Rapid Pace Research Articles

Development of migration processes in the context of transformation of international relations

Introduction. The practical study of migration trends in the modern global economy and the increase in the movement of people has become a key area of research. This subject requires reliable theoretical and methodological support due to the rapid pace of change and the ever-changing socio-economic landscape, as well as the challenges of transforming global relations. In fact, migration processes have always been an integral part of international relations, but the conditions and context of their development are constantly changing. Transformations in international relations caused by political, economic, social, and environmental factors have a particular impact on the direction of migration processes. Therefore, it is necessary to reassess existing approaches to global migration policy, taking into account their impact on the socio-economic development of countries with different socio-economic systems. The purpose of the paper is to identify conceptually new approaches to migration processes and to reveal transformational processes in international economic relations. Results. Migration can be defined as the movement across international borders from or within a place of residence. Migration can be viewed from different perspectives, both in a positive sense (moving in search of a new job or better living conditions) and in a negative sense (fleeing political repression, conflict, violence, natural disasters or human rights violations). In principle, migration involves significant changes in the cultural structures of both the migrant and the host country. In the context of socio-economic instability, the model of the migration process development environment should be based on building the potential of intellectual, human and economic security, justifying the priorities of the national economy in the context of limited resources. Methodological assessments of the migration process environment should determine not only the level of pushing the population abroad and attracting migrants to the destination country, but also the optimal containment of labor and educational migration. Conclusion. The global arena is undergoing a process of transformation of international economic relations, which is caused by the approaching systemic crisis caused by capital overhang. This phenomenon affects every country in the world. In the process of global transformation, in order to maintain relations between countries, it is necessary to reform the migration system. It is important that migration policy is regulated at the international level, so that each state can control its population, labour market and support its economy. It also ensures the rights of foreign workers: working conditions, wages, social protection, and health insurance. The prospect of further research is a statistical analysis of the number of migrants and their impact on the economies of the host countries. This includes analysing the impact of migration on the labour market, economic growth and wealth distribution, socio-cultural impact, political implications, security aspects, and technological innovations.

Assessment of Immunization Coverage and its Determinants Amongst Children in an Urban Area. Study Protocol of a Cross Sectional Study

Abstract* Introduction The country’s immunization rate is frequently below the international and national goals, and it is not distributed evenly. Children should be immunized for several reasons, chief among them being that it is the main defense against a variety of serious and frequently life-threatening illnesses. Every year, it prevents debilitating illness and disability and saves millions of lives throughout the world. The urban population in India is experiencing exponential growth. However, the public sector’s urban healthcare delivery system has encountered difficulties in keeping up with the rapid pace, exhibiting limitations in its reach and falling short of meeting the increasing demands. There is a need for government to pay attention at immunization rates and related variables in children (12–23 months) in the urban area. Objectives • To assess the overall immunization coverage rate for children in the urban area. • To assess the determinants associated with immunisation coverage in an urban area. • To explore healthcare access and infrastructure: Examine the availability and accessibility of healthcare facilities and vaccination services within the urban area. Method Information will be collected using semi- structured questionnaire in kobo collect tool. The parents of the child will be asked whether they have their immunization cards with complete immunization of their children. Study implications This study seeks to appraise the participant’s current immunization status with association to various determinants related to immunisation coverage. The study will also explore the availability of health infrastructure in association with immunization coverage. Furthermore, the gathered data may be utilized in further studies.

Краудфандинг и краудлендинг или кредитный ритейл

In the modern world, where technology is developing at a rapid pace, new ways of financing business projects and personal goals are emerging. Crowdfunding and crowdlending have become one of the most popular methods of raising funds in recent years. They offer an alternative to traditional methods of obtaining a loan or investment

Industry 5.0: A comprehensive insight into the future of work, social sustainability, sustainable development, and career

Industry 5.0 marks a significant transition in the industrial sector, integrating human centricity with technological advancements. It redefines work dynamics, emphasizing social sustainability and sustainable development in shaping career paths. The necessity for equitable workforce training, prioritizing worker well-being alongside technological adaptation, is pivotal. The rapid pace of technological advancement relates to significant investment in talent development, emphasizing the workforce's upskilling and reskilling and the importance of continuous learning to meet these new challenges. It advocates for inclusive and comprehensive training programs that cater to diverse workforce needs. Addressing challenges while leveraging opportunities for social and environmental sustainability is critical for Industry 5.0's success. This transition aims to create a sustainable, inclusive industrial future where technological advancements are harmonized with human values and environmental considerations. This approach sets a new standard for industrial operations and career development, positioning Industry 5.0 as a landmark for modern, responsible, and sustainable industrial practices.

Microbial abundances and carbon use under ambient temperature or experimental warming in a southern boreal peatland

Organic peat soils occupy relatively little of the global land surface area but store vast amounts of soil carbon in northern latitudes where climate is warming at a rapid pace. Warming may result in strong positive feedbacks of carbon loss and global climate change driven by microbial processes if warming alters the balance between primary productivity and decomposition. To elucidate effects of warming on the microbial communities mediating peat carbon dynamics, we explored the abundance of broad microbial groups and their source of carbon (i.e. old carbon versus more recently fixed photosynthate) using microbial lipid analysis (δ13C PLFA) of peat samples under ambient temperatures and before/after initiation of experimental peat warming (+ 2.25, + 4.5, + 6.75, and + 9 °C). This analysis occurred over a profile to 2 m depth in an undrained, ombrotrophic peat bog in northern Minnesota. We found that the total microbial biomass and individual indicator lipid abundances were stratified by depth and strongly correlated to temperature under ambient conditions. However, under experimental warming, statistically significant effects of temperature on the microbial community were sporadic and inconsistent. For example, 3 months after experimental warming the relative abundance of Gram-negative bacterial indicators across depth combined and > 50 cm depth and Gram-positive bacterial indicators at 20–50 cm depth showed significant positive relationships to temperature. At that same timepoint, however, the relative abundance of Actinobacterial indicators across depth showed a significant negative relationship to temperature. After 10 months of experimental warming, the relative abundance of fungal biomarkers was positively related to temperature in all depths combined, and the absolute abundance of anaerobic bacteria declined with increasing temperature in the 20–50 cm depth interval. The lack of observed response in the broader microbial community may suggest that at least initially, microbial community structure with peat depth in these peatlands is driven more by bulk density and soil water content than temperature. Alternatively, the lack of broad microbial community response may simply represent a lag period, with more change to come in the future. The long-term trajectory of microbial response to warming in this ecosystem then could either be direct, after this initial lag time, or indirect through other physical or biogeochemical changes in the peat profile. These initial results provide an important baseline against which to measure long-term microbial community and carbon-cycling responses to warming and elevated CO2.

Secure Cloud Architecture

Cloud computing refers to the availability of online resources and services. Global data centers serve as the delivery hubs for cloud services. Cloud computing helps its users by giving them access to virtual resources over the internet. Pay-Per Use-On-Demand mode is provided by cloud computing and e-trade. It may be easily accessible and shared via IT resources with the help of the internet. The primary obstacle in cloud computing is to protection and privacy issues arising from its multi-tenancy structure, as well as the outsourcing of critical applications, infrastructure, and sensitive data. Businesses are utilizing cloud services at a rapid pace; therefore, it is necessary to implement measures that ensure businesses have security and can select a provider that suits them. An advancement in current technology that fulfills the long-held dream of computing as a utility is cloud computing. The majority of private and public sector businesses have been deceived by the emergence of this innovative technology in the IT industry. The two main security-based approaches now in use for cloud-based platforms are holomorphic encryption and single tamper-proof hardware. Scalability is a problem for hardware-based solutions, but holomorphic encryptions are merely an idea. Furthermore, because of the different nature of its services and deployment strategy, cloud-based platforms cannot directly incorporate standard defense in-depth security mechanisms. To secure the cloud-based platform, however, the same idea of a multi-layered security mechanism can be suggested

Abstract 7449: Incidence of secondary malignancies in early onset colorectal cancer (EOCRC) patients

