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The analysis of current trends in the implementation of effective socio-economic solutions and their development under the influence of COVID-19 is made. The prospects of using innovative and telecommunication technologies, robotics, big data processing methods and knowledge management methods in the formation and management of global economic clusters were noted. The clustering of delivery robots under pandemic conditions by methods of machine learning was carried out. The peculiarities of COVID-19 assessment as the main formative factor influencing socio-economic decision-making on a global scale are disclosed. The necessity and possible consequences of adopting and implementing new decisions designed to minimize the negative effects of COVID-19 on Russian and global economies are discussed. It is noted that the design and development of innovations in the system of management and transfer of knowledge is an indispensable condition for the successful development of future socio-economic relations. On the basis of the obtained results conclusions are made about the background of the applied solutions, about the vector of their direction and makes it clear what should be paid special attention to when assessing the current situation in society and determine which solutions are most effective and how the social order should be transformed to successfully withstand the new challenges. © 2023 SPIE.
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Purpose: Progression is an unpreventable reality of presence, and banking is no exclusion. Cash transformers and moneylenders from times gone past are great agents today. Cash held in trust became store taking, and money advancing became credit making;over an extended time, banks transformed into a need, and the occupation of banks, transformed into a critical piece of monetary reality. Banks' turn of events and headway has been mind-boggling, with the latest frenzy being intuitive media banking. The chapter additionally framed the amazing open doors and dangers for banks because of the presentation of innovations and how banks are making the most of the open doors and endeavouring to cure the risks. The financial area in India is a lifesaver for the country. Indian banks could become the fifth most prominent on earth by 2020 and the third most prominent by 2025. Methodology: This study has given auxiliary information. Furthermore, it's gathered from the holding bank of India concerning utilisation by various banks. Which utilised graphic review including mean mode middle. Finding: After the review, we find that sight, sound, and green banking have become fantastic assets for the baking area. During COVID-19, the utilisation of mixed media expanded in contrast to a year ago. Significance: The review featured sight and sound and green banking sealed spine in COVID -19 and is utilised expanded after this pandemic. © 2023 by Seval Kardes Selimoglu and Mustafa Hakan Saldi. All rights reserved.
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Characterized by high risk, high trauma and high consumption, Extra-Corporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) is an innovative technology that can be used as salvage therapy for COVID-19 patients. ECMO treatment can help restore patients??? cardiopulmonary function or can bridge their final treatment, including device implantation or organ transplantation. However, although ECMO saves some patients??? lives, it can also leave those with no chance of recovery in a medical dilemma. ECMO is thus controversial: it is criticized for technical failures and ineffective treatments, and its use raises questions about medical equity. This paper argues that the clinical application of ECMO technology should be based on a respect for the value of life and the will of patients, reasonably set therapeutic goals, acceptable withdrawal criteria, proper management of the conflict between patients??? desires and the medical dilemma, and the establishment of an ethical framework to control the limits of medical intervention.
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Introduction: The current Covid-19 pandemic has urged the international scientific community to find solutions in regards to therapeutics and vaccine developments. Around 70 vaccines were being developed at the time of the survey. Any vaccine that is reliable, effective, permanent and accessible to a large population is a good candidate. The aim of this study is to determine the knowledge and attitude towards the challenges and limitations in Covid vaccine development in various countries among the dental population. Materials And Method: A self structured online questionnaire was distributed among dental students through the platform Surveyplanet. The survey was distributed to 100 participants who were selected using Simple random sampling. The questionnaire consisted of 16 questions pertaining to Covid Vaccine development and its challenges and limitations. The results were tabulated and analyzed using SPSS software by IBM. Pie charts and bar graphs were used to graphically represent the data obtained. Results: 47% of the participants were aware of the severity of Covid in our country, while 78% were aware that Covid vaccination programs had begun across the country at the time. 51% of the participants thought that Covishield was the most effective vaccine, in comparison to Pfizer, Moderna, Novovax and Covaxin. 36% of the participants believed that India was the frontrunner in vaccine development at the time, followed by the USA (25%). 47% believe that the safety and the testing of the developed vaccines might be hindered due to the time constraints and 69% believe that vaccination and immunisation will be effective against the spread of the coronavirus. Overall, more than 80% of the participants believe that there is a need to be vaccinated against the novel Covid-19. Conclusion: It can be concluded that the dentists are knowledgeable and aware of the challenges and limitations of Covid vaccine development. This is imperative in guiding the general public and sharing knowledge and providing scientific facts so that the public can take an informed decision with regards to vaccination and immunization against the Sars-CoV-19.
