Antiviral activity of natural compounds extracted from Mediterranean medicinal plants against SARS-CoV-2 by Stephanie Ghio, Jean-Pierre Brincat, Yuksel Cetin, Frederick Lia

“…The outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) led to a pandemic with devastating outcomes, and hence, there is a global need to search for small-molecule inhibitors that can act against this viral pathogen. …”
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City Through the Eyes Of Students' Youth: Assessment and Regional Practices (A Case Study of Nizhny Novgorod) by O. R. Chepyuk, O. Yu. Angelova, S. D. Makarova, N. G. Bryandinskaya, O. V. Petrova

“…The survey period (2017-2023) covered not only significant events related to the implementation of large infrastructure projects in the city (2018 FIFA World Cup, the 800th anniversary of Nizhny Novgorod in 2021, recognition of the city as New Year’s (2022) and Youth (2023) capitals of Russia), but also during the COVID-19 pandemic. One of the areas of the research that determined its novelty was the assessment of the city as a center for the development of creative industries, as well as a structural analysis of the results when dividing respondents by type of planned career trajectories. …”
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Integrated care for older people based on information and communication technology: a scoping review protocol by Yan Zhang, Shanshan Wang, Yutong Tian, Qingyun Cheng, Lixue Meng

“…Against the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic, information and communication technology (ICT) has become a facilitator for the successful implementation of integrated care by providing a platform for information sharing, team communication and resource integration. …”
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PROTOTYPING A WEB-PUBLISHED ACADEMIC ENGLISH COURSEBOOK FOR INDONESIAN PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHER EDUCATION STUDY PROGRAM STUDENTS by Muhaimin Abdullah, Syarifuddin Dollah, Haryanto Atmowardoyo

“…Large-scale social restriction due to Covid-19 pandemic, which restricts any form of regular face-to-face meeting, and the fact that an English coursebook has not been developed yet at the locus of this study led the authors to set this as both an important and urgent goal to be reached through design-based research, which comprised (1) preliminary study; (2) prototyping; (3) assessment; and (4) systematic reflection. …”
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Optimization of Enterprise Costs Through Outsourcing in Accounting and Taxation in the Context of Anti-Crisis Management by Tetiana Kuzmin, Halyna Leshchuk, Uliana Savkiv, Liudmyla Sas

“…The external factors influencing the change in the volume of outsourcing services provided in the field of accounting, auditing, and tax consulting over the last ten years have been studied, among them: the economic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic; political and military instability; changes in legislation; decrease in investment. …”
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Azole Antifungal Consumption in Community Pharmacy Sales in Mainland Portugal: Trend Analysis from 2014 to 2023 by Sofia Moura, Paulo Duarte, Ana Sofia Oliveira, José Martinez-de-Oliveira, Ana Palmeira-de-Oliveira, Joana Rolo

“…<b>Results</b>: Several trends emerged from data analysis. The COVID-19 pandemic negatively affected the consumption of all azole antifungal drugs included in this study. …”
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Willingness and Hesitancy to Vaccinate Against COVID-19 in People with Multiple Sclerosis by D. Bučaitė, J. Valinčiūtė, D. Mickevičienė

“… Introduction. During the pandemic, vaccination against COVID-19 has become one of the most important ways to prevent severe infection. …”
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Qualitative Analysis of a COVID-19 Mathematical Model with a Discrete Time Delay by Abraham J. Arenas, Gilberto González-Parra, Miguel Saenz Saenz

“…The aim of this paper is to investigate the qualitative behavior of a mathematical model of the COVID-19 pandemic. The constructed SAIRS-type mathematical model is based on nonlinear delay differential equations. …”
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An Active-Learning Framework for Educating Medical Students on SARS-CoV-2 Variants and COVID-19 Epidemiology [version 1; peer review: 2 approved] by Samiksha Prasad, Amanda J Chase

“…Methods This team-based learning (TBL) framework was developed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the emergence of viral variants. It was placed at the end of a hematology block within the first semester of year one of the medical school during the academic years 2021–2022. …”
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Measuring Health Promoter Core Competencies Among Graduate Students Enrolled in a Health Promotion Course by Lauren M. Sherk, Melissa MacKay, Jennifer E. McWhirter, Andrew Papadopoulos

“… Global public health events such as the COVID-19 pandemic create public awareness of the need for skilled public health graduates and public health graduate programs. …”
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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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Burden of Acute Respiratory Infections Caused by Influenza Virus, Respiratory Syncytial Virus, and SARS-CoV-2 with Consideration of Older Adults: A Narrative Review by William P. Hanage, William Schaffner

“…In this narrative review, we summarize themes identified in the literature regarding the epidemiology, seasonality, immunity after infection, clinical presentation, and transmission for these ARIs, along with the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on seasonal patterns of influenza and RSV infections, with consideration of data specific to older adults when available. …”
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