Factors Influencing Intention to Enroll in The Online Academic Year among Undergraduate Students in the Philippines during the COVID-19 Pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in the loss of the number of enrollees at universities in many developing countries, including the Philippines. The current study integrated the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) and Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) to determine factors affecting intention to enroll in the online academic year among undergraduate students during the COVID-19 pandemic. 370 Filipino undergraduate students filled the online survey, which contained 71 questions. The Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) indicated that attitude, subjective norms, and perceived behavioral control had significant direct effects on perceived usefulness which subsequently led to an engagement. Regarding the perceived ease of use, SEM indicated that it had a significant direct effect on perceived performance. Furthermore, SEM also indicated that perceived performance and engagement had significant direct effects on perceived effectiveness which subsequently led to the intention to enroll. The integrated TPB and extended TAM can be extended and applied in evaluating the behavioral motives of students to enroll in the online academic year globally that are currently affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. © 2022 ACM.

Changes in recreational cannabis use during home confinement in the COVID-19 pandemic

The aim of this article was to analyse the influence of population confinement on the experience of cannabis use and to identify the factors that modulate the pattern of cannabis use in a group of drug users living in the autonomous community of Aragón (Spain). For this purpose, a qualitative study was carried out based on sixteen semi-structured personal interviews with cannabis users according to a non-random snowball sampling. After analysing their discourse, changes were observed both in terms of an increase and a decrease in the experience of consumption, as well as a possible relationship between the changes in the consumption pattern of these users and the restrictions decreed by the government of this country. Thus, it was concluded that the population confinement generated changes in the consumption pattern of drug users, with an increase in consumption occurring in users with an increase in available free time and who had collected cannabis prior to asylum. Meanwhile, the reduction was related to the decrease in opportunities to consume cannabis, lack of knowledge of suppliers and longer working hours, mainly. © 2022 Asociacion Espanola de Estudio en Drogodependencias. All rights reserved.

Recommendations for the use of oxygen and its basic and advanced supply devices: Rationality and safety in times of SARS-CoV-2 pandemic in Colombia

In the midst the COVID-19 pandemic, and given the imminence of oxygen shortages in Colombia, the Knowledge Management and Transfer Network, made up of 19 scientific societies, health institutions, and universities, generates an update to the document led by the Colombian Association of Critical Medicine and includes new evidence-informed guidelines for the rational management of oxygen therapy, as well as basic and advanced devices for oxygen therapy. The recommendations refer to five topics: goal-oriented rational use of oxygen, standardization of follow-up and dose adjustment, effective use of oxygen therapy devices, rational use of invasive mechanical ventilation, and rational use of extracorporeal oxygenation membrane therapy. When exercising their judgment, it is expected that professionals and care teams will take into account these guidelines to make rational and safe use of oxygen therapy and its basic and advanced devices, together with the individual needs and preferences of the people who are under their care. © 2021 Asociación Colombiana de Medicina Crítica y Cuidado lntensivo