Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Benjamin J. Mandl, Ben Y. Reis
Summary: During the COVID-19 pandemic, effective public communication by leaders is crucial for guiding public responses. In analyzing over 1500 pandemic-related speeches delivered by all 50 US state governors during the initial months, we found that as COVID-19 cases increased, governors used stricter language, employed negation to defend actions and highlight uncertainty, and used more extreme adjectives. Furthermore, as cases reached their highest levels, governors used shorter words with fewer syllables.
NPJ DIGITAL MEDICINE
(2022)
Article
Business
Sang M. Lee, Silvana Trimi
Summary: Sustainable innovation, particularly in the face of the current COVID-19 crisis, is crucial for organizational survival and success. This paper introduces convergence innovation (CI) as a new sustainable core competence, driven by the exponential fusion effect of various factors, with a focus on value creation for stakeholders and the greater good.
JOURNAL OF BUSINESS RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Scott McLean, David Rath, Simon Lethlean, Matt Hornsby, James Gallagher, Dean Anderson, Paul M. Salmon
Summary: The article discusses the negative impact of the global COVID-19 pandemic on the sports industry, as well as the implementation of methods from the realm of sociotechnical systems theory to support the return of sporting competitions in sports organizations. By developing a model of an AFL club's football department, the study identified the complexity within the system and potential conflicts, while also suggesting areas for improvement in sports performance departments.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Christoph von Hagke, Chloe Hill, Angela Hof, Thomas Rinder, Andreas Lang, Jan Christian Habel
Summary: While both the COVID-19 crisis and the environmental crisis share similarities, they also exhibit significant differences. The linear correlation between problems and solutions in the COVID-19 crisis contrasts with the complexity and disconnected nature of challenges in the environmental crisis, making it more difficult for humans to perceive and address.
Article
Business
Eric Viardot, Alexander Brem, Petra A. Nylund
Summary: The Covid pandemic had a lasting impact on people worldwide, leading to unprecedented technological innovation. This article provides an overview of key technological changes and the situation in 2022. The analysis focuses on technologies related to virus treatment and pandemic-born innovations in various sectors. The concept of crisis innovation, defined as innovation in response to a crisis, is introduced as a potential area for future research efforts.
TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING AND SOCIAL CHANGE
(2023)
Article
Medicine, Research & Experimental
Ee-Chien Lim, Celeste Yan-Teng Chen, Eng-King Tan
Summary: The current COVID-19 pandemic has brought attention to the digitalization of healthcare delivery, with remote prescription being a key component of telemedicine that is widely practiced. Specific guidelines are necessary to ensure patient safety and health outcomes, emphasizing the need for a robust governance to prioritize patient safety.
ARCHIVES OF MEDICAL RESEARCH
(2021)
Review
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Zhe Li, Weiguang Zhang, Yuting Duan, Yue Niu, Yizhi Chen, Xiaomin Liu, Zheyi Dong, Ying Zheng, Xizhao Chen, Zhe Feng, Yong Wang, Delong Zhao, Xuefeng Sun, Guangyan Cai, Hongwei Jiang, Xiangmei Chen
Summary: Biological age (BA) is a model that evaluates the function of aging individuals and provides a more accurate measure of human aging than chronological age (CA). The choice of biomarkers, standards, and statistical methods can influence BA estimation approaches. Traditional methods include MLR, PCA, KDM, and deep learning, and this review summarizes the markers used for each organ/system and the literature on BA research. Future research should focus on exploring new aging markers, standardizing marker selection, and developing new methods for building BA models.
FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Alexandr Ten, Pramod Kaushik, Pierre-Yves Oudeyer, Jacqueline Gottlieb
Summary: Curiosity-driven learning is foundational to human cognition, allowing individuals to autonomously decide what to learn. Computational theories propose competence measures and learning progress as intrinsic utility functions for efficient exploration, with empirical evidence supporting the importance of these concepts in task selection.
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
(2021)
Article
Engineering, Industrial
Tarcisio Abreu Saurin
Summary: This paper analyzes the multifaceted influence of complexity in different stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, providing insights and guidelines for coping with the crisis. The analysis is based on previous studies and sources of data encompassing recent literature and general information on the pandemic. Proposals for theory testing in future studies are also set out for each major pandemic stage and guideline.
Editorial Material
Cell & Tissue Engineering
Pier Lorenzo Puri
Summary: In this study, the researchers found that alterations in CD47 and THBS1 expression and function in aged muscle stem cells disrupt their ability to regenerate. Targeting the THBS1-CD47 cross-signaling pathway is sufficient to reverse sarcopenia and restore muscle mass and function in aged mice.
Article
Ecology
Mollie Asbury, Nina M. D. Schiettekatte, Courtney S. Couch, Thomas Oliver, John H. R. Burns, Joshua S. Madin
Summary: This study investigated how factors such as geological age, depth, wave exposure, coral cover, and habitat type affect the structural complexity of coral reefs in Hawaii. The results showed that these environmental characteristics influence the habitat complexity, which in turn affects the communities and ecosystem services supported by the reefs.
GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Andre S. S. Sunahara, Arthur A. B. Pessa, Matjaz Perc, Haroldo V. V. Ribeiro
Summary: This study investigates the COVID-19 pandemic in the city of Maringa, Brazil, and finds that despite prompt and robust interventions, cases increased exponentially during the early spread of the disease. Non-pharmaceutical interventions had a significant impact on controlling the pandemic, but the city's measures were primarily reactive. Maringa faced six waves of cases, with the third and fourth waves being the deadliest and overwhelming the local healthcare system. The study highlights the heterogeneities in the spread and impact of the disease compared to the national context and other similarly sized cities. Importance rating: 8 out of 10.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2023)
Editorial Material
Urology & Nephrology
Maria Jose Soler, Conxita Jacobs-Cacha
Summary: Recent studies in 2021 have shown the safety of renin-angiotensin system blockade in patients with kidney failure and COVID-19, as well as the potential therapeutic effects of soluble angiotensin-converting enzyme, COVID-19 vaccine responses, and the long-term impacts of COVID-19 on kidney function.
NATURE REVIEWS NEPHROLOGY
(2022)
Article
Education & Educational Research
Tebeje Molla, Denise Cuthbert
Summary: This paper examines the intersection between crisis decision-making and policy imaginaries in effecting swift policy changes, using the Australian Government's Job-Ready Graduates (JRG) reform during the COVID-19 pandemic as a case study. The study found that reformers repackaged pre-existing policy agendas in the new crisis context, while the government reactivated visions of neoliberal society and economy to justify the timeliness of the reform.
Article
Communication
Esi E. Thompson, S. Senyo Ofori-Parku
Summary: The study found that Ghanaian news media framed the opioid abuse issue using a policy frame, assigning societal responsibility, relying on expert sources, and including mobilizing information. This approach may not only offer specific solutions, but also serve as advocacy by mobilizing stakeholders to take action.
HEALTH COMMUNICATION
(2021)
