Postgraduate Researcher Special Issue: Editorial by Michael Thomas, John Goulding, Mireille Patrick

“…Over 500 participants registered for this fully online event delivered via videoconferencing from over 17 different countries, just as the first of our several lockdowns were occurring throughout the world due to the COVID-19 pandemic. …”
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The Impact of Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic on Female Patients Seeking or Undergoing Fertility Treatment in a Single In Vitro Fertilisation Clinic in Greece: An International,... by Konstantina Pappa, Emmanouil M. Xydias, Apostolos C. Ziogas, Kanelina Bimba, Elias Tsakos, Efstratios Kolibianakis

“…Background: The temporary delay in fertility treatments due to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, in combination with the imposed lockdowns, has created psychological distress and anxiety amongst infertile patients. …”
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Queer Bodies as Im/Mobile Infrastructure: A Textual Reading of Two Pandemic Stories in the Provincial Context by Marfy M. Cabayao

“…Through queer textual analysis of personal pandemic narratives from two Negrense queers in the Philippines, it reveals how these bodies maintain social, spatial, and existential mobility despite lockdowns. The narrators' experiences illustrate how queer bodies, as im/mobile infrastructures, utilize inner capabilities like emotions, concepts, and imaginations to navigate life spaces. …”
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Metal Complexes and Their Potential Therapeutic Role Against COVID-19: Recent Developments in Drug Designing by Kanwal Ashiq, Bushra Naureen, Sana Ashiq

“…Being associated with high mortality rates, this pandemic has forced several countries worldwide to impose complete lockdowns to limit the spread of infection. Despite the development of various vaccines, there is still an urgent need to design novel treatments backed with safety data for fighting  SARS-CoV-2 and its various mutants. …”
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La communication entre collègues bouleversée par la pandémie et le développement du télétravail by Delphine Pauline Dupré

“…The Covid-19 pandemic and the three successive lockdowns taking place in France during the years 2020 and 2021 have led to the development of telework in unprecedented proportions, as well as an upsurge in the uses of digital devices to compensate for the lack of co-presence. …”
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REMOTE WORKING IN GREECE DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC: HOW IT AFFECTED EMPLOYEES AND BUSINESS by Andreas Karaoulanis

“…The covid-19 pandemic has created the necessity for quick and robust solutions to help professionals and businesses survive the lockdowns. Remote working was one of these solutions and played a crucial role for both employees and businesses to help them overcome the challenges that the pandemic posed. …”
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Updated COVID-19 Condition in Australia by Ke-Yan Loo, Vengadesh Letchumanan, Loh Teng-Hern Tan, Jodi Woan Fei Law

“…In Australia, the local government quickly closed national borders, implemented lockdowns and restrictions, increased testing within the community, established mask mandates and developed vaccination programs. …”
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Challenges in the post-covid-19 world by Fernando H. Taques

“…Socially, the crisis has exacerbated existing inequalities, disproportionately impacting vulnerable communities and widening the gap between socio-economic strata. Lockdowns, social distancing measures, and the shift to remote work have altered the fabric of daily life, prompting reflections on issues ranging from mental health strains to the digital divide. …”
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Inequalities in health behaviours during the COVID-19 pandemic – a commentary by Aleksandra Herbeć

“…These findings suggest that in addition to focusing on behaviours that are aimed at health protection, public health policies and measures deployed during pandemics should continue to include interventions aimed at health promotion and prevention (e.g. physical activity and balanced diet during lockdowns).…”
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South Africa’s Battle Against COVID-19 Pandemic by Ke Yan Loo, Jodi Woan-Fei Law, Loh Teng Hern Tan, Vengadesh Letchumanan

“…The local government has done as much as possible to control the spread of the virus in the local communities by quickly implementing lockdowns and enforcing movement restrictions. An eight-stage program to combat COVID-19 and a national vaccination strategy was also developed soon to manage the Coronavirus spread in the country better. …”
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Test for Change in Error Variance of Multiple Time Series by Elfred John C. Abacan, Joseph Ryan G. Lansangan, Erniel B. Barrios

