New directions in polymer chemistry research: molecular design considerations in the synthesis of new polymer materials

Increasing role of polymer materials for various advanced technology applications has created a special need for devising newer routes for obtaining polymers with tailored properties. Control of molecular and supramolecular architecture of polymers will make new demands on synthetic chemistry, molecular recognition concepts and surface chemistry, which would, in turn, lead to tailored materials with organized solid-state and solution properties

Elimination of human rabies in Goa, India through an integrated One Health approach

Dog-mediated rabies kills tens of thousands of people each year in India, representing one third of the estimated global rabies burden. Whilst the World Health Organization (WHO), World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) have set a target for global dog-mediated human rabies elimination by 2030, examples of large-scale dog vaccination programs demonstrating elimination remain limited in Africa and Asia. We describe the development of a data-driven rabies elimination program from 2013 to 2019 in Goa State, India, culminating in human rabies elimination and a 92% reduction in monthly canine rabies cases. Smartphone technology enabled systematic spatial direction of remote teams to vaccinate over 95,000 dogs at 70% vaccination coverage, and rabies education teams to reach 150,000 children annually. An estimated 2249 disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) were averted over the program period at 526 USD per DALY, making the intervention ‘very cost-effective’ by WHO definitions. This One Health program demonstrates that human rabies elimination is achievable at the state level in India

Smart Wearable Gadget for Industrial Safety

To build a smart device which assist factory workers and other employees, IoT hardware and protocols are described in this paper. It is a wearable Glove device which is used in different workspaces where power tools are being constantly used. This apparatus is made around a microprocessor acting as a central sever, while other sensor are interfaced with microcontrollers, and it act as a link for data transformation and perform different topics. A microcontroller's works as the master and it controls the others microcontrollers attached to different sensors. In this master there is a LCD screen and few buttons, and control the other sensors and read the data in real time. There are safety features in this glove thus workers cannot use any dangerous power tools without wearing proper equipment. This glove works as a security measure in such a way that each tool will have restricted access according to the level of expertise of the worker. This glove is able to restrict the access to the tools, which are being used actively during a particular time frame. The central server and different other sensors such a heat sensor, temperature sensor and vibration sensor log the entire data which can be attached and monitored by the master glove. Whenever the user gets hurt and shouts in pain, the analysis function classify the pain and call the medical help because this system has an extra capability of analysing tone of workers. A sweep based camera module is used along the central server to record and live stream the captured video when power tool is switched on. This system focuses the importance of a worker's safety in factory floor