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The coronavirus or COVID-19 is a disease that has changed behavior in the daily life habits of consumers. This paper is based on the research of the part related to shopping habits during the pandemic and adaptation to a new way of living in outstanding circumstances. Numerous industries are recording significant growth and the positive impact of the crisis due to changes in consumer perception. New consumers shop online for the first time, while already active consumers expand the range of products they buy online. It is clear what the advantages of ecommerce are in terms of convenience, quality and security of the purchase itself. Only those who have not only adapted to new circumstances in a timely manner, but also proactively shape perceived needs and introduce innovations, education and promotional activities can be in leading positions. Koronavirus ili bolest uzrokovana virusom COVID-19 jest promijenio ustaljene obrasce ponašanja u svakodnevnim životnim navikama potrošača. Ovaj rad se bazira na istraživanjima vezanim uz kupovne navike tijekom pandemije i prilagodbu novim oblicima online kupovine u izvanrednim uvjetima. Brojne industrije bilježe znatan rast prihoda i pozitivan utjecaj krize zbog promjena u navikama i percepciji potrošača o online kupnji. Neki kupci su za vrijeme pandemije po prvi puta iskusili mogućnost online kupnje dok su neki po tom pitanju već iskusni. Sve su očitije prednosti e-trgovine u smislu brojnih pogodnosti; brzine i sigurnosti same kupovine. Opstati na tržištu mogu samo oni koji se pravovremeno prilagođavaju novonastaloj situaciji, kao i oni koji proaktivno percipiraju suvremene potrebe i unose inovacije u dosadašnje poslovne aktivnosti.

These resources have been created within Project TRACES (more information: https://traces.gate-ai.eu/). The resources contain a hierarchical classification with 97 fine-grained and 18 coarse-grained categories of linguistic and psycholinguistic markers, signaling deception. The markers have been collected from related work (see the References section below) mostly on English language. Next to most categories, there are proposals for methods for detecting them, taking into account the specifics of Bulgarian language. As such, the classification can be adapted to other languages. The resource also contains lists of Bulgarian expressions, which have to be used for a look-up in the texts, in order to detect some of the categories of markers. One of the lists contains attention-attracting expressions, which have been collected from Bulgarian social media messages on Covid-19, but some of which are universal. These resources can be used to identify disinformation, if considered as “false or misleading content that is spread with an intention to deceive or secure economic or political gain and which may cause public harm”, according to its definition by the Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee, and the Committee of the Regions on the European Democracy Action Plan. For more information check our paper: Irina Temnikova, Silvia Gargova, Ruslana Margova, Veneta Kireva, Ivo Dzhumerov, Tsvetelina Stefanova and Hristiana Nikolaeva (2023) New Bulgarian Resources for Detecting Disinformation. 10th Language and Technology Conference: Human Language Technologies as a Challenge for Computer Science and Linguistics (LTC'23). Poznań. Poland.

