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Patients with COVID-19 generally recover within a fortnight or a month. However, some patients, even those with milder types of the disease, experience symptoms after they have recovered. Symptoms of COVID-19 might continue for months at a time. The virus affects the heart, brain, and lungs, perhaps leading to long-term health-related problems. Thus, it is critical to keep track of any post-COVID symptoms to prevent further complications. Keeping that in focus, two apps are created to monitor these symptoms in people who have recovered from COVID 19 with comorbidities includes Diabetes, coronary artery diseases and hypertension. In this project, the patient's data was obtained from selected hospitals in Pune, and stored in Google Firebase. This data was used while making the backend algorithms for the apps. Android Studio and Figma were used to design and develop these apps. One app will be used by the patients, which allows them to post their health conditions if they are suffering with symptoms of post COVID complications and another App will be used by the investigators to monitor these symptoms and provides an access to post the advises pertaining to the patient's health condition. The biggest challenge is with patients suffering from conditions like hypertension, diabetes and other chronic illness which can be fatal if not monitored and addressed, specially for the elderly to frequently visit the hospital just for monitoring. The prime objective of the app developed in this work is to provide monitoring and to prevent post COVID complications and save the life of patients who have recovered from COVID and already have underlying issues. These apps allow researchers/Doctors to contact the patients personally to counsel them against the symptoms they are experiencing. Both these apps were tested in Android 8 Oreo and are functional in Android 8 Oreo, Android 9 Pie, Android 10, and Android 11 supported devices. These applications will soon be deployed in the Play Store. © 2023 IEEE.
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Water-borne diseases are on the rise all over the world. With the galloping progress of industrialization and urbanization, ground water which is the main source of drinking water is getting contaminated due to the various types of pollutants and is becoming scarce due to overconsumption. Consuming and using this contaminated water without any kind of treatment causes dangerous water-borne diseases. This is rampant not only in developing countries such as India but developed nations such as the USA as well. The prevalence of these water-borne diseases, its occurrence during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, effect of climate change on the occurrence of the diseases, adverse outcomes of water-related illnesses, possible treatment and precautionary methods should be reviewed. The types of pollutants, discussion of water-borne diseases, drugs used for treating the water-related diseases, treatments, and prevention measures have been covered in this literature-based review paper with a critical acclaim of literature sources available in the public domain. All references have been duly acknowledged in the references section of this paper. © 2022 Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications. All rights reserved.
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The Government of India through its programs and policies intended to help migrant workers with work, food, travel, and shelter needs that were attenuated by virtue of their informal nature of work and lockdown situations during the COVID-19 pandemic. The shortfalls in the programs and policies for migrants during the lockdown could not help migrant workers meet even the basic needs in their migrated Indian state (for work), as observed from personal accounts of migrant workers and news reports, leading to their decision to return to their home States. It was initially assumed that these workers would not return back to their work State* once they reach their homes. But the authors were intrigued by the decision of the migrants to return back in spite of the grave difficulties they faced in the work State during the pandemic and the struggles they underwent in going back to their home States**, leading to an exodus of circular migration. Using the grounded theory approach, this phenomenon of circular migration was analyzed through the lens of performance and reformation of policies (and programs) as an institutional representation of the Indian government. Using the snowball sampling technique, 27 migrant workers employed in Tamil Nadu (an Indian State) but hailing from different Indian States were interviewed to capture the first-hand experience of these workers during the first episode of the pandemic-imposed lockdown between April 2020 and December 2020. It was inferred from the analysis that when both new and amended policies failed to meet the needs of migrants in their work State, the ‘need to belong’ to their familial structures was held superior and hence the workers went back to their home States. Nevertheless, even the policies in their home States did not perform any differently. Hence, within a few months, to meet their ‘economic needs’, the migrants again returned or planned to return to their work State leading to circular migration amidst the concerns for their own health, survival anxieties, and livelihood challenges. *Work State-An Indian State where the individuals migrated for work **Home State-An Indian State where the individuals were born and raised
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Background: A retrospective analysis of CSCR patient to ascertain the link between noble corona virus and CSCR disorder. Explosion of covid 19 cases inflated the use of steroid as well as stress in the patients leading to increase CSCR cases in post covid era. Aim: To determine the risk factors in covid 19 patients leading to the development of CSR. Materials and Methods: A Retrospective Observational study was done in a tertiary care center from February 2019-January 2021 including all CSR cases and categorizing them into two groups. One pre covid CSR group with patients of CSR diagnosed between February 2019-January 2020 and Post covid CSR group with newly diagnosed CSR cases between February 2020-January 2021. Results: The pre-covid group had 194 patients with 132 males and 62 females ageing between 24-40 years. Post covid group had 290 patients with 170 males and 120 females ageing between 21-48 years. B/L disease increased from 2 cases to 13 cases after covid. OCT thickness ranged 290-370 m in the pre covid group in comparison post covid group ranged 319-450 m. Mean steroid intake in post covid group was 41%. Conclusion: The outbreak of covid 19 with an increase in stress and irrational use of corticosteroid are major causes of increment in cases of CSR in post covid patients.
