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The COVID-19 pandemic had a significant impact on container transportation. Accurate forecasting of container throughput is critical for policymakers and port authorities, especially in the context of the anomalous events of the COVID-19 pandemic. In this paper, we firstly proposed hybrid models for univariate time series forecasting to enhance prediction accuracy while eliminating the nonlinearity and multivariate limitations. Next, we compared the forecasting accuracy of different models with various training dataset extensions and forecasting horizons. Finally, we analysed the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on container throughput forecasting and container transportation. An empirical analysis of container throughputs in the Yangtze River Delta region was performed for illustration and verification purposes. Error metrics analysis suggests that SARIMA-LSTM2 and SARIMA-SVR2 (configuration 2) have the best performance compared to other models and they can better predict the container traffic in the context of anomalous events such as the COVID-19 pandemic. The results also reveal that, with an increase in the training dataset extensions, the accuracy of the models is improved, particularly in comparison with standard statistical models (i.e. SARIMA model). An accurate prediction can help strategic management and policymakers to better respond to the negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

El engagement y burnout han sido definidos como extremos de un continuo para representar la salud y bienestar de las personas en el trabajo, ya sea producto de este (el trabajo) o de otras circunstancias propias de la vida. Por su parte, se debe reconocer que los tiempos de pandemia, han afectado considerablemente todos los ámbitos de la vida humana, y el organizacional no ha escapado a ello. En este contexto, esta investigación tiene como objetivo realizar una revisión de artículos científicos que abordan el Engagement y Burnout, para conocer las aportaciones que realizan los investigadores en este relevante campo organizacional, focalizando el análisis en los tiempos que vivimos, producto de la pandemia por Covd-19. Para alcanzar los objetivos trazados, se analizó una base de datos con 315 artículos publicados en revistas indexadas de la Web of Science (WOS) durante el período 2020-2022. Siguiendo las pautas del modelo argumentativo de Toulmin (Rodríguez-Bello, 2004), se definió la siguiente aserción causal: “El engagement y burnout de los trabajadores durante la pandemia por COVID-19 se ve influenciado por la gobernanza de las organizaciones”. Los artículos revisados se establecieron como evidencia y la base de datos como garantía. Los principales resultados muestran que la gobernanza social y organizacional influye en la salud y bienestar de los trabajadores, lo que repercute en sus desempeños y por ende en los resultados de sus respectivas organizaciones.

The aim of this research has enabled us to establish the influential relationship between factors associated with e-learning, such as individual impact and depression, and the mediating role in psychological distress and computer anxiety related to the fear of failing an academic year in times of COVID-19 in university students at two universities in the Arequipa region of Peru. The methodology used was developed in two stages; in the first stage, an Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) was performed, which enabled us to compare the initial results from the theoretical matrix proposed with the observed matrix; in the following stage, a Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) was performed, as an analytic condition for the factors and to determine the robustness of the proposed model. For this purpose, the Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) was used, based on partial minimum squares. The sample for the study was made up by 252 students. It is concluded that there are significant influential relationships among the variables observed, such as the individual impact of e-learning, depression, mediated by psychological distress and anxiety for fear of failing the academic year.

[spa] La pandemia de la Covid 19 es la mayor crisis que ha sufrido el planeta desde la II Guerra Mundial, como así la calificó el Secretario General de Naciones Unidas. Después de casi tres años de ser declarada como tal por la OMS, el número de fallecidos en todo el mundo supera los 6,6 millones. Pero como se ha constatado a través de los datos publicados, se han producido grandes diferencias en las tasas de mortalidad provocadas por el virus, entre la mayoría de países democráticos y otros pocos territorios. Esta tesis doctoral analiza si existe un nexo entre la gestión de la pandemia de unos y otros gobiernos, que explique unos resultados tan dispares en el exceso de letalidad., [eng] The Covid 19 pandemic is the greatest crisis that the planet has suffered since World War II, as described by the Secretary General of the United Nations. After almost three years of being declared as such by the WHO, the number of deaths worldwide exceeds 6.6 million. But as has been verified through the published data, there have been great differences in the mortality rates caused by the virus, between the majority of democratic countries and a few other territories. This doctoral thesis analyzes whether there is a link between the management of the pandemic by different governments, which explains such disparate results in excess lethality.

Este trabajo de investigacion se centra en el impacto de la covid-19 en el puerto de barcelona y su proceso de recuperación economico posterior. Teniendo em cuenta los sectores mas importantes del puerto y como han atravesado esta crisis sanitaria y económica

El foro del Banco Mundial, en sus diversos informes, muestra cómo las restricciones dispuestas para controlar la propagación del virus y aliviar así la presión sobre los sistemas de salud han tenido un enorme impacto en el crecimiento económico. Como señala el informe Perspectivas económicas mundiales (Banco Mundial [BM], 2021): “La COVID-19 ha desatado una crisis mundial sin precedentes, una crisis sanitaria mundial que, además de generar un enorme costo humano, está llevando a la recesión mundial más profunda desde la Segunda Guerra Mundial”. Este informe, además, preveía que la economía mundial y los ingresos per cápita se contraerían y empujarían a millones de personas a la pobreza extrema, lo cual fue totalmente claro al ver como la economía mundial se contrajo en 3,6 % en el crecimiento del PIB Primera edición

En este capítulo se reflejarán los retos enfrentados por las marcas en época de pandemia, las mejores estrategias empleadas para adaptarse a las nuevas realidades, el papel protagónico de los entornos digitales y las nuevas formas de relacionamiento con los consumidores para reforzar las conexiones en los momentos más difíciles. Haremos protagonistas a las marcas de las micropymes por ser las más golpeadas del contexto. Las micro, pequeñas y medianas empresas que tuvieron que enfrentarse a esta realidad inesperada con pocas herramientas, recursos limitados y tan solo un mantra que les repetían por todos los medios: “Para sobrevivir hay que reinventarse y el primer paso es estar en el mundo digital”. Una realidad que no venía con instrucciones, sobre todo mientras corrían contra reloj para sobrevivir el día a día que los había tomado por sorpresa y, al mismo tiempo, pensaban que debían hacer para tener un futuro. Primera edición

La situación presentada a nivel mundial debido a la aparición del COVID-19, a finales del año 2019 en la provincia de Wuhan (China) y que se convirtió en pandemia en el año 2020 (Organización Mundial de la Salud [OMS], 2020), obligó a modificar el estilo de vida y afectó a todos los sectores de la sociedad. En particular, a causa del distanciamiento social, se generaron cambios en la práctica educativa. De un momento a otro y sin haberlo planeado, las clases empezaron a realizarse en la modalidad virtual, los encuentros con los estudiantes pasaron del aula a un encuentro a través de una pantalla. La educación, en especial, se vio transformada en pocos días. Términos como “ambiente digital”, “material mediado por tecnologías” e “innovación educativa” comenzaron a nutrir el amplio vocabulario de nuestra cotidianidad, desde la educación primaria hasta el nivel superior. Es deber de la institución educativa y de los docentes ajustarse a los diversos acontecimientos que puedan generarse y que no permite un flujo normal del aprendizaje (Jiménez Villalpando et al., 2020). Primera edición

