Structuring and restructuring COVID-19 Intensive Care Units: a systematic review by Luis Fernando Reis Macedo, Kenya Waléria de Siqueira Coelho Lisboa, Thais Rodrigues de Albuquerque, Alexandre Pazetto Balsanelli, Sarah De Lima Pinto, Izabel Cristina Santiago Lemos de Beltrão, Gyllyandeson de Araujo Delmondes

“…Thus, understanding this ICU reorganization process is useful for healthcare system planning and, consequently, for preventing system collapse in the face of impending pandemics. The objective was to identify elements related to the restructuring and organization of human resources, materials, and organization/structure processes in ICUs during the COVID-19 pandemic. …”
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Tracking Missing Deaths: An Exploratory Study on the Mortality Impact of COVID-19 in Kozhikode City, India by Shilka Abraham, Soumitra Ghosh

“…Objectives: This article contributes to the debate, seeking to explore the true mortality impact of the pandemic, by answering four interrelated questions. …”
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The emotions of Chinese netizens toward the opening-up policies for COVID-19: panic, trust, and acceptance by Qiong Dang, Yifei Li, Suping Chen

“…With the development of social media platforms such as Weibo, they have provided a broad platform for the expression of public sentiments during the pandemic. This study aims to explore the emotional attitudes of Chinese netizens toward the COVID-19 opening-up policies and their related thematic characteristics. …”
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The effects of COVID-19 home confinement on the psychological well-being of the Moroccan population: Regular versus irregular dynamics. by Hicham KHABBACHE, Laila EL ALAMI, Khalid OUAZIZI, Driss AIT ALI, Hanane EL GHOUAT, Mohamed MAKKAOUI, Mimoun SAIDI, Abdelilah EL MENIARI, Kawtar KHABBACHE, Eman SHENOUDA, Radouane MRABET, Abdelhalim CHERQUI, Murat YILDIRIM, Francesco CHIRICO, Gabriella NUCERA, Lukasz SZARPAK, Nicola Luigi BRAGAZZI

“…Background: Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic and the implementation of home confinement measures, understanding the psychological well-being of individuals has become crucial. …”
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Revisiting principles of partnership working in the third space by Julie Blackwell Young, Sarah Parkes

“… The COVID-19 pandemic catalysed significant shifts within higher education, prompting institutions to re-evaluate their approaches to partnership working. …”
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Comparing the rate of inpatient admissions of prison residents with COVID-19 to the general population in England in 2020/2021 using Hospital Episode Statistics data by Miranda Davies, Anjana Roy

“…Objective To compare the rate of inpatient admissions of prison residents with COVID-19 to the general population and to consider differences in the use of inpatient and outpatient services by prison residents in England in the first year of the pandemic (2020/2021), to the 12 months prior to the pandemic (2019/2020).Methods The pseudonymised records of patients who accessed admitted patient care and outpatient hospital services from a prison address in England between 1 April 2019 and the 31 March 2021 were extracted from Hospital Episode Statistics data. …”
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Checkmate to Bioethics? by Fabio Alberto Garzón Díaz

“…No one, not the richest nor the poorest country, was prepared for this. The covid-19 pandemic has put the world in check and proposes a new planetary order. …”
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Tight Labour Market — Labour Shortage Following Corona by ZG Überblick

“…Abstract Due in part to the distortions of the coronavirus pandemic, the current situation in the labour market is tense. …”
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CALCULATED RISKS: EXPLORING PLAGUE ETHICS WITH LUTHER AND BARTH by A. Hancock

“… This article explores the way churches in the USA navigated risk in the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic. In particular, it examines the theological basis for reactions to restrictions affecting in-person worship services and for participation in the Black Lives Matter protests. …”
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“We’re all in the same storm, but not all of us are in the same boat”: qualitative exploration of UK response-focused civil servants experiences of working from home during COVID-1... by Charlotte E. Hall, Samantha K. Brooks, Neil Greenberg, Dale Weston