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The Covid19 pandemic hit the higher education system hard. Suddenly, universities around the world are obliged to offer online educational instructions to students. Innovative technologies made this transition possible, and new technologies have opened prospects, connected societies, and created new ways of communication based on the three models in which humans initially communicated: user2user, user2society, and user2society2user. Now, fostered by the covid19 pandemic and with advancements in technological innovations, "User2Machine”-interaction, as a model, has been introduced to online education. This model is helping in creating different methods of communication channels regardless of the time and location of the user. Eventually, this has resulted in forming new interaction modes in the virtual social space. In this paper the User2Machine-interaction model is proposed, focusing on technologies and functionalities affecting this model and contributing to changes in the way users interact with systems. Technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), Virtual Reality (VR) and Chatbots are described to see where do they fit in the new innovative model, and how they affected online education and the ecology of higher education during and post covid19 pandemic. © 2023, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.
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Purpose: This study aims to investigate technology-based health and safety (H&S) management to control the spread of disease on construction sites using a partial least squares structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM) approach. Design/methodology/approach: An extensive literature review is conducted to develop a conceptual framework. The variables identified from the literature review are included in a cross-sectional survey which gathered a total of 203 valid feedback. The variables for challenges are grouped under their relevant construct using exploratory factor analysis. Then, a hypothesized model is developed for PLS-SEM analysis using Smart PLS software. Later, the outcome of the model is further validated by nine construction experts using a semi-structured questionnaire survey. Findings: The results rationalized the relationships between the COVID-19 H&S measures, challenges in implementing COVID-19 H&S measures on construction sites and the innovative technologies in transforming construction H&S management during the COVID-19 pandemic. The possible challenges that obstruct the implementation of H&S measures are highlighted. The potential technologies which can significantly transform H&S management by reducing the impact of challenges are presented. Practical implications: The findings benefited the industry practitioners who are suffering disruption in construction operations due to the pneumonic plague. Originality/value: By developing a conceptual model, this study reveals the contribution of technology-based H&S management for construction projects during the COVID-19 pandemic, which remains under-studied, especially in the context of the developing world. © 2022, Emerald Publishing Limited.
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Cutting-edge technologies are changing the operations of urban last-mile delivery. In particular, innovative technologies, such as delivery drones, have shown promising results in commercial applications. When considered alongside the ongoing pandemic, contactless technologies have become even more important to the daily lives of consumers in highly urbanized areas. This study investigates underlying factors influencing consumers' acceptance of drone delivery in urban cities amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. To this end, a model was created by fusing the technology acceptance model, task–technology fit, and privacy calculus theory. Four hundred and fifty survey responses were analyzed using structural equation modeling. The findings suggested that perceived usefulness, attitude, and perceived privacy risks directly influence consumers' behavioral intentions. In addition, perceived ease of use, task characteristics, technology characteristics, task–technology fit, and privacy concerns indirectly impact consumers' behavioral intention. This study offers an insightful perspective on consumers' perception of urban last-mile delivery drones while providing insights into urban transport planning and regulation of drone delivery services. © 2023 Elsevier Ltd
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The antibacterial, antiviral, and anticancer properties of ivermectin make it a wonder drug with a wide range of possible applications. It works against a variety of microorganisms, including viruses. Ivermectin has a wide range of antiviral effects, according to in vivo research in animal models. Because ivermectin is involved in a range of biological processes, it could be a promising therapeutic candidate for viruses such as COVID-19 and other positive-sense single-stranded RNA viruses. The study aims to analyze the awareness about the current status of usage of ivermectin in management of COVID among students studying in a private dental college. A study based on questionnaire was organized among students studying in a private dental college in Tamil Nadu. The subjects were asked a series of structural questions based on the usage of ivermectin in management of COVID. The questionnaire was prepared with 10 questions. 150 individuals completed the questionnaire; all of their answers were tallied in excel and imported into SPSS. For statistical analysis, the Chi-square test was performed. Excel was used to tabulate and enter the data, and the SPSS package software was used to analyze it. The study's threshold for statistical significance was set at P < 0.05. From this study, we found that the students had limited knowledge about the usage of ivermectin for management of COVID. More studies should be conducted to widen the knowledge among the students about the current affairs of the world.
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PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to focus on how adopting technologies impacts employees' job performance and well-being. One such new job demand is the use of technology-based knowledge sharing (TBKS), which has the potential to influence employees' job performance and well-being. Therefore, human resource managers must provide resources that facilitate the adoption of TBKS to improve job performance while minimising mental health effects. Design/methodology/approachGuided by social capital theory, social exchange theory and the job demands-resources model, the authors analyse survey data from 281 Vietnamese employees. FindingsThe results of this paper show that TBKS influences employee mental health and directly and indirectly affects job performance. The authors examine the moderating effects of training, transformational leadership and organisational resources on the relationship between the new job demands of TBKS on job performance and mental health outcomes. Practical implicationsTBKS platform developers should offer user-friendly interface functions and extend critical features. HRM should communicate more with employees, care about their well-being and consider their goals and values. HRM needs to provide training to help employees adapt to organisational changes. Leadership also needs to make employees perceive that organisational success is closely related to the success of TBKS. Originality/valueThis paper draws upon the three fundamental tenets of three theories as a triangular base to examine the relationship between TBKS and its outcomes. This paper contributes to the knowledge management literature by delivering a comprehensive understanding and demonstrating how the inclusion of technology in knowledge sharing and human resource practices can impact employee performance and well-being.
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Ritonavir's pharmacodynamics raise questions regarding whether medication concentrations high enough to block the SARS-CoV-2 proteases can be obtained. Ritonavir may have a therapeutic benefit at any stage of the disease, although pharmacodynamic issues and the absence of clinical benefit data among hospitalized COVID-19 patients cast doubt on this claim. To study the awareness on current status of usage of ritonavir in the management of COVID among dental students. This study, which is survey-based, involved a sample of 100 individuals and was carried out on the website Survey Planet. The study included undergraduate and graduate dental students. The dental students were given a questionnaire containing 10 questions. Their responses were gathered. The number and percentage were used to summarize the data. Dental students from Chennai showed adequate knowledge of COVID-19 in the medical environment. Postgraduate students were more aware about the current status of usage of Ritonavir for COVID-19. This study demonstrates the urgent necessity for all health-care workers to regularly implement educational interventions and training program on infection control procedures for COVID-19.
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Introduction: Globally, the healthcare sector is primarily designated to provide timely, efficient and effective medical services. In African countries like Nigeria, the inequality in the healthcare sector is worsened by the limited coverage of healthcare delivery. This has evolved to an unprecedented effect on the provision of healthcare services in low-resource societies. In the post COVID-19 era, recovery and growth from the pandemic become more demanding with an emphasis on promoting innovative technology in the healthcare sector on hygiene and safe medication practices. Method: Data was sourced from mixed research method. Questionnaires, focus group discussions, and in-depth interviews were used to deduce data from 142 healthcare providers, users, and social workers. Participants were randomly selected from three healthcare institutions in Nsukka, Enugu state. Result: Findings revealed that although greater positive perception (66.7%) holds on promoting innovative technology in the healthcare sector; concerns on negative perceptions (33.3%) were; the choice of medication, cultural health behavior and non-adherence to health guidelines. Major factors militating against innovative technology in healthcare sector were corruption in healthcare system, patients' economic level and poor healthcare delivery. Findings depict that age (χ²cal= 84.0, p=0.000<0.05) and income (χ²cal= 53.7, p=0.000<0.05) of patients were found to be significant in the utilization of innovative technology in healthcare. Evidence-based interventions on innovative healthcare systems on hygiene and safe medication practices were; intensive community health education at the grass-root, implementation of health policies, and tutors' improved healthcare knowledge. Participants showed little knowledge of social workers' engagement in health institutions. Conclusion: Equity in healthcare is a core concern in Sustainable Development Goals. Achieving equal distribution of health services between urban and rural societies in recovery from covid-19 pandemic and growth of the healthcare sector is pegged on promoting innovative technology in hygiene and safe medication practices. The study recommends that social workers' engagement with health providers and users in low-resourced societies could help propagate awareness and self-care management of health challenges through digital information technology in Nigeria.
