METHODOLOGY for ASSESSING the FINANCIAL SECURITY of ENTERPRISES in the POST-PANDEMIC PERIOD of DIGITAL ECONOMY

The article considers the approaches to assessing the financial security of enterprises presented in the literature, determines the rsistance of the textile industry of Uzbekistan to the negative impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the basis of statistical data, and reveals a significant differentiation of textile industry enterprises in terms of financial stability. Based on data on small enterprises in the textile industry of Uzbekistan, a method for assessing the financial security of an enterprise in the post-pandemic period is proposed and tested, taking into account the complex influence of non-financial parameters of economic security and assessing the deviations of the economic situation at a given enterprise from the patterns emerging in the relevant segment of the economy. In this research an econometric model was developed to determine the factors affecting the chemical industry and express their interrelationship, based on the conducted econometric analysis, the directions of development in our country were determined. According to the authors, it is necessary to continue these directions in order to ensure the economic security of industry enterprises in the country. © 2022 ACM.

FINANCIAL SECURITY in SMALL BUSINESS in PERIOD of DIGITAL ECONOMY: In CASE of UZBEKISTAN

In this paper has been proposed a methodology for ensuring the financial security of enterprises in the context of recession caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Based on pre-crisis data related to the new coronavirus infection pandemic and multi-component modeling of the dynamics of industrial production in the Republic of Uzbekistan during the "corona crisis,"this study seeks to identify the dynamics of growth by economic activity type and recovery rate in order to identify areas of state support for industrial production. In this paper has been investigated issues of financial security management of textile enterprises. On the basis of secondary statistics, the growth of textile production in the regions of the Republic of Uzbekistan in 2008-2020 was analyzed and the factors influencing it were identified. By the author have been presented the main tasks and conditions for the financial security of enterprises, as well as developed scientific and practical recommendations for eliminating factors affecting the financial security of textile enterprises. © 2022 Owner/Author.

A DATA ANALYTICS APPROACH for ASSESSING the ROLE of CHAIN SUPERMARKETS in the ECONOMY

Today, in Uzbekistan, the number of retail store chains is increasing. In their work, the latest technological achievements are used in order to satisfy the demands and needs of our people. Especially in the conditions of the COVID-19 pandemic, it has been highlighted that retail enterprises operating on the basis of network marketing, based on the needs and demands of the population, are operating in the form of large supermarkets and small stores. In this article, based on the latest information, we analyzed the brands "Korzinka", "Makro", "Havas", "Carrefour"operating in Uzbekistan. © 2022 ACM.

COVID-19 Policy in Uzbekistan: Slipping Back Toward Authoritarianism?

Since the death of Islom Karimov in September 2016, the government of Uzbekistan has witnessed almost 4 years of slow but steady political reform. President Shavkat Mirzayoyev initiated restructuring in the law enforcement agencies, intelligence service and military, all that moved the country away from the police state that Karimov constructed in his 25-year reign. In particular, Mirzayoyev restricted the power of the criminal police and the traffic police, the latter a particularly despised organization because of their corruption and abuse of power. Beginning in March 2020, the Uzbek government began extending the powers of law enforcement, including reopening the interregional traffic police checkpoints which had been closed in 2017. The country implemented a strict quarantine, confining people to their homes except for trips for food, medical treatment and a handful of other "essential” activities. Other authoritarian measures, with little if any connection to controlling the spread of infection, have also been imposed in the political, religious and media spheres. This chapter explores the political changes COVID-19 has wrought in Uzbekistan, especially in the context of ongoing reforms directed toward fighting corruption and increasing political freedom. © The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022.

Presenting, Representing, and Misrepresenting COVID-19 in the Five Central Asian States: The Political Underpinnings of Official State Coronavirus Websites in Authoritarian Regimes

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, each of the five Central Asian states (Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan) took notably different approaches to presenting coronavirus-related information on the internet through official websites. To understand these differences, this chapter engages with literature that looks at how states use websites for self-promotion, what shapes the decision-making of those elites in control of a state, and who sanctions the creation of those websites. Pairing a quantitative presentation of these websites' qualities with an analysis of text and images, the differences among these coronavirus websites are sketched out before they are situated in the political circumstances of the states which designed them. This analysis finds that coronavirus websites developed by Central Asian states are not solely depoliticized platforms for disseminating information to the public, but, rather, are inexorably linked to the concerns and objectives of state elites;in turn these elite agendas are reflected in each state's online response to the pandemic. © The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022.