The topic of the paper is financial instruments in the function of overcoming the economic and financial crisis. The negative impact and consequences of the global health crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic are visible in many economic sectors in the world. All states were forced to take a series of security measures to prevent disease and preserve health, which included restricting the movement of people and thus the conduct of economic activities. Due to the exceptionally negative situation for the country's economy, the Government of the Republic of Croatia was forced to adopt various measures to encourage and support Croatian entrepreneurs and companies and to preserve the jobs of employees in most economic sectors. The mechanism of financial measures was of great importance in overcoming the economic and financial crisis. The purpose of the work is to contribute to the understanding of the issue of the use and role of financial instruments during the economic and financial crisis and to point out the positive and negative aspects of their use. The goal of the research is to point out the importance and opportunity of financing through financial instruments, which have proven to be a very simple and effective model of financing entrepreneurship. Financial instruments represent a key mechanism of contemporary anti-cyclical policy through the preservation of private sector business activity and the preservation of jobs. Tema rada su financijski instrumenti u funkciji prevladavanja ekonomsko-financijske krize. Negativan utjecaj i posljedice globalne zdravstvene krize uzrokovane pandemijom COVID-19 vidljive su u mnogim gospodarskim sektorima u svijetu. Sve države bile su prisiljene na niz mjera sigurnosti radi prevencije bolesti i očuvanja zdravlja, koje su uključivale ograničavanje kretanje ljudi pa tako i provođenje gospodarskih aktivnosti. Radi iznimno nepovoljne situacije za gospodarstvo države, Vlada Republike Hrvatske bila je primorana donijeti razne mjere za poticaj i podršku poduzetnika i poduzeća Hrvatske te kako bi očuvala radna mjesta zaposlenika većine gospodarskih sektora. Mehanizam financijskih mjera imao je veliki značaj u prevladavanju ekonomsko-financijske krize. Svrha rada je pridonijeti razumijevanju problematike korištenja i uloge financijskih instrumenata u vrijeme ekonomsko-financijske krize te ukazati na pozitivne i negativne aspekte korištenja istih. Cilj istraživanja je ukazati na važnost i priliku financiranja kroz financijske instrumente koji su se pokazali kao vrlo jednostavan i učinkovit model financiranja poduzetništva. Rad pokazuje da financijski instrumenti predstavljaju ključan mehanizam suvremene anticikličke politike kroz očuvanje poslovne aktivnosti privatnog sektora te očuvanje radnih mjesta.

Background: Even when maternity care facilities are available, some women will choose to give birth unassisted by a professional (freebirth). This became more apparent during the pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), as women were increasingly concerned they would contract the virus in health care facilities. Several studies have identified the factors that influence women to seek alternative places of birth to hospitals, but research focusing specifically on freebirth is limited. Methods: Eight databases were searched from their respective inception dates to April 2022 for studies related to freebirth. Data from the studies were charted and a thematic analysis was subsequently conducted. Results: Four themes were identified based on findings from the 25 included studies: (1) Geographical and socio-demographic determinants influencing freebirth, (2) Reasons for choosing freebirth, (3) Factors hindering freebirth, and (4) Preparation for and varied experiences of freebirth. Discussion: More women chose to give birth unassisted in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) compared with high-income countries (HICs). Overall, motivation for freebirth included previous negative birth experiences with health care professionals, a desire to adhere to their birth-related beliefs, and fear of contracting the COVID-19 virus. Included studies reported that study participants were often met with negative responses when they revealed that they were planning to freebirth. Most women in the included studies had positive freebirth experiences. Future research should explore the different motivators of freebirth present in LMICs or HICs to help inform effective policies that may improve birth experiences while maintaining safety.

Law in Action is a podcast in which academics talk about their research and how law works in practice. The guests are academics who contributed to the special issue “Access to Justice in a digital era” of the Journal of Empirical Research on Law in Action (Recht der Werkelijkheid). The COVID-19 pandemic had an impact on everyone in a way nobody could have predicted and the judicial system was no exception. Marieke Dubelaar, together with María Bruquetas-Callejo and Karen Geerstema, analysed the role of the lawyer in criminal law, immigration detention law and asylum law in the context of digitalisation measures during the COVID-19 lockdowns in the Netherlands.

Patients with immune-mediated inflammatory diseases (IMIDs) may have impaired initial humoral responses after SARS-CoV-2 vaccination depending on the type of immunosuppression (ISP) used.1 It is largely unknown how antibody titres develop over time and whether it is needed to adjust timing of booster campaigns for patients with IMID.