“…Using global stock prices with the onset of lockdowns against the COVID19 pandemic as the stimulus of the changepoint, the test was able to detect significant changes in error variance before and during the pandemic. …”
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The Role of Online Communication Platforms in Maintaining Social Connectedness When Face-to-face Communication is Restricted by Gülnur Yenilmez Kaçar

“…Pandemic provided an excellent setting to study the sole effect of the use of online communication on social connectedness as online communication was not accompanied by in-person communication due to restrictions such as lockdowns. Seizing the opportunity, this study aims at investigating the relationship between the use of online communication platforms and social connectedness at a time when face-to-face communication was not an option and individuals employed online communication channels heavily. …”
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Exploring the Effectiveness of Whatsapp Application on Teaching and Learning at One Midlands Teacher Education Institution in Zimbabwe by Shoorai Konyana, Motalenyane Alfred Modise

“…However, with the advent of COVID-19-induced lockdowns, social media platforms gained importance in conveying both formal and non-formal information. …”
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Disease and Dis-Ease amid Covid-19 by Nomzamo Gondwe

“…Even with draconian containment measures, such as monitored movement restrictions, closed borders and the various lockdowns, the disease has appeared highly difficult to contain. …”
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Distance learning as an unavoidable component of higher education during the pandemic by Yulia D. Ermakova, Liubov V. Kapustina, Egor K. Ermakov

“…The purpose of this research consists of determining the correlation between the ratio of e-learning in the total academic load during the coronavirus pandemic and burnout at work among teachers implementing e-learning experience to achieve the best possible results, leveling the consequences of lockdowns, thereby preserving, and possibly expanding the boundaries of students professional competencies.…”
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E-Government Effectiveness and Efficiency in EU-28 and COVID-19 by Sabina Hodžić, Dejan Ravšelj, Dubravka Jurlina Alibegović

“…This challenge was further revealed during lockdowns in individual countries, which affected their social and economic development. …”
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Psychosocial and mental health status among older adults in China during the COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-sectional study by Sheng Luo, Yulin Chai, Xiaohui Yang, Mengxue Wang, Lin Wang, Yuxi Wang, Yuxiu Liu

“…During the virus's spread and subsequent lockdowns, older adults faced heightened risks and significant mental health challenges. …”
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Two Years of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Genomic Evolution in Brazil (2022–2024): Subvariant Tracking and Assessment of Regional Sequencing Efforts by Ueric José Borges de Souza, Fernando Rosado Spilki, Amilcar Tanuri, Paulo Michel Roehe, Fabrício Souza Campos

“…The emergence of new subvariants in this new epidemiological scenario underscores the importance of ongoing genomic surveillance to track viral evolution and inform public health strategies, providing valuable information to update vaccines and implement other measures, such as lockdowns, mask usage, social distancing, health education, and self-testing.…”
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Socioeconomic correlates of urban mobility trends in two Australian cities during transitional periods of the COVID-19 pandemic by Pratyush Kollepara, Subhrasankha Dey, Martin Tomko, Erika Martino, Rebecca Bentley, Michele Tizzoni, Nicholas Geard, Cameron Zachreson

“…During the COVID-19 pandemic, both government-mandated lockdowns and discretionary changes in behaviour combined to produce dramatic and abrupt changes to human mobility patterns. …”
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From print to perspective: A mixed-method analysis of the convergence and divergence of COVID-19 topics in newspapers and interviews. by Qingqing Chen, Andrew Crooks, Adam J Sullivan, Jennifer A Surtees, Laurene Tumiel-Berhalter

“…In the face of the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic, various government-led initiatives and individual actions (e.g., lockdowns, social distancing, and masking) have resulted in diverse pandemic experiences. …”
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