Abstract Introduction: The incidence of colorectal cancer in the younger population (20-49) continues to rise at a rapid pace. EOCRC patients are potentially at risk for developing additional secondary malignancies. There is a lack of reported data in the EOCRC space. In this analysis, we seek to examine the incidence, trends, and outcomes of secondary malignancies in EOCRC patients. Methods: The surveillance, epidemiology, and end-result (SEER) database was utilized to assess and compare the incidence and factors associated with development of secondary malignancies among EOCRC patients. Patient characteristics were summarized by secondary cancer status and compared using the Pearson chi-square test. Further OS was assessed using Kaplan- -Meier methods and compared across groups using the log-rank test. Multivariable Logistic regression models using backward selection approach were used to evaluate the association between patient characteristics and risk of secondary cancers. All statistics were performed using SAS version 9.4 (SAS Institute Inc., Cary, NC). Results: Of the 53,891 patients analyzed, 2578 (4.8%) patients with EOCRC developed a secondary malignancy in the SEER database from 2000-2019. The mean age for developing a secondary malignancy was 47.6 yo (median 48 yo; range 20-69). There was a higher likelihood of second cancers among men(56%), white patients (61.4%), those with stage II (25.5%). and III (32.8%) CRC. The patients who most commonly developed a secondary malignancy were in the age group 40-49(p <.001). Of the patients who developed a secondary malignancy, 1843 (71.5%) initially had a primary colon cancer compared to 920 (22.6%) having rectal cancer, with the remainder having a rectosigmoid cancer. Of the patients who developed secondary malignancies, a majority had received prior chemotherapy (58.5%), and a minority of patients received radiation therapy (20.6%) Patients who had a partner had a higher incidence of secondary malignancy (59.5%) and they were more likely to have resided in a metropolitan area compared to a nonmetropolitan area (86.6 versus 13.2% respectively). The most common sites of secondary malignancy were: an additional colorectal cancer (47.7%), followed by breast cancer (8.2%) urinary tract cancer (7.1%), thyroid cancer (7%) and prostate cancer (5%). Patients who developed a secondary cancer were found to have an improved disease specific survival (DSS) compared to those who did not develop a secondary malignancy (3 year mDSS 89% vs 74%; p <.001)The overall survival of patients who developed a secondary malignancy was worse than those who did not develop one (mOS 208 months vs 229 mos respectively). Conclusion: EOCRC patients are likely to develop secondary malignancies. Long-term screening should be recommended for these patients and integrated into their survivorship plans. Citation Format: Deepak Vadehra, Kristopher Attwood, Anthony George, Shailesh Advani, Sahithi Sonti, Sarbajit Mukherjee. Incidence of secondary malignancies in early onset colorectal cancer (EOCRC) patients [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting 2024; Part 1 (Regular Abstracts); 2024 Apr 5-10; San Diego, CA. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2024;84(6_Suppl):Abstract nr 7449.

ნინოწმინდის გაზნავთობიანი ბუდობის დამუშავება პროდუქტიულ ფენაზე ჰიდროდინამიკური ზემოქმედების მეთოდებით

Ninotsminda oil-and-gas bearing deposit connected with the fractured-cavernous reservoirs of the Middle Eocene volcanogenic-sedimentary suite is in its final, 4th stage of development (operates since 1979). Its energy potential is determined by water drive and gas drive regimes. The main of the prevailing issues is the rapid pace and the scale of production becoming water-cut. Productive suite, that is mainly built with tuff, is anisotropic due to numerous parameters. Respectively, intervals and sections with high and low-filtration properties are identified in the geological cross-section. In addition, the producer well coverage is not dense enough and undeveloped oil-bearing zones (lenses) remain in the spaces between the wells. All of the above indicates that the field is unevenly developed, and certain oil reserves are remaining there. In the period of 2000-2006 and since 2015 the methods of horizontal well drilling and injection of technical water into the productive layer were applied to increase the oil recovery factor. In the result, production (oil and gas) noticeably increased. Application of the complex hydrodynamic methods in the future will enable us to significantly increase the remaining oil production from the stratigraphically lower, water-cut horizons of the productive suite.

Accessibility, availability and common practices regarding genetic testing for epilepsy across Europe: A survey of the European Reference Network EpiCARE.