Cancer research is a crucial pillar for countries to deliver more affordable, higher quality, and more equitable cancer care. Patients treated in research-active hospitals have better outcomes than patients who are not treated in these settings. However, cancer in Europe is at a crossroads. Cancer was already a leading cause of premature death before the COVID-19 pandemic, and the disastrous effects of the pandemic on early diagnosis and treatment will probably set back cancer outcomes in Europe by almost a decade. Recognising the pivotal importance of research not just to mitigate the pandemic today, but to build better European cancer services and systems for patients tomorrow, the Lancet Oncology European Groundshot Commission on cancer research brings together a wide range of experts, together with detailed new data on cancer research activity across Europe during the past 12 years. We have deployed this knowledge to help inform Europe's Beating Cancer Plan and the EU Cancer Mission, and to set out an evidence-driven, patient-centred cancer research roadmap for Europe. The high-resolution cancer research data we have generated show current activities, captured through different metrics, including by region, disease burden, research domain, and effect on outcomes. We have also included granular data on research collaboration, gender of researchers, and research funding. The inclusion of granular data has facilitated the identification of areas that are perhaps overemphasised in current cancer research in Europe, while also highlighting domains that are underserved. Our detailed data emphasise the need for more information-driven and data-driven cancer research strategies and planning going forward. A particular focus must be on central and eastern Europe, because our findings emphasise the widening gap in cancer research activity, and capacity and outcomes, compared with the rest of Europe. Citizens and patients, no matter where they are, must benefit from advances in cancer research. This Commission also highlights that the narrow focus on discovery science and biopharmaceutical research in Europe needs to be widened to include such areas as prevention and early diagnosis; treatment modalities such as radiotherapy and surgery; and a larger concentration on developing a research and innovation strategy for the 20 million Europeans living beyond a cancer diagnosis. Our data highlight the important role of comprehensive cancer centres in driving the European cancer research agenda. Crucial to a functioning cancer research strategy and its translation into patient benefit is the need for a greater emphasis on health policy and systems research, including implementation science, so that the innovative technological outputs from cancer research have a clear pathway to delivery. This European cancer research Commission has identified 12 key recommendations within a call to action to reimagine cancer research and its implementation in Europe. We hope this call to action will help to achieve our ambitious 70:35 target: 70% average 10-year survival for all European cancer patients by 2035.

A raíz del estado de emergencia que se declara en Colombia a efectos de la global pandemia por el COVID-19 en el año 2020, los espacios laborales como el trabajo en casa y/o el teletrabajo con jornadas laborales flexibles comenzaron a hacerse necesarias toda vez que se necesitaban implementar y/o continuar las actividades económicas que se venían presentando (Circular No 0021 de 2020 – ministro del trabajo). Sin embargo, estas modalidades llevaron a los empleadores a desconocer garantías laborales fundamentales que tienen los trabajadores como las del tiempo libre y de descanso; licencias; permisos y vacaciones que se supone concilien una vida personal plena. La ley 2191 de 2022 se promulga con el objetivo de reglamentar y/o regular el derecho al descanso o desconexión que gozan los trabajadores, y que se garantizan así derechos de descanso, paso al tiempo en familia y demás, y expidiéndose esta ley se busca la delimitación de esa línea delgada entre las jornadas de trabajo y la garantía fundamental y prestacional de descansar que tienen los trabajadores, puesto que el empleador amparándose en la buena fe expresa en la legislación nacional en su artículo 55 del Código Sustantivo del Trabajo, ha desconocido los limites objetivos con el que se relaciona laboralmente con sus trabajadores a fines de resolver pendientes en sus funciones laborales fuera de las jornadas establecidas en los contratos. Based on the result of the state of emergency declared in Colombia due to the global pandemic caused by COVID-19 in 2020, workspaces such as working from home and/or teleworking with flexible work hours became utterly necessary to implement and/or continue economic activities in the country, cited by (Circular No. 0021 of 2020 – Ministry of Labor). However, these modalities let employers to disregard fundamental labor guarantees that workers have, such as leisure time, rest, leave and vacations, which are supposed to reconcile a full personal life. Law 2191 of 2022 is enacted with the aim of regulating the right to rest or to disconnect by the enjoyment of the works, and guaranteeing rest rights, family time, and others. This law seeks to define the thin line between work hours, and the fundamental of provident guarantee in resting that workers have, since employers, relying on good faith expressed in national legislation by the article 55th of the Substantive Labor Code of Colombia, have disregarded the objective limits of their relationship with workers to resolve outstanding work issues outside the hours established in the contracts.