Smart Healthy Schools: An IoT-enabled concept for multi-room dynamic air quality control by Alessandro Zivelonghi, Alessandro Giuseppi

“…Smart Healthy Schools (SHS) are a new paradigm in building engineering and infection risk control in school buildings where the disciplines of Indoor Air Quality (IAQ), IoT (Internet of Things) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) merge together. In the post-pandemic era, equipping schools with a network of smart IoT sensors has become critical to aspire for the optimal control of the IAQ and lowering the airborne infection risk of several pathogens, indirectly related to cumulated human emitted CO2 levels over time. …”
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A Comprehensive Comparison of Clinical Presentation and Outcomes of Kidney Transplant Recipients with COVID-19 during Wave 1 versus Wave 2 at a Tertiary Care Center, India by Sanjiv Jasuja, Gaurav Sagar, Anupam Bahl, Neharita Jasuja, Rajesh Chawla, Avdhesh Bansal, Manjit. S. Kanwar, Sudha Kansal, Nikhil Modi, Athar P. Ansari, Viny Kantroo, Purnima Dhar, Chitra Chatterjee, Nitin Ghonge, Samir Tawakley, Shalini Verma

“…Data comparing the clinical spectrum of COVID-19 in kidney transplant recipients (KTRs) during the first and second waves of the pandemic in India is limited. Our single-center retrospective study compared the clinical profile, mortality, and associated risk factors in KTRs with COVID-19 during the 1st wave (1st February 2020 to 31st January 2021) and the second wave (1st March-31st August 2021). 156 KTRs with PCR confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection treated at a tertiary care hospital in New Delhi during the 1st and the second waves were analyzed. …”
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Perspectives on AI-based recommendations for mask-wearing and COVID-19 vaccination for transplant recipients in the post-COVID-19 era by Oscar A. Garcia Valencia, Charat Thongprayoon, Jing Miao, Jackrapong Bruminhent, Iasmina M. Craici, Wisit Cheungpasitporn

“…In the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, the ongoing necessity for preventive measures such as mask-wearing and vaccination remains particularly critical for organ transplant recipients, a group highly susceptible to infections due to immunosuppressive therapy. …”
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Post-COVID-19 resurgence of scabies’ cases in the Lazio Region, Italy: a new emerging public health threat? by Martina Spaziante, Alessandro Agresta, Maurizio D’Amato, Gabriella De Carli, Gilda Tonziello, Valentina Vantaggio, Giorgio Nicolò Malatesta, Enrico Girardi, Alessandra Barca, Paola Scognamiglio, Francesco Vairo

“…In Lazio, just after the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic onset, a significant and immediate reduction in the incidence of scabies was recorded (− 79.6%) followed by a progressive and relevant increase (143.4% from 2020 to 2021, 142.3% from 2021 to 2022 and 170.3% from 2022 to 2023). …”
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Community advisory boards as implementation strategies to center partner and patient voice in community health centers by Rebekka M. Lee, Kamini Mallick, James G. Daly, Vetta Sanders Thompson, Elise Hoffman, Maria Papadopoulos, Stacey Curry

“…This paper aims to describe how CHCs used CABs during the COVID-19 pandemic to improve the reach of testing among populations experiencing health disparities and identify transferable lessons for future implementation. …”
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Ligature technique as a treatment for mucocele in an infant - Case report by Beatriz Cruz Lopes, Lucas Fernando Oliveira Tomáz Ferraresso, Mariella Padovese, Mariana Emi Nagata, Farli Aparecida Carrilho Boer, Cássia Cilene Dezan

“…Monitoring until complete remission was carried out via telemonitoring between appointments due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Ligature Technique is an excellent treatment option for pedicled mucoceles considering the importance of appropriate selection of dental techniques, in order to achieve the treatment goal in a less traumatic manner, and meet the specific needs of each patient. …”
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Elbow Injuries Among MLB Pitchers Increased During Covid-19 Disrupted Season, But Not Other Baseball Injuries by Chelsea Martin, Jozef Palasiewicz, Jesse Grullon, Ellen Shanley, Charles Thigpen, Daniel Kline, Stefan Kluzek, Gary Collins, Garrett Bullock

“…# Background The 2020 Major League Baseball Season (MLB) demonstrated season disruptions due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Changes in training and seasonal time frames may be associated with higher rates of injury…”
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Social Aspects of Democratic Safeguards in Privacy Rights: A Qualitative Study of the European Union and China by Polonca Kovač, Grega Rudolf

“…Practical Implications: The article provides a concise overview of the relevant literature and an analysis of the rules that underpin the implementation, evaluation and improvement of regulations, especially in the light of ICT development, e.g. in times of the Covid-19 pandemic. Originality/Value: The paper bridges the gap created by the differences in the understanding of privacy and public governance in the field in the EU and China based on cultural differences. …”
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Implementasi Algoritma AES 256 CBC, BASE 64, Dan SHA 256 dalam Pengamanan dan Validasi Data Ujian Online by Ferzha Putra Utama, Gusman Wijaya, Ruvita Faurina, Arie Vatresia

“…During the Covid-19 pandemic, the online examination method has become widely used. …”
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IMPLEMENTATION OF MICROLEARNING TECHNOLOGY FOR ECONOMICS STUDENTS THROUGH ONLINE COURSES by Olena Hlazunova, Ralf Schlauderer, Valentyna Korolchuk, Tetiana Voloshyna, Taisia Sayapina, Inna Kostenko, Roman Zolotukha

