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The crisis came after a period of generally favorable financial markets in 2019, which had already built greater confidence among Swiss banks. As a result of the Covid-19 related lockdown, banks swiftly implemented crisis management measures. This enabled them to continue serving clients from home offices without significant disruption. The speed with which change has been implemented following the lockdown - and the benefits this change has already begun to produce - has given banks the confidence that change is possible, and that it can deliver tangible results in a very short timeframe.

Happenstance ’20s hopes to reflect the times and artefacts of the 2020s, when different chance meetings happened online due to COVID-19, when dialogues between hosts and guests have taken some new directions during lockdowns, cultural attitudes have changed due to Brexit, and media constructs demand new types of literacy regarding a cultural identity deconstruction.In order to emphasize the role of cultural artefacts, such as art, film, language and images, this textbook draws from a rich array of disciplines and theoretical frameworks in the study of the 2020s phenomena in the global contexts. The binary functions of a wide spectrum are grounded in a communicative approach, with a fair share of linguistic education in the language classroom. The authors wish to intrigue, perhaps even beyond their intention, with the attempt to document a moment in time, often pointing towards the detrimental planning of stereotypes. The expertise tries to span the globe and reflect the role of binary opposition in bridging the gaps and reconnecting cultures. In Chapter 1, film narratives and characters bring together the ways of understanding the interrelations between binary oppositions of multiculturalism and American Creed. Chapter 2 analyses synonymous lexical relations of newspaper headlines about COVID-19, which refer to binary oppositions of stereotypes about the superpowers: the USA and Japan. In Chapter 3, the host-guest social encounters are presented according to a binary concept of face-to-face communication vs. the counters we have frequented in Zoom meetings. Chapter 4 depicts globalization in language in Croatian online news and social media, as well as tackles the post-Brexit situation, with special regards to a binary concept of cultural appropriation and appreciation. At the end of each chapterthere are activities and appendixes. The linguistic and multimodal tool of the trade should empower and inspire readers to realise the versatile and diverse nature of possible happenstances as collateral events in the 2020s participatory practice. Happenstance '20s nastoji odraziti vrijeme i artefakte 2020-ih, kada su se različiti slučajni susreti dogodili online zbog COVID-19, dijalozi između domaćina i stranca krenuli nekim novim smjerovima tijekom lockdowna, kulturni su se sustavi promijenili zbog Brexita, a medijski konstrukti iziskuju nove vrste pismenosti u pogledu dekonstrukcije kulturnog identiteta. Koristeći umjetničke artefakte poput filma i svijeta slika te vizualnosti, udžbenik crpi iz bogatog niza disciplina i teorijskih okvira koristeći fenomene našeg vremena u globalnom kontekstu. Binarne funkcije širokog spektra utemeljene su stoga na komunikacijskom pristupu proučavanja medija i kulture dok je značajan udio jezičnog prostora okrenut prema praktičnom nastavnom radu. Autori nastoje zaintrigirati čitatelje te dokumentirati određena zbivanja, pritom često ukazujući na štetno djelovanje stereotipnih obrazaca. Stručni dio udžbenika osvrće se na ulogu binarnih opozicija u premošćivanju jaza i povezivanju kultura. U 1. poglavlju filmske pripovijesti i likovi donose različite načine razumijevanja međuodnosa u sferi multikulturalizma i američkog Creeda. Poglavlje br. 2 analizira sinonimne leksičke odnose povezujući korpus novinskih naslova vezanim uz COVID-19 te uspoređujući odnose medijskih stereotipa o dvjema supersilama: SAD-u i Japanu. U 3. poglavlju prikazani su društveni susreti na relaciji domaćin-gost prema binarnom konceptu izravne komunikacije (licem u lice) nasuprot susretima koji se događaju isključivo online uslijed naše česte posjećenosti Zoom- u tijekom lockdowna. Poglavlje br. 4 opisuje globalizaciju u jeziku na korpusu hrvatskih informativnih emisija na društvenim mrežama nakon Brexita te uz osobit naglasak na binarni koncept kulturološkog prisvajanja i uvažavanja. Na kraju svakog poglavlja nalaze se nastavne aktivnosti i dodaci. Udžbenik pruža jezične i multimodalne alate koji mogu osnažiti i potaknuti čitatelje da spoznaju svestranu i raznoliku prirodu kolateralnih događaja u participativnoj praksi 2020-ih.

The publication covers scientific research in the field of biophysics, ecology, physiotherapy and the COVID-19 epidemic. Zbornik pokriva znanstveno raziskovanje s področja biofizike, ekologije, fizioterapije in epidemije COVID-19.

