Coronavirus - Science topic

BACKGROUND A bibliometric analysis covering only the production of original studies or considering world production until 2022 has yet to be conducted. The creation and advancement of vaccines have also influenced research priorities, demonstrating the need for a new approach to this subject. OBJECTIVES To analyze worldwide scientific production r...

Introduction In order to face COVID-19, social restriction measures were adopted that influenced the population's living habits, increasing sedentary lifestyle. Considering the high complexity and dedication required by the Medicine course, it becomes relevant to investigate the effect of the pandemic on the practice of physical exercise and sedent...

Introduction In order to face COVID-19, social restriction measures were adopted that influenced the population's living habits, increasing sedentary lifestyle. Considering the high complexity and dedication required by the Medicine course, it becomes relevant to investigate the effect of the pandemic on the practice of physical exercise and sedent...

BACKGROUND Medical students demonstrate higher rates of substance use than other university students and the general population. The challenges imposed by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic raised significant concerns about mental health and substance use. OBJECTIVES Assess the current prevalence of substance use among medical studen...

Background: Down syndrome (DS) is a non-rare genetic condition that affects approximately 1 in every 800 live births worldwide. Further, it is associated with comorbidities, anatomical alterations of the respiratory tract, and immunological dysfunctions that make individuals more susceptible to respiratory infections. Objective: To systematize t...

On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared a new coronavirus infection caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus as a pandemic, making it the 11th pandemic of the 20th and 21st centuries. This study investigated the clinical and laboratory results (D-dimer, conventional coagulation, and HbA1c biomarker concentrations) of 150 patients (75...

A pandemia da doença pelo coronavírus impacta sobremaneira a sociedade, gerando desafios sem precedentes para a ciência, para os sistemas de saúde e para a Atenção Primária à Saúde, que foram rapidamente cobrados por respostas diversificadas para o enfrentamento desta emergência de saúde pública. O objetivo deste estudo foi avaliar a qualidade da A...

A pandemia da doença pelo coronavírus impacta sobremaneira a sociedade, gerando desafios sem precedentes para a ciência, para os sistemas de saúde e para a Atenção Primária à Saúde, que foram rapidamente cobrados por respostas diversificadas para o enfrentamento desta emergência de saúde pública. O objetivo deste estudo foi avaliar a qualidade da A...

A pandemia da doença por coronavírus (COVID-19), teve seus primeiros casos localizados em Wuhan, na China, em dezembro de 2019. Por ser considerada infecciosa e altamente contagiosa causando problemas respiratórias, levou à inúmeras mudanças no calendário letivo das instituições de ensino. O presente estudo tem como objetivos rastrear o perfil dos...

As many countries experience the emergence of new waves of Covid-19, many governments around the world have reminded their citizens of the need for an engaging intervention that could improve compliance with Covid-19 safe behaviors using the media general public or social media. In the face of the serious threat of Covid-19, immunity issues are cur...

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) and its mechanisms have been thoroughly studied by researchers all over the world with the hope of finding answers that may aid the discovery of new treatment options or effective means of prevention. Still, over 2 years into the pandemic that is an immense burden on health care and econo...

Objective: to analyze the prevalence of tuberculosis, coronavirus, chronic conditions and vulnerabilities among migrants and refugees in Brazil. Method: this is a cross-sectional study of the electronic survey type conducted with international migrants during the COVID-19 pandemic. Descriptive statistics was applied for the analysis, with calcul...

Objetivo: investigar la prevalencia de lesiones cutáneas y factores asociados con el uso de respiradores N95 en profesionales de la salud de Brasil. Método: estudio transversal realizado con 11.368 profesionales de la salud en el que se empleó un método de muestreo dirigido por encuestados adaptado para entornos en línea. Se ejecutaron análisis uni...

Since 2019, the coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) has been spreading rapidly worldwide, posing an unignorable threat to the global economy and human health. It is a disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, a single-stranded RNA virus of the genus Betacoronavirus. This virus is highly infectious and relies on its angiotensi...

