Nanomaterials: An alternative approach for Prevention and diagnosis of the emerging COVID-19 (Preprint)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Areej Shahbaz ◽  
Muhammad Farooq Sabar ◽  
Muhammad Ahmed ◽  
Muhammad Awais
Keyword(s):  
Graphical Representation ◽  
Social Consequences ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Health Crisis ◽  
Global Pandemic ◽  
Alternative Approach ◽  
Graphite Nanoparticles ◽  
To Come ◽  
Working Day

UNSTRUCTURED Coronavirus has evolved from the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS-CoV-2) family known to create an illness in 2019 named as COVID-19 illness which is pervasive as the greatest menace to mankind. This pandemic is not only a health crisis but a socio-economic crisis that is hitting the world. Because it is causing stress in the nations it affects, and because it has the potential to have severe economic, political and social consequences with long-term consequences. Government bodies, researchers and scientists are working day and night to come up with ways, treatments and vaccines to combat COVID-19. Recent studies have led the researchers to pay attention and make good use of nanomaterials to help them fight against the global pandemic of COVID-19. Graphene and the graphene related materials have fascinating properties like antiviral, optical, antimicrobial, physiochemical, and many other extraordinary properties that make them a contender for the formation and design of high-tech devices and devices that can be used to combat infection during the COVD-19 pandemic and for other future uses. Due to its highly helpful qualities in the eradication of viruses, graphene and its composites can be utilized in the creation of diagnostic tests as well as in therapies. As a result, using graphite nanoparticles in biomedical applications is a viable strategy for limiting viral pandemics at the local, national, and international levels. Graphical representation of this article is given in Figure 1

scholarly journals Assisted Living Administrators’ Mental and Emotional Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 1033-1033
Author(s):  
Jaclyn Winfree ◽  
Ozcan Tunalilar ◽  
Jason Kyler-Yano ◽  
Serena Hasworth ◽  
Paula Carder
Keyword(s):  
Assisted Living ◽  
Emotional Health ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
First Year ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Health Crisis ◽  
Staff Morale ◽  
Global Pandemic

Abstract Little is known about assisted living (AL) administrators’ mental and emotional health, particularly during a global pandemic in which most of their residents are highly vulnerable to infection, hospitalization, and death. Considering that administrator turnover and burnout have been associated with negative outcomes such as decreased quality of resident care, low staff morale, and reduced financial solvency, this study examined how AL administrators described their mental and emotional state throughout the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. Using thematic analysis, our team coded 18 qualitative interviews conducted from May-August 2021. The themes included declining physical health due to stress, feelings of inadequacy and self-doubt, and increased burnout. Many administrators described increased staffing challenges as directly impacting their daily stress levels. Some administrators described feeling guilty and doubting their interpretation or implementation of regulations, particularly in incidents that further distanced residents from peers and loved ones. A few administrators described their disposition or personality changing due to what they experienced during the pandemic. One administrator stated, “I'm not an anxiety person, but I feel anxiety about a lot of things. In fact, my doctor has talked to me about starting some medications to help with that.” Multiple administrators made comments such as, “I don't know that there could be a more stressful position than executive director of assisted living…the COVID pandemic reinforced that. This is rough.” Understanding AL administrators’ mental and emotional health during a public health crisis allows for understanding, supporting, and retaining critical leaders in long-term care communities.

scholarly journals Neuroimmune multi-hit perspective of coronaviral infection

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Shawn Hayley ◽  
Hongyu Sun
Keyword(s):  
The Elderly ◽  
Inflammatory Factors ◽  
Psychological Stressors ◽  
Global Pandemic ◽  
Microbial Infections ◽  
Neuronal Processes ◽  
To Come ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Brain

AbstractIt is well accepted that environmental stressors experienced over a one’s life, from microbial infections to chemical toxicants to even psychological stressors, ultimately shape central nervous system (CNS) functioning but can also contribute to its eventual breakdown. The severity, timing and type of such environmental “hits”, woven together with genetic factors, likely determine what CNS outcomes become apparent. This focused review assesses the current COVID-19 pandemic through the lens of a multi-hit framework and disuses how the SARS-COV-2 virus (causative agent) might impact the brain and potentially interact with other environmental insults. What the long-term consequences of SAR2 COV-2 upon neuronal processes is yet unclear, but emerging evidence is suggesting the possibility of microglial or other inflammatory factors as potentially contributing to neurodegenerative illnesses. Finally, it is critical to consider the impact of the virus in the context of the substantial psychosocial stress that has been associated with the global pandemic. Indeed, the loneliness, fear to the future and loss of social support alone has exerted a massive impact upon individuals, especially the vulnerable very young and the elderly. The substantial upswing in depression, anxiety and eating disorders is evidence of this and in the years to come, this might be matched by a similar spike in dementia, as well as motor and cognitive neurodegenerative diseases.

