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Distance Education Connection Newsletter, Fall 2020, Dena Laton

Distance Education Connection

No abstract provided.

Ua3/10 President's Messages - Fall Semester, Wku President's Office - Caboni

WKU Administration Documents

President's Message emails sent by Timothy Caboni to faculty & staff during fall semester, 2020.

• Big Red Restart
• Bowling Green/Warren County Coronavirus Workgroup
• Climbing to Greater Heights – Strategic Plan
• COVID-19 – Campus Climate Survey – Personnel Searches – Homecoming
• COVID-19 Escalation
• Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Work Group
• End of Semester
• Faculty/Staff Open Forum & Convocation
• Fall Semester – Big Red Restart
• Healthy on the Hill
• Healthy on the Hill – Graves Gilbert Clinic
• Hilltopper Guarantee: WKU’s Commitment to the Commonwealth
• Salary Reductions

Lifelines Fall 2020, Southern Adventist University

Lifelines - Biology Department Newsletter

The Fall 2020 issue of Lifelines contains articles on Insights from the Professor, Alumni Highlight, and Department Happenings.

Covid-19 In Sub-Saharan Africa: Impacts On Vulnerable Populations And Sustaining Home-Grown Solutions, Lauren J. Wallace, Elysée Nouvet, Robert Bortolussi, Joshua A. Arthur, Eugenia Amporfu, Eric Arthur, Kofi Bobi Barimah, Bernard Aristide Bitouga, Harriet Chemusto, Joseph Ikechebelu, Ngozi Joe-Ikechebelu, Mandy Kader Kondé, Jean Damascene Kabakambira, Gabriel Kyomba Kalombe, Diana M.S. Karanja, Eveline Thobias Konje, Sekou Kouyate, Gojjam Limeneh, Felicien Munday Mulopo, Mary Ndu, Eric Ochomo, Oriokot Francis, Oumy Thiongane, Jeremiah Seni, S. Mohammed Sheriff, Douglas Singini

Health Studies Publications

© 2020, The Canadian Public Health Association. This commentary draws on sub-Saharan African health researchers’ accounts of their countries’ responses to control the spread of COVID-19, including social and health impacts, home-grown solutions, and gaps in knowledge. Limited human and material resources for infection control and lack of understanding or appreciation by the government of the realities of vulnerable populations have contributed to failed interventions to curb transmission, and further deepened inequalities. Some governments have adapted or limited lockdowns due to the negative impacts on livelihoods and taken specific measures to minimize the impact on the most vulnerable citizens. However, …

Months Into The Covid-19 Pandemic, Community Health Centers Report Signs Of Improvement, But Face Financial Uncertainty, Jessica Sharac, James Hernandez, Feygele Jacobs, Peter Shin

Geiger Gibson/RCHN Community Health Foundation Research Collaborative

Executive Summary:

This policy brief reports on the COVID-19 experience of the nation’s community health centers over a six-month period, utilizing data from the Health Resources and Services Administration’s (HRSA’s) weekly Health Center COVID-19 Survey from April 3rd, 2020 to October 2nd, 2020. The data demonstrate that community health centers were immediately responsive to the public health crisis, initiating diagnostic testing for the COVID-19 virus, and adapting care such as telehealth to address patient needs. However, with visits down overall and limited financial relief, the pandemic has taken an enormous financial toll on health centers. Cumulative patient revenue losses over …

Wooster Magazine: Fall 2020, Caitlin Paynich Stanowick

Wooster Magazine: 2011-2020

This fall 2020 issue of Wooster magazine acts as the President’s Annual Report showcasing how undeterred by challenges of pandemic, College of Wooster faculty and staff came together to ensure innovative learning experiences and a strong engaging community endured for students. In addition to the annual financial summary and giving report, the magazine features stories that reflect on the 2019-20 academic year including new learning opportunities for students and innovative academic experiences that open students’ eyes to new perspectives. Featured student stories included Dhwani Parsana ’21 who completed research for her Independent Study with Laura Sirot, associate professor of biology, …

Report From Oakland: The Art Of Insurrection, Pedro Lange-Churión, John Zarobell

Global Studies Faculty Publications

At the end of May, the third month of a shelter-in-place order in the counties of the San Francisco Bay Area, protests erupted daily in Oakland (California) following the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. After a spree of early looting, the businesses along Oakland’s main corridors—many still closed to the public today, in November—had boarded up their windows leaving a ready canvas for a host of street artists and muralists to make their mark. The protest works that emerged are both beautiful and politically fraught, exposing some of the most sensitive social and economic divisions in the US. With …

Hydroxychloroquine In Covid-19: Potential Mechanism Of Action Against Sars-Cov-2, Sairaj Satarker, Tejas Ahuja, Madhuparna Banerjee, Vignesh Balaji E

