CONCLUSION: This study showed that if the seven policies (i.e., vaccination, limiting gatherings, social distancing, wearing a mask, job closure, travel restriction, and personal hygiene) are followed simultaneously in the community, the risk of
CONCLUSION: Alcohol abuse/dependence was common among medical undergraduates during the post-COVID‑19 pandemic period. Substantial gender differences in the prevalence and risk factors of alcohol abuse/dependence were found among medical
The link between aerosol dynamics and viral exposure risk is not fully understood, particularly during movement and face-to-face interactions. To investigate this, we employed Particle Trace Velocimetry with a laser sheet and a high-speed camera to
To evaluate the diagnostic performance of our deep learning (DL) model of COVID-19 and investigate whether the diagnostic performance of radiologists was improved by referring to our model. Our datasets contained chest X-rays (CXRs) for the following
CONCLUSIONS: Prior investments in aligning systems provided unanticipated benefits for organizational and community resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic. Our results illustrate a pathway for investment in system alignment efforts that build
Since SARS-CoV-2 spread through China at the end of 2019, COVID-19 has been probably the most difficult challenge in the last decades for healthcare systems all around the world, still representing a danger for fragile patients with different