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Consumption of a balanced nutritious diet can prevent infection. This study examines differences in nutrition attitude to prevent of covid-19 between the group intending to vaccinate and those who did not intend to vaccinate. This online study used a cross-sectional design, using online form. There were 1220 eligible subjects with different nutritional attitudes between the groups who had plans to be vaccinated and those who did not, except on points related to eating a variety of foods. © 2023 UPM Press. All rights reserved.
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Introduction Patients' satisfaction after breast reconstruction can be evaluated with validated questionnaires as the Breast-Q questionnaire. The Breast-Q questionnaire includes different domains;one of them is "satisfaction with the result". Material(s) and Method(s): In the multicentre, prospective studies PRO (patient related outcome)-BRA (clinicaltrials.gov: NCT01885572) and PRO-Pocket (clinicaltrials.gov: NCT03868514), patient satisfaction was assessed using the Breast-Q questionnaire. In the PRO-Bra study, 269 patients underwent subpectoral surgery using the TiLOOP Bra polypropylene mesh (pfm medical ag, Germany). In the 'PRO-Pocket' study, 311 patients underwent prepectoral surgery using the TiLOOP Bra Pocket polypropylene mesh. For the evaluation, those patients from the PRO-Bra and PRO-Pocket studies who completed a Breast-Q questionnaire 6 and/or 12 months after surgery were included. The BreastQ score is measured from 0 to 100, with a score of 100 corresponding to 'very satisfied'. Satisfaction with the result of the breast reconstruction was evaluated. Result(s): In the PRO-Bra study, a total of 221 and 203 patients completed a Breast-Q at 6 months and/or 12 months FU, respectively. The mean age and BMI of the patients with completed Breast-Q were comparable between the two studies (PRO-Bra: 49.3 [+/-11.6] years, 22.9 kg/m2 [+/-3.5];PRO-Pocket: 47.7 [+/-11.7] years, 24.5 kg/m2 [+/-4.3]). In the PRO-Pocket study, a total of 258 and 266 patients completed a Breast-Q at 6 months and/or 12 months FU, respectively. In the PRO-Bra study the mean score of satisfaction with the result at 6 months follow-up (FU) was 74.5 (+/-19.9), in the PRO-Pocket 79.1 (+/-19.1), at 12 months FU the mean scores were 76.3 (+/-18.9) for PRO-Bra and 78.2 (+/-20.4) for PRO-Pocket. Furthermore, stratification according to age (cutoff 50 years) or BMI (cutoff 25 kg/m2) did not reveal any differences between the subgroups or the two studies (see Table). PRO-Bra PRO-Pocket mean score (+/-SD) 6 months 12 months 6 months 12 months BMI <= 25 75.1 (+/-19.7) 76.4 (+/-17.8) 77.7 (+/-19.9) 78.9 (+/-19.8) BMI > 25 72.1 (+/-20.7) 76.1 (+/-22.9) 82.1 (+/-16.9) 76.8 (+/-21.8) age <= 50 76.4 (+/-18.7) 77.0 (+/-18.9) 80.1 (+/-18.7) 78.1 (+/-19.6) age > 50 71.5 (+/-21.5) 75.3 (+/-19.0) 77.5 (+/-19.5) 78.4 (+/-21.8) Conclusion(s): Our data so far show high patient satisfaction with overall outcome of the surgery. In addition, patients' satisfaction with the result was comparable after subpectoral as well as prepectoral implant placement. This is particularly important in the PRO-Pocket study, as approximately 60% of the operations and the follow-up period took place during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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With the spread of COVID-19, it becomes necessary for the whole research community to think about solutions that can help prevent such spread in the future. Blockchain technology can provide one of the methods to reduce the spread of any future pandemic, and such a spread can be restricted to an epidemic level. Epidemic spread as there is no easy way to check infected people moving from one country to another. For this, we propose a framework in which passports are digitized, and all the travel history is stored in the blockchain. Records are maintained in the distributed ledger, not just by one country but all countries worldwide. Whenever a person travels from one country to another, his/her record can be fetched from the blockchain, and based on history, he/she may be permitted or denied further movement. Even in the initial stages of spread, the system will be designed in a way that anyone having travel history to the centre of the epidemic can be set on red alert in just one click so that governments can track the potentially infected people and can quarantine them or take necessary measures to minimize the spread. In the proposed framework, only travel history will be stored in the blockchain that is accessible by anyone, but an individual’s privacy will be maintained by generating different addresses from the same key. © 2022, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd.
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Households that are accustomed to food insecurity will find a more difficult situation at this time, exacerbated by Covid-19 as fewer resources to comply with social distancing recommendations. Food insecure individuals may also be less flexible in their jobs to enable them to earn income while staying at home, or may be at higher risk of losing their jobs altogether, thereby reducing (or eliminating) their incomes. Design of this study is a crosssectional study using purposive sampling, where 218 households were obtained as respondents. These factors can put food insecure households at a higher risk of contracting Covid-19 and greater food insecurity due to the economic effects of Covid-19 mitigation efforts. The characteristics of the head of the family in this study as a whole were between the ages of 26-35 years with a high school education level, working as private employees with an income level of more than regional wages.The purpose of this study was to describe the characteristics of the family, consumption patterns and food security before and during Covid-19 occurred in the province of Banten. The results showed that there were differences in family consumption patterns before and during Covid-19 with values (p=0.001) and there were differences in the average score of family food security before and during Covid-19 with values (p=0.001). The covid-19 pandemic conditions affect the consumption pattern and food security of the family, therefore it is necessary to modify various diets so that the family can survive. © 2021, Malaysian Journal of Public Health Medicine. All rights reserved
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Education not only means acquiring knowledge or skills, but it also includes acquiring morals, beliefs and values. Nowadays, most people think that gaining an educational certificate means that they are qualified, and because of that, some people make fake certificates to get the job. There is no easy way to validate these certificates, mainly when people belong to different countries. With the spread of coronavirus worldwide, travel restrictions were imposed between nations and within the nation itself. As a result, numerous educational activities, such as conferences, seminars etc., have been postponed. However, the organisers opted to hold these events over the Internet due to the pandemic's numerous limitations. Many of these activities offer certificates of participation, but it is not easy to verify the authenticity of these certificates and the coordinating institutes and attendees. Similarly, there are problems with attending several events at the same time. Many such challenges are explored thoroughly. Then a framework is proposed along with the algorithms that will explain in detail how these challenges can be solved using blockchain technology. As a result, a comparison of the proposed framework is made with the frameworks discussed in the literature and found that the proposed framework is much better in solving the discussed challenges. The article concludes with the future directions for implementing such a framework in the real world. © 2021, Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd.