Potential effects of Whatsapp on maternal health services uptake during COVID-19: a cross-sectional study in Ghana by Kwame S. Safo, Daniel Opoku, Richard A. Bonney, Clement K. Serchim, Kofi A. Mensah

“…Abstract Background During the COVID-19 pandemic period Health Care Practitioners (HCPs) were seen to facilitate healthcare delivery by using their mobile phones also known as “informal mHealth”, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). …”
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The mental health impact of repeated COVID-19 enforced lockdowns in England: evidence from the UK Household Longitudinal Study by Rashpal K. Dhensa-Kahlon, Siu Tim Wan, Jacqueline A.-M. Coyle-Shapiro, Kevin Rui-Han Teoh

“…Rates of reported mental health symptoms were not significantly different across each lockdown, but were significantly higher than pre-pandemic rates, declining with eased restrictions. …”
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Chronological trend of social contact patterns in Japan after the emergence of COVID-19 by Hwichang Jeong, Sehyun Park, June Young Chun, Norio Ohmagari, Yongdai Kim, Shinya Tsuzuki

“…Background: The social contact data for Japan as of 2022 showed a substantially decreased number of contacts compared with before the COVID-19 pandemic. However, it is unclear whether social contact continues to be depressed following the end of countermeasures against the pandemic. …”
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PROSPECTS OF DISTANCE LEARNING, IN RELATION TO THE NEW REALITIES OF SOCIO-ECONOMIC RELATIONS by P. A. Kapyrin

“…The article proposes the author’s view on global trends associated with new realities, caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the consequences of which the world is aware of now and will finally accept after the end of the coronavirus pandemic. …”
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Households’ Borrowing Intentions During the COVID-19 Crisis: The Role of Financial Literacy by Łukasz Kurowski

“…In terms of sociodemographic features, young adults and the less educated are less willing to borrow during the pandemic.…”
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The Impact of Random Noise on the Dynamics of COVID-19 Epidemic Model by Amine El Koufi, Nouhaila El Koufi, Abdelkrim Bennar, Namana Seshagiri Rao

“…At the end of 2019, the world knew the propagation of a new pandemic named COVID-19. This disease harmed the exercises of humankind and changed our way of life. …”
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Do Ownership and Environment Affect Profits with the Role of the Independent Commissioners? by Muhammad Noval, Rimayanti Rimayanti, Malia Malia, Muhammad Syahid, Amina A.A Elzaanin, Aswini Arumugam

“… This study aims to explore health company profits during the pandemic from the perspective of managerial ownership and environmental performance accompanied by the moderating role of independent commissioners. …”
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Structuring and restructuring COVID-19 Intensive Care Units: a systematic review by Luis Fernando Reis Macedo, Kenya Waléria de Siqueira Coelho Lisboa, Thais Rodrigues de Albuquerque, Alexandre Pazetto Balsanelli, Sarah De Lima Pinto, Izabel Cristina Santiago Lemos de Beltrão, Gyllyandeson de Araujo Delmondes

“…Thus, understanding this ICU reorganization process is useful for healthcare system planning and, consequently, for preventing system collapse in the face of impending pandemics. The objective was to identify elements related to the restructuring and organization of human resources, materials, and organization/structure processes in ICUs during the COVID-19 pandemic. …”
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Examining E-Services and Citizen Engagement for Sustainable Local Governance. Lessons for South Africa in the Post-COVID-19 era by Lewis Edwin Chigova, Costa Hofisi

“…The COVID-19 pandemic underscored the critical role of digital transformation in maintaining essential services and sustaining governance processes. …”
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Tracking Missing Deaths: An Exploratory Study on the Mortality Impact of COVID-19 in Kozhikode City, India by Shilka Abraham, Soumitra Ghosh

“…Objectives: This article contributes to the debate, seeking to explore the true mortality impact of the pandemic, by answering four interrelated questions. …”
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The emotions of Chinese netizens toward the opening-up policies for COVID-19: panic, trust, and acceptance by Qiong Dang, Yifei Li, Suping Chen

“…With the development of social media platforms such as Weibo, they have provided a broad platform for the expression of public sentiments during the pandemic. This study aims to explore the emotional attitudes of Chinese netizens toward the COVID-19 opening-up policies and their related thematic characteristics. …”
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The effects of COVID-19 home confinement on the psychological well-being of the Moroccan population: Regular versus irregular dynamics. by Hicham KHABBACHE, Laila EL ALAMI, Khalid OUAZIZI, Driss AIT ALI, Hanane EL GHOUAT, Mohamed MAKKAOUI, Mimoun SAIDI, Abdelilah EL MENIARI, Kawtar KHABBACHE, Eman SHENOUDA, Radouane MRABET, Abdelhalim CHERQUI, Murat YILDIRIM, Francesco CHIRICO, Gabriella NUCERA, Lukasz SZARPAK, Nicola Luigi BRAGAZZI

“…Background: Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic and the implementation of home confinement measures, understanding the psychological well-being of individuals has become crucial. …”
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Revisiting principles of partnership working in the third space by Julie Blackwell Young, Sarah Parkes

“… The COVID-19 pandemic catalysed significant shifts within higher education, prompting institutions to re-evaluate their approaches to partnership working. …”
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Comparing the rate of inpatient admissions of prison residents with COVID-19 to the general population in England in 2020/2021 using Hospital Episode Statistics data by Miranda Davies, Anjana Roy

“…Objective To compare the rate of inpatient admissions of prison residents with COVID-19 to the general population and to consider differences in the use of inpatient and outpatient services by prison residents in England in the first year of the pandemic (2020/2021), to the 12 months prior to the pandemic (2019/2020).Methods The pseudonymised records of patients who accessed admitted patient care and outpatient hospital services from a prison address in England between 1 April 2019 and the 31 March 2021 were extracted from Hospital Episode Statistics data. …”
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Checkmate to Bioethics? by Fabio Alberto Garzón Díaz

“…No one, not the richest nor the poorest country, was prepared for this. The covid-19 pandemic has put the world in check and proposes a new planetary order. …”
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La plateforme Moodle et l’évaluation entre pairs dans la didactique de la traduction by Mirella Piacentini

“…The experience was carried out during the Covid-19 pandemic. Although the pandemic may well have encouraged the use of learning platforms, the experience illustrated in the study shows that Moodle offered activities and resources which proved effective in training courses in collaborative literary translation. …”
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Tight Labour Market — Labour Shortage Following Corona by ZG Überblick

“…Abstract Due in part to the distortions of the coronavirus pandemic, the current situation in the labour market is tense. …”
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CALCULATED RISKS: EXPLORING PLAGUE ETHICS WITH LUTHER AND BARTH by A. Hancock

“… This article explores the way churches in the USA navigated risk in the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic. In particular, it examines the theological basis for reactions to restrictions affecting in-person worship services and for participation in the Black Lives Matter protests. …”
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“We’re all in the same storm, but not all of us are in the same boat”: qualitative exploration of UK response-focused civil servants experiences of working from home during COVID-1... by Charlotte E. Hall, Samantha K. Brooks, Neil Greenberg, Dale Weston

“…Meeting the demands of being on the frontline, whilst also adjusting from a normal and practiced way of working to having to work from within one’s home, may bring a plethora of new barriers and facilitators associated with providing an effective pandemic response. Method This interview study collected and analysed data from 30 UK Civil servants who worked on the COVID-19 pandemic response from their own homes. …”
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Announcement effect of tender offer share buyback around turmoil period – evidence from India by Suresha B., Kavitha Desai, Rejoice Thomas, Nijumon K John, Elizabeth Renju Koshy

“…The study considered the stocks listed in the National Stock Exchange (NSE) that offered share buyback under tender offer mode during the pre-pandemic period between April 2016 and February 2020 and the post-pandemic period between March 2020 and March 2022. 75 firms in the pre-pandemic period and 43 in the post-pandemic period that announced share buyback under the tender offer method were analyzed. …”
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