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SARS-CoV-2 spike linear epitope scanning via a peptide microarray through sera profiling.

Host humoral immunological response plays an essential role in protection against pathogens. Identification of B-cell epitopes on antigens is required for accurate diagnosis and vaccine development. T…

Correction: When COVID-19 enters in a community setting: an exploratory qualitative study of community perspectives on COVID-19 affecting mental well-being.

A simple, reproducible and accurate lung ultrasound technique for COVID-19: when less is more.

How Do Failed Entrepreneurs Cope with Their Prior Failure When They Seek Subsequent Re-Entry into Serial Entrepreneurship? Failed Entrepreneurs' Optimism and Defensive Pessimism and Coping Humor as a Moderator.

Entrepreneurial failure is prevalent, and particularly when the COVID-19 crisis exacerbates the economic recession, it becomes even more prevalent. Entrepreneurs experience an intensive emotional cris…

Overcoming COVID-19 vaccination resistance when alternative policies affect the dynamics of conformism, social norms, and crowding out.

What is an effective vaccination policy to end the COVID-19 pandemic? We address this question in a model of the dynamics of policy effectiveness drawing upon the results of a large panel survey imple…

Personality and Motives for Social Media Use When Physically Distanced: A Uses and Gratifications Approach.

This paper explores individuals' motives for using social media when living under 'social distancing' conditions imposed during the COVID-19 pandemic, where they were instructed to physically distance…

An Evaluation of the Hand Hygiene Behaviour and Compliance of the General Public When Using Public Restrooms in Northern Ireland (NI) during the Initial Weeks of the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic.

The ongoing novel coronavirus (COVID-19) global pandemic has resulted in significant levels of morbidity and mortality worldwide, particularly among the elderly and immuno-suppressed groups. Although …

Bicentric evaluation of stabilizing sampling tubes for assessment of monocyte HLA-DR expression in clinical samples.

Diminished expression of human leukocyte antigen DR on circulating monocytes (mHLA-DR), measured by standardized flow cytometry procedure, is a reliable indicator of immunosuppression in severely inju…

The ecological dynamics of the coronavirus epidemics during transmission from outside sources when is successfully managed below one.

Since COVID-19 spread globally in early 2020 and was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) in March, many countries are managing the local epidemics effectively through interventi…

Respiratory follow-up after hospitalization for COVID-19: Who and when?

Analysis of external quality assessment samples revealed crucial performance differences between commercial RT-PCR assays for SARS-CoV-2 detection when taking extraction methods and real-time-PCR instruments into account.

In limelight of the ongoing pandemic SARS-CoV-2 testing is critical for the diagnosis of infected patients, contact-tracing and mitigating the transmission. Diagnostic laboratories are expected to pro…

When can physical distancing be relaxed? A health production function approach for COVID-19 control policy.

To assess if physical distancing measures to control the COVID-19 pandemic can be relaxed, one of the key indicators used is the reproduction number R. Many developing countries, however, have limited…

When the worldwide response to the COVID-19 pandemic is done without health promotion.

High-throughput immunoassays for SARS-CoV-2 - considerable differences in performance when comparing three methods.

The recently launched high-throughput assays for detecting antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 has contributed to the managing strategies for the COVID-19 pandemic. This study aimed to investigate the perfo…

Use of Respiratory Protection Devices by Medical Students during the COVID-19 Pandemic.

The use of face masks has assumed a leading spot among nonspecific prevention measures during the coronavirus pandemic. The effectiveness of this protective measure depends on the specifics of individ…

Ethnic and minority group differences in engagement with COVID-19 vaccination programmes - at Pandemic Pace; when vaccine confidence in mass rollout meets local vaccine hesitancy.

Israel, the UK, the USA, and some other wealthier countries lead in the implementation of COVID-19 vaccine mass vaccination programmes. Evidence from these countries indicates that their ethnic minori…

Current Strategies of Antiviral Drug Discovery for COVID-19.

SARS-CoV-2 belongs to the family of enveloped, single-strand RNA viruses known as Betacoronavirus in Coronaviridae, first reported late 2019 in China. It has since been circulating world-wide, causing…

When Crises Hit Home: How U.S. Higher Education Leaders Navigate Values During Uncertain Times.

Against the backdrop of a global pandemic, this study investigates how U.S. higher education leaders have centered their crisis management on values and guiding ethical principles. We conducted 55 in-…

COVID-19 vaccination program: the Catholic Church's all-time support to the government when it is for the common good.

COVAX COVID-19 response: "we will only be safe when everybody is safe!"