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To Help or Not to Help? Prosocial Behavior, Its Association With Well-Being, and Predictors of Prosocial Behavior During the Coronavirus Disease Pand…
2022
The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic fundamentally disrupted humans’ social life and behavior. Public health measures may have inadvertently impacted how people care for each other. This study investigated prosocial behavior, its association well-being, and predictors of prosocial behavior during the first COVID-19 pandemic lockdown and sought to understand whether region-specific differences exist. Participants (N = 9,496) from eight regions clustering multiple countries around the world responded to a cross-sectional online-survey investigating the psychological consequences of the first upsurge of lockdowns in spring 2020. Prosocial behavior was reported to occur frequently. Multi…
Impact COVID-19 pandemic on implementation industry 4.0 in enterprises and supply chains
2021
Purpose: The aim of this study is to discuss the impact COVID-19 pandemic on implementation 4.0 technologies in enterprises and supply chains. Design/methodology/approach: The study performs review of literature to identify key aspects of Industry 4.0, the COVID-19 pandemic in the economy. Findings: The paper explained the changes in the functioning of enterprises and supply chains and their transformation towards Industry 4.0. The authors defined the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in the context of applying technology trends of the Industry 4.0 by enterprises and supply chains. We claim that in the enterprises and supply chains will be the need to invest in new technologies for the long t…
Experiences of family caregivers of persons living with dementia with and without a smart-clothes assisted home nursing program during the heightened…
2022
Background The COVID-19 pandemic has required restrictions of daily activities, which has been found to impact the lives of persons living with dementia (PLWDs) and their family caregivers, who have multiple care demands. The lack of relevant studies in Taiwan emphasized the need to explore the experiences of family caregivers of older PLWDs faced with the intensified restrictions to control the spread of COVID-19, and the impact of the availability of a smart-clothes home nursing program. Methods This qualitative study used semi-structured interviews with family caregivers of older PLWDs. Participants were recruited from dementia clinics of a medical center in northern Taiwan from a subset…
Coordinate Globally, Serve Locally
2020
What would a desirable and viable global organization of progressive movements look like in the context of the historical conjuncture of crises-ridden capitalism? I propose here a reorientation of progressive politics that are attuned to both the fundamentals of structural change and the basic daily needs of human beings. nonPeerReviewed
Appendectomy during the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy: a multicenter ambispective cohort study by the Italian Society of Endoscopic Surgery and new tech…
2021
AbstractMajor surgical societies advised using non-operative management of appendicitis and suggested against laparoscopy during the COVID-19 pandemic. The hypothesis is that a significant reduction in the number of emergent appendectomies was observed during the pandemic, restricted to complex cases. The study aimed to analyse emergent surgical appendectomies during pandemic on a national basis and compare it to the same period of the previous year. This is a multicentre, retrospective, observational study investigating the outcomes of patients undergoing emergent appendectomy in March–April 2019 vs March–April 2020. The primary outcome was the number of appendectomies performed, classifie…
Contratto ed emergenza sanitaria in Italia
2021
Questo articolo si propone di analizzare il disastro globale causato dall'epidemia di COVID-19 che ha turbato l'esistenza di quasi tutta l'umanità. Esaminare le significative limitazioni alle libertà individuali e collettive per proteggere la salute pubblica e, in secondo luogo, mitigare il più possibile l'impatto della pandemia sulle attività economiche. L'attenzione dell'articolo si concentrerà esclusivamente sulle norme che impattano sulla disciplina generale delle obbligazioni e dei contratti, tralasciando le importantissime disposizioni in materia di rapporti di lavoro, contratti di mutuo, contratti bancari e assicurativi, ecc. Verificherà fino a che punto la situazione sociale, sanit…
Place affect interventions during and after the COVID-19 pandemic
2021
The COVID-19 health and economic crisis has also brought a rise in people being unable to cope with their existing medical conditions and other issues such as domestic violence, drugs, and alcohol among others. Suicidal tendencies have been on the rise. Feelings of isolation causing emotional distress in place-confined settings have put additional pressure on the healthcare systems demanding that we find additional and complementary means of support for those in need. This is important not only in the current pandemic but also in the post-pandemic world. The goal is to collectively contribute and address the recurring calls for actions to maintain global well-being and public health. An imp…
Noli Timere: The Role of Reassuring Adults in Dealing with COVID-19 Anxiety in Pediatric Age
2021
Since the earliest stages of the Corona Virus Disease-19 (COVID-19) spread, the elderly has been identified as the most vulnerable and health authorities have rightly focused on that population. Minor attention was paid to pediatric populations and their emotional reactions. Actually, children and adolescents faced severe anxiety, fear and stress conditions. An efficient management of the pandemic, therefore, must take into account the pediatric population which cannot be neglected as a minor matter compared to the elderly, the economy and health care. Since the lockdown time is over, children and adolescents must recover sociality, return to living in the open air, rediscover playing, free…
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 …
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…