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The whole world has been knocked down by the Pandemic COVID-19 crisis which had impacted people's health globally, including death among people mostly with comorbidity. Some even lost their loved ones. Huge number of people lost jobs due to economic depression that incurred due to restricted movement control orders imposed globally. Whole pandemic events culminated into affecting physical, mental, social, emotional and spiritual well-being. On the flip side, these have been indicated as essential mechanisms to cope up with the current adaptation during this crisis. Role of Existential Intelligence's (Ex I) in influencing Adversity Quotient (AQ) while handling crisis is still immature. The connection between Ex I and AQ is able to provide a bigger picture to stakeholders namely customers, employees, investors, suppliers and vendors, communities, and government in improving the current situation, especially during the post-crisis recovery period. In the present paper, an attempt is made to unravel Ex I adaptation and its contribution towards high AQ in various scenarios. There is no precise test developed pertaining to Ex I as a full-fledged intelligence. However, certain characteristics of Ex I are interconnected to spiritual or religious aspects. Certain degrees of relation are identified between Intelligence Quotient (IQ), Emotional Quotient (EQ), Spiritual Quotient (SQ), and Adversity Quotient (AQ) as foundation for intrapersonal competencies. Therefore, existentialism creates self-realization while handling crisis such as Pandemic COVID-19, appreciating every life moment which is deep rooted in the spiritual and religious teachings. Further in-depth research is needed to better appreciate or understand the contribution of Ex I on AQ for overall well-being of the society in the challenging global environment. Copyright © 2022 Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications. All rights reserved.
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This study investigated the challenges encountered by educators conducting online teaching during the COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysian and Indonesian higher learning institutions. Quantitative and qualitative methods were used to obtain information in this study. The respondents comprised 250 educators from Malaysian and Indonesian higher learning institutions. A self-developed Likert-scale online questionnaire was given to the respondents. The study findings revealed that Malaysian educators faced greater challenges in mental health, time management, and assessments. In comparison, Indonesian educators experienced more challenges in demonstrating compassion to students during online teaching. Educators in both countries encountered poor internet connectivity, lack of interaction and engagement with students, stress, and anxiety. Opportunities created by the COVID-19 pandemic comprise exploring and learning online teaching tools, producing online teaching and learning materials, conducting research, and writing research papers for publication. Recommendations for addressing online teaching challenges and suggestions for future research are also discussed. © 2023, Institute of Advanced Engineering and Science. All rights reserved.
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Objective To establish a SARS-CoV-2 antibody sample panel and apply to the quality evaluation of test cassettes for colloidal gold lateral flow assay. Methods SARS-CoV-2 antibody sample panel was established with the convalescent plasma samples from patients with Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) and optimized. Suggestions for modification were put forward on the sample panels from three manufacturers (S, L and H), and the test cassettes after modification were analyzed and compared. Results The accuracy, sensitivity, specificity and Youden index of cassette from manufacturer S were 92. 54%, 90. 78%, 100% and 0. 908 respectively, while the positive test region was light in color and not easy to be recognized. However, after modification, the accuracy, sensitivity, specificity and Youden index were 95. 35%, 98. 91%, 97. 19% and 0. 943 respectively, while the color of positive test region was developed obviously and easy to be recognized. The sensitivity of cassette from manufacturer L was only 14. 28% before modification, while the positive test region was unobvious in color, indicating a high missed detection rate. However, after modification, the sensitivity for IgM was 98. 63% , while the color of positive test region was developed obviously and rapidly. The sensitivity, specificity, accuracy and Youden index were 98. 08%, 100. 00%, 98. 90% and 0. 981 for IgG, while were 84. 50%, 86. 49%, 85. 71% and 0. 710 for IgM, respectively. Conclusion The developed sample panel may be used for the quality evaluation of SARS-CoV-2 antiobdy detection reagents. © 2021 Changchun Institute of Biological Products. All rights reserved.