The Role of Technology in Physical Education Teaching in the Wake of the Pandemic

Physical education is seen as an essential subject for the development of healthy habits and well-being, in line with Sustainable Development Goal 3. Furthermore, the impact of technology on all aspects of life is now an undeniable reality. The field of education is no exception, and digitalisation has undoubtedly been accelerated by the emergency situation resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. This paper aims to analyse the scientific production related to the field of physical education, technology, and the pandemic from a double perspective. From a search in Scopus, 86 articles were selected for analysis. A bibliometric approach was used to identify the variables of impact, collaboration, production, and dissemination. While the content analysis allowed us to delve deeper into the topics most frequently chosen by researchers, we found that the articles focused both on the circumstances experienced by practising teachers and on the adaptations made in the teaching/learning process with trainee teachers and students at different stages of education. Thus, technology has emerged as a fundamental tool in physical education during the pandemic, making it possible to develop or maintain better health and learning.

A Bibliometric Analysis of Sustainable Food Consumption: Historical Evolution, Dominant Topics and Trends

The major goal of this study is to trace the emergence of SFC-related research across time, using a thematic map and a list of corresponding publications. In addition, this study aims to determine the author who has made the most significant contribution to this particular field. This study provides a comprehensive bibliometric analysis of the historical development and current trends in sustainable food consumption research, examining 2265 articles published between 1990 and 2023. Using the bibliometrics package of R Studio software version 4.2.1 and its Biblioshiny package, articles from the Scopus and Web of Science databases are examined. In the field of sustainable food consumption, we identify five distinct research phases: initial stagnation, infant growth, post-economic crisis, expanding phase and COVID-19 and post-pandemic. While research on broader sustainability topics can be traced back to the early 20th century, a very limited number of articles on sustainable food consumption was published in the 1990s. However, the number of publications increased incrementally over time, with a notable uptick in interest around 2015, and the subject was still being discussed in 2022. The emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic marked the beginning of the most recent phase of research, which analyzed the consumption patterns of consumers before and after the pandemic. Our study highlights key authors, documents and sources related to sustainable food consumption. The United States, Italy and the United Kingdom emerged as the most active contributors to the research on sustainable food consumption and were additionally the countries with the largest global market shares for organic products. Major sub-themes including organic food, food waste, sustainable development and food security, together with consumer behavior and organic products appeared as being the most researched sub-themes of recent times. The results of this study suggest that more research is related to sustainable food consumption in countries with a low organic food market share. In addition, the investigation of actual data on food waste, carbon footprints and greenhouse gas emissions resulting from food production and consumption is essential to gain holistic insights.

A twenty years bibliometric analysis (2002 – 2021) of business economics research in ASEAN

ASEAN is predicted to be the world's largest single market by 2030, after the US, China, and the EU. This study aims to discover research performance in all ASEAN countries, including identifying output levels, research focus, and influential authors in the region. The approach used in this study is a bibliometric analysis of publications indexed in the WoS database for the past two decades (2002–2021). Of the more than 20,000 documents analyzed, it was indicated that each ASEAN country has exclusive and non-exclusive keywords. Singapore has the highest number of citations among the other ASEAN countries.

A comparison study of topic modeling based literature analysis by using full texts and abstracts of scientific articles: a case of COVID-19 research

PurposeHow to extract useful information from a very large volume of literature is a great challenge for librarians. Topic modeling technique, which is a machine learning algorithm to uncover latent thematic structures from large collections of documents, is a widespread approach in literature analysis, especially with the rapid growth of academic literature. In this paper, a comparison of topic modeling based literature analysis has been done using full texts and s of articles.Design/methodology/approachThe authors conduct a comparison study of topic modeling on full-text paper and corresponding to assess the influence of the different types of documents been used as input for topic modeling. In particular, the authors use the large volumes of COVID-19 research literature as a case study for topic modeling based literature analysis. The authors illustrate the research topics, research trends and topic similarity of COVID-19 research by using Latent Dirichlet allocation (LDA) and topic visualization method.FindingsThe authors found 14 research topics for COVID-19 research. The authors also found that the topic similarity between using full-text paper and corresponding is higher when more documents are analyzed.Originality/valueFirst, this study contributes to the literature analysis approach. The comparison study can help us understand the influence of the different types of documents on the results of topic modeling analysis. Second, the authors present an overview of COVID-19 research by summarizing 14 research topics for it. This automated literature analysis can help specialists in the health and medical domain or other people to quickly grasp the structured morphology of the current studies for COVID-19.

