scholarly journals Making the “new normal” the “new sustainable”

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. iv-vi
Author(s):  
Harlan Koff ◽  
Carmen Maganda
Keyword(s):  
New Normal ◽  
Global Pandemic ◽  
One Year

After almost one year of global pandemic, the overlapping crises caused by COVID-19 have worsened in most regions, and people have become weary of both the coronavirus and government measures aimed at limiting its spread and collateral impacts. Many people clamor for a return to “normal.” With the announcement in November 2020 that vaccine tests have shown promising results, it seems that a medical solution to the health pandemic could be a defining feature of the first few months of 2021.

The New Normal: Twelve Months of Resiliency and Recovery in Christchurch

2012 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Graeme J. McColl ◽  
Frederick M. Burkle
Keyword(s):  
Access To Health Care ◽  
Objective Measure ◽  
New Normal ◽  
Heating And Cooling ◽  
Number Of Factors ◽  
Access To Health ◽  
Essential Services ◽  
One Year ◽  
Earthquake Survivors ◽  
Do So

ABSTRACTThe series of earthquakes and aftershocks that have hit Christchurch, New Zealand, for more than one year has been severe and sustained, resulting in major damage to homes, buildings, essential services, and resources in water, sewerage, food, access to health care, energy for heating and cooling, and unprecedented challenges to resiliency. Large swathes of destroyed buildings, land damage, and liquefaction have made rebuilding impossible for many. Populations have moved or report that they either wish to or plan to do so. For those who remain, a ”new normal” mindset has taken hold and serves as an objective measure for the process that defines daily life and future decisions. The new normal serves as an uncomfortable but realistic guideline by which further resiliency can be measured. A number of factors have led to the development of the new normal state for the Christchurch earthquake survivors.(Disaster Med Public Health Preparedness. 2012;6:33-43)

scholarly journals Is Information Technology boosting Creativity in Higher Education Institutions during Covid-19?

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 204-211
Author(s):  
Mirela Mabić ◽  
Dražena Gašpar ◽  
Vanja Šimićević
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Online Classes ◽  
Creative Commons ◽  
Global Pandemic ◽  
Online Lectures ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
One Year ◽  
The University

The global pandemic of the virus COVID-19 dramatically has impacted Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in Bosnia and Herzegovina and worldwide. HEIs were forced to switch overnight to online lectures and exams without almost any teachers' and students' preparation and education. After one year of online classes at the University of Mostar (SUM), whether that kind of teaching impacts creativity. In order to find the answer to the research question, the authors used a questionnaire they developed and applied in 2015 to investigate students' perceptions about creativity at the University of Mostar. The research presented in this paper is limited to SUM students who have had online classes since March 2020. The primary research goal is to investigate whether there are any significant changes in students' perceptions of creativity compared to research from 2015. Namely, the authors investigate whether the enhanced use of IT and online platforms (Google Meet, SUMARUM – the University of Mostar’s variant of Moodle) affected students' creativity. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

scholarly journals Life Disrupted and Regenerated: Coping With the ‘New Normal’ Creative Arts in the Time of Coronavirus

2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 788-806
Author(s):  
Connie Lim Keh Nie ◽  
Chong-Lee Yow ◽  
Chow Ow Wei
Keyword(s):  
Lived Experience ◽  
Creative Industry ◽  
Creative Arts ◽  
Film Festivals ◽  
New Normal ◽  
Virtual Ethnography ◽  
Global Pandemic ◽  
Live Music ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Cordon Sanitaire

A global pandemic caused by COVID-19 virus since December 2019 has developed into a fearsome situation more than any common global contagion. In combating COVID-19 worldwide, governments instigated a precautionary cordon sanitaire in various degrees. Live music, cinema and film festivals were inevitably cancelled, causing artists to become alienated from their audience. This paper aims to illuminate how practitioners of the creative industry cope with the drastic disruption due to the COVID-19 outbreak as well as the means of regenerating ‘life’, which refers to that of a creative artist in a narrower sense, and to that of the industry in a broader sense. Adopting a combined methodology of autoethnography and virtual ethnography, the authors explore their encounters with the informants and the development of the creative arts scene. The subject of disruption and regeneration in the creative arts industry is approached through feasible methods and tools they could render in this unique lived experience. They hope to construct a view containing some perspectives on the transcendence of creative practitioners from the disruption to the survival of the pandemic’s impact, as well as the regeneration of how creative arts would persevere in the ‘new normal’ of the post-COVID-19 era.

