Pandemic Moment Research Articles

The Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on addictive behaviors: an integrative review

Addictive behaviors and their impacts have been widely explored. Going through a pandemic moment requires further research since crisis situations involve higher propensity to dependency. The aim of this integrative review was to identify studies that have been conducted so as to explore behaviors related to brain’s reward system in a pandemic period, which include substance addiction, internet addiction, gaming and other overusing behaviors. In order to accomplish our objective an integrative search was conducted in CAPES periodicals. Some inclusion and exclusion criteria were used to select the studies and in total (N=12) were explored independently. The results showed that there is an increasingly concern about health care systems, especially for those addicted to substances who need daily support, since addictions habits may have also increased. Behavioral addictions also increased and were exploited in some studies, especially those related to technologies, such as gaming and smartphone usage.

The challenges and perspectives of remote teaching in the pandemic period: reflections on teaching practice in online geography teaching

Remote teaching requires that families have the appropriate equipment to monitor the content and activities that are passed on by the school, in addition to knowledge focused on the pedagogical axes of the teaching-learning process. The objective of this article is to understand the students'/families' conception of remote teaching and the main challenges and perspectives during the pandemic period. To develop this study, a bibliographical research was used, carrying out a survey on scientific journal websites, databases and texts of theses, dissertations, articles and/other printed and online scientific productions. It was noticed that this form of remote teaching brought a lot of difficulty, both for students in terms of learning and for families. As classes have been suspended since March 2020 to prevent the spread of COVID-19, there was no other teaching possibility for this pandemic moment. Therefore, it is understood that this is a moment of overcoming for all education professionals, students, families and new forms of social coexistence.

Governing the Resilient Self: Influencers’ Digital Affective Labor in Quarantine Vlogs

This article explores quarantine vlogs on YouTube to examine the cultural production of influencers during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic. By using a grounded theory approach to analyze 9 quarantine vlogs filmed by woman creators along with 480 user comments, this article argues that quarantine vlogs are shaped by influencers’ competing desires of (1) offering care and soothing content to the viewers and (2) instrumentalizing the discontents of the pandemic moment as a neoliberal device to preserve their aspirational self. In quarantine vlogs, influencers interact with their audiences by recognizing the emotional and mental strains of navigating the pandemic or their relative privilege, while they reframe the pandemic experience as an opportunity for productivity and self-growth. Consequently, influencers engage in significant affective labor and self-governance during a global health crisis to establish a resilient persona and maintain their online visibility.

Maritime Vaccination Attack Operation to the Communities of South Kalimantan Jointly in Banjarmasin

Based on the background behind the Team Program Devotion Community (PKM) Nusantara Maritime Academy Banjarmasin is one of the institutions that engaged in the field of helpful commercial and port shipping management education to solve problems faced by College Buddhist Bodhicitta Medan with the title PKM: "Socialization and Covid-19 Vaccination for Educating Staff As well as Education In Nusantara Maritime Academy Banjarmasin. Based analysis situation That has been displayed. So formulation problem on PKM is: How method give an understanding of the importance of vaccination against COVID-19 in the period pandemic moment How is this give COVID-19 vaccination during the pandemic for teaching and education staff in College Banjarmasin Nusantara Maritime Academy.

Vocal Self-Perception of Singers During COVID-19 Pandemic.

to compare the self-perception of vocal fatigue and use of singing voice during the COVID-19 pandemic between professional and amateur singers and to relate this self-perception with vocal use characteristics during this period. Participants were 121 singers divided into professional singers group (PSG) (12 men and 20 women) comprising singers who depended exclusively on singing as a profession and an amateur singers group (ASG) (37 men and 52 women) of singers who did not depend exclusively on singing for their livelihood. All answered online questionnaires through Google Forms ®. Sociodemographic and vocal characteristics were investigated before and during the pandemic; symptoms of vocal fatigue were assessed through the vocal fatigue index (VFI); and self-perception of use of singing voice through the evaluation of the ability to sing easily protocol for Brazil (EASE-Br). In the comparison between groups, the PSG presented higher scores of vocal fatigue in fatigue and vocal limitation (P=0.045), vocal restriction (P=0.002), and recovery with vocal rest (P=0.008) domains than did the ASG. There was no difference between the groups regarding the use of singing voice. Based on the relationship between self-perception and vocal use characteristics during the pandemic, it was observed that the presence of vocal complaint was the only factor associated with self-perception of fatigue symptomatology in both groups. Regarding the self-perception of the current status of the singing voice, singing time, the presence of vocal complaints, the need to increase visual concentration, and the perception of vocal worsening during the pandemic were considered predictive for amateur singers. For professional singers, vocal complaints and vocal training were predictors for self-perception of the current status of the singing voice. Professional singers presented with higher scores of vocal fatigue than did amateur singers. The symptomatology of vocal fatigue was associated with the presence of vocal complaints in both groups. However, self-perception of the current status of the singing voice was different between the groups and was associated with vocal training for professional singers and characteristics of vocal demand of singing voice during the pandemic period for amateur singers.

Remote teaching in the Mathematics degree course at the Federal University of Acre: perspectives, difficulties and future possibilities

This research aimed to identify potentialities and protect from remote moments between professors and students of the Mathematics Degree Course at the Federal University of Acre during the pandemic moment, as well as actions that can be worked on by the subjects for a “next” post-pandemic. As methodological resources and source of information, teachers and students were consulted through an intuitive command to identify difficulties/concerns and possibilities with respect to development actions in the period called Emergency Remote. This investigation was qualitative in nature, as I understand that I deepened the understanding of the social group in question and its trajectory does not require quantification. The information was processed in the light of the Philosophy of Mathematics Education, Critical Mathematics Education and Digital Technologies in Mathematics Education. The quality of the students' internet and the possibilities for evaluating students by teachers represented the greatest difficulties encountered during the pandemic. representaram as maiores dificuldades encontradas no momento pandêmico.

Losing the Tactile in Our Pandemic Moment

In this autoethnography, written mid-pandemic in 2021, I make sense of time, space, and place within the context of loss in our pandemic moment. I hope it encourages others to make sense of emotional landscapes in our changing times.

The Ghosts of the Disappeared: On Re-Reading Waiting for Godot and Aura “Post”-Pandemic

Abstract Given how rapidly the still-ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has receded from the public consciousness since 2021, the time is ripe to revisit how Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot and Carlos Fuentes’s Aura inform our present historical moment, particularly since both texts are concerned with the large-scale disappearance, erasure and repression of the mass-dead by statist economic interests in the wake of national traumas – post-Vichy France and post-Famine Ireland in the case of Beckett, and the French Intervention and the Spanish Conquest in the case of Mexico. Yet these two seminal works are not only concerned with how statist interests erase their dead, but how these same dead continue to haunt, influence and impact these same nations despite – or even because of – their erasure. As we are once again recognizing in our own “post”-pandemic moment, just because the dead have been erased, that by no means signifies they are silent.

Riscos & Desafios (Risk & Challenges) Program in pandemic times: the students’ voice

Background: Preventive interventions are important to delay the onset of high-risk behaviors for young people's health. Regarding emerging adulthood, successful preventive programs are important to avoid high-risk alcohol consumption among university students. Riscos & Desafios (Risk & Challenges) Program is an extracurricular, comprehensive, and multi-component competence enhancement-based preventive intervention designed for students attending the first year of higher education. Goals: This paper aims to give voice to the procedural assessment made by students and to describe the implementation of the Program at the Faculty of Sport of the University of Porto in the second semester of the 2019/2020 school year. This implementation of a previous validated program was innovative twofold, since it has a curriculum infusion format through an optional curricular unit, and because it was developed during the period of lockdown due to COVID-19 pandemic.Methods: This is a mixed-method study that focus on the implementation of the Riscos & Desafios Program during the second semester of 2019/20 academic year. This evaluation of the Riscos & Desafios Program was done with a post-program survey, followed by univariate analysis of frequency. Complementary, an inductive analysis of qualitative data of student’s reflexive reports was carried out, using the QSR-NVIVO 12®.Results: Twenty-three first-year students who participated in the Riscos & Desafios Program constituted the target group of the intervention. Most of the participants were male (n=16) aging between 17 to 21 years. Most attended all the eight sessions and 96% of them participated in seven or more sessions. At the end of the implementation, 23 post-program filled-in questionnaires, and 18 structured reflection reports, were obtained. Most of the students rated the program as very good. Several categories emerged from the thematic analysis of the 18 reports, namely (1) perceived competencies, developed in the program, including the promotion of the social support network, interpersonal and communication skills, problem-solving skills, and their importance, as factors to protect against the development of risk behaviors, (2) personal positive impacts of the program attendance and (3) gains and losses with the transition to online learning format.Discussion: Students’ considerations about the experience with the Riscos & Desafios Program not only reinforced the importance and pertinence of this experience in their life trajectory, but also brought to light its relevance at this pandemic moment.

