Coronavirus COVID-19 Pandemic Research Articles

A Blockchain and Artificial Intelligence-Based, Patient-Centric Healthcare System for Combating the COVID-19 Pandemic: Opportunities and Applications.

The world is facing multiple healthcare challenges because of the emergence of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic. The pandemic has exposed the limitations of handling public healthcare emergencies using existing digital healthcare technologies. Thus, the COVID-19 situation has forced research institutes and countries to rethink healthcare delivery solutions to ensure continuity of services while people stay at home and practice social distancing. Recently, several researchers have focused on disruptive technologies, such as blockchain and artificial intelligence (AI), to improve the digital healthcare workflow during COVID-19. Blockchain could combat pandemics by enabling decentralized healthcare data sharing, protecting users’ privacy, providing data empowerment, and ensuring reliable data management during outbreak tracking. In addition, AI provides intelligent computer-aided solutions by analyzing a patient’s medical images and symptoms caused by coronavirus for efficient treatments, future outbreak prediction, and drug manufacturing. Integrating both blockchain and AI could transform the existing healthcare ecosystem by democratizing and optimizing clinical workflows. In this article, we begin with an overview of digital healthcare services and problems that have arisen during the COVID-19 pandemic. Next, we conceptually propose a decentralized, patient-centric healthcare framework based on blockchain and AI to mitigate COVID-19 challenges. Then, we explore the significant applications of integrated blockchain and AI technologies to augment existing public healthcare strategies for tackling COVID-19. Finally, we highlight the challenges and implications for future research within a patient-centric paradigm.

Higher Education Students' Perceptions of Distance Education during the Coronavirus (Covid-19) Pandemic

Koronavirüs (Covid-19) pandemisiyle beraber yaşanan kriz ortamında eğitimin devamlılığını sağlamak ve eğitimi sürdürülebilir kılmak adına [acil] uzaktan eğitim uygulamaya konulmuştur. Bu bağlamda araştırmanın amacı, yükseköğretim öğrencilerinin Covid-19 pandemisi sürecindeki uzaktan eğitim algılarını nitel olgubilim (fenomenoloji) yöntemi çerçevesinde metafor analizi ile incelemektir. Araştırmanın katılımcıları; yüksek lisans, lisans ve ön lisans seviyelerinde 82 üniversite öğrencisinden oluşmaktadır. Veri toplama sürecinde, araştırmacılar tarafından çevrimiçi bir form hazırlanarak katılımcılardan “Uzaktan eğitim ... gibidir. Çünkü ...” ifadesini tamamlamaları istenmiştir. İçerik analizi ile elde edilen bulgulara göre katılımcılar, 68 olumlu ve 81 olumsuz metafor üretmişlerdir. Olumlu metaforlardan “esneklik”, “kullanışlılık”, “öğrenci katılımı” ve “uygunluk” temaları; olumsuz metaforlardan ise “öğretim süreci”, “kullanışlılık”, “öğrenci durumu”, “ölçme değerlendirme” ve “acil uzaktan öğretim” temaları elde edilmiştir. Öğrenciler, uzaktan eğitim yoluyla öğrenme fırsatlarına erişmenin esneklik ve zaman-mekân bağlamında bağımsızlık sağladığını düşünmektedirler. Öte yandan öğrenciler uzaktan eğitimi, etkililiği düşük ve etkileşimi yetersiz olarak değerlendirmektedir. Öğrenciler pandemi bağlamında, uzaktan eğitimi okul öncesi dönemden doktora derecesine kadar eğitimin her kademesini etkileyen acil dönüşüm sürecinin bir parçası olarak algılamaktadırlar.

Spain in a Multidimensional Crisis: a Social Projection of Demographic Trends

The socio-economic situation in modern Spain is complex in many aspects, which makes it possible to characterize the current state of affairs as a multidimensional crisis. The Spanish case shows the interconnection of demographic processes with structurally complicated social phenomena. An overview of the demographic decline and birth rate drop is examined, as well as the plight of young Spaniards as a result of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic is given. The article also explores the problems of elder generation going through difficult times. On the basis of statistical data, the authors analyze the medium term prospects in the dynamics of population panorama, examine the impact of the migration factor, and show how the changing age structure and its attendant consequences pose an ever-wider range of issues for society, concerning both the younger generation and other age groups. From the perspective of demographic transformations, the article observes the situation in the pension sector, in light of the fact that Spain is one of the rapidly aging countries. The methodological approach used by the authors for a comprehensive analysis of demographic and socio-economic problems makes it possible to identify a range of interrelationships between the most important pillars of the Spanish social model.