“… After the outbreak of the pandemic in 2019 and the outbreak of war in the country in 2022, educational institutions at different levels of Ukraine switched to a mixed format of the educational process and were forced to look for modern approaches and technologies for organizing the education of students. …”
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ENSURING HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE CONTEXT OF IMPLEMENTATION OF ELECTRONIC VOTING IN UKRAINE: PERSPECTIVES AND RISKS by Liudmyla Gudz

“…The main findings of the study point to the relevance of introducing e-voting in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and other challenges. An e-voting system can ensure compliance with international electoral and human rights standards, such as privacy, accessibility, non-discrimination, information, and verification of votes. …”
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Impact of Long COVID on Lung Function in Children by Zeynep Reyhan ONAY, Sinem CAN OKSAY, Deniz MAVI TORTOP, Gulay BILGIN, Yetkin AYHAN, Ferit DURANKUS, Saniye GIRIT

“…Objective: While the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has generally resulted in milder illness among children than adults, persistent respiratory symptoms have been increasingly reported in this population. …”
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Analysis of Protein-Ligand Interactions of SARS-CoV-2 Against Selective Drug Using Deep Neural Networks by Natarajan Yuvaraj, Kannan Srihari, Selvaraj Chandragandhi, Rajan Arshath Raja, Gaurav Dhiman, Amandeep Kaur

“…However, in recent time, the prevalence of COVID-19 has emerged the global healthcare industry to find a new drug that suppresses the pandemic outbreak. In this paper, we design a Deep Neural Network (DNN) model that accurately finds the protein-ligand interactions with the drug used. …”
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Experience of COVID-19 vaccination among healthcare workers in Iran: a descriptive phenomenological study by Atefeh Torknejad, Sima Babaei, Zahra Hadian, Amir Shahzeydi

“… Background: Healthcare professionals have been the most severely affected by the global pandemic known as COVID-19. The aim of this study was to explore the experiences and perceptions of healthcare workers in Iran regarding COVID-19 vaccination using a descriptive phenomenological approach to gain a deeper understanding of the challenges and concerns involved. …”
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Effect of Skin Protectants on the Total Inward Leakage of N95 Respirators: Testing with an Advanced Static Headform by Xinyi Niu, Sergey A. Grinshpun, Michael Yermakov, Roman Jandarov, Iliya Rivkin

“…Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic introduced considerable challenges for respiratory protection of different population groups. …”
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Process evaluation of a cross-sectoral, coordinated follow-up care of stroke patients: a qualitative study by Theresa Schrage, Claudia Glissmann, Götz Thomalla, David Leander Rimmele, Holger Schmidt, Michael Rosenkranz, Stefan Boskamp, Martin Härter, Levente Kriston

“…Contents were coded using eight a priori defined categories (acceptability, adoption, appropriateness, feasibility, fidelity, sustainability, patient-centeredness, satisfaction with treatment, and pandemic-related effects) with the possibility of inductively developed categories. …”
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Strategic Coupling and Its Impact on the Survival of Taiwan-Invested Enterprises in Chinese Mainland: A Configuration-Based Perspective by Sun Jiping, Wei Suqiong, You Xiaojun, Chen Jindong

“…Various policies and events, such as the 2008 financial crisis, US-China trade frictions, policies encouraging Taiwan's business repatriation, the New Southbound Policy, and COVID-19, have negatively impacted TDI survival, with the pandemic having a relatively small effect on enterprises surviving to 2-8 years. …”
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Multivalent S2 subunit vaccines provide broad protection against Clade 1 sarbecoviruses in female mice by Peter J. Halfmann, Raj S. Patel, Kathryn Loeffler, Atsuhiro Yasuhara, Lee-Ann Van De Velde, Jie E. Yang, Jordan Chervin, Chloe Troxell, Min Huang, Naiying Zheng, Elizabeth R. Wright, Paul G. Thomas, Patrick C. Wilson, Yoshihiro Kawaoka, Ravi S. Kane

“…This vaccine alone, or as a cocktail with a SARS-CoV-2 S2 subunit vaccine, protects female transgenic K18-hACE2 mice from challenges with Omicron subvariant XBB as well as several sarbecoviruses identified as having pandemic potential including the bat sarbecovirus WIV1, BANAL-236, and a pangolin sarbecovirus. …”
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INTEGRATION OF UKRAINIAN CHILDREN AND YOUTH USING DIGITAL TOOLS IN THE EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT OF SLOVAKIA by Nelly Nychkalo, Nataliia Muranova, Olena Voliarska, Maria Matulcikova

“…We summarized the results of the general report of the study "Support for emigrants from Ukraine in education", which was conducted in Slovakia during 2022–2023 by the National Institute of Education and Youth in cooperation with the Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sports of the Slovak Republic and in cooperation with the United Nations Children's Fund as well as the report "Distance education of students during the COVID-19 pandemic in the context of teacher training". It has been established that the integration of Ukrainian school-aged children into the educational environment of Slovakia also requires significant linguistic, educational and socio-psychological support from teachers and pedagogical workers. …”
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Mortality Prediction in the Emergency Service Intensive Care Patients with Possible COVID-19: A Retrospective Cross-Sectional Study by Mehmed Ulu, M. Kaya, Y. Tunc, H. Yildirim, A. Halici, A. Coskun

“…MATERIALS AND METHODS: This study is a retrospective cross-sectional analysis of patients who were admitted to the pandemic intensive care unit with possible COVID-19. 28-day mortality difference between positive and negative groups was defined as the primary outcome. …”
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