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AI4HealthyCities: Novartis Foundation reveals potential associations between social factors and heart health in New York City at UNGA 79

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Novartis Foundation and research partners leverage cutting-edge AI to uncover connections between social determinants and cardiovascular health across New York City, revealing how urban life can shape heart health in unexpected waysNew analysis of electronic health records linked to public data suggests strong associations between heart health and daily city life: long commutes, income levels, education, air pollution, broadband rates, family situation, and social isolation emerge as potential key factors influencing cardiovascular well-beingKey findings pave the way for targeted intervention in collaboration with New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to translate insights into targeted interventions, aiming to reshape heart health strategies for diverse urban communitiesBASEL, Switzerland and NEW YORK, Sept. 24, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — A new local study as part of the Novartis Foundation’s AI4HealthyCities global population health initiative, in collaboration with Microsoft’s AI for Good Research Lab, New York University’s School of Global Public Health, and Weill Cornell Medicine, has uncovered potential connections between social determinants of health (SDOH) and cardiovascular health outcomes in New York City. The research, presented today at the 79th United Nations Global Assembly, marks a significant step forward in understanding the complex factors that may influence heart health in urban populations.

Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death and disability both in New York City1 and worldwide. According to the World Heart Federation2, it accounts for 20.5 million deaths globally while being largely preventable. This underscores the critical importance of identifying and addressing the root causes of heart health issues, particularly in urban environments.
Detailed Research FindingsWhile the data does not imply any correlations between one or multiple SDOH and cardiovascular health outcomes, AI4HealthyCities uncovered several distinct patterns across New York City:
Areas with the highest prevalence of diagnosed hypertension were primarily located in the Bronx, Northern Manhattan, Eastern Queens, and Southern Brooklyn. Analyses indicated that regular commutes above one hour, reliance on public assistance income or SNAP benefits, air pollution, and living alone above the age of 65 may drive high hypertension prevalence in these neighborhoods.Similarly, areas with high prevalence of diagnosed diabetes were primarily concentrated in the Bronx, Northern Manhattan, Eastern Queens, and Southern Brooklyn. Analyses suggested that regular commutes above one hour, lower educational attainment, low broadband rates, and living in single parent households might act as contributing factors to high diabetes prevalence in these neighborhoods.AI4HealthyCities furthermore explored the prevalence of undiagnosed hypertension, which was found to be higher in parts of Lower Manhattan and the more affluent parts of Queens and Brooklyn. This supports existing research3 that groups which appear to be at lower risk of hypertension have a higher chance of remaining undiagnosed should they develop the disease.Dr. Ann Aerts, Head of the Novartis Foundation, emphasized the importance of the findings: “While we’ve long suspected that social determinants impact cardiovascular health, this study provides a more detailed understanding of specific variables as well as their possible correlation and effects. It’s a crucial step in empowering local authorities to take informed, precise action.”
The Novartis Foundation is collaborating with the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to translate these findings into actionable interventions at population level. This effort aims to support the department’s “HealthyNYC” vision for 20304 by targeting resources where they may have the greatest impact.