“…Meeting the demands of being on the frontline, whilst also adjusting from a normal and practiced way of working to having to work from within one’s home, may bring a plethora of new barriers and facilitators associated with providing an effective pandemic response. Method This interview study collected and analysed data from 30 UK Civil servants who worked on the COVID-19 pandemic response from their own homes. …”
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Announcement effect of tender offer share buyback around turmoil period – evidence from India by Suresha B., Kavitha Desai, Rejoice Thomas, Nijumon K John, Elizabeth Renju Koshy

“…The study considered the stocks listed in the National Stock Exchange (NSE) that offered share buyback under tender offer mode during the pre-pandemic period between April 2016 and February 2020 and the post-pandemic period between March 2020 and March 2022. 75 firms in the pre-pandemic period and 43 in the post-pandemic period that announced share buyback under the tender offer method were analyzed. …”
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Transition to Virtual Care Services during COVID-19 at Canadian Pain Clinics: Survey and Future Recommendations by Victoria Borg Debono, Samuel Neumark, Norman Buckley, Ramesh Zacharias, Eleni Hapidou, Jennifer Anthonypillai, Susy Faria, Carrie-Lynn Meyer, Thomas Carter, Nadia Parker, Brenda Lau, Emmanuel Abreu, Scott Duggan, Etienne Bisson, Josie Pierre, Regina Visca, Patricia Poulin

“…Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare centers quickly adapted services into virtual formats. …”
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COVID-19 and the Medical Devices in India: Trade for a Resilient Health System by Ravinder Jha, Diwas Saun, Indrani Gupta

“…Background: The medical devices industry plays a critical role in public health and requires attention in research and policy. The COVID-19 pandemic exposed a lack of resilience in areas of drugs and vaccines but also in medical products. …”
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Influencing Factors and Clustering Characteristics of COVID-19: A Global Analysis by Tianlong Zheng, Chunli Zhang, Yueting Shi, Debao Chen, Sheng Liu

“…The unprecedented coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is still raging (in year 2021) in many countries worldwide. …”
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Impact of COVID-19 Case Numbers on the Emission of Pollutants from a Medical Waste Incineration Plant by Monika Załuska, Anna Justyna Werner-Juszczuk, Katarzyna Gładyszewska-Fiedoruk

“…This paper deals with the issues of medical waste management during the COVID-19 pandemic. Thermal processing is characterised as a method of medical waste utilisation. …”
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Implementation of Sustainable Development by Cities and Businesses in Poland. Evolution of the Approach by Ewa Jastrzębska, Paulina Legutko-Kobus

“…Yet, in the opinion of many experts, 2020 was a major test for SDGs as the COVID-19 pandemic was exerting an adverse impact on the progress in their achievement. …”
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Effect of COVID-19 on the cultural identity of the Amazonian indigenous Waorani by Aldrin Espín-León, María Luisa Pertegal-Felices, Antonio Jimeno-Morenilla, Juan Guzmán-Montalvo

“…Following the global pandemic, their culture may have undergone modifications. …”
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The Impact of COVID-19 on Parental Perception of Oral Health-Related Quality of Life of Children: A Comparison of a Sample from Saudi Arabia and Kuwait by Wasmiya A. AlHayyan, Abdulrahman D. AlSaffan, Maram I. Alenezi, Bashaer K. Almutairi, Lena F. Alammari, Sharat Chandra Pani

“…Background and Aim. The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted access to dental care for children over the world. …”
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Comparison of bullying victimization and depression symptoms among Chinese adolescents before and after the end of the dynamic zero-COVID-19 policy: a repeated cross-sectional stud... by Yong Yang, Yi Lin, Feng Wang, Si Jia Wang, Jing Hui Wang, Feng Tong, Qing Hai Gong

“…Abstract Background The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on the physical and mental health of human beings. …”
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Minimum Wage Companies in the Second Wave of the Corona Crisis by Christian Kagerl, Clemens Ohlert

“…Abstract For a number of reasons, businesses affected by minimum wage may have a particularly hard time during the coronavirus pandemic. We have found that minimum wage establishments were more frequently affected by the Corona pandemic than the rest of the economy at the beginning of 2021 due to the industry composition of these establishments rather than to minimum wage itself. …”
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