Addressing evidence needs during health crises in the province of Quebec (Canada): a proposed action plan for rapid evidence synthesis by Quan Nha Hong, Esther McSween-Cadieux, Maxime Guillette, Luiza Maria Manceau, Jingjing Li, Vera Granikov, Marie-Pascale Pomey, Marie-Pierre Gagnon, Saliha Ziam, Christian Dagenais, Pierre Dagenais, Alain Lesage, Thomas G. Poder, Martin Drapeau, Valéry Ridde, Julie Lane

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Optimal control and bifurcation analysis of a delayed fractional-order SIRS model with general incidence rate and delayed control by Conghui Xu, Yongguang Yu, Guojian Ren, Xinhui Si

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Using FinBERT as a refined approach to measuring impression management in corporate reports during a crisis by Caroline Cherry, Waheeda Mohamed, Yogesh Brahmbhatt

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Global Governance of Biogenic Threats by M. M. Lebedeva, D. A. Kuznetsov

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Prevalence of psychological distress: a scientific approach towards the mental health and wellbeing of population during the SARS-COV-2 outbreak [version 2; peer review: 2 approved... by Shazia Sadaf, Sara Noreen, Ahmed Alsubaie, Inayat Shah, Saman Tauqir, Saqib Ali

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Mystery flu-like outbreak raises another alarm in Congo: The next disease X? by Pawan Kumar, Shubham Kumar, Rachana Mehta, Ranjana Sah

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Saúde Mental Infantil, Gênero e Cuidado em Famílias Chefiadas por Mulheres em Tempos de Pandemia // Child Mental Health, Gender and Care in Families Headed by Women in Pandemic Times by Vania Bustamante, Emily Lara Virgens Oliveira

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Relationships among thriving at work, organisational commitment and job satisfaction among Chinese front-line primary public health workers during COVID-19 pandemic: a structural equation model analysis by Di Jiang, Jingjing Wang, Lei Guo, Yuanmin Jia, Mo Yi, Zeyi Zhang, Ou Chen, Baosheng Zhao

“…Objectives This study aims to explore the mediating effect and influence mechanism of organisational commitment on the association among thriving at work and job satisfaction among frontline primary public health workers (PHWs) in China during the COVID-19 pandemic.Design This study is a cross-sectional written survey.Setting We included 20 primary care units in northern provinces of China.Participants A total of 601 PHWs who worked in primary organisations and against COVID-19 on the front line were included.Methods We collected the data from the participants’ written questionnaire (Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire, thriving at work scale and organisational commitment scale), and programmed AMOS V.26.0 to develop a structural equation model (SEM) based on the relationships among the three variables.Results The thriving at work scores of the primary PHWs were (M=3.17, SD=0.65), and job satisfaction was (M=3.05, SD=0.69); the scores of their thriving at work, organisational commitment and job satisfaction were all significantly correlated (p<0.01); and the SEM indicated that organisational commitment had a significant partial mediating effect between thriving at work and job satisfaction. …”
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COVID-19: Lessons from the Past to Inform the Future of Healthcare by Camilla Mattiuzzi, Giuseppe Lippi

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Quick Response Code Technology-based Contact Tracing Solutions to Mitigate Epidemic Outbreaks: A Review by Agburu O. Adikpe, Ezekiel E. Agbon, Abdulkadir M. Giwa, Habib T. Adeyemo, Moses A. Adegoke, Franklin C. Njoku

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Crenças de mulheres com e sem sintomas ansiosos sobre a pandemia de Covid-19 em 2020 // Beliefs of women with and without anxious symptoms about the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020 by Júlia Nunes Cardoso, Daiane Nunes, André Faro

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Telemedicine for HIV care: a cross-sectional survey of people living with HIV receiving care at two federally qualified health centers in Los Angeles during a mature phase of the COVID-19 pandemic by Daisy Walker, Corrina Moucheraud, Derrick Butler, Christian Takayama, Steven Shoptaw, Judith S. Currier, Jay Gladstein, Risa Hoffman

“…Abstract Background The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in the rapid implementation of telemedicine for HIV care at federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) in the United States. …”
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The Health‐Related Quality of Life Impact of the COVID‐19 Pandemic on People Living with Multiple Sclerosis and the General Population: A Comparative Study Utilizing the EQ‐5D‐5L with Psychosocial Bolt‐Ons by Glen J. Henson, Ingrid van derMei, Bruce V. Taylor, Suzi B. Claflin, Andrew J. Palmer, Gang Chen, Julie A. Campbell

“…ABSTRACT Objectives Studies have shown that people living with multiple sclerosis (PwMS) were substantially impacted by the COVID‐19 pandemic. However, no study has compared the overall health‐related quality of life impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic on PwMS and the general population. …”
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Emergency medication support service: Filling the overlooked gap for those under home quarantine during the Coronavirus pandemic A view from the Hong Kong Red Cross (Branch of the Red Cross Society of China)

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COVID-19 in the context of pregnancy, infancy and parenting (CoCoPIP) study: protocol for a longitudinal study of parental mental health, social interactions, physical growth and cognitive development of infants during the pandemic by Topun Austin, Jane Barlow, Ezra Aydin, Staci M Weiss, Kevin A Glasgow, Mark H Johnson, Sarah Lloyd-Fox

“…Introduction While the secondary impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the psychological well-being of pregnant women and parents has become apparent over the past year, the impact of these changes on early social interactions, physical growth and cognitive development of their infants is unknown, as is the way in which a range of COVID-19-related changes have mediated this impact. …”
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Acceptability, feasibility, and effectiveness of internet-based cognitive behavior therapy for obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD-NET): a naturalistic pilot trial during the COVID-19 pandemic in a psychiatric outpatient department in Germany by Elisabeth Kohls, Sabrina Baldofski, Julia Scholl, Oskar Flygare, Lina Lundström, Ursula Beyrich-Kolbus, Marc Steinbrecher, Christian Rück, Christine Rummel-Kluge

“…Conclusions The OCD-NET program is overall highly acceptable and appears to meet patients’ needs in routine care, even under pandemic constraints. ICBT with therapist guidance significantly reduces OCD and depressive symptoms in real world settings. …”
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Grupo terapêutico on-line: dispositivo de cuidado para saúde mental de universitários em tempos de pandemia // On-line therapeutic group: care device for the mental health of college students in pandemic times by Rafaella Andrade Vivenzio, Ana Elisa Reis Amorim, Johnatan Martins Sousa, Marciana Gonçalves Farinha

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Elevating the public realm: a framework for designing resilient urban green spaces in hyperdense cities by Ahmed Ehab, Gary Burnett, Tim Heath

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Retrospective study of factors associated with the clinical severity of covid-19 in older adults in Minas Gerais: structural equation modeling by Flavia Aparecida Dias Marmo, Nayara Gomes Nunes Oliveira, Érica Midori Ikegami, Neilzo Nunes Oliveira, Joilson Meneguci, Darlene Mara dos Santos Tavares

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Ten pressure points in primary care during COVID-19: findings from an international narrative review by Sally Hall Dykgraaf, Anne Parkinson, Michael Wright, William C. W. Wong, Jane Desborough, Lauren Ball, Elizabeth Sturgiss, Garang M. Dut, Katelyn Barnes, Danielle Butler, Steph Davis, Kirsty Douglas, Candan Kendir, Danielle Martin, Robert Marten, Katherine Rouleau, Shannon Barkley, Lucas de Toca, Michael Kidd

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