been reported.

Foreigners living in Tuscany at the time of coronavirus outbreak

BackgroundDuring the coronavirus outbreak, a worldwide state of emergency and lockdown significantly affected the volunteer services for foreigners. The SARS-CoV-2 surveillance program was strengthened among migrants arriving in Italy. However, few screening measures for SARS-CoV2 infection have been conducted on the foreign population already present in Italy. In Tuscany, a great effort was made to know the epidemiological features of coronavirus outbreaks in the foreigners. Based on these premises, this study describes the prevalence and characteristics of SARS-CoV-2 infection in foreigners present in the Tuscan territory during the months of the highest incidence of this pandemic. MethodsMinistry of Health established the COVID-19 surveillance and predisposed the methods for reporting cases of SARS-CoV-2 infection in agreement with the Department of Infectious Diseases of the Istituto Superiore di Sanità. Data on SARS-CoV-2, updated daily, were collected based on the platform of the Istituto Superiore di Sanità.For each patient were available data on diagnosis, gender, age, nationality, exposure place, hospitalization and symptoms severity. Symptoms severity was classified using a 6-level scale (asymptomatic, paucisymptomatic, mild symptoms, severe symptoms, critic, and died). ResultsBy July 14, 2020, 10,090 SARS-CoV-2 cases were recorded. Out of 10,090 cases, 8,947 were Italians (88.7%), 608 foreigners (6%); in 535 patients (5.3%) citizenship was missing. The average age of foreigners was 44.1 years (range: 42.9–45.4), compared to 61.1 years (range: 60.7–61.5) of Italians. Chronic pathologies affected 16.8% of foreigners (14.0% -20.0%) and 36.4% of Italians (35.4% -37.4%). Foreigners with asymptomatic or mild symptoms of COVID-19 were 81.7% (78.4% -84.6%), while the Italians were 67% (66.6% -68.5%). Foreigners with severe COVID-19 were 15.2% (12.6% -18.4%) and Italians were 17.6% (16.8% -18.4%). Foreigners in critical conditions were 1.0% (0.5% -2.2%) and Italians were 2.6% (2.3% -3.0%). 38.6% (33.7% -43.7%) of foreigners were infected at the workplace as a health or social-health worker, compared to 24.2% (23.1% -25.4%) of Italians. ConclusionThe time between the onset of symptoms and the execution of the laboratory tests was similar between foreigners and Italians. The foreigners infected by SARS-COV-2 were younger compared to the Italians. Foreigners showed few comorbidities, and asymptomatic or mild symptomatic COVID-19, and consequently, a low lethality index. National and Tuscany policy decisions are needed to create equity in the access to the health care system for immigrants and their families, regardless of their immigration status.

Social infrastructures and socio-economic vulnerability: A socio-territorial integration study in Spanish urban contexts

The growing processes of the socio-economic inequality resulting from the neoliberal political model are evident in large Spanish cities, with a spatial dimension that allows us to visualise its contradictions with great clarity. These social contradictions are particularly marked among the most vulnerable and foreign population groups. For this reason, the study of the spaces and services termed Social Infrastructures (SI), as facilities which favour social integration and cohesion in the city, is of special importance. Our study addresses the distribution of SI in the Spanish cities of Madrid and Barcelona, their relationship with the level of vulnerability in the neighbourhoods and the distribution of the Spanish and foreign population in a novel way, by creating a synthetic SI index and using a non-hierarchical clustering method. Our results show two completely different city models: in Barcelona, SI are distributed following the criterion of socio-territorial equity, while in Madrid, there is a greater presence of SI in the wealthier areas. This leads us to reflect on the social and political implications of our results in both cities.

A cross-sectional study of the periapical status of teeth and quality of root canal treatment in a selected population of young Turkish and foreigners living in Türkiye

A cross-sectional study of the periapical status of teeth and quality of root canal treatment in a selected population of young Turkish and foreigners living in Türkiye

Evaluation of the Determinants of Economic Growth in Nigeria

This project examines the determinant of economic growth in Nigeria using time series economic data spanning from 1990 to 2022. Macroeconomic variable used includes foreign direct investment foreign aid population and GDP. The stationarity process of the variables was tested using ADF and PP unit root test. The study also employs Auto regressive distributed lag model in assessing the determinants of economic growth in Nigeria. Johansson cointegration test is applied in testing cointegration relation while direction of causality among the variable was analyzed using granger causality test. Unit root test result reveals that all the variable becomes stationary after first differencing. Finding based on ARDL estimation indicates significant and insignificant impacts of GDP lagged, FDI, POP and AID on economic growth in Nigeria. Cointegration test result reveals the presence of cointegration relation among the variable. Other findings based on the direction of causality shows the absence of causal relationship among the variable. It is recommended that Nigerian Governments should provide an enabling environment to attract foreign direct investment.

ФАКТОРНИЙ АНАЛІЗ ПОЛІТИКИ ЕКОНОМІЧНОГО РИВКА В ЛАТИНОАМЕРИКАНСЬКИХ КРАЇНАХ

In order to identify the key factors of the economic growth of Latin American countries (Argentina, Brazil, Mexico), a factor analysis of the dependence of the state of economic development on a number of macroeconomic indicators in the period of 1960–2020 is carried out. During the analysis gross domestic product in current prices, are selected as the result indicator. In the same time, are selected the following factors: the share of industry in the GDP, the share of agriculture in GDP, export and import of goods and services in the GDP, attracting foreign direct investment, population and gross capital accumulation. It is revealed that the following factors (in descending order) have the greatest influence on the economic growth opportunities of newly industrialized countries: Argentina – population size; import of goods and services; share of industry and agriculture in GDP; Brazil – population; share of agriculture in the GDP; import of goods and services; Mexico – import of goods and services, population; export of goods and services; attraction of foreign direct investment. Thus, the analysis established that the policy of the economic level in Latin American countries has the character of deindustrialization, and in terms of factors of economic growth, it differs significantly from the countries of Europe and the Asian region, where important factors were the development of industry; the export of innovative products; involvement capital for extended reproduction. According to the research data, the main problems related to the implementation of import substitution policy in the newly industrialized countries of Latin America are detected, and key lessons for Ukraine that should be learned from the experience of these countries are developed. These recommendations are the need to build up one's own industrial potential; diversification of industry under the conditions of expansion of exports not of raw materials, but of technologically more complex products with higher competitiveness on the foreign market; stimulating scientific and technical progress and improving the qualifications of labor resources at the national level; increase in gross accumulation etc.

