Effectiveness of professional-identity-formation and clinical communication-skills programs on medical students’ empathy in the COVID-19 context: comparison between pre-pandemic in-person classes and during-pandemic online classes by Hitomi Kataoka, Akiko Tokinobu, Chikako Fujii, Mayu Watanabe, Mikako Obika

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Research note: Understanding Post-COVID Travel Intentions: The Role of Motivations, Anxiety, Health Consciousness, and Resilience by Dila MAGHRIFANI, Wulan PERMATASAR

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Retracing Hotbeds of the 1918–19 Influenza Pandemic. Spatial Differences in Seasonal Excess Mortality in the Netherlands by Rick J. Mourits, Ruben Schalk, Albert Meroño-Peñuela, Joe Raad, Auke Rijpma, Bram van den Hout, Richard L. Zijdeman

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COVID-19 Pandemic and Its Impact on Perinatal Outcomes between Symptomatic and Asymptomatic Women by Inas Babic, Faten Alsomali, Sana Aljuhani, Sahar Baeissa, Inam Alhabib, Ebtisam AlAhmari, Magdy Omer, Khalid Alkhalifa

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Jesus Christ, a compassionate companion: Christological reflections in the time of the HIV/AIDS pandemic by E. S. Mligo

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From From ideology to inequality: Examining the socialist effect on South Africa's pandemic politics by Demi Harmse

“…Currently, the global health crisis spurred by the COVID-19 pandemic presents the opportune moment to examine the ideological impact of socialism on disparate social and economic policy outcomes. …”
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Policies on mental health in the workplace during the COVID-19 pandemic: A scoping review. by David Villarreal-Zegarra, C Mahony Reátegui-Rivera, Iselle Sabastizagal-Vela, Miguel Angel Burgos-Flores, Nieves Alejandra Cama-Ttito, Jaime Rosales-Rimache

“…<h4>Background</h4>The COVID-19 pandemic has had a profound impact on both mental health and working conditions. …”
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Recommendations for the treatment of multiple sclerosis with disease-modifying drugs during the COVID-19 pandemic by R. Kizlaitienė, N. Giedraitienė, I. Sereikė, J. Liutkienė, L. Leščinskienė, G. Kaubrys

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Humoral Immunity Profiling to Pandemic and Bat‐Derived Coronavirus Variants: A Geographical Comparison by Parinaz Fathi, Andrea Lucia Alfonso, Christina Yek, Zoe Putman, Matthew Drew, Dominic Esposito, Irfan Zaidi, Sophana Chea, Sokna Ly, Rathanak Sath, Chanthap Lon, Huch Chea, Rithea Leang, Rekol Huy, Sovann Ly, Heng Seng, Chee Wah Tan, Feng Zhu, Lin‐Fa Wang, Fabiano Oliveira, Kaitlyn Sadtler, Jessica Manning

“…These data suggest that exposure to related betacoronaviruses may elicit cross‐reactive immunity to SCV2 prior to the global pandemic.…”
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Optimism bias, judgment of severity, and behavioral change during two stages of the pandemics in China by Dannuo Lyu, Fanli Jia, Xiaosong Gai

“…This study highlights the beneficial role of optimism bias, both physically and psychologically, during the COVID-19 pandemic.…”
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Effects of covid-19 and strategies employed by entrepreneurs in the Peruvian gastronomic sector during the pandemic by Karla Soria-Barreto, Gianni Romaní, Guillermo Peralta-Godoy, Rafael Flores-Goycochea, Eduardo Ruiz-Sevillano

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Healthcare workers as a sentinel surveillance population in the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic by Indumathi Venkatachalam, Edwin Philip Conceicao, May Kyawt Aung, Molly Kue Bien How, Liang En Wee, Jean Xiang Ying Sim, Ban Hock Tan, Moi Lin Ling

“…Introduction: Healthcare workers (HCWs) are a critical resource in the effort to control the COVID-19 pandemic. They are also a sentinel surveillance population whose clinical status reflects the effectiveness of the hospital’s infection prevention measures in the pandemic. …”
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Joining the frontline against the COVID-19 pandemic: perspectives and readiness of graduating medical students by Joo Wei Chua, Isaac Kah Siang Ng, Zhaojin Chen, Desmond Boon Seng Teo

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Becoming a new parent during the pandemic: experiences of pregnancy, birth, and the postnatal period by Emma Blakey, Daniel Kuria, Michelle McGillion, Fiona Scott

“…This study aimed to enhance our understanding of the experiences of new parents during the pandemic by qualitatively analysing their experiences. …”
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“Total Worker Health” strategy to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic and future challenges in the workplace by Francesco CHIRICO, Angelo SACCO, Giuseppe FERRARI

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Advancing Pandemic Preparedness in Healthcare 5.0: A Survey of Federated Learning Applications by Saeed Hamood Alsamhi, Ammar Hawbani, Alexey V. Shvetsov, Santosh Kumar

“…Our findings demonstrate that FL can significantly improve pandemic response times and accuracy. Moreover, we speculate on the potential scenarios where FL could enhance pandemic preparedness and make healthcare more resilient. …”
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Rapid deployment of a telemedicine service in orthopaedic surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic by Wei Ping Marcus Tan, Andrew Arjun Sayampanathan, Teck Choon Tan, Chee Ping Franklin Tan, Chen Ee Lee, Hwee Chye Andrew Tan, Kae Sian Tay

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The instrumental value of advance directives: lesson learned from the COVID-19 pandemic for policymaking by Elisabeth Stock, Christian H. Nickel, Bernice S. Elger, Andrea Martani

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Toward a reinterpretation of sacramental theology in the context of pandemics: The case of the Methodist Church in Zimbabwe by M. Mujinga

“…Covid-19 lockdowns diluted the traditional meaning of sacramental theology for mainline churches. The effects of the pandemic were bad that, churches in Zimbabwe were closed towards lent season in 2020. …”
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From overtourism to undertourism... and back? The struggle to manage tourism regrowth in post-pandemic Amsterdam by Lola Kuenen, Robert Fletcher, Tom Jakobs, Martijn Duineveld, Ko Koens

“…City administrators were aware of these issues and took a variety of measures before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, such as placing restrictions on tourism rental (Airbnb) and setting up campaigns to tackle problem behaviour of tourists. …”
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