By improving dementia diagnosis rates nurses can make a difference to people's lives

The national target of a 66.7% dementia diagnosis rate was set in 2015, rising to 68% by 2019. The effect of COVID-19 and increasing estimated prevalence saw the overall national dementia diagnosis rate decline to 62% of people aged 65 years and over in February 2023 (NHS Digital 2023).

AC317 The Plant Phenome Journal editorial board

An initial quality control check was completed for the journal and magazine content and a check of the books content is currently under way. Authors make edits directly to the HTML article file, which cuts down time to publication and reduces errors introduced during typesetting. [...]far we've received positive response and hope to expand this program to additional titles. [...]the group reviewed mismatched guidelines and adopted a standardized Scientific Misconduct Statement for all 13 journals to create uniformity across the journal collection. The JIF is one tool used to evaluate a journal's relative importance when compared with other journals in the same study area.

From Start to Finish: Examining Factors Associated With Higher Likelihood of Publication Among Abstracts Presented at an International Infectious Diseases Scientific Meeting.

Background: The landscape of infectious diseases research by interprofessional teams continues to change in both scope and engagement. Limited information exists regarding publication metrics and factors associated with publication of abstracts presented at professional infectious diseases meetings. Methods: This was a retrospective, observational study evaluating abstracts presented at IDWeek in 2017 and 2018. The primary endpoint was the proportion of abstracts that were subsequently published in peer-reviewed journals. Factors associated with publication were evaluated, and a description of publication metrics was reported. Results: Of the 887 abstracts analyzed from the IDWeek meetings, 236 (26.6%) were published. Significantly more abstracts were published if they were presented as a platform presentation versus poster presentation (35% vs 21%, P < .001). Inclusion of a PhD author significantly increased the likelihood of publication (P = .0014). Prospective studies, greater number of authors, and greater number of study subjects were more common among published abstracts. Median time to publication was 10.9 months, and the majority were published in infectious diseases journals, with an overall average impact factor of 7.7 across all journals. Conclusions: Abstracts from IDWeek presented as oral platforms and those including a PhD author were more likely to be published. Large, diverse authorship teams were common among published abstracts. The high quality of resulting manuscripts is evident by the destination journals and their respective impact factors. These data may be used to inform and motivate clinicians and trainees engaging in infectious diseases-related research.

Assessing research on the COVID-19 pandemic and tourism published in English-language journals: 7research progress and academic contributions