scholarly journals Impacts of the COVID-19 Control Measures on Widening Educational Inequalities

Young ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 110330882110274
Author(s):  
Merike Darmody ◽  
Emer Smyth ◽  
Helen Russell
Keyword(s):  
Social Inequalities ◽  
Control Measures ◽  
Special Focus ◽  
Global Public Health ◽  
Learning Loss ◽  
Health Crisis ◽  
Learning Gap ◽  
Global Pandemic ◽  
The Impact

COVID-19 has resulted in a global public health crisis. Measures adopted by governments across the world to reduce transmission have resulted in the closure of educational institutions and workplaces and reduced social interaction. The aim of the article is to reflect on the consequences of the COVID-19 global pandemic for the lives of young people from different social groups, with a special focus on education. It is a desk-based review of empirical research that has emerged in the wake of COVID-19 that has explored the impact of the control measures adopted, resulting in ‘learning loss’ and the widening of the ‘learning gap’ among students. The review shows that rather than utilizing the current situation to tackle pre-existing social inequalities in education, current debates often narrowly focus on immediate rather than long-term measures. The article calls for a broader research agenda on the short- and long-term compensatory measures needed to re-engage students, especially those from more disadvantaged backgrounds.

scholarly journals The Perspectives of International Cooperation between Russia and Korea in the Field of Medicine and Healthcare

2021 ◽  
Vol 35 ◽  
pp. 55-63
Author(s):  
E. A. Kolodina ◽  
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O. V. Arhipkin ◽  
J. S. Kaetano ◽  
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...  
Keyword(s):  
Medical Equipment ◽  
Social Consequences ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Diplomatic Relations ◽  
Legal Form ◽  
South Korean ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Domestic Medical ◽  
New Jobs

The scientific and technical cooperation between Russia and the Republic of Korea is one of the key components of the entire system of relations between states over 30 years of diplomatic relations. The article deals with the features of cooperation between Russian and South Korean companies in the production of medical equipment using the legal form of relationship «concession agreement». The prospects for the development of the market of foreign medical equipment in Russia have been analyzed. The interaction in the field of medicine as one of the leading sectors of economic development will enable in the long term to modernize domestic medical industry using Korean high-tech equipment, which will lead to favorable social consequences: improving the quality and accessibility of medical care, developing science and technology, creating new jobs.

scholarly journals Behavioral medicine challenges in the shadow of a global pandemic

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alyssa T Brooks ◽  
Hannah K Allen ◽  
Louise Thornton ◽  
Tracy Trevorrow
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Factors ◽  
Health Behavior ◽  
Health Behaviors ◽  
Natural Experiment ◽  
Direct Effects ◽  
Global Pandemic ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Future Data ◽  
Short And Long Term

Abstract Health behavior researchers should refocus and retool as it becomes increasingly clear that the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic surpass the direct effects of COVID-19 and include unique, drastic, and ubiquitous consequences for health behavior. The circumstances of the pandemic have created a natural experiment, allowing researchers focusing on a wide range of health behaviors and populations with the opportunity to use previously collected and future data to study: (a) changes in health behavior prepandemic and postpandemic, (b) health behavior prevalence and needs amidst the pandemic, and (c) the effects of the pandemic on short- and long-term health behavior. Our field is particularly challenged as we attempt to consider biopsychosocial, political, and environmental factors that affect health and health behavior. These realities, while daunting, should call us to action to refocus and retool our research, prevention, and intervention efforts

scholarly journals ‘Long COVID’ syndrome

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. e241485
Author(s):  
Priyal Taribagil ◽  
Dean Creer ◽  
Hasan Tahir
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Cognitive Deficits ◽  
Recent Literature ◽  
Complex Case ◽  
Shortness Of Breath ◽  
Gastrointestinal Dysfunction ◽  
Health Crisis ◽  
Public Health Crisis ◽  
Global Pandemic ◽  
Poor Memory

