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SILVER LININGS: PANDEMIC EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY USE IN A POST-PANDEMIC CLASSROOM
While pandemics, even global ones, are nothing new to the history of humanity, what makes the COVID-19 pandemic unique to any previous infectious outbreak was that it occurred at a time where human advancement in technological resources allowed people, to a great extent, to continue to communicate …
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POST-PANDEMIC STUDENT ATTENDANCE
… in America; however, since the COVID-19 pandemic, attendance plummeted to never- before-seen attendance rates. Nationally, by the end of the 2021-2022 school year, nearly one in three students were absent 10% or more of the school year (Attendance Works, 2023). My 39-question survey …
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Influenza Dynamics from Pre-pandemic to Post-pandemic Periods: Epidemiology and Genetic Characteristics
… annual epidemics and potentially instigating pandemics. Despite available seasonal vaccines, influenza still causes significant mortality and morbidity in Australia, particularly among vulnerable populations. The COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent public health measures significantly impacted …
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Party Like It's A Pandemic!
… parties that emerged as a result of COVID-19 pandemic restrictions. This new style of celebration provides for a social distance of 6-feet while engaging in social interaction. The term drive-by-birthday parades is defined as individuals gathered in decorated vehicles to celebrate a particular …
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Good Pandemic People: Citizenship and Ethical Striving During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Ottawa, Ontario
When the COVID-19 pandemic first reached Ottawa, Canada in March 2020, the lives of nearly all residents were dramatically impacted. From the loss of jobs to the loss of loved ones, many experienced an intense period of loneliness, fear, and uncertainty. This thesis explores residents’ experiences …
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International Externalities in Pandemic Influenza Mitigation
A serious influenza pandemic could be devastating for the world. Ideally, such a pandemic could be contained, but this may be infeasible. One promising method for pandemic mitigation is to treat infectious individuals with antiviral pharmaceuticals. While most of the benefits from treatment accrue …
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Market incentives for pandemic influenza vaccines
… individuals could perish if a virulent influenza pandemic were to occur. In wake of the 2009-10 H1N1 pandemic and in an era of economic austerity, however, industry lacks clear incentives to invest in vaccines for other high-risk strains. The cyclic nature of pandemics also means we can expect …
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THE GENDERED IMPACT OF THE PANDEMIC: EMPLOYMENT, INCOME AND UNPAID DOMESTIC WORK DURING COVID - 19 PANDEMIC IN EUROPE.
The COVID-19 pandemic brought sudden and profound disruptions to daily life across the globe, reshaping how people work, care, and live. Compared to recent global crisis where the initial impact on employment was more severe for men, the COVID-19 pandemic crisis had a significant initial impact on …
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Politics and Pandemic in 1918 Kansas City
The 1918-1919 Spanish influenza was the deadliest pandemic in history and citizens of Kansas City died in larger numbers due to politics. Kansas City government was under the control of two powerful political bosses, Democrats Tom Pendergast and Joe Shannon, who had an uneasy agreement to split the …
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Risk-Benefit Assessment of Pandemic Virus Identification
Pandemic Virus Identification (PVI) aims to assess unknown viruses for their pandemic potential in immunologically naive human populations. While proponents argue that PVI could facilitate targeted spillover prevention and accelerate medical countermeasure development, critics raise concerns about …
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Pandemic perceptions: analyzing sentiment in COVID-19 tweets
… our research dives into the mechanics of pandemic-related Twitter conversations. This study seeks to understand the many dynamics and effects at work in disseminating COVID-19 information by analyzing and comparing the response patterns displayed by tweets from influential individuals and …
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Special education eligibility following the COVID-19 pandemic
… Organization declared COVID-19 an official pandemic (Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 2022a), immediately changing the structure of education across the country as many schools closed to in-person learning, transitioning to virtual platforms or shifting between in-person and …
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Pandemic Potential of Reassortant Swine Influenza A Viruses
… of human and avian origin led to human influenza pandemics in 1957 and 1968.</p> <p>The dynamics of swine influenza viruses in North America changed drastically with the introduction of the avian-origin PA and PB2 and human-origin HA, NA, and PB1 gene segments and the creation of the triple …
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Twentieth Century Pandemic Narratives and Mental Health Discourse
… plague literature to examine twentieth century pandemic novels’ engagement with mental health discourses surrounding anxiety and melancholia. Girard argues that plague literature consists of four main elements: contamination, dissipation of differences, doubles, and sacrifice; he also argues …
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Impact of a Pandemic on Attitudes towards Immigrants
… to the host society. During the current global pandemic, these threats are amplified. This research investigated how attitudes towards immigrants were likely to be more negative when the impact of the pandemic was made salient. Based on intergroup threat theory (Rios et al., 2018) and …
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Mental Health and Poverty During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic brought various challenges to persons living in poverty, a subpopulation predisposed to mental health concerns. I conducted this research to fill a gap in existing research by addressing the research question: “What are the mental health and well-being …
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