This project aims to transform the nano-scale of a striking biological phenomenon, the relationship between the SARS-CoV-2 virus and human molecules, into an interactive audiovisual simulation. In this work, Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) touching and imaging a single molecule measures the interaction between the spike protein of SARS-CoV-2 and huma...

Aim/Introduction: Vaccines against SARS-CoV-2 virus were developed due to the impetuous coronavirus pandemic. Vaccines hold a possibility to provoke side efects. The aim of our study was to examine the impact of COVID-19 vaccination on the incidence and duration of false-positive FDG-avid lymphadenopathy after vaccination with diferent types of vac...

Offshore crews often work near each other due to limited space, signifying a complex environment for the airborne transmission of the coronavirus (COVID-19). During offshore operations, a fishing vessel can be subjected to miscellaneous airflow conditions and will respond dynamically to ocean waves. To understand the risk of COVID-19 contagion, thi...

Maintenance methods have become automated and innovative, especially with the transition to maintenance 4.0. However, social issues such as coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19) and the war in Ukraine have caused significant departures of maintenance experts, resulting in the loss of enormous know-how. As part of this work, we will propose a solut...

Patients with SARS-associated coronavirus (SARS-CoV) generally require non-invasive treatments including continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP), and appropriate nutritional therapy. Our hypothesis proposed that a higher body mass index (BMI) results in greater respiratory difficulties during CPAP treatment and leads to a reduction in energy and...

The drug supply chain is inherently complex. The challenge is not only the number of stakeholders and the supply chain from producers to users but also production and demand gaps. Downstream, drug demand is related to the type of disease outbreak. This study identifies the correlation between drug supply chain management and the use of predictive p...

The purpose of this study is to describe and analyze whether digital remote work in times of Covid-19 is influencing the satisfaction of Public Administration employees. Based on the objective of this study, an online survey was conducted in the Portuguese Public Administration, for a sample of 70 individuals, working at home due to the situation o...

Background: Recent studies demonstrate that COVID-19 is associated with systemic infectious and inflammatory diseases. Various symptoms of liver and gastrointestinal damage are often diagnosed in patients with COVID-19 but there is limited data on liver abscesses. Material and methods: The current analysis includes 11 patients who were treated at B...

Students' lack of motivation can serve as an impediment to attaining desired learning outcomes. During the outbreak of the coronavirus, this dilemma has proliferated as classrooms shifted to online learning environments. Teachers were challenged in the utilization of innovative pedagogical practices to keep abreast with the current learning environ...

Primary education is regarded as a basic education for every child and therefore be seen as an important stage in the life of every child. It is the type of education that takes place at the formative age of a child, which starts from primary 1-6. Recently, the whole world is going through the scare of COVID-19 pandemic which led to the closure of...

Background Transplant recipients are at high risk of coronavirus disease 2019, and a timely supply of antivirals should be prioritized for those patients. Complicated drug‒drug interactions limit the use of Paxlovid (nirmatrelvir/ritonavir) coadministered with tacrolimus. Here, we report a patient with a kidney transplant who received Paxlovid and...

This study presents a comprehensive review of digital tools used in clinical learning at a time when clinical learning is moving from its core traditional format to digitalised tools. This transition has been hastened and made more imperative by the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. The review highlights the main digital tools used for clinical le...

Worldwide hazards to mental health have never been greater due to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, a large virus outbreak in the twenty-first century. Psychological assistance is provided to patients and healthcare workers, but the general public's mental health also requires a lot of attention. This systematic review aims to provi...

Background: This study aimed to ascertain the computerized tomography findings of 56 children diagnosed with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) at Ali Ibn Abitalib Hospital in Zahedan, Iran. Methods: This descriptive, cross-sectional study was conducted on 56 pediatric patients with laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 who were treated at Ali Ibn Abitali...

Global livelihoods are impacted by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) disease, which mostly affects the respiratory system and spreads via airborne transmission. The disease has spread to almost every nation and is still widespread worldwide. Early and reliable diagnosis is essential to prevent the development of this highly risky disease. The comput...

