CPSOCKS: Cross-Platform Privacy Overlay Adapter Based on SOCKSv5 Protocol

In figures, the cybersecurity landscape is one of the most across-the-border impactable trends in the last years, especially after the begging of the COVID-19 pandemic. Therefore, by the end of Q4 of 2021, more than 281 million people have been victims of data breaches and cyber-threads, costing more than $42.96 million per day. A possible explanation is that most network operators do not provide any mechanism that blocks path tracing. Almost anybody with above-average network security knowledge can use public path tracing tools such as traceroute, enabling malicious users and thread factors to craft sophisticated cyber-attacks easily. Therefore, this paper proposes a cross-platform privacy overlay over the SOCKSv5 protocol. We evaluate the proposed solution in terms of latency, average throughput, and transfer rate. © 2023, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.

Angiocatheter Decompression on a Covid-19 Patient with severe Pneumonia, Pneumothorax, and Subcutaneous Emphysema.

BACKGROUND: A novel coronavirus, currently known as Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2, causes Coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19). Its most significant complication is a kind of pneumonia known as of 2019 New Coronavirus-Infected Pneumonia (NCIP). Covid-19 pneumonia can have unusual complications that affect both lungs in a widespread manner. Acute lung damage and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) are typical in severe Covid-19 cases. Several potential risk factors cause the pneumonia associated with this disease, such as age over 65, diabetes, hypertension, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, immunosuppression, and pregnancy. Furthermore, various laboratory markers like high levels of C-reactive protein (CRP), D-dimers, ferritin, interleukin-6 (IL-6), and LDH, as well as a low lymphocyte and thrombocyte count, have been linked to increased disease severity and a poor prognosis. METHODS: In this study, we present a case of a 45-year-old patient with a rare evolution of the disease, who made a full recovery against all odds. We highlight the atypical presentation of Covid-19 in this patient, who developed some unusual complications, such as pneumonia, pneumothorax, pneumomediastinum, and subcutaneous emphysema. RESULTS: There is a scarcity of information on patient-related variables linked to pneumothorax in severely sick Covid-19 patients. This study adds to the existing research, reinforcing that spontaneous pneumothorax can be caused by the infection itself, in addition to ventilator-induced trauma in mechanically ventilated patients. CONCLUSIONS: We conclude that patients with Covid-19 pneumonia may develop a more robust and systemic illness characterized by acute lung injury, acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), shock, coagulopathy, and nu¬merous organ dysfunctions, all of which are linked with a high risk of death.

COVID-19 Independent Risk Factors for Unfavorable Disease Progression: A Cross-Sectional Study from Romania

Purpose: Since the initial documentation of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in late December 2019, the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has become a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Under these circumstances, the present study aimed to analyze the characteristics of hospitalized cases, according to the progression and severity of the disease, to reveal the main independent risk factors for death by COVID-19 in the western Romanian population. Patients and Methods: This retrospective study included 936 patients admitted to Victor Babes Clinical Hospital of Infectious Diseases Timisoara, with COVID-19 between 1 February 2020 and 31 January 2021. The patients were divided into three subsamples based on disease severity: subsample I (n = 344), comprising patients with mild forms of the disease;subsample II (n = 475) comprising patients with moderate disease;and subsample III (n = 117) for patients with severe disease. Biochemical analysis and assessment of disease severity were performed on all patients. Results: The mean age was 48.76 years (two months to 94 years). The median values for age, number of hospitalization days, and disease duration days before hospital admission varied with high statistical significance between the three subsamples (p < 0.001). A statistically significant difference was also observed regarding body mass index (BMI), with higher values in subsample III (p < 0.001). The in-hospital fatality rate was zero in subsample I, 3.58% in subsample II, and 71.79% in subsample III (p < 0.001). Of the deceased patients, 69.31% were over the age of 65 years, 29.70% were aged 36–64 years, and 0.99% were aged 19–35 years. Cumulated comorbidities were recorded in 92.08% of the deceased patients. Conclusion: Older age, the number of disease duration days before hospital admission, BMI, and renal pathology are independent risk factors for mortality in COVID-19 and can help clinicians to identify patients with poor prognosis and who are at high risk for mortality at an early stage.

TELEWORKING IN ROMANIAN SMEs AFTER COVID-19 PANDEMIC

The COVID-19 pandemic and all the circulation restrictions that came with it changed our lives forever. In the 21st century, the century of speed, technology, and information, the mandatory self-isolation and quarantine irremediably changed our perception of our lives and on the way we want to live them. These restrictions have also hurried the changes that would have eventually come anyway and that took decades in the past. The Industrial Revolution took the world from the agricultural economy to the industrial one, then it came the transition from the industrial age to the information age, and now, the era when humans are replacing almost everything with its virtual correspondent. Although telecommuting is not a new concept, as it was coined in 1994 by Nilles, for many years there was resistance to it both from employers and employees. In the latest years, due to technology's immense evolution and due to the increased need for flexibility of the now working millennials, teleworking has known an increased appreciation in the work market and got from being considered an informal bonus to being incorporated in Romanian legislation, since 2018. This article has set the objective to analyze the Romanian Classification of Activities in the National Economy (CAEN) to find out which domains are preferred by Romanian SMEs and which of these economic sectors are more susceptible to implementing day to day teleworking. After selecting the statistically relevant data to find out the spread of SMEs in each economic sector, an empirical analysis of every domain will be complemented by the results of a survey to verify the applicability of telecommuting in Romanian SMEs after the Coronavirus pandemic.