A hybrid fuzzy decision-making approach for evaluating the suppliers based on industry 5.0 and viable supply chain dimensions: a case study in medical devices manufacturing by Zeinab Asadi, Hassanali Aghajani, Mohammad Valipourkhatir, Erfan Babaee Tirkolaee

“…Purpose: The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a significant crisis in society's health, industries, and businesses. …”
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Environmental effect of the Coronavirus-19 determinants and lockdown on carbon emissions by R. Parvin, F.T. Johora, M.A. Alim

“…BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Coronavirus-19 has affected carbon emissions, which was declared as a pandemic by World Health Organization. Unprecedented environmental effects are being caused by Bangladesh's strict lockdown policies, which were implemented to stop the spread of Coronavirus-19. …”
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Knowledge and perceptions about clinical research and its ethical conduct among college students from non-science background: a representative nation-wide survey from India by Jeffrey Pradeep Raj, Suraj Kallarakal Tomy, Amrutha Jose, Aadrika Kashyap, Joseph Varghese Kureethara, Tomy K Kallarakal

“…Introduction Prior studies on public attitudes and awareness of clinical research (CR) in India before the pandemic identified significant knowledge gaps. Thus, we aim to investigate if the pandemic has influenced awareness and attitudes towards CR given the wide mass and social media coverage on drug/vaccine development process.Methods This was an online survey conducted among young adults enrolled as students in a university in south India between 15 September 2022 and 31 October 2022. …”
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Preparedness for and impact of COVID-19 on primary health care delivery in urban and rural Malawi: a mixed methods study by Tracy Morse, Kondwani Chidziwisano, Gift Kawalazira, Mackwellings Maganizo Phiri, Eleanor Elizabeth MacPherson, Mindy Panulo, Khumbo Kalua, Chawanangwa Mahebere Chirambo, Zaziwe Gundah, Penjani Chunda

“…These facilities have limited infrastructure and capacity but are the most accessible and play a crucial role in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. This study assessed health facility preparedness for COVID-19 and the impact of the pandemic on health service delivery and frontline workers.Setting Primary and maternal healthcare in Blantyre District, Malawi.Participants We conducted regular visits to 31 healthcare facilities and a series of telephone-based qualitative interviews with frontline workers (n=81 with 38 participants) between August 2020 and May 2021.Results Despite significant financial and infrastructural constraints, health centres continued to remain open. …”
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Experience of Kenyan researchers and policy-makers with knowledge translation during COVID-19: a qualitative interview study by Edwine Barasa, Benjamin Tsofa, Mike English, Sassy Molyneux, Dorcas Mwikali Kamuya, Fatuma Hassan Guleid, Alex Njeru, Joy Kiptim, Emelda Okiro, David Kariuki

“…Objectives Researchers at the KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme (KWTRP) carried out knowledge translation (KT) activities to support policy-makers as the Kenyan Government responded to the COVID-19 pandemic. We assessed the usefulness of these activities to identify the facilitators and barriers to KT and suggest actions that facilitate KT in similar settings.Design The study adopted a qualitative interview study design.Setting and participants Researchers at KWTRP in Kenya who were involved in KT activities during the COVID-19 pandemic (n=6) were selected to participate in key informant interviews to describe their experience. …”
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Activity of ceftolozane/tazobactam and comparators against gram-negative bacilli: Results from the Study for Monitoring Antimicrobial Resistance Trends (SMART – Brazil), 2018‒2021... by Amanda Azevedo Bittencourt, Vinicius Lima Faustino, Paula de Mendonça Batista, Lays Paulino Leonel, Marina Della Negra de Paula, Thales José Polis

“…The impact of pandemic on antimicrobial resistance and presence of β-lactamase genes were also evaluated. …”
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Characterising COVID-19 empirical research production in Latin America and the Caribbean: A scoping review. by Cristián Mansilla, Cristian A Herrera, Laura Boeira, Andrea Yearwood, Analia S Lopez, Luis E Colunga-Lozano, Eva Brocard, Tatiana Villacres, Marcela Vélez, Gabriel Di Paolantonio, Ludovic Reveiz

“…<h4>Introduction</h4>The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID19) pandemic has struck Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) particularly hard. …”
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Accounting in conditions of COVID-19 by M. G. Kudinova, V. V. Kozlov, N. A. Shevchuk, E. V. Uvarova

