Metabolic Perturbations and Severe COVID-19 Disease: Implication of Molecular Pathways by Ersilia Nigro, Fabio Perrotta, Rita Polito, Vito D’Agnano, Filippo Scialò, Andrea Bianco, Aurora Daniele

“…It was first reported in Wuhan, Hubei, China, in December 2019 and rapidly spread globally, becoming a pandemic in March 2020. Among comorbidities observed in SARS-CoV-2 positive patients, hypertension (68.3%) and type 2-diabetes (30.1%) are the most frequent conditions. …”
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Achieving universal health coverage in India: a scoping review on the requisite public health actions by Avani Radheshyam, Vinod K. Ramani, Radheshyam Naik

“…Given the current Covid-19 pandemic and the need to address future pandemics, we need to build resilient health systems as well as hasten the implementation of UHC.…”
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Developing an Optimal Antiviral Method for the Air-filtration System of Subway Stations by Dae Hoon Park, Jungho Hwang, Dongho Shin, Younghun Kim, Gunhee Lee, Inyong Park, Sang Bok Kim, Keejung Hong, Bangwoo Han

“…Our model can be applied to the antiviral air-filtration system of subway stations to prevent the pandemic spread and predict the life cycle of antiviral filters.…”
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Integrating lifestyle behaviors in school education: A proactive approach to preventive medicine by Mohamad Motevalli, Fatima Cody Stanford, Günther Apflauer, Katharina Christina Wirnitzer

“…Conclusions: Establishing school-based LE appears crucial for addressing the growing pandemic of chronic health conditions from their earliest origins.…”
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The analysis of structural changes in the Lithuanian economic sectors under conditions of uncertainty by Artūras Vitas

“…The negative growth in GDP in 2009 is related to the global financial crisis. When the COVID-19 pandemic began, Lithuania recorded zero GDP growth. …”

A digital leap in the evolution of continuous professional development for teachers by M. Ghobrini, R. E. A. Ghobrini, F. Benaicha

“… Background and Aim of Study: The realm of education is in a constant state of evolution, necessitating that teachers at K-12 and tertiary levels continually update their practices through continuous professional development (CPD). The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly accelerated the adoption of online CPD, encompassing self-driven initiatives, government-led programs, and third-party offerings, notably those by the British Council in the MENA region, which is the emphasis of this study. …”
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Inter-laboratory Comparison between Particle and Bacterial Filtration Efficiencies of Medical Face Masks in the COVID-19 Context by Axel Fouqueau, Jérémie Pourchez, Lara Leclerc, Aurélien Peyron, Yoann Montigaud, Paul Verhoeven, Tatiana Macé, Alexandre Bescond, Dominique Thomas, Augustin Charvet, Mathieu Ghijselings, Pauline Hars, Franck Polyn, François Gaie-Levrel

“…Abstract Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) transmission lead to the recommendation of mask wearing during the pandemic COVID-19. Bacterial filtration efficiency (BFE) measurements are used to measure the efficiency of medical face masks in preventing the spread of bioaerosols. …”
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Social and Travel Lockdown Impact Considering Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) on Air Quality in Megacities of India: Present Benefits, Future Challenges and Way Forward by Suresh Jain, Tanya Sharma

“…All the governments’ primary focus is to save humanity from this pandemic problem, and they have lockdown almost the entire nation to stop the spread of infection. …”
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Validation of a scale based on the DigComp framework on internet navigation and cybersecurity in older adults by Francisco de Paula Rodríguez-Miranda, Rocio Illanes-Segura, Yolanda Ceada-Garrido, Juan Carlos Infante-Moro

“…The global COVID-19 pandemic revealed the persistence of the digital divide in older adults. …”
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Reduced Effective Oxygen Delivery and Ventilation with a Surgical Facemask Placed under Compared to over an Oxygen Mask: A Comparative Study by Marvin G. Chang, Takashi Sakano, Benjamin S. Levin, David Convissar, Edward A. Bittner

“…Consensus guidelines for perioperative anesthesia management during the COVID-19 pandemic recommend that patients wear a facemask in addition to their oxygen mask or nasal cannulae following tracheal extubation, where this is practical. …”
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Impact of pediatric COVID-19 isolation on children’s well-being and caregiver mental health by Song I. Yang, Chi-Hyun Choi, Eun Joo Lee, Sun Hee Jee, Mi Seon Han

