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Published on April 9, 2020 Fiscally sound governments will be able to pump money into their companies unhindered by state aid rules. The EU needs an equity fund to level things up. All great economic crises pose two equally important challenges: they drain the liquidity necessary for the functioning of businesses, large and small, and burn up their equity capital, or a substantial part of it. Of the two, the former is the immediate challenge amid the coronavirus-induced lockdowns. Providing liquidity to companies is the top priority to ensure their survival. Yet this doesn’t guarantee their healing, or their ultimate durability and growth. Equity capital, the stuff that’s needed to invest and thrive, is essential to the second stage of recovery.

Prekės ženklų komunikacija atlieką svarbų vaidmenį ypatingai šiandieninėje aplinkoje. Įvykiai tokie kaip Covid-19 pandemija bei Rusijos invazija į Ukrainą paveikė tiek vartotojus tiek jų įpročius. Prekės ženklų komunikacija taip pat turėjo reaguoti į įvykius aplinkoje. Ypatingą svarbą prekės ženklų komunikacija įgauna neapibrėžtumo laikotarpiu. Prekės ženklų komunikacijos pagalba gali būti tiek užmezgamas ryšys su vartotoju, tiek palaikomas jau esamas. Prekės ženklų komunikacija neapibrėžtumo laikotarpiu gali veikti vartotojus raminančiai, suteikti jiems aktualią informaciją bei parodyti palaikymą ir empatiją. Siekiant išnagrinėti prekės ženklų komunikaciją neapibrėžtumo laikotarpiu išsikelta tyrimo problema - koks prekių ženklų komunikacijos turinys dominavo Covid-19 pandemijos ir Rusijos agresijos Ukrainoje laikotarpiu? Išsikeltas tyrimo tikslas - ištirti prekės ženklų komunikaciją neapibrėžtumo laikotarpiu. Išsikeltam tyrimo tikslui pasiekti naudoti tyrimo metodai antrinių duomenų analizė bei pusiau struktūruotas ekspertų interviu. Antrinių duomenų analizė atskleidė atliktų tyrimų susijusių su neapibrėžtumo laikotarpiu rezultatus bei Lietuvos marketingo ir komunikacijos ekspertų pastebėjimus, nuomones pozicijas apie prekės ženklų komunikaciją neapibrėžtumo laikotarpiu. Pusiau struktūruotas ekspertų interviu leido pagrįsti informaciją gautą antrinių duomenų analizės metu. Tyrimai atskleidė, kad prekės ženklai neapibrėžtumo laikotarpiu neturėtų stabdyti savo komunikacijos. Prekės ženklų komunikacijoje neapibrėžtumo laikotarpiu vartotojams turėtų būti pateikiama aktuali informacija aiškiai ir visiems suprantamai. Prekės ženklų komunikacijoje neapibrėžtumo laikotarpiu turėtų būti skiriamas dėmesys naudojamiems žodžiams, ne visi žodžiai gali būti tinkami kontekste. Tyrimai atskleidė, kad vartotojų naudojimasis socialiniais kanalais išaugo, prekės ženklų komunikacija neapibrėžtumo laikotarpiu turėtų atkreipti dėmesį į tai norint pasiekti vartotoją. Šis darbas yra projektinis magistro baigiamasis darbas. Brand communication plays an important role especially in today’s environment. Events such as the Covid-19 pandemic and the Russian invasion of Ukraine have affected both consumers and their habits. Brand communication also has to respond to events in the environment. Brand communication is gaining in importance during the times of uncertainty. Brand communication can be used to connect with the user and also maintain an existing relationship. Brand communication can reassure consumers, provide them with relevant information, demonstrate support and empathy in times of uncertainty, In order to research brand communication in times of uncertainty, the research problem was raised - what content of brand communication dominated during the Covid-19 pandemic and the Russian aggression in Ukraine? Research aim is to investigate brand communication in times of uncertainty. The research methods used to achieve the research aim is secondary data analysis and semi-structured expert interview. Secondary data analysis revealed the results of the performed studies related to the time of uncertainty observations and opinions of Lithuanian marketing and communication experts on brand communication during the period of uncertainty. Semi-structured expert interviews allowed to substantiate the information obtained during secondary data analysis. Research has shown that brands should not stop their communication during a period of uncertainty. The consumer should be provided with relevant information clearly and comprehensibly during brand communication in times of uncertainty. In times of uncertainty, brand communication should focus on the words used, not all words may be appropriate in the context. Research has revealed that consumer use of social channels increased, and brand communication in times of uncertainty should pay attention to this to reach the consumer. This paper is projected solutions oriented final master thesis.