The increasingly rapid pace of advancement in genetic testing may lead to inequalities in technical and human resources with a negative impact on optimal epilepsy clinical practice. In this view, the European Reference Network (ERN) for Rare and Complex Epilepsies EpiCARE conducted a survey addressing several aspects of accessibility, availability, costs, and standard practices on genetic testing across ERN EpiCARE centers. An online Google form was sent to 70 representatives of ERN EpiCARE centers. Descriptive statistics and qualitative analysis were used for data presentation. We received 45 responses (1/center) representing 23 European countries with a better representation of Western Europe. Forty-five percent of the centers did not have access to all available types of genetic testing, mainly reflecting the limited availability of whole-genome sequencing (WGS). Thirty-five percent of centers report cost coverage only for some of the available tests, while costs per test varied significantly (interquartile range IQR ranging from 150 to 1173 euros per test across centers). Urgent genetic testing is available in 71.7% of countries (time-to-urgent result: 2 day to 2 months). The average time-to-result of specific tests in case of non-urgent prescription has a significant variance across centers, with the biggest range observed for whole-exome sequencing (6-128 weeks, IQR: 27 weeks). The percentage of agreement among the experts regarding the choice of genetic test at first intention in specific clinical situations was in all cases less than 50 percent (34.9% to 47% according to the proposed scenarios). Costs, time to deliver the results to the clinician, and type of first-line genetic testing vary widely across Europe, even in countries where ERN EpiCARE centers are present. Increased availability of genetic tests and guidance for optimal test choices in epilepsy remains essential to avoid diagnostic delays and excess health costs. The survey of the ERN EpiCARE highlights disparities in genetic testing for epilepsy across 45 ERN EpiCARE centers in 23 European countries. The findings reveal variable access to certain genetic tests, with lowest access to WGS. Costs and time-to-results vary widely. Urgent genetic testing is available in 71.7% of countries. Agreement among experts on first-line genetic tests for specific patient scenarios is below 50%. The study emphasizes the need for improved test availability and guidance to avoid diagnostic delays and unnecessary costs. EpiCARE has the mission to contribute in homogenizing best practices across Europe.

Abstract 7426: The GenePattern ecosystem for cancer bioinformatics

Abstract As the availability of genomic data and analysis tools from large-scale cancer initiatives continues to increase, with single-cell studies adding new dimensions to the potential scientific insights, the need has become more urgent for a software environment that supports the rapid pace of cancer data science. The GenePattern ecosystem, first introduced in 2004 and updated continually to support the changing needs of cancer genomics research, supports the analytical, computational, and reproducibility needs of the world-wide cancer analysis community.The GenePattern server, available at www.genepattern.org, provides hundreds of analysis methods for scientists at all levels of computational sophistication, with the only requirement for use being a web browser. The GenePattern server offers bulk and single-cell RNA-seq, copy number variation, flow cytometry, network analysis, general machine learning, gene set enrichment analysis, proteomics, and many other modalities. Analysis steps can be linked together into pipelines that can then be edited, shared, and made public. All parameters of an analysis, including the code version, are recorded so that an analytical result can be reproduced at any point in the future.The GenePattern Notebook system, notebook.genepattern.org, is an integration of the Jupyter Notebook environment with the GenePattern server. It combines the research narrative capabilities of Jupyter with the non-programming approach and breadth of analyses available in GenePattern. Scientists using GenePattern Notebook can create documents that include richly-formatted text and multimedia, executable code, and GenePattern analyses. A single GenePattern notebook can therefore comprise a sophisticated analytical workflow that runs on multiple remote servers.We have recently expanded GenePattern Notebook into a new notebook environment, Genomics to Notebook, g2nb.org, which adds the ability to include analyses on any public Galaxy server as well as using the Integrative Genomics Viewer (IGV) and Cytoscape within notebooks. Each analysis or visualization appears a cell within a notebook, preserving the accessibility and ease of use of the notebook metaphor while retaining the essential aspects of each tool’s user interface. When run, the entire analysis appears to execute seamlessly within the notebook. The online workspace also includes a library of featured genomic analysis notebooks, including templates for common analysis tasks as well as cancer-specific research scenarios and compute-intensive methods. Scientists can easily copy these notebooks, use them as is, or adapt them for their research purposes. Citation Format: Michael M. Reich, Thorin Tabor, John Liefeld, Edwin Huang, Forrest Kim, Jill P. Mesirov. The GenePattern ecosystem for cancer bioinformatics [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting 2024; Part 1 (Regular Abstracts); 2024 Apr 5-10; San Diego, CA. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2024;84(6_Suppl):Abstract nr 7426.

Care of the Pediatric Patient for Ambulatory Tonsillectomy With or Without Adenoidectomy: The Society for Ambulatory Anesthesia Position Statement.

The landscape of ambulatory surgery is changing, and tonsillectomy with or without adenoidectomy is one of the most common pediatric surgical procedures performed nationally. The number of children undergoing tonsillectomy on an ambulatory basis continues to increase. The 2 most common indications for tonsillectomy are recurrent throat infections and obstructive sleep-disordered breathing. The most frequent early complications after tonsillectomy are hemorrhage and ventilatory compromise. In areas lacking a dedicated children's hospital, these cases are managed by a nonpediatric specialized anesthesiologist and general otolaryngology surgeon. In response to requests from our members without pediatric fellowship training and/or who care for pediatric patients infrequently, the Pediatric Committee of the Society for Ambulatory Anesthesia (SAMBA) developed a position statement with recommendations for the safe perioperative care of pediatric patients undergoing tonsillectomy with and without adenoidectomy in freestanding ambulatory surgical facilities. This statement identifies children that are more likely to experience complications and to require additional dedicated provider time that is not conducive to the rapid pace and staffing ratios of many freestanding ambulatory centers with mixed adult and pediatric practices. The aim is to provide health care professionals with practical criteria and suggestions based on the best available evidence. When high-quality evidence is unavailable, we relied on group consensus from pediatric ambulatory specialists in the SAMBA Pediatric Committee. Consensus recommendations were presented to the Pediatric Committee of SAMBA.

The role of perception-action coupling in badminton-specific vision training: A narrative review

Background and Study Aim. Badminton is a sport characterized by intense competition and rapid pace, necessitating exceptional hand-eye coordination, mental sharpness, and visual acuity from its players. Rapid interchanges and complex shot combinations highlight the imperative for players to maintain heightened concentration and exhibit quick decision-making capabilities. Given these demands, visual training has emerged as an indispensable tool for enhancing athletic ability in badminton. Aim. The study aims to examine the underlying theories of perception-action coupling, investigates various vision training methods for badminton, and evaluates research on their effects on players’ perception-action coupling. Material and Methods. This study employs a narrative review methodology. We conducted an extensive literature search across diverse sources, using keywords like “badminton,” “perception-action coupling,” and “vision training.” The selection of studies was based on relevance to our research objectives, encompassing various study designs, including primary research, reviews, and expert opinions, facilitating a flexible and coherent synthesis of findings, enabling the exploration of context, significance, and implications within the area of the review while highlighting key insights and emerging trends. Results. Several factors can influence a player’s perception-action coupling abilities in badminton, such as their level of expertise and training background. Expert players exhibit better perception-action coupling abilities than their less skilled counterparts. Additionally, several studies have investigated the impact of vision training techniques on perception-action coupling in badminton, revealing improvements in various visual skills crucial for performance. Conclusions. The study explored the pivotal role of perception-action coupling in the context of vision training tailored for badminton players.

Advancements in Automated Code Scanning Techniques for Detecting Security Vulnerabilities in Open Source Software

Purpose: This article aims to shed light on the transformative role of Open Source Software (OSS) in digital infrastructure and the accompanying security challenges. It highlights the critical need for automated code scanning technologies to address vulnerabilities stemming from coding errors, lack of secure coding practices, and the rapid development pace.
 Methodology: Through a comprehensive analysis of static, dynamic, and interactive code scanning methods, along with the exploration of AI and ML integration, this study examines scalable and efficient approaches to enhance detection capabilities early in the development lifecycle.
 Findings: While automated code scanning technologies have made significant strides in detecting and mitigating vulnerabilities, there remain notable research and methodology gaps, especially in technology scalability and the effectiveness of these methods.
 Unique Contribution to Theory, Policy, and Practice: This article posits a forward-looking perspective on automated code scanning, advocating for intelligent, collaborative, and integrated security measures in OSS. It emphasizes the indispensable role of community collaboration and open-source contributions in advancing these technologies, crucial for the proactive identification and mitigation of security vulnerabilities, thereby safeguarding the digital ecosystem's integrity and reliability.

FedMUP: Federated learning driven malicious user prediction model for secure data distribution in cloud environments

Cloud computing is flourishing at a rapid pace. Significant consequences related to data security appear as a malicious user may get unauthorized access to sensitive data which may be misused, further. This raises an alarm-ringing situation to tackle the crucial issue related to data security and proactive malicious user prediction. This article proposes a Federated learning driven Malicious User Prediction Model for Secure Data Distribution in Cloud Environments (FedMUP). This approach firstly analyzes user behavior to acquire multiple security risk parameters. Afterward, it employs the federated learning-driven malicious user prediction approach to reveal doubtful users, proactively. FedMUP trains the local model on their local dataset and transfers computed values rather than actual raw data to obtain an updated global model based on averaging various local versions. This updated model is shared repeatedly at regular intervals with the user for retraining to acquire a better, and more efficient model capable of predicting malicious users more precisely. Extensive experimental work and comparison of the proposed model with state-of-the-art approaches demonstrate the efficiency of the proposed work. Significant improvement is observed in the key performance indicators such as malicious user prediction accuracy, precision, recall, and f1-score up to 14.32%, 17.88%, 14.32%, and 18.35%, respectively.