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Background: Myopia is a major health issue around the world. The World Health Organization estimates that half of the population of the world may be myopic by 2050. In the present years, insufficient time spent in outdoor activities has been recognized as a major risk factor for myopia development. The duration and intensity of near work are also associated with myopia progression. Aim(s): To study the increase in myopic shift in school going children during covid 19 pandemic due to increased screen time. Material(s) and Method(s): A prospective cross sectional study was done as a follow up after 2 years (in March 2021) from a school health survey done in May 2019. 150 students, of ages 7-15 were included and spherical equivalent refraction was recorded for each child and progression of myopia was documented in dioptres. Children wearing contact lenses, with h/o any ocular surgery and children with pathological myopia were excluded from study. Result(s): Out of 145 children called for follow up, only 123 children reported in the OPD for follow up. The mean refractive error(spherical equivalent) had increased by +2D in children of ages 7-10 and by +1D in children from ages 11-13 and somewhat remained constant in older ages. The parents reported an increase in time spent on digital devices and prolonged near work and all this had a positive correlation with an increase in myopic shift. Conclusion(s): Shorter viewing distance, increased screen time and lesser outdoor activities is also associated with myopia progression, especially in younger children. Younger children's refractive status may be more sensitive to environmental changes than older children, as they are in a more important period for myopic development and progression. Copyright © 2022, Dr Yashwant Research Labs Pvt Ltd. All rights reserved.
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The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted almost all companies and people across all sectors. Working from home (WFH) has become the new norm in many countries and companies since the COVID-19 pandemic. There is a growing trend around the globe for having more people working from home, particularly in the current COVID-19 pandemic. The present review-based paper is mainly collected from important databases like Scopus and Web of Science from the years 2020, 2021, and 2022. The main aim of this paper is to understand the concept of Working from home and to study various Working from home (WFH) associated opportunities and challenges during the period of pandemic. Increased work productivity, increased job satisfaction, and greater flexibility were some of the opportunities whereas increased levels of stress, longer working hours, and lack of designated office space were foundsome challenges related to Working from home (WFH) during the pandemic. Despite many challenges and operational difficulties in WFH, many organizations are still positive and developing a new hybrid model which provides high employee productivity and also provides an effective way to deal with future uncertainties or pandemic-like crises.Mindfulness, proper designated office space at home, and Organisation based supportive policies were some of the main recommendations given for employees' better productivity and work-life balance. Copyright © 2022 Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications. All rights reserved.
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Our world combats the rapid spread of Covid 19 by wearing face masks which have become the norm. But it's effect on oral microbiome is yet to be studied. Staphylococcus aureus is the leading cause of bacterial co-infection in Covid-19-affected patients worsening their prognosis. Dislodgement of this bacterium from the oral cavity is said to cause many systemic diseases. As dentists are more prone to an aerosolic environment and a potential source of cross-contamination, we intended to identify and quantify S. aureus in the saliva of dental personnel wearing surgical masks. Unstimulated whole saliva samples of 120 healthy dental professionals wearing surgical masks were cultured for S. aureus growth in Mannitol Salt Agar medium for 48 hours at 37 degrees C. After 1 hour and 6 hours of mask usage, the number of colony-forming units counted. After 1 hour and 6 hours of mask usage, 56% and 52.5% demonstrated growth of S. aureus respectively. There was a statistically significant mean reduction of 1.61*103 colony forming units after 6 hours of mask usage. There is a reduction in the prevalence and number of colony-forming units of S. aureus in the unstimulated saliva of healthy dental professionals after 1 hour and 6 hours of surgical mask use. As a result, mask use not only controls the spread of Covid but may also aid in reducing the source and spread of S. aureus cross infection, lowering the risk of morbidity and mortality in diseased patients.