New York City Health Commissioner Dr. Ashwin Vasan highlighted the potential impact: “We are at an inflection point where generative AI has the potential to transform the way we care for patients and populations. To ensure healthier, longer lives for all, and to reduce health inequities in the process, we will need to address the burden of preventable chronic illness, especially diabetes, hypertension, and cardiovascular disease. We are proud to be a part of innovative efforts like AI4HealthyCities which are applying modern technology to create new understanding and, ultimately, drive action.”
AI4HealthyCities was initially launched in New York City in 2022 and builds on research suggesting 80% of a population’s health outcomes are potentially determined outside of the healthcare system.5 By leveraging advanced analytics and artificial intelligence, the program analyzes electronic health records from public and private health systems, linking them with publicly available data on social and environmental factors. The initiative focuses on cardiovascular diseases and associated risk factors such as hypertension and diabetes. Since its inception, AI4HealthyCities has expanded to other major cities, including Singapore, Lisbon, Basel, and Helsinki, with the potential to serve as a blueprint for improving urban health globally.
Imagery and further background information can be found on the Novartis Foundation Media Library.
About AI4HealthyCitiesStudies suggest that only about 20% of our health outcomes are shaped by the healthcare we access, while about 80% are determined by genetics and the socio-economic and environmental conditions in which we live, grow, and age.5 AI4HealthyCities is a population health initiative designed and coordinated by the Novartis Foundation to improve understanding of what truly drives cardiovascular health in populations by applying analytics and AI on data from health- and health-influencing sectors. AI4HealthyCities aims to equip city authorities with tools to use the data-driven insights for better planning and resource allocation in health. Ultimately, the aim is to catalyze a paradigm shift from healthcare to health and transform the current reactive care systems into proactive, predictive, and preventive health systems that keep people healthy.
About the Novartis Foundation The Novartis Foundation is a non-profit organization based in Switzerland. For over 40 years, we have helped improve the health of low-income populations, initially supporting disease elimination in areas such as leprosy and malaria. Today, we tackle the burning health issues of our time: cardiovascular disease and health inequity. We take a population health approach, which means widening the lens from a narrow focus on healthcare delivery to a panoramic vision of improving health in the population at large, with a goal of ensuring healthy lives for all. Our work brings together existing but disconnected data to help authorities understand the root causes of inequitable health outcomes and find the best ways and partners to remediate them. We aim to empower governments to transform their health systems from being reactive to being proactive, predictive, and preventative, and achieving health equity among the populations they serve.
Visit us at www.novartisfoundation.org and connect with us on LinkedIn.
References1 https://www.nyc.gov/site/doh/health/health-topics/heart-disease.page (Accessed July 30, 2024)2 https://world-heart-federation.org/wp-content/uploads/World-Heart-Report-2023.pdf#page=3 (Accessed July 30, 2024)3 Campbell, E., E. Macey, C. Shine, V. Nafilyan, N. Cadogan Clark, P. Pawelek et al. 2023. Sociodemographic and health-related differences in undiagnosed hypertension in the health survey for England 2015–2019: a cross-sectional cohort study. Lancet eClinicalMedicine 65. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eclinm.2023.102275 (Accessed July 30, 2023)4 https://www.nyc.gov/site/doh/about/about-doh/healthynyc.page#:~:text=HEALTHYNYC%20(PDF)-,Drivers%20and%20Goals,-Our%20vision%20is (Accessed July 30, 2024)5 Hood, C. M., K. P. Gennuso, G. R. Swain, and B. B. Catlin. 2016. County health rankings: Relationships between determinant factors and health outcomes. American Journal of Preventive Medicine 50(2):129-135. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amepre.2015.08.024 (Accessed July 30, 2024)
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How AIoT shapes the future of mobility: Hikvision at ITS World Congress 2024

