Factors Affecting Consumer Behaviour during COVID-19:A Case Study in Bangladesh

Customer shopping behaviour has changed and people are becoming used to accessing, using and adapting to online shopping rather than visiting stores physically due to COVID-19 restrictions. It is not known how long the trend will last but it can be observed that there will be changes in current and future models in almost every business around the world. According to the 'Motivation-need theory' (1943), every individual considers five (5) key elements to fulfil their needs. It includes physiological survival, safety, love, esteem, and self-actualization. The big question is why consumers act differently during the global pandemic, which does not support Maslow's 'Motivation-need theory'. It might be the panic situation all over the world, frustration of losing jobs, mental stress while isolated and many other factors that are making consumers act differently while shopping from e-commerce or different social media platform. This research study aims to examine the factors affecting consumer behaviour toward online purchasing during COVID-19 in Bangladesh. . © 2023 IEEE.

Viral modernity? Epidemics, infodemics, and the ‘bioinformational' paradigm

Viral modernity is a concept based upon the nature of viruses, the ancient and critical role they play in evolution and culture, and the basic application to understanding the role of information and forms of bioinformation in the social world. The concept draws a close association between viral biology on the one hand, and information science on the other – it is an illustration and prime example of bioinformationalism that brings together two of the most powerful forces that now drive cultural evolution. The concept of viral modernity applies to viral technologies, codes and ecosystems in information, publishing, education and emerging knowledge (journal) systems. This paper traces the relationship between epidemics, quarantine, and public health management and outlines elements of viral-digital philosophy (VDP) based on the fusion of living and technological systems. We discuss Covid-19 as a ‘bioinformationalist' response that represents historically unprecedented level of sharing information from the sequencing of the genome to testing for a vaccination. Finally, we look at the US response to Covid-19 through the lens of infodemics and post-truth. The paper is followed by three open reviews, which further refine its conclusions as they relate to (educational) philosophy and the notion of the virus as Pharmakon.

Reassessing Student Assessment During and Post-COVID-19: Experiences in the LIS Program

Library and Information Science (LIS) education is very different now from how we used to know it. Currently, reassessing student assessment has been at the heart of several experiments to do away with over-emphasis on retention, reproduction, and memorization. This article highlights both sides of the debate—traditional versus e-assessments—and answers critical questions about the controversial topic. The research draws on a viewpoint approach with dependence on the author's opinion and interpretation of the literature review in the pro-con discussion where both sides of a controversial traditional versus digital assessment topic are presented. We should not shy away from confronting uncomfortable truths. Assessment involves humanizing, power negotiation, empowerment, entitlement, persuasion, substitution, and student care. We require a multifaceted effort to seize the moment of COVID-19 to improve assessment by blending traditional and electronic forms. The originality is the enrichment and domestication of LIS education in a more nuanced discussion and evaluation of changes in student assessment brought on by the shift to online education during the pandemic. The conclusion indicates the need to meld traditional and innovative modes of assessment, which should be an ongoing part of any successful educational program modeled on context-specific needs.

Communication media as mediators of telework frequency and knowledge sharing in Japan under COVID-19

This paper examines how telework frequency has affected the usage of major communication media, and subsequently knowledge sharing, among a large sample of full-time Japanese employees with no prior telework experience during the country's fourth COVID-19 state of emergency. Results suggest that mandatory telework resulted in lower use of face-to-face meetings and phone calls;in higher use of instant messaging and virtual meetings, and that it had no effect on e-mail use. Moreover, phone call, instant messaging, and virtual meeting frequencies were found to mediate the relationship between telework frequency and knowledge sharing. These findings highlight the importance of both existing and newer communication media in offsetting the loss of face-to-face meeting opportunities. Government-mandated telework may have accelerated the adoption of new communication tools such as instant messaging and virtual meeting, which had not yet gained full acceptance before the pandemic.