The Impact of Logistics Agglomeration on Green Economy Development

Based on the panel data of 30 Chinese provinces from 2011-2019, the entropy value method and Tobit regression model are applied to study the impact of logistics industry agglomeration on green economic development. The results show that the impact of logistics industry agglomeration on green economic development shows a significant promotion effect; foreign direct investment, urbanization level and population density have a significant positive impact on green economic development; human capital and government expenditure have a more significant negative impact on green economic development.

Seroprevalence of Measles IgG Antibodies in Married Immigrant Women from Multicultural Families in Korea.

Although an effective vaccine has been available, measles still causes mast morbidity and mortality world widely. In Korea, a small number of measles cases have been reported through exposure to imported cases among young people with vaccine-induced measles immunity. Recently due to international migration including marriage, marriage migrants were the second-largest group of foreign population in Korea. Our study was carried out to obtain positive rate of measles antibody among married immigrant women from 12 countries in 10 Gun-Counties and 6 Cities, Korea. A total of 547 blood samples were collected from maternal multicultural members from 12 countries. The measles-specific IgG antibody was measured by ELISA (Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay; Enzygnost® Anti-measles virus/IgG, Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Products GmbH, Marburg, Germany). We performed a simple logistic regression to test whether the measles antibody seroprevalence differed by participant age, location, or country of birth and then calculated the likelihood ratio statistics to determine whether measles antibody seroprevalence differed by country of birth. Overall positive measles seroprevalence was 75.3% (95% confidence interval: 71.7 - 78.9). Participants aged 20 - 24 years, 25 - 29 years, and 30 - 63 years has respective seropositivities of 52.5%, 55.3%, and 82.7%. In this study, the geometric mean titers of participants aged 21 - 29 years were slightly lower than those of participants aged over 30 years, which were 1,372 mIU/ml and 2,261 mIU/ml, respectively (average of total participants: 2,027 mIU/ml). The study provides detailed information about seroimmunity of the married immigrant population in Korea, which is important for measles elimination. Since the 1980s, most vaccine-preventable diseases including measles have been well-controlled. Nevertheless, sporadic measles outbreaks are still reported. Thus, special attention should be paid to the possible importation of infectious diseases such as measles by immigration.

Financial Development and Economic Growth Nexus

This paper attempts to examine the Nexus between finance growth by indigenised economic growth, financial development, fixed gross capital, foreign direct investment, total trade, population and remittance for Nepal during the period from 1981-2021. Using ARDL, there exists evidence of co-integration among the variables used in the model, based on ARDL model and causality test, suggests that there is long run relationship and long run adjustment in short run. Furthermore, the result also point out that fixed gross capital and total trade on not contributed to achieve economic growth in the Nepalese context. Both the sustainability diagnostic and residual diagnosis test indicates that the estimation is free from spurious form.

Digital Authoritarianism in the Middle East: Deception, Disinformation and Social Media

Digital Authoritarianism in the Middle East: Deception, Disinformation and Social Media

Trends and characteristics of multiple births in Baoan Shenzhen: A retrospective study over a decade.

Shenzhen has the largest and youngest foreign population among all cities in China. The reproductive health of pregnant women from different backgrounds is a social issue that deserves attention. In the past decade, China has liberalized its population policies to stimulate population growth, and the proportion of multiple births has continued to increase. This retrospective cohort included 526,654 newborns born in Baoan, Shenzhen, from January 1, 2009, to December 31, 2019, including 515,016 singletons and 11,638 twins or triplets. Univariate regression models were used to analyze the effects of maternal sociodemographic characteristics, physiological characteristics, medical history, antenatal care and other factors associated with single vs. multiple births and to elucidate the changing trends of different factors affecting multiple births in the past 11 years. Additionally, fetal development in multiple births was analyzed by generalized linear mixed models. The rates of pregnancy complications, preterm birth, and advanced-age pregnancy were significantly higher in the multiple birth mothers than in single birth mothers, and more multiple pregnancies were achieved through assisted reproductive technologies. The rates of adverse outcomes such as stillbirth, malformation, hypoxia, and ultralow body weight in multiple fetuses were significantly higher than that in singleton fetuses. The trend analysis from 2009 to 2019 showed that the socioeconomic status and health level of mothers with multiple births improved over time, and the risk during pregnancy generally decreased. Simultaneously, the development indicators of multiple fetuses have improved year by year, and the proportion of adverse outcomes has also decreased significantly. A low pre-natal care utilization rate was shown to be detrimental to the development of multiple fetuses. Independent risk factors for hypoxia and very low birth weight were also identified. The differences in secular trends between two birth groups were further revealed by time series models. This study presented a comprehensive survey of multiple pregnancies in the area with the largest population inflow in China. This study identified the factors that affect the health of multiple birth mothers and their fetuses, particularly suggesting that preterm birth rates and the use of assisted reproduction remain high. The findings provide a basis for the formulation of individualized pre-natal care, assisted reproductive guidance and healthcare policies for multiple births.