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The Covid-19 pandemic is an unprecedented global event whose effects will extend over time in the most diverse spheres of life in society. This dossier aims to go beyond description of events and advance the empirical analysis of the effects of the pandemic by facing the theoretical and methodological uncertainties that cross different research agendas. It presents articles that, in a plural and complementary way, discuss the role of the State in the tackling the health crisis, the (re)production of inequalities, the uses of science and sociocultural changes in the pandemic context. © 2022, Sociologias. All Rights Reserved.
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This study aims to analyze the dynamics of the interface policies with food and nutrition in the context of the pandemic and its interferences in the scenario of Food and Nutrition Insecurity (InSAN). It is a documentary research in which it was listed as primary sources of data, documents available in institutional websites and texts published in journalistic media. Thus, it included: legislation and digital journalistic texts. After the exploratory reading of the documents, the following axes of analysis were delimited: Impacts of Constitutional Amendment no95/2016 in the current health crisis;food and nutrition policies during the pandemic and income transfer and unemployment programs. The results show that the current sanitary crisis aggravates the InSAN scenario, as the assistance actions are insufficient to attend the population in periods of public calamity. In addition to this scenario, the previous pandemic context, in which the necro politics of suppression of rights contributed to the worsening of social vulnerabilities, including the lack of access to food.
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In 2020, a Forum of public universities, in partnership with social actors, proposed a central question: how to insert the theme of sustainable mobility into the agenda of policy makers, so that their proposals can be implemented? This article seeks in the political science concepts that allow the construction of a narrative robust enough to be politically assumed as an agenda. For this, it is proposed the hypothesis that defines the public spaces of cities as Commons or Common, including public services and urban mobility. By analyzing the importance of institutions and organizations of Society, the identification of interest groups and the role of their leaders and the concept of Commons, we identified evidence that proves the hypothesis. We conclude for the need to rethink the role of the State, which should assume functions of defining guidelines, of constructing a legal framework under the concept of Common, in addition to financing transport services and infrastructures. The management of urban mobility would be carried out by social actors by participatory processes. For this, is essential that political leaders conduct the process to make the agenda feasible with effective participation of society in the management of urban mobility services.
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Objective: To analyze the difference in the on-line searches for terms related to hand hygiene during the COVID-19 pandemic in developed and middle-income countries. Material and Methods: The crosssectional study analyzed the digital data through the Google Trends website to obtain the variation of the relative search volume (RSV) through the terms "alcohol gel" and "handwashing." According to socioeconomic development, the countries were divided into two groups: countries from different continents and hemispheres, with more than 15 million inhabitants, with more than 50% of the population with access to the Internet network and over 1,000 confirmed cases of infected with COVID-19. The paired t-test was applied to compare the means. The significance value adopted was p<0.010. Results: The searches related to the term "hand washing" were more significant when compared to the term "alcohol gel," and the term "alcohol gel" presented a higher average volume of research in developed countries (p<0.010). The developed countries had a higher average relative volume of research than middle-income countries (p<0.010). Developed countries sought more for the term "alcohol gel," and the term "hand washing" showed no difference in the volume of research about the country's socio-economic aspect. Conclusion: Developed countries have a higher volume of search for hand hygiene terms. The middle-income countries must create proposals for raising awareness outside the on-line environment so that this information reaches the entire population during the pandemic.
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The present study analises the forms of fashion consumption during the covid-19 pandemic. The research started from a historical conception and perception of semiotics in which consumption and expressiveness of fashion are associated with everyday habits. Two steps were used to structure this article: a bibliographic review that can be postulated as the main forms of consumption, such as building significant systems, structuring fashion, as well as possible justifications for such choices. Names such as Lipovetsky (2009), Greimas (1977, 1979), Barbosa (2004), Campbell (2001), Caldas (2006), Svendsen (2010) were used. Followed by the application of a questionnaire to confront ideas and the reality experienced by the interviewed, supporting an analysis by the methodology of Bardin (2010). Therefore, it was verified that the acquisition of fashion products amid the difficulties in accessing clothing stores, their relationship of needs, the systems of meanings and perception of the reality of fashion consumption.
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COVID-19 is an infectious disease caused by a type of coronavirus recently discovered, called SARS-CoV-2. It has infected more than 20 million people worldwide and it is responsible for more than 737, 000 deaths. This work presents a study that explores linear regression mechanisms combined with a sliding and cumulative time window approach to provide inputs to assist in decision making for public policies, within the scope of the COVID-19 pandemic evolution, whether they are hardening or easing the isolation. Data from five states of Brazil were collected and applied a Ridge regression to predict the curve behavior of cases and deaths of COVID-19. As a result, an Explained Variance Status (EVS) up to 0.998 and 0.999 is presented, considering cases and deaths, respectively. It was concluded that sliding time window bring more information about the infection than cumulative, since public policy changes in a few time-lapse. © 2021 IEEE.
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Using public transport systems has been reported to be a possible vector of virus transmission during epidemics. In this context, this article aims to analyze the spatial correlation between public transportation users and COVID-19 cases, using Recife (PE) as a case study. Using spatial analysis, the Moran I Global and Local index were calculated, and global and geographically weighted regression models were estimated for the months of March to June 2020, considering neighborhoods in Recife as a spatial unit of analysis. The results indicated global and local spatial correlation between the variables considered. Nevertheless, the number of public transport users is a variable that influenced the number of COVID-19 cases, especially in April, May, and June. Finally, the public transport system may not have been the only factor that contributed to the spread of COVID-19 in Recife, given the high number of neighborhoods without an indicator of local spatial association with statistical significance. As the public transport system contributes to the mobility of people who work in essential activities to the urban life, strategies that contribute to social distance within the vehicles of the system are necessary. © 2020, Universidade de Taubate. All rights reserved.
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Objective: To analyze the difference in the on-line searches for terms related to hand hygiene during the COVID-19 pandemic in developed and middle-income countries. Material and Methods: The cross-sectional study analyzed the digital data through the Google Trends website to obtain the variation of the relative search volume (RSV) through the terms "alcohol gel" and "handwashing." According to socio-economic development, the countries were divided into two groups: countries from different continents and hemispheres, with more than 15 million inhabitants, with more than 50% of the population with access to the Internet network and over 1,000 confirmed cases of infected with COVID-19. The paired t-test was applied to compare the means. The significance value adopted was p<0.010. Results: The searches related to the term "hand washing" were more significant when compared to the term "alcohol gel," and the term "alcohol gel" presented a higher average volume of research in developed countries (p<0.010). The developed countries had a higher average relative volume of research than middle-income countries (p<0.010). Developed countries sought more for the term "alcohol gel," and the term "hand washing" showed no difference in the volume of research about the country's socio-economic aspect. Conclusion: Developed countries have a higher volume of search for hand hygiene terms. The middle-income countries must create proposals for raising awareness outside the on-line environment so that this information reaches the entire population during the pandemic. © 2021, Association of Support to Oral Health Research (APESB). All rights reserved.