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High School Interrupted: A Case Study Of Postsecondary Pathways And College Choices Following The Covid-19 Pandemic, Robert Cook

Dissertations of Practice

This instrumental case study explored how the COVID-19 pandemic influenced post-secondary pathways and college choices of participants in an Upward Bound Program. In the aftermath of the pandemic, community college enrollment was projected to increase, instead two-year institutions experienced significant declines. Prevailing assumptions about college enrollment may not be accurate, and existing college decision models do not account for the effects of a worldwide pandemic. The study was guided by the Iloh model of college going decisions and trajectories, and the college-conocimiento framework. The findings suggested students’ academic engagement and mental health declined during the pandemic. This in turn impacted …

Understanding The Barriers To Covid-19 Vaccine Among Hispanic/Latinx Communities, Razel Bacuetes Milo, Claudia Aguayo, Allison Rae Chico, José Andrés Rozo, Iris Vásquez, Patricia Calero, Joseph Burkhard

School of Nursing and Health Science: Faculty Scholarship

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Covid-19 Vaccine Induced Rhabdomyolysis In A 53 Year-Old Female, Akash Hazari, Jack Chien, Daniel Nunez, Saurabh Pande

Central & West Texas GME Research Day 2023

No abstract provided.

Prevalence Of Postpartum Pre-Eclampsia In Pregnancies Affected By Covid-19 Pneumonia, Brittany Sweatman, Rebekah Bongato-Merren, James Baron

West Florida Division GME Research Day 2023

No abstract provided.

Concern, Conflict, And Chaos: Nebraska Educator Experiences During The Pandemic, Amanda Witte, Amanda Prokasky, Courtney Boise, Renata T.M. Gomes, Gwen Nugent, Susan Sheridan

Nebraska Center for Research on Children, Youth, Families, and Schools: Faculty Publications

During the spring of 2020, Nebraska’s 983 public schools sat vacant, and Nebraska’s 329,290 Pre-Kindergarten to Grade 12 students were learning in environments other than school. Educators were expected to pivot quickly from traditional classroom instruction to remote experiences. Understanding the effects of the pandemic on educators is necessary to effectively meet their needs and the needs of students. The purpose of this study was to identify and describe the experiences of Nebraska’s urban and rural PreK–Grade 12 educators during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic. In surveys collected in July 2020, participants (i.e., superintendents, principals, and teachers) completed …

Covid-19 And Eating Disorders: How Covid-19 Increased The Prevalence And Severity Of Eating Disorders, And The Lasting Implications, Lucy Rogers

Mahurin Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects

COVID-19 brought on a whirlwind of changes that were impossible to have foreseen. The impacts on individuals have left lasting impressions, the natures of which continue to be unearthed even now- 4 years later. This thesis will outline the impacts of COVID-19 on those suffering from eating disorders and disordered eating habits, as well as ideas for how to support and care for these individuals through their continued hardships which have been set in motion by the pandemic.

The research conducted on this topic utilized peer reviewed articles found through databases such as CINAHL, PubMed, and Cochrane Library. The findings …

A Retrospective Study Comparing Mortality Rates Between Vaccinated And Unvaccinated Kidney Transplant Recipients, Anaam Fayyaz, Judy Pozzerle, Suresh Antony

Central & West Texas GME Research Day 2023

No abstract provided.

Impact Of The Covid-19 Pandemic On The Mental Health And Well-Being Of Veterans’ Spouses: A Cross Sectional Analysis, Kevin T. Hansen, Rachel A. Plouffe, Deanna L. Walker, Sonya G. Wanklyn, Laryssa Lamrock, Polliann Maher, Anthony Nazarov, J. Don Richardson

MacDonald Franklin OSI Research Centre

Background COVID-19 has negatively impacted the mental health and well-being of both Canadians and the world as a whole, with Veterans, in particular, showing increased rates of depression, anxiety, and PTSD. Spouses and common-law partners often serve as primary caregivers and sources of support for Veterans, which may have a deleterious effect on mental health and increase risk of burnout. Pandemic related stressors may increase burden and further exacerbate distress; yet the effect of the pandemic on the mental health and well-being of Veterans’ spouses is currently unknown. This study explores the self-reported mental health and well-being of a group …