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To control congestion in the workplace environment especially in crises like the COVID-19 pandemic, this requires careful control of highly crowded workplace locations. Therefore, innovative technologies, such as geofencing and sequential pattern mining can be used to estimate people movement pattern and combat the spread of COVID-19. In this paper, the workplace area is divided into a set of geofences by using geofencing technology. Then, the movement profiles of each user are estimated to control the possible congestion in the workplace's enviroment. To accomplish this, the user's historical geofence transitions are used to anticipate the next time the user will leave the current geofence. The Sequential Pattern Discovery using Equivalence classes (CM-SPADE), Succinct BWT-based Sequence prediction model (SuBSeq) and Compact Prediction Tree + (CPT+) algorithms are adopted to predict the user's next geofence. In the CM-SPADE algorithm, a vertical database is obtained from the available database and the frequent sequence is found based on relative support, confidence, and lift measures. Meanwhile, in the training phase of the SuBSeq algorithm, Ferragina and Manzini (FM)-index and Burrows-Wheeler Transform string are generated. Then, in the ready-to-predict phase, the next geofence is anticipated. The CPT+ algorithm is based on generating Prediction Tree (PT), Lookup Table (LT), and Inverted Index (IIdx) for the training data. Then, Frequent Subsequence Compression (FSC) and Simple Branches Compression (SBC) are used to reduce the size of the PT. In addition, the Prediction with improved Noise Reduction (PNR) method is utilized to reduce the execution time. The results show remarkable superiority for SuBSeq algorithm over CM-SPADE and CPT+ with the accuracy greater than 90% withh an average of 8 input geofences to predict the next geofence. © 2022 IEEE.
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Airports are implementing innovative technologies represented as Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) to prepare for an increase of customer numbers and provide better experience in post-corona era. This study aims to explore the role of technologies recently introduced in airports and the benefits of the such technology-driven transition. To achieve the purpose, this study focuses on technologies of robots, AI, and service automation (RAISA) along with service process from the perspective of airport customers. For the analysis, the best practice of airport in South Korea is selected and provide basic data for RAISA utilization. Through the case analysis, this study categorizes the core technologies utilized in airports and explores the advantages, for instance attaining process efficiency and providing customer convenience from RAISA. In conclusion, despite suffering from the COVID-19 pandemic, it can be a possible opportunity to restructure and reorganize the airport service process through the implementation of RAISA. © 2022 IEEE.
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Innovative technologies often face acceptance challenges. This is especially true when they constitute disruptive innovations. Disruptive innovations can forcefully alter the way things are done in the economy and society and have differential impacts for social groups. Legitimacy – the fit between an innovation, and society at large – is an important explanatory factor of the success of disruptive technologies. The micro-judgements of legitimacy that individuals make with regards to a technology, can help understand why some innovations succeed or fail. Likewise, users’ actions when using said innovations may indicate how acceptable the technology is to users. This paper analyses how users judge, and use, the NHS COVID-19 Test & Trace app. Preliminary findings suggest that individuals’ micro-legitimacy judgements are strongly related to the decision to use the app or not, and that users have adopted a number of workaround behaviours to resist or compensate for the app’s functionality. © 2022, IFIP International Federation for Information Processing.
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The fourth industrial revolution mostly revolves around new techniques and concepts such as artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), internet of things (IoT), etc. The recent spurt of corona virus has wreaked havoc across the globe and led to huge loss of human lives. An intelligent system with innovative technologies can be implemented to address the rapid spread of the deadly virus. In this paper, we present our patented [1] idea of Smart Face Shield (SMAFS) that can not only help to maintain appropriate social distancing in a crowded place but also to identify a person with preliminary symptoms of corona virus.SMAFS is designed as a technically improved face shield to maintain social distancing by appropriate use of proximity sensor and to measure temperature of the wearer by using contact temperature sensor. LED's and buzzer are placed strategically to alert people via visual and audio signals respectively. Such precautionary detection and proximity alert prototype can prove instrumental in early diagnosis and isolation aiding in crowd management and free movement in places of social gathering. © 2022 IEEE.