Social museology and the pandemic: actions and interactions of two community-based museums in the state of Rio de Janeiro

This article presents the actions of two community-based museums inserted in the Rio de Janeiro Social Museology Network (REMUS-RJ) - the Living Museum of São Bento, in the municipality of Duque de Caxias, and the Removals Museum, in the West Zone from the city of Rio de Janeiro - throughout the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, from March to December 2020, in the context of museum operating restrictions around the world. The analysis takes into account reflections on the conceptual and practical transformations of the museum field in recent decades, which led to the development of Social Museology, and observes how, in the face of the pandemic, these museums acted to ensure continuity of access to their collections. The research consisted of a qualitative analysis of the content published on social media and other digital platforms and interviews with representatives of the studied museums, observing interactions with the public in these media and the reach provided by these tools. These observations point to the importance of these museums as examples of effective application of public policies and of acting as innovative devices, with the potential to spill over into the museum field as a whole, providing greater visibility to counter-hegemonic agendas. Given the uniqueness of the pandemic moment, the documentation of these experiences can serve as a basis for new analyzes about the social role of museums in building plural and egalitarian societies. Keywords: Brazil; COVID-19; Community Museums; Sociomuseology;

HUBUNGAN MINDFULNESS DENGAN KECEMASAN MASYARAKAT SELAMA PANDEMI COVID-19

At the beginning of 2020, the world was shocked by the Coronavirus Disease-19. This phenomenon causes changes in various aspects of life, such as health, economic, social, psychological, cultural, and more. The psychological response experienced by the community is a feeling of anxiety about their health. Anxiety can be managed properly through full awareness and attention to the conditions that are happening. Thus, it does not cause mental health problems. A state of awareness and attention in this pandemic moment called Mindfulness. This study aims to determine the relationship between mindfulness and anxiety during the Covid-19 pandemic in the community. This is quantitative research with a descriptive correlation design and a cross sectional approach. The population of this study is adult in Jatimulya Village. The sampling technique that used was simple random with a total of 288 respondents. The data collection that used was Five Facets of Mindfulness Questionnaire and the Anxiety Questionnaire during the Covid-19 pandemic. The results of the Kendall's Tau b analysis obtained that p-value is 0.000 < 0.05. It can be concluded that there is a relationship between Mindfulness and Anxiety during the Covid-19 pandemic among Jatimulya Village community. Community should have a good mindfulness in order to create awareness and attention in managing anxiety. Keywords: mindfulness, anxiety, pandemic Covid-19