Pengaruh Pembelajaran Daring terhadap Mental Healthy Mahasiswa Jurusan Akuntansi

The Corona Virus (Covid-19) pandemic is still ongoing from the beginning of March until now in Indonesia, seeing this the government immediately issued new policies such as carrying out activities at home for students from Early Childhood Education to Higher Education levels. The government does not recommend face-to-face learning (offline) and is replaced with online learning that can be done at home. This study aims to determine how much influence online learning has on the mental healthy of students majoring in accounting who are studying at the State University of Malang. The author conducted a study entitled "The Effect of Online Learning on Mental Healthy Students of the Accounting Department". This type of research uses a qualitative research type with a phenomenological approach. Using qualitative research in order to obtain accurate information or data in knowing the effect of online learning on students majoring in accounting at the State University of Malang and using data collection techniques through filling out questionnaires through google forms given to accounting students. The results of this study indicate that students during online learning experience difficulties in receiving the material presented and experience stress due to thinking about the workload given so that it is difficult to sleep. Therefore, it is necessary to have self-motivation to be more active in participating in learning even though online, besides being able to manage time better so that the tasks given are quickly completed and no longer a burden.

Real Time Face Mask Detection and Thermal Screening with Audio Response for COVID-19

The coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic is continuously spreading until now everywhere on the earth, and causing a severe health crisis. So the helpful and safe-keeping method is wearing a face mask in all areas where people are gathered, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Along with the face mask, body temperature and sanitization also plays a vital role in being safer. Thus, monitoring the individuals that are wearing the mask or not is more significant. In this paper, we propose a system that uses TensorFlow, Keras, MobileNetV2, and OpenCV to detect the face mask. A dataset contains images of persons with and without masks obtained from multiple sources and trained on a deep learning model. Then the automatic temperature checking and Sanitation are done. Finally, the proposed system gives an audio/voice output whether the face mask is present or not, the person's body temperature. Our approach would be beneficial in reducing the spread of this infectious disease and will encourage people to use face masks, getting regularly sanitized and monitoring the temperature can keep the workplace safe.

Air & Water Pollution during Coronavirus (Covid-19) Pandemic in India

The whole world is connected in the economic front through import and export of food products, drugs and medical instruments, IT Services, automobiles, Heavy Equipments and many more. After Globalization, it is needless to say that, it brings the spring back effect of exporting the deceases and viruses which are developing in the smallest region of one country to all other parts in the globe. The Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) is one of those viruses recently identified from Wuhan city of china and spread around 200 nations. It is affecting the entire world to go for a lockdown of most countries and halt its business activities like IT Sectors, manufacturing industries, transportation, Logistics, free movement of people from one place to another place interstate and intra-state. However, there is various positive outcome due to COVID-19 on the environment. In this paper, we discuss the positive and negative impact of the lockdown. Further, we talk about the Air pollution level before and after COVID-19 and compare the average value on both sessions to understand how Coronavirus helped to restore the air quality.

Metamodernism and the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic

Metamodernism is understood as the dominant cultural logic of the 21st century. Metamodernism’s breadth and complexity, as well as its theory’s advocacy for contemporaneity, invite for consideration whether the notion could address the most recent global events and the crises after 2020. Therefore, this study designates and explains the five key concepts of metamodernism – metaxy, abstraction, reconstruction, historicity, and a structure of feeling – and uses them to discuss the current state of affairs, the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. The study evaluates the interpretative and discursive potentials of metamodernism, finding that the crisis we now live in can be well-conceptualized from the metamodern perspective, yet at the same time the enormous impact of the crisis brings the usual metamodern perspectives into question and puts the key concepts to test.

COVID Safety Measures Alert System

The corona virus COVID-19 pandemic is causing a global health crisis so the effective protection method is wearing a face mask and maintaining social distance in public areas according to the World Health Organization (WHO). The COVID-19 pandemic forced governments across the world to impose lockdowns to prevent virus transmissions. Reports Indicate that wearing facemasks and maintaining social distance while at work clearly reduces the risk of transmission. An efficient and economic approach of using AI to create a safe environment in a manufacturing setup. So we are doing a Project on detecting whether a person wears a mask or not, also giving an alert message to the person to wear a mask, and maintain social distance or not. A hybrid model using deep and classical machine learning for face mask detection will be presented for face mask detection, a face recognition model is used to identify faces and an object detection algorithm is used to identify persons and also calculate social distance between each other. We collected face mask detection dataset consisting of mask and without mask images, and person photos to identify the person. We are going to use OpenCV to do real-time face detection from a live stream via our webcam. We will use the dataset to build a COVID-19 face mask detector with computer vision using Python, OpenCV, and TensorFlow and Keras, use a face recognition module to identify faces and a YOLO algorithm to detect objects and calculate social distance. Our goal is to identify whether the person on a video stream is wearing a face mask or not, if not give an alert message to wear a mask and check for social distance between each other with the help of computer vision and deep learning.

