Pedagogical discourse and communication ethic in policultural virtual educational environment by Grigory A. Rozhkov, Yulia V. Taratuhina, Lubov A. Tsyganova

“…The COVID-19 pandemic has served as a catalyst for the transition of education to an online format. …”
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Preferences among Pregnant Women in Choosing a Private Midwife Practice as Service Provider for Antenatal Care (ANC) by Rully Fatriani, Risneni Risneni

“…Antenatal Care (ANC) is essential in achieving a healthy pregnancy. During the pandemic, pregnant women tended to carry out ANC in private midwife practice. …”
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Evaluating the Effect of Monetary Incentives on Web Survey Response Rates in the UK Millennium Cohort Study by Charlotte Booth, Erica Wong, Matt Brown, Emla Fitzsimons

“…Throughout 2020 to 2021, participants were invited to take part in three web surveys focused on understanding the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. In the third web survey, conditional monetary incentives were introduced in the form of a randomised experiment. …”
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Alcohol policies in India: A scoping review. by Jaclyn Schess, Lydia Bennett-Li, Richard Velleman, Urvita Bhatia, Alexander Catalano, Abhijeet Jambhale, Abhijit Nadkarni

“…In the context of rapid economic development and emphasized by the COVID-19 pandemic, India's lack of a consolidated and comprehensive alcohol policy has posed significant challenges to addressing this harm. …”
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Applying a reproducible research approach to distance education by M. A. Eremeev, O. V. Trubienko, I. I. Zakharchuk

“…Emerging as a response to the global threats presented by the COVID-19 pandemic, the changing nature of problem-solving in the field of information technology associated with economic globalization, including possibilities of remote working, imposes new requirements on the competencies and skills of future professionals. …”
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The Question of the vis-à-vis: Scotland and Others by David McCRONE

“…Similarly, Scottish Government has been able to draw upon levels of political and social trust in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic, reinforcing the point that ‘national identities’ are in essence about materialities rather than simply emotions, of politics as much as culture; the key lies in the relationship between them.…”
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Remote assessment of physical fitness via videoconferencing: a systematic review by Thorsten Klein, Annette Worth, Claudia Niessner, Anke Hanssen-Doose

“…This systematic review assessed the use of remote physical fitness assessments, a crucial adaptation during the COVID-19 pandemic that broadened access to health monitoring outside traditional settings. …”
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Situational status of antibiotic resistance of E. coli in the Escalerilla WWTP, Arequipa, Peru by Isaac Yanqui-Morales, Ricardo León-Vásquez, Kusisqa Saqra, Danitza DelCha, Renzo Aguirre

“… During the COVID-19 pandemic in Peru, a notable increase in self-medication with antibiotics has been observed, raising concerns about the increase in bacterial resistance. …”
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Teledermatology: Canadian dermatologists’ practice patterns, perceived challenges and future recommendations by Sidra Sarfaraz, Tarek Turk, Samuel A. J. Lowe, Luvneet Verma, Marlene Dytoc

“…There were 33 respondents: 66.7% of respondents started using teledermatology during the COVID-19 pandemic, and 93.8% reported that teledermatology accounted for 0-25% of their practice. …”
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Students' Attitudes and Perceptions towards Learning EAP Courses during Emergency Remote Teaching: Insights and Implications by Inna Smirnov-Okanin, Roman Michaelan, Sonia C. Munteanu, Sanda Păduretu

“…Against the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic in the middle of the spring 2020 semester, many high education institutions were forced to move from face-to-face (FTF) teaching to remote instruction. …”
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COVID-19: Impact in endothelial function and therapy with Mesenchymal Stromal Cells by Carla Longo de Freitas, Priscilla Yuri Okochi Alves da silva, Maria do Carmo Pinho Franco, Danilo Candido de Almeida

“… The new pandemic of SARS-CoV-2 Betacoronavirus, has spread worldwide, and infected millions of individuals causing the disease denominated of COVID-19. …”
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Building capacities for oriented innovation: Argentina’s response to COVID-19 from a gender perspective by Leila Mucarsel, Ana Clara Barile, Meera Bhat

“…The pandemic tested the resilience of public systems, as governments faced the challenge of rapidly adapting their policies and practices. …”
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Machine Learning and Medical Data: Predicting ICU Mortality and Re-admission Risks by Runia Roy, Ulya Bayram

“…This became more apparent after the COVID-19 pandemic. Existing studies focus on determining the probability of patients dying in the ICUs and prioritizing patients in dire need. …”
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Post-COVID Insurance Purchase Intention: The Roles of Referral, Agent Characteristics, Influencer Credibility, Plan Value, and Trust by Agatha Jane Kristabel, Serli Wijaya, Ferry Jaolis

“… The COVID-19 pandemic has heightened public awareness regarding the importance of health insurance. …”
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Making respiratory care safe for neonatal and paediatric intensive care unit staff: Mitigation strategies and use of filters by Bradley G Carter, Edward Harcourt, Alexandra Harris, Michael Zampetti, Trevor Duke, David Tingay

“…The lessons learnt will be of benefit to future local outbreaks or pandemics.…”
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COVID-19 vaccines as a game-changing tool? A corpus-based study of vaccine communication in People's Daily and The New York Times by Zhihan Wen, Ming Liu, Changpeng Huan

“…The global discourse on COVID-19 has shifted from a broad discussion of the pandemic to a focus on the vaccine. However, how COVID-19 vaccines have been discursively constructed and communicated in mainstream newspapers has received insufficient scientific attention, particularly given that research indicates the news media is a more reliable source of vaccine information compared to social media platforms. …”
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Navigating Government Information System Efficacy: Insights from Human Resource Information System Implementation by Teuku Noerman, Eliana Sandy Yuliaji, Nia Riana

“…The findings demonstrate that HRIS significantly bolsters system usage and user satisfaction, improving employee performance, particularly during the digital transformation necessitated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Digital-centric work system modification as the success of human resource management in adopting digital transformation, guided by HRIS steps to form a theoretical structure designed to ensure whether organizational performance can reach its potential after conversion to a digital system. …”
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Entropy and similarity measures of q-rung orthopair fuzzy soft sets and their applications in decision making problems by Aparna Sivadas, Sunil John

“…Both concepts of entropy and similarity will be applied to decision making problems related to Covid-19 pandemic, especially when some dubious inputs are present, and a quick decision must be made.…”
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English language teachers’ experiences with the first transition to online education during COVID-19 by K. Váradi

“…However, as a result of the sudden outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic and the consequential quarantine measures in March 2020, the education process had to be reorganised from the traditional face-to-face method to the online space within a few days. …”
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Liver Fibrosis and Protection Mechanisms Action of Medicinal Plants Targeting Apoptosis of Hepatocytes and Hepatic Stellate Cells by Florent Duval, Jorge E. Moreno-Cuevas, Maria Teresa González-Garza, Carlos Rodríguez-Montalvo, Delia Elva Cruz-Vega

“…Consequently, activated HSC proliferate and produce excessive extracellular matrix, responsible for the scar formation. The pandemic trend of obesity, combined with the high incidence of alcohol intake and viral hepatitis infections, highlights the urgent need to find accessible antifibrotic therapies. …”
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