AN ANALYSIS OF RECENT STUDIES IN ENGLISH EDUCATION IN CHINA USING AN APPLICATION OF BIG DATA IN ENGLISH TEACHING

With the continuous advancement of science and technology, education has entered the era of big data based on computer network technology, powerful cloud storage technology, and computational analysis technology. The era of big data is changing society at a rapid pace. Big data can transform how we teach English, the dominant position in English teaching, the evaluation methods of English teaching, and education in general. Big data can also be applied to the remote teaching of English history, teaching party history, and English exam history in the English classroom. By applying big data to the history of English teaching, we can significantly improve China's English teaching industry and promote the reform of China's education industry. English is a universal language in today's globalized world, and it has become even more critical. Therefore, English teaching should be reformed towards application, and learning English can be a tool that significantly impacts people's lives, especially in the context of China, where English is not the first language (L1).

A new lexicon in the age of microbiome research.

At a rapid pace, biologists are learning the many ways in which resident microbes influence, and sometimes even control, their hosts to shape both health and disease. Understanding the biochemistry behind these interactions promises to reveal completely novel and targeted ways of counteracting disease processes. However, in our protocols and publications, we continue to describe these new results using a language that originated in a completely different context. This language developed when microbial interactions with hosts were perceived to be primarily pathogenic, as threats that had to be vanquished. Biomedicine had one dominating thought: winning this war against microorganisms. Today, we know that beyond their defensive roles, host tissues, especially epithelia, are vital to ensuring association with the normal microbiota, the communities of microbes that persistently live with the host. Thus, we need to adopt a language that better encompasses the newly appreciated importance of host-microbiota associations. We also need a language that frames the onset and progression of pathogenic conditions within the context of the normal microbiota. Such a reimagined lexicon should make it clear, from the very nature of its words, that microorganisms are primarily vital to our health, and only more rarely the cause of disease. This article is part of the theme issue 'Sculpting the microbiome: how host factors determine and respond to microbial colonization'.

О словаре чувашских микротопонимов

This study is devoted to the problem of the dictionary of microtoponyms existing in the Chuvash environment. Chuvash microtoponymy is one of the lexico-phraseological stratum that is being lost at a rapid pace, and its fixation currently seems more than relevant. Scientists have voiced the idea of such a publication many times, and have repeatedly begun collecting material, but it has never come to fruition. This publication is essentially a prospectus for the designed dictionary. The study is based on the analysis of a collection of names of small geographical objects created by students of the Chuvash state university in 2023. Lexicography of microtoponyms poses the task of codifying them, studying as a result of a specific extralinguistically determined naming of local geographical realities, as well as possible interlingual contacts with access to the problems of glotto- and ethnogenesis, clarifying the typological features of Chuvash naming in general. The authors propose a two-stage work on the project: first of all, the collection of toponyms and their publication in the form of annual collections, and secondly, the preparation and publication of the final dictionary. The indicated approach will prepare the basis for a general work on Chuvash microtoponymy.

Impact of weight adjusted high frequency low tidal volume ventilation and atrial pacing in lesion metrics in high-power short-duration ablation: Results of a pilot study.