An etiquette of COVID-19 Law Lab in building Strong health systems

This article analysis rationale behind the COVID-19 Law Lab in strengthening the health system. The coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic is the defining global health crisis and the utmost challenge that we have faced since World War Two. Since its emergence in Wuhan, China, in December 2019, the virus has eventually affected every continent except Antarctica. In an endeavor to set-up a strong legal framework & to manage the coronavirus pandemic across the globe, the World Health Organization (WHO) launched COVID-19 Law Lab that initiates in gathering and sharing legal documents from over 190 countries across the world. The aim is to bring an accomplished law that can help in building a sound health systems in assessing and permitting safe and authentic drugs and vaccines and also in combating to create healthier and safer public spaces and workplaces. The COVID-19 Law Lab allows tracking and evaluate by what means and methods the laws and policies are being used during the Pandemic. It is an important tool for sharing good practices on laws and policies. The article underlines the significance on the law lab that safeguard the health and welfare of individual and society and also hold on to international human rights principles. Further, the paper highlights on the Indian legislative action to control and reduce the pandemic. In addition, the paper aspires in focusing different legal frameworks for COVID-19 in India.

متلازمة ردود الفعل النفسية المرتبطة باضطراب القلق الناجم جائحة كورنا في ضوء استراتيجية التعافي المستدام (جمهورية السودان إنموذجاً)

أجريت هذه الدراسة خلال الفترة (2019-2020)، في ولاية الخرطوم-السودان. هدفت الدراسة إلى الكشف عن متلازمة ردود الفعل النفسية المرتبطة باضطراب القلق الناجم عن جائحة كورونا. استخدم الباحثون المنهج الوصفي، تضمن مجتمع البحث أعضاء هيئة التدريس، الخبراء النفسيين والتربويين، الأخصائيين النفسيين والاجتماعيين. وتكونت عينة الدراسة من (62) مفحوصا، تضمنت (22) ذكورا، و(40) إناثا، تم اختيارهم بالطريقة العشوائية البسيطة. استخدم الباحثون مقياس متلازمة ردود الفعل النفسية والمخاوف الاجتماعية من إعداد أحمد (2020). لمعالجة البيانات إحصائيا، استخدم الباحثون برنامج الحزمة الإحصائية للعلوم الاجتماعية (SPSS)، اعتمادا على، اختبار(ت) للعينة الواحدة، اختبار (ف) التباين الأحادي، ارتباط بيرسون، معادلة ألفا كرونباخ وسبير مان وبراون. توصلت الدراسة للنتائج التالية: تتسم ردود الفعل النفسية المرتبطة بالقلق الناجمة عن جائحة كورونا في ضوء استراتيجية التعافي المستدام بدرجة مرتفعة، هنالك علاقة ارتباط طردي دال إحصائيا بين ردود الفعل النفسية المرتبطة بالقلق والمخاوف الاجتماعية، لا توجد فروق دالة إحصائيا في ردود الفعل النفسية المرتبطة بالقلق تبعا لمتغير العمر، لا توجد فروق دالة إحصائيا في ردود الفعل النفسية المرتبطة بالقلق تبعا لمتغير الحالة الزواجية. كما خرجت الدراسة بالعديد من التوصيات والمقترحات This study was conducted during the period (2019-2020), in Khartoum State – Sudan, The study aimed at exploring the psychological reactions syndrome that related to anxiety disorder caused by the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic in light of sustainable recovery strategy. The researchers used descriptive methods. The research community included faculty members, educational and psychological experts, and psychological and social workers. The study sample consisted of (62) individuals, including (22) males and (40) females, who were chosen by simple random method. The researchers used thee psychological reactions syndrome that related to anxiety and social fears scale, adapted by Ahmed (2020). To process the data statistically, the researchers used the sstatistical ppackage for social sciences (SPSS) program, depending on, (T) test for one sample, one way analysis of variance, Pearson correlation coefficient, Cronbach's alpha equation and Spearman and Brown. The study reached the following results: The characterized of psychological reactions that related to anxiety disorder caused by pandemic corona virus COVID-19, in light of the sustainable recovery strategy is high, there is a direct statistically significant correlation between psychological reactions and social fears, there are no statistically significant differences in psychological reactions related to anxiety disorder according to the variable of age, There are no statistically significant differences in the psychological reactions related to anxiety disorder according to the variable of the marital status. The study also, came out with many recommendations and suggestions.