Remote proximity: Making immersive dance under COVID-19 lockdown

This article chronicles the various pivots one dance ensemble, Lenora Lee Dance, made in trying to bring our dance project to fruition under the COVID-19 pandemic and after both the murder of George Floyd and the spike in anti-Asian hate in the United States between 2020 and 2021. And the Community Will Rise was intended to be an immersive, site-specific dance set throughout the courtyards, hallways and apartment interiors of the Ping Yuen public housing complex in San Francisco’s Chinatown in autumn 2020. The piece aimed to explore the lives of the residents and the history of their struggle for affordable housing and tenants’ rights, amidst a contemporary background of rising housing insecurity among communities of colour in San Francisco. We were three rehearsals into the project when COVID-19 hit the Bay Area in March 2020. This article documents our attempts to adapt And the Community Will Rise from an immersive dance to an immersive screendance. I reflect upon the various options we moved through as the pandemic wore on, as well as the questions social distancing raised for us regarding the value of home, of sociality and also the value of remote dance performance. This article offers one case study, from an insider perspective, to understand wider artistic innovations this pandemic moment has initiated. Together they board a boat that crosses the San Francisco Bay and pulls into Angel Island. They disembark and trek the mile to the Immigration Station. An immigration officer meets them and divides them into two groups. Names are called and individuals step forward, the rest are marched into the building in two streams. One stream goes to the women’s dormitory where earlier detainees are already settled; a man in a white medical coat enters and calls more names; these women are ushered to the medical examination room, the showers and the interrogation office. The new arrivees follow behind.

233.6: Fatigue and Resilience in Organ and Tissue Transplant Patients Facing the Pandemic of COVID-19

Background/Aims: For organ and tissue transplant recipients, the pandemic of COVID-19 caused several uncertainties, especially the fear of contagion, which may have been one of the stressors. On the other hand, when facing this adversity situation, some transplant recipients, overcome it beneficially, performing their resilience. The objective of this study is to analyze the fatigue and resilience of organ and tissue transplant recipients in the pandemic of COVID-19 in Brazil. Methodology: Cross-sectional study, carried out with organ and tissue transplanted patients in Brazil. The inclusion criteria were: patients who performed organ and tissue transplantation at least three months ago in the pandemic. Data collection occurred through disclosure in social networks and web pages between January and April 2021, with the instruments: sociodemographic and clinical data questionnaire, Wagnild and Yong’s resilience scale and the pictogram of fatigue. The data were organized after importing Microsoft Excel spreadsheets from REDCap. The analysis was performed using descriptive and inferential statistics, adopting statistical significance of p<0.05. The study was approved by an institutional ethics committee and complies with national and international guidelines for research with human beings. Results: 548 organ and tissue transplant recipients participated in the study. The mean age of transplant recipients was 45.58 years (SD: 56.40), 325 (59.31%) were mostly female, 318 (58.03%) were white, 280 had completed higher education (51.57%) and from the Southeast region 338 (61.68%). The mean time of transplantation was 6.95 years (SD: 6.83) and the occurrence of fatigue was 4.27 months (SD: 12.05). The rinse transplants 320 (58.39%), liver 131 (23.91%), heart 27 (4.93%) and cornea 21 (3.83%) stand out. Flexibility transplants were more resilient and corneal transplants were more fatigued. Individuals who perform informal work and had no other symptoms were more resilient (p=0.022, p<0.001, respectively). Females had their fatigue intensity classified as “moderately tired” (p<0.001) and those with a partner as “a little tired” (p=0.021). Conclusion: The stressors arising from the pandemic moment may have led to an increase in fatigue and moderate performance of resilience in organ and tissue transplant patients, which indicates a need for health professionals to support and carry out stimulus programs to increase resilience and fatigue reduction. We thank all the transplant recipients who took the time to answer the survey. This study was financed in part by the Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior – Brasil (CAPES) – Finance Code 001.

Parental experiences during remote education in Paraguay: a comparison between the beginning and the end of 2020

During 2020 education underwent significant changes due to the abrupt interruption of face-to-face instruction around the world due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. This study presents a comparison of parent’s perspectives in Paraguay during two periods, at the beginning and at the end of the school year. A sample of 505 parents participated in the first phase, and 202 in the second phase. Data were collected through online questionnaires in both phases. The results show that parents were forced to purchase electronic devices, mainly computers, to respond to certain school activities, despite the economic recession of the pandemic moment. WhatsApp played a very important role at the beginning of remote classes, both to maintain communication and/or send academic assignments. However, by the end of 2020 the use of digital educational platforms was widespread as reported by parents. Support of school activities was carried out by mothers for the most part. Difficulties evidenced include the comprehension of tasks, motivation and the internet connectivity, which increased. significantly throughout the year. A majority of parents expressed satisfaction with the implementation of ICT in remote education, and the main reason noted was the fear of sending children to schools in-person.

