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Like several other sporting accessories, backboards have successfully been able to find a place on retail shelf space, not only at modern trade outlets but also on digital retail platforms. A backboard is a basketball accessory that has gained special attention, from amateur to professional players, and from sporting goods retailers to backboard manufacturers. The global market for backboards houses over a thousand small and large manufacturers, of which, a majority operate locally, and a handful of backboard manufacturers have a global reach. Awareness about fitness among the masses has resulted in an amplified demand for sporting goods and equipment, and the sales volume of backboards over past three year substantiates the same. This can be further substantiated by increasing number of participants for basketball at local, regional, national, and international sporting platforms.

The routine-lifestyle of the working population across the globe has given birth to new forms of lifestyle complexities, including back pain. The continually growing economically-active population has made inroads for several products and services designed to combat lifestyle ailments. Inversion tables, being one of them, have been gaining significant traction over the past few years. Beyond muscular pain, this therapy is useful in the improvement of the respiratory system, circulatory system, digestive and immune system, physical fitness, and mental health, which has been contributing towards the growth of the inversion table market. Key players in the inversion table market including Teeter, Innova, and Ironman have been focusing on expanding their global presence to cater to all of the white spaces that will become potential inversion table markets in the years to come.

The increasing preference towards snow-based recreational activities in North America and Europe, together with the demand for compact-sized equipment have driven the need for inflatable sleds. Average spending by recreational activity enthusiasts has increased by 0.3X over the past five years for all sports, whereas, for snow-based sports, it is approximately 0.4X in North America and Europe. Inflatable sleds, also known as snow tubes, generally come in a round-shaped tube, or sometimes toboggan length. These are prepared from heavy gauge PVC material, and includes crack-resistant additives to protect the sleds, thus ensuring long life. Inflatable sleds with rugged handles are preferred over handle sleds, as these render more safety. Properly inflated sleds act as hard plastic, and thus, help in easy gliding. Also, it is advised to inflate sleds at higher altitudes only, as there are high chances of losing air if inflated at home.

Domestic animals form an integral part of the society, which fulfil various roles in the day-to-day life. These animals act as house-hold companions, food producing livestock, etc. Regardless of any situation, their day-to-day care remains a primary objective for the pet and farm owners. This should cover all aspects of the care related to health and behaviour for all types of companion animals, farm animals and aquaculture. The day-to-day care is very complicated and it involves a variety of animal healthcare professionals. Even the pet and farm owners play a vital role in maintaining a healthy environment and management of animal well-being.

Coronary artery disease (CAD) is a cause of high mortality in the United States and claims more than 500,000 lives each year. Non-invasive Coronary Imaging is used as a diagnostic and prognostic approach to assess the symptoms of patient suspected with coronary artery disease. Non-invasive Coronary Imaging is mainly performed on patients with myocardial infarction, coronary artery disease, or acute coronary syndromes with/without angina. Technologies with high efficacy in terms of disease diagnosis such as Radionuclide cardiac imaging; echocardiography; and, cardiac computed tomography and cardiac magnetic resonance imaging enhances the quality of Non-invasive Coronary Imaging. The integration of these technologies through various software solutions have enabled the physicians to remotely monitor the disease progression. The advancement in imaging sharing & analyzing through these platforms also decreases the associated cost of care. This has resulted in decreased disease burdens on countries with high prevalence of cardiac arrest/other CVS indications.

Diverticular disease commonly occurs in people age above 40 years and the prevalence is increasing over the time. Approximately 10% of people over age 40 and 50% of people over age 60 encounter diverticular disease at some point in time. The disease was first identified in the 1930s, to share many of the hallmarks of inflammatory bowel disease. Diverticular disease is characterized by formation of small bulge or sacks called diverticula in the wall of colon. The sigmoid colon is more prone to formation of diverticula. These sacks may range from pea-size to much larger. The disease is associated with symptoms such as pain, bloating, nausea, diarrhea or constipation. Many of these symptoms are similar to inflammatory bowel disease. 20% of the patients may develop severe complications of diverticular disease such as abdominal or rectal bleeding. Diverticular disease are of three types viz. symptomatic uncomplicated diverticular disease, recurrent symptomatic diverticular disease and complicated diverticular disease. Standard treatment recommended for diverticular disease includes antibiotic therapies. Mesalazine (Asacol) and rifaximin (Xifaxan) are commonly recommended antibiotics for diverticular disease. Alternative therapies such as probiotics and diet modification may provide symptomatic relief and prevent recurrence, but are recommended along with standard antibiotics. There are two stages of diverticular disease viz. diverticulosis (presence of diverticula without complications) and diverticulitisan (inflammatory condition caused by perforation of the diverticula). Surgical treatment may be required in case of acute and recurrent diverticulitis.

The automobile industry is experiencing an enormous digital makeover, as most of the leading automakers are investing considerable resources on R&D of vehicle automation to meet the changing demands and to enhance the driving experience of customers. Next-generation automobiles include speech recognition, audio/video sensing, GPS and radar capabilities, advanced driver assistance system, next level security & safety and IC-integrated LED front lighting features. Today, automakers are developing and implementing complex technologies, such as wireless charging capabilities, back-up cameras, blind spot awareness, lane change assist systems and many others. Among these advanced technologies, vehicle-based intelligence systems are gaining traction among vehicle users across the globe. These factors are expected to create new business opportunities for lane change assist systems providers across the globe.

The growing adoption of advanced technologies has led to the high adoption of advanced devices in various sectors including the automobile. Today, the automobile industry is proliferating with increasing number of vehicles purchased. This has led to the development of new devices which are integrated with panoramic reverse systems that can ease the driving process thereby reducing the number of accidents every day. One of the major problems faced while driving a vehicle is accidents caused by blind spots. A majority of accidents occur while taking the car in a reverse direction. Even though the vehicles are equipped with rearview mirrors or electronic sensors, many disadvantages of these systems still cause accidents. Thus, in order to avoid this, a system called panoramic reverse system has been designed that helps the driver to obtain a 360-degree view of the area surrounding the car in order to prevent any collision. The market of panoramic reverse systems is growing significantly since the panoramic reverse systems system provides a virtual 360-degree scene of the vehicle in bird's-eye view. Also, these panoramic reverse systems can be integrated with any vehicle across the globe. Therefore, automobile manufacturers can purchase panoramic reverse systems in bulk and provide advanced features in their vehicles to improve the vehicle security.

Over the last few years, there has been a phenomenal increase in the penetration of the internet and exponential growth in the adoption of smart appliances across the globe. This growth is associated with the high demand for advanced consumer electronic products/appliances and the continuous economic growth of various developed/developing countries. The demand and adoption of smart technologies have, thus, resulted in the replacement of conventional devices with corresponding advanced smart devices (for instance, conventional mobile phones are now replaced with smartphones). Similarly, conventional remote control devices are now being replaced by smart remote controls.

Fertilizers and pesticides are the major inputs that are required. The recent decade has shown an immense growth in the fertilizer market. For the past 50 years, the chemical fertilizers and pesticides played a major role in the agriculture field. In recent years the agrochemicals were used immensely for obtaining higher yield. The quality of the products can be altered by regulating the mineral supplies through fertilization. Fertilizers are widely classified as single-nutrient fertilizer and multi-nutrient fertilizer. The single-nutrient fertilizers are the ones which have one single nutrient and will supply the same. Ammonia and happens to be a major source of nitrogen, which helps in the supply of necessary protein requirements to the soil. Sometimes urea acts as an alternative source of nitrogen, which has an advantage of being non-explosive and solid, unlike ammonium nitrate and ammonia. Since there is only one source of nutrient produced by the single-nutrient fertilizer, growers have switched to use the multi-nutrient fertilizer which will supply two or more nutrient components like Nitrogen, Potassium, and Phosphorous. These are the major nutrient supplies that are needed by the soil and the plants in order to grow as nitrogen helps in producing proteins to the soil, potassium helps in the regulation of plants, soil metabolism and phosphorous helps in the development of new roots in plants. All these nutrients will help in proper yield as they play a very major role in soil management and growth of the plants. Among growers, there is a huge demand for the multi-nutrition fertilizer for its nature.