This article aims to address the adequacies of the preceding review studies, which have largely failed to systematically analyze the academic contributions (notably, theoretical and methodological contributions) made by the extant studies pertinent to COVID-19 and tourism. Specifically, we have collected up to 245 articles indexed in top 10 academic journals in the field of tourism studies, including Annals of Tourism Research, Tourism Management, Journal of Travel Research, Journal of Sustainable Tourism and so forth. The keywords used for search involve "COVID-19" "COVID" "pandemic" "epidemic" "coronavirus" and "corona virus". The publication dates of the articles all fall somewhere between the start of the pandemic in January, 2020 and the 31st of August, 2021. Based upon the analysis framework proposed by authors, according to John Tribe's essay, and that formulated by Colquitt and Zapata-Phelan, this article evaluates the extent to which the sampled studies have made a contribution to the extant theories and methodology related to tourism.As the research outcomes manifest, first, the extant studies could be categorized according to their research themes. Specifically, most research shed light on tourist behaviours and the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on tourism development, particularly on the national and destinational levels. In contrast, very few has reflected upon the changes in tourism as a discipline, in general, and the relevant research approaches, in specific. Second, roughly half of the sample articles are quantitative studies, most of which are in favour of either questionnaires or statistics. In contrast, qualitative studies only take a lesser share. Third, with respect to academic contribution, it is clear that significant theoretical contribution is rarely made in the sampled studies. Most are found oriented to solving real-world problems. This imbalance would, perhaps, pose a threat to the growing tourism research in the long run. The reasons are manifold, but we focus upon triple key human and nonhuman factors, namely, academics, academic journals, and the rule and regulations by institutions (e.g., universities), which might have conspired to manipulate the process of (co-)producing tourism knowledge. Thus, to solve practical questions in the real time has become popular among academics, who might be increasingly reluctant to spend sufficient time and energy on theory building itself. Nevertheless, theory building, after all, is vitally significant, not least because it arguably paves a base stone for the future of tourism research. As such, we suggest that the current tourism knowledge production system needs to be reformed, encouraging more academics in future to focus on the theoretical significance of their own studies. This article has some limitations, as we only target the articles indexed in the top 10 journals in tourism. It means that our research findings might be less representative than expected. Moreover, it might be better to evaluate respectively the significance of the studies in different tourism subjects, whose fabrics might vary from one to another. In so doing, more nuanced insights might be mobilized in this aspect, providing most useful guidance to other scholars with utmost interest in the production of tourism knowledge.

The COVID-19 Pandemic and the International Geographical Union

Having broken out in late 2019, COVID-19 has resulted in a once-in-a-century health emergency that has rapidly evolved into a global socio-economic crisis. As of March 2022, more than 450 million people were infected by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, the cause of COVID-19, resulting in more than six million deaths (WHO, Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) situation dashboard, 2022). The medical systems of many countries have been stretched to the verge of collapse and more than half of the global labor force has stood down. Not only has the pandemic doubled the number of people at risk of starvation to 270 million (Nature, 589:329-330, 2021), but it also pushed 100 million people into poverty in 2020, triggering the worst global recession since World War II (Blake and Wadhwa, 2020 year in review: the impact of COVID-19 in 12 charts, 2020), and increasing the risk of exposure to other pandemics related to ecosystem degradation (IPBES, Workshop report on biodiversity and pandemics of the intergovernmental platform on biodiversity and ecosystem services. Retrieved from Bonn, Germany, 2020;Yin et al., Geogr Sustain 2(1):68-73, 2021). The normal functioning of many organizations has also been hampered by the pandemic and disruptions to the global travel and tourism industry have been unprecedented. By way of an example, travel restrictions led to the postponement of the 2020 34th International Geographical Congress to the following year and, ultimately, the decision was made to transition to an entirely online format for the event. © The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022.

A bibliometric review on knowledge management in tourism and hospitality: past, present and future trends

PurposeThe purpose of this study is to review the plethora of studies on knowledge management (KM) in the hospitality and tourism. The purposes of this paper through a bibliometric analysis via the VOSviewer tool are to analyze the current research stream and to assess emerging trends in KM in the tourism and hospitality field.Design/methodology/approachA total of 1,732 publications with 65,150 cited references were retrieved from the Web of Science to uncover the structure and intellectual base of studies in tourism with a KM perspective. Three bibliometric analyses were performed using VOSviewer software (citation, co-citation and co-occurrence of keywords);this study aims to uncover the knowledge structure of the past, current and future trends based on the bibliographic database by assessing the most influential past publication;determining the structure of the co-cited publications;and evaluating emerging trends for future studies.FindingsThis study produced two ground-breaking research streams inductively evaluated from the three bibliometric analyses: KM and digital technology;and innovation in tourism. Furthermore, the pressing issue of sustainability in tourism from the perspective of KM would be a crucial aspect in the tourism field. These streams would provide fundamental knowledge-based and further enhance the assimilation of KM within the tourism sector. The outcome would facilitate future scholars to link important tourism topics to benefit the tourism industry facing a competitive and challenging business environment.Research limitations/implicationsThis study contributes to the current theoretical understanding through thematic knowledge mapping of KM and the tourism and hospitality field.Originality/valueTo the best of the author's knowledge, this study is the first to apply bibliometric analysis to the tourism and KM field by providing a basis for the most significant issue in tourism and the essence of emerging topics and trends.