EPIDEMIOLOGY AND ASSOCIATED FACTORS OF DEPRESSION IN THE ELDERLY DURING COVID-19

Introduction: Most deaths caused by Covid-19 are of people over 60 years old, in Brazil, in 2021, this population represents 67.9% of the dead, due to complications from the virus. Faced with this, people in isolation suffered several effects on their health, especially with regard to mental health, such as sleep disorders, concentration on daily tasks, the appearance of intrusive thoughts, feelings of hopelessness, boredom, loneliness, anxiety and depression. Thus, the elderly stand out as the group most affected by mental disorders, with emphasis on depression, which is an aggravating factor for health, triggered by the consequences of social withdrawal, quarantine, the economic crisis, domestic accidents such as falls and high numbers of deaths caused by covid. The objective of this study was to identify scientific evidence in the literature about the impacts of social isolation on the mental health of the elderly during the pandemic, as well as recommendations to prevent depression. Method: This is a descriptive and exploratory study, of the integrative literature review type, carried out in the following databases: LILACS, BRISA AND SCIELO. Results and Discussions: With an analysis of the literature, it was evidenced that depression was one of the biggest impacts caused by the pandemic on the health of the elderly, resulting from sequelae caused by social isolation and the pandemic. Allied to this, domestic accidents, such as falls, are also classified as a predisposing factor for depression during social isolation, given that many elderly people live alone or spend more time exposed to risky situations in their homes, being more likely to fall into their homes and cause fractures. In this aspect, psychic disorders were intensified especially in these individuals in the current pandemic moment, the multimorbidities present in the elderly have a strong impact on the increase of mental health problems, causing emotional distress in these individuals. In this process, recommendations to support the elderly are essential with regard to predisposing factors for depression. Final Considerations: The study highlights the association of depression and the worsening of psychiatric pathologies related to the process of social isolation resulting from the pandemic, associated with the high rate of falls present in this population.

ONLINE LEARNING READINESS AND SATISFACTION DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC AMONG UNIVERSITY STUDENTS IN FOUR ASIAN COUNTRIES

Background and Purpose: Online learning has become a new norm to higher education institutions in the developing countries since COVID-19 pandemic. An overnight shift from conventional physical learning to online learning in this pandemic moment has posed a major challenge to most of the educational institutions. Student’s readiness and satisfaction towards online learning activities are important to ensure the effectiveness of this new learning method. Therefore, this study aims to examine the online learning readiness and satisfaction among the university students from four Asian countries during COVID-19 pandemic. The domains of the examinations included student learning preference, self- direction, self-efficacy, and hardware-soft skill support.&#x0D; &#x0D; Methodology: This survey research employed a quantitative approach to gather data. The sample respondents were 1,195 university students from Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, and China, selected using a simple random sampling method. Online questionnaires were distributed to the respondents, comprising 37 items including demographic profiles, satisfaction, and online learning readiness assessment. The survey responses were analysed descriptively and inferentially using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 21.0.&#x0D; &#x0D; Findings: Results showed that 74.7% of the participants had a middle level of online learning readiness, and only 20.1% had high online learning readiness. The levels of online learning readiness varied among the participating countries. The participants lacked online learning preference, as shown in the lower mean scores compared to the means of self-direction, self-efficacy, and hardware-soft skill supports. For satisfaction, students reflected that online course required improvement, as observed in only 31% satisfaction with the online learning courses provided. The results also revealed that there was a significant positive correlation (r=.383) between online learning readiness and students’ satisfaction.&#x0D; &#x0D; Contributions: This study provides preliminary insights into the preparedness of online learning in higher educational institutions in the Asian countries. It implies a potential disruptive impact on the educational system during the pandemic. Such perspectives are crucial for educators to understand students’ readiness and perceptions as a means of providing more effective online courses.&#x0D; &#x0D; Keywords: COVID-19 pandemic, online learning readiness, higher education, satisfaction.&#x0D; &#x0D; Cite as: Yan-Li, S., Na, J., Pamanee, K., &amp; Sriyanto, J. (2022). Online learning readiness and satisfaction during COVID-19 pandemic among university students in four Asian countries. Journal of Nusantara Studies, 7(2), 245-269. http://dx.doi.org/10.24200/jonus.vol7iss2pp245-269