El campo del diseño siente los embates de la crisis sanitaria mundial suscitada por el COVID-19. Desde diversas localidades, los diseñadores se hicieron sentir, como es el caso de la Asociación Norteamericana de Profesionales en Diseño (AIGA, por sus siglas en inglés) aconsejando a su comunidad apoyar al profesional independiente y a la pequeña empresa, insistir en la búsqueda de empleo, cuidar el dinero, aprovechar la gratuidad en internet y la colaboración a distancia (American Institute of Graphic Arts [AIGA], 2020). Por su parte, Balaguer (2020) escribió desde Madrid para la Revista Icon una reflexión donde argumentaba la posición privilegiada del diseño, al aportar soluciones en momentos de pandemia, como es el caso del diseño de ciudades futuras de Leonardo Da Vinci y ly los escudos propuestos por el arquitecto chino Sun Dayong en fibra de carbono. Resaltó también la importancia del diseño ante la desinformación, con lo cual tuvo la oportunidad de aportar ante la incertidumbre y el pánico con narrativa gráfica, humor visual, mapas interactivos y exposiciones (Balaguer, 2020). Primera edición

Contains fulltext : 291566.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Open Access) BACKGROUND: The constraints in the management of patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) during the COVID-19 pandemic have been suggested to have severely impacted mortality levels. The aim of the current analysis is to evaluate the age-related effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on mechanical reperfusion and 30-day mortality for STEMI within the registry ISACS-STEMI COVID-19. METHODS: This retrospective multicenter registry was performed in high-volume PPCI centers on four continents and included STEMI patients undergoing PPCI in March-June 2019 and 2020. Patients were divided according to age (< or ≥75 years). The main outcomes were the incidence and timing of PPCI, (ischemia time longer than 12 h and door-to-balloon longer than 30 min), and in-hospital or 30-day mortality. RESULTS: We included 16,683 patients undergoing PPCI in 109 centers. In 2020, during the pandemic, there was a significant reduction in PPCI as compared to 2019 (IRR 0.843 (95%-CI: 0.825-0.861, p < 0.0001). We found a significant age-related reduction (7%, p = 0.015), with a larger effect on elderly than on younger patients. Furthermore, we observed significantly higher 30-day mortality during the pandemic period, especially among the elderly (13.6% vs. 17.9%, adjusted HR (95% CI) = 1.55 [1.24-1.93], p < 0.001) as compared to younger patients (4.8% vs. 5.7%; adjusted HR (95% CI) = 1.25 [1.05-1.49], p = 0.013), as a potential consequence of the significantly longer ischemia time observed during the pandemic. CONCLUSIONS: The COVID-19 pandemic had a significant impact on the treatment of patients with STEMI, with a 16% reduction in PPCI procedures, with a larger reduction and a longer delay to treatment among elderly patients, which may have contributed to increase in-hospital and 30-day mortality during the pandemic.

La industria de los equipos biomédicos es, al igual que la industria farmacéutica, una de las más grandes del mundo. Anualmente, se calcula que el volumen de ganancias de esta industria rondan los 457.000 millones de dólares (Stewart,, 2020), con más del 50 % concentrado alrededor de los tres mayores productores a nivel mundial: Estados Unidos, China y Japón (Emergo by UL, 2016). De hecho, a nivel latinoamericano, Colombia es el tercer mayor mer cado de dispositivos médicos, solo por detrás de Brasil y México, con alrededor de 1153 millones de dólares (Invest in Bogota, 2019). La influencia de esta industria se encuentra embebida en nuestra vida diaria, no solamente a través de los hospitales y demás instituciones de salud, sino de dispositivos móviles o de uso en el hogar que, a poco a poco, han pasado a ser parte de nuestra cotidianidad, como las pulseras “inteligentes” que miden la actividad cardiaca durante el deporte, los monitores caseros para personas hipertensas, los glucómetros para diabéticos y las aplicaciones en celulares para el monitoreo del sueño, la medición del oxígeno en sangre y la frecuencia cardiaca, entre muchas otras primera edición

El poder de las relaciones mediadas por una tecnología, las redes sociales y los medios (masivos y no masivos), toma actualmente más sentido, relevancia y discusión. Las distinciones del origen, propagación y consecuencias, mezcla de la infopandemia e infoxicación , pulularon con las cadenas interminables de WhatsApp donde se explicaba y argumentaba sobre los animales intermediarios (murciélago o pangolín), los accidentes de laboratorio, la opción de fe, las explicaciones desde los dogmas, castigos divinos, los predestinadores y arúspices que ocupaban los primeros puestos. Seguido en la “parrilla” de prime time, los telepredicadores, telemédicos y los futurólogos captaban atenciones masivas, igual o más que los conspiradores de la bioguerra que iba creciendo como la pandemia misma. Primera edición

El SARS-CoV-2 fue detectado en Wuhan (provincia de Hubei, China) en diciembre de 2019 (1). Este nuevo coronavi rus provoca un síndrome respiratorio agudo grave (2) que hasta julio de 2022 causó 546 millones de casos confirmados y más de 6,3 millones de muertes en todo el mundo (3). En marzo de 2020, la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) declaró la COVID-19 como una pandemia mundial (4). Su alta contagiosidad, en un mundo globalizado y altamente interconectado, facilitó su rápida expansión (5). El SARS-CoV-2 fue el tercer brote de coronavirus del presente siglo, tras el coronavirus del síndrome respiratorio agudo severo (SARS-CoV) en 2002 y el coronavirus del síndrome respiratorio de Oriente Medio (MERS-CoV) en 2012 (6). Pronto fue comparado con la gripe de 1918 por sus similitudes clínicas (en este caso causada por el virus de la gripe A (H1N1)), aunque en un contexto social, económico y global diferentes; recordemos que aquella pandemia causó entre 50 y 100 millones de muertes Primera edición

Es posible afirmar que durante y después de la pandemia del COVID-19 seremos personas completamente diferen tes, habremos apropiado las cosas buenas que nos obli gó esta nueva realidad y, muy probablemente, dejaremos atrás paradigmas que antes nos regían en la anterior rea lidad pre-pandemia. Este texto recopila los aspectos más relevantes que generaron las incertidumbres, la dicotomía reinante entre la salud y la economía, las nuevas condiciones laborales, el entretenimiento, los cambios en los comportamientos al relacionarse como sociedad, las compras en los canales tradicionales y en los que se reforzaron y/o surgieron, como también los nuevos canales que se crearon Primera edición

Con la aparición del COVID-19, la vida cotidiana y lo que conocíamos como normalidad tuvo cambios considerables. Dichos cambios estuvieron dados por las medidas implementadas en el año 2020 para enfrentar el contagio del virus, en las que se limitó el contacto físico, se restringió el acceso a determinados servicios, se desplazó la educación y el trabajo a los hogares, se masificó el uso de plataformas digitales tanto para actividades escolares y laborales como para el entretenimiento, el ejercicio, adquirir alimentos, entre otras actividades. Al resguardarnos en los hogares, adaptarnos a nuevas maneras de hacer nuestras actividades cotidianas y enfrentarnos a estados constantes de transición, se modificó el estilo de vida a nivel mundial, así como una reconsideración de nuestros hábitos y una alteración de las dinámicas laborales, familiares, sociales y de la relación con los objetos con los interactuamos. De esta manera se derrumbaron también muchas de las preconcepciones sobre el futuro que se tenían y se abrió un espacio para la especulación y la imaginación de nuevos escenarios de futuro Primera edición

La pandemia por COVID-19, se presenta como un evento repentino generando emociones negativas por todo lo que ha implicado a lo largo de su estadía en el mundo. El objetivo de esta investigación fue analizar la relación entre la Conciliación Trabajo-Familia con Engagement y Burnout, y comparar su Conciliación Trabajo-Familia, Engagement y Burnout, según la institución a la que pertenecen y datos sociodemográficos, en 203 docentes universitarios. El enfoque metodológico fue correlacional-explicativo. Los resultados indican que a mayor conciliación Trabajo-Familia, mayor es el Engagement y menor el Burnout. Al realizar las correlaciones por universidades, los resultados son diferentes, mediante la aplicación de t de student y ANOVA se observaron diferencias significativas en los diversos grupos, siendo las principales las del Engagement según la universidad a la que pertenecen, del Burnout según el género y la compañía con las que enfrenta la pandemia (pareja, hijos), de las interacciones negativas trabajo-familia según la edad y de las interacciones positivas trabajo-familia la cantidad de personas con las que se vive. Estos resultados ponen de relieve la importancia de seguir avanzando en temas de equidad de género, vida en comunidad y la gestión que hagan las universidades a través de prácticas organizacionales para el bienestar, felicidad y salud de los trabajadores.

Purpose: The impact of the Covid-19 outbreak since March 2020 has put Malaysia’s logistics sector in a contrasting reality to other sectors, as during the implementation of the movement control order (MCO), this sector was declared as providing essential service and allowed to operate in order to fulfil customers’ needs. This study aims to assess the efficiency and productivity of the logistics industry in Malaysia before and during the pandemic so that the performance of this industry can be observed. Design/methodology/approach: This study uses secondary data. Yearly records from the annual reports for the period of 2010–2020 were gathered pertaining to 15 Malaysian logistics companies treated as decision making units (DMUs) in this study. The efficiency and productivity of the Malaysian logistics industry during the Covid-19 pandemic have been assessed by using a hybrid DEA model consisting of a combination of epsilon-based measure (EBM) and Malmquist index. Findings: Findings showed that Lingkaran Trans Kota Holdings Berhad was the most efficient and productive logistics company with an average efficiency score of 1 and 12.7% growth in the average productivity index during the study period. In contrast, MISC Berhad obtained the lowest average efficiency score of 0.285. Nevertheless, the average productivity index for MISC Berhad showed an increase by 25.7%. During the early outbreak of Covid-19, Complete Logistics Services Berhad achieved full efficiency and also attained the highest positive growth of 76.2%. Harbour-Link Group Berhad was the least efficient company, scoring an efficiency score of only 0.254 and a decline in productivity growth by 40.8%. Research limitations/implications: The data used in this study may not be sufficient to represent the performance of the entire logistics industry as the pandemic is still not completely over. More useful insights can be obtained if the data can be extended until 2022 to assess the performance of logistics companies after the outbreak of Covid-19 in Malaysia. Many resources that have not been explored in this study and past research may provide an avenue for further research on the performance measurement of logistics companies, particularly in the Malaysian context. Practical implications: This study’s discovery may be used to facilitate the evaluation of resource utilisation and help inefficient logistics companies maximise their efficiency. Also, the findings may be used to help policymakers evaluate the existing policy in order to ensure that logistics companies have sufficient resources to offer reliable and efficient courier services. Originality/value: Although numerous studies have been conducted on the efficiency measurement of logistics companies, so far, scarce research in Malaysia has deployed a quantitative approach to measure the performance of Malaysia’s logistics industry, especially during the Covid-19 pandemic. Therefore, this study fills this gap by assessing the efficiency and productivity of the logistics industry in Malaysia before and during the pandemic of Covid-19

The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) spike (S) protein binds angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) at the cell surface, which constitutes the primary mechanism driving SARS-CoV-2 infection. Molecular interactions between the transduced S and endogenous proteins likely occur post-infection, but such interactions are not well understood. We used an unbiased primary screen to profile the binding of full-length S against >9,000 human proteins and found significant S-host protein interactions, including one between S and human estrogen receptor alpha (ERα). After confirming this interaction in a secondary assay, we used bioinformatics, supercomputing, and experimental assays to identify a highly conserved and functional nuclear receptor coregulator (NRC) LXD-like motif on the S2 subunit and an S-ERα binding mode. In cultured cells, S DNA transfection increased ERα cytoplasmic accumulation, and S treatment induced ER-dependent biological effects and ACE2 expression. Noninvasive multimodal PET/CT imaging in SARS-CoV-2-infected hamsters using [18F]fluoroestradiol (FES) localized lung pathology with increased ERα lung levels. Postmortem experiments in lung tissues from SARS-CoV-2-infected hamsters and humans confirmed an increase in cytoplasmic ERα expression and its colocalization with S protein in alveolar macrophages. These findings describe the discovery and characterization of a novel S-ERα interaction, imply a role for S as an NRC, and are poised to advance knowledge of SARS-CoV-2 biology, COVID-19 pathology, and mechanisms of sex differences in the pathology of infectious disease.

Background Sexual harassment is a type of coercion, including social pressure, intimidation, physical force, and verbal acts, in addition to other forms such as cyber-harassment, recognized as a major important public health problem. Methods This cross-sectional study, based on a survey administered online to men and women aged 18 to 35 years and living in Spain throughout 15th and 28th October 2020, aims to analyze the prevalence and factors associated with sexual harassment among young people in Spain within the last 12 months, particularly according to the COVID-19 lockdown period. It has been conducted by bivariate analysis and robust Poisson regression models. The final sample includes 2.515 participants. Results The results indicate that women were almost twice as likely as men to experience sexual harassment (49% vs 22.2%). Also, among heterosexual men and women, the estimated prevalence was lower concerning that observed among bisexuals, gays, and lesbians (31.5% vs 53, 39.2, and 34.6% respectively). The prevalence percentage in the 18–24 age group was twice high as that observed in the 30–35 age group. Finally, during the lockdown period, the harassment through electronic channels increased (32.6% vs 16.5 and 17.8% before and after this period, respectively) and decreased on public roads (22.9% vs 63.4 and 54.4% pre-lockdown and post-lockdown periods, respectively). Conclusion These findings highlight that sexual harassment presents a high prevalence among young people, especially cyber-harassment, and workplace harassment and it is important to be aware that young women are more likely to suffer harassment and even more if they do not have a partner or have LGB orientation. During the lockdown sexual harassment has moved from public spaces to the social network.

