Evaluation of the Expression of Infection-Related Long Noncoding RNAs among COVID-19 Patients: A Case-Control Study by Zahra Firoozi, Elham Mohammadisoleimani, Farzaneh Bagheri, Atefeh Taheri, Babak Pezeshki, Mohammad Mehdi Naghizadeh, Abdolreza Daraei, Jalal Karimi, Yousef Gholampour, Yaser Mansoori, Zahra Montaseri

“…Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), a worldwide pandemic, activates signaling cascades and leads to innate immune responses and secretion of multiple chemokines and cytokines. …”
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Bacterial profiling of mask waste from terrestrial and marine environment by A. Rakhmawati, B. Octavia, S. Marwati, D. Kristanti

“…BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: The utilization of disposable masks during and subsequent to the COVID-19 pandemic has led to the emergence of mask waste. The bacteria that thrive on mask waste have special characteristics. …”
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Perbandingan Aplikasi Algoritma Kernel K-Means pada Graf Bipartit dan K-Means pada Matriks Dokumen- Istilah dalam Dataset Penelitian Covid-19 RISTEKBRIN by Budi Nugroho

“…This study is aimed to analyze and map research topics that are being and/or have been conducted during the period of the Covid-19 pandemic in Indonesia. Analysis and mapping are accomplished by applying the kernel k-means algorithm for document clustering based on bipartite graphs and k-means on document term matrix. …”
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Serological cross-reactivity between Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus and Nairobi sheep disease virus glycoprotein C by Emmanuel A. Maze, George Booth, Georgina Limon, Sandra Belij-Rammerstorfer, Simona R. Tchakarova, Tsviatko Alexandrov, Clare Browning, Ginette Wilsden, Anna B. Ludi, Bryan Charleston, Teresa Lambe, Teresa Lambe

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Effectiveness of Frequent Point-of-Care Molecular COVID-19 Surveillance in a Rural Workplace: Nonrandomized Controlled Clinical Trial Among Miners by Akshay Sood, William “Cotton” Jarrell, Xin W Shore, Nestor Sosa, Alisha Parada, Nicholas Edwardson, Alexandra V Yingling, Teah Amirkabirian, Qiuying Cheng, Ivy Hurwitz, Linda S Cook, Shuguang Leng, Orrin B Myers, Douglas J Perkins

“… Abstract BackgroundNumerous studies have assessed the risk of SARS-CoV-2 exposure and infection among health care workers during the pandemic. However, far fewer studies have investigated the impact of SARS-CoV-2 on essential workers in other sectors. …”
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Deriving and validating a risk prediction model for long COVID-19: protocol for an observational cohort study using linked Scottish data by Jennifer K Quint, Aziz Sheikh, Chris Robertson, Srinivasa Vittal Katikireddi, Emily Moore, Colin R Simpson, Luke Daines, Eleftheria Vasileiou, Syed Ahmar Shah, Rachel H Mulholland, Vicky Hammersley, Steven Kerr, Ting Shi, David Weatherill, Elisa Pesenti

“…In this protocol, we describe plans to develop a prediction model to identify individuals at risk of developing long-COVID.Methods and analysis We will use the national Early Pandemic Evaluation and Enhanced Surveillance of COVID-19 (EAVE II) platform, a population-level linked dataset of routine electronic healthcare data from 5.4 million individuals in Scotland. …”
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A model based cost-utility analysis of Embedding referral to structured self-management education into standard practice (Embedding) compared to usual care for people with type 2 d... by Melanie J Davies, Alan Brennan, Danielle H Bodicoat, Daniel John Pollard, Anju Keetharuth, Michelle Hadjiconstantinou, Agnieszka Glab, Joesph P Mensa, Alison Northern

