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Abstract Queensland experienced relatively low case numbers during the first year of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) pandemic. This may be due to timely, stringent policies, yet there is currently no research evaluating this link, despite the state government playing such a primary role in the pandemic response.
Jessica Vogler +4 more
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Abstract Single‐use plastics (SUPs) are increasingly polluting terrestrial, coastal, and marine habits, contributing to the creeping “plastic crisis.” The COVID‐19 pandemic provided a window of opportunity for decision makers to change the degree of urgency and responsiveness to this crisis and for policy entrepreneurs and industry who are against ...
Joanna Vince
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Revolutionized learning: Education policy and digital reform in the eurozone
Abstract Education reform has emerged as the main policy priority during the global pandemic. Given the effect of education on individual well‐being and macrolevel socioeconomic growth, countries have undertaken a variety of policy measures to offset the negative ramifications of the health outbreak on learning processes.
Albana Shehaj
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Governing with health code: Standardising China's data network systems during COVID‐19
Abstract Noting the infrastructural turn in platform studies, the article conceives China's health code system, Jian Kang Ma (JKM), deployed to manage the COVID‐19 crisis as a new social infrastructure that manifests the symbolic and material power of the Party State.
Yu Sun, Wilfred Yang Wang
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Abstract The World Health Organization's (WHO) open‐source learning platform, OpenWHO, allows diverse audiences worldwide to access self‐paced, asynchronous online courses based on WHO technical expertise and guidance. In addition, the platform emphasizes equitable access to learning by aiming to remove barriers.
Richelle George +6 more
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Objective To analyze the role and effect of continuous quality improvement in nosocomial infection prevention and control. Methods In order to improve the effect of nosocomial infection prevention and control, a set of continuous quality improvement ...
XU Xu (徐旭) +4 more
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Abstract The COVID‐19 pandemic has forced the confinement of most populations worldwide, through stay‐at‐home orders. Children have continued their education process at home, supervised by parents, who, in most cases, have adopted the role of prime drivers of their learning processes. In this study, the psychological impact of confinement was explored,
Esther Cuadrado +3 more
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Wild meat trade over the last 45 years in the Peruvian Amazon
Abstract The trade in wild meat is an important economic component of rural people's livelihoods, but it has been perceived to be among the main causes of the decline of wildlife species. Recently, the COVID‐19 pandemic has brought to light an additional concern of wildlife markets as a major human‐health challenge.
Pedro Mayor +11 more
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Background – Because of the increased incidence of multidrug‐resistant (MDR) bacteria, the use of disinfectants over antibiotics has been encouraged. However, the interactions between disinfectants and host local immunity are poorly understood. Objective – To assess the effects of chlorhexidine digluconate (Chx), with and without selected host defence ...
Domenico Santoro +3 more
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The skin microbiota in equine pastern dermatitis: a case‐control study of horses in Switzerland
Background – Equine pastern dermatitis (EPD), a multifactorial syndrome, manifests as skin lesions of variable severity in the pastern area. Despite the widespread use of antibacterial therapy for treating this condition, little is known about the contributing bacteria.
Sarah Kaiser‐Thom +3 more
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