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The research aimed to assess the educational digital transformation in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia during the period of the Corona pandemic. By identifying the concept of digital transformation, analyzing the foundations and mechanisms to achieve educational digital transformation, the extent to which a qualified technological infrastructure exists, and analyzing digital transformation strategies in university institutions in the Kingdom. The quantitative analytical approach was used to examine the importance of the relationship between the readiness of the technological infrastructure and the mechanisms of the digital transformation of the educational environment. To achieve the research objectives, the questionnaire was used to collect data from the research community, which is represented by faculty members from Imam Abdul Rahman bin Faisal University, one of the educational institutions in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The results showed that the Kingdom has a technological infrastructure capable of absorbing the digital educational transformation, as the digital educational transformation in the Kingdom during the Corona period has achieved effective results. There was also a significant relationship between the readiness of the technological infrastructure in the Kingdom and the implementation of the educational digital transformation strategy. The research revealed that there are significant differences in favor of the categories (Females-Doctorates-High Experience), towards the readiness of the infrastructure in the educational field capable of accommodating the educational digital transformation. We recommend adequate privacy and security measures to ensure that the learning process is fully digital. © ICAS 2022.
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Background: COVID-19 is a global health crisis caused by SARS-CoV-2 and associated with higher morbidity and mortality in patients on maintenance Haemodialysis (HD). Patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), but especially those with End-stage renal disease (ESRD), treated with maintenance HD tend to have a reduced immune response to infection or vaccination. Objective: The present study aimed to evaluate the immune response following vaccination with the COVID-19 vaccines in patients with maintenance HD and the factors associated with it. Patients and methods: This prospective observational comparative study included 44 patients with ESRD on maintenance HD had been done in the Internal Medicine and Clinical Pathology Departments, Zagazig University Hospital. Another 20 vaccinated non-renal patients were considered controls. SARS-COV2 IgG was estimated using an ELISA assay. Results: There is a lower significant value of SARS COVID igG in renal dialysis patients compared to the control group regarding sex, smoking habit, and obesity. Also, there is a lower significant value of SARS COVID IgG in renal dialysis patients compared to the control group regarding the history of COVID19 infection before vaccination and occurrence of post-vaccine adverse effects. There is a higher significant SARS COVID igG value for males and smokers in the control group. Conclusion: Hemodialysis patients demonstrate a hyporesponsiveness to vaccination against COVID-19. Although most patients on maintenance hemodialysis developed a substantial humoral response following the COVID vaccine, it was significantly lower than controls. © 2022, Ain Shams University Faculty of Medicine. All rights reserved.