One area of research that has important implications for preventing school failure is concerned with 'resilient students,' or those children and youth learners who succeed in school despite the presence of adverse circumstances. However, this concept supposes a reductionist vision of the phenomenon of educational resilience by considering the individual as an object of intervention, as well as assuming deficits and limitations to it: its socioeconomic, cultural and linguistic condition. In contrast, we understand resilience as an available resource that transcends the individual and is integrated within a given territory, region or city. The aim of this paper is therefore to propose the incorporation of a new term in the available literature, namely, 'community socio-educational resilience (CSER),' inspired in the term 'community resilience.' To this end, the new term is defined, characterized and illustrated from an experience carried out during lockdown due to COVID-19. By 'CSER' we mean the engagement of different social, cultural and educational agents in the design and implementation of creative and transformative educational practices that challenge such adversity and uncertain circumstances as those deriving from the COVID-19 pandemic (i.e., home confinement, remote teaching). Five fundamental dimensions of the construct are proposed and suggestions for educational practice are discussed This research was funded by AGAUR (Generalitat de Catalunya, Call Pandemies 2020) (Grant no. 2020PANDE00166). ME-G was supported by the 2021 ICREA Academia Research Award (Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats) (https://www.icrea.cat/en) from the Catalan Government

We compared hospital-acquired catheter-related bacte-remia (CRB) episodes diagnosed at acute care hospitals in Catalonia, Spain, during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 with those detected during 2007-2019. We com-pared the annual observed and predicted CRB rates by using the negative binomial regression model and calcu-lated stratified annual root mean squared errors. A total of 10,030 episodes were diagnosed during 2007-2020. During 2020, the observed CRB incidence rate was 0.29/103 patient-days, whereas the predicted CRB rate was 0.14/103 patient-days. The root mean squared er-ror was 0.153. Thus, a substantial increase in hospital-acquired CRB cases was observed during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 compared with the rate predicted from 2007-2019. The incidence rate was expected to increase by 1.07 (95% CI 1-1.15) for every 1,000 COVID-19-re-lated hospital admissions. We recommend maintaining all CRB prevention efforts regardless of the coexistence of other challenges, such as the COVID-19 pandemic.

While trade finance has been recognized as a key enabler in international trade, there is a persistent gap between supply and demand. This gap threatens to widen after the shocks suffered during the COVID-19 pandemic, which increased risks percep- tion and decreased credit appetite. As a parallel phenomenon, distributed ledger technology (DLT), aka blockchain, has given birth to the decentralised finance (DeFi) paradigm, promising to revolutionize banking and the whole financial sector. This paper enquires whether a DeFi-based business model could address the trade finance gap problematic under the context and challenges created by the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly in relation to SMEs located in developing and least developed countries. To this end, it designs and presents a DeFi trade finance business model, showing how it could address the reasons behind the trade finance gap, while developing at the same time a broader meaning of the DeFi concept itself

Background Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is projected to become the third cause of mortality worldwide. COPD shares several pathophysiological mechanisms with cardiovascular disease, especially atherosclerosis. However, no definite answers are available on the prognostic role of COPD in the setting of ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), especially during COVID-19 pandemic, among patients undergoing primary angioplasty, that is therefore the aim of the current study. Methods In the ISACS-STEMI COVID-19 registry we included retrospectively patients with STEMI treated with primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) between March and June of 2019 and 2020 from 109 high-volume primary PCI centers in 4 continents. Results A total of 15,686 patients were included in this analysis. Of them, 810 (5.2%) subjects had a COPD diagnosis. They were more often elderly and with a more pronounced cardiovascular risk profile. No preminent procedural dissimilarities were noticed except for a lower proportion of dual antiplatelet therapy at discharge among COPD patients (98.9% vs. 98.1%, P = 0.038). With regards to short-term fatal outcomes, both in-hospital and 30-days mortality occurred more frequently among COPD patients, similarly in pre-COVID-19 and COVID-19 era. However, after adjustment for main baseline differences, COPD did not result as independent predictor for in-hospital death (adjusted OR [95% CI] = 0.913[0.658–1.266], P = 0.585) nor for 30-days mortality (adjusted OR [95% CI] = 0.850 [0.620–1.164], P = 0.310). No significant differences were detected in terms of SARS-CoV-2 positivity between the two groups. Conclusion This is one of the largest studies investigating characteristics and outcome of COPD patients with STEMI undergoing primary angioplasty, especially during COVID pandemic. COPD was associated with significantly higher rates of in-hospital and 30-days mortality. However, this association disappeared after adjustment for baseline characteristics. Furthermore, COPD did not significantly affect SARS-CoV-2 positivity. Trial registration number: NCT 04412655 (2nd June 2020).

Additional support from ISGlobal’s Antoni Plasència and Josep M. Antó, Circulation of the Omicron BA.5 subvariant has led to a considerable increase in cases and also in hospitalisations (but not severe cases or deaths) in recent weeks in Catalonia, the rest of Spain and many other countries. Based on scientific evidence and the current epidemiological situation, the Multidisciplinary Collaborative Group for the Scientific Monitoring of COVID-19 (GCMSC) has conducted an analysis of the impact of the BA-5 subvariant in Catalonia and, with the support of the COVID-19 Scientific Advisory Committee (CCAC) attached to the Department of Health of the Government of Catalonia, has issued a series of recommendations for booster vaccination strategies.

The Covid-19 pandemic has had major implications worldwide and has changed the business models of companies around the world. The aviation sector has been one of the most affected by the impossibility of operating at first, and the demanding restrictive measures that were then carried out. In this sense, the airlines had to adapt their business models in order to survive the pandemic, thus opening new trends towards which the market was headed. This study collects all the statistical information related to the most important airlines in Spain, classifying their business models and analyzing how they have behaved during the pandemic. By directly contrasting results and staging the changes that each period has brought about, comparisons are made in order to discern which cases have been the most successful. The work establishes, within the business model of each airline, the aspects that have had the most effect and their induced consequences, categorizing them and relativizing their impact on the future of the sector. Also, beyond the pure work of statistical compilation, a complete financial study is carried out and possible traffic scenarios are proposed for the coming years. The analysis defines the most critical factors due to the pandemic, and what changes will take place in the future. Finally, the environmental consequences of the pandemic are established, from the point of view of air traffic at both European and national level.

Critical thinking skills has to be sharpened particularly during the COVID19 pandemic. This circumstance leads to the lack of students passion to apply their thinking skills in doing something necessary. Therefore, it requires a learning improving critical thinking skills. This study aims to describe the critical thinking skills of chemistry education students taking part in the lecture of Team Project Based STEM-metacognitive skills. The method utilized is a Pre-Experimental Design One-Shot Case Study consists of 130 chemistry education students taking part in 3rd and 5th semester. The 3rd semester students attend lectures on the development of chemistry learning programs (P3K) and the 5th semester students attend lectures on the basics of analytical chemistry (DDKA). The instruments utilized in this research are learning scenarios, worksheets, critical thinking test instruments, critical thinking skill assessment rubrics, and project implementation feasibility observation sheets. There are three critical thinking skills very well demonstrated by students in P3K and DDKA subjects, consist of (1) strategies and tactics, (2) providing simple explanations, and (3) providing further explanations. Two other skills, namely concluding and building basic skills shown by students in the good category. The results of this study contribute to chemistry learning in the future, thus efforts are inevitably required to train critical thinking skills for prospective chemistry teachers in order to produce teachers having good thinking skills.

