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Is COVID‐19 infection more severe in kidney transplant recipients?
2021
International audience; There are no studies which have compared the risk of severe Covid-19 and related mortality between transplant recipients and non-transplant patients. We enrolled two groups of patients hospitalized for Covid-19, i.e., kidney transplant recipients from the French Registry of Solid Organ Transplant (n=306) and a single-center cohort of non-transplant patients (n=795). An analysis was performed among subgroups matched for age and risk factors for severe Covid-19 or mortality. Severe Covid-19 was defined as admission (or transfer) to an intensive care unit, need for mechanical ventilation, or death.Transplant recipients were younger and had more comorbidities compared to…
Servizio sociale e Covid-19 in accoglienza: strategie di prossimità e di cura
2021
La gestione dell’accoglienza in tempi di coronavirus ha risentito del clima di generale spaesamento che si è registrato nell’intero paese, aggravando le criticità già esistenti e impegnando gli assistenti sociali con una tempistica che stravolge i ritmi naturali di lavoro. Immediatezza e improcrastinabilità degli interventi, difficoltà di contatto con i servizi del territorio, crescita esponenziale delle situazioni di emergenza emotiva e psicologica, coinvolgimento della sfera e dei tempi privati del professionista, inadeguatezza dei protocolli ordinari e altro ancora. Condizioni che hanno messo e mettono a dura prova l’essenza stessa di una professione che, invece, si fonda sull’empatia, s…
L’attività normativa del governo nel periodo 2020-2021
2022
L’articolo descrive l’attività normativa del governo nel periodo 2020-2021. Il biennio è stato segnato dalle misure di contrasto alla pandemia da Covid-19. Di conseguenza, si prendono in considerazione, innanzitutto, le misure sanitarie adottate nel periodo emergenziale e concernenti tanto gli obblighi di distanziamento fisico e di contenimento dell’epidemia, quanto le disposizioni relative alle vaccinazioni e alla presentazione del «certificato verde» o green pass. Successivamente, si dà conto delle principali normative adottate a supporto dell’economia e del sistema imprenditoriale, distinguendo tra gli ausili finanziari destinati a ridurre l’impatto negativo della pandemia sulle aziende …
The Use of Mobile Payment Systems in Post-COVID-19 Economic Recovery : Primary Research on an Emerging Market for Experience Goods
2021
This study investigated whether mobile payment services could drive post-COVID-19 pandemic recovery in the ‘experience goods’ sector (e.g., tourism) utilising Bandura’s self-efficacy or social cognitive theory. It explored the factors influencing the intention to continue using mobile payment services and the intention to recommend these to others. An empirical survey was conducted to assess the study variables, and the data obtained therefrom were analysed using the industry-standard Cross-Industry Standard Process for Data Mining method. The study results suggest that personal innovativeness and perceived trust influence consumers’ intention to continue using mobil…
Modeling the Sustainable Educational Process for Pupils from Vulnerable Groups in Critical Situations: COVID-19 Context in Lithuania, Latvia, and Est…
2022
The critical situation in education caused by COVID-19 has significantly reduced the involvement of pupils from vulnerable groups, particularly those with low learning achievements. The aim of this study is to reveal the modeling of the sustainable educational process and the factors that ensure optimal learning achievements of pupils from vulnerable groups in general education schools in critical educational transformation situations. To reveal the factors ensuring the sustainability of educational processes, this study was conducted in three Baltic countries (Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia) involving 1432 subject teachers from public education schools. The results of the study highlight t…
The Epidemiology of Hip and Knee Primary and Revision Arthroplasties during the COVID-19 Pandemic
2021
Background: The purpose of this study was to provide a comprehensive assessment of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the epidemiology of primary and revision arthroplasties of the hip and knee joint. Methods: This study compared the data on knee and hip arthroplasty procedures from 2 hospitals (primary and revision) conducted in two periods: the period of the COVID-19 pandemic in Poland (from 4 March 2020 to 15 October 2020) and the corresponding period prior to the pandemic (from 4 March 2019 to 15 October 2019). We compared the epidemiological data, demographic data, and hospital stay duration data from these two periods. Results: Our analysis demonstrated that the total number of hi…
Going through the lockdown: a longitudinal study on the psychological consequences of the coronavirus pandemic
2021
Coronavirus 2019 pandemic lockdown in Italy lasted for 2 months, 1 week and 2 days. During this long period, one of the longest in Europe, the restrictions produced effects on people’s psychological well-being, with consequences that also continued after lockdown. The purpose of the study is to investigate these effects and how they changed in the general population over a period of time. We are also interested in exploring people’s post-lockdown anxiety and concerns. We conducted an online survey using snowball sampling techniques. The longitudinal study consisted of four administrations covering a period of 10 weeks between April (baseline) and June (last follow-up). Levels of anxiety and…
El desahucio del vínculo social en el neoliberalismo y su expresión actual en la investigación científica sobre el COVID-19
2021
El artículo señala el paso de la violencia biopolítica del liberalismo a la crueldad necropolítica del neoliberalismo contemporáneo cuya ignorancia de los límites y su barbarie contra la naturaleza, nos aboca hacia un futuro sin futuro. Sigue con una breve caracterización del totalitarismo de dicho sistema, su “fascismo societal”, tal y como lo definió hace ya dos décadas el sociólogo portugués Boaventura de Sousa Santos (2004; 2006). Concluyen, por último, con unas breves notas sobre el papel que el conocimiento y la investigación en las universidades públicas está jugando en la pandemia actual. Notas que asumen que las universidades y los centros de investigación públicos, a pesar de su c…
Globalne łańcuchy dostaw w obliczu inwazji Rosji na Ukrainę oraz popandemicznej normalności
2022
Pandemia zakłóciła tradycyjne łańcuchy dostaw i światowy handel głębiej niż inne kryzysy z niedawnej przeszłości. W złożonym środowisku biznesowym firmy zmuszone są przemyśleć i przeprojektować swoje łańcuchy dostaw pod kątem potrzebnej im odporności i elastyczności. Dlatego celem niniejszego artykułu jest identyfikacja trendów i rozwiązań logistycznych, które powinny zostać uwzględnione, aby firmy mogły umiejętnie poruszać się w nowej rzeczywistości. Na podstawie przeglądu literatury i doświadczeń przedsiębiorstw zostaną wskazane rola i znaczenie odporności (rezyliencji) oraz zarządzania ryzkiem w zapewnianiu sprawności i przejrzystości łańcuchów dostaw.
Metafore di guerra e guerra alle metafore. Sull’uso del lessico militare per parlare della pandemia di Covid-19.
2021
Sin dall’inizio della pandemia di COVID-19, il discorso pubblico è stato caratterizzato dal massiccio ricorso a metafore belliche. Parallelamente, l’uso di queste metafore è stato duramente attaccato come inadeguato e potenzialmente pericoloso. L’articolo propone una riflessione su questo dibattito mettendo in discussione la demonizzazione di questo tipo di metafore. L’adeguatezza e l’efficacia di una metafora non sono, infatti, valori assoluti ma dipendono sempre da molteplici fattori, in primo luogo il contesto discorsivo, l’uditorio e gli scopi comunicativi. Pertanto, è più utile puntare ad allargare la gamma delle espressioni (metaforiche e non) per parlare della pandemia, senza demoniz…