Clarifying Organizational Generativity: A Future Forming Perspective for OD Practitioners and Researchers

As the catastrophic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic have made clear, both the practice and research of organizational development (OD) urgently need alternative pathways to the future. Organizational generativity (OG) offers one such promising alternative. While much of OD practice and research are focused on enabling organizations to better prepare for an unknown future, OG accommodates new ways for organizations to proactively create their own future. As a nascent field of inquiry, however, research on OG is underdeveloped and characterized by a lack of clarity. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to clarify the construct of organizational generativity to be more actionable by OD practitioners, researchers, and managers alike. Using grounded theory, we review and critique the literature on generativity, from the "ancestral" writers in psychology to current OD authors. Through successive rounds of inquiry, we reveal the syntax, the semantics, and the inherent processual nature of organizational generativity. We then derive a conceptual framework describing seven manifestations of generative organizational processes: relational, transformational, disruptive, future-focused, idea-giving, actionable, and procreative. Finally, we discuss implications for OD practice and opportunities for future research.

Year 2022 in review - anaesthesia.

By 2022, publishing has already returned to the standard. This means that the global SARS-CoV-2 pandemic for anaesthesiologists is all but forgotten, and the safety of anesthesia is again the dominant issue. However, in addition to the traditional search for answers to whether we should prefer regional or general anesthesia and for which procedures and what is the best prevention of PONV, there is now another associated topic - postoperative delirium and postoperative cognitive dysfunction. Although both entities are crucial to the overall perioperative course, they still need more attention. This is even though, especially in elderly patients, they have already been shown to significantly affect perioperative morbidity and mortality. Moreover, to the surprise of many, recent data show that their incidence is not so much dependent on the type of anesthesia but on the quality of its administration. This text aims to briefly summarize some key publications in the field of anesthesiology and to highlight papers that should not escape attention.Copyright © 2022, Czech Medical Association J.E. Purkyne. All rights reserved.

In This Issue

The article presents highlights from this issue of the publisher. Topics include information on Systemic lupus erythematosus and its response to Rituximab, durable treatment for Antineutrophilic cytoplasmic antibody associated vasculitis, and earlier recognition of immune checkpoint inhibitors induced inflammatory arthritis.

Assessment of uncertainty estimation for measurement of ethanol concentration in COVID-19 hand sanitizer using FTIR spectroscopy

Analysis of uncertainty estimation for measurement of type and concentration of alcohol in hand sanitisers is a matter of urgency in the COVID-19 situation. FTIR spectroscopy was used to investigate hand sanitisers made in our laboratory and commercial products. An internal standard addition method was used to control the measurement quality. The absorption spectra of ethanol were found to be at 1086 and 1044 cm-1, corresponding to C-O stretching. The area under the C-O adsorptions is used to create a calibration curve, which is then used to calculate the ethanol percentage. Additional standard sample and quality control sample showed calibration curves with slopes of 0.1267 and 0.1285, respectively. The regression coefficients and residual variance of 0.0057 showed a 'best fit' with the predicted value. These parameters were used to estimate the uncertainty of six commercial products. The ethanol concentration of commercial products is measured between 71.38 and 81.54% v/v, with an estimated uncertainty of 1.14% v/v. The results showed that the ethanol content of all products differed from the label but could be used to kill bacteria and viruses. This entire process was established as a SOP for measuring alcohol concentration in hand sanitizer.

Methodological Issues in COVID-19-Related Publications During the Pandemic

SARS-CoV-2 has led to a global public health problem with its quick spread in a naive population, devastatingly affect-ing social and economic lives. The most positive effect of the pandemic has been on the novel, from bench-to-bedside scientific research, methodology, and publications. The unprecedented speed in planning, conducting, and reporting research activities has improved patient care and public policies during the pandemic. However, some overlooked methodological concerns have hindered the intrinsic and extrinsic validity of the publications. This study, based on peer-reviewed medical journals over the pandemic, aimed to increase awareness of common methodological issues that may improve the quality of evidence upon correction.