“…The article discusses the features of accounting in the context of the spread of COVID-19 infection, gives a conditional classification of the directions of the impact of the pandemic on the current reporting of the organization. …”
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Role of Faith Based Organizations (FBO’s) in Responding to the Socio-Economic Impact of Covid-19 in Nyakinama Sub-County Kisoro District. by Mukabera, Charity

“…The objectives of the study were to find out the services offered by FBO’s for the society in response to Covid 19 pandemic inNyakinama sub-county Kisoro district, to determine the effect of FBOs on increased rural incomes in Nyakinama sub-county Kisoro district and to explore the challenges faced by FBO’s in transformation of rural areas response to Covid-19 pandemic in Nyakinama sub-county Kisoro district. …”
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Accessibility of COVID-19 Vaccines in African Countries: A System Dynamics Model Examining Income, Logistics, and Governance by Oya Öztürk, Muhammed Çelik

“…To combat the COVID-19 pandemic, pharmaceutical companies, biotech companies, national governments, and universities have jointly developed a variety of vaccines. …”
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Predicting Intensive Care Unit Admissions in COVID-19 Patients: An AI-Powered Machine Learning Model by A. M. Mutawa

“…This study investigated the healthcare process during a pandemic, facilitating ML-based decision-making solutions to confront healthcare problems.…”
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The Impacts of the Infectious Disease Epidemic on the Permanent Volatility of Precious Metal and Crude Oil Futures Markets: A Long-Term Perspective by Yue Shang, Xiaodan Chen, Yifeng Zhang, Yu Wei

“…The aim of this paper is to identify the quantitative impacts of the infectious disease pandemic on the permanent volatility of precious metal and crude oil futures from a long-term perspective by using a recently constructed Infectious Disease Equity Market Volatility Tracker (ID-EMV) to capture the epidemic severity and with a novel mixed data sampling GARCH (GARCH-MIDAS) method. …”
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Antivaccine, denialist, and conspiracy theorist content on Facebook. An analysis of the No to the New World Order page by Julio C. Aguila Sanchez, Carmen Castillo Rocha, Ángel R. Vargas Valencia

“…Additionally, the posts asserted that the pandemic is part of a New World Order promoted by elites. …”
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Comparison of the efficacy of COVID-19 responses in South Korea and the United States by Oliver Choi, Sunjoo Kim

“…Background The COVID-19 pandemic devastated many countries worldwide by causing large numbers of fatalities. …”
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Machine Learning Classifiers and Data Synthesis Techniques to Tackle with Highly Imbalanced COVID-19 Data by Avaz Naghipour, Mohammad Reza Abbaszadeh Bavil Soflaei, mostafa ghader-zefrehei

“…The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the urgent need for rapid and accurate diagnostic methods. …”
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The interrelationship between food security, climate change, and gender-based violence: A scoping review with system dynamics modeling. by Pooja Agrawal, Lori Ann Post, Janis Glover, Denise Hersey, Piya Oberoi, Brian Biroscak

“…The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2 provides insight through a real time demonstration into these interactions. …”
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Assessing the COVID-19 Lockdown Impact on Global Air Quality: A Transportation Perspective by Meina Zheng, Feng Liu, Meichang Wang

“…To address the COVID-19 pandemic, governments worldwide implemented mandatory restrictions. …”
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A Concise Review and Required Precautions for COVID-19 Outbreak in Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology by Ali Kord, Behnam Rabiee, Siwen Wang, Sara Rostami, Ron C. Gaba, Karen L. Xie

“…The World Health Organization (WHO) announced a pandemic on March 11, 2020. The rapid rise in the case numbers and mortality led to the saturation of hospitals in many countries. …”
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Understanding the Anticontagion Process and Reopening of China during COVID-19 via Coevolution Network of Epidemic and Awareness by Lingbo Li, Ying Fan, An Zeng, Zengru Di

“…The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is intensifying all over the world, but some countries, including China, have developed extensive and successful experience in controlling this pandemic. …”
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COVID-19 impact on bladder cancer treatment by Fabrício Kaminagakura, Marcos F. Dall'Oglio, José A. da Silva Jr., Klebson Rodrigues-Barbosa, Jorge Ocké, Luiz J. Budib

“…Conclusion: Despite the complexity of the surgery, the execution of radical cystectomies during a pandemic period is feasible, with positive surgical results and complication rates compatible with the current literature. …”
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