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Showing 1 to 20 of 25 for “"Covid-19 outbreak"”.
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Theoretical epidemiology analysis of Plague, Polio, and Covid-19 outbreak
… of complex diseases such as Plague, Polio, and Covid-19. Mathematical models can capture the intricacies of disease transmission by incorporating factors such as population demographics, disease characteristics, and intervention strategies. By quantifying these variables, researchers can …
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Three essays in economics
… predictions, responding to the recent COVID-19 outbreak. The first chapter considers the effects of aggregation frictions on scientific communication and shows that publication bias emerges even when researchers are unbiased and communicate their findings optimally for readers. …
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Framework Development for Remote Clinical Trials: Assembly Process Design
… trials are facing new difficulties after the COVID-19 outbreak, with enrollment decreasing by about half after January 2020. Tufts Clinical and Translational Research Center has partnered with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to develop a framework for a “clinical-trial-in-a-box” for …
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A Comparison of Image Classification with Different Activation Functions in Balanced and Unbalanced Datasets
When the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak began to ring alarm bells worldwide, rapid, efficient diagnosis was critical to the emergency response. The limited ability of medical systems and the increasing number of daily cases pushed researchers to investigate automated models. The use of deep …
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Exploring the Resilience of Ghana’s Education System: A Case of the State of Higher Education Institutions (HEIS) During Covid-19
Abstract The COVID-19 outbreak had far-reaching consequences, severely impacting various sectors of society, including higher education institutions (HEIs). This study explored the resilience of Ghana’s higher education system during the COVID-19 pandemic by examining the challenges faced, …
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The Dynamics of the Spread of COVID-19 in Kansas
… the factors influencing the rapid spread of COVID-19. Prior studies have reported demographic, socioeconomic, environmental, and health related factors that may influence the diffusion of the virus. Most of these studies, however, used a cross sectional approach at a national scale. Such …
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How will well-being insights change architecture in the post-pandemic era?
… between doctors and architect by Alvar Aalto in 1929-33, was one of the most famous projects that shows the tuberculosis influence on architecture. Therefore, the need to redesign spaces in order to live a happier and healthier life began to influence modern architecture from the early 20th …
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Investigating EMV chip and pin card security
Following the COVID-19 outbreak in 2019, there was a global shift towards card payments over traditional cash transactions, preferring chip and pin cards. Within the context of this study, these are called EMV cards. In the financial industry, the EMV protocol is a global standard for credit and …
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Covid-19 in the Developing World: Managing One of The Gambia's Most Fatal Public Health Crisis
… the developing world managed the Coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak, while highlighting a case study on The Gambia’s public health response between March 2020 to March 2021. The Gambia government missed an opportunity during a crucial grace period between December 2019 and March 17, 2020 (when the …
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The challenges of communicating global pandemics as national security issue: A case study of COVID-19 in Namibia
… security threat with specific reference to COVID-19 outbreak in Namibia. It was motivated by the articulation of the pandemic as a national security threat through the declaration of state of emergency by the Namibian government. The state of emergency was characterized by the adoption of …
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Three essays on the Covid-19 crisis on household food security. Evidence from Ethiopia, Uganda, and Mozambique
The COVID-19 pandemic brought about disruptive consequences to many people’s livelihoods around the world. The package of restrictions to contrast the health crisis caused a contraction of income and employment, on the demand side, and a disruption of domestic and global value chains, on the supply …
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South African medical device regulatory pathways: A case study of the effect of the emergency authorization protocols during the Covid-19 pandemic
… devices (World Health Organisation, 2012). The Covid-19 pandemic accelerated medical technology advancement through the use of Emergency Use Authorisation (EUA) protocols. One such case, which used EUA protocols, is South Africa's National Ventilator Project (NVP). In this study, the NVP is …
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“A sticking plaster over a burst artery” An explanatory theory of moral distress: Frontline workers experience of supporting rough sleepers with a mental illness through austerity, welfare reform and the COVID-19 pandemic.
For a decade, prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, frontline homelessness workers in England have worked within national and local policies of welfare reform and austerity, within which there was a major cut to public spending. After the COVID-19 outbreak frontline workers began working within policies …
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A Comparison of the CISG, Chinese Sales Law, and U.S. Sales Law
… Additionally, it helps understand how the COVID-19 outbreak impacted the global economy by decreasing the amount of international business transactions. However, the WTO statistics on merchandise show that both the merchandise trade volume and value have increased since the 4th quarter of …
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On the role of natural laboratories and natural experiments in elucidating cloud-aerosol-climate interactions: A story of ships, smoke, and shutdowns
… ways that strongly affect cloud evolution. The COVID-19 outbreak and subsequent shutdown in China during February 2020 resulted in a sharp economic contraction. In Chapter 4, we show that nitrogen dioxide pollution declined by an unprecedented amount from its expected unperturbed value, but …
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Developing talent management hybrid model for business growth and sustainability: the case of Malaysian theme park industry
… constructing and operating it. Due to the Covid-19 outbreak, Malaysia's theme parks faced much financial difficulty due to a lack of expertise and skilled talent, as many had been lay-off. A new business model is required to support the theme parks industry restarting and rebounce their …
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Essays in Asset Management: Mutual Funds and Exchange-traded Funds
… changes of subadvisor by 426 funds from January 1995 to December 2016. Sub-advised MFs make turnover decisions based on return-chasing behavior, but these changes neither improve subsequent fund returns and risk measures, nor increase future flows into the fund. Using sub-advisor turnover to …
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E-migrant women entrepreneurs: mobile money apps, transnational communication and the maintenance of social practices
… emergency funds and financial support during the COVID-19 pandemic. Findings indicate that mobile money apps have reshaped communication practices of migrant women entrepreneurs by enhancing interpersonal communication and facilitating social practices. Furthermore, the COVID-19 pandemic …
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Structural Basis of Bat and Raccoon Dog Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2 (ACE2) Receptor Recognition by Sarbecoviruses
… in two species relevant to the emergence of COVID-19: the horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus sinicus) as a potential natural host and the raccoon dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides) as a suspected intermediate host. Coronaviruses evolve to optimize receptor recognition in their natural hosts. A central …
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DEVELOPMENT OF SMALL MOLECULES AS INHIBITORS OF FTSZ AND RNPA ACTING AS POTENTIAL ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS
… silent pandemic” because is as worrying as the COVID-19 outbreak, but without receiving the same public attention. The most important organizations such as World Health Organization (WHO) and Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) pointed out how the academic work on the development of …
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