Examining the Association of Air Quality on Covid-19 Patient Outcomes Using Area Level Data from the Electronic Health Record

Background: Within the coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, literature has found worsened patient outcomes and increased virus transmissibility associated with reduced air quality. This factor, a structural social determinant of health (SDOH), has shown great promise as a link between air quality and patient outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic. Researching SDOH within our patient populations is often difficult and limited by poor documentation or extensive questionnaires or surveys. The use of demographic data derived from the electronic health record (EHR) to more accurately represent SDOH holds great promise. The use of area-level determinants of health outcomes has been shown to serve as a good surrogate for individual exposures. We posit that an area level measure of air quality, the county-level Air Quality Index (AQI), will be associated with disease worsening in intensive care unit (ICU) patients being treated for COVID-19. Method(s): We will calculate AQI using a combination of open-source records available via the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and manual calculations using geospatial informatics systems (GIS) methods. Subjects will be identified as adult (> 18 years) patients admitted to Vanderbilt University Medical Center's ICUs between January 1, 2020, and March 31, 2022 with a positive SARS-CoV-2 laboratory analysis result. We will exclude patients without a home address listed. Patient demographic and hospital data from ICU admission to 28 days following admission will include: age, sex, home address, race, insurance type, primary language, employment status, highest level of education, and hospital course data. Together these will be collated to produce our primary outcome variable of WHO Clinical Progression Scale score. These validated scores range from 0 (uninfected) to 10 (dead) to track clinically meaningful progression of COVID-19 infected patients. Our AQI variable will be obtained from the EPA available county-level monitoring station spatial data combined with open-source state/county center point spatial data. These data contain historic cataloguing to determine air quality at both specific time points and averages over time. Where a county's average yearly AQI is not available due to lack of a monitoring station, we will use spatial data tools to calculate an average based on data from nearby stations. We will utilize yearly averages of AQI in the year prior to COVID-19 diagnosis to describe overall impact of air quality on patients' respiratory outcomes as opposed to single day exposures. Linkage of patient data to AQI database will be performed using patient addresses. Discussion(s): By combining area level data with electronic health record (EHR) data, we will be positioned to understand the contribution of environmental and social determinants of health on patient outcomes. Our long-term goal is to elucidate which social and environmental determinants of health are associated with worse outcomes from COVID-19 and other respiratory viruses, using data extracted from the EHR.

Investigating Awareness and Usage of Electronic Information Resources by the Engineering Students of NMIMS (Deemed to be University), Mumbai

During Covid-19 restrictions, electronic information resources have become a prominent source in the library. Most of the university academic activities heavily depend on electronic resources because they are easy to share, refer and communicate to the audience. This study investigates the awareness and usage of electronic information resources subscribed to by the university library. The well-designed online questionnaire helps to collect data from Undergraduate, Postgraduate, and Integrated engineering programs. A total of 232 filled questionnaires were received for the study. The data analysis shows that 91.38 % of the respondents know that electronic resources are available in the library, and the internet speed (56.90 %) is a significant hindrance in using resources. The detailed analysis of this study was discussed, and suggestions were also given to improve the awareness and usage of electronic information resources.

COVID-19 ACE2 related to hepatocellular carcinoma in single cell analyses and immuno-cancer microenvironment infiltrated with macrophage

Background: Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the second leading cause of malignancy-related mortality and the fifth most common worldwide. Immuno-cancer microenvironment (ICME) was highlighted recently because scientists want to unlock the detailed mechanism in carcinogenesis pathway and find the novel interactions in ICME. Besides, single cell analysis could mitigate the interrupted signals between cells and tissues. On the other hand, COVID-19 angiotensin I converting enzyme (ACE) previously was reported associated with cancer. However, the robust association between COVID-19 and HCC ICME is still unaddressed. Aim(s): We plan to investigate the COVID-19 ACE relevant genes to HCC ICME regarding survival. Method(s): We used Reactome for COVID-19 ACE gene pathway mapping and explored the positive relevant gene expression. DISCO website was applied for single cell analyses using the above-collected genes from Reactome. Finally, we implanted the biomedical informatics into TIMER 2.0 for ICME survival analyses. Result(s): In Fig. 1, the gene-gene interaction mapping was shown. We collected 13 genes (CPB2, ACE2, AGT, MME, ANPEP, CPA3, ENPEP, GZMH, CTSZ, CTSD, CES1, ATP6AP2, and AOPEP) for further single cell relevant analyses, in Table 1, with detailed expression level (TPM). Among the above 13 genes, AGT, GZMH, CTSZ, CTSD, CES1, and ATP6AP2 were strongly expressed in liver tissue. We then applied the initial 13 genes to TIMER 2.0 for HCC ICME 2-year survival analyses. CPA3 and GZMH low expressions with high macrophage infiltration in HCC ICME showed significantly worse 2-year cumulative survival [hazard ratio (HR):CPA3 2.21, p-value 0.018;GZMH 2.07, p-value 0.0341]. ACE2, CPB2, AGT, MME, ANPEP, ENPEP, CTSZ, CTSD, CES1, and ATP6AP2 high expressions with high macrophage infiltration in HCC ICME revealed significantly worse 2-year cumulative survival. Conclusion(s): We demonstrate that ACE2 was strongly associated with HCC clinical survival with macrophage infiltration. However, the bidirectional translational roles about ACE2 relevant genes in HCC should be documented.

