Molecular docking reveals fibrinogen binding sites on SARS-CoV-2 spike protein: A potential mechanism for COVID-19-related coagulation by Onur Ozturk, Evren Kilinc, Batuhan Gorkem Irez, Emel Timucin

“…The Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) pandemic, caused by Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2), highlighted significant gaps in our understanding of the virus's molecular structure, its biological properties, and the interactions between viral proteins and host biological systems, which have underscored the critical need for further research in this area. …”
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Enhancing students’ L2 writing skills online: a case study of an introductory English literature course for ESL students by Shi Huiwen, Chan Ka-ling Zoe, Wu Wenli, Cheung Lok-ming Eric

“…The 2020–2021 cohort was unique as it had the entire course online using Zoom without any face-to-face or hybrid teaching, which was considered the “new normal” of higher education under the pandemic. This study employs narrative inquiry (Barkhuizen, G. (2014). …”
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Time-Varying Spatial Memory Model and Its Impact on Virus Spreading by Mingyue Xu, Dingding Han, Kaidi Zhao, Qingqing Yao

“…We then explore the impact of different prevention and control methods on pandemic spreading to provide reference for COVID-19 management control and find when the activity of node is restricted, the spreading will be controlled. …”
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Direct detection and identification of viruses in saliva using a SpecID ionization modified mass spectrometer. by Pierre Alusta, Angel Paredes, Marli Azevedo, Lisa Mullis, Dan Buzatu

“…The COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic has led to a significant mortality globally and persistent health challenges in many survivors. …”
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Cyclone negative pressure pump for efficient purification of airborne contaminants by Gihyun Song, Kyungcheol Jang, Woobin Song, Wonchul Choi, Simon Song, Hyoungsoo Kim

“…Maintaining an isolation room with negative pressure is crucial in medical facilities to prevent the spread of airborne infections, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, conventional negative pressure pumps have limitations in gathering suspended particles and controlling the airflow effectively. …”
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Lessons from the Virtual Delivery of Building Information Modelling Modules in the COVID-19 Era by Fonbeyin Henry Abanda, Avar Almukhtar, Mark Austin

“…This study explores lessons learnt in engaging students through the virtual delivery of BIM courses during the COVID-19 pandemic. Quantitative data from a questionnaire and quantitative and qualitative data from the various module evaluation reports were used to inform this study. …”
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COVID-19 Pandemisinin Diş Hekimliği Hastaları Üzerine Etkisinin Path Analizi Kullanılarak Değerlendirilmesi by Figen Kaptan, Gözde Sarak, Güher Barut, Vahide Hazal Abat

“…Background: During the pandemic, which continues all over the world and progresses in Turkey, it is a priority to understand patients’ knowledge level concerning this contagious disease and understand patients’ attitude during their dental problems and also level of anxiety that could cause misbehavior. …”
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Era of Generalist Conversational Artificial Intelligence to Support Public Health Communications by Emre Sezgin, Ahmet Baki Kocaballi

“…We report a critical examination of the advantages of generalist CAI in delivering health information, with a case of its operationalization during the COVID-19 pandemic and propose the strategic deployment of these technologies in collaboration with public health agencies. …”
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Classification Performance Comparison of BERT and IndoBERT on SelfReport of COVID-19 Status on Social Media by Irwan Budiman, Mohammad Reza Faisal, Astina Faridhah, Andi Farmadi, Muhammad Itqan Mazdadi, Triando Hamonangan Saragih, Friska Abadi

“…However, it is essential to note that these messages cannot be a reliable monitoring tool for tracking the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. The classification of social media messages can be achieved through the application of classification algorithms. …”
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Impact of corporate donations to combat Covid-19 on the market value of donor companies: an analysis from the perspective of legitimacy theory by João Henrique Krauspenhar, Rafael Bertoldi Pescador, Suliani Rover, Denize Demarche Minatti Ferreira, Hans Michael Van Bellen

“…Therefore, the hypothesis that corporate donations during the Covid-19 pandemic positively impact the market value of donors was partially confirmed for Vale and JBS, but not for Itaú. …”
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Is Tonsillolith a Protective Factor Against Covid-19 ? by Sevcihan Günen Yılmaz, Gamze Coşan Ata

“…This radiological study aims to investigate the potential effect of tonsilloliths on Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).Material and Methods: This study, which has a cross-sectional retrospective design, was carried out by evaluating the digital panoramic radiographs taken before the pandemic period of the patient group (n=402) who had COVID -19, who applied to the Akdeniz University Faculty of Dentistry Oral, Dental and Maxillofacial radiology clinic, and the control group (n:400) who did not have COVID -19, in terms of the presence of tonsilloliths. …”
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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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Developing High School Prep Class Students’ Verbal Skils by Using Web 2.0 Application by Gürbüz Ocak, Hateme Aysel Kuzu, Akın Karakuyu

“…This important subject has become more difficult to implement with the Covid-19 pandemic. During the distance education which is applied in long period, students have experienced various problems in the lessons. …”
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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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Analysis of the use of digital technologies in state and municipal government by N. A. Solopova, Zh. V. Selezneva

“…Besides, the cost of interaction of citizens and the state in this format is twice as cheap as in the traditional face-to-face format. During the pandemic, the pace of digitalization of the state sector accelerated significantly. …”
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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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