Pandemics - Science topic

Since the onset of COVID-19, gender violence has significantly increased, affecting the lives of cis and trans girls and women due to the lack of visibility and overall normalization established through several patriarchal patterns in society. Maven Road analyzed the 8.6M million social media mentions on the topic that occurred in the US since Marc...

The introduction to the special issue of Southern African Review of Education on "Researching, Teaching and Learning During Times of Crises" provides an overview of the special issue of the journal. It points to the articles included in the special issue which raise important questions about the nature and structure of the curriculum that was follo...

This research explores the role of investment in research and development (R&D) as a driver of innovation and performance in high-tech and medium-tech sectors in the context of various crises. Therefore, the study aims to analyse the impact of R&D investment on organisational performance under crisis conditions, providing a detailed perspective on...

We hereby comment on the interesting systematic review by Grewal et al where they have provided an overall picture of the current status of available tele-health programs in the United States with emphasis on the Amazon Clinic. Their analysis is an appreciable effort in discovering the features available and features lacking in these tele-health pr...

This chapter investigates the groundbreaking job of artificial intelligence driven risk forecast models in improving pandemic readiness and worldwide wellbeing security. AI technologies have emerged as essential tools for early detection, risk assessment, and management of infectious disease outbreaks in light of the increasing frequency and comple...

The complexity and vulnerability of supply chains in today's globalized economy have heightened the significance of understanding and managing disruptions. Supply chain disruptions, ranging from natural disasters to pandemics, can lead to substantial delays, increased costs, and reduced quality, thereby impacting the operational performance and sta...

The critical necessity to comprehend cryptocurrencies as technological innovation and as an investment vehicle or commodity gained prominence even before reaching its pinnacle of popularity. Though cryptocurrencies have become a global phenomenon, not everyone understands them due to their newness and complexity. Ergo, investigators intended to asc...

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a contagious disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. It was declared a global pandemic on March 11, 2020, by the World Health Organization. An excessive inflammatory response is a severe respiratory manifestation of COVID-19, which becomes predominant in later stages. Due to its immu...

This study gives us an expression of non-integer order in mathematics via fractional Caputo operator just for the broadcast development of different emotions under emergencies due to any situation or some disease. In this work, we fear the effects of COVID-19 in panic situations, considering incidence data by using power law kernels under a fractal...

Urban development in the post-socialist countries, Romania among them, differs from that seen in countries influenced by liberal ideologies, with the former exhibiting a trend towards clustering that is accentuated by the phenomena of urbanisation and industrialisation. With a slowing-down in industrial performance, followed by a decline of their i...

This book discusses contemporary challenges within the law of the sea, a domain of international law extensively codified in United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. Given the considerable time elapsed since the convention’s adoption and nearly three decades of its implementation, the book analyses the interplay and influence of its provisi...

The intersection of the COVID-19 pandemic and tourism has significantly influenced emissions from supply chains, highlighting a complex dynamic between tourism and climate change. Although the pandemic represents a unique event within a specific timeframe, analyzing its impact on tourism provides valuable insights into the characteristics of touris...

Background The UK’s National Health Service Test and Trace (NHSTT) program aimed to provide the most effective and accessible SARS-CoV-2 testing approach possible. Early user feedback indicated that there were accessibility issues associated with throat swabbing. We report the results of service evaluations performed by NHSTT to assess the effectiv...

In this article, we analyse how anti-globalist conspiracy theories were mobilised online to delegitimise national authorities and policies designed to curb the Covid-19 pandemic in Canada. These conspiracy theories attacked the political authority underpinning public health measures and targeted purportedly ‘liberal’ policies and ‘globalist’ actors...

Antecedent. Uruguay is known for its early and sustained incorporation of programs that foster the use of digital resources in public education. The country selected the mathematics education platform Bettermarks to support the educational process of students. Objective. This research analyses the data on access and usage of the digital platform fo...

Purpose In China, stringent and long-lasting infection control measures, which were called “dynamic zero-COVID policy”, have significantly affected the mental health of college students, particularly concerning depressive and insomnia symptoms. This study aims to investigate how depressive and insomnia symptoms evolved among Chinese college student...

THIS PAPER IS REGARDING SIGNALING PATHWAYS TO TREAT SARS-COV-2. IT DEEPS DOWN TO VARIOUS TREATMENT STRATEGIES TO TREAT SARS-COV-2 WHICH CAUSED DEADLY GLOBAL PANDEMIC

Our paper examines the strategies for achieving economic recovery from the adverse effects of COVID-19 and outlines a pathway for sustainable economic development in Brazil, one of the emerging economies that suffered economic setbacks due to the pandemic. In the post-COVID-19 era, countries worldwide are actively formulating strategies to recover...

Inflation remained quiescent for several decades and then surged in 2021 and 2022. Inflation subsequently fell in 2023 and 2024. This paper investigates how the rise and fall in inflation after 2019 affected the U.S. stock market. To do this, it estimates a fully specified multi-factor model that measures the exposure of 54 assets to inflation, mon...

The health crisis caused by the COVID-19 has, in addition to human lives, left far-reaching consequences for companies and the financial sector. Faced with a sudden lack of liquidity in the financial and real sectors, central banks in developed countries started purchasing various segments of assets. To this end, the European Central Bank (ECB) sta...

Mental health condition was greatly affected by COVID-19 Pandemic through various social distancing measures implemented to counter its spread. Netizens were all abuzz on personal issues like anxiety, depression, and even panic. This study aimed to determine the COVID -19 Pandemic’s effect on mental health as reflected through manifested online beh...

Recovery orientation constitutes a core competency in mental health professionals. Working with primary care helps professionals learn and translate the concept of recovery into practice. In Japan where primary care system is not established yet, previous work experience in general healthcare may substitute for the absence of primary care work expe...

This paper examines the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on private dental practices in Bucharest, Romania, focusing on the influence of practice size and employee numbers. A comparative analysis was conducted across three years: 2019, 2020, and 2021, utilizing data sourced from the Romanian Finance Ministry. In 2019, there were 1,735 activ...

The COVID-19 significantly impacted older adults, worsening their physical health and social connectedness. This study examined whether social support mediates the correlation between COVID-19 concerns and self-rated physical health (SRPH) using data from 2672 participants (aged 50-99) in the NSHAP COVID-19 sub-study (2019-20). Mediation analysis r...

Background Non-specific symptoms, such as headaches and sleep problems, are more common after disasters. They can become chronic, and impact emotional and physical functioning. However, limited research has focused on such symptoms in the context of a pandemic. This study investigated the association between perceived impact of the COVID-19 pandemi...

Online learning as an emerging learning method has a significant impact on education, which cannot be ignored. This article explores the relationship between engagement (including cognition, behavior and emotion), motivation, environment, and college students’ concentration in online learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. A total of 889 college stu...

In today’s competitive and rapidly changing business landscape, organizations face significant challenges such as resource limitations, fluctuating demand, and evolving customer needs. Addressing these challenges requires effective strategies, with supplier selection playing a vital role in building resilient and efficient supply chains. This study...

This study investigated the mediating role of core self-evaluation (CSE) in the relationship between the perception of peer relationship quality and loneliness among university students during the COVID-19 pandemic. An online survey was conducted with 462 university students (mean age: 20.7 ± 1.56 years; age range: 18 to 25 years) using the Peer Re...

The global health crisis COVID-19 pandemic was seen in Wuhan, China on December 1, 2019. The first case was detected in Turkey on March 11, 2020. COVID-19 has primarily created a trauma that significantly threatens the lives and existence of individuals and is distressing for individuals. The fact that the spread of the virus and its effects are hi...

X 1 GJRA-GLOBAL JOURNAL FOR RESEARCH ANALYSIS The COVID-19 pandemic catalyzed a paradigm shift in education, with online learning becoming the primary mode of instruction across disciplines, including medical education. Anatomy, traditionally taught through hands-on dissection, cadaveric demonstrations, and interactive classroom sessions, faced sig...

Introduction The COVID‐19 pandemic has had a significant and ongoing impact on health care, particularly for medical radiation science (MRS) professionals. There exist many studies that describe the negative effects of clinical placement restrictions and access to universities on the well‐being of all health professional students during the pandemi...

Emerging building information modelling (BIM) can be complex to teach during a regular face-to-face class schedule, and even more challenging remotely or virtually. This has been further exacerbated by the outbreak of COVID-19 whereby the adoption of virtual teaching techniques in higher education has been strongly recommended. However, since the o...

Institutions are crafted to tackle the everyday hurdles that societies encounter. Yet, as extreme events – such as natural disasters, pandemics, severe economic downturns, and terrorist attacks – become increasingly common, they put the resilience, efficiency, and adaptability of our governance systems to the test. This special issue dives into how...

Background Research shows initial COVID-19 lockdowns increased population mental distress. Yet, the mental health impact of repeated lockdowns in England remains unknown. AimsTo: (a) explore changes in population mental health symptoms over the COVID-19 pandemic period (March 2020 to March 2021) in England, comparing this with trends from a decade...

