Results 21 to 30 of about 191,406 (299)

Optimal lockdowns

open access: yesPublic Choice, 2022
This paper provides a framework for understanding optimal lockdowns and makes three contributions. First, it theoretically analyzes lockdown policies and argues that policy makers systematically enact too strict lockdowns because their incentives are misaligned with achieving desired ends and they cannot adapt to changing circumstances.
David J. Hebert, Michael D. Curry
openaire   +2 more sources

Psychiatric emergencies during, after, and before the COVID-19 lockdown: what happened to our patients? A naturalistic observational study

open access: yesAnnals of General Psychiatry, 2022
Background Despite concerns on mental health problems related to lockdowns, recent reports revealed a reduction in psychiatric admissions in Emergency Departments (ED) during the lockdown period compared with the previous year in several countries.
Martina Brandizzi   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Impact of COVID-19 Lockdown on Daily Activities, Cognitions, and Stress in a Lonely and Distressed Population: Temporal Dynamic Network Analysis

open access: yesJournal of Medical Internet Research, 2022
BackgroundThe COVID-19 pandemic and its associated lockdown measures impacted mental health worldwide. However, the temporal dynamics of causal factors that modulate mental health during lockdown are not well understood.
Matthias Haucke   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Lockdown Fatigue in Pediatric Respiratory Patients: Lessons from the First COVID-19 Year

open access: yesChildren, 2022
Lockdown policies have been implemented worldwide to limit the spread of COVID-19. “Lockdown fatigue” is a state of exhaustion related to the accumulating effects of repeated lockdowns.
Michal Cahal   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

To lockdown or not to lockdown: Analysis of the EU lockdown performance vs. COVID-19 outbreak

open access: yesFrontiers in Medical Technology, 2022
The worldwide COVID-19 outbreak has dramatically called for appropriate responses from governments. Scientists estimated both the basic reproduction number and the lethality of the virus. The former one depends on several factors (environment and social behavior, virus characteristics, removal rate).
Emanuele Lindo Secco, Stefano Conte
openaire   +3 more sources

Impact of Lockdown on Column and Surface Aerosol Content over Ahmedabad and a Comparison with the Indo-Gangetic Plain

open access: yesEarth, 2023
Changes in vertical column concentration, size distribution, and surface concentration of aerosol associated with the lockdown imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 over the Ahmedabad region in Gujarat State, India, were analyzed.
Nisha Vaghmaria   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Conceptualising quality early childhood education: Learning from young children in Brazil and South Africa through creative and play‐based methods

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView., 2023
Abstract Early childhood has increasingly been acknowledged as a vital time for all children. Inclusive and quality education is part of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, with the further specification that all children have access to quality pre‐primary education.
Laura H. V. Wright   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

The lockdown and vaccination distribution in Thailand's COVID-19 epidemic: A model study

open access: yesInfectious Disease Modelling, 2023
Background: Several countries used varied degrees of social isolation measures in response to the COVID-19 outbreak. In 2021, the lockdown in Thailand began on July 20 and lasted for the following six weeks. The lockdown has extremely detrimental effects
Sittisede Polwiang
doaj   +1 more source

Japan’s voluntary lockdown

open access: yesPLOS ONE, 2021
Japan’s government has taken a number of measures, including declaring a state of emergency, to combat the spread COVID-19. We examine the mechanisms through which the government’s policies have led to changes in people’s behavior. Using smartphone location data, we construct a daily prefecture-level stay-at-home measure to identify the following two ...
Tsutomu Watanabe, Tomoyoshi Yabu
openaire   +6 more sources

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on ophthalmologic outpatient care: experience from an Italian Tertiary Medical Center

open access: yesAnnals of Medicine, 2021
Purpose To evaluate the impact the COVID-19-related national lockdown has had on Ophthalmologic Outpatient Care in an Italian Tertiary Medical Centre.Methods We reviewed all the performances that were carried out as outpatient services at our department ...
Alfonso Savastano   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Home - About - Disclaimer - Privacy