The Impact of COVID-19 on Hospitalised COPD Exacerbations in Malta by Yvette Farrugia, Bernard Paul Spiteri Meilak, Neil Grech, Rachelle Asciak, Liberato Camilleri, Stephen Montefort, Christopher Zammit

“…This study is aimed at investigating a significant difference between the number of acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (AECOPD) admissions and their inpatient outcome at Mater Dei Hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic when compared to the same period in 2019. …”
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Laboratory capacity-building during COVID-19 in Somalia: improving access to essential diagnostics for national health security in a fragile setting by Salvador Figuereo, Sahra Isse Mohamed, Desalegn Takele, Abdulrahman M. Sheikh, Solomon Chane Abera, Ayni Muhiadin Mohamed, Mutaawe Lubogo, Hassan Mukhtar Abukar, Mary Joan Karanja, Sulaiman Bangura, Antoine Abou Fayad, Ali Haji Adam, Abdinasir Yusuf Osman, Sk Md Mamunur Rahman Malik

“…Abstract Introduction Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, Somalia’s national laboratory services had insufficient diagnostic capacities. …”
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Efektifitas Metode Preference Selection Index (PSI) dalam Menentukan Penyaluran Dana Bantuan Sosial COVID-19 pada Kecamatan Mandau by Teuku Radillah, Fauzansyah, Pulla Pandika Widodo, Hafiz Mursalan, Budi Permana Putra

“…Abstract COVID-19 is a global pandemic with rapid spread, including in Indonesia. …”
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Assessment of COVID-19 vaccine uptake and associated factors among healthcare workers in selected health facilities of the Somali Region, Eastern Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study... by Maereg Wolde, Trhas Tadesse Berhe, Addisalem Melesse, Rachana Sharma, Hnin Su Mon, Tesfaye Simireta, Hailemariam Addisu, Yosef Wassihun

“…Background The global COVID-19 pandemic poses substantial health challenges. Vaccination is key in preventing COVID-19, particularly among healthcare workers (HCWs), essential in curbing the pandemic. …”
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The Rise of SARS-CoV-2 Variants and the Role of Convalescent Plasma Therapy for Management of Infections by Mohamed, Moubarak, Keneth Iceland, Kasozi, Helal F., Hetta, Hazem M., Shaheen, Abdur, Rauf, Hayder M., Al-kuraishy, Safaa, Qusti, Eida M., Alshammari, Emmanuel Tiyo, Ayikobua, Fred, Ssempijja, Adam Moyosore, Afodun, Ritah, Kenganzi, Ibe Michael, Usman, Juma John, Ochieng, Lawrence Obado, Osuwat, Kevin, Matama, Ali I., Al-Gareeb, Emmanuel, Kairania, Monica, Musenero, Susan, Christina Welburn, Gaber, El-Saber Batiha

“…Novel therapies for the treatment of COVID-19 are continuing to emerge as the SARS-Cov- 2 pandemic progresses. PCR remains the standard benchmark for initial diagnosis of COVID-19 infection, while advances in immunological profiling are guiding clinical treatment. …”
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A machine learning and clustering-based approach for county-level COVID-19 analysis. by Charles Nicholson, Lex Beattie, Matthew Beattie, Talayeh Razzaghi, Sixia Chen

“…COVID-19 is a global pandemic threatening the lives and livelihood of millions of people across the world. …”
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Performance Analysis of Two Different Types of Waiting Queues with Working Vacations by M. Sundararaman, D. Narasimhan, P. Rajadurai

“…The motivation for this model in a pandemic situation is to analyze new healthcare service systems and reflect the characteristics of patient services.…”
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¿Donde esta el pollo? Cuba, sovranità alimentare e ontologia della scarsezza by Elena Zapponi

“…The analysis focuses on changes rooted in the long-lasting crisis that followed the 1990s and on an 'ontology of scarcity', a consequence of the pandemic, the exacerbated economic crisis, and the recent reorganisation of the monetary system; a time marked by an increased sense of daily lucha on the part of citizens who experience supply difficulties, urban peregrinations in search of food, and an unprecedented migratory exodus. …”
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The New Normal? The European Union’s Temporary Frameworks for State Aid by Kociubiński Jakub