Open Access archive

Purpose of Review: The rapid spread of virus, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has turned out to be a global emergency. Symptoms of this viral infection, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), include mild infections of the upper respiratory tract, viral pneumonia, respiratory failure, multiple organ failure and death. Till date, no drugs have been discovered to treat COVID-19 patients, and therefore, a considerable amount of interest has been shown in repurposing the existing drugs. Recent Findings: Out of these drugs, chloroquine (CQ) and hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) have demonstrated positive results indicating a potential antiviral role against SARS-CoV-2. Its mechanism of …

Experiences Of Clinical Nurses Caring For Patients With Covid-19 In Kosovo. A Phenomenological Study, Yllka Krasniqi, Fllanza Spahiu, Shqipe Agushi

UBT International Conference

The outbreak of Sars-Cov 2 virus and the disease it causes - COVID-19 has challenged the health system, especially the medical staff of the front line of confrontation with this virus. Nurses constitute the largest group of health care workers and together with doctors they are directly exposed to the risk of infection from this virus. This qualitative study aimed to understand the experiences of clinical nurses who have been engaged in providing health care services to patients with COVID-19 in Kosovo. The data analysis was based on Colaizzi's model for the analysis of phenomenological studies. Eight (8) nurses from …

Predictors Of Perceived Social Support During The Covid-19 Pandemic Among College Students At The University Of South Carolina, Erin Godfrey

Senior Theses

Introduction: The emergence of COVID-19 has rapidly transformed the framework of our world in immeasurable ways. Social distancing and online learning have seemingly had a negative effect on students’ mental health amidst the rising stress of life during a global pandemic. Higher levels of perceived social support have been shown to have a buffering impact on the negative effects of stress. Therefore, the present study seeks to investigate how these effects differ among college students during their return to school in the Fall of 2020.

Method: A convenience sample of 257 students from the University of South Carolina …

Jefferson Digital Commons Quarterly Report: July-September 2020, Kelsey Duinkerken, Msi, Larissa Gordon, Mslis, Med, Ma

Jefferson Digital Commons Reports

Included in this Report

• Abington Health Articles
• Articles
• Collaborative Healthcare: Interprofessional Practice, Education, and Evaluation (JCIPE)
• Collaborative Research and Evidence shared Among Therapists and Educators (CREATE Day)
• Covid 19-: Spread the Science, Not the Virus
• Department of Family and Community Medicine Presentations and Grand Rounds
• Master of Population Health Program Thesis and Capstone Presentations
• Master of Public Health Thesis and Capstone Presentations
• Jefferson Surgical Solutions
• The Medicine Forum
• Sex and Gender Health Education Summit 2020
• Student Papers and Posters
• Misc. Uploads
• What people are saying about the Jefferson Digital Repository

Variation In Risk Of Covid-19 Infection And Predictors Of Social Determinants Of Health In Miami-Dade County, Florida, Imelda K. Moise

All publications

Miami-Dade County zip code-level (N = 91 zip codes) coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases (N = 89,556 as of July 21, 2020) reported from the Florida Department of Health were used to estimate rates of COVID-19 per 1,000 population at the census block group level (N = 1,594 study block groups). To identify associations between rates of COVID-19 infections and multidimensional indexes of social determinants of health (SDOH) across Miami-Dade County, Florida, I applied a global model (ordinary least squares) and a local regression model (geographically weighted regression). Findings indicated that a social disadvantage index positively affected COVID-19 infection rates, …

Niveli I Depresionit, Stresit Dhe Ankthit Te Punëtorët Shëndetësorë Në Klinikën Infektive Në Qendrën Klinike Universitare Të Kosovës, Besart Lahu

Theses and Dissertations

Hyrje: Coronavirus (COVID-19) është sëmundje akute infektive e shkaktuar nga virusi Corona i ri. Sëmundja karakterizohet me kontagjiozitet të lartë dhe vdekshmëri relativisht të lartë krahasuar me sëmundjet tjera që përhapen përmes rrugëve respiratore. Mund ti prek njerëzit edhe në aspektin psikologjik. Në këtë kontekst, shumë njerëz përjetojnë reagime stresi, ankthi dhe depresioni. Ndër ta në radhë të parë janë punëtorët shëndetësor të profileve të ndryshme. Gjatë gjithë këtyre muajve përpos dinamikës së punës dhe rrezikut që u është kanosur, punëtorët shëndetësor kanë qenë të shqetësuar edhe për shëndetin e tyre dhe familjes si dhe ndryshimet në punë.

Qëllimi i …

Ex Libris, Fall 2020, West Virginia University Libraries

Ex Libris: The WVU Libraries Magazine

KEEPING EVERYTHING MOVING FORWARD The Libraries helped the University community continue their academic journey and research pursuits during the pandemic.; ACHIEVING SUFFRAGE One hundred years ago, West Virginia legislators met at the State Capitol in Charleston to ratify the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which extended voting rights to women; WVRHC RECEIVES FIFTH NEH GRANT TO DIGITIZE HISTORICAL NEWSPAPERS So far, the WVRHC has digitized more than 400,000 pages from more than 60 historical West Virginia newspapers.

Analysis Of Epidemic Situation Of New Coronavirus Pneumonia From The Perspective Of Intelligence Analysis, Xin Zhou, Yuan-Yuan Luan, Hao Wang, Dongbo Wang

Journal of Scientific Information Research

[Purpose/significance]The analysis of open source intelligence based on the theme of emergencies is of great significance not only for the effective control of the new coronavirus pneumonia epidemic and its spread，the protection of people's health and property safety，but also for social stability，economic development，and national security.Helps improve the speed and effectiveness of decision-making in relevant departments.[Method/process]The advent of the 5G era，has led to an increasing amount of data traffic on the network.More and more intelligence will be obtained from public information on the network.By introducing a competitive hypothesis analysis method（ACH），first research and judge the source of the new coronavirus，and then analyze …

Measuring The Spread Of Covid-19 In Kentucky: Do We Have The Right Data?, Kenneth R. Troske, Paul A. Coomes

Institute for the Study of Free Enterprise Working Papers

We examine various measures of COVID-19 infections, hospitalizations and deaths, with an emphasis on data for Kentucky. We find that: Data on the number of new reported cases of the disease obtained from convenience samples (as opposed to representative random samples) is an inaccurate measure of the spread of the disease in the State. Using CDC data and national studies, it appears that there were ten times the number of infections in March than reported for Kentucky at the time and by September the State is still capturing only one out of two people infected.

A better measure of new …

Covid-19 Cancer Recommendation Consequences On One Radiation Therapy Department Economics And Employee Working Conditions’ Satisfaction In France, Christos Melidis, Alicia Merciadri, Paul Orabona

Health Sciences

National and international authorities and scientific societies have recently published important cancer treatment recommendations in order to propose extra measures that should be taken during the COVID-19 epidemic. These measures in Radiation Therapy (RT) include, among others, the reduction of the number of cancer patients treated, their respective sessions and the personnel present. For a small private RT department in France and for the period between mid-March and mid-May 2020 these measures resulted in one third less treated patients per week, no new prostate cases and fewer breast and palliative ones, less medical consultations, almost half patient sessions and a …

Untreated Stroke As Collateral Damage Of Covid-19: "Time Is Brain" Versus "Stay At Home"., David Z. Rose, W. Scott Burgin, Swetha Renati

All publications

For decades, neurologists have been advocating that anyone with acute focal deficits report immediately to the closest hospital's emergency room. Major advancements in the hyperacute diagnosis and treatment of stroke have justified our call-to-action slogan of "Time is Brain"-faster therapy leads to superior outcomes. However, this mantra has been recently usurped by the catchphrase "Stay at Home" during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Fewer patients are presenting to hospitals with acute stroke; our census is down. Presumably the etiology of this phenomenon is either strict "social distancing" that some people may misperceive to exclude even emergent situations, or fears …

2020 Culture Shift: Measuring Covid-19 Impact On San Diego Arts And Culture Nonprofits, Thomas Abruzzo, Laura Deitrick, Christine Jones, Jonathan Glus

Arts and Culture

To better understand the impacts of the pandemic on City-funded arts and culture nonprofits and their workforce, The Nonprofit Institute at the University of San Diego – on behalf of the City of San Diego Commission for Arts and Culture – conducted a survey of arts and culture organizations funded by the City in fiscal year 2020. In that year, the City invested $11.4 million in arts and culture organizations. In fiscal year 2021, the City was forced to reduced annual funding to approximately $5.7 million due to drastically reduced tax revenues. Eight months into the pandemic, many City-funded arts …

Using Age-Adjusted And Crude Rates For Assessing Covid-19 Cases, Priyadarshini Pattath Phd, Mph, Rexford Anson-Dwamena Mph

Virginia Journal of Public Health

Purpose: To assess the difference in crude rates and age-adjusted rates in COVID-19 cases.

Methods: COVID-19 cases in Virginia were obtained from the publicly available dataset as of June 21, 2020. Crude rates of COVID -19 cases were calculated and estimates for the total population of Virginia were age-adjusted to the U.S. Census 2000 population using the direct method.

