COVID-19 infection caused by SARS-CoV-2 pathogen has been a catastrophic pandemic outbreak all over the world, with exponential increasing of confirmed cases and, unfortunately, deaths. In this work we propose an AI-powered pipeline, based on the deep-learning paradigm,...

Background Evidence about the impact of the pandemic of COVID-19 on the incidence rates of blood cultures contaminations and bloodstream infections in intensive care units (ICUs) remains scant. The objective of this study was to investigate the nationwide epidemiology o...

Background: Children with and without disabilities consider playgrounds as significant places in their life, which offer opportunities for play and social interactions. Playgrounds are especially important in times when opportunities to meet are restricted, for example,...

Der gesellschaftliche Wandel wirkt sich auf unsere Bildung und die sozialen Strukturen aus. Der Alltag von Kindern und Jugendlichen wird immer komplexer und fluider. Aktuell ist die Covid-19-Pandemie eine weitere Herausforderung und eine Belastung für deren Entwicklung....

Cough audio signal classification has been successfully used to diagnose a variety of respiratory conditions, and there has been significant interest in leveraging Machine Learning (ML) to provide widespread COVID-19 screening. However, there is currently no validated d...

Since the COVID-19 pandemic, the already fragile situation of vulnerable groups is in a downward spiral. The infringements of the human rights of vulnerable groups stirred by the current crisis are without a doubt manifold and may be addressed via established human righ...

Focus groups are a core method in qualitative research for bringing people together to discuss an issue of concern; however, it has been criticized for not enabling researchers to gain a deep understanding of the participants’ lived experiences or generating in-de...

Context Resilience is the ability to deal with shocks and stresses, including the unknown and previously unimaginable, such as the Covid-19 crisis. Objective This paper assesses (i) how different farming systems were exposed to the crisis, (ii) which resilience capaciti...

Auf internationalen Märkten hinterlässt die COVID-19 Pandemie ein Kaleidoskop von Auswirkungen, neuen Rahmenbedingungen und Herausforderungen. Mit Blick nach vorne stellt sich für viele Unternehmen und ihre Mitarbeitenden im In- und Ausland die Frage, was davon ihr Gesc...

The disruption caused by Covid-19 in the educational sector may last longer than originally predicted. To better understand the current situation, this article analyses the mental health status of university students during the pandemic and investigates the learning con...