“…Since all downturns and slowdowns involve low aggregate demand, the authorities typically step in by increasing their own spending to protect businesses and jobs. During the Covid pandemic the European Union has witnessed an unprecedented level of State aid measures, under the hastily adopted dedicated temporary framework. …”
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SEXY CHINKIES IN INDIAN CITIES: CAN WE EMBRACE A SLANT-EYED MARY? by I. Aye

“… This article investigates the escalation of anti-northeastern racism during the COVID-19 pandemic in India, by analysing the existing and underlying forms of domination faced by north-eastern Indian populations living in the metropolitan cities of India. …”
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Income and Credit Debt of Private Households by Markus M. Grabka, Berenike Bartz

“…Despite this overall positive development, there is a risk that the problem of over-indebtedness in Germany could increase again since on the one hand, many self-employed people have suffered high turnover losses due to the containment measures of the coronavirus pandemic, while on the other, the ECB could raise nominal interest rates due to tightened inflation, which would lead to a considerable financial burden for indebted households.…”
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Energy Supply Risks, the Energy Price Crisis and Climate Protection Require Joint Responses by Manfred Fischedick

“…Abstract In the past two years, the world has changed and global crises (e. g. the COVID-19 pandemic, war in Ukraine) increasingly dominate the headline. …”
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Behavior of university students cannot buy smartphones by Ihsan Effendi, Adelina Lubis, Nasib Nasib

“…This research aims to develop a consumer buying model, especially for underprivileged students, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic, which forces students to buy gadgets for college needs. …”
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A Rare Case of Blastic Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cell Neoplasm Occurred in Postchemotherapy of Breast Cancer by Jiankun Tong, Sergei Aksenov, Beth M. Siegel, Lihong Wei, William H. Rodgers

“…Here, we report a case of a 57-year-old female presenting with cervical lymphadenopathy and skin rashes during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021 following multiple types of postmastectomy therapy for breast cancer. …”
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SCIENTIFIC DISCUSSION ON THE ESSENCE OF STATE FINANCIAL REGULATION IN MODERN CONDITIONS by M. L. Dorofeev

“…There is no doubt that the role of the state and its regulatory intervention in the economy in the era of regulated market economy is very high, since it allows us to overcome unprecedented challenges such as the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. The article analyses the concept of state financial regulation in modern conditions on the basis of various Russian and foreign sources. …”
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Geopolitical turmoil and energy dynamics: Analyzing the impact on inflation in selected European economies by Cumali Marangoz

“…The results also show that the European Central Bank's response to the pandemic-induced economic downturn has affected long-term inflation trends. …”
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Recruiting and Retaining Generation Z in the Workforce by Megan S. Cantrell, Cathy H. Carr

“…This generation, born between 1997 and 2012, is marked by their having digital-native status, valuing diversity, and experiencing unique challenges like the COVID-19 pandemic. To recruit Generation Z employees, consider reaching out to transfer students, explore non-traditional educational paths, and emphasize organizational values. …”
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Utilizing Semantic Segmentation to Analyse Google Street View Imagery for Health-Oriented Urban Planning by Siyi Qi

“… After the onset of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, the public health benefits of urban green space (UGS) have attracted increased attention. …”
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Forecasting the COVID-19 Diffusion in Italy and the Related Occupancy of Intensive Care Units by Livio Fenga

“…While those regions hit the most by the pandemic have been kept separated, those less affected regions have been aggregated into homogeneous macroareas. …”
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Proposed Detection Face Model by MobileNetV2 Using Asian Data Set by Phat Nguyen Huu, Vinh Tran Quang, Chau Nguyen Le Bao, Quang Tran Minh

“…It has then become a public health problem in the world. This pandemic is having a heavy impact on the lives of people in our country. …”
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