Results: There was a wide difference between the crude rate and the age-adjusted rate in the different age-groups. The crude rate was highest for the over 80 age group, 1063.93 per 100,000 population. However, the age-adjusted rate was highest in the …

Balancing Our Brains: Apps For Avoiding Bandwidth Overload, Geraldine R. Kalim, Rachel S. Evans

Articles, Chapters and Online Publications

Amidst the rush and worry many librarians around the world felt as we scrambled earlier this year to set up physical spaces to work from home, at the University of Georgia Law Library we were fortunate to have several task boards, project management spaces, and apps for communication already in motion. Individuals and small teams had been using various platforms for years to collaborate more effectively and track progress on longterm objectives, all while maintaining business as usual. In this article we put our recent and personal experiences to use, giving context for why and how four tools can be …

The George-Anne Daily, Georgia Southern University

George-Anne Media Group: Newsletters & Magazines

No abstract provided.

Several Houses, Anthony L. Cudahy

Theses and Dissertations

Within the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, the thinking that informed my painting practice fixated on the purgatorial temporal space of waiting, a questioning of utopian and apocalyptic impulses, and the preservation of deceased artists' archives.

Vitamin D In Covid-19 Pneumonia: High Yield With Low Risk, Shahan Waheed, Emaduddin Siddiqui

Department of Emergency Medicine

No abstract provided.

The 2020 Presidential Election In Louisiana, Edward Chervenak, Anthony Licciardi

Survey Research Center Publications

he University of New Orleans’ Survey Research Center (SRC) conducted a statewide interactive voice response (IVR) survey of Louisiana voters on the topic of who they preferred in the 2020 presidential election. We also asked them about the Covid-19 virus. Survey respondents were randomly selected from the Louisiana Secretary of State’s voter file. However, not all registered voters were eligible for the poll. Only those registered voters who had voted at least once in the past ten statewide elections in Louisiana were selected for the sample. The sample of 755 respondents was collected by telephone IVR on Thursday October 22, …

The Grizzly, October 1, 2020, Simra Mariam, Gillian Mccomeskey, Kevin Melton, Layla Halterman, Shelsea Deravil, Julia Paiano, Rosalia Murphy, Ava Compagnoni

Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper, 1978 to Present

In Memoriam: Aidan Inteso '24 • Ursinus Receives National Ranking • Autumn at Ursinus • Ursinus Online: New Ways to Live Together • A Powerful Yet Stylish Weapon • Opinion: Online Learning Versus In-Tents Perspective; Ursinus Response to COVID-19 • Closeness of Teammates Under COVID-19 Guidelines • Back to Practice: COVID Style

Mapping Disparities In Covid-19: Determining The Demographic, Economic, Educational, Housing, Quality Of Life, And Health Factors That Relate To Disparities In Covid-19 Infections And Deaths, Kate Stanley, Naima Shifa

Annual Student Research Poster Session

Background: Throughout the pandemic, minority groups, particularly African Americans and Hispanic/Latino Americans have experienced disproportionately high infection and death rates as compared to their white and Asian counterparts. Though this phenomenon could be attributed to high rates of pre-existing conditions in black and Hispanic communities, there are other underlying factors that cause such disparity. We set out to determine whether or not various demographic, economic, educational, health, housing, and quality of life indicators were correlated with higher rates of COVID-19 infection.

Methods: We used USAFacts COVID-19 data to select the 150 United States counties with the highest infection rates. We …

Gastrointestinal (Gi) And Hepatic Manifestations Identified Through Advocate Lutheran Coronavirus (Alco) Database, Natasha Shah, David Kruchko, Assad Munis, Thomas Adam Wichelmann, Sarah Burroughs, Ryan Hoff, Mary Dement, Eli Ehrenpreis

Advocate Gastroenterology Fellows - Lutheran General

No abstract provided.

Elnec Covid-19 Meditation/Mindfulness Information, End-Of-Life Nursing Education Consortium, Betty Rolling Ferrell

General Submissions: Academic Settings and Education-based Materials

Nurses are facing a great deal of stress caring for patients during the coronavirus pandemic. Meditation and mindfulness practices can help alleviate stress. This infographic outlines a number of helpful apps that can support nurses during this difficult time.

Health Priorities For Sustainable Development, Lisa E. Sachs, Jeffrey D. Sachs

Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment Staff Publications

The right to health has been repeatedly recognized as one of the core human rights, essential for human functioning, human dignity, economic well-being and development. But the right to health continues to elude hundreds of millions and with Covid-19, perhaps billions of people. Poverty remains the most critical obstacle to the realization of the right to health in developing countries. Achieving universal health coverage, before the additional costs of Covid-19, would require roughly $50 billion per year, approximately 0.1 percent of the GDP of the high-income OECD countries. Yet despite this broad understanding of the vicious cycle of poverty and …