“…Scenario analyses indicate that alternative parameterisations can lead to this finding being overturned.Conclusions The effectiveness of the Embedding packages was hampered by the COVID-19 pandemic. However, our base case analysis shows that Embedding could be cost-effective for this patient population, but this was subject to significant structural uncertainty. …”
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Impact of COVID-19 on rheumatic diseases in india: Determinants of mortality and adverse outcome: A retrospective, cross-sectional cohort study by Avinash Jain, Vineeta Shobha, S Chandrashekara, Padmanabha Shenoy, Sapan C Pandya, Prakash Chotalia, Sharath Kumar, Sourabh Malviya, Yogesh Preet Singh, Abhishek Patil, Vikas Gupta, Puja Srivastava, Vijaya Prasanna Parimi, Chanakya Kodishala, Ramya Janardana, Benzeeta Pinto, Sudhir Bhandari, Govind Rankawat, Praveen Pratap Jadhav, Damodaram Potugari, Vishnu Sharma, Alpana Parmar, Sunitha Kayidhi, Paul T Antony, Ashish Badika, Amit Sharma

“…A national database under Indian Rheumatology Associations (IRAs) was developed to understand the impact of underlying RD and immunosuppressants during the COVID pandemic on its severity and outcome in our country. …”
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Levels of generalized anxiety, moral distress, and moral courage among nurses: A comparative study in COVID-19 and non-COVID-19 wards by Seyede Fatemeh Gheiasi, Ahmad Reza Abedi, Mahboobeh Khosravani, Fatemeh Rafiei, Andrew Fournier, Maryam Ebrahimabadi

“…Background: During the COVID-19 pandemic, nurses faced high levels of anxiety and moral distress. …”
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Implementing Bayesian inference on a stochastic CO2-based grey-box model by Shujie Yan, Jiwei Zou, Chang Shu, Justin Berquist, Vincent Brochu, Marc Veillette, Danlin Hou, Caroline Duchaine, Liang (Grace) Zhou, Zhiqiang (John) Zhai, Liangzhu (Leon) Wang

“…The COVID-19 pandemic brought global attention to indoor air quality (IAQ), which increases public’s awareness on monitoring indoor ventilation conditions significantly. …”
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Comparison of integrated versus parallel continuous renal replacement therapy combined with veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in patients with COVID-19 ARDS by Kristina Schönfelder, Felix Helmenstein, Frank Herbstreit, Johanna Reinold, Andreas Kribben, Michael Jahn, Justa Friebus-Kardash

“…In case of hygienically challenging settings (such as the COVID-19 pandemic), the minimization of extracorporeal accesses and the streamlining of alarm management are decisive factors in providing intensive care medicine. …”
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CO2 levels and SARS-CoV-2 transmission in public schools: A retrospective cohort study in Montreal (Canada) by Olivier Séguin, Dorra Ghorbal, Gabrielle Denault, Karine Trudeau, Patrick Poulin, Catherine Dea, Stéphane Perron

“…Data on building ventilation types, CO2 measurements and school characteristics such as total enrollment and socioeconomic status (SES), were sourced from Ministry of Education’s administrative data for the 2020–2021 school year. During this pandemic period, the Montreal Public Health Department investigated COVID-19 cases among students and staff in public elementary and high schools, gradually developing a regional database of school cases and outbreaks from intervention files. …”
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The relationship between work-life balance and psychological well-being: an empirical study of metro rail travelers working in the information technology sector by K. D. V. Prasad, K. D. V. Prasad, Mruthyanjaya Rao, Rajesh Vaidya, Rajesh Vaidya, Kottala Sriyogi, Kottala Sriyogi, Shivoham Singh, Shivoham Singh, Ved Srinivas

“…The study also investigated the impact of occupational stress and work–life balance on the psychological well-being of metro travelers who work in the information technology sector, modeling lower- and higher-order constructs.MethodsA quantitative survey method was used, and the data were gathered from information technology employees who frequently travel on Metro Rail to commute to the office and return home when the COVID-19 pandemic peaked in India in 2022. A structured questionnaire was developed, and a link was provided to the IT sector employees visiting almost all the metro stations in Hyderabad, an Indian Metro, to measure 8 reflective constructs. …”
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Adherence to vaccination against SARS-CoV-2 and vaccine safety in patients with immunoglobulin G4-related disease by Linda Mastromanno, Federico Giardina, Angelica Gattamelata, Serena Colafrancesco, Simona Truglia, Francesca Romana Spinelli, Edoardo Simoncelli, Bruno Lucchino, Fabrizio Conti, Roberta Priori