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HANGZHOU, China, Sept. 27, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Hikvision made a significant impact at the ITS World Congress in Dubai with its captivating theme, “Embrace AIoT for safer, smarter, and greener mobility.” Its booth became a hub of innovation, where visitors explored AIoT solutions that are reshaping the transportation landscape, sparking deep conversations on the future of urban mobility.

Road safety revolution: harnessing AIoT for secure transportation
Hikvision’s commitment to road safety was on full display at its booth through the impressive array of AIoT solutions designed to create secure and reliable traffic environments. The company’s technology provides 24/7 traffic monitoring, ensuring continuous oversight of motor vehicles, non-motorized vehicles, pedestrians and environmental factors. This comprehensive, real-time information collection enables traffic managers to prevent accidents and enhance road safety. Among the showcased products was the 20 MP IR ANPR Checkpoint Capture Unit, renowned for its high-definition capture capabilities, bolstering traffic safety measures.
A standout innovation was the integration of advanced radar and camera technologies, ensuring uninterrupted, comprehensive detection even in adverse weather conditions. The Radar-Video Fusion Incident Detection Cameras, featured prominently in the product experience area, enable early detection and warning of potential hazards. They are particularly effective in challenging situations such as curved roads, blind spots at intersections, and obstacles beyond visual range.
Attendees also engaged with onboard monitoring products on the simulated bus, including dome network cameras, which is designed to enhance passenger safety. Driving assistance products, such as the Driver Status Monitor (DSM), were demonstrated to mitigate unsafe driving behaviors and ensure safer journeys.
Urban mobility redefined: smart traffic innovations
In the realm of smarter mobility, Hikvision showcased its multidimensional sensing technology, which integrates visible light sensors, infrared sensors, radar, and sonar. This technology expands perception capabilities, significantly improving traffic management and situational awareness. The use of AI-powered comprehensive sensing elevates incident monitoring and violation detection to unprecedented levels of accuracy and efficiency.
A major attraction was the Radar-Video Fusion TandemVu PTZ Camera, which integrates millimeter-wave radar with high-resolution cameras for extensive traffic detection and data analysis. AI-based algorithms combine these two systems to enhance target information, detecting up to 16 types of incidents. This leads to the development of a large-scale fusion model that merges spatial physical data with image semantic information. The result is ultra-long-range perception, achieving over 95% accuracy in vehicle trajectory detection. This robust system improves traffic violation management and optimizes traffic flow, significantly enhancing road efficiency.
At the simulated bus station, visitors observed how AI-assisted people counting automated the collection of passenger flow statistics at peak stop hours and bus line frequency during busy periods. Paired with smart bus stop digital signage, the solution improves bus service quality, operational efficiency, passenger experience, and overall public transport effectiveness.
Sustainable transportation: leading the charge for greener cities
Hikvision’s commitment to sustainable urban mobility was evident through its innovative green wave technology and eco-friendly checkpoint solutions. Green wave technology efficiently manages traffic flow to reduce congestion and lower carbon emissions, aligning with global sustainability goals. Visitors were particularly impressed by a case study showcasing a green wave solution implemented in Zhoushan, China. Over a stretch of 21 kilometers and 34 intersections, this main road cut travel times by 50%.
The use of DarkFighterX technology in checkpoint cameras also received significant attention. This technology senses both visible and invisible light, resulting in more accurate and realistic images. It enhances traffic violation enforcement efficiency while minimizing the need for high ambient light levels, thus reducing light pollution. The 9M DarkfightX ANPR Checkpoint Camera exemplified this dedication to environmental stewardship.
Frank Zhang, President of Hikvision MEA, remarked, “Hikvision supports sustainable urban planning by empowering traffic departments to address congestion and transportation challenges.” He further emphasized, “Our system’s openness fosters a secure and reliable platform for developing smart and green cities. Additionally, our solar technology is extensively utilized in remote areas, while our smart street lighting solutions reduce energy consumption by 20-30%, promoting intelligent urban transportation and advancing global sustainability objectives.”
Hikvision’s presence at the ITS World Congress in Dubai underscored its leadership in integrating AIoT technologies to drive safer, smarter, and greener mobility solutions. The engaging presentations and advanced product demonstrations captured significant attention from industry partners and customers, reaffirming the company’s role as a pioneer in shaping the future of urban transportation. As the world moves towards more intelligent and sustainable transportation systems, Hikvision remains at the forefront, embracing AIoT to create a safer, smarter, and greener future for all.
To find out more about Hikvision’s advanced traffic and public transport solutions, please explore the Hikvision official website.
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Anti-Drone Market worth $7.05 billion by 2029 – Exclusive Report by MarketsandMarkets™

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DELRAY BEACH, Fla., Sept. 27, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — The global anti-drone market was valued at USD 2.16 billion in 2024 and is projected to reach USD 7.05 billion by 2029; it is expected to register a CAGR of 26.7% during the forecast period according to a new report by MarketsandMarkets™. Increasing government spending on counter-drone technologies, rising incidence of critical infrastructure security breaches by unauthorized drones, and surge in adoption of aerial remote sensing technologies to safeguard critical infrastructure are attributed to the demand for anti-drone.