“…Conclusion Mandatory hospital isolation has a significantly negative psychological impact on children and caregivers during pandemics. Isolation decisions must be carefully considered during pandemics, especially those concerning young children. …”
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SPR Biosensor Based on Bilayer MoS₂ for SARS-CoV-2 Sensing by Talia Tene, Stefano Bellucci, Cristian Vacacela Gomez

“…The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the urgent need for rapid, sensitive, and reliable diagnostic tools for detecting SARS-CoV-2. …”
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The Burden of HIV Infection among Pregnant Women Attending Antenatal Care in Jimma University Specialized Hospital in Ethiopia: A Retrospective Observational Study by Taye Kebede, Michael Dayu, Abiot Girma

“…The HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) epidemic enters its fifth decade amid a global pandemic. Nearly 61% of the people newly infected with HIV live in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). …”
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Development and Validation of the RCOS Prognostic Index: A Bedside Multivariable Logistic Regression Model to Predict Hypoxaemia or Death in Patients with SARS-CoV-2 Infection by Gerardo Alvarez-Uria, Sumanth Gandra, Venkata R. Gurram, Raghu P. Reddy, Manoranjan Midde, Praveen Kumar, Ketty E Arce

“…The RCOS prognostic index could help improve the decision making in the current COVID-19 pandemic, especially in resource-limited settings with poor healthcare infrastructure such as India. …”
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Economic, social and cultural human rights in the context of preventing the spread of COVID-19 in Ukraine by O. I. Zozulia

“…It has been established that some of the significant restrictions on the implementation of these human rights in connection with the COVID-19 pandemic in Ukraine are unsystematic and have contradictory legal nature, are insufficiently justified and proportionate to anti-epidemic goals, demonstrate the features of discrimination, are insufficiently specified in content and implementation procedure, as well as are not provided with additional guarantees for the realization of these human rights. …”
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Two Years of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Genomic Evolution in Brazil (2022–2024): Subvariant Tracking and Assessment of Regional Sequencing Efforts by Ueric José Borges de Souza, Fernando Rosado Spilki, Amilcar Tanuri, Paulo Michel Roehe, Fabrício Souza Campos

“…This study examines the genomic diversity of SARS-CoV-2 in Brazil after the worst phase of the pandemic, the wider adoption of routine vaccination, and the abolishment of other non-pharmacological preventive measures from July 2022 to July 2024 using 55,951 sequences retrieved from the GISAID database. …”
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COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance Level in Ethiopia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Addisu Tadesse Sahile, Girma Demissie Gizaw, Tennyson Mgutshini, Zewdu Minwuyelet Gebremariam, Getabalew Endazenaw Bekele

“…The coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic has had a devastating impact on the everyday lives of the world’s population and to this end, the development of curative vaccines was upheld as a welcome panacea. …”
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Oral health-related conditions in Ecuador: A temporal trend analysis of hospital discharges from 2000-2023. by Verónica Baldeón, Adriana Hernández, Sthephany Tapia, Alejandro Rodriguez

“…<h4>Conclusions</h4>Hospitalization rates associated with oral health-related conditions in Ecuador have increased significantly over the past twenty-four years, except during the COVID-19 pandemic, where cases dropped considerably. Many of the oral conditions identified in the study were malignancies, which are caused by a complex relationship between genetic, environmental, and behavioral factors. …”
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Correlation of the cycle threshold value of SARS-CoV-2 by RT-PCR with biomarker levels in the prognosis of patients hospitalized with COVID-19 by Shweta Singhal, Geetika Rana, Atul K. Singh, Shekhar Pal, Shweta Thaledi

“…Background and Objective: The COVID-19 disease caused by SARS-CoV-2 was declared as pandemic by WHO soon after its emergence in 2019. This virus was known to cause serious clinical symptoms and severe illness. …”
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Condition of the autonomic nervous system during the 'sit-stand-sit' orthostatic test in university students in areas of military conflict in Ukraine by Igor Vypasniak, Sergii Iermakov, Lyudmila Shesterova

“…Before the experiment, these students had experienced a prolonged period of inactivity, attributed to the global COVID-19 pandemic since 2020 and the ongoing war in Ukraine since February 24, 2022. …”
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