Physical Activity & Life Satisfaction During COVID-19 Lockdown in Uzbekistan

The aim of this study is to explore the relationship between physical activity and life satisfaction in Uzbekistan during COVID-19 pandemic lockdown time. We sampled 438 respondents surveyed online during the lockdowns from July to August 2020. The empirical results obtained with the aid of OLS regression show that physical activity is significantly and positively correlated with life satisfaction. The results remain robust even when we introduce a rich set of control variables suggested by extant research.

The two‐sided paradox of ageism during the COVID‐19 pandemic: The cases of Hungary, Tunisia and Uzbekistan

The consequences of ageing populations around the globe have necessitated policy changes that encourage people to stay in the labour force longer. Finding a job depends on two conditions: the willingness to work and employers' decisions. However, the COVID‐19 pandemic created special circumstances that negatively affected the perception of older workers. Older people were particularly vulnerable to the disease, which justified government action to protect them but at the same time provoked resentment among young people. We conducted an online questionnaire survey in July and August 2020 among the citizens of Hungary, Tunisia and Uzbekistan. Our research aimed to determine the general extent of ageism during the COVID pandemic. Respondents had to possess at least a college degree â€" i.e. be potentially suitable for the position of human resource manager. Despite the wealth of scientific literature and our own experience, the survey results revealed only low levels of ageism because of so‐called social desirability bias. Even so, the participants' responses reflected the characteristics of ageism in relation to their respective countries and living conditions. The small variations in the answers were also enough to provide useful information. Structural equation modelling was used to obtain results.Alternate :Las consecuencias del envejecimiento de la población en todo el mundo han hecho necesarios los cambios políticos que animan a las personas a permanecer más tiempo en la población activa. Encontrar un empleo depende de dos condiciones: la voluntad de trabajar y las decisiones de los empresarios. Sin embargo, la pandemia de COVID‐19 creó circunstancias especiales que afectaron negativamente a la percepción de las personas mayores trabajadoras. Las personas mayores son especialmente vulnerables a la enfermedad, lo que justifica la actuación del gobierno para protegerlas, pero al mismo tiempo provoca el resentimiento de los jóvenes. En julio y agosto de 2020 se realizó una encuesta en línea entre los ciudadanos de Hungría, Túnez y Uzbekistán. Esta investigación pretendía determinar el alcance general de la discriminación por edad durante la pandemia de COVID. Los encuestados debían poseer al menos un título universitario, es decir, ser potencialmente aptos para el puesto de director de recursos humanos. A pesar de la abundante literatura científica y de la propia experiencia de los autores, los resultados de la encuesta sólo revelaron bajos niveles de discriminación por razón de edad debido al llamado sesgo de deseabilidad social. A pesar de ello, las respuestas de los participantes reflejaron las características de la discriminación por razón de edad en relación con sus respectivos países y condiciones de vida. Las pequeñas variaciones en las respuestas también fueron suficientes para proporcionar información útil. Para obtener los resultados se utilizó un modelo de ecuaciones estructurales.Alternate :抄録世界中の人口高齢化の影響により、人々がより長く労働ã‚'続けるã"とã‚'奨励する政策への転換が必要となった。仕事ã‚'å¾—ã‚‹ã"とは、働く意欲と雇用主の判断という二つの条件に依存する。しかし、COVID‐19のパンデミックにより、高齢労働者の認識に悪影響ã‚'及ぼす特別な状況が生み出された。高齢者は特にã"の病気に罹りやすく、政府が高齢者ã‚'保護するための行動ã‚'æ­£å½"化すると同時に、若者のæ€'ã‚Šã‚'引き起ã"した。2020年の7月と8月にハンガリー、チュニジア、ウズベキスタンの市民ã‚'対象にオンラインアンケートã‚'å®Ÿæ–½ã—ãŸã€‚æˆ‘ã€…ã®ç ”ç©¶ã¯ã€COVIDのパンデミックにおける一般的な年齢差別の程度ã‚'決定するã"とã‚'目的とした。回答者は最低で大学の学位ã‚'持っている、すなわち、人事部の管理者に潜在的に適しているã"とã‚'条件とした。文献が多いã"と著者らの経é¨"にもかかわらず、調査結果 ¯ã€ã„わゆる社会的望ましさのバイアスのために年齢差別の程度が低いã"とが明らかになった。それでも回答者の答えは、それぞれの国や生活ç'°å¢ƒã¨ã®é–¢é€£ã§ã€å¹´é½¢å·®åˆ¥ã®ç‰¹å¾´ã‚'åæ˜ ã™ã‚‹ã‚‚ã®ã§ã‚ã£ãŸã€‚å›žç­”ã®å¤šæ§˜æ€§ãŒå°‘ãªã„ã"ã¨ã‚‚ååˆ†ã«æœ‰ç”¨ãªæƒ…å ±ã§ã‚ã£ãŸã€‚åˆ†æžã«ã¯æ§‹é€ æ–¹ç¨‹å¼ãƒ¢ãƒ‡ãƒªãƒ³ã‚°ã‚'使用した。

Schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiases: progress report, 2021

In 2021, the number of children who required PC for STH decreased for pre-SAC from 291.2 million to 260.6 million and for SAC from 732.3 million to 653.7 million (Figure 2). This change was mainly due to revision of the numbers of children who require PC for STH in India, which decreased from 103.5 to 80.7 million for pre-SAC and from 332.1 to 259.1 million for SAC. The decreases were based on impact assessment surveys conducted in the past few years, which changed the endemicity status of some districts. Globally, PC coverage of SAC increased from 47% in 2020 to 62.9% in 2021.The number of SAC reached with deworming increased almost to that before the COVID-19 pandemic (411 million in 2021, 344 million in 2020, 455.9 million in 2019), indicating that countries are recovering.

Late banking transitions: Comparing Uzbekistan to earlier reformers

This paper compares the early experience of Uzbekistan with transitioning its banking system to market principles with the experience of former transition economies. To that effect, it uses novel data on Uzbekistan's banking sector, data on former transition economies, and evidence from the literature. We find that the 2017 financial liberalization triggered a larger credit boom than former transition countries experienced. The Covid-19 pandemic helped tame the boom and secure a soft landing. Good capitalization of the largest state banks serves as a backstop against a systemic banking crisis. However, structural reform gaps need to be closed for financial deepening to continue sustainably. The state banks enjoy privileged access to longer-term financing, larger economies of scale, and bailout capital injections that inhibit banking competition. The human capital in banking appears lower than what the former transition countries started with and could deter FDI into banking. The small private sector, lacking commercialization, and slow privatization of state enterprises—as well as the state enterprise-state bank nexus—are other factors inhibiting fair banking competition. Financial sector institutions such as risk-based supervision, accounting and auditing, bank resolution, and deposit insurance still fall behind good international practices. The broader governance of state banks is one political economy factor hindering faster transformation of the banking sector in Uzbekistan. © 2023

Epidemiological Situation of Syphilis and Gonorrhea in Uzbekistan during the Covid-19 Pandemic

The research describes the epidemiological situation in Uzbekistan for sexually transmitted diseases (syphilis, gonorrhea) during the Covid-19 pandemic (2019-2021).Copyright © 2022 Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications. All rights reserved.

A clinical case of coinfection of COVID-19 and tropical malaria.

The global outbreak of the new coronavirus infection COVID-19 is still ongoing, leading to coinfections such as malaria and COVID-19 and others. As evidenced, by the increase in various reports of coinfections. In recent years, Uzbekistan has achieved epidemiological stability for malaria and in 2018 received, an official World Health Organization certificate confirming the country's "malaria-free" status. At the present stage during the COVID-19 pandemic, imported, malaria from abroad, is relevant for our republic and, therefore, there is a constant danger of renewed, transmission, from imported cases. In this article presented the clinical case of coinfection, of COVID-19 and. malaria in a patient. From, the epidemiological data, the patient was a citizen of Cameroon. During treatment of coronavirus infection, the patient noted intermittent chills all over the body and sweating, clinical symptoms of tropical malaria began to appear. Microscopy of a thick drop and. a thin blood, smear confirmed, the presence of Pl. falciparum.. The patient was prescribed, antimalarial therapy with mefloquine, resulting in clinical recovery.Copyright © 2022 Authors. All rights reserved.

A clinical case of coinfection of COVID-19 and tropical malaria.

The global outbreak of the new coronavirus infection COVID-19 is still ongoing, leading to coinfections such as malaria and COVID-19 and others. As evidenced, by the increase in various reports of coinfections. In recent years, Uzbekistan has achieved epidemiological stability for malaria and in 2018 received, an official World Health Organization certificate confirming the country's "malaria-free" status. At the present stage during the COVID-19 pandemic, imported, malaria from abroad, is relevant for our republic and, therefore, there is a constant danger of renewed, transmission, from imported cases. In this article presented the clinical case of coinfection, of COVID-19 and. malaria in a patient. From, the epidemiological data, the patient was a citizen of Cameroon. During treatment of coronavirus infection, the patient noted intermittent chills all over the body and sweating, clinical symptoms of tropical malaria began to appear. Microscopy of a thick drop and. a thin blood, smear confirmed, the presence of Pl. falciparum.. The patient was prescribed, antimalarial therapy with mefloquine, resulting in clinical recovery.Copyright © 2022 Authors. All rights reserved.