Exploring the topic structure and evolutionary trends of health informatics research in library and information science

PurposeThis study aims to reveal the topic structure and evolutionary trends of health informatics research in library and information science.Design/methodology/approachUsing publications in Web of Science core collection, this study combines informetrics and content analysis to reveal the topic structure and evolutionary trends of health informatics research in library and information science. The analyses are conducted by Pajek, VOSviewer and Gephi.FindingsThe health informatics research in library and information science can be divided into five subcommunities: health information needs and seeking behavior, application of bibliometrics in medicine, health information literacy, health information in social media and electronic health records. Research on health information literacy and health information in social media is the core of research. Most topics had a clear and continuous evolutionary venation. In the future, health information literacy and health information in social media will tend to be the mainstream. There is room for systematic development of research on health information needs and seeking behavior.Originality/valueTo the best of the authors' knowledge, this is the first study to analyze the topic structure and evolutionary trends of health informatics research based on the perspective of library and information science. This study helps identify the concerns and contributions of library and information science to health informatics research and provides compelling evidence for researchers to understand the current state of research.

Learning Complex Technology Online: Effect of Challenge and Hindrance Techno-stressors on Student Satisfaction and Retention

Despite increasing attention to online learning worldwide, learning complex technologies online has always been challenging and even hindersome to students, who are subjected to elevated levels of technostress. In contrast to most previous studies that focused on the negative side of technostress, this study investigated both the negative and positive sides of technostress. Based on the challenge hindrance framework (CHF), the holistic stress model (HSM), and the person-environment fit (P-E Fit) model, we examined how challenge and hindrance techno-stressors caused distress and eustress in online students and lead to associated outcomes. We empirically validated the research model by analyzing survey data collected from 565 online graduate business students enrolled at a university in the United States. The results revealed that some hindrance and challenge techno-stressors were associated with techno-distress and techno-eustress, which further impacted student satisfaction and student retention. We discussed the contributions and implications and provided future research directions.

Methods for Detecting COVID-19 Patients Using Interval-Valued T-Spherical Fuzzy Relations and Information Measures

The concepts of relations and information measures have importance whenever we deal with medical diagnosis problems. The aim of this paper is to investigate the global pandemic COVID-19 scenario using relations and information measures in an interval-valued T-spherical fuzzy (IVTSF) environment. An IVTSF set (IVTSFS) allows describing four aspects of human opinions i.e., membership, abstinence, non-membership, and refusal grade that process information in a significant way and reduce information loss. We propose similarity measures and relations in the IVTSF environment and investigate their properties. Both information measures and relations are applied in a medical diagnosis problem keeping in view the global pandemic COVID-19. How to determine the diagnosis based on symptoms of a patient using similarity measures and relations is discussed. Finally, the advantages of dealing with such problems using the IVTSF framework are demonstrated with examples.

The Value of Belonging: A Comparison of Professional Organizations' Membership Benefits

The abundance of library associations provides many choices to academic librarians about where and how to belong. This exploratory article identifies and compares benefits of library professional organizations through content analysis of the groups' websites. Examination of the benefits described on the websites of 76 organizations indicates that they have a high degree of overlap. Many benefits are also achievable by participating in other external professional activities. While data were collected just prior to the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, thematic analysis of these benefits provides a framework for comparing the value of participation in formal and informal professional communities.