Analysis of Human Resource Management in The Administration of Food Barns during the COVID-19 Pandemic in East Java, Indonesia

Purpose: This study aims to analyze the evaluation of human resources in managing food barns and how to maximize human resources in managing food barns as a form of service to meet community needs during a pandemic. Design/Method/Approach: The research method uses a literature review study design and a descriptive qualitative approaching method. Findings: The results of the research show that in order to improve the effectiveness of human resources, it can be based on technology and information. As well as optimizing human resources, it can be done through trainings that require community and government participation. Theoretical Implications: This study contributed especially in the existence of literature about the management of food barns in rural area during the time of economic crisis and COVID-19 Pandemic. Practical Implications: Rural area apparatus in the region of East Java, Indonesia must improve their skill about the information system to menage food barns not in traditional way. Originality/Value: This study is diffrent from any other studies in term of human resources, this is because this study has a characteristic about the use of technological information on how to manage the food barns at the moment of COVID-19 Pandemic. Research Limitations/Future Research: Further research to analyze options to optimize human resources in food barn management. Paper type: Empirical

Analysis of room attendant service quality towards guests’ satisfaction during the Covid-19 pandemic

This research aims to analyse room attendant service quality towards guests’ satisfaction at a 3-star hotel in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, especially at the moment of Covid-19 pandemic. The research method used are service quality and importance-performance analysis method from January until first April 2021 with 80 guest staying in the hotel. It is by measuring five dimensions of service quality: tangible, reliability, responsiveness, assurance, empathy. The results of the assessment show that the average room attendant performance is lower than the average guest expectation, so guests staying at the hotel are less satisfied with the service of the room attendant. Increasingly intense competition in the service industry makes the hotel strive to improve the quality of service in accordance with customer demand at present (short term), as well as future (long term) so that customers feel satisfied and continue to use the service.

Toward just and equitable micro-credentials: an Australian perspective

The current historic COVID-19 Pandemic moment has thrown into sharp relief the need for flexible and rigorous higher education that meets upskilling and reskilling needs of global workforces. Discussions of micro-credentialing predate the Pandemic but have received increased focus as potentially assisting in addressing perceived skills gaps. However, not all commentators have been complimentary about the possibilities inherent in micro-credentialing. In this paper we discuss Ralston (Postdigital Science and Education 3:83–101, 2021) criticism of the “microcredentialing craze” as provocation to consider how equitable, thoughtful and just educative aims may be met. We address Ralston’s argument that micro-credentials present an educative “moral hazard” by arguing that micro-credentialing will allow universities to respond quickly to changing worker educational needs rather than only offering full degrees that may not be economically viable or personally desirable for individuals. Rather, we suggest, the potential of micro-credentials lies in their pathways and potential to enhance lifelong learning and suggest that micro-credentials do not stand outside of the pedagogical ethical imperative that learning experiences should be positive and inclusive.

Science, knowledge and society in times of pandemic:

This article deals with the new configurations of information and communication in the domain of health knowledge in Brazil, by the intercurrence of two concomitant factors: the increasingly powerful increment of technical mediations in the digital environment; the health crisis caused by the pandemic of the new coronavirus - the SARS-CoV-2. To study the domain at this critical moment, we considered the scientific society that represents it - the Brazilian Association of Collective Health (Abrasco) - and the way it promoted communication among peers in the scientific field and between them and society, through the "Abrasco Agoras", a set of webinars bringing together researchers, professionals, health authorities, representatives of organizations and social movements to discuss the issues related to the pandemic moment. We started with a theoretical treatment of Domain Analysis, to then approach the new modalities of scientific info-communication in the era of E-science and pandemic. The results of the analysis of a sample of the "Abrasco Agoras" show that the intensive use of digital devices and the accelerated rhythm of scientific knowledge production demand reflections on the health domain that take into account the very way of functioning of the scientific field, the status of researchers and health professionals, the processes of production, mediation, diffusion and appropriation of knowledge, the modes of information and communication among peers and between peers and society.