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Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic has shown how quickly and drastically everyday life can change in extreme situations. Objective(s): To investigate how external factors can affect human health - mentally and physically - and what indicators herald the proximity to a critical upheaval. Method(s): Using theories from theoretical physics and psychology, researchers from Heidelberg University and Karlsruhe Institute of Technology will observe emotional reaction via an 'infinitesimal stimulus' (f) to an image that gives the 'infinitesimal displacement' (d). While both the stimulus and the reaction are chosen to be small - and hence keep a person well within their emotional stability - the ratio (d/f ) provides us a quantitative measure of the individual's susceptibility i.e. reaction sensitivity. Over a six-month phase, we hope to correlate the individual susceptibility with the person's general emotional state and to define a threshold reaction to indicate a person's proximity to an emotional instability. Semistructured interviews of extreme cases give us further insight into correlations between emotional states and susceptibility. Result(s): If an increased susceptibility in an individual actually precedes a long-term change in mood, then regular susceptibility measurements can be used, for instance, to detect depression at an early stage. We are particularly curious to observe the extent to which models from physics can be applied to society and the individual. Conclusion(s): The final output is to integrate practical implementation aspects into the medical curricula in a transdisciplinary manner. If possible, a formula for understanding health stability should be formulated that would be highly innovative for the medical field.
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Globally tuberculosis is still a major health problems including in Indonesia. The program has been implemented however,the tuberculosis cases are still high considering the condition during the COVID-19 pandemic. Me purpose of this article is to provide an overview of tuberculosis during the COVID-19 pandemic at the Elopada Health Center through qualitative inquiry by interviewing with one person and three head of the health center in the tuberculosis service department and two village heads. Meanwhile, the triangulation informants consisted of tuberculosis manager in Southwest Sumba Regency and the head of the Controlling Division of infectious diseases. The results showed that the number of tuberculosis cases at the health center had an increase in cases with BTA+. Control measures providing tuberculosis services included active and passive case findings, diagnosis and treatment which were done manually and digitally based on microscopic laboratory examinations and molecular rapid tests. Treatment and recording and reporting are done manually or digitally. During the pandemic, tuberculosis services were carried out separately from other patient services. The conclusion is that tuberculosis control at the Elopada Community Health Center is still being carried out during the pandemic by paying attention to health protocols and utilizing technology (social media).