Barreiras para Adoção da Telessaúde em Instituições Militares na Amazônia

The objective of the research was to identify the barriers to telehealth adoption from the perspective of health professionals from the Military Police of the state of Pará in the Amazon. The analysis of evidence showed that of the seven aspects identified as barriers to the adoption of telehealth, the organizational issue was the most strongly pointed out. The main contribution of this research was the construction of a framework on the barriers to telehealth implementation in the view of health managers who serve regions with large territorial extensions. O Hospital Militar de Área de Sao Paulo (HMASP) já vem adotando essa prática realizando teleconsultas em campanha e até mesmo transmissao de cirurgias ao vivo.

Effectiveness of Health Communication Technology on Compliance Disposition of Covid-19 Guidelines

Recent research has mostly examined the role of health communication technology (HCT) in patient empowerment and in producing patient-focused outcomes. This study examines HCT in a larger context where it is used as a tool to improve public health. The objective is to examine how HCT is used to monitor Covid-19's spread, and how social factors affect individual assessment of HCT and individual compliance disposition of Covid-19 guidelines. Analyzing data collected from 360 HCT users suggests that the information and system quality of HCT indeed impact users' assessment of its effectiveness and their compliance disposition. However, such effects are strongly mediated by social factors: Peer influence and government trust can sway an individual's cognitive judgments of Covid-19 regardless of HCT's impacts. The findings highlight the importance of social factors in pandemic management and the need to socialize health informatics to make them more effective.

Cibermarketing político durante la pandemia COVID-19 en las elecciones presidenciales de Ecuador 2021

: This research aimed to analyze the use of cybermarketing in the political campaign of Andrés Arauz during the 2021 presidential elections, in contrast to that of Lenín Moreno in 2017, to identify the change in strategies in the COVID-19 pandemic. For the design, techniques such as interviews with experts in political communication and surveys of young centennials and millennials between 21 and 29 years old in various provinces of Ecuador were used. La política ha adoptado las nuevas herramientas digitales para sus objetivos, gracias a ellas, por un lado, se puede realizar una mejor segmentación, un mayor alcance de información, mayor contacto con el electorado, etc., todo ello forma parte de lo que se conoce como ciberpolítica, entendida como "nuevas formas de interacción entre el gobierno y los ciudadanos, entre éstos y los partidos políticos, entre las empresas y los órganos legislativos, entre ciudadanos de un régimen político y entre ciudadanos del mundo" (Caballero, 2016, p. 292). En el caso de WhatsApp se discute si la misma se puede considerar como una red social que sea parte del marketing político ya que es una herramienta personal y casi no invasiva.

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First advanced in the field of psychology by Martin Seligman, positive psychology is the scientific study of what makes life most worth living, focusing on both individual and societal well-being (Seligman and Csikszentmihalyi 2000). [...]since at least the late 1980s, glimmers of the concept of joy have been found in the LIS literature, though these writings employed varying terminology and diverse conceptualizations over the decades. [...]he is the author of a chapter on "Joy" in The Encyclopedia of Positive Psychology (2009). [...]the paper "Informed by Joy: A Christian Librarian's Reflection on C.S. Lewis" sees David Michels immersing himself in the information world of C. S. Lewis and exploring the role of information in both Lewis's and Michels's own lives of faith.

Using the DTFM Method to Analyse the Degradation Process of Bilateral Trade Relations between China and Australia

Quantitative assessment and visual analysis of the multidimensional features of international bilateral product trade are crucial for global trade research. However, current methods face poor salience and expression issues when analysing the characteristics of China—Australia bilateral trade from 1998 to 2019. To address this, we propose a new perspective that involves period division, feature extraction, construction of product space, and spatiotemporal analysis by selecting the display competitive advantage index using the digital trade feature map (DTFM) method. Our results reveal that the distribution of product importance in China—Australia bilateral trade is heavy-tailed, and that the number of essential products has decreased by 68% over time. The proportion of products in which China dominates increased from 71% to 77%. Furthermore, Australia consistently maintains dominance in the most crucial development in trade, and the supremacy of the head product is becoming stronger. Based on these findings, the stability of bilateral trade between Australia and China is declining, and the pattern of polarisation in the importance of traded products is worsening. This paper proposes a novel method for studying Sino—Australian trade support. The analytical approach presented can be extended to analyse the features of bilateral trade between other countries.