Bioethics is the argumentative discipline of decisions and actions that reduce conflicts of interest, dilemmas or asymmetries between the parties involved in biomedical research. The objective of this work was to review and compare the dimensions used by bioethics in the communicative management of the pandemic, namely: Risk, vulnerability, resilie...

Teachers and students encountered various challenges to fulfill the academic requirement in COVID-19. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of COVID-19 on students' academic performance at Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University. We enlist 468 university students in our research study. Chi-square testing, cross-tabulati...

The paper aims to clarify the relationship between hotel staff and quality of services during the Covid-19 pandemic in Chiang Mai province, Thailand. It has two following research objectives, first is to examine the effect of training on employee performance whether they adequately understand, maintain good hygiene, and adjust themselves to the mar...

: The COVID-19 pandemic exposed critical vulnerabilities within India's healthcare infrastructure, underscoring long-standing challenges such as inadequate facilities, workforce shortages, and unequal access to healthcare between urban and rural regions. This chapter delves into the problems that surfaced post-COVID-19, including overwhelmed health...

Pathogenic RNA viruses continuously evading the human populations, and most prevailing in the last three decades. There are some notably examples as Human Immunodeficiency Virus, Ebola-virus and SARS-CoV2 globally emerged as threatened majorly to the public health concern from more than 180 known RNA virus species that may infect humans. New specie...

Objective The present retrospective cohort study sought to advance our understanding of the incidence and recent trends in new ADHD diagnoses among adolescents and adults between 2016 and 2023 in a clinical setting. Method Participants (N = 144,103) included adolescents and adult patients who actively utilized Sisters of Saint Mary (SSM) healthcar...

Epidemiology and Public Health have increasingly relied on structured and unstructured data, collected inside and outside of typical health systems, to study, identify, and mitigate diseases at the population level. Focusing on infectious diseases, we review the state of Digital Epidemiology at the beginning of 2020 and how it changed after the COV...

Abstract This study sought to understand the importance of spirituality in the face of the challenges of the post-COVID-19 pandemic in the context of young people in Brazilian university education. This is a theoretical-reflective study that discusses the importance of spiritual care in the post-pandemic period, guided by scientific productions th...

The COVID-19 pandemic prompted a global response with vaccines emerging as a critical countermeasure. In Argentina, a diverse vaccination strategy utilized multiple vaccine platforms, including Gam-COVID-Vac (Sputnik V), BBIBP-CorV, BNT162b2, and mRNA-1273. This review synthesizes findings from existing studies and national data to evaluate the imp...

Objective: To investigate macro-regional disparities in specialized outpatient dental care for children in the Brazilian Unified Health System (SUS). Material and Methods: An ecological study was conducted using a longitudinal, retrospective, and quantitative approach. The number of outpatient dental procedures (ODPs) performed by Pediatric Dentist...

In 2020, several countries implemented restrictive measures on a wide range of business activities as a crucial step to control the rapid spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. In the urgency of the situation, many nations swiftly implemented extensive and stringent lockdown measures, causing significant disruptions to global supply chains and inflicting...

Objective: The aim of this study is to assess the skin changes that may occur in people as a result of frequent hand washing with topical antiseptics to protect themselves during COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: This is a cross sectional descriptive study done in Alkadhimia Teaching Hospital in Baghdad during COVID-19 pandemic from the period 1st of Nov...

BACKGROUND: Life expectancy is a critical measure of population health. In the U.S., Black Americans have historically experienced lower life expectancy than White Americans due to factors such as health insurance inequities, socioeconomic disparities, and systemic barriers. Though the Black-White life expectancy gap narrowed after 1990, it has flu...

Neurodegenerative diseases (NDDs) cause a progressive loss of neurons. Since NDDs are multifactorial, the precise etiology varies on the basis of the type of disease and patient history. Cohort studies and case studies have demonstrated a potential link between viral infections and the onset or progression of NDDs. Recent findings concerning the me...

The COVID-19 pandemic was the first health crisis that involved the entire world in this century. The statistical data revealed a lack of organization and control in sanitary measures, containment, and mitigation policies, as well as a lack of planning and coordination in the use of medical supplies. This situation led to the development of predict...

The COVID-19 pandemic significantly shifted the context of artistic and creative work, forcing individuals to adapt to wide-reaching changes in the way they operated in both work and life. Relying on interviews with data from 66 U.S.-based arts graduates, this article speaks to needs in sustaining creative life and work after the first year of the...

The recent coronavirus disease (COVID‐19) forced pre‐university professionals to modify the educational system. This work aimed to determine the effects of pandemic situation on students' access to medical studies by comparing the performance of medical students. We evaluated the performance of students enrolled in a subject taught in the first sem...

Introduction: Anorexia nervosa (AN) is an eating disorder most commonly occurring during adolescence, characterized by the highest mortality rate among mental health conditions. It is a serious disorder affecting the physical and psychological development of children and adolescents. The increase in AN cases following the COVID-19 pandemic and diff...

The COVID-19 pandemic severely impacted Indonesia, leading to substantial socio-economic disruptions and widespread social anxiety. In response, the government implemented a range of measures, including restrictions and mandatory health protocols, to control the virus. Although the pandemic is officially declared over, the risk of infection remains...

The COVID-19 pandemic led to significant shifts in societal norms and individual behaviors, including changes in physical activity levels. This study examines the relationship between socioeconomic and sociodemographic factors and changes in physical activity levels during the pandemic compared to pre-pandemic levels among adult Arkansans. Survey d...

This paper aims to investigate the discursive arguments surrounding COVID-19 health protocols, particularly those related to prayer restrictions for Indonesian Muslims during the pandemic. The study highlights the importance of examining the development of contemporary Indonesian Islam and how particular Muslims address social and health issues tha...

The COVID-19 pandemic has profoundly affected the well-being of people across all age groups, with children being particularly vulnerable due to their reliance on stable routines and social interactions for healthy development. Guided by stress-coping theory, this study examines the impact of life stressors and social support on children’s subjecti...

The attitudes of reproductive-age individuals toward COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy are still not well understood. We aimed to explore the attitudes toward COVID-19 vaccines during pregnancy and the determinants among the Chinese reproductive-age population. An anonymous cross-sectional study was conducted in China from July 4 to August 11,...

Abstract: This paper evaluated the recent research progress of the global value chain ( GVC) ，including the effects of COVID－19 pandemic on the GVC，the evolution of methodology and theory of GVC and the trade in val�ue added ( TiVA) . Ｒesearch confirmed that China's foreign trade has been continuously upgraded in recent years， the contribution of f...

This study investigated whether different sources of uncertainty exert different influences on both the ambiguity aversion/preference and ambiguity-generated insensitivity to likelihood changes. These two dimensions of ambiguity attitude were measured using matching probabilities for three-fold partitioned events without needing information about s...

Background Various studies have provided evidence of the impact of COVID-19 and the measures adopted by governments on drug use and its treatment. After 4 years, a more precise assessment of the evolution of patients and addiction treatment services can be made. The objective of this study is to compare different periods during the COVID-19 pandemi...

To investigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the incidence and clinical characteristics of rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD) patients referred to a high-volume center, Farabi Eye Hospital, Iran. In a retrospective study, all new RRD patients referred to Farabi Eye Hospital between March 2019 and March 2020 (pre-pandemic, Group 1) and...

Critical Appraisal and Analysis of the Surveillance and Monitoring System of the Covid 19 Pandemic in Europe

Proceeding book: Tekirdağ Namık Kemal University“; Proceedings of Tekirdağ Namık Kemal University Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences III. International Symposium on Marketing-Tekirdağ /TÜRKİYE, November 16-17, 2024 / Ed. Rasim YILMAZ, Ahmet KUBAŞ.; ISBN: 978-605-4265-79-4; p. 10-14; https://iibfsempozyum.nku.edu.tr/BildirilerKirab%C4%...

The Covid-19 pandemic has changed pedagogical practices at various stages of education. Although the effects of these changes are still unclear, some authors have highlighted the worsening of learning difficulties, in addition to the increase in inequalities between social classes. This paper discusses two elements that may have increased the diffi...

This review offers a comprehensive and in-depth analysis of face mask detection and recognition technologies, emphasizing their critical role in both public health and technological advancements. Existing detection methods are systematically categorized into three primary classes: feaRture-extraction-and-classification-based approaches, object-dete...

This study aimed to analyze the adaptation of workers in industrial parks in Vietnam post-COVID-19 through fluctuations in their income. Data were collected from a survey of 438 workers working in industrial parks and in-depth interviews with five workers in different positions in industrial parks. The study utilized the ordinary least squares (OLS...

The COVID-19 pandemic brought unprecedented challenges to college students, with students who are parents at risk for amplified difficulties due to the dual responsibilities of parenting and pursuing higher education, but there are few studies that compare the experiences of student parents with non-parenting college students. This study employed a...

Original Article

In today's interconnected global supply chains, the integration of predictive analytics and advanced cybersecurity measures has become a pivotal strategy for fortifying risk management and enhancing resilience. The COVID-19 pandemic underscored the vulnerabilities of supply chains, prompting organizations to adopt cutting-edge technologies to mitig...