La ergoftalmología entorno a la COVID-19

Due to the confinement at home that is lived in various countries by the pandemic of the new coronavirus COVID-19 in Wuhan, China and its spread worldwide. Changes have been brought about in the daily life of the population, for example the way of carrying out academic and professional work. Work hours increased and with it the use of various visual devices to carry out activities. Therefore, the objective of this research was to evaluate the state of visual health and ergonomics by the population during the health contingency. An evaluation instrument generated in the "Microsoft Forms" software was applied to evaluate ergophthalmology and visual health. An absolute positive correlation was found in the symptoms of blurred vision and muscle pain in the male gender, while for the female gender an absolute correlation was reported in the glare symptom and a positive correlation in dry eye, red eye, burning, tearing and muscle pain. Therefore, it is of utmost importance to disseminate ergophthalmic measures to reduce the visual symptoms of the population.

Coronavirus (COVID-19) and Employee Health

Background:: The coronavirus, which is now spreading around the world as a pandemic, has caused more than 30 million cases and nearly 1000,000 deaths worldwide. No vaccine has been used against the virus so far and there are no specific drugs to cure the patients. This paper examines the impact of coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic on employees’ health, either in governmental or private sector. The aim of this study was to protect staffs against disease in pandemic conditions by identifying the main ways to keep employee healthy during COVID-19 pandemic in different scenarios. Methods:: This paper is a perspective article and different scenario were assessed in order for consideration of employee health. Results:: Two scenarios could be considered first, when, the vaccine against Covid-19 is not available for prevention and the second scenario is that the vaccine is available for all in the world. In both cases, maintaining the health of the staff will be different. If the coronavirus disease will continue to occur in humans as long as access to a safe vaccine is not possible, emphasis on health standards, social distance and wearing the mask is the only way to deal with this dangerous disease. Even, with preparation of vaccine the health standards, social distancing, and wearing of mask must be continued in any situations. Conclusion:: The high level of health for employee must be considered by governments in different scenarios.

IMPACT OF CORONAVIRUS CRISIS ON SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES IN THE SLOVAK REPUBLIC

The crisis caused by the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic has hit the corporate sector from an economic point of view particularly hard. The forced closure of operations led to a dramatic drop in sales and disruption of normal cash flow. In this regard, SMEs have been affected the most. Because of their economic and social importance for the economies, governments have taken many measures to help them. This article aims to evaluate the impacts of the coronavirus crisis on small and medium-sized enterprises in the Slovak Republic. For this purpose, we surveyed 139 SMEs up to the end of 2020. The results of the survey show that the existing help from the state has not compensated for the loss of sales and losses that entrepreneurs have had to deal with. The negative impact of the measures related to the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic was felt by up to 96% of the addressed SMEs. The article also includes proposals from interviewed SMEs regarding business support measures. In this regard, it is necessary to focus especially on eliminating the technical and procedural shortcomings of the measures.

Influence of sectoral trends in business process management in e-commerce

The article considers the specifics of e-commerce sphere development and determines the main directions of industry trends influence on the business process management. The need to develop on the basis of analytical data of scientific and practical tools and recommendations that define and characterize the relationship between industry trends and the trajectory of e-commerce enterprises development is actualized. The context and conditions of modern e-commerce enterprises activity are described, including the issues of development of this sphere under the influence of restrictive measures related to the coronavirus pandemic COVID-19. The need for the effective response of the e-commerce enterprise to certain tendencies is actualized, the necessity of adaptation of management of this enterprise to change of managing conditions, technological and institutional transformations is noted. Problems have been identified and scientific and practical solutions have been formed, focused on improving of e-commerce enterprises efficiency under the influence of environmental factors. The most influential factors that characterize the practice of economic entities functioning in the field of e-commerce at the current stage at the global level are determined. The leading industry trends and conditions of activity in the field of e-commerce are studied and the impact of these trends on the enterprises management in the field of e-commerce is characterized. The strategic guidelines are defined and substantiated, the basic preconditions are outlined and scientific and practical recommendations are given to increase the efficiency of e-commerce enterprises management in modern business conditions in the context of the impact of intra-industry trends. The preconditions for the transformation of business process management practices in e-commerce under the influence of these trends are analyzed

Strategic and Digital Marketing in Cultural Institutions and the Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic – A Comparative Analysis of Two Case Studies