The majority of emerging infectious diseases originate in animals. Current routine surveillance is focused on known diseases and clinical syndromes, but the increasing likelihood of emerging disease outbreaks shows the critical importance of early detection of unusual illness or circulation of pathogens - prior to human disease manifestation. In this Viewpoint, we focus on one key pillar of preparedness—the need for early warning surveillance at the human, animal, environmental interface. The COVID-19 pandemic has revolutionized the scale of sequencing of pathogen genomes, and the current investments in global genomic surveillance offer great potential for a novel, truly integrated Disease X (with epidemic or pandemic potential) surveillance arm provided we do not make the mistake of developing them solely for the case at hand. Generic tools include metagenomic sequencing as a catch-all technique, rather than detection and sequencing protocols focusing on what we know. Developing agnostic or more targeted metagenomic sequencing to assess unusual disease in humans and animals, combined with random sampling of environmental samples capturing pathogen circulation is technically challenging, but could provide a true early warning system. Rather than rebuilding and reinforcing the pre-existing silo's, a real step forward would be to take the lessons learned and bring in novel essential partnerships in a One Health approach to preparedness.

Purpose – The COVID-19 has brought with it valuable opportunities for the retail sector. Notably, online channels have assumed a key role for businesses that can rely less on physical channels due to the pandemic’s restrictions. Within this context, the study aims to identify the main antecedents leading to the formation of the male and female customers’ continuance intention of using online food delivery services (OFDS) in the restaurant industry. Design/methodology/approach – A web-based self-completion survey and a subsequent structural equation modelling have been employed on a sample of 360 participants. Findings – Findings reveal that perceived healthiness, quarantine procedures, perceived hygiene, perceived ease of app use and attitude significantly influence continuance intention. Moreover, the moderator analysis corroborates that male consumers’ continuance intention is mainly influenced by perceived healthiness, quarantine procedures and perceived hygiene. Conversely, female customers’ continuance intention is predicated on perceived healthiness and attitude. Research limitations/implications – Although the adoption of a sample of young customers (18–29 years) guarantees good research internal validity, findings are not generalizable. Practical implications – The study provides valuable contributions for restaurants related to the (1) creation/management of their own OFDS platforms; (2) selection of the right third-party platforms. Originality/value – The paper is one of the first studies examining the predictors impacting on customers’ OFDS continuance intention in the COVID-19 context by also focusing on gender differences.

Publication en ligne; El 26 de octubre de 2020, mientras el Covid-19 paralizaba en gran medida a Honduras, Dixon Davadyd Álvarez Ortiz, Subdirector General de Educación Intercultural Bilingüe del Ministerio de Educación, inauguró a través de Facebook el primer curso en línea para la enseñanza del idioma pesh (también conocido como Paya, de la familia Chibcha). Presente en dicha inauguración, Wilson Martínez Martínez, predecesor de Dixon Davadyd Álvarez Ortiz, destacó el objetivo general del curso impartido íntegramente en línea: el aprendizaje de la lengua pesh como lengua de comunicación cotidiana para los pesh o las personas que lo deseen.En octubre de 2020, dos maestros, principalmente Ángel Martínez, y también Danilo Lugo, que trabajan en comunidades muy pobres -Moradel, cerca de Trujillo, y La Laguna, cerca de Carbón- lanzaron el curso en línea en pesh. Esta acción, nacida como reacción al aislamiento de las comunidades indígenas causado por la crisis, apoya la lucha contra la pérdida acelerada de la transmisión de idiomas entre los jóvenes de las aldeas y, de manera general, contra la falta de interés por los idiomas indígenas y afrodescendientes en el país.

Persistent ill health after acute COVID-19—referred to as long COVID, the post-acute COVID-19 syndrome, or the post-COVID-19 condition—has emerged as a major concern. We undertook an international consensus exercise to identify research priorities with the aim of understanding the long-term effects of acute COVID-19, with a focus on people with pre-existing airways disease and the occurrence of new-onset airways disease and associated symptoms. 202 international experts were invited to submit a minimum of three research ideas. After a two-phase internal review process, a final list of 98 research topics was scored by 48 experts. Patients with pre-existing or post-COVID-19 airways disease contributed to the exercise by weighting selected criteria. The highest-ranked research idea focused on investigation of the relationship between prognostic scores at hospital admission and morbidity at 3 months and 12 months after hospital discharge in patients with and without pre-existing airways disease. High priority was also assigned to comparisons of the prevalence and severity of post-COVID-19 fatigue, sarcopenia, anxiety, depression, and risk of future cardiovascular complications in patients with and without pre-existing airways disease. Our approach has enabled development of a set of priorities that could inform future research studies and funding decisions. This prioritisation process could also be adapted to other, non-respiratory aspects of long COVID.

What is the future of technocracy, after COVID-19, asks Jonathan White (LSE)? Current crisis management only blurs ever more the boundary between politics and technical expertise, he argues.

Ongoing developments, such as digitalization, increased the interference of the work and nonwork life domains, urging many to continuously manage engagement in respective domains. The COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent home-office regulations further boosted the need for employees to find a good work-nonwork balance, thereby optimizing their health and well-being. Consequently, proactive individual-level crafting strategies for balancing work with other relevant life domains were becoming increasingly important. However, these strategies received insufficient attention in previous research despite their potential relevance for satisfying psychological needs, such as psychological detachment. We addressed this research gap by introducing a new scale measuring crafting for a work-nonwork balance and examining its relevance in job-and life satisfaction, work engagement, subjective vitality, family role and job performance, boundary management and self-rated work-nonwork balance. The Work-Nonwork Balance Crafting Scale was validated in five countries (Austria, Finland, Germany, Japan, and Switzerland), encompassing data from a heterogeneous sample of more than 4,200 employees. In study 1, exploratory factor analysis revealed a two-factorial scale structure. Confirmatory factor analysis, test for measurement invariance, and convergent validity were provided in study 2. Replication of confirmatory factor analysis, incremental and criterion validity of the Work-Nonwork Balance Crafting Scale for job and life satisfaction were assessed in study 3. Study 4 displayed criterion validity, test–retest reliability, testing measurement invariance, and applicability of the scale across work cultures. Finally, study 5 delivered evidence for the Work-Nonwork Balance Crafting Scale in predicting work-nonwork balance. The novel Work-Nonwork Balance Crafting Scale captured crafting for the challenging balance between work and nonwork and performed well across several different working cultures in increasingly digitalized societies. Both researchers and practitioners may use this tool to assess crafting efforts to balance both life domains and to study relationships with outcomes relevant to employee health and well-being.

Informe elaborado por el Grupo de Vigilancia de la Gripe. Red Nacional de Vigilancia Epidemiológica. Servicio de Vigilancia Epidemiólogica. Centro Nacional de Epidemiología En la semana 06/2021 no se notifican detecciones de virus gripales a partir de muestras centinela y no centinela. Desde el inicio de la temporada se han notificado 7 detecciones de virus de la gripe procedentes de muestras no centinela: 4 virus tipo B y 3 virus tipo A [un A(H3N2), un A(H1N1)pdm09 y un ANS].Ocho CCAA están trabajando en el establecimiento de la vigilancia centinela de Infección Respiratoria Aguda (IRAs) en Atención Primaria y de Infección Respiratoria Aguda Grave (IRAG) en hospitales y se irán incorporando progresivamente a la notificación habitual al SVGE. Hasta el momento, Andalucía, Cataluña y La Rioja han notificado al SVGE información sobre IRAs en Atención Primaria. La tasa global en la semana 06/2021 desciende a 211,1 casos de IRAs por 100.000 habitantes, frente a 253,0 casos por 100.000 habitantes en la semana previa. Hasta el momento, Andalucía, Aragón, Baleares, Castilla y León, Cataluña, Galicia y Murcia han notificado al SVGE información sobre IRAG. En la semana 06/2021 la tasa global desciende a 15,5 casos de IRAG por 100.000 habitantes, frente a 22,4 casos /100.000 habitantes en la semana previa. En la semana 06/2021 se ha identificado una detección de VRS entre las 167 muestras analizadas en Andalucía, Aragón, Baleares, Castilla La Mancha, Galicia y Murcia. Desde el inicio de la temporada se han identificado 6 detecciones de VRS entre las 3.732 muestras analizadas (0,16%). El Sistema de Monitorización de Mortalidad Diaria (MoMo) estima que se han producido cuatro periodos de exceso de mortalidad por todas las causas a nivel nacional: del 10 de marzo al 09 de mayo, del 20 de julio al 29 de agosto, del 1 de septiembre al 25 de diciembre y del 28 de diciembre del 2020 al 15 de febrero de 2021, con 44.556, 4.608, 21.506 y 12.136 defunciones en exceso, respectivamente. En los cuatro periodos el exceso de mortalidad se concentra en los mayores de 74 años. A nivel mundial, a pesar de un aumento en la frecuencia de diagnósticos de gripe en algunos países, la actividad gripal se mantiene en niveles más bajos de lo esperado para esta época del año. En la zona templada del hemisferio norte, la actividad gripal se mantiene en niveles de intertemporada, aunque se han notificado detecciones esporádicas de virus de la gripe en algunos países. En Europa, desde el inicio de la temporada, 605 de 315.981 muestras no centinela han sido positivas para gripe: 302 (49,9%) tipo A y 303 (50,1%) tipo B. De las 59 muestras tipo A subtipadas, 33 (56%) fueron A(H3) y 26 (44%) fueron A(H1)pdm09. Sólo 6 de los virus tipo B notificados hasta el momento han sido adscritos a linaje: 5 B/Victoria y uno B/Yamagata. ECDC señala que, habitualmente, la epidemia de gripe ha alcanzado ya su pico en Europa en esta época del año. Esta temporada, a pesar de la realización regular y generalizada de pruebas para la detección del virus de la gripe, la actividad gripal notificada aún se mantiene en un nivel muy bajo, probablemente debido al impacto que las medidas de salud pública implementadas para la reducción de la transmisión de SARS-CoV-2 han tenido en la transmisión de la gripe. No