A Dynamic Model of Information-Vaccination-Disease That Accounts for Emerging Viral Variants: Model Development and a Case Study for COVID-19 in Iceland by Laijun Zhao, Mingmin Ying, Ying Qian, Lixin Zhou, Pingle Yang

“…Pathogens mutate as diseases spread, and variants that become epidemic or pandemic strains have higher transmission rates and a greater capacity to escape vaccine protection. …”
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Case study of social marketing implementation in covid-19 promotion media and public knowledge of covid-19 in Jayapura city by Agus Zainuri, Mifta Fariz Prima Putra, S. Piter Irap, Ervina Indrayani

“…This research is based on the critical role of social marketing in raising awareness and promoting healthy behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly in Jayapura City, where challenges persist in disseminating effective information and influencing public behavior regarding health protocol adherence. …”
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Bolsonaro’s ‘Anti-Diplomacy' by J. A. Timofeeva

“…Paying attention to each of these groups, Bolsonaro implements an inconsistent foreign policy and runs a risk of not putting important political projects into practice and of finding himself in an international isolation.The changes in foreign policy take place amidst political and economic crisis in Brazil. Coronavirus pandemic aggravated the conflict of the branches of power. …”
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Pathogenesis of Severe Clinical Pictures of Influenza A (H1 N1). Some answers and new doubts. by Alfredo Darío Espinosa Brito, Ángel Julio Romero Cabrera

“…One of the main characteristics of the current pandemic caused by the virus of Influenza A (H1N1) is the presence of non-habitual groups of high risk to develop severe clinical pictures, mainly as a consequence of a complicated serious pneumonia associated to an adult respiratory distress syndrome. …”
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Covid-19 and the South African Pentecostal Landscape: Historic Shift from Offline Liturgical Practice to Online Platforms by John Mhandu and Vivian Ojong

“…Despite the challenges and changes caused by this novel pandemic, this study also found that Covid-19 provided an opportunity to assess the doctrines of Pentecostal leaders. …”
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Addressing healthcare professionals’ fatigue for effective climate action engagement by Eddie Robinson, Dinesh Bhandari, Ross Donohue, Zerina Lokmic-Tomkins

“…However, while healthcare professionals are called to engage in climate action, defined as an action to combat climate change and its impacts, the healthcare workforce also faces unprecedented challenges exacerbated by the public health emergencies (e.g.: COVID-19 pandemic) such as fatigue, burnout, and workforce shortages. …”
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Advances in Surface Plasmon Resonance-Based Biosensor Technologies for Cancer Cell Detection by Bhishma Karki, Arun Uniyal, Amrindra Pal, Vivek Srivastava

“…It may become a fast method of detecting cancerous cells and the several variants of corona and other viruses that become pandemic. Using the finite element method-based simulation technique, the sensitivity obtained as 195.4 degree/RIU, 167.6 degree/RIU, 212.4 degree/RIU, 168.4 degree/RIU, 212.4 degree/RIU, 186.6 degree/RIU, 218.6 degree/RIU, 195.4 degree/RIU, 203.6 degree/RIU, 202.6 degree/RIU 203.6 degree/RIU, and 202.6 for basal (skin cancer), basal (normal cell), HeLa (cervical cancer), MCF-7 (breast cancer), HeLa (normal cell), Jurkat (blood cancer), Jurkat (normal cell), PCI-2 (adrenal gland cancer), PCI-2 (normal cell), MDA-MB-231 (breast cancer), MDA-MB-231 (normal cell), MCF-7 (breast cancer), and MCF-7 (normal cell), respectively, and other performance parameters such as detection accuracy, figure of merit, and full width and half maximum (FWHM) are also evaluated.…”
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Natural compounds from medicinal plants against COVID-19 by Anton Kolodnitsky, Nikita Ionov, Irina Gravel, Vladimir Poroikov

“…The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2), known to cause the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), was declared a pandemic in early 2020. During the past time, several infections control methods have been developed. …”
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Immunoinformatics Identification of B- and T-Cell Epitopes in the RNA-Dependent RNA Polymerase of SARS-CoV-2 by Niti Yashvardhini, Amit Kumar, Deepak Kumar Jha