When Privacy Proclivity Meet Covid-19: No Longer Concerns Of Today’S M-Commerce Users?, James L. Thomas, Jianping Coco Huang, Brent J. Cunningham, Jihye Lee, Le Wu

Atlantic Marketing Journal

This is continuous research of our previous publication (Thomas et al., 2021). A new two by two study (Before and After COVID 19) X (China and the US culture) was designed to test the moderated mediation effect of the COVID pandemic on M-commerce user’s privacy proclivity, trust, and M-commerce intention! A new sample was collected from two countries in different time periods (Before and after COVID pandemic) to investigate whether M-commerce users’ concern about privacy proclivity has changed after COVID-19. Built on top of our 2021 publication, this study discovered that privacy proclivity no longer has a significant direct impact …

The Covid-19 Pandemic As A Catalyst For Integrated Global Mental Healthcare And Tuberculosis Care, Alexander L. Chu, Aneeta Pasha, Carmen Contreras, Leonid Lecca, Annika C. Sweetland, Jerome T. Galea

Social Work Faculty Publications

Mental disorders are common among persons with tuberculosis (TB), and the COVID-19 pandemic has only amplified the mental and physical health consequences of this deadly synergy. Here, we call to attention the immense vulnerability of people with TB to mental disorders during the pandemic and highlight the unique challenges and opportunities that the pandemic brings to the future integration of global TB and mental healthcare. We argue that the pandemic era is an ideal period to accelerate this integration and we provide research and policy recommendations to actualise this urgent need.

Resources Availability And Covid-19 Mortality Among Us Counties, Josue Patien Epane, Ferhat Zengul, Zo Ramamonjiarivelo, Luceta Mcroy, Robert Weech-Maldonado

APC Fund

The COVID-19 was declared a pandemic by WHO on 03/2020 has claimed millions of lives worldwide. The US leads all countries in COVID-19-related deaths. Individual level (preexisting conditions and demographics) and county-level (availability of resources) factors have been attributed to increased risk of COVID-19-related deaths. This study builds on previous studies to assess the relationship between county-level resources and COVID-19 mortality among 2,438 US counties. We merged 2019 data from AHA, AHRF, and USA FACTS. The dependent variable was the total number of COVID-19-related deaths. Independent variables included county-level resources: (1) hospital staffing levels (FTE RNs, hospitalists, and intensivists) per …

Saying No To Say Yes: Mediating Student Technology Needs In Times Of Crisis, Catherine Fonseca, Rita Premo, Hilary Smith

Faculty & Staff Scholarship

This chapter details the mediating role embraced by the SSU Library in managing university-wide technology and learning challenges during an unanticipated pivot to remote instruction and is organized according to lessons learned. Responding to COVID disruptions in real time, we identified key areas where our expertise and relationships allowed us to advocate for and support students, while also saying no or limiting our participation in others. Limiting the services provided during a crisis to only those that fit within the core scope of our mission was a powerful tactic that libraries should exercise often and widely communicate. Rather than answering …

Empagliflozin Induced Fanconi Syndrome In A Patient With Covid-19, Nicole Fernandez, Gilad Guez, Edgar Escasinas

Capital Division GME Research Day 2023

No abstract provided.

Anti-Nmda Encephalitis In A Patient With Active Covid-19 Infection, Ali Abu-Alya, Janita Sidhu, Hamza Hansoti, Tyler Voss-Hamrick, Venkatachalam Veerappan, Ruhin Sidhu

Far West Division GME Research Day 2023

No abstract provided.

Case Based Review On Headaches And Cerebral Venous Thromboembolism Post Covid-19 Infection, Aishwarya Raich, Tanvir Khosla, Vishnu Halthore, Ali Abu-Alya, Venkatachalam Veerappan

Far West Division GME Research Day 2023

No abstract provided.

Intracerebral Hemorrhage And Reversible Cerebral Vasoconstriction Syndrome Ina Patient With Covid-19, Matthew Bear, Branden Wilson, Aswin Srinivasan, Amar Hasan, Salman Alim, Mohamad Ezzeldin

Gulf Coast Division GME Research Day 2023

No abstract provided.