scholarly journals A Global Pandemic Is Not Our Only Challenge in Urology

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-6
Author(s):  
Peter Black
Keyword(s):  
Vaccination Programs ◽  
Global Pandemic ◽  
One Year

Rarely has the transition from one year to the next been so eagerly anticipated as when we said goodbye (and good riddance!) to 2020 and ushered in 2021. We all would like a return to our “old” lives as they were in 2019. The launch of global vaccination programs against the SARS-CoV-2 virus makes the light at the end of the tunnel clearly visible.

scholarly journals 402. COVID-19 Infection in Nepal: Epidemiological Analysis from April 2020 to March 2021

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. S302-S303
Author(s):  
Hai V Le
Keyword(s):  
Case Fatality ◽  
Epidemiological Data ◽  
Epidemiological Analysis ◽  
International Borders ◽  
Global Pandemic ◽  
Early Implementation ◽  
Recent Outbreak ◽  
One Year ◽  
The One ◽  
Second Wave

Abstract Background In December 2019, SARS-CoV-2 or coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) emerged from Wuhan, China. A global pandemic quickly unfolded, infecting >137 million people and causing >2.9 million deaths globally as of April 13, 2021. Before April 1, 2020, there were only five confirmed COVID-19 cases in Nepal. Like many countries around the world, the COVID-19 situation quickly escalated in Nepal. The purpose of this study was to determine the trends in COVID-19 cases and deaths in Nepal from April 2020 to March 2021. Methods We utilized epidemiological data from daily Situation Reports published by the Ministry of Health and Population (MOHP) of Nepal. Data were extracted or calculated from April 1, 2020 to March 31, 2021. Primary variables of interest were national and provincial daily cases, total cases, daily deaths, and total deaths. Results Between April 1, 2020 to March 31, 2021, there were 277,304 cases. October 2020 had the highest monthly cases with 92,926 cases. During the one-year study period, the infection rate was 915 cases per 100,000 people. The largest single-day new cases was October 21, 2020 with 5,743 cases, which is calculated to 19 cases per 100,000 people. There were a total of 3,030 deaths. The largest daily new deaths was November 4, 2020 with 43 cases. June 10, 2020 had the highest number of people in quarantine with 172,266 people. October 23, 2020 had the highest number of active cases with 46,329 cases. By March 31, 2021, the percent of mortality was 1.1%, active infection was 0.5%, and recovery was 98.4%. Conclusion Nepal had lower COVID-19 infection and case-fatality rates compared to other countries most affected by the pandemic. This was due to several factors, most notably early implementation of strict lockdown measures and closing of international borders on March 24, 2020 after the second confirmed COVID-19 case. As lockdown restrictions were lifted on July 7, 2020, COVID-19 cases and deaths in Nepal rose rapidly. As vaccination begun on January 27, 2021, cases started to slow down until the most recent outbreak coinciding with the second wave in its neighboring country, India. Now, infection and case-fatality rates in Nepal are at an all-time high, prompting further lockdowns on April 29, 2021. Disclosures All Authors: No reported disclosures

scholarly journals Analysis of Indonesian Tourism Potentials Through the Sustainable Tourism Perspective in the New Normal Era

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 44-58
Author(s):  
Muhammad Yamin ◽  
Arif Darmawan ◽  
Slamet Rosyadi
Keyword(s):  
International Relations ◽  
Sustainable Tourism ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Social Sector ◽  
New Normal ◽  
Global Pandemic ◽  
Tourism Sector ◽  
The Social ◽  
Environment Sustainability ◽  
Policy Engagement

