Browsing COVID-19 Research by Type "Other"
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Associations of Vaccination and of Prior Infection with Positive PCR Test Results for SARS-CoV-2 in Airline Passengers Arriving in Qatar
( American Medical Association , 2021 , Other)The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has severely affected international travel. With efficacious COVID-19 vaccines available, Qatar implemented a pilot program between February 18 and April 26, 2021, to ease travel restrictions by ... -
Autonomous Drones: A Game Changer in Lightweight Delivery Services
( UC Berkeley Haas School of Business , 2022 , Other)Imagine, you placed an order online and received it in minutes. This is the future of drone delivery services. Customers can track the drone during its delivery trip via apps like Uber car. Some cities and even rural areas ... -
Blue photobiomodulation LED therapy impacts SARS-CoV-2 by limiting its replication in Vero cells
( Wiley , 2021 , Other)The study of any intervention able to counteract SARS-CoV-2 pandemic is considerably envisaged. It was previously shown, in in vitro models of infections, that the LED blue light is able to decrease the viral load of HSV-1 ... -
Clozapine prescribing and safety during COVID-19
( Elsevier , 2021 , Other)Schizophrenia is a chronic mental disorder affecting 20 million people worldwide (James et al., 2018). Clozapine remains the most effective pharmacological treatment for schizophrenia but requires regular blood monitoring ... -
Combating COVID-19 pandemic with technology: Perceptions of Mental Health Professionals towards Telepsychiatry
( Elsevier , 2021 , Other)Telepsychiatry, a subset of telemedicine, has been defined as the provision of psychiatric services to patients remotely using information and communication technologies (Chakrabarti, 2015). This cross-sectional survey was ... -
Correction to: A qualitative assessment of medical students' readiness for virtual clerkships at a Qatari university during the COVID-19 pandemic (BMC Medical Education, (2023), 23, 1, (186), 10.1186/s12909-023-04117-3)
( BioMed Central Ltd , 2023 , Other)Correction: BMC Medical Education (2023) 23:186 Following publication of the original article [1], due to a typesetting error, references [19] and [20] were written incorrectly. The correct references are given below: [19] ... -
Correction to: Training During the COVID-19 Lockdown: Knowledge, Beliefs, and Practices of 12,526 Athletes from 142 Countries and Six Continents (Sports Medicine, (2022), 52, 4, (933-948), 10.1007/s40279-021-01573-z)
( Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH , 2022 , Other)The affiliation of the author Lone Bogwasi, which previously read as: Lone Bogwasi Department of Orthopedics, Nyangabgwe Hospital, Francistown, Botswana Botswana Football Association Medical Committee, Gaborone, Botswana. ... -
COVID-19 Disease Severity in Persons Infected with Omicron BA.1 and BA.2 Sublineages and Association with Vaccination Status
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Do preexisting antibodies against seasonal coronaviruses have a protective role against SARS-CoV-2 infections and impact on COVID-19 severity?
( Elsevier , 2022 , Other)Because of the emergence of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by the novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2), many questions remain unresolved regarding the abundance of cross-reactivity ... -
Double-zero-event studies matter: A re-evaluation of physical distancing, face masks, and eye protection for preventing person-to-person transmission of COVID-19 and its policy impact
( Elsevier , 2021 , Other)In a recent timely systematic review, Chu et al. [1] assessed the effectiveness of face masks, eye protection, and physical distancing for preventing COVID-19. Because the sample sizes are not large, especially in some ... -
Editorial: COVