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This article is about the creation of term signs in Brazilian Language Signs for the Covid-19 pandemic. The objective, therefore, was to investigate and describe the process of creating new endpoints related to the Covid-19 pandemic. For this, due to social isolation, the field of research has become virtual using platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. It is based on the morphology of Sign Language (Quadros & Karnopp, 2004). For the phonetic and morphological description, it was used Nascimento (2009) and Abreu (2019), regarding the process of creating new term signs. This analysis was focused on the study of three-term signs, the first to emerge was the one agreed in China with a mistaken conceptual reference that the disease was transmitted by bats, so it was abandoned. The second is a universalized convention that is "standard” in European and Western countries. And the third agreed in Brazil is the variant used in country © Esta obra utiliza uma licença Creative Commons CC BY: https://creativecommons.org/lice
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Wastewater-based epidemiology is an important public health tool with great applicability when facing the COVID-19 pandemic, since infected individuals are able to excrete SARS-CoV-2 particles. In this context, this study aimed to correlate the number of cases of COVID-19 with physical and chemical variables and the presence of the virus in raw sewage samples from a sewage treatment plant (SIP) in the municipality of Lavras, Minas Gerais, Brazil, collected between the 19th and 25th epidemiological weeks. The samples were concentrated by electronegative membrane adsorption method and SARS-CoV-2 RNA was extracted, detected, and quantified by RT-qPCR using oligonucleotides and probes for the N gene. Moreover, the variables pH, total suspended solids, and chemical oxygen demand were evaluated. COVID-19 cases were obtained from epidemiological bulletins made available by the municipal government From the 24th epidemiological week on, a reduction in viral concentration (copies L-1) was observed concomitantly with the pandemic response countermeasures initiated by the municipality. A strong and significant positive correlation (p<0.05) between viral load and number of confirmed cases was obtained through Spearman's test. However, there was no correlation between the presence of the virus and the physical and chemical characteristics of the sewage. Therefore, it is suggested that further research be carried out in order to track SARS-CoV-2 concentrations in wastewater, thus corroborating with the fight against the pandemic and the achievement of epidemiological surveillance systems based on sewage monitoring.
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During didactic interactions, teachers and students employ competencies and skills that correspond functionally to one another, and several models propose to typify didactic performances in higher education. For this study, we chose the didactic performance interbehavioral model as the substantive theory to identify six pairs of didactic performance criteria through self-evaluations from graduate students. These included: Competency exploration-precurrent learning behaviors, Criteria explicitness-Criteria identification, Illustration-Participation, Practice supervision-Relevant practice, Feedback-Improvement, and Evaluation-Application.309 Peruvian students from an in-person postgraduate course in Education Sciences filled out two scales (via Google Forms) to assess teacher-student performance criteria during online classes. Convergent and divergent validity were obtained separately for six teacher/student performance constructs through a confirmatory analysis using LISREL 8. Moreover, differences according to sex were only significant for the Illustration teacher criterion (favoring men) and the Application student criterion (favoring women). Students rated Explicitness of criteria and Illustration as the teacher performance criteria most frequently seen during online classes. On the other hand, Criteria identification ranked the highest in terms of the students' performance criteria, followed by Feedback-Improvement. Another conclusion was that the didactic performance interbehavioral model could be empirically supported by the two self-assessment questionnaires, which yielded good convergent and divergent validity of constructs. © 2022 The Author(s)
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Peru has been severely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. By January 2022, Peru had surpassed 200 000 COVID-19 deaths, constituting the highest death rate per capita worldwide. Peru has had several limitations during the pandemic: insufficient testing access, limited contact tracing, a strained medical infrastructure, and many economic hurdles. These limitations hindered the gathering of accurate information about infected individuals with spatial resolution in real time, a critical aspect of effectively controlling the pandemic. Wastewater monitoring for SARS-CoV-2 RNA offered a promising alternative for providing needed population-wide information to complement health care indicators. In this study, we demonstrate the feasibility and value of implementing a decentralized SARS-CoV-2 RNA wastewater monitoring system to assess the spatiotemporal distribution of COVID-19 in three major cities in Peru: Lima, Callao, and Arequipa. Our data on viral loads showed the same trends as health indicators such as incidence and mortality. Furthermore, we were able to identify hot spots of contagion within the surveyed urban areas to guide the efforts of health authorities. Viral decay in the sewage network of the cities studied was found to be negligible (<2%). Overall, our results support wastewater monitoring for SARS-CoV-2 as a valuable and cost-effective tool for monitoring the COVID-19 pandemic in the Peruvian context.
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Online Travel Agencies (OTA) have been much sought after by tourists over the past few years as an agile way to plan their trips. With the pandemic, and given the insecurity felt by tourists, the use of OTAS's was, in many cases, replaced by direct reserves. However, and taking this factor into account, OTAS’s, such as Booking.com, Expedia.com and Tripadvisor.com, continue to be significant, and with a tendency to increase, in the hotel sector. This demand is since tourists are progressively entering a digital age that allows them quick access to the decisive information in their choice. The Digital Transformation (DT) of society has contributed to traditional agencies having less demand than OTAs. In this article, descriptive quantitative methodology of exploratory character based on the records of Booking.com, Expedia.com and Tripadvisor.com, an analysis of the online criticisms regarding issues related to the degree of satisfaction of the Portuguese in travels and stays made at the year 2020/2021. © 2022, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd.
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COVID-19 is an unprecedented challenge to both our lives and businesses. The hotel industry is among the hardest industries affected by this crisis. The digital transformation and the growth of travel websites has increased the importance of the traveller reviews provided on these sites, affecting hotel rates and rankings. These reviews play an important role in travellers’ choices, especially in uncertain times. In this article, an analysis was conducted of the online reviews on Booking.com, especially concerning issues related to “Clean and Safe” of a hotel chain, one of the biggest in Portugal, from the point of view of the customer. Using webQDA® method in a universe of 1431 guest reviews on Booking.com, the results show that in the case of the hotels selected, health and safety topics are not an issue when booking these hotels. The online reputation found in online reviews is a clear indicator that the quality of the hotels and the professionalism of their teams is determinant in certain segments. © 2022, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd.
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The paper presents an innovative application to identify areas vulnerable to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) considering a combination of spatial analysis and a multi-criteria learning approach. We applied this methodology in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil identifying vulnerable areas by considering a set of determinants and risk factors for COVID-19, including demographic, economic and spatial characteristics and the number of human COVID-19 infections. Examining possible patterns over a set number of days taking the number of cases recorded, we arrived at a set of compatible decision rules to explain the relation between risk factors and COVID-19 cases. The results reveal why certain municipalities are critically vulnerable to COVID-19 highlighting locations for which knowledge can be gained about environmental factors.
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The main goal of this paper is to analyse the webinars of the regional tourism entities of Porto and Norte (ERTPNP) and Centro de Portugal (ERTCP) that were held after the emergence of the pandemic crisis. The present work led us to infer that these events were well accomplished, namely in addressing success stories, sharing experiences, best practices and national, as well as international, know-how. Technological adaptation was particularly evident in educational institutions, which absorbed new learning opportunities—this was the case of Turismo de Portugal and its twelve schools that introduced significant changes in organisation and training methodology. Tourism and education fields use technologies of the new digital era that enable the development of digital skills. This way, they fill gaps that, in other times, would cause much deeper economic and social crises. The methodology adopted in the present study focused on a case study of the two abovementioned regional tourism entities. Within this scope, data collection techniques used comprise direct observations arising from the viewing of conferences, semi-structured interviews and documentary analysis. © 2022, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd.
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From 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic and its aggravation, the whole world turned to the transfer of information, that is, from the onsite to the distance learning modality, which involved a series of technological adjustments and mechanisms. However, such mechanisms of assisted technology are not recent, and it is possible to get a detailed observation over more than two decades of development of the most different possibilities and formats. Currently, adhesion is massive in everything that involves the virtual learning environment, and much is discussed about all stages of the processes. Thus, this article aims to demonstrate the importance of internationalization in the context of distance learning, through the analysis of a case study that consists of a set of partnerships involving the Training Institute of Portuguese Speaking Countries (Portugal), the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), through its School of Music and School of Communication, and the Arts National Foundation (Brazil), when conducting a course in Photography and Digital Image. This was the first product of the partnership between the institutions in this context, and because it was a success, the decision was made to report, through this article, its development, and the respective results obtained. © 2022, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd.
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The free movement of investment is one of the mantras that has characterized economic modernity. Nevertheless, the principle is under increasing criticism in the framework of a world under a geostrategic readjustment. States are interested in preventing certain strategic assets and critical infrastructures to be controlled by foreign investors, in many cases, owned or controlled by foreign States. And this goal fosters the designation of national screening systems of evaluation of foreign investment on national security grounds. Unlike other western countries, Spain had been so far reluctant to this trend, but things have now changed deeply because of the COVID-19 crisis. © 2020, UNIV CARLOSIII MADRID. All rights reserved.
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In recent years, foreign investment is subject to a more cautious and critical approach in many countries. This attitude is reflected in its regulation and in the growing design of screening mechanisms on national security grounds. The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated this trend. The position adopted by the EU and the suspension of the free circulation of investments approved by the Spanish Government reflect also this attitude. The issue now is to know whether they are transitory or will remain once the pandemic is over. © 2020 Ibero-American Law Institute. All rights reserved.
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Current communication messages in the COVID-19 pandemic tend to focus more on individual risks than community risks resulting from existing inequities. Culture is central to an effective community-engaged public health communication to reduce collective risks. In this commentary, we discuss the importance of culture in unpacking messages that may be the same globally (physical/social distancing) yet different across cultures and communities (individualist versus collectivist). Structural inequity continues to fuel the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on black and brown communities nationally and globally. PEN-3 offers a cultural framework for a community-engaged global communication response to COVID-19.
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Betacoronavirus , Coronavirus Infections/prevention & control , Coronavirus Infections/psychology , Culture , Pandemics/prevention & control , Pneumonia, Viral/prevention & control , Pneumonia, Viral/psychology , COVID-19 , Communication , Global Health , Health Personnel , Humans , Models, Theoretical , Population Health , Public Health , SARS-CoV-2 , Social Determinants of HealthABSTRACT
Identified in China in December 2019 as a new class of viral pneumonia of unknown origin, the new Coronavirus has already passed the milestone of 100 million people infected worldwide. The clinical course of this infection is characterized by fever, cough, upper airway congestion and complications related to Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome. In addition, the virus can have repercussions that go beyond the impairment of the respiratory system, affecting other systems. Therefore, the aim of this study is to describe the correlation between Covid-19 and thromboembolic and cardiovascular events. It is a Systematic Review that was submitted to searches in the PubMed, SciELO, Lilacs and Bireme databases. Six observational studies comprising 1539 patients were included in this review. The quality of the articles was evaluated according to the New Castle-Ottawa scale. After extracting data from the studies, it was observed that hospitalized patients diagnosed with Covid-19 infection are more likely to develop Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) and Pulmonary Embolism (PE), as well as cardiovascular events, although the latter are less frequent. These patients also have alterations in the pulmonary parenchyma, being proportional to the severity of the case, as well as the prevalence of d-dimer, the rate of thrombosis in the pulmonary artery, the need for intensive care and the mortality rate. Thus, the severe form of infection by Covid-19 manifests consequences that do not only involve the respiratory system, compromising the blood clotting of affected patients, leading to a higher incidence of thromboembolic and cardiovascular events.
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INTRODUCTION: Despite presenting less frequently, severe cases of COVID-19 can also affect the pediatric population. Considering this fact, the effectiveness of physiotherapy is evidenced, which consists of a therapeutic specialty that plays a fundamental role in the prevention and treatment of pulmonary complications. OBJECTIVE: To describe the clinical picture of a child with Congenital Heart Disease with positive Coronavirus and to address pediatric physiotherapeutic activities. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This is a case report of a 5-year 11-month-old patient with a previous diagnosis of Congenital Heart Disease of the following types: Artery Channel Persistence and Interventricular Communication. The patient was admitted to the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit of the Couto Maia Institute, presenting tachycardia, tachypnea, with peripheral oxygen saturation (SpO2) of 85% using a non-reinalin mask, with increased ventilatory work and productive cough at the verbal command. When performing RT-PCR, he obtained a positive result for the Coronavirus. RESULTS: The data collected through the analysis of medical records and clinical observation of the patient demonstrated that the physical therapy intervention, when using bronchial hygiene techniques, reexpansive maneuvers and active motor conducts, contributed to the clinical evolution of the patient, showing improvement in SpO2 and ventilatory discomfort. CONCLUSION: Physiotherapeutic interventions applied to this patient profile have shown positive results with regard to the improvement of gas exchange and respiratory discomfort, as well as appearing to influence the reduction in the risk of functional decline. © 2021, BAHIANA - School of Medicine and Public Health. All rights reserved.
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The recent detection of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in stool and sewage samples highlights the possibility of mapping the circulation of the virus and even estimating the number of infected people through the systematic monitoring of sewage in a specific region. Therefore, this is an important epidemiological tool for large-scale indirect testing, including symptomatic and asymptomatic carriers. This project was conceived for the detection and quantification of the SARS-CoV-2 in sewage samples collected in 15 watersheds of the Arrudas and Onca streams, aiming to understand the dynamics of spread and the prevalence of the virus in these regions/watersheds. These sub-basins exhaust the effluents generated by a population of approximately 1.5 million people in the municipality of Belo Horizonte and part of Contagem. Weekly composite samples were collected during the morning periods in seventeen monitoring points (15 water sheds + influent to 2 sewage treatment plants). RNA detection and quantification were performed in the laboratory using RT-qPCR. The results obtained in four weeks of monitoring (epidemiological weeks 21 to 24) showed an increase in the occurrence of the virus, reaching 100% of the monitored regions investigated in epidemiological week 24. The infected population, estimated by sewage monitoring in Belo Horizonte, showed exponential growth, being up to 20 times higher than those of accumulated confirmed cases. As for the dynamics of virus spread, RNA concentrations have shown to be quite variable in the monitored regions with higher percentages of the estimated infected population in the northern and north-eastern portions of Belo Horizonte.