The covid-19 pandemic in vulnerable communities: the responses of Rio de Janeiro’s favelas by Dalia Maimon Schiray

“…In this context, the article focuses on the responses of Rio de Janeiro’s favelas to the pandemic during and after the lockdown. With no specific policy on the part of the Brazilian government, this vulnerable population, supported by social organization present in the communities, adopted health preventive measures and benefited from donations of food and hygiene products that minimized the announced tragedy.…”
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PMMB COVID-19 Bulletin: United Kingdom (22nd April 2020) by Loh Teng-Hern Tan, Vengadesh Letchumanan, Hooi-Leng Ser, Jodi Woan-Fei Law, Nurul-Syakima Ab Mutalib, Learn-Han Lee

“…The UK government has come under heavy criticism for its response to COVID-19, with lack of preparedness, shortages of personal protective equipment and COVID-19 testing. Despite the lockdown is in place to slow the spread of COVID-19, UK death toll continues to surge. …”
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The COVID-19 pandemic and blood utilisation in South Africa by R Swanevelder, P-L Wessels, V J Louw, A Swarts, M Lennards, K van den Berg

“…The South African National Blood Services (SANBS) saw a substantial decline in blood demand following the institution of strict national lockdown measures, but the impact of the epidemic and various mitigation strategies remained unknown. …”
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Use of mobile phones to collect data on COVID-19: phone access and participation rates, in Rakai, Uganda by Robert Ssekubugu, Anthony Ndyanabo, Fredrick Makumbi, Anna Mia Ekström, Laura Beres, Grace Nalwoga Kigozi, Hadijja Nakawooya, Joseph Ssekasanvu, Maria J Wawer, Fred Nalugoda, Nelson Sewankambo, Victor Ssempijja, Betty Nantume, David Serwadda, Godfrey Kigozi, Ronald H. Gray, Larry W. Chang, M. Kate Grabowski, Helena Nordenstedt, Joseph Kagaayi

“…During the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown, we deployed a rapid, mobile phone-based survey to assess access and participation rates when using mobile phones to collect data on COVID-19 in Rakai, south-central Uganda. …”
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Assessment of Factories on Adherence to COVID-19 Standard Operating Procedures: A Case Study of Wakiso, Mukono, Buikwe, and Jinja Districts, Uganda by Joseph M. Kungu, Edity Namyalo, Angella Musewa, Sarah Nitumusiima, Phiona Keije, Catherine Nakakooza, Osborn Oyirwoth

“…Uganda confirmed the first case of COVID-19 on 21st March, 2020, which led to the first total lockdown in the country. During the lockdown, some factories remained operational; hence, there is a need for a study aimed at assessing the level of adherence to COVID-19 standard operating procedures (SOPs) in factories as a mitigator for the pandemic. …”
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Psychological detachment from work predicts mental wellbeing of working-age adults: Findings from the 'Wellbeing of the Workforce' (WoW) prospective longitudinal cohort study. by Holly Blake, Juliet Hassard, Louise Thomson, Wei Hoong Choo, Teixiera Dulal-Arthur, Maria Karanika-Murray, Lana Delic, Richard Pickford, Lou Rudkin

“…<h4>Aim</h4>To explore the relationship between psychological detachment from work (postulated as a key recovery activity from work) in the first national COVID-19 lockdown with health, wellbeing, and life satisfaction of working age-adults one year later, within the context of a global pandemic.…”
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DEVELOPMENT PROSPECTS OF THE RUSSIAN MARKET OF TECHNICAL SERVICING AND REPAIR IN THE СONTEXT OF A PANDEMIC by O. A. Tettsoeva

“…Currently, at a time of decreasing automotive production caused by the suspension of the plants in the period of lockdown, the reduction in purchasing power of communities connected with the risk of unemployment occurrence in consequence of business failures, the decline in wages and lower vacancy rates, is foreseen reduced demand for new cars against the background of significant increase in sales volumes in the used cars market segment and, therefore, sharp increase in demand for car services performing technical servicing and repair. …”
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Digital sociability in Covid-19 era. Service Design for the analysis of emotional involvement in the digital city by Carlotta Belluzzi Mus, Alessio Caccamo, Riccardo Fazi, Vincenzo Maselli

“…In this context, the article deals with the analysis of the most used digital platforms during the 2020 lockdown, aimed at highlighting the link between its success and the emotional-relational component of the services. …”
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Analysis and Forecasting Students’ Academic Performance Using a Digital Educational Environment by A. E. Shukhman, D. I. Parfenov, L. L. Legashev, L. S. Grishina

“…Also, the authors have studied the academic performance of technical and humanities students during the period of face-to-face education and during the lockdown period. The analysis of academic performance shows the absence of significant deviations in one direction or another. …”
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Estimation of Disease Transmission in Multimodal Transportation Networks by Yu Zheng

“…We also conduct model-based tests to analyze the role of lockdown on different travel modes. Furthermore, sensitivity analysis is implemented, the results of which assist in policy-making for containing infection transmission through traffic.…”
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Assessing the Relationship between Genderbased Violence and COVID-19 Pandemic in Uganda by Consolata, Kabonesa, Fredrick, Immanuel Kindi

“…Particular questions GBV and Covid-19 such as: Have cases of GBV or threats of violenceincreased since Covid-19 Lockdown in Uganda? Why and how do GBV occur in health related emergency situations? …”
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The Role of Education Leaders in Implementing and Sustaining ICT in Compulsory Education in Morocco by Sana Lamtara, Abdelmajid Bouziane

“…This study investigates the teachers’ perspectives about the role of educational leaders in introducing and sustaining the use of technologies almost three years after the pandemic lockdown. 130 teachers from primary and secondary levels throughout Morocco, who do not anymore use technology, filled a questionnaire enquiring about their challenges and barriers of introducing and sustaining the use of technologies after the pandemic. …”
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Functional Disorders of the Gastrointestinal Tract During the Pandemic of a New Coronavirus Infection by A. A. Sheptulin, E. A. Piatenko

“…Measures taken in connection with the pandemic of COVID-19 infection (introduction of lockdown, social isolation) leads to an increase in the level of depression and anxiety and, as a consequence, to an increase in the frequency and prevalence of functional dyspepsia (FD) and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), as well as an increase in the severity of clinical symptoms of these diseases. …”
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Modeling the Effects of Nonpharmaceutical Interventions on COVID-19 Spread in Kenya by Duncan K. Gathungu, Viona N. Ojiambo, Mark E. M. Kimathi, Samuel M. Mwalili

“…Different intervention scenarios are considered, and the results show that implementation of closure of education institutions, curfew, and partial lockdown yields predicted delayed peaks of the overall infections, severe cases, and fatalities and subsequently containment of the pandemic in the country.…”
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DID COVID-19 INCREASE THE RISK OF INTERNAL AUDITING? by Hans-Ulrich Westhausen

“…In particular, the spatial and personnel distance from operational activities due to lockdown and home office raise the question of whether these serious changes in the audit environment have possibly also changed the audit risk. …”
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Indian Agriculture and Rural Economy in Terms of the COVID-19 Pandemic by Michał Mrozek

“…Even while farming operations were spared during the lockdown’s early stages, the agricultural value chain nonetheless experienced widespread disruptions. …”
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Investor Sentiment and Stock Market Reactions to COVID-19: Evidence from China by Lin Sun, Wei Shi

“…Employing the event study methodology (ESM) and taking the date of the Wuhan lockdown as the event date, we find that average abnormal return (AAR) and cumulative abnormal return (CAR) are significantly negative, and average trading volume excesses far more than before within two days of the outbreak. …”
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The Future of Teaching? Asimov's Three laws and the Hypothetical Robot Teacher by Nicola Robertson

“… There is no denying that the influence and use of technology in relation to teaching and learning increased significantly during the Co-Vid-19 periods of isolation and lockdown. The screen became the classroom; the teacher (and the students), rendered as apparitions of virtuality. …”
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DID COVID-19 INCREASE THE RISK OF INTERNAL AUDITING? by Hans-Ulrich Westhausen

“…In particular, the spatial and personnel distance from operational activities due to lockdown and home office raise the question of whether these serious changes in the audit environment have possibly also changed the audit risk. …”
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Development of world oil refining in the context of the coronavirus pandemic by A. P. Solomonov

“…In the context of the current situation, the largest oil refineries strategies are changing, taking into account the current lockdown risks. The article shows that the large oil reserves accumulation is one of the most significant challenges for the petroleum products global production, but the main risk is still a decrease in global demand for motor fuels. …”
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