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In the Post-COVID-19 pandemic, tourists are more health-conscious and look for healthy food during their travel. Food prepared with medicinal plants can be promoted as a tourist product with the competitive advantage of having medicinal properties in the food. From ancient times, Manipuri people have used medicinal plants in their daily food as a food culture of the place. Medicinal plant-based food tourism (MPBFT) can be promoted as a tourism product that can meet the need of post-COVID-19 tourists by offering healthy food with medicinal values and a unique travel experience in Manipur, Northeast India. The main objective of this study is to explore the prospects of promoting MPBFT and focus on identifying the strategies to develop MPBFT in Manipur as a tourism product. This review paper identifies medicinal plants utilized in Manipuri traditional cuisines imparting their medicinal properties. Cultivating medicinal plants, training local communities, organizing educational tours, food festivals, conducting cooking classes, and establishing restaurants focused on Manipuri traditional food with medicinal plants are the strategies to promote Manipur as an MPBFT destination.
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Background: Hygienic mask use plays a significant role in effectively preventing contagious respiratory disease. COVID pandemic had made wearing masks mandatory for all. All need to follow mask hygienic practice to avoid respiratory infection. Though wearing a mask all time may also lead to discomfort and difficulties. Objective(s): The objective of the study was to assess the perception towards use of face mask among adults Material(s) and Method(s): Conveniently 306 adults were chosen for conducting the study from UPHC Nayapalli and CHC Mendhasala of Khordha district. Participants were asked to fill the perception towards use of face mask (PEM tool) Results: 75.8% strongly agreed that wearing mask keeps a person safe from respiratory infections. 84.3% subjects strongly agreed for wearing a mask in public spaces. . Most 51% strongly disagree that face mask can make the person feel embarrassed. . 44.4% strongly disagree that its feel like to remove mask while talking. Conclusion(s): Present study shows that people are having good perception. They know the importance of mask wearing but sometime they are not able to follow the social guidelines due to various difficulties encountered while wearing mask. Continuous awareness programme is necessary to motivate them. Copyright © 2022 Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications. All rights reserved.
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Digitalization is the era of novel technologies where digital devices and business models are used to develop innovative opportunities for the business world amid COVID-19. In such a panicking situation, the digital platform becomes very essential for people to do online shopping. Thus, in this time of the pandemic, many digital offerings were launched and onlineshopping and digital banking are some of them. With the innovation in every sector, Digital banking is also bringing new platforms for business establishments that have a great influence on the buying behavior of customers.Perceived security is connected with innovative advancements in Digital banking,the performance of the business units and customers' purchase intentions. This study aims to investigate the correlation between Digital banking and online shopping behavior. Further, the study intends to explore the moderating role made by perceived security between digital banking and online shopping amid the COVID-19 lockdown situation. The data has been collected from customers preferring online shopping by using digital banking measures in the Jammu region of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. A two-step approach to structural equation modeling (SEM) using AMOS was applied. In the first phase,CFA was applied to judge the projected measurement model fit and also to construct validity whereas, the second step was intended at estimating and developingSEM for testing the significance of the hypothetical relationship. The results of SEM discovered that there is a direct relation between Digital Banking and online shopping behaviour, which is being moderated by Perceived security.
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In this paper, we have proposed a SIR fuzzy epidemic model by taking the transmission rate and recovery rate as fuzzy numbers. The basic reproduction number and the fuzzy basic reproduction number have been computed. Further by considering the initial values for the susceptible, infected and recovered population the numerical simulation has been carried out using Runge-Kutta method. We can predict the transmission of the virus and prevent the COVID-19 outbreak in India with the results obtained from the proposed SIR model.
