The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on trends in the European banking sector by Miković Nina

“…In light of the financial crisis' uncertainty and the widespread use of "lockdown" measures, banks in Europe launched a race to digitalize business activities. …”
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Live Interpreting during the Covid-19 Pandemic: The Medium, the Mode and the Model by Muhammad Gamal

“…The paper examines the experience of a Sydney interpreter during the Covid-19 pandemic which witnessed a severe lockdown (June 2021) with members of the Australian army patrolling certain suburbs. …”
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Toward a Methodology of Spatial Neighborhood Evaluation to Uncover the “Invisible Spaces” in Neighborhoods Built Through State Initiatives Between 1945 and 1980 by Hadas Shadar, Dalit Shach-Pinsly

“…These spaces provided opportunities for well-being, relaxation, and community building during times of lockdown and restricted human movement in the built environment. …”
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The impact of routines on emotional and behavioural difficulties in children and on parental anxiety during COVID-19 by Vera Lees, Rosie Hay, Helen Bould, Helen Bould, Helen Bould, Alex S. F. Kwong, Daniel Major-Smith, Daniel Major-Smith, Daphne Kounali, Rebecca M. Pearson, Rebecca M. Pearson

“…BackgroundThe Covid-19 pandemic and related public health measures, including lockdowns and school closures, have impacted on mental health of children.Aims and hypothesisWe hypothesised that there would be an association between maintaining a routine during lockdown and both lower emotional and behavioural difficulties in children and lower parental anxiety. …”
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COMPARATIVE CHARACTERISTICS OF MODELS OF STATE SUPPORT FOR NATIONAL ECONOMIES OF THE WORLD IN THE CONTEXT OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC by O. A. Lomovtseva, S. Yu. Soboleva, A. V. Sobolev

“…The authors describe the consequences of lockdown for the economies of various countries. The study conducts a screen analysis of health systems and their mobilization response to the spread of coronavirus infection. …”
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Christianity, ‘supernatural’ beliefs and COVID-19 by E. Shoko

“…Issues around social distancing and lockdown directly impacted articulation and religious expression, while understanding of the pandemic and the virus were mediated through constructions of religio-spiritual beliefs. …”
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COVID-19 pandemic and its psychological impact among healthy Portuguese and Spanish nursing students by Carlos Laranjeira, Ana Querido, Goreti Marques, Mafalda Silva, Daniela Simões, Luísa Gonçalves, Rita Figueiredo

“…Few studies have explored the impacts of COVID-19 and lockdown on the mental health of undergraduate nursing students. …”
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The association of financial resources and loneliness among older adults during a state of emergency. by Madeleine Drost, Cäzilia Loibl, Anastasia Snyder, Michael Betz

“…Income and access to emergency savings did not influence the relationship between actions taken and personal plans changed as a result of COVID-19. Easing lockdown restrictions was unrelated to the relationship between loneliness and liquidity constraints, actions taken and personal plans changed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. …”
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Finnish parents’ perception of the impact of COVID-19 on the lives of autistic adolescents by Kwok Ng, Sanni Hiltunen, Marleena Pekonen, Eija Kärnä

“…These were important learnings for designing personalised education for autistic adolescents, such as hybrid schooling and flexible supportive environments in a post-COVID-19 lockdown world.…”
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CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC AND PERFORMANCE OF SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES IN CALABAR METROPOLIS by INNOCENT OBETEN OKOI, CHARLES EFFIONG, COMFORT INNOCENT OKOI, EFFIONG ASUQUO OKON

“…From the study, it was revealed that there was a significant impact between lockdown and performance of SMEs in Calabar metropolis. …”
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Digital Games as Safe Places: The Case of Animal Crossing by Ferreira Cátia, Ganito Carla, Gonçalves Soraia

“…Digital games have become a popular cultural pastime and a profitable media industry, with an average player age of 32. During the lockdown years, the many facets of digital games came to light, particularly their capacity to encourage the development of safe spaces for interaction and communities. …”
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Risk Identification and Responses of Tunnel Construction Management during the COVID-19 Pandemic by Zhimin Wang, Zixiao Liu, Junyan Liu

“…Among these risk factors, worker availability, site accessibility, shortage of construction materials, and inadequate epidemic prevention materials caused by the lockdown policy are the most fundamental challenges encountered by the projects. …”
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Supply chain risk assessment and mitigation under the global pandemic COVID-19 by Ala H. Bani-Irshid, Mohammad M. Hamasha, Lubna Al-Nsour, Lana Mohammad, Anfal Al-Dabaibeh, Raya Al-Majali, Hala Al-Daajeh

“…This paper aims to provide a detailed review of research related to risk assessment and mitigation of the SC under lockdown due to COVID-19. Then, it identifies risks associated with supply chains (SCs) during the pandemic using the Failure Mode Effect Analysis. …”
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Covid-19, Congregational Worship, and Contestation over ‘Correct’ Islam in South Africa by Goolam Vahed

“… In response to the global Coronavirus pandemic, South African President, Cyril Ramaphosa declared a national lockdown on March 26, 2020, which suspended, among other things, congregational worship. …”
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Instructional television and Nigerian students’ learning experiences: case for LASUBEB English language TV programmes by Bolajoko Margeret Tunde-Awe, Isaac Friday Emmanuel

“…With the outbreak of COVID-19 and the subsequent global lockdown, television as an educational medium became amplified for obvious reason – literacy development among children in Nigeria. …”
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The socio-economic impact of Covid-19 on refugees and host community’s livelihoods in south western Uganda: a case of Nakivale refugee settlement. by Mucungunzi, Abel, Mugisha, Abbasa, Ahabwe, Macklean

“…This study examined the way the imposition of total lockdown during the COVID-19 epidemic affected the socioeconomic livelihoods of refugees and host communities at the Nakivale refugee settlement in South Western Uganda. …”
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The Effects of COVID-19-related Driving Restrictions on Air Quality in an Industrial City by Daulet Assanov, Aiymgul Kerimray, Birzhan Batkeyev, Zhanna Kapsalyamova

“…Ust-Kamenogorsk instituted COVID-19 lockdown measures on April 2, 2020. The restrictions reduced the flow of traffic in the city but did not have a major impact on the large industries and power plants. …”
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Comparison of prepandemic and postpandemic students’ attitude to the electronic learning at universities with foreign language acquisition in mind by E. V. Zubareva, I. G. Tuchkova

“…The results of pre- and post-pandemic surveys after two lockdowns which universities of the Russian Federation suffered from during 2019/2020 and 2020/2021academic years have been compared. …”
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Energy management of smart buildings during crises and digital twins as an optimisation tool for sustainable urban environment by Konstantinos Chatzikonstantinidis, Nicholas Afxentiou, Effrosyni Giama, Paris A. Fokaides, Agis M. Papadopoulos

“…This study investigates the role of Digital Twins in optimising energy systems, analysing energy use in a residential complex in Cyprus under lockdown conditions. Advanced predictive models, including Skforecast, XGBoost, LightGBM, CatBoost, LSTM, and RNN, were employed to forecast energy demand. …”
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A study report on the effect of COVID-19 pandemic in providing in-and-out-patient psychiatric services in a level-3 COVID hospital by Deepa Singh, Richa Pandey, Gaurav S. Yadav, Prabhat K. Agrawal, Amil H. Khan, Tapas K. Aich

“…Aim: To study the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdown in providing in-and-out-patient psychiatric services and the experience of tele-consultation services in our level-3 COVID hospital. …”
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