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Anti-Drone Market Report Scope:
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Market Revenue in 2024
$ 2.16 billion
Estimated Value by 2029
$ 7.05 billion
Growth Rate
Poised to grow at a CAGR of 26.7%
Market Size Available for
2020–2029
Forecast Period
2024–2029
Forecast Units
Value (USD Million/Billion)
Report Coverage
Revenue Forecast, Competitive Landscape, Growth Factors, and Trends
Segments Covered
By System Type, Application, Platform type, Vertical, and Region
Geographies Covered
North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, and Rest of World
Key Market Challenge
Vulnerability to hacking
Key Market Opportunities
Emphasis on improving unmanned aircraft systems technology
Key Market Drivers
Growing number of illicit activities
By System Type: Hybrid systems to account for the larger market share in the forecasted year.
The hybrid segment accounted for the largest share of the anti-drone market in 2029. The trends of integrating multiple anti-drone technologies are rising since they are most effective in detecting, tracking, and neutralizing drone threats. These systems merge electronic, kinetic, and lasers, providing a comprehensive defense solution against UAVs. Hybrid systems use electronic, kinetic, and laser-based countermeasures to offer optimum protection against drones. These systems are designed to detect, track, identify, categorize, and mitigate drones at operational wide ranges ranging from a few km up to tens of km.
By Platform: The ground-based segment accounted for the largest market share in the forecast year.
The ground-based segment will hold a major share of the anti-drone market in 2029. Many ground-based anti-drone systems use several electronic technologies, such as radar, IR sensors, acoustic systems, and RF & GNSS jammers. MESA radar solutions are used mostly for counter-UAS purposes, protecting critical infrastructure, military camps, and other security-sensitive sites from unauthorized drones. One such solution is EchoGuard, a ground-based airspace management solution that contains a software-defined 3D radar that can be specific to the site. This system can identify single or multiple off-chance drones, including swarms in unauthorized areas. They provide accurate and sustained airspace surveillance for the field of view (FOV) they are configured, and both human and AI-monitored visual checks. The system can be easily transported and integrated directly with the command-and-control centers or another identification sensor for portable use, and multiple units of the system can be combined to cover vast areas or lengths of borders. Major providers of ground-based counter-drone systems include companies like EchoDyne Corporation, DeTect, Meteksan Defense, and WhiteFox Defense. Acoustics-based Discovair G2 utilizes patented microphone arrays. With 128 interconnected microphone elements, the Discovair sensor units can establish azimuth and elevation to the target in real-time using advanced digital signal processing.
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By Region: Americas are expected to hold the largest share of the anti-drone market during the forecast period.
Americas is expected to capture the largest share in the anti-drone industry during the forecast period. The growth can be attributed to protecting crucial infrastructure in the region. Governments, particularly in the US, invest in anti-drone systems for military bases, borders, and critical infrastructure. For Instance, in April 2023, RTX secured a USD 237 million contract from the US Army to provide Ku-band Radio Frequency Sensors (KuRFS) and Coyote effectors. These systems are designed to detect and neutralize unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). The contract includes stationary and mobile systems and a specified quantity of effectors, all aimed at enhancing the Army’s operations within the US Central Command region.
Key Players-
The key companies offering anti-drone companies include RTX (US), Lockheed Martin Corporation (US), Leonardo S.p.A. (Italy), Thales (France), and IAI (Israel).
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CluePoints Launches Medical & Safety Review (MSR) Software to Revolutionize Clinical Data Review

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CluePoints furthers its commitment to delivering innovative solutions that enhance clinical trial efficiency with this latest addition to its enterprise software platform.
KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa., Sept. 27, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — CluePoints continues to transform clinical trial review and leverage its industry-leading software to enhance the interrogation, analysis and presentation of data with the launch of its latest application, Medical & Safety Review (MSR).

The tool simplifies and streamlines the medical analysis of study data through user-friendly dashboards, data manipulation and cleaning, query management and full transparency over the data history. This not only improves efficiency and communication in medical oversight, but also elevates patient safety, differentiating MSR as a smarter and unique solution.
Designed by, and for Medical and Safety Reviewers, MSR converts the manual analysis of patient outcomes, which can be prone to inefficiency and error, into an accurate, efficient process. MSR tackles time-consuming study preparation for specific visualizations by featuring a comprehensive standard visualization library as well as the ability to copy and reuse dashboards across different studies, enabling the identification of outlying values, change tracking, and improved communication for smarter clinical trials.
Other benefits of MSR include:
Enhanced medical review efficiency and reduced human errors via automated checksReduced time spent by clinical and data management teams in reviewing dataImproved collaboration with integrated review workflows across departmentsEnsured record quality and accountability with comprehensive change trackingDriving faster decision making with the proactive detection of trends and safety issuesEnsuring regulatory compliance with rule-based detection and user assignmentsAndy Cooper, Chief Executive Officer at CluePoints, commented, “We are thrilled to announce the launch of Medical & Safety Review to our growing product offerings. MSR is the latest application addition to the CluePoints platform, which includes products such as Risk-Based Quality Management (RBQM) and our Site Profile & Oversight Tool (SPOT). Together, they provide a comprehensive approach to clinical trial optimization, enhancing data integrity, ensuring regulatory compliance, and accelerating drug development. The creation of MSR ensures a more streamlined review process while prioritizing patient safety at every step and empowers medical teams to swiftly identify outliers, track data changes, and improve communication.”
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CluePoints is the premier Risk-Based Quality Management (RBQM) and Data Quality Oversight Software provider. We are leveraging the potential of Artificial Intelligence using Advanced Statistics and Machine Learning to determine the quality, accuracy, and integrity of clinical trial data both during and after study conduct. Aligned with guidance from the FDA, EMA, and ICH E6 (R2), CluePoints is deployed to support central and on-site monitoring, medical review, quality risk management and to drive a holistic Risk-Based strategy in all trials. Coupled with thought leadership and consulting expertise to aid pre-study risk assessment, identification of risk controls and solution implementation, you now have everything you need to adhere with global regulatory guidance. The result is positive clinical development outcomes, increased operational efficiency, lower costs and reduced regulatory submission risk as part of the industry paradigm shift to RBQM.
 

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