Viral hepatitis elimination challenges in low- and middle-income countries-Uzbekistan Hepatitis Elimination Program (UHEP).

BACKGROUND & AIMS: Chronic infection with hepatitis B and C viruses (HBV & HCV) is a major contributor to liver disease and liver-related mortality in Uzbekistan. There is a need to demonstrate the feasibility of large-scale simplified testing and treatment to implement a national viral hepatitis elimination program. METHODS: Thirteen polyclinics were utilized to screen, conduct follow-up biochemical measures and treat chronic HBV and HCV infection in the general adult population. Task shifting and motivational interviewing training allowed nurses to provide rapid screening and general practitioners (GPs) to treat individuals on-site. An electronic medical system tracked individuals through the cascade of care. RESULTS: The use of rapid tests allowed for screening of 60 769 people for HCV and HBV over 6 months and permitted outdoor testing during the COVID-19 pandemic along with COVID testing. 13%-14% of individuals were lost to follow-up after the rapid test, and another 62%-66% failed to come in for their consultation. One stop testing and treatment did not result in a statistically increase in retention and lack of patient awareness of viral hepatitis was identified as a key factor. Despite training, there were large differences between GPs and patients initiating treatment. CONCLUSIONS: The current study demonstrated the feasibility of large-scale general population screening and task shifting in low- and middle-income countries. However, such programs need to be proceeded by awareness campaign to minimize loss to follow up. In addition, multiple trainings are needed for GPs to bolster their skills to talk to patients about treatment.

Technology-Intermediated Learning Engagement in Uzbek Universities: Who Did Better During Covid Times – Private or Public Universities? †

This paper investigates students' satisfaction with their online learning engagement. A survey among 303 bachelor's and master's students from a total of seven public and private universities in Uzbekistan was conducted to this effect on four constructs, viz., institutional and faculty readiness to migrate to online learning, university staff and faculty's technology competence, faculty's student engagement competence in an online environment, and institutions facilitation capabilities. The results show that while the private universities score very high on student satisfaction on all the four constructs, the same cannot be said of public universities. The results are of importance for the Uzbek government that has imitated the lockdown policies of other nations, but without the basic technology infrastructure or faculty readiness to migrate to online education. The results call for an urgent intervention by the government to bring in mass-scale changes in the education system of the country by investing in both education technology infrastructure and training faculty members to adapt to the new normal of online education. Only then can satisfaction levels of students studying in public universities reach respectable standards.

Life and health of labor migrants from Central Asia in Russia in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic

The study contains data analysis on living conditions, information about COVID-19, housing conditions, health status and practice of testing labor migrants from Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan in Russia for HIV and tuberculosis (TB) in the context of the pandemic by gender and country of citizenship. The empirical basis of estimates was made up of data from the 2020 survey of 900 labor migrants from Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan living in Russia. The data analysis showed that the COVID-19 pandemic has worsened situation of the majority families of labor migrants from Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan in Russia with wage reduction and psychological stress becoming the most significant difficulties (especially for female labor migrants). The Internet and online social networks were the main sources of information about COVID-19. Less than half of legally employed labor migrants from Kyrgyzstan used Compulsory health insurance (CHI) certificate, and they were less likely to undergo fluorographic examinations and HIV testing compared to labor migrants from Tajikistan and Uzbekistan (especially men). Most of the labor migrants from Central Asia in Russia did not pay enough attention to prevention and health maintenance and even deteriorated their health overextending themselves in Russia, as in the pre-COVID-19 period. Health problems either have developed or worsened, including due to unfavorable housing conditions. The study shows the need for improving access to and quality of medical services for labor migrants from Central Asia in Russia and modernizing mechanisms for informing migrants, including through digital environment and social networks. Monitoring of future changes in migration policy with due regard to new experience in migration management during the pandemic seems promising.

On modeling actual socio-economic factors and development trends in the Republic of Uzbekistan

As a result of the increased level of uncertainty and variability of the socioeconomic environment, the influence of various social pathologies (for example, the COVID-19 pandemic, etc.) has grown, that have significant negative consequences for the functioning of society. Modeling the most important factors and trends in social development will help to resist the impact of modern negative changes. From the analysis of the socio-economic development of the Republic of Uzbekistan, it is obvious that there exists the effect of all those factors and trends in social development that are positive and are primarily associated with STP (including the digitalization of society), as well as the effect of negative factors associated with various social pathologies. The strategy of development of the Uzbek economy is aimed at strengthening the former and limiting the latter.