Factors Contributing To Ventilator Dependent Days In Covid-19, Isaac Ginsberg, Samantha Eteve, Bryan Lunt, Kenneth Krell

Continental, MidAmerica, & Mountain Divisions GME Research Day 2023

No abstract provided.

A Retrospective Mortality Study Of Montelukast In Patients Hospitalized With Covid-19 Pneumonia, George Matus, Mina Bhatnagar, Mitalie Gupta, Blane Alost, Raafia Sajjad, Karen Luo, Kim Vickery, Asha Kurian

Central & West Texas GME Research Day 2023

No abstract provided.

Clinical Characteristics Of Covid-19 Waves In The Southeastern United States: A Retrospective Study, Omar Kandah, Robert Sherertz, Richard Duff, Erica Junqueira

South Atlantic Division GME Research Day 2023

No abstract provided.

Relational Disruptions And Mental Health Among Sexual Minority College Students During Covid-19, Nia Warren, The Spit For Science Working Group, Traci Wike Phd

IRBEH/Spit for Science Publications and Presentations

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Risk Factors And Outcomes Of Acute Kidney Injury Among Covid-19 Patients At A Tertiary Hospital In Kenya, Susan Cheruiyot

Master of Medicine in Family Medicine

Background: Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), a novel infection caused by the SARS-Cov-2 virus, was declared a global pandemic on March 11, 2020. Three years later, 350,000 Kenyans had gotten the infection, with approximately 5,700 reported related deaths. Despite emerging research on the new virus, studies from the African continent on the impact of COVID-19 on the kidneys have been few. Early studies suggest that up to 75% of patients with COVID-19 have a derangement in their kidney function as evidenced by new onset proteinuria and hematuria. That said, the prevalence of acute kidney injury has varied greatly across populations, …

Contact-Tracing Apps As Boundary Objects Of Pandemic Governance: The State-By-State Approach To Contain The Spread Of Covid-19 In The United States, Eugene Jang, Jeeyun (Sophia) Baik, Katrin Fischer

Communication: Faculty Scholarship

Digital contact tracing has been claimed as imperative to controlling the spread of COVID19. However, the state-by-state approach in the United States led to divergences in contact tracing. This study analyzed contact-tracing apps as “boundary objects” through which each state worked toward the governance of the pandemic without having a formal consensus. Through media coverage and walkthrough analyses of three digital contacttracing apps in Alabama, California, and New York, we closely investigated both convergences and divergences of the apps. In the process, we located the implications of Google/Apple’s Bluetooth-based exposure notification system for digital contact tracing within and beyond state …

Delegitimizing Rural Public Health Departments: How Decaying Local News Ecologies, Misinformation, And Radicalization Undermine Community Storytelling Networks, Nik Usher

Communication: Faculty Scholarship

This article considers the public communication challenges that health officials in rural America faced during the COVID-19 pandemic. I analyze the role that public health officials played in communicating news and information about the pandemic in 29 rural counties in Illinois. These officials were challenged by a diminished reporting capacity among local media outlets, and by a political radicalization of local Republicans, who no longer regarded local media as trusted nodes in local storytelling networks. I find that while public health officials can help fill a community’s critical information needs about risk and emergency, the public’s take-up of this information …

Three Essays On Health And Environmental Economics: Applications Of Spatial Econometrics And Spatial Analysis, Mohammed Syedul Islam

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

Spatial interaction and the locational structure between observations play key roles in the field of econometrics for both cross-sectional and panel data analysis. Compared to a non-spatial econometric model, a spatial model relaxes the assumption of independency in observations. This research applies spatial and non-spatial econometrics in three different fields of applied economics: (1) drinking water and air quality violations impacts on lung and bronchus cancer incidence in the contiguous United States (U.S.); (2) spillover effects of non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) on COVID-19 cases across the contiguous U.S. counties; and (3) urbanization impacts on carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions in …

Covid-19 Crowd Detection, Mustafa Ibrahim, Aly M. Zeineldin, Yameen Khan, Ayman Elmesalami, Soad Ibrahim