Objectives: Air pollutants in dentistry offices may cause problems for the health of staff and patients. Accordingly, the present study was performed to the assessment of bacterial bioaerosols and particulate matter (PM) characteristics in the indoor air of dentistry clinics. Methods: The sampling points were restoration, endodontics, and prosthesi...

Background: University students have been plunged into an unorthodox situation because of COVID-19 epidemic, placing them under tremendous stress and jeopardising their mental health. Several studies have been undertaken to investigate the causes of psychiatric illness in university students. Objectives: The objective of this review is to trace the...

Detection of RNA targets is typically achieved through RT-qPCR or RNAseq. RT-qPCR is rapid but limited in number and complexity of targets detected, while RNAseq is high-throughput but takes multiple days. We demonstrate simultaneous amplification and detection of 28 distinct RNA targets from a single unsplit purified RNA sample in under 40 minutes...

Modeling severe acute respiratory syndrome, Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection in stem cell-derived organoids has helped in our understanding of the molecular pathogenesis of COVID-19 disease due to their resemblance to actual human tissues or organs. Over the past decade, organoid 3-dimensional (3D) cultures have represented a new perspective an...

Este artigo tem como objetivo analisar a relação da Federação dos Trabalhadores na Agricultura Familiar do Rio Grande do Sul (FETRAF-RS) com o Estado durante os governos de direita entre 2016 e 2022 no Brasil, evidenciando o repertório de ações utilizadas pela entidade durante os governos anteriores e as transformações ocorridas no período analisad...

Modeling severe acute respiratory syndrome, Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection in stem cell-derived organoids has helped in our understanding of the molecular pathogenesis of COVID-19 disease due to their resemblance to actual human tissues or organs. Over the past decade, organoid 3-dimensional (3D) cultures have represented a new perspective an...

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been associated with various psychological symptoms. We report a case of a female patient who was diagnosed with persistent insomnia and anxiety associated with COVID-19, which was successfully treated with nine treatment sessions of auricular acupuncture. This case report provides preliminary evidence to...

An effective worldwide vaccination campaign started and is still being carried out in the face of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. While vaccines are great tools to confront the pandemic, predominantly adenoviral vector-based vaccines can cause a rare severe adverse effect, termed vaccine-induced immune thrombocytopenia and thrombo...

The settlement of pile foundations is a complex problem studied extensively in geotechnical engineering. However, accurately predicting the settlement amount remains challenging due to soil behavior’s nonlinear and stochastic nature. This study proposes a novel approach that integrates machine learning, specifically multilayer perceptron (MLP), and...

Despite being extensively studied because of the current coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) interactions with mammalian cells are still poorly understood. Furthermore, little is known about this coronavirus cycle within the host cells, particularly the steps that lead to viral...

Novel coronavirus species of public health and veterinary importance have emerged in the first two decades of the twenty-first century, with bats identified as natural hosts for progenitors of many coronaviruses. Targeted wildlife surveillance is needed to identify the factors involved in viral perpetuation within natural host populations, and driv...

Background Coronavirus disease‐19 (COVID‐19) is a zoonotic disease that has become a global pandemic. The fast evolution of the COVID‐19 pandemic and persist problems make COVID‐19 highly infectious; publicly accessible literature and other sources of information continue to expand in volume. The mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) therapy efficacy for C...

Social distancing is an important non-pharmaceutical intervention tool (NPIs) to prevent the spread of COVID-19. However, it also created negative impacts of economic activities. Understanding the emotions and public opinions about social distancing are important for the future policy making of COVID-19 mitigation and the assessment of public healt...

The release in March/April 2023 of England and Wales 2021 Census complete data on “usual residents” by the Office for National Statistics provides an opportunity to analyze, understand and comment on the current geographic disposition of Anglo–Jewry. The analysis presented in this paper incorporates data from the 2001 and 2011 censuses, and makes u...

