An inherently discrete–time $ SIS $ model based on the mass action law for a heterogeneous population by Marcin Choiński

“…We supplement our results with a numerical simulation that concerns the real case of a tuberculosis epidemic in Poland.…”
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The socio-economic impact of Covid-19 on refugees and host community’s livelihoods in south western Uganda: a case of Nakivale refugee settlement. by Mucungunzi, Abel, Mugisha, Abbasa, Ahabwe, Macklean

“…This study examined the way the imposition of total lockdown during the COVID-19 epidemic affected the socioeconomic livelihoods of refugees and host communities at the Nakivale refugee settlement in South Western Uganda. …”
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Psychological hardiness and its relationship to health awareness Among Kurdish people in Kurdistan Region during the pandemic of Covid-19 by Trifa Murad Mohammed, Hanaw Hasan Mohammedhkan, Delan Jamal Qader

“… Objective: Like Iraq and neighboring countries, the Kurdistan region was affected by the epidemic which gradually led to a lockdown in March and April and a wide-spread disruption of people’s life and activates. …”
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Robustness of Dengue Complex Network under Targeted versus Random Attack by Hafiz Abid Mahmood Malik, Faiza Abid, Mohamed Ridza Wahiddin, Zeeshan Bhatti

“…Dengue virus infection is one of those epidemic diseases that require much consideration in order to save the humankind from its unsafe impacts. …”
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The COVID-19 Infodemic: Misinformation About Health on Social Media in Istanbul by Serdar Tunçer, Mehmet Sinan Tam

“…In this sense, in order to combat the epidemic, it becomes important to reveal the nuances of COVID-19 related infodemic available on the internet. …”
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Inference of a Susceptible–Infectious stochastic model by Giuseppina Albano, Virginia Giorno, Francisco Torres-Ruiz

“…We considered a time-inhomogeneous diffusion process able to describe the dynamics of infected people in a susceptible-infectious (SI) epidemic model in which the transmission intensity function was time-dependent. …”
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Epidemiology of loneliness & social isolation, an emerging public mental health predicament in India: a scoping review by Niranjan Muralikrishnan, Sendilkumar Balasundaram

“…Abstract Background Loneliness and Social Isolation (SI) has evolved into an epidemic and WHO has alarmed many developed and developing countries that their citizens are going through the epidemic of loneliness and SI. …”
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ANALYSIS OF THE IMPACT OF THE COVID19 PANDEMIC ON ONLINE FOOD SHOPPING by Margit CSIPKÉS, Dorina FODOR

“…In the early stages of the epidemic, panic buying occurred, which is why we considered it important to examine the topic. …”
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CT-Scan Method-based Artificial Neural Network for Diagnosis of COVID-19 by Humam Adnan Sameer, Ammar Hussein Mutlag, Sadik Kamel Gharghan

“… The Covid-19 epidemic appeared suddenly, with a rapid start and leaping steps, declaring a threat to global health where it was the beginnings of its upbringing in Wuhan, China. …”
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Organization of hospital services for an outbreak of arboviral infections. Cienfuegos 2018 by Carlos García Gómez, María Ocavina Rodríguez Roque, Viviana García Escudero, Andrés Pável Peña Batista, Mailé Ramírez Martínez, Onel Rodríguez Chávez

“…<br /><strong>Results:</strong> an operative group was created to lead the actions related to the epidemic outbreak for which human resources were trained. …”
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Long-Term Predictions of COVID-19 in Some Countries by the SIRD Model by Lijun Pei, Mengyu Zhang

“…The predicted results suggest that the epidemic situation in some countries is very serious. …”
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D’une industrie… l’autre ? by Sandrine Musso, Vinh-Kim Nguyen

“…Starting from a contextualization of Cindy Patton’s text, the authors invite consideration of the timeliness of these questions in light of contemporary issues related to the production of identities and communities that helps us see of the establishment of the « targets » of the prevention and treatment of HIV, as well as the effects of the depoliticization secured by the medicalization of the fight against the epidemic.…”
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Research on Public Administration and Resource Allocation Based on Blockchain and Structured Occupational Therapy by Qiyou Zhu

“…In order to explore the public administration and resource allocation based on blockchain and structured occupational therapy, this paper takes the public affairs in the prevention and control of the Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) epidemic as an example to conduct research. On the basis of summarizing and analyzing the previous published literatures, this study expounded the research status and significance of public administration and resource allocations; elaborated the development background, current status and future challenges of blockchain, and structured occupational therapy; introduced the methods and principles of data quality collaboration model and multiparty collaboration standard management; analyzed the case background of public administration and resource allocation in the prevention and control of the COVID-19 epidemic; discussed the public administration mechanism based on blockchain and structured occupational therapy; established a resource allocation method based on blockchain and structured occupational therapy; fathomed the role of the distributed ledger established by blockchain to increase the information symmetry of public administration activities; proposed a blockchain-established special machine trust for resource allocation; and finally, anatomized the data security sharing and access control mechanism based on blockchain and structured occupational therapy. …”
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Optimal Control Problem of Treatment for Obesity in a Closed Population by D. Aldila, N. Rarasati, N. Nuraini, E. Soewono

“…Variety of intervention programs for controlling the obesity epidemic has been done worldwide. However, it is still not yet available a scientific tool to measure the effectiveness of those programs. …”
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Historical Pathways for Opioid Addiction, Withdrawal with Traditional and Alternative Treatment Options with Ketamine, Cannabinoids, and Noribogaine: A Narrative Review by Amber N. Edinoff, Natalie W. Wu, Catherine A. Nix, Bryce Bonin, Rama Mouhaffel, Stephen Vining, William Gibson, Elyse M. Cornett, Kevin S. Murnane, Adam M. Kaye, Alan D. Kaye

“…Thus, the end of the opioid epidemic is not in sight, and treating patients that are addicted to opioids remains of utmost importance. …”
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Influencing Factors and Clustering Characteristics of COVID-19: A Global Analysis by Tianlong Zheng, Chunli Zhang, Yueting Shi, Debao Chen, Sheng Liu

“…Various response strategies to study the characteristics and distributions of the virus in various regions of the world have been developed to assist in the prevention and control of this epidemic. Descriptive statistics and regression analysis on COVID-19 data from different countries were conducted in this study to compare and evaluate various regression models. …”
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Effectiveness and Cost-Benefit of an Influenza Vaccination Program for Health Care Workers by Annalee Yassi, Joel Kettner, Greg Hammond, Mary Cheang, Myrna McGill

“…Absenteeism among high risk hospital workers was increased by 35% (P=0.001) during the virulent influenza epidemic of 1987–88. Benefits, measured as the value of sick time avoided, compared with costs, including materials, occupational nursing staff time, employee time during vaccination, and time lost due to adverse reactions, revealed a net benefit of $39.23 per vaccinated employee. …”
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Potential of hazard mapping as a tool for facing COVID-19 transmission: the geo-COVID cartographic platform by María Jesús Perles Roselló, Juan Francisco Sortino Barrionuevo, Francisco José Cantarero Prados, Hugo Castro Noblejas, Ana Laura De la Fuente Roselló, José María Orellana-Macías, Sergio Reyes Corredera, Jesús Miranda Páez, Matías Mérida Rodriguez

“…After the analysis, it has been concluded that the proposed methodology, and thus, the maps included in the Geo-Covid Cartographic Platform allow a realistic and rigorous analysis of the spatial distribution of the epidemic in real-time. …”
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Virtual Healthcare Center for COVID-19 Patient Detection Based on Artificial Intelligence Approaches by Seifeddine Messaoud, Soulef Bouaafia, Amna Maraoui, Lazhar Khriji, Ahmed Chiheb Ammari, Mohsen Machhout

“…The increasing number of COVID-19 tests gives more information about the epidemic spread, and this can help contain the spread to avoid more infection. …”
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Consideraciones sobre la organización de los servicios hospitalarios ante una epidemia de Influenza A (H1N1). Experiencia en Cienfuegos 2009 by Grupo operativo provincial de atención médica a los enfermos adultos hospitalizados

“…<strong>Introduction</strong>: The organization of the hospital services to face an epidemic of Influenza A (H1N1), a condition of respiratory transmission, constitutes a challenge and the success will depend, to a great extend, of the organizational changes implemented from the stage of planning, as they are an indispensable part of the strategy work. …”
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