This study aimed to know the effect of E-Learning with all its components on students’ performance at Business Colleges-Jordanian Universities during at COVID-19 crisis. To achieve study goals, a questionnaire was distributed to the students at Jordanian Universities, (870) valid questionnaires were recovered. The study found that: The level of E-Learning and its components at Jordanian Universities were at middle rates, students’ performance also comes at a moderate level. E-Learning and its components (Technological facilities readiness, Electronic applications readiness, Databases & E-resources readiness, People readiness, E-Learning management system readiness, Evaluation system readiness, teaching methods diversity, Educational curricula and electronic content readiness) have a significant effect on students’ performance at Jordanian Universities at significance (α ≤ 0.05). Whereas sub components of (E-Learning organizational environment readiness and legislations and regulations readiness) have no effect separately on students’ performance. The study recommended Jordanian Universities to improve E-Learning in all its components in the Universities, reinforce using E-Learning in education, and exploit the benefits of E-Learning to improve students’ performance because it is the main alternative to face emerging crises like Coronavirus

Avaluación del impacto de la COVID19 en la ciudad de Terrassa utilizando como referencia los resultados financieros de las compañias extingidas y de nueva constitución. El TFG consisteix en realitzar un anàlisi en profunditat de com a evolucionat el teixit productiu a la ciutat de Terrassa durant els últims anys caracteritzats per la aparició de la pandèmia mundial provocada per el virus COVID -19. Aquest estudi es realitzarà utilitzant com a eina principal els resultats financers del totes les empreses extingides des del 2018 fins el 2020 i de totes les companyies que han estat constituïdes també durant aquest període de temps. Per l’obtenció d’aquestes dades financeres utilitzaré el programa habilitat per la UPC anomenat SABI. Una vegada obtinguts tots els resultats avaluarem els paràmetres que siguin més significatius per plasmar-los en forma de taules o de gràfics per posteriorment intentar extreure un patró característic que ens doni un idea global de la situació financera en que es trobaven just abans de posar-hi el tancament. També es compararan aquests resultats segons l’evolució temporal per posar de manifest la afectació de la pandèmia com a conseqüència de totes les restriccions que hi va provocar. Altrament es compararan els resultats de les empreses de nova constitució amb les extingides per veure si la tendència financera és igual o per el contrari es troben grans diferències. I finalment un cop avaluats tots els paràmetres financers que tinguin rellevància s’extrauran unes conclusions finals enllaçant tot l’estudi. The TFG consists of an in-depth analysis of how the productive fabric has evolved in the city of Terrassa in recent years, characterized by the appearance of the global pandemic caused by the COVID -19 virus. This study will be carried out using as a main tool the financial results of all the companies that have disappeared from 2018 to 2020 and of all the companies that have also been set up during this period of time. To obtain this financial data, I will use the program enabled by the UPC called SABI. Once all the results have been obtained, we will evaluate the most significant parameters to shape them in the form of tables or graphs and then try to extract a characteristic pattern that gives us a global idea of the financial situation in which they were just before there is the closure. These results will also be compared according to the temporal evolution to show the impact of the pandemic as a result of all the restrictions that caused it. Otherwise the results of the newly formed companies will be compared with those of the extinct ones to see if the financial trend is the same or on the contrary large differences are found.

Treballs Finals de Grau d'Enginyeria Informàtica, Facultat de Matemàtiques, Universitat de Barcelona, Any: 2022, Director: Francisco José Rodríguez Palomar, [en] COVID-19 has been present in our day-to-day activities, and has conditioned in great measure our way of life. In this final project, a webpage is created that allows us to visualize representations of data from Catalonia that will show parameters related to COVID-19 during a certain period of time, like the amount of cases or how many PCR tests have been done. It will also be possible to visualize these charts for a certain region.

El seminario internacional “Diálogos del trabajo social hoy. Intercambio de experiencias internacionales" realizado el 29 de junio de 2022, on line, es el fruto de compartir las experiencias profesionales de trabajo social en un libro sobre la práctica del trabajo social y los retos de futuro para la profesión. El seminario ha proporcionado un espacio para compartir las experiencias internacionales de académicos y profesionales de trabajo social que durante la pandemia llevaron a cabo en las asignaturas de supervisión y prácticas en el grado de Trabajo Social de la Universidad de Barcelona (UB), en las asignaturas de prácticas de trabajo social de la Universidad Tecnológica Metropolitana de Santiago de Chile y en otras universidades del país, así como las adaptaciones que los profesionales de ambos países realizaron en sus centros de trabajo. La experiencia iniciada por el equipo docente de la asignatura de Supervisión I de la Universidad de Barcelona, compuesto por 13 profesores y profesoras, dieron respuesta a más de 200 estudiantes de trabajo social, ante la imposibilidad de ir a las prácticas externas, de participar en unas videoconferencias, organizadas por el equipo docente en las que se invitó a profesionales del trabajo social de diversos ámbitos para dialogar sobre su práctica profesional y los cambios derivados de la COVID-19. Se realizaron 16 videoconferencias teórico-prácticas, entre los meses de abril y mayo de 2021, contemplando diversos ámbitos de intervención: servicios sociales, salud, salud mental, trabajo social en emergencias sociales, justicia, educación e infancia.

The alteration of the educational model caused by the COVID-19 pandemic has not affected all university faculty equally. This work explores the academic, digital and gender inequalities caused by the pandemic on the teaching and research staff of a technological university for STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) disciplines in Spain, the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya—BarcelonaTech (UPC). The study considers an anonymous survey with a non-probabilistic voluntary sample (n = 355). The results of the survey reveal that, over these months, the teaching and research staff of the university, regardless of gender, has significantly increased its academic activity due especially to the number of hours devoted to virtual teaching compared to its teaching dedication in a situation of normalcy. This study shows that the lockdown has strongly affected women who are more vulnerable to crisis. In particular, the negative impact on research has been higher in female faculty staff from the UPC, who already face disparities regarding promotion and, during lockdown, stated more difficulties with household work reconciliation. From the results of this study, it is possible to conclude that the COVID-19 pandemic has deepened the gender gap in the academic field. Peer Reviewed Objectius de Desenvolupament Sostenible::4 - Educació de Qualitat Objectius de Desenvolupament Sostenible::5 - Igualtat de Gènere Objectius de Desenvolupament Sostenible::10 - Reducció de les Desigualtats Objectius de Desenvolupament Sostenible::3 - Salut i Benestar

The work routine of workers has been modified by the COVID-19 pandemic and may vary according to the management of their organizations. The objectives of this research were to analyze the relationship between the perception of healthy organizational practices and workers' engagement and burnout and to determine which healthy organizational practices have a greater relationship with the engagement and burnout of employees in times of COVID-19. The methodological approach was correlational-exploratory, with surveys of 162 workers in 4 health centers in Chile. The variables correlated as expected for the total sample, i.e., positively and significantly between healthy organizational practices and engagement and negatively and significantly with burnout. The main practices that are related to increased engagement are career development, information, and skill development; and burnout is reconciliation, well-being, and communication. This research adds to the fundamentals that the mental health of workers is related to the type of management carried out by organizations.