Glycosylation of angiotensin converting enzyme 2 (ACE2), the principal receptor protein of severe scute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), plays a crucial role in coronavirus infection. However, the precise host range and intermediate host of SARS-CoV-2 remain uncertain, and our knowledge on the glycosylation mechanism of animal ACE2...

Coronavirus is able to affect various organs and systems including the immune system. At the same time, the state of the immune system may be initially changed in patients with pre-existing comorbid non-infectious disorders. The aim of our study was to evaluate biochemical and immunological markers of adverse outcomes in the patients with new coron...

Since the so-called phase one of the Coronavirus pandemic, media professionals have shown great attention to communication about the epidemic, so much so that a “glottology of COVID-19” has even been advocated to reflect on war metaphors referring to the disease. Despite media solicitations, however, reflection on communication at the time of COVID...

INTRODUÇÃO: A covid-19 é uma doença causada pelo SARS-CoV-2, que teve rápida disseminação, com declaração de pandemia em março de 2020, sobretudo em razão da sua alta transmissibilidade, que ocorre por gotículas, contato e partículas de aerossóis. Assim, houve a necessidade de instituir medidas preventivas à população e, principalmente, aos profiss...

The COVID-19 pandemic, caused by SARS-CoV-2, remains one of the actual medico-social issues of today's world. Novel coronavirus infection officially listed in dangerous infections. When an ingress of coronavirus infection in the background of intensive production of inflammatory inducers comes with decreased levels of type I interferon that cause l...

Exploration, management, and conservation of groundwater resources are critical stages toward potable water supply, driven by an expanding populace and the threat of a new norm posed by the distinctive coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. An in-depth assessment of the potential of groundwater reserves and susceptibility, using a multi-criteria evaluati...

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is caused due to infection by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 which is a highly infectious virus causing multisystem involvement predominantly affecting the respiratory system. However, COVID-19 is not just a respiratory disease and can affect other organs, including the brain. There are accum...

Objetivo: Descrever sobre as práticas de cuidado multiprofissional durante a pandemia da COVID-19. Método: Trata-se de revisão integrativa. A busca na literatura foi realizada nas seguintes bases de dados: National Library of Medicines; Base de dados bibliográficas especializada na área de Enfermagem; Literatura Latino-Americana em ciências da saúd...

The pandemic of coronavirus infection (COVID-19) has stimulated the development, testing and widespread use of preventive vaccines based on various platforms. Our aim was to perform a direct comparison of immunogenicity of various vaccines within a single study in small groups within six months of SARS-CoV-2 vaccination and revaccination. The stdy...

With the great success of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) vaccines, mRNA therapeutics have gained significant momentum for the prevention and treatment of various refractory diseases. To function efficiently in vivo and overcome clinical limitations, mRNA demands safe and stable vectors and a reasonable administrati...

After their rapid adoption at the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, remote case reviews (remote readouts) between diagnostic radiology residents and their attendings have persisted in an increasingly remote workforce, despite relaxing social distancing guidelines. Our objective was to evaluate the impact of the transition to remote readouts on res...

Sentiment analysis (SA) is a multidisciplinary field that aims to predict sentiment tone or attitude expressed in a text, SA using social media data has become a popular topic especially during critical events such as natural disasters, social movements and recently the spread of the Coronavirus Pandemic. Sentiments can be expressed explicitly or i...

INTRODUÇÃO: No mês de dezembro de 2019, pacientes de uma cidade da China, Wuhan, começaram a contrair uma pneumonia viral, um novo coronavírus oficializado pela OMS no dia 30 de janeiro de 2020. A pandemia provocada pelo SARS-CoV-2 impactou na vida das pessoas de uma maneira jamais vista, incluindo a população adolescente. Nesse contexto, uma das c...

En esta extraña coyuntura marcada por el confinamiento a causa del Covid-19, quisiera recomendar un opúsculo de John Maynard Keynes, publicado en 1940 con el título "Cómo pagar la guerra", en el que el autor expuso un plan que él mismo calificó de "radical" para financiar el esfuerzo bélico británico durante la II Guerra Mundial. Se cumplen exactam...