This article investigates the impact of the coronavirus pandemic COVID-19 on marketing within cultural institutions, specifically in the field of digital marketing. The aim is to examine how the pandemic has affected digital strategies, marketing communication, and the performance itself - the presentation of cultural programs. The primary research was conducted in Croatia, using the method of semi-structured in-depth interviews with managers in two cultural institutions in Zadar and Dubrovnik at the end of 2020. A qualitative descriptive analysis was performed to answer the question of how cultural institutions have adapted to the crisis, especially when it comes to the marketing and the performance of cultural programs. The results show a certain degree of flexibility in adapting to the new conditions, in a way that marketing communication after the crisis turned more strongly towards digital media and was followed by adjustments to the cultural programs and their performance, as well as the budget for cultural activities. The marketing digital communication played a key role in this, which proves that cultural management in the era of the pandemic adopted the so-called digital-first paradigm, modeled on the for-profit companies. The authors conclude that culture, as a social need and necessity, will continue its activity after the crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, but that it will also function in new and creative ways.

Role of Medicinal plants in Covid-19 pandemic: An Ayurveda perspective

The corona virus Covid-19 pandemic is the defining ongoing global health crisis situation. In Ayurveda communicable and epidemic diseases are described as Aupasargika Rogas -infectious or contagious and Janopadhvansa- pandemics respectively. The aim of this study is to review medicinal plants acting on Pranavaha Srotas and Rasavaha Srotas along with their action on signs and symptoms correlated with Covid 19. Extensive compilation and tabulation of medicinal plants is done by literary search of Brihat-trayee and their pharmacological actions from research databases. A total of 26 different medicinal plants have been enlisted. Analysis of these plants has been made as per Rasa, Anurasa, Vipaka, Veerya, Gunas and Karmas. Pharmacological actions are analyzed. Review reveals huge potential of many medicinal plants which can be used in this Covid-19 pandemic situation. This review evaluated the importance of medicinal plants described in Ayurveda literatures which can be used in the management and prevention of Covid-19.

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on employment and unemployment in social sectors in the Russian Federation

The article analyzes the consequences of the coronavirus pandemic COVID-19 and the restrictions imposed on the labor market of the Russian Federation as a whole, as well as on the cultural sphere. Based on open statistics, an analysis of the dynamics of unemployment indicators in the Russian Federation during the pandemic period was carried out. The impact of crisis events on the duration of job search by unemployed people was considered. Features of pandemic influence on culture as one of branches of social sphere are described. A comparative analysis of the number of cultural workers who were simply due to the fault of the employer in 2019 and 2020 was carried out. Proposed a set of measures to implement state support for cultural organizations in order to overcome the negative consequences of the pandemic.

Conceptional framework to support vulnerable students during crisis, a real online learning experience during COVID-19 pandemic

Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic has caused psychological burden in terms of fear of the infection, anxiety and stress because of the spreading news about cases and deaths and even loneliness of the quarantine and curfew measures. Vulnerable students need support specially during times of crisis and this brief describes a framework to help such students. It is based on a real learning experience with a student who suffered loss of a family member in coincidence with the pandemic curfew measures just before being enrolled in the course. On the contrary to the beginning that seemed unpleasant, the current framework was implemented and effectively helped the end of the course to turn fruitful for the student.

PENGARUH DAYA TARIK PRODUK, WORD OF MOUTH, NILAI PELANGGAN TERHADAP MINAT BELI KONSUMEN DI ERA PANDEMI COVID-19 PADA SUPERMARKET CITRA NIAGA (SURVEY PADA KONSUMEN SUPERMARKET CITRA NIAGA DI KOTA PONTIANAK)

The attractiveness of products, word of mouth, and good customer value will of course attract consumer buying interest in the midst of the corona virus (covid-19) pandemic. Customers who are satisfied with the product purchased will of course be loyal to the company concerned. This study wants to prove the effect of each variable, namely product attractiveness, word of mouth, and customer value on consumer buying interest in the era of the COVID-19 pandemic at Citra Niaga Pontianak supermarket. Based on previous research and linked to the supporting theory put forward by experts using the SPSS program as a statistical data processing tool. This type of research is associative research. In this study, researchers used a nonprobability sampling technique because the researcher did not know the total number of members of the population under study. While the sampling technique used in this study was accidental sampling with a population of 100 people as the sample.

Exploring support needs of people living with diabetes during the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic: insights from a UK survey

IntroductionThe coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic has radically compromised healthcare for people living with chronic conditions such as diabetes. Government-imposed restrictions to contain the spread of the virus have forced people to...