Modelling Predictability of Airbnb Rental Prices in Post COVID-19 Regime: An Integrated Framework of Transfer Learning, PSO-Based Ensemble Machine Learning and Explainable AI

In this research, an effort has been put to develop an integrated predictive modeling framework to automatically estimate the rental price of Airbnb units based on listed descriptions and several accommodation-related utilities. This paper considers approximately 0.2 million listings of Airbnb units across seven European cities, Amsterdam, Barcelona, Brussels, Geneva, Istanbul, London, and Milan, after the COVID-19 pandemic for predictive analysis. RoBERTa, a transfer learning framework in conjunction with K-means-based unsupervised text clustering, was used to form a homogeneous grouping of Airbnb units across the cities. Subsequently, particle swarm optimization (PSO) driven advanced ensemble machine learning frameworks have been utilized for predicting rental prices across the formed clusters of respective cities using 32 offer-related features. Additionally, explainable artificial intelligence (AI), an emerging field of AI, has been utilized to interpret the high-end predictive modeling to infer deeper insights into the nature and direction of influence of explanatory features on rental prices at respective locations. The rental prices of Airbnb units in Geneva and Brussels have appeared to be highly predictable, while the units in London and Milan have been found to be less predictable. Different types of amenity offerings largely explain the variation in rental prices across the cities.

Entornos virtuales de aprendizaje como alternativa en la enseñanza de la materia de medicina crítica

: The general objective of this research work was to determine the feasibility of incorporating EVA as a didactic alternative in the teaching of critical medicine in postgraduate students. The study population was selected through an intentional sampling for convenience and was made up of 90 students and 23 teachers of the postgraduate degree in Critical Medicine from two private universities in Ecuador. The results obtained made it possible to determine the feasibility of incorporating EVAs in the academic training of critical medicine postgraduate students, thus also allowing the reduction of hospital absence times due to the academic training received virtually. Keywords: Learning, teaching, EVA, critical medicine, postgraduate. 1.Introducción El desarrollo de la tecnología en los últimos 5 años ha permitido a las personas contar con un mejor y mayor desarrollo en casi todas las áreas especialmente la educativa.

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[...]shifting ideologies surrounding "the family” inform and carry implications for economic, political, cultural, and social practices and activities. [...]of this dominance and influence of the family, this special issue centers on family-focused library and information science (LIS) research and is borne from conversations and reflections posed at a 2019 iConference Session for Interaction and Engagement of the same name. [...]in "Students and Parents: How Academic Libraries Serve a Growing Population,” Marta Bladek employs multiple sources of data to draw attention to the challenges and barriers postsecondary students who are also parents must contend with as they attempt to access academic library services and supports. [...]the articles in this issue also highlight the diverse areas within LIS that may be enriched by a consideration of the family context, including the study of information practices (Han;McKenzie;Ortiz-Myers and Costello), archival practices and personal information management (Krtalić, Dinneen, Liew, and Goulding), consumer health information (Charbonneau and Akers), reader response theory (Velez), early literacy (Prendergast and Sharkey), and library service provision (Bladek).

Revisión Sistemática: Influencia de los videojuegos educativos en el proceso de aprendizaje

: The article aimed to carry out a systematic review of the literature on the impact of educational video games on the learning process, 4 research questions were proposed and with the PRISMA methodology, 17 articles were selected, which met the inclusion and exclusion criteria. proposed. The results showed that video games are educational tools capable of emulating learning environments, favoring communication, social skills, problem solving and critical thinking;in addition, the best genres for educational video games are educational or serious. [...]the possibility of using educational video games in the learning process was determined and that these can be applied to improve this process. Introducción La pandemia de la COVID-19 provocó adaptarse mediante el uso de la tecnología a nuevos cambios educativos, se pasó de tener una educación presencial a virtual, pero distintos países no estaban preparados para esto, generando complicaciones al dar continuidad a las clases y evidenciando la incapacidad del sistema educativo respecto a cómo abordar la enseñanza remota, durante este periodo se empezó a usar y entender que el uso educativo de las TIC (Tecnologías de la Información y las Comunicaciones) fue necesaria de implementarse, lo que demandó una mayor capacitación en el uso de la tecnología por parte de docentes y alumnos;además, más allá de que las TIC sean un instrumento útil para el aprendizaje, se necesitó que se generen las condiciones administrativas y organizativas necesarias dentro del sistema educativo, para que la incorporación de esta nueva solución tecnológica sea positiva (González et al., 2021).