This article is part of an international relations study conducted by the authors. This study aims to illustrate the extent to which Indonesia can get out of the “entanglement” of the COVID-19 pandemic, especially in the tourism industry sector. Another purpose of writing this article is to analyze the Indonesian government’s role in using the term “new normal” and its relation to sustainable tourism during the COVID-19 pandemic has not ended. Tourism during the COVID-19 pandemic is the focus of the discussion of this article because it is one of the industries most harmed by this pandemic. Globally the loss of world tourism reaches US$22 billion. This figure will continue to increase as long as this pandemic cannot be controlled through vaccines and drugs. No exception for Indonesia, which lost the country’s original income from this sector, reaching tens of trillions of rupiah in just four months since WHO announced COVID-19 as a global pandemic. The new normal situation during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is an opportunity as well as a challenge for world tourism in general and Indonesian tourism in particular. The change in lifestyle and habits of the community in traveling directly or indirectly has “hit” this industry very hard. Undeniably, reactivating tourism industry activities do have considerable risk, but on the other hand, many sectors depend on this industry. Cleanliness, Health, Safety, Environment Sustainability (CHSE) strategy conducted by the Indonesian government is one of the efforts in re-mobilizing Indonesia’s tourism sector amid the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as the opportunity to apply three main principles of sustainable tourism in the new normal era, namely involving the social sector in policy engagement, maintaining the sustainability of natural resources and making sustainable development a synonym of economic growth.

scholarly journals ​​Indian Agricultural Sector Present and Post Pandemic Condition

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
R.S. Upendra ◽  
Mohammed Riyaz Ahmed ◽  
T. Nitesh Kumar ◽  
S.R. Prithviraj ◽  
A. Shahid Khan
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Agricultural Sector ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
New Normal ◽  
Agriculture Sector ◽  
Normal Life ◽  
Moderate Growth ◽  
Global Pandemic ◽  
Smart Agriculture ◽  
The Impact

The COVID-19 influenced global pandemic severely affected the market of small industries and had a deep impact on the agri economic of the farmer community across the globe. The main objective of this article is to emphasize on the influence of global pandemic with agriculture and food sector. The lockdown made ambivalent in agriculture, the point of concern is that, at the first phase of lockdown in India, Rabi crops are at harvest stage, due to the lockdown the breakdown of supply chain has been interrupted and left a noticeable impact on the marketability of agriculture crops even though it has registered moderate growth in terms of yield. At present globally mankind is experiencing the waves of pandemic and it caused significant loss to the yield of crops. If the situation continuous, the world is going to experience the hunger deaths. To overcome the issue discussed, agriculture sector needs to adapt new technologies, right from the cultivation, harvest and supply chain with marketing to bring the new normal life back to mankind. This is the right time to have transition from conventional agri practices to the technology invented smart agriculture. Indian agriculture sector should adapt and the former community need to be educated in applying ICT based smart agriculture practices such as utilization of automated machinery, AI (artificial intelligence) enabled cultivation methods, Internet of Things (IoT) and Wireless Sensor Networks based monitoring and maintenance of the agriculture practice The application ICTs methods in agriculture practices facilitate to choose good quality seeds, optimum quantity of manures required for the enhanced crop yield, and direct monetary of the agriculture firm in order to show resilience to the global pandemic impact on agriculture sector. In the present review authors emphasised on various smart agriculture methods and their importance in promoting the agriculture practice as profitable venture and also how this ICT methods helps the sector to overcome the impact of global pandemic and to bring back the new normal life.

scholarly journals TESTAMENTARY DISPOSITIONS IN THE CONTEXT OF GLOBAL PANDEMIC

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marko Stilinović
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Comparative Method ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Traditional Methods ◽  
Inheritance Law ◽  
New Normal ◽  
New Methods ◽  
Global Pandemic ◽  
Rapid Spread ◽  
Technological Developments