Lesion size index (LSI) was introduced with the use of Tacticath™ and as a surrogate of lesion quality. The metric used to achieve the predetermined values involves combined information of contact force (CF), power and radiofrequency time. Rapid atrial pacing (RAP) and high-frequency low-tidal volume ventilation (HFLTV) independently or in combination improve catheter stability and CF and quality of lesions. Data of the impact of body weight adjusted HFLTV ventilation strategy associated with RAP in the lesion metrics still lacking. The study aimed to compare the results of high-power short-duration (HPSD) atrial fibrillation ablation using simultaneous weight adjusted HFLTV and RAP and standard ventilation (SV) protocol. Prospective, nonrandomized study with 136 patients undergoing de novo ablation divided into two groups; 70 in RAP (100 ppm) + HFLTV with 4 mL/kg of tidal volume and 25 breaths/min (group A) and 66 patients with SV in intrinsic sinus rhythm (group B). Ablation using 50 W, CF of 5-10 g/10-20 g and 40 mL/minute flow rate on the posterior and anterior left atrial wall, respectively. No procedure-related complications. Group A: Mean LSI points 70 ± 16.5, mean total lower LSI 3.4 ± 0.5, mean total higher LSI 8.2 ± 0.4 and mean total LSI 5.6 ± 0.6. Anterior and posterior wall mean total LSI was 6.0 ± 0.4 and 4.2 ± 0.3, respectively. Mean local impedance drop (LID) points were 118.8 ± 28.4, mean LID index (%) 12.9 ± 1.5, and mean LID < 12% points 55.9 ± 23.8. Anterior and posterior wall mean total LID index were 13.6 ± 2.0 and 11.9 ± 1.7, respectively. Recurrence in 11 (15.7%) patients. Group B: Mean LSI points 56 ± 2.7, mean total lower LSI 2.9 ± 0.7, mean total higher LSI 6.9 ± 0.9, and mean total LSI 4.8 ± 0.8. Anterior and posterior wall mean total LSI was 5.1 ± 0.3 and 3.5 ± 0.5, respectively. Mean LID points were 111.4 ± 21.5, mean LID index (%) 11.4 ± 1.2, and mean LID < 12% points 54.9 ± 25.2. Anterior and posterior wall mean total LID index were 11.8 ± 1.9 and 10.3 ± 1.7, respectively. Recurrence in 14 (21.2%) patients. Mean follow up was 15.2 ± 4.4 months. Weight adjusted HFLTV ventilation with RAP HPSD ablation produced lower recurrence rate and better LSI and LID parameters in comparison to SV and intrinsic sinus rhythm.

Economic growth, structural changes and employment linkages in India

PurposeIndia started economic reforms at a rapid pace to catch up the world economy by following the services-led-growth model during the post-liberalisation period. Over the years, the growing unemployment rate posits a re-look into the dynamics of growth model for wider work force participation. In this backdrop, the paper aims to examine the dynamics of structural changes in employment pattern in view of economic growth led by services-led growth model in India.Design/methodology/approachThe study employs a non-linear autoregressive model (NARDL) to examine the effect of the growth rates in three broad economic sectors namely agriculture and allied, services and industry on work force participation representing the employment opportunities in India.FindingsThe results highlight that the rapid expansion of the service sector has not occurred with enough employment opportunities by the same rate. By contrast, the growth in the industrial sector significantly creates employment opportunities in the short and long run. These results support the industry led growth model over the services for sustainable and inclusive economic growth in the country.Research limitations/implicationsThe study relies on combined labour force participation rates rather than gender-specific rates. Further, the regulatory, working conditions and economic incentives may affect the gender-specific engagement of the labour force in three broad sectors.Practical implicationsThe results offer important insight into changing patterns in employment with policy lessons. A wider workforce force participation calls for expansion of manufacturing activities through pro-industry programmes.Originality/valueThe study makes pioneer efforts to examine the dynamics of labour force participation with respect to the growth of three broad economic sectors of the Indian economy. The results provide new insights with policy implications for the changing employment pattern and policy response.

The more we post, the better? A comparative analysis of fan engagement on social media profiles of football leagues

PurposeIn a dynamic, continuously evolving sports landscape, social media have become an indispensable tool for sports organizations to cultivate meaningful connections with fans. The rapid pace of technological advancements has elevated these digital platforms from a supplementary role to a pivotal position within strategic management frameworks. The existing literature explores how football clubs can utilize social media, but analyzing social media strategies within the context of football leagues is lacking. The absence of comparative studies benchmarking clubs across different geographical regions while simultaneously analyzing multiple social media platforms is especially noteworthy. In this study, a comprehensive analysis of social media engagement is undertaken within esteemed football leagues spanning Europe, South America and North America.Design/methodology/approachDrawing on relationship marketing and employing content analysis as a methodological tool, the study examined 10,772 posts from the official accounts of eight football leagues on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.FindingsAcross the leagues, the findings reveal that content quality drives engagement more than frequency. In addition, several format combinations were identified that facilitate engagement and Instagram emerged as the top social media platform for generating fan engagement.Originality/valueThis is one of the first empirical studies focusing on optimizing the use of social media to amplify fan engagement across various geographies and social media accounts and formats simultaneously.