Attitudes to COVID-19 during the lockdown among university students in Russia and Uzbekistan

Introduction: During the COVID-19 caused lockdown, when students had to study on-line, they became highly vulnerable to stress. How different were the attitudes of university students towards COVID-19 in such situation in different countries? Objectives: The goal is to determine the differences in attitudes to COVID-19 during the lockdown among university students in Russia and Uzbekistan Methods: In May 2020, there was an on-line survey of 163 students of both genders in Ulianov Chuvash State University in Russia and of 49 university students from Bukhara, Samarkand and Andijan in Uzbekistan. The instrument used was 'Attitude towards COVID-19 Questionnaire' (Nikolaev, 2020). Result(s): The comparison revealed that Uzbek students are more interested in the latest COVID-19 news than Russian ones (p=.0004), they also consider this pandemic as severe and dangerous for people (p=.0006), and think that governmental measures to fight coronavirus are adequate (p=.0008). Russian students in their turn, as compared with their Uzbek peers, feel highly concerned about the risk of their own infection (p=.00001), as well as the threat to their own life (p=.00546) and the life of their relatives and closest ones (p=.0005) as a result of coronavirus spread. In addition, Uzbek students regard themselves healthier than Russian ones (p=.0329). Students' self-estimation of happiness does not differ (p=.0776). Conclusion(s): Differences in attitudes to COVID-19 among students are associated with more apparent socially oriented behavior of students from Uzbekistan, and more personality-oriented behavior of Russian students.

Clinical and Epidemiological Data of Acute Cerebrovascular Accident in Uzbekistan for Three (2019, 2020, 2021) Years According to the Stroke Registry

Background and Aims: To study the epidemiology and features of the course of stroke in Uzbekistan according to the register for three years, followed by improvement of the system of prevention of patient care. Method(s): The stroke registry method is the best method not only for detecting new and recurrent cases of stroke among permanent residents of a certain region, but also for determining the main epidemiological indicators such as morbidity, mortality, which makes it possible for health authorities to take into account when planning a health care network. Result(s): The stroke registry was conducted throughout the Republic from January 1, 2019 to December 31, 2021.In the first year of the study 63000 cases In the second and third 45479 and 59280 of stroke were registered respectively.The average annual incidence of stroke per 1000 population in 2019 was 1.88, and in 2020 and 2021 this figure was 1.34 and 1.65, respectively. Moreover, the incidence rate tended to decrease from 1.88 to 1.34 per 1000 population in 2019-2020.It should be emphasized that the average annual incidence of stroke in 2020 did not decrease due to a decrease in true incidence rates, but due to the emerging Covid-19 pandemic, in which a large number of patients who had stroke, fearing to contract a viral infection, received treatment at home, without official registration Conclusion(s): When studying the mortality rates from stroke in the Republic for the study period, it was found that the average annual mortality per 1000 population was 0.37, 0.36 and 0.34 in 2019, 2020 and 2021, respectively.

Specific changes in the nervous system in patients with postocovidal syndrome

We have investigated the functions of the suprasegmental division of the vegetative nervous system in patients with post-COVID syndrome (PS). During the research vegetative tone (VT), vegetative reaction (VR) and vegetative support of activity (VSA) were investigated. A comparative analysis of the aforecited indicators was carried out in 46 male and 32 female patients with the control group. Vegetative functions were investigated for 4 to 12 weeks. The investigation of vegetative functions in patients with PS showed the presence of local, generalized, permanent and paroxysmal vegetative disorders in each of them.

Current situation and tasks for public health and medical cooperation between South Korea and Central Asia: Focusing on Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan

2022 marks the 30th anniversary of diplomatic ties between Korea and Central Asia. Since the establishment of diplomatic ties, Korea and Central Asia have expanded exchanges in various fields, including politics, economy, and diplomacy. Cooperation between Korea and Central Asia utilizing the abundant medical manpower of Central Asia and Korea’s excellent medical and pharmaceutical technology was also selected as a promising area of cooperation between the two sides. Korea and Central Asia have continued to cooperate in the field of health and medical care, but there were limits to deepening cooperation. Recently, the importance of health and medical cooperation around the world has been highlighted again due to COVID-19. This thesis examines the status and problems of health care in Central Asia, and analyzes the achievements and limitations of health care cooperation between Korea and Central Asia. The purpose of this is to suggest directions for strengthening health care cooperation between Korea and Central Asia. This will help the new government, which aims to become a global center of bio-digital health, explore strategies and policies for preemptive health care cooperation in Central Asian countries. © The Author(s) 2022.