A BSTRACT Background The emergence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) caused a pandemic named coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) that has become the greatest worldwide public health threat. Although different treatment recommendations are offered for COVID-19 infection, steroid treatment remains important. Aim We aim...

Introdução: A pandemia causada pela disseminação do vírus SARS-CoV-2 trouxe demandas até então nunca previstas para os sistemas de saúde e a sociedade. Dentre os maiores desafios, salienta-se a importância da manutenção do tratamento de doenças potencialmente letais que seguiram em paralelo à epidemia mundial que se instalou. O tratamento do câncer...

Background Since 2019, the coronavirus disease-19 pandemic and its consequences from restrictions to risks have impacted our lives in all aspects. Pregnant women are especially vulnerable to the changes that were implemented as a result of the shift in healthcare priorities and the medical and social implications of the lockdown. Objectives This s...

Objective To summarize factors contributing to the resilience of nurses in caring for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients. Methods An integrative review was conducted according to the recommendations proposed by Whittemore and Knafl. Articles were searched through 8 electronic databases: PubMed, Scopus, Clinical Key for Nursing, ProQuest,...

To allow an efficient protection against viruses like the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus type 2 (SARS-CoV-2), it is important to avoid their spreading by using filtering face pieces (FFP), which are categorized by different standards according to their filtration efficiency. In this study, we subjected six brands of FFP2 standard mas...

Background Eosinophilic gastrointestinal disorders (EGIDs) are chronic allergic diseases categorized as eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) and non‐EoE EGIDs. Few studies regarding the association between EGIDs and coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) have been reported. Although most Japanese individuals received the severe acute respiratory syndrome co...

Background The increased stress the world experienced with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic affected mental health, disproportionately affecting females. However, how perceived stress in the first year affected menstrual and menopausal symptoms has not yet been investigated. Objectives This study evaluates the effect that the first year...

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In the pediatric population, coronavirus infection caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is more commonly observed in asymptomatic and moderately symptomatic cases. However, when COVID-19 coexists with other infections, it can result in a more severe disease progression. Various subtypes of the SARS-CoV-2 virus are...

Using the Mass Observation corpus of 12 th of May Diaries, we investigate concepts that are characteristic of the first coronavirus lockdown in the UK. More specifically, we extract and analyse concepts which are distinctive of the discourses produced in May 2020 in relation to concepts used in the 10 previous years, 2010–2019. In the current paper...

Background. Immunocompromised individuals have been excluded from landmark studies of messenger RNA vaccinations for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus type 2 (SARS-CoV-2). In such patients, the response to vaccination may be blunted and may wane more quickly compared with immunocompetent patients. We studied the factors associated with...

Por representar um fator estressante, a pandemia de Covid-19 torna-se um agente incidente quanto ao uso de estratégias de enfrentamento (Coping), sobretudo em profissionais de saúde. Estudo transversal de abordagem quantitativa desenvolvido na Rede de Atenção Primária à Saúde em um distrito sanitário de Curitiba com o objetivo de identificar as est...

Background Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a rapidly developing and sometimes lethal pulmonary disease. Accurately predicting COVID-19 mortality will facilitate optimal patient treatment and medical resource deployment, but the clinical practice still needs to address it. Both complete blood counts and cytokine levels were observed to be mod...

Soon after the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic outbreak, it became clear that vaccination will be the most useful tool to combat the disease. Despite the apparent safety and efficacy of the developed anti-COVID-19 vaccines, relatively high percentages of the population worldwide refused to get vaccinated, including many health workers...

Due to the ability to distinguish between infected and uninfected individuals, the continuing highly contagious Coronavirus disease pandemic, which is brought on by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), highlights the vital role that diagnostic testing plays in outbreak containment. The COVID-19 virus must be detected us...

The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, originating in Wuhan, China, in 2019, has spread to over 200 countries, posing a significant burden on global health systems and the global economy. The urgent need for faster and more accessible diagnostic methods has become evident, especially in regions with limited resources. Early detection can help...