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Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), a new illness caused by a novel coronavirus, a member of the corona family of viruses, is currently posing a threat to all people, and it has become a significant challenge for healthcare organizations. Robotics are used among other strategies, to lower COVID’s fatality and spread rates globally. The robot resembles the human body in shape and is a programmable mechanical device. As COVID is a highly contagious disease, the treatment for the critical stage COVID patients is decided to regulate through medication service robots (MSR). The use of service robots diminishes the spread of infection and human error and prevents frontline healthcare workers from exposing themselves to direct contact with the COVID illness. The selection of the most appropriate robot among different alternatives may be complex. So, there is a need for some mathematical tools for proper selection. Therefore, this study design the MAUT-BW Delphi method to analyze the selection of MSR for treating COVID patients using integrated fuzzy MCDM methods, and these alternatives are ranked by influencing criteria. The trapezoidal intuitionistic fuzzy numbers are beneficial and efficient for expressing vague information and are defuzzified using a novel algorithm called converting trapezoidal intuitionistic fuzzy numbers into crisp scores (CTrIFCS). The most suitable criteria are selected through the fuzzy Delphi method (FDM), and the selected criteria are weighted using the simplified best-worst method (SBWM). The performance between the alternatives and criteria is scrutinized under the multi-attribute utility theory (MAUT) method. Moreover, to assess the effectiveness of the proposed method, sensitivity and comparative analyses are conducted with the existing defuzzification techniques and distance measures. This study also adopt the idea of a correlation test to compare the performance of different defuzzification methods.
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Background: A retrospective analysis of CSCR patient to ascertain the link between noble corona virus and CSCR disorder. Explosion of covid 19 cases inflated the use of steroid as well as stress in the patients leading to increase CSCR cases in post covid era. Aim(s): To determine the risk factors in covid 19 patients leading to the development of CSR. Material(s) and Method(s): A Retrospective Observational study was done in a tertiary care center from February 2019-January 2021 including all CSR cases and categorizing them into two groups. One pre covid CSR group with patients of CSR diagnosed between February 2019-January 2020 and Post covid CSR group with newly diagnosed CSR cases between February 2020-January 2021. Result(s): The pre-covid group had 194 patients with 132 males and 62 females ageing between 24-40 years. Post covid group had 290 patients with 170 males and 120 females ageing between 21-48 years. B/L disease increased from 2 cases to 13 cases after covid. OCT thickness ranged 290-370 m in the pre covid group in comparison post covid group ranged 319-450 m. Mean steroid intake in post covid group was 41%. Conclusion(s): The outbreak of covid 19 with an increase in stress and irrational use of corticosteroid are major causes of increment in cases of CSR in post covid patients. Copyright © 2022, Dr Yashwant Research Labs Pvt Ltd. All rights reserved.
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Background: The COVID-19 had profound effects on nurses' general health. The severity and extent of the COVID-19 epidemic means it is highly likely that health personnel will suffer from psychological stress as a result the direct contact they have with patients who are infected. The goal of this research is to assess the level of anxiety and stress behaviors in B.Sc Nursing students, and to determine the relationship between stress levels and levels of coping, and socio-demographic variables. Methods: This study was cross sectional study. The sample size consisted of 500 BSc nursing students and samples were selected using convenient sampling techniques and the data was collected through self-administered COVID 19 stress scale and COVID 19 coping scale. Results: The study revealed that majority of students (22 %) were male and (78%) were female. Result showed that only (8%) has mild stress, (91%) had moderate stress and had (1%) severe stress, and (2.2%) had poor coping, (96.8%) had average coping and (1%) good coping. There was negative significant correlation (r=-0.721) between stress and coping behaviour among nursing year nursing students. There was significant association between level of stress and demographic variables such as age, education of father and mother, occupation of father and mother and family income. Conclusion: Nursing students' stress levels should be examined on a regular basis, contributing variables should be recognized, and the nurse administrators should establish a guidance, counselling, and stress management program to especially manage the stress during pandemic.