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The EU projects reaching net-zero emissions by 2050, thus reducing CO2 emissions is a priority in the European Climate Law published in 2021. The transport sector is the second contributor to CO2, responsible for around 26% of EU greenhouse gasses emissions. In 2020, GHG (greenhouse gas) emissions from transport in the EU have dropped by 12.7% due to the COVID-19 pandemic. As society comes back to normality, vehicles use is increasing again. To reach the emission targets, new vehicles can introduce CO2-reducing eco-innovative technologies. So far, these technologies accepted under WLTP are light-emitting diodes and efficient alternators. Nevertheless, many other technologies have potential as eco-innovations. In the past, eco-innovative technologies have contributed to reducing EU CO2 emissions. In 2018, the fleet of newly registered cars with eco-innovations saved around 11000 tonnes of CO2. An increasing tendency is seen in 2019: 21000 tonnes of CO2 were saved at fleet level. During 2020, new car registrations with eco-innovations were higher, having the potential to save around 40000 tonnes of CO2 at fleet level. Despite their positive impact, their CO2-reducing effect can be diminished when two of these technologies interact with each other. The presence of the lighting system and the alternator lowers the CO2 savings if compared to the summation of the savings of each technology separately. The impact of the interactions of approved eco-innovations can imply a decrease of 9% of the sum of the CO2 savings from each technology considered independent from the other. ©
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Due to the current COVID-19 virus, which has already been declared a pandemic by the World Health Or-ganization (WHO), we are witnessing the greatest pandemic of the decade. Millions of people are being infected, resulting in thousands of deaths every day across the globe. Even the world's best healthcare-providing countries could not handle the pandemic because of the strain of treating thousands of patients at a time. The count of infections and deaths is increasing at an alarming rate because of the spread of the virus. We believe that innovative technologies could help reduce pandemics to a certain extent until we find a definite solution from the medical field to handle and treat such pandemic situations. Technology innovation has the potential to introduce new technologies that could support people and society during these difficult times. Therefore, this paper proposes the idea of using drones as a companion to tackle current and future pandemics. Our COROID drone is based on the principle of crowdsourcing sensors data of the public's smart devices, which can correlate the reading of the infrared cameras equipped on COROID drones. To the best of our knowledge, this concept has yet to be investigated either as a concept or as a product. Therefore, we believe that the COROID drone is innovative and has a huge potential to tackle COVID-19 and future pandemics. © 2022 IEEE.
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The article discusses the Silver Bullet disinfectant developed by the authors and the innovative technology of volumetric aerosol disinfection. It is shown that the effectiveness of this disinfectant significantly exceeds the leading foreign analogues, and the described disinfection technology is the most adequate for combating coronavirus infection due to the identified air-aerosol method of its spread. At the same time, the Silver Bullet disinfectant is environmentally friendly, since it was developed on the basis of hydrogen peroxide and complex silver compounds with a prolonged bacteriostatic effect. © 2023, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.
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This study analyses the relation between people fully vaccinated and mortality to assess the effectiveness of this health policy to cope with COVID-19 pandemic between a sample of 150 countries. Statistical analyses show a positive correlation between share of people fully vaccinated and total COVID-19 mortality in early 2022 (r= 0.65, p-value <.01). These results suggest that COVID-19 vaccinations cannot be a sufficient policy response to eradicate the overall negative impact of the new infectious disease in society. Although high levels of vaccinations in some countries, many demographic (density of population), environmental (air pollution), technological (equipment of non-invasive ventilators), biological (new variants), socioeconomic (health expenditures) factors, etc., influence the diffusion and negative effects of COVID-19 pandemic society. This study can provide new knowledge to improve crisis management and the preparedness of countries to cope with or prevent future pandemic crisis and negative effects in socioeconomic systems.
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Background: Dental caries is the most commonly seen disease in a population. It develops when bacteria in the mouth metabolize sugars to produce acid that demineralizes the hard tissues of the teeth. Nutrition indirectly affects oral health and with effective nutritional counselling initiation of dental caries can be controlled. Aim: The aim of the study is to assess the prevalence of dental caries and nutritional counselling during COVID-19. Materials and Methods: The study was conducted in the outpatient of Dental College and Hospital. The data was reviewed and analysed from the records of a total number of 86000 patients between March 2020 to June 2020. Patients with active dental caries were included in this study. The data was manually verified by 2 reviewers and finally tabulated and imported to SPSS and the results were drawn. Results: Out of the total population majority of them were males are 494 when compared with females are 448. Majority of the patients 46(4.7%) who belong to the age group 21-30 yrs have high need for diet counselling. Majority of males 58(5.9%) high need for diet counselling. Conclusion: The study result concluded that Males were more affected than females. Males need poor nutritional status and diet counselling is needed for them when compared with the female patients