“…However, existing drugs are insufficient in dealing with this contagious virus infection; therefore, a vaccine is exigent to curb this pandemic disease. In the present study, B- and T-cell immune epitopes were identified for RdRp (RNA-dependent RNA polymerase) protein using immunoinformatic techniques, which is proved to be a rapid and efficient method to explore the candidate peptide vaccine. …”
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India’s Policies in Support of the New Space by I. V. Danilin, E. P. Shavlay

“…We use comparative analysis to assess the current state and prospects of the industry and its possible implications for the Indian global positions.The study shows that New Delhi aims to embrace new realities amidst ambitious economic targets, social challenges, and growing geopolitical tensions with China, with the pandemic acting as a catalyst. Thanks to innovative measures, India has already become one of the central space players, but it still falls short of leadership in the New Space due to its resourceconstrained and state-centered course. …”
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Healthcare Employee Well-Being and Work-Related Stress Factors: Evaluating the Mediating Influence of Perceived Organisational Support by S. K. Sindu Bharathi, S. Sujatha

“… The exceptional crisis of the COVID-19 pandemic brought about immense hardships for health-care organisations to devise strategies ensuring their continuous survival. …”
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FOOD THERAPY AND EDUCATION NEXUS AGRONOMIC FRAMEWORK. EVIDENCE FROM MOUNTAIN BERRIES by R. Brejea, M. Covaci, B. Covaci, C. Selma

“…Background: Berries from mountainous regions, essential members of the Plantae kingdom, play a vital role in the present health and medical context during the ongoing pandemic, particularly in establishing the framework for natural therapy. …”
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Evaluating the impact of an electronic support system on clinical productivity and student satisfaction in dental education by Shaimaa Al Harthi

“…Background: In response to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on dental education, including clinical training disruptions, an electronic support system was proposed to mitigate challenges, reduce stress on affected students, and optimize their clinical productivity. …”
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Lessons from China’s 48-h COVID-19 testing regime during the dynamic zero COVID policy period by Ali Cheshmehzangi, Zhaohui Su, Tong Zou, Zaheer Allam, Tian Tang

“…Abstract During the pandemic, China’s dynamic zero-COVID policy received much support and criticism simultaneously. …”
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Community-based Language Development of Northern Catanduanes, Philippines by Renelyn Bautista

“…Conducted at the height of the pandemic, the Functions, Acquisitions, Motivations, Environment, and Differentiation (FAMED) conditions identified the common factors that determined the level of language use, while the Expanded Graded Intergenerational Disruption Scale (EGIDS) measured the level of language use and vitality. …”
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Immunological Approaches and Different Strategies for Vaccine Development Against SARS-COV-2 by Muhammed Babakir-Mina

“…Globally, SARS-CoV-2 outbreak is considered as pandemic viral infection by the World Health Organization (WHO). …”
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Strategies for Oxygen Ecosystems in Middle-Income Countries: A Review and Case Study from Lebanon by Tim Baker, Claudio Gatti, Guido Rossini, Habtamu Tolla, Anne Detjen, Mulugeta Mideksa, Nadeen Hilal, Rima Shaya

“…The COVID-19 pandemic led to a surge of critically ill patients and a sudden increase in the need for oxygen treatment worldwide. …”
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Air Pollutant Levels during the Large-scale Social Restriction Period and its Association with Case Fatality Rate of COVID-19 by Muhammad Rendana

“…Abstract The COVID-19 outbreak has caused millions of deaths in all over the world since it was declared by the World Health Organization (WHO) as a pandemic in March 2020. To stop the deadly spread of the virus, many countries, including Indonesia, have applied the ‘Large-scale Social Restriction’ (LSSR) policy. …”
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Refugee Protection and Food Security in Kampala, Uganda by Andrea Brown

“…However, growing refugee populations and underfunding have led to serious pressures, severely exacerbated during the COVID-19 pandemic. One unique aspect of Uganda’s refugee governance approach is the allowance of refugee populations to self-settle outside of designated camps in the capital city, Kampala. …”
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Varying Presentations of Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome Temporarily Associated with COVID-19 by Jasmina Krikilion, Lisa Nuyttens, Siel Daelemans, Karlien François, Reiner Mauel, Daniel De Wolf, Gerlant van Berlaer

“…A novel coronavirus identified in 2019 leads to a pandemic of severe acute respiratory distress syndrome with important morbidity and mortality. …”
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