Report 3, published 19 July 2021. Fully open-access.We conducted a nationally representative online survey in Ghana (N = 1295) throughout June 2021.In our analyses, we operationalised vaccine hesitancy as respondents who answered ‘no’ and ‘I don’t know’ to the question: “When a COVID-19 vaccine becomes available to you, would you like to get vaccinated?” Some top-level findings to share - willingness to vaccinate dropped from 82% in March, to 71% in June 2021 - Therefore, to phrase another way, there was an observed and significant increase in hesitancy, from 18% to 29% across this time period. - 32% of respondents reported that they had recently seen or heard stories about the indecision surrounding the Oxford Astrazeneca vaccine rollout in Europe and North America. Of this 32% subgroup, 62.0% of them indicated that these stories made them feel worried about accepting the COVID-19 vaccine in the future. - our main predictors of hesitancy continue to include: i) education (more educated people were more likely to be hesitant; one hypothesis is perhaps more likely to have greater access to the internet and thus availability of misinformation via social media); ii) females more hesitant than males; and iii) political allegiance (voting for the opposition parties was greater predictor of hesitancy). We hope that this information can be helpful with informing the health promotion efforts from the GHS, Ministry of Health and other stakeholders. For the previous report from this series of Ghana surveys (covering surveys in August 2020 and March 2021), see https://www.researchgate.net/publication/351327020_Examining_drivers_of_COVID-19_vaccine_hesitancy_in_Ghana

This research report looks at leadership and wellbeing in Primary Schools two months after the COVID-19 school closures, in total 939 leaders completed the survey. It follows a previous report on practice in Primary Schools two weeks after school closures (Burke and Dempsey, 2020). It reports on the changes in communication, concerns and wellbeing from week two to month two after the COVID-19 school closure; the wellbeing of school leaders in the middle of the COVID-19 school closure; and, investigates the intricacies in wellbeing between teaching and administrative principals, given that their daily duties differ significantly. Quantitative data was analysed using SPSS, and qualitative data was analysed using MAXQDA. It found that principals are adapting to the impact of the pandemic, both professionally and personally, however there have been significant challenges noted. It was noted that social wellbeing is the biggest challenge for principals, however seven out of 10 principals have taken specific actions to address this challenge during the lockdown. Lack of time was an issue for those principals who have not taken positive action regarding their wellbeing, with some fulfilling multiple professional and personal roles. While there have been challenges associated with the adaptation and implementation of new online practices, and some schools lack technology, there has been a positive move to online learning.

Culture in Crisis shares research findings from one of the world’s largest investigations into the impacts of Covid-19 on the cultural industries.The research project was led by the Centre for Cultural Value in collaboration with The Audience Agency and the Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre and was supported by the Arts and Humanities Research Council.

On 23 March 2020, the UN Secretary General (UNSG) Antonio Guterres called for an immediate global ceasefire, to help tackle the threat of Covid-19 rather than compound the risk to those in fragile and conflict-affected areas. In response to this call, multiple states, international, regional, and local organisations declared their support for a global ceasefire, and since March 2020, conflict parties have declared 25 ceasefires, across 17 countries. In this report, we draw on the ‘Ceasefires in a Time of Covid-19’ tracker to analyse how ceasefires have unfolded throughout the pandemic, and to consider how the pandemic has affected moves towards ceasefires and peace processes. In Part I, we provide data on what types of ceasefires conflict parties have declared since March 2020, and the extent to which these ceasefires have held. In Part II, we put forward key analytical and practical concerns for understanding these ceasefires and considering what, if anything, ceasefires during the pandemic mean for wider peace processes. In Part III, we conclude that, although the Covid-19 pandemic has not been a ‘game-changer’ for ceasefire and peace process trajectories, it is now a crucial part of the context in which peace processes must take place. We make recommendations for how ceasefires, and peacemaking more generally, can be better supported during global health emergencies.

Virtually all areas of life were plunged into crisis when the Covid-19 pandemic struck in 2020. While innovation offers paths out of the crisis, many aspects of innovation are themselves feeling the effects of it. Against this backdrop, the question is how the Covid-19 pandemic will impact the future of innovation. In the following section, we will examine this by reviewing the “Understanding Change, Shaping the Future. Impulses for the Future of Innovation” paper in a pandemic context. Starting with the relevant trends for innovation systems identified in 2018, and the theses developed on this basis, we would once again like to take you forward in time to 2030. From this vantage point we will look back on the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on innovation systems and examine the resulting opportunities and risks in more detail. Among the trends considered relevant for innovation systems were the digital transformation, the growing complexity of innovation systems, the continuously expanding stakeholder base, a more frequent use of Open Science approaches, and a trend towards the development of holistic and systemic solutions.

The COVID-19 pandemic started more than a year ago, but until today, we did not have a definitive cure for this disease. The SARS-CoV-2 virus constantly mutated over time, infecting more people and causing tremendous stress on the existing scarcity of healthcare resources all around the world. Here, the experts from ground zero will share their first-hand experience of clinical trials looking for a cure for COVID-19, like the WHO's Solidarity Trial and the role of palliative care in COVID-19 as part of humanitarian crisis management. To download this eBook in other formats, please go to https://books2read.com/u/3ya9rn or https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1103401