TFG Premi Càtedra UB-DANONE 2022. Universitat de Barcelona, Facultat de Farmàcia i Ciències de l'Alimentació, Campus de l'Alimentació de Torribera / DANONE. Tutor: Montserrat Saperas Ferrer, [cat] Malgrat que la Covid-19 no es considera una malaltia de transmissió alimentaria, aquesta també ha afectat significativament en la manera de fer de tota la restauració i sobretot, en els centres on el risc d’infecció podia ser més elevat, com són els centres sanitaris i hospitalaris. La finalitat és investigar les adaptacions realitzades en les diferents fases del servei alimentari de diverses cuines hospitalàries de l’estat espanyol, contrastar-la amb l’opinió d’un col·lectiu d’experts en aquest sector, i realitzar un estudi predictiu sobre la prevalença d’aquests canvis en un futur. Els resultats obtinguts mostren com s’han ocasionat canvis en totes les etapes del procés productiu. I majoritàriament s’ha opinat que tindran permanència els canvis en l’ús de la mascareta en totes les fases del procés, així com les millores en la neteja, la freqüència d’aquesta en les instal·lacions i totes les mesures enfocades a reforçar la higiene en el servei., [eng] Despite that Covid-19 is not considered a foodborne disease, it has significantly affected the way in which all hostelry is carried out, especially in health centers and hospitals, where the risk of infection could be higher. The purpose is to investigate the adaptations made inside different phases of the food service in hospital kitchens of Spain, contrasting them with the opinion of a group of experts and professionals, who have led the changes in this sector during the coronavirus, and finally carry out a predictive study on the prevalence of those in the future. Obtained results have shown changes inside all the different phases of the food production. Experts’ opinions have mostly considerate the permanence in the use of the mask in all phases of the process, as well as the improvements in the cleaning, frequency and hygiene inside the service.

Purpose: The paper aims to report the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and investigate survival strategies during the pandemic of traditional retailers. Design/methodology/approach: Exploratory methodology consisting of the literature review and an empirical study was conducted. The theoretical framework of resilience strategy was built to provide a guideline for the empirical study. The empirical study involves a longitudinal study with 30 traditional retailers located in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. The empirical data was collected using semi-structured interviews in mid-2019 and mid-2020, corresponding to the condition before and during the pandemic. Secondary data sources were also examined to refine the empirical evidence. Findings: The findings confirm that the pandemic has created disruptions in supply and demand, subsequently affecting operations. 90% of the traditional retailers experienced demand reduction, which varied among the retailers (M = 47%, SD = 25%), and 10% of the traditional retailers have not received any profit. The majority of the traditional retailer adopted reactive rather than proactive strategies. To cope with the pandemic, the traditional retailers have focused on efficient strategies and implemented exploitation-oriented strategies combined with exploration-oriented strategies. Trust and social capital were also discovered to explain the reasons behind the resiliency and sustainability of the traditional retailers. Research limitations/implications: Due to the preliminary and explorative nature of the present study, the generality of the findings may therefore be limited. Future research focusing on quantitative analysis using a large sample helps to achieve the generality of the findings. Practical implications: Because the strategies implemented in large enterprises (LEs) usually do not fit in micro-, small-, and medium enterprises (MSMEs), exploring strategies that are consistent with the characteristics of MSMEs and leverage their potentials is necessary. Building ambidextrous retailers through leveraging social capital/network and informal forum, exploiting affordable technology (e.g., social media, marketplace), and honing innovativeness is a way to survive in a dynamic environment. Social implications: Because the traditional retailers have contributed to economic development and social function, the government should empower them to leverage their capabilities through training and strengthen their business ecosystem through collective actions. Originality/value: The study contributes to the resilience body of knowledge concerning the strategies implemented by the traditional retailers during a long and unpredictable disruption in a developing country setting, which is scarce in the literature

This paper explores the factors influencing taxi travel in the context of COVID-19 from both demand and supply sides and provides a quantitative comparison of taxi travel characteristics and taxi industry operations before and after the epidemic. A model was established using system dynamics to simulate a taxi travel system, which was used to analyze the changes in demand and supply of taxi travel under scenarios such as closedowns, travel restrictions, etc. The analysis is based on a typical middle-sized city in China, Ningbo in Zhejiang Province, revealing factors leading to the significant drop in the amount of taxi travel due to the epidemic. The study can provide insights into impacts of public (or similar anomalous or catastrophic) events on taxi travel systems and could be useful for urban transport planning and management.

The COVID-19 pandemic has constituted a global health crisis that has threatened the mental health of individuals worldwide. The present paper sought to systematically review and meta-analyze studies reporting the prevalence during the COVID-19 pandemic of well-being and psychological distress as defined by the dual-continua model, which includes (absence of) psychological distress and (presence of) well-being among the general population and healthcare workers. Systematic searches were conducted in various databases: PubMed, PsycINFO, Scopus, and Web of Science from inception until 6 December 2020. From a total of 158 studies (N = 880,352) included in the meta-analysis, only seven reported the prevalence of well-being. A random-effect model was used to estimate the pooled prevalence among the general population and healthcare workers on depression (25%; 31%), anxiety (27%; 31%), stress (35%; 32%), and well-being (52%; 45%), respectively. Sub-group analyses based on region, income, percentage of women, preparedness of country to respond to COVID-19, and economic vulnerabilities were conducted in order to examine sources of heterogeneity in psychological distress. Results revealed differences among the two groups and indicated that disparities in terms of preparedness to fight the pandemic can distinctly affect mental health in the general population and healthcare workers. Addressing mental health during and after a health crisis should be in the spotlight of the international and national public health agenda. Considering the protective role of well-being to minimize psychological symptoms, mental health policies during the COVID-19 should include strategies to combat the psychological consequences of the pandemic by promoting well-being practices.The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s12144-022-02913-6.

During the COVID-19 emergency, people must face the invisible threat of uncertain death and comply with social distancing and other related protective measures. But social networking sites (SNSs) like WeChat have emerged as alternative contexts where people can maintain self and obtain gratification, despite the disclosure of self to others often being a challenging issue. To examine the effect of personality factors on people's self-disclosure on SNSs, we develop a model based on the time perspective theory and the socioemotional selectivity theory. We suggest that people's narcissism traits and two types of time perspective (i.e. future and present-hedonistic) have positive effects on their self-disclosure. In addition, we propose that virtual presence and hedonic gratification mediate the effects of both future time perspective and present-hedonistic time perspective. We obtain a sample of 516 WeChat users in China and take ex-ante and post-hoc measures to deal with common method variance. By means of partial least squares-structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM) methods, we validate both our measurement model and the structural model, so we confirm all the hypothesized causal paths in the proposed model. Our study broadens the boundaries of the time perspective theory and the socioemotional selectivity theory, and offers new insights for addressing some of the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic., Graphical abstract Image 1

El 2020 estuvo marcado por el número de medidas restrictivas emitidas para enfrentar la pandemia del Covid-19[1], fortalecer y preparar el sistema de salud nacional y proteger la salud de los colombianos. Además de la evidente crisis en el sistema de salud, dada su incapacidad para atender un número significativo de ciudadanos, las medidas de confinamiento adoptadas por las autoridades nacionales, regionales y municipales produjeron una crisis social y económica nunca antes vista. Amplios sectores de la sociedad colombiana se quedaron sin empleo o fuente de ingresos. En este sentido, la privación de recursos para el sostenimiento de las familias fue extendida a varios estratos del país. Las carencias económicas para cubrir las necesidades básicas de los hogares colombianos se sintieron tanto en los sectores populares, como en las clases medias y profesionales del país. This article studies the modalities of social protests that Caleño citizens deployed during the implementation of restrictive mea-surements of confinement to combat Covid 19 from 17 March to 31 August 2020. The article focuses on describing four aspects of the social protests. First, it describes the collective actors in-volved in the protest. Second, it analyzes the repertoire of collec-tive actions that caleño citizens developed during the restrictive measurements. Third, it identifies the geographic distributions of the protests; and fourth, its rhythms.

PurposeThis research explores the consequences of a health crisis provoked by a pandemic scenario on music festival impacts considered by the stakeholders involved. The purpose of this paper is to identify the perceptions from the stakeholders' point of view (host community, public and private sector) and to identify the impacts generated before and after a health crisis regarding the celebration of a festival.Design/methodology/approachThe study offers a holistic insight into impact research by music festivals. The methodology implemented is based on qualitative techniques. By conducting 20 in-depth interviews with essential stakeholders, it is possible to determine their perceptions of the impact of the event and the effects of a health crisis.FindingsThe results allow detecting a gap between internal and external stakeholders due to poor communication and planning of the event. The results show that a health crisis provokes negative impacts on the economic benefits of events' organisation. However, the cultural city's identity suffers an important damage that it is difficult to overcome. The community and visitors are the stakeholders that suffer a detrimental impact on their experience when attending the festival, considering the security measures. Moreover, results allow us to identify practical implications for event management and planning in a health crisis scenario.Originality/valueThe most important contribution of this research is the theoretical model proposed to analyse stakeholders' perception of the event celebration in a context of a health crisis. The model also considers different moments of the social exchange. The theoretical approaches considered theory of social exchange (SET) and Visitor, Industry, Community and Environment (VICE) models allow analysing the stakeholder's perception of a case study of a music festival (Viña Rock Festival, Spain). The emerging and central role of the cooperation between stakeholders constitutes another notable contribution to the literature.

ObjectivesPatients with cancer are at higher risk for severe COVID-19 infection. COVID-19 surveillance of workers in oncological centres is crucial to assess infection burden and prevent transmission. We estimate the SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence among healthcare workers (HCWs) of a comprehensive cancer centre in Catalonia, Spain, and analyse its association with sociodemographic characteristics, exposure factors and behaviours.DesignCross-sectional study (21 May 2020–26 June 2020).SettingA comprehensive cancer centre (Institut Català d’Oncologia) in Catalonia, Spain.ParticipantsAll HCWs (N=1969) were invited to complete an online self-administered epidemiological survey and provide a blood sample for SARS-CoV-2 antibodies detection.Primary outcome measurePrevalence (%) and 95% CIs of seropositivity together with adjusted prevalence ratios (aPR) and 95% CI were estimated.ResultsA total of 1266 HCWs filled the survey (participation rate: 64.0%) and 1238 underwent serological testing (97.8%). The median age was 43.7 years (p25–p75: 34.8–51.0 years), 76.0% were female, 52.0% were nursing or medical staff and 79.0% worked on-site during the pandemic period. SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence was 8.9% (95% CI 7.44% to 10.63%), with no differences by age and sex. No significant differences in terms of seroprevalence were observed between onsite workers and teleworkers. Seropositivity was associated with living with a person with COVID-19 (aPR 3.86, 95% CI 2.49 to 5.98). Among on-site workers, seropositive participants were twofold more likely to be nursing or medical staff. Nursing and medical staff working in a COVID-19 area showed a higher seroprevalence than other staff (aPR 2.45, 95% CI 1.08 to 5.52).ConclusionsAt the end of the first wave of the pandemic in Spain, SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence among Institut Català d’Oncologia HCW was lower than the reported in other Spanish hospitals. The main risk factors were sharing household with infected people and contact with COVID-19 patients and colleagues. Strengthening preventive measures and health education among HCW is fundamental.

This article provides elements of a research conducted in 2020 in which the debate on the importance of pre-professional practice (PP) or pedagogical practice in face-to-face mode for the training of research teachers with an inclusive profile is expanded. At the National University of Education (UNAE-Ecuador), PP is considered the backbone of professional training. In the year 2020 due to the pandemic, the Special Education career implemented in the academic period April-August 2020 the virtual modality for PP, with the support of the Regular Educational Units and Specialized Education. This is a qualitative study, applying the participatory method from the perspectives of the main actors of the PP: students, professional tutors (school teachers) and academic tutors (UNAE teachers). Information was obtained from various sources: online questionnaires, documentary review and a focus group. The results suggest that pre-professional practice in virtual mode does not guarantee quality training processes for future teachers. Face-to-face PP provides more efficient spaces for reflection on experiences related to practice and the relationship established between theory and practice as fundamental pillars in teacher training. On the other hand, virtual PP limits the contact of the practitioner with the socio-educational reality, a situation that has prevented the establishment of adequate processes of reflection on teaching practice and identification of needs and problems in the different socio-educational contexts Este artículo aporta elementos de una investigación realizada en el año 2020 en la que se amplía el debate sobre la importancia de la práctica preprofesional (PP) o práctica pedagógica en modalidad presencial para la formación de docentes con perfil inclusivo. En la Universidad Nacional de Educación (UNAE) de Ecuador, las PP son consideradas el eje vertebrador de la formación profesional. En el año 2020, debido a la pandemia, la carrera de Educación Especial implementó, en el periodo académico abril-agosto 2020, la modalidad virtual para las PP con el apoyo de las unidades educativas regulares y de educación especializada. En este estudio, de corte cualitativo, se aplica el método participativo desde las perspectivas de estudiantes, tutores y tutoras profesionales (docentes de las escuelas) y tutoras y tutores académicos (docentes de la UNAE). La información se obtuvo de diversas fuentes: cuestionarios en línea, revisión documental y un grupo de discusión, participaron un total de 546 personas. Los resultados sugieren que la práctica preprofesional en modalidad virtual no garantiza los procesos de formación de calidad para los futuros docentes. Las PP en modalidad presencial propician de manera más eficiente espacios de reflexión sobre las experiencias relacionadas con la práctica y la relación que se establece entre teoría y práctica como pilares fundamentales en la formación de docentes. En cambio, las PP en modalidad virtual limitan el contacto del practicante con la realidad socioeducativa, situación que ha impedido establecer procesos adecuados de reflexión sobre la práctica docente e identificación de las necesidades y problemáticas en los diferentes contextos socioeducativos

Aquest treball de recerca analitza la situació de la Covid-19 a Espanya al llarg del període de confinament, contrastada amb la recopilació d’articles de premsa (en línia) i notícies. Aquest recull té per objectiu analitzar com es troba la situació actual del sector immobiliari, juntament amb les conseqüències que ha tingut la pandèmia sobre el camp de l’arquitectura, entenent quines situacions esdevindran arran d’això. Seguit d’això es fa una extracció dels aspectes clau que estructuraran la segona part del treball. Seguidament, s’analitzen una sèrie de casos d’estudi des del punt de vista de l’espai exterior, confirmant així per una part, la necessitat d’un a l’habitatge. A més a més també des del punt de vista de l’interior, on veiem habitatges que no poden obrir-se a l’exterior per diverses raons, han d’adaptar-se des de l’interior a través de dur a terme projectes de reformes integrals en les seves llars, on la finalitat és cercar la flexibilitat i versatilitat dels espais. Este trabajo de investigación analiza la situación de la Covid-19 en España a lo largo del periodo de confinamiento, contrastada con la recopilación de artículos de prensa (en línea) y noticias. Esta compilación tiene por objetivo analizar como se encuentra la situación actual del sector inmobiliario, junto con las consecuencias que ha tenido la pandemia sobre el campo de la arquitectura, entendiendo qué situaciones acontecerán a raíz de esto. Seguido de esto se hace una extracción de los aspectos clave que estructurarán la segunda parte del trabajo.Seguidamente, se analizan una serie de casos de estudio desde el punto de vista del espacio exterior, confirmando así por una parte, la necesidad de uno a la vivienda. Además también desde el punto de vista del interior, donde vemos viviendas que no pueden abrirse al exterior por varias razones, tienen que adaptarse desde el interior a través de llevar a cabo proyectos de reformas integrales en sus hogares, donde la finalidad es buscar la flexibilidad y versatilidad de los espacios. This research work analyses the situation of Covid-19 in Spain throughout the period of lockdown, contrasted with the collection of press articles (online) and news. This collection aims to analyse how the current situation in the property sector is, along with the consequences of the pandemic on the field of architecture, understanding what situations will follow. As a result, be able to extract the key aspects that will structure the second part of the work are removed.A number of cases of study are then analysed from the point of view of outer space, thereby confirming the need for one in the home. In addition, and not least important, also from the point of view of the interior, where we see homes that cannot be opened up to outer spaces for various reasons, they must be adapted from the inside through comprehensive reform projects in their homes, where the aim is to seek flexibility and versatility of the spaces.

During Covid-19, schools adopted Emergency Remote Teaching,and teachers had the opportunity to use methodologies based on playful learning (free and guided play, etc.). In this context, quantitative research was designed on the predispositions of 157 Brazilian teachers towards playful learning, comparing teachingexperience, educational level and type of institution. The results obtained from a previously validated questionnaire showed the teachers of "Fundamental I" (6-10 years) and municipal schools are more predisposed to playful learning, use it more frequently and consider it more suitable for Emergency Remote Teaching. On the other hand, teachers from "Municipal" and "Estadual" public schools reported less support in teacher training focused on didactic diversification and perceived more difficulties during the Emergency Remote Teaching. In addition, these difficulties were significantly related to the non-diversification of activities in the period Durante a Covid-19, as escolas adotaram o Ensino Remoto Emergencial e os professores tiveram a oportunidade de utilizar metodologias baseadas na aprendizagem lúdica (brincar livre e guiado, etc.). Nesse contexto, desenvolveu-se uma pesquisa quantitativa sobre as predisposições de 157 professores brasileiros para a aprendizagem lúdica, comparando-se experiência docente, nível educacional e tipo de instituição. Os resultados obtidos a partir de um questionário previamente validado mostraram que os professores do ensino fundamental I (6-10 anos) e das escolas municipais estão mais predispostos ao aprendizado lúdico, o qual utilizam com mais frequência e o consideram mais adequado ao Ensino Remoto Emergencial. Por outro lado, os professores das escolas municipais e estaduais relataram menos apoio na formação docente voltada para a diversificação didática e perceberam mais dificuldades durante o Ensino Remoto Emergencial. Além disso, essas dificuldades estão significativamente relacionadas à não diversificação das atividades no período

Background: This study aimed to estimate potential undetected cancers over the first 2 years of the COVID-19 pandemic in Catalonia. Methods: Cancer incidence was compared between pre-pandemic (2019) and pandemic (March 2020-January 2022) periods in the Catalan Pathology Registry (CPR) according to sex, age, and tumor site. The correlation between cancer diagnosis and COVID-19 health care workload was also evaluated by means of the Pearson's correlation coefficient (R). The expected incident cancers (E) during the pandemic were estimated by applying 2019 CPR cancer incidence specific rates by sex and 5-year age groups to the 2020 and 2021 Catalan population pyramids. CPR incident cancers were considered observed (O). Standardized incidence ratios (SIR) and 95% confidence intervals (as) were calculated using the 0/E ratio. Results: After two pandemic years, cancer diagnosis decreased by 12% (SIR 0.88, 95% a 0.87-0.89), or similar to 7700 undetected cancers (13 000 with nonmelanoma skin cancer). Without nonmelanoma skin cancer, 72% of the cancer underdiagnosis was generated in 2020. Diagnoses decreased more in men (whole pandemic -14%; 2020 -21%; 2021 8%) than in women (---9%, 19%, 3%, respectively), dropping significantly overall in all pandemic waves but the fifth (first -37%, second -16%, third -8%, fourth -6%, fifth -2%, sixth -6%), and across all adult age groups. In the first wave, CPR cancer diagnosis was inversely correlated with COVID-19 caseload in primary care (R -0.91, 95% CI -0.97 to -0.75) and occupancy in conventional hospital wards (R -0.91, 95% a -0.99 to -0.48) and intensive care (R 0.91, 95% a 95% 0.98 to 0.70). Conclusions: Our study evaluated the overall pandemic impact on cancer diagnosis on a large scale and with minimal selection bias, showing that as of February 2022, cancer detection in Catalonia had not yet recovered to pre-pandemic levels. Pending cancer incidence data from population-based cancer registries, early CPR data could inform the development of Spanish cancer control plans.

Treballs Finals del Màster en Oficial en Empresa Internacional / International Business, Facultat d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat de Barcelona. Curs: 2020-2022. Tutor: Xavier Rius Poch, The COVID19 pandemic can be considered the worst global crisis since WorldWarII. No one predicted this sudden catastrophe and how it would last until now. In particular, it has greatly impacted companies engaged in import and export. This resear chaims to identify the wine supply chain risks and learn how the wineries mitigate the risks. Provide a reference for supply chain risk management for wineries and small and medium-sized exporters.

The COVID-19 pandemic has been a phenomenal challenge to global health care and will continue to be so in the upcoming months. Beyond its medical toll, COVID-19 has also exacerbated pre-existing social issues and created new inequalities. This has generated a series of ethical problems that will need to be carefully analyzed to avoid repeating similar mistakes in the context of other crises. Among those, we discuss here the bioethical implications of preserving individual freedom in the context of the early response to a pandemic and propose a global approach to the issue that could be applied in future health challenges.

Background Restricted outdoor activity during COVID-19 related lockdown may accelerate heart failure (HF) progression and thereby increase cardiac arrhythmias. We analyzed the impact of March/April 2020 lockdown on physical activity and arrhythmia burden in HF patients treated with cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) devices with daily, automatic remote monitoring (RM) function. Methods The study cohort included 405 HF patients enrolled in Observation of Clinical Routine Care for Heart Failure Patients Implanted with BIOTRONIK CRT Devices (BIO|STREAM.HF) registry in 16 countries, who had left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) = 8 min/day in 46.5% of patients; predictors were higher LVEF, lower NYHA class, no defibrillator indication, and more activity before lockdown. AHRE burden increased by >= 17 min/day in 4.7% of patients; predictors were history of atrial fibrillation, higher LVEF, higher body mass index, and activity decrease during lockdown. Conclusion Unfavorable changes in physical activity, AHRE burden, and follow-up rate were observed during lockdown, but not in ventricular arrhythmia.