OUR Journal: ODU Undergraduate Research Journal

Object detection was introduced by researchers for face detection. Researchers explain how the detected face is divided into minor frames to be recognized by the algorithm. Due to COVID-19 and government regulations, many people face problems going to shopping centers and shop safely. It has been very hard for both the government and the people to manage social distancing. In our study, we developed a system using Raspberry Pi-4 that will detect the distance between people along with counting the number of distance and mask violations. An error message will appear on the screen in red, showing the total number …

Student Engagement And Academic Performance During The Covid-19 Pandemic: Does A Blended Learning Approach Matter?, Chen Zheng

International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

This paper examines whether and to what extent student engagement with the learning management system (LMS) Blackboard affects students’ academic performance during the COVID-19 pandemic. We find strong evidence that higher student engagement with Blackboard is associated with better academic performance. We also find that the association between student engagement and student academic performance varies with different blended learning formats. Specifically, the positive effects are more pronounced when synchronous online lectures and face-to-face tutorials are implemented. Given that COVID-19 is a constantly moving situation, this study highlights that a blended learning approach needs to engage students actively to facilitate social …

The Course Of Covid: How Has The Pandemic Changed The Ways Therapists Use Art In Their Therapeutic Practice?, Deborah Sharpe

Art Therapy | Doctoral Dissertations

In 2020, the global pandemic fundamentally changed our everyday lives personally and professionally. The purpose of this study was to explore the impact of COVID-19 on the art therapy profession: the challenges of shifting to telehealth, managing work/life balance, confronting new realities around notions of privacy and confidentiality, and adapting the materials used in sessions. The necessary innovations and adjustments also revealed the unexpected benefits the pandemic and online therapy platforms provided. The researcher was interested in exploring the challenges and benefits of telehealth, the changes to the practical and essential qualities of the art therapy session, the therapeutic relationship, …

Association Of Vitamin D Receptor Cdx-2 Polymorphism With Covid-19: A Case-Control Study, Mahmoud M. Alseoudy, Maha O. Hammad, Mohmed Elgamal, Dalia A. Abdelghany, Asmaa M. Borg, Ahmed El-Mesery, Dina Elzeiny

Mansoura Medical Journal

Background: Host genetic variability has been suggested as an important explanation for inter-individual differences in COVID-19 susceptibility and severity. Most vitamin D actions in the regulation of immunity are mediated by vitamin D receptors (VDRs). Polymorphisms in the VDR gene have been associated with several health outcomes; however, their effects on COVID-19 still need more clarification. This study aims to investigate the association of the VDR SNP (rs11568820, Cdx-2) with susceptibility and inter-individual variability of the severity of COVID-19. Methods: A total of 100 confirmed COVID-19 patients and 100 age and sex-matched controls were enrolled in this study between July …

Sars-Cov-2 Main Protease Targeting Potent Fluorescent Inhibitors: Repurposing Thioxanthones, Gönül Saadet Batibay, Eyüp Meti̇n

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

The coronavirus disease, COVID-19, is the major focus of the whole world due to insufficient treatment options. It has spread all around the world and is responsible for the death of numerous human beings. The future consequences for the disease survivors are still unknown. Hence, all contributions to understand the disease and effectively inhibit the effects of the disease have great importance. In this study, different thioxanthone based molecules, which are known to be fluorescent compounds, were selectively chosen to study if they can inhibit the main protease of SARS-CoV-2 using various computational tools. All candidate ligands were optimized, molecular …

Impact Of E-Learning Service Quality On Student Satisfaction During The Covid-19 Pandemic: A Systematic Review, Yam B. Limbu, Long Pham

Department of Marketing Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works

Educational institutions around the world transitioned from face-to-face learning to online learning as a direct result of the COVID-19 pandemic. This sudden transition had grave consequences on e-learning service quality (ELSQ) and student satisfaction with online learning; however, what dimensions of ELSQ impacted student satisfaction most during the COVID-19 pandemic remain unclear. This study represents the first systematic effort reviewing and synthesizing the available literature on the relationships between the various dimensions of ELSQ and student satisfaction with online learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. We searched the databases Education Source, Education Resources Information Center, and Computer & Applied Sciences Complete …