The outbreak and the rapid spread of global COVID-19 pandemic have put significant strains on the institutions. The need to adapt to “new normal” and contain the rapid spread of disease, while maintaining a functional society, resulted with introduction of numerous new legal mechanisms and adaptation of the existing ones. However, it seems that one area of law remains on the fringes: the regulation of wills. Even before the start of the pandemic many authors often pointed to the fact that the current legal framework does not follow modern technological developments, but no significant attempts were made to overhaul the inheritance law. Also, once the pandemic started in its full, there were no references to introduction of extraordinary mechanisms or new legal solutions to overcome the potential difficulties in forming wills. Comparative analysis yielded no better results: although some countries (such as Austria) recently completely overhauled their regulation of inheritance law, it seems that no attempts were made to introduce new types of wills or new methods of drafting wills into their regulations. Furthermore, following the spread of the pandemic, increasing number of potential testators find themselves unable to use traditional methods of drafting wills as they, or the authorized persons tasked with assistance and creation of wills, remain isolated from one another due to various reasons (lock-downs, isolation in case of experiencing symptoms, etc.). Having in mind these circumstances, it is necessary to ascertain whether there is a genuine need to introduce new types of wills into existing legal framework, or to adapt the current legal framework by facilitating the communication between citizens and the institutions. Also, it is necessary to analyze whether the interpretation of the existing legal framework enables the introduction of certain facilitating mechanisms. In order to reach these goals and clarify the possibilities within the current legal framework, interpretative and comparative method are used.

scholarly journals Homeworking Project Management & Agility as the New Normal in a Covid-19 World

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patcharin Sonjit ◽  
Nicholas Dacre ◽  
David Baxter
Keyword(s):  
Project Management ◽  
Global Scale ◽  
Primary Concern ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
New Normal ◽  
Global Pandemic ◽  
Management Processes ◽  
Organisational Routines ◽  
Project Management Processes ◽  
High Level

The Covid-19 global pandemic crisis has had a deep and profound impact on fundamental elements of society, the economy, and the environment as a whole. Key organisations, businesses, sectors and industries vital for delivering crucial projects have been affected by the relatively fast onset of Covid-19 on a global scale. As a result, organisational routines and project management processes that would have focused on established methods and practices have incurred dramatic changes leading to a greater emphasis on agility as part of a more exhaustive strategic Covid-19 world, where new routines and processes become embedded as the new normal. This research focuses on the increased demand in Homeworking Project Management (HPM) and more significant agility requirements across dispersed virtual project management teams. Initial insights from semi-structured interviews with a cross-section of 12 high-level project professionals suggest that; (i) Transitional homeworking project management processes have a direct impact on collaborative and operational routines; (ii) There is a greater level of demand on agility with HPM teams which do not necessarily have the organisational infrastructure to support these, (iii) Technological resources are becoming a primary concern with inequality of information across HPM teams, and (iv) Increasing critical bottlenecks across dispersed HPM teams is adversely affecting tenable project outcomes.

scholarly journals Biomedical engineering and ethics: reflections on medical devices and PPE during the first wave of COVID-19

2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alessia Maccaro ◽  
Davide Piaggio ◽  
Concetta Anna Dodaro ◽  
Leandro Pecchia
Keyword(s):  
Ethical Dilemmas ◽  
World Health ◽  
Protective Equipment ◽  
Allocation Of Resources ◽  
Ethical Implications ◽  
Global Pandemic ◽  
The World ◽  
One Year ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
Clinical Engineers

AbstractIn March 2019, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared that humanity was entering a global pandemic phase. This unforeseen situation caught everyone unprepared and had a major impact on several professional categories that found themselves facing important ethical dilemmas. The article revolves around the category of biomedical and clinical engineers, which were among those most involved in dealing with and finding solutions to the pandemic. In hindsight, the major issues brought to the attention of biomedical engineers have raised important ethical implications, such as the allocation of resources, the responsibilities of science and the inadequacy and non-universality of the norms and regulations on biomedical devices and personal protective equipment. These issues, analyzed one year after the first wave of the pandemic, come together in the appeal for responsibility for thought, action and, sometimes, even silence. This highlights the importance of interdisciplinarity and the definitive collapse of the Cartesian fragmentation of knowledge, calling for the creation of more fora, where this kind of discussions can be promoted.

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