“…Patients with IgG4-RD in follow-up before the onset of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic were contacted by telephone and asked to answer an ad hoc questionnaire regarding their vaccination status against SARS-CoV-2 and related AEs following vaccination. …”
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Transition Guide Dissemination to Foster Patient–Care Team Conversations: A Childhood Arthritis Rheumatology Research Alliance Transition Learning Collaborative Pilot Implementatio... by Joyce C. Chang, Gabrielle Alonzi, Cora Sears, Nicole Bitencourt, Alex Hernandez, Rosemary Peterson, Risa Alperin, Rebecca S. Overbury, Mariel dela Paz, Lindsay N. Waqar‐Cowles, Patience H. White, Kristine Carandang, Erica F. Lawson, for the CARRA Transition Workgroup

“…Results Six sites were retained through the COVID‐19 pandemic (below 70% target). Five out of six sites contributed outcome data (met 80% target) but with substantial heterogeneity in how transition guides were shared (eg, in‐person, electronic messages, and posted flyers), and data were collected. …”
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Plant-Based Antigen Production Strategy for SARS-CoV-2 Nucleoprotein and RBD and Its Application for Detection of Antibody Responses in COVID-19 Patients by Katerina Takova, Valeria Tonova, Ivan Minkov, Eugenia S. Mardanova, Nikolai V. Ravin, Stanislav Kotsev, Maria Pishmisheva, Gergana Zahmanova

“…During the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic, the development of efficient serological tests for monitoring the dynamics of the disease as well as the immune response after illness or vaccination was critical. …”
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Immunologic and inflammatory consequences of SARS-CoV-2 infection and its implications in renal disease by Hiam Naiditch, Michael R. Betts, H. Benjamin Larman, Moshe Levi, Avi Z. Rosenberg

“…The emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic made it critical to understand the immune and inflammatory responses to the SARS-CoV-2 virus. …”
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Development and psychometric validation of the frontline health workers’ occupational risk and characteristics in emergencies index (FORCE-index) – The covid Hospital cohort study... by Synne Øien Stensland, Kristina Bondjers, John-Anker Zwart, Leiv Arne Rosseland, Dan Atar, Jan Olav Christensen, Dagfinn Matre, Kristin Alve Glad, Tore Wentzel-Larsen, Hilde Wøien, Grete Dyb

“…Study design: The Covid hospital study is a large, multisite, four-wave, open cohort study of frontline health workers responding to the first four waves of the COVID-19 pandemic (2020–2022). Methods: 2496 frontline health workers responded to questionnaires assessing various aspects of their work environment. …”
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Predicting User Engagement in Health Misinformation Correction on Social Media Platforms in Taiwan: Content Analysis and Text Mining Study by Hsin-Yu Kuo, Su-Yen Chen

“…ObjectiveThis study aimed to identify the attributes of correction posts and user engagement and investigate (1) the trend of user engagement with health misinformation correction during 3 years of the COVID-19 pandemic; (2) the relationship between post attributes and user engagement in sharing and reactions; and (3) the content generated by user comments serving as additional information attached to the post, affecting user engagement in sharing and reactions. …”
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Assessing the development of health technology assessment in Iran: a policy analysis using Kingdon’s Multiple streams framework: a qualitative study by Meysam Behzadifar, Saeed Shahabi, Ahad Bakhtiari, Samad Azari, Seyed Jafar Ehsanzadeh, Mohammad Yarahmadi, Masoud Behzadifar

“…However, the political climate in Iran is becoming increasingly favorable, with growing interest in healthcare efficiency and transparency. The Covid-19 pandemic and healthcare shortages have exposed vulnerabilities, presenting potential opportunities for HTA’s adoption. …”
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