Coronavirus Pandemic Period Research Articles

A case of finding of asymptomatic 3rd stage myxomatous degeneration of the mitral valve in general practice

The case of asymptomatic 3rd stage myxomatous degeneration of the mitral valve in a 42-year old male patient is presented. The patient was referred to Tuberculosis dispensary No. 5 for investigation of pathological findings revealed by fluorography during the coronavirus pandemic period. The patient was examined by TB specialists and the general practitioner in accordance with new interdisciplinary diagnostic algorithms primary involving the GP. As а result of the detailed investigation the patient was found to have previously undiagnosed consequences of pneumonia caused by COVID-19 and 3rd stage myxomatous degeneration of the mitral valve.

Soap and syndets: differences and analogies, sources of great confusion.

Soap has been used by humankind since ancient times and was probably already known to the Sumerians. It is a fatty acid salt obtained from the reaction of a strong base with a fatty substance of animal (tallow) or plant origin (oil). This reaction is called saponification. Syndets, on the other hand, are much more recent and have been in use for about a century. In the case of liquid syndets, they are mainly alkyl sulphates and their derivatives alkyl ether sulphates while isethionates and sarcosinates are more commonly found in solid syndets. Synthetic soaps and detergents are surfactants and, as such, they have detergent properties. The way soap works accounts for its antimicrobial properties. Thanks to its amphiphilic structure, it is able to interact with the lipid membranes of microorganisms (viruses, bacteria, etc.) and inactivate them. In this coronavirus pandemic period, health authorities worldwide recommend hand washing with soap and water. We therefore wanted to provide a summary of the chemical characteristics and applications of soaps, on the one hand, and synthetic detergents, on the other. Soap is not the only product used for hand hygiene and, given the current situation, alternatives are complex and varied.

Legal Protection of Hospital Patients in the Corona Virus Pandemic Period

This study aims to explain the legal protection for patients during the Covid-19 pandemic and the protection mechanism for patients as consumers. This research used doctrinal research. Basically, health development involves all aspects of life, physical, mental and socio-economic. In the growth of health development so far, there has been a change in orientation, both value ​​and thought, especially regarding effort to solve problem in the health sector which are influenced by politic, economic, socio-cultural, defence and security as well as science and technology. The change of orientation will affect the implementation process of health development. Health development, which is basically the responsibility of the state, becomes very important because the private sector also participates in creating a product in the health sector. This society is generally referred to as consumer. Indonesia and all over the world are currently in a pandemic of the Covid-19 virus, where the virus is spreading so fast. Not yet found anti-virus against this virus, the only way is that everyone is obliged to maintain immunity in the body. But it is very unfair for other patients, currently the focus of medical personnel and hospital is to deal with the Covid-19 outbreak, so that the rights of other patients cannot be fulfilled.

What factors determining customer continuingly using food delivery apps during 2019 novel coronavirus pandemic period?

Food delivery apps (FDAs) as an emerging online-to-offline mobile technology, have been widely adopted by catering businesses and customers. Especially, as they have provided two-way beneficial catering delivery services in rescuing catering enterprises and satisfying customers' technological and mental exceptions under the COVID-19 global pandemic condition. This study proposes a comprehensive model integrating UTAUT, ECM and TTF with the trust factor and examines 532 valid FDA users' continuance intention of using FDAs during the COVID-19 pandemic period in China. The statistical results and discussions show that satisfaction is the most significant factor, and perceived task-technology fit, trust, performance expectancy, social influence and confirmation have direct or indirect positive impacts on users' continuance usage intention of FDAs during the COVID-19 pandemic period. In addition, relevant researches and stakeholders should consider the specific characteristic of technology being associated with users' technological and mental perceptions for better understanding and explaining users' continuance intention.

De que criança(s) estão falando?: Análise dos memes veiculados no Brasil no período da pandemia do coronavírus

Este texto objetiva analisar os memes veiculados no Brasil no período da pandemia do coronavírus, buscando compreender as imagens sociais de crianças e infâncias evidenciadas neste atual momento. As principais medidas de proteção adotadas, nomeadamente o isolamento social, o fechamento das escolas e creches, e a abertura apenas dos serviços essenciais obrigaram as famílias a um convívio constante em um mesmo ambiente. Como forma de representação da realidade, os memes são rapidamente produzidos e disseminados, com a intenção de serem uma forma de entretenimento divertida e bem humorada. Entretanto, evidenciam ideias pejorativas sobre as crianças e como é tê-las sob os cuidados exclusivos da família. Foram identificados 38 memes em diferentes redes sociais, sendo possível elencar como temas emergentes à violência contra criança, a instituição escola/creche como solução ou depósito das crianças, a sobrecarga materna, o machismo, dentre outros. Verificou-se que os memes retratam uma infância branca, de classe média, cujas experiências acabam por ditar a idealização de uma infância padrão mas que invisibiliza outros modos de vida. As imagens que emergem da análise são: crianças como problema, crianças como sujeitos em desenvolvimento e crianças matáveis. Tais imagens não surgem com a pandemia, mas se potencializam neste contexto. Conclui-se que as crianças são reiteradamente silenciadas, havendo um apagamento da infância enquanto categoria geracional, sendo na pandemia este mais um fenômeno que está sendo compreendido na perspectiva adulta.

Impacto da pandemia de COVID-19 na epidemiologia pediátrica

OBJECTIVES: To assess the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on pediatric epidemiology in children's emergency rooms. METHODS: A retrospective, descriptive observational study was carried out. The following were evaluated: the number of visits, the rate of hospitalization in the months of March, April and May of 2019, as well as the most frequent pathologies. These were compared with data from the same period in 2020. RESULTS: There was a 70% reduction in the demand for pediatric care during the coronavirus pandemic period. The most common pathologies found were respiratory diseases, such as acute viral bronchiolitis and acute bronchitis. There was a decrease in hospitalizations for cases of acute viral bronchiolitis due to respiratory syncytial virus in 2020. Also, in the same year there was an increase in hospitalizations for acute bronchitis, suggesting epidemiological changes generated by social isolation. The number of hospitalizations for traumatic brain injury also increased in 2020. CONCLUSION: The COVID-19 pandemic appears to have had an impact on pediatric epidemiology, reducing the number of visits and hospitalizations.

Effects of Dynamic Organization and Digital Innovation on the Hotel Tourism Industry during the Coronavirus Pandemic Period

When this essay was written, a corona pandemic outbreak was happening all over the world. There are various problems that occur and obstacles that make it difficult for us to carry out our daily activities. One of the areas that has a big impact is the economic field, and therefore we need a system that can adapt directly to situations like this. In this essay we will discuss how dynamic organization and digital innovation can influence the hotel tourism industry during the corona pandemic. Dynamic organization is all activities related to efforts to plan organic schemes, conduct departmentalization, determine the authority, duties and responsibilities of people in an institution / organization, or in short organize activities, namely activities to determine the organizational structure of a business. In a business, anything can happen, whether it is a good thing or a bad thing, the handling of it depends on the people in the company and with a dynamic organizational structure that will help to overcome each of these problems. Digital innovation means making rapid changes by using digital technology to improve services, traditional models, products and processes. Through understanding user needs, motivation, and travel and working collaboratively with clients and stakeholders, we find new solutions, quickly iterating through creative concepts to be satisfying and easy to use. The coronavirus pandemic in Indonesia begins with the discovery of patients with coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) on March 2, 2020. Until April 6, 2020, 2,273 positive cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed, with 198 of them dead and 164 recovering. Cases were stated to be spread in 32 provinces out of a total of 34 provinces in Indonesia. Two provinces that have not reported confirmed cases are Gorontalo and East Nusa Tenggara.

Coronavirus Pandemic: Metaphoric Diagnostics of Anxious Reality in the Media Texts

Based on the texts of the Russian media, the author conducts a cross-sectional analysis of the linguistic existence of the coronavirus pandemic period (from March, 28 up to May, 31 2020). In accordance with the target set, the activation of the word-centrism of national culture is revealed: the emergence of a special layer of today’s vocabulary; the appearance of neologisms included in the event context. The real subject of the study is metaphorical diagnosis of the moral and psychological state of society and the degree to which people are prepared to confront alarming reality; diagnostics of medicine, economics. The detailed metaphor of war is analyzed in particular. The prognostic function of the metaphor characterizing the threats of coronavirus time is distinguished.