SARS-CoV-2 has resulted in a global pandemic and an unprecedented public health crisis. Recent literature suggests the emergence of a novel syndrome known as ‘long COVID’, a term used to describe a diverse set of symptoms that persist after a minimum of 4 weeks from the onset of a diagnosed COVID-19 infection. Common symptoms include persistent breathlessness, fatigue and cough. Other symptoms reported include chest pain, palpitations, neurological and cognitive deficits, rashes, and gastrointestinal dysfunction. We present a complex case of a previously well 28-year-old woman who was diagnosed with COVID-19. After resolution of her acute symptoms, she continued to experience retrosternal discomfort, shortness of breath, poor memory and severe myalgia. Investigations yielded no significant findings. Given no alternative diagnosis, she was diagnosed with ‘long COVID’.

scholarly journals EU Labor Market Inequalities and Sustainable Development Goals

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (5) ◽  
pp. 2675
Author(s):  
Elena Jianu ◽  
Ramona Pîrvu ◽  
Gheorghe Axinte ◽  
Ovidiu Toma ◽  
Andrei Valentin Cojocaru ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Labor Market ◽  
Policy Issue ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Public Policy Issue ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
To Come ◽  
Business Practitioners ◽  
The Eu

Reducing inequalities for EU citizens and promoting upward convergence is one of the priorities on the agenda of the European Commission and, certainly, inequality will be a very important public policy issue for years to come. Through this research we aim to investigate EU labor market inequalities, reflected by the specific indicators proposed for Goal 8 assumed by the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, based on cluster analysis for all the 27 Member States. The research results showed encouraging results from the perspective of convergence in the EU labor market, but also revealed a number of analyzed variable effects that manifested regional inequalities that were generated in the medium and long term. Based on the observations made, we want to provide information for policy-makers, business practitioners, and academics so as to constitute solid ground for identifying good practices and proposing to implement policies aimed at reducing existing inequalities and supporting sustainable development.

scholarly journals COVID-19 related mortality in post-operative cardiac surgical patients

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Azhar Hussain ◽  
Amina Khalil ◽  
Priyanka Kolvekar ◽  
Prity Gupta ◽  
Shyamsunder Kolvekar
Keyword(s):  
Cardiac Surgery ◽  
Long Term Outcomes ◽  
Case Presentation ◽  
Elective Cardiac Surgery ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Global Pandemic ◽  
Cardiac Operations ◽  
Related Mortality

Abstract Background COVID-19 has caused a global pandemic of unprecedented proportions. Elective cardiac surgery has been universally postponed with only urgent and emergency cardiac operations being performed. The National Health Service in the United Kingdom introduced national measures to conserve intensive care beds and significantly limit elective activity shortly after lockdown. Case presentation We report two cases of early post-operative mortality secondary to COVID-19 infection immediately prior to the implementation of these widespread measures. Conclusion The role of cardiac surgery in the presence of COVID-19 is still very unpredictable and further studies on both short term and long term outcomes are warranted.

scholarly journals The Implications of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Religious Exercise: Preliminary Remarks

Laws ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 44
Author(s):  
Adelaide Madera
Keyword(s):  
Global Health ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Fundamental Rights ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Health Crisis ◽  
Personal Lives ◽  
Regulatory Frameworks ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Legal Contexts

Since 2020, the spread of COVID-19 has had an overwhelming impact not only on our personal lives, but also on domestic regulatory frameworks. Influential academics have strongly underlined that, in times of deep crisis, such as the current global health crisis, the long-term workability of legal systems is put to a severe test. In this period, in fact, the protection of health has been given priority, as a precondition that is orientating many current legal choices. Such an unprecedented health emergency has also raised a serious challenge in terms of fundamental rights and liberties. Several basic rights that normally enjoy robust protection under constitutional, supranational, and international guarantees, have experienced a devastating “suspension” for the sake of public health and safety, thus giving rise to a vigorous debate concerning whether and to what extent the pandemic emergency justifies limitations on fundamental rights. The present paper introduces the Special Issue on “The crisis of the religious freedom during the age of COVID-19 pandemic”. Taking as a starting point the valuable contributions of the participants in the Special Issue, it explores analogous and distinctive implications of the COVID-19 pandemic in different legal contexts and underlines the relevance of cooperation between religious and public actors to face a global health crisis.

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