Plain language summaries: Enabling increased diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility in scholarly publishing

circle Plain language summaries (PLS) are accessible, short, peerreviewed summaries of scholarly journal articles written in nontechnical language. circle The aim of PLS is to enable a broader audience of experts and non-experts to understand the original article. circle Here, we outline the evidence base for the value and impact of PLS and how they can enable diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility in scholarly publishing. circle PLS can diversify readership and authorship, address information inequity, include typically under-represented stakeholders and provide an accessible route into scholarly literature.

Podcasting and Education: Reflections on the Case of FreshEd

Highlights New media formats such as podcasts are revolutionizing the production and dissemination of knowledge in and outside of higher education. One danger is the rise of EdTech companies that have used the pandemic as an opportunity to increase profits as more individuals and systems of higher education rely on digital platforms and products. This report explores the revolutionary potential of podcasts as an education technology that does not necessarily further the privatization of education. The case of the FreshEd podcast is highlighted. The concept of "infrastructuralism” is used to show how an ethos of Open Science can challenge many exploitative academic conventions and social relations. The main problem of a digital infrastructure that does not use the profit motive, however, is sustainable financing.

Analysis of the Impact of the Pandemic on the Growth, Use, and Development of E-Business: A Systematic Review of the Literature

The COVID-19 pandemic has affected various sectors in multiple countries, among them the economic sector has been one of the most affected, so the search for tools or measures for the continuation of sales and processes became recurrent, finding in e-business and its components precise tools to counteract the situation. Therefore, the present research aims to analyze the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the use, growth, and development of e-business by conducting a systematic literature review using the PRISMA methodology, collecting scientific articles covering the period of the pandemic from databases such as IEEE Xplore, ScienceDirect, Scopus, EBSCO, and IOPScience. Despite the limitations in access to scientific articles, it could be concluded that within the main characteristics identified, e-business tools in general allowed many businesses to continue subsisting and making sales thanks to the increase in online users due to the COVID-19 lockdowns. Although it was identified that the adoption of these tools lacked policies, limitations, and supports from governments, the perception of their use was positive in that they were considered safe and efficient.

Determinants for food service market segmentation and contemporary consumers' behaviours amid the Covid-19 pandemic

PurposeThis study aims to draw attention to consumers' behaviours which are changing on account of the COVID-19 pandemic, provide an understanding of the factors influencing these behaviours and emphasise their importance in building contemporary business models for the restaurant industry. The article is a case study of the Polish restaurant sector based on a comparison with the worldwide literature.Design/methodology/approachA study of the current literature on the subject pertaining to the issues discussed, an analysis of them, mainly by examining trade reports, with a special focus on the following databases (BDL GUS, CBOS, IGGP PKD) and foreign references, as well as Internet sources, using the systematic (structured) literature review (SLR) method. The authors searched the databases between May 2020 and May 2022, paying attention to the following keywords: COVID-19, consumer behaviours, food services, market segmentation, Poland.FindingsThe analysis allowed the authors to identify the most important factors influencing consumer behaviour under the influence of the COVID-19 pandemic. This in turn enabled them to verify a hypothesis concerning the significant impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on consumers' behaviours on the food service market. Results from an analysis of trade reports and from a literature review confirm the hypothesis proposed, leading to the conclusion that the contemporary reality in Poland currently requires businesses to continuously monitor consumers' behaviours in a turbulent and uncertain environment.Research limitations/implicationsThe systematic identification of changes taking place in consumers' behaviours will make it possible to adapt a portfolio of services to changes observed in this regard.Practical implicationsThe analysis conducted by the authors in 2021 to examine trends in consumer behaviours proved that changes affecting their thinking were undoubtedly accelerated by the pandemic of a contagious disease – COVID-19.Originality/valueSome consumer trends that appear to be a response to limits and restrictions may be observed for a longer period of time. Therefore, those restaurant owners who want to successfully go through the stage of adaptation to the new reality will have to focus, in the short term, on actions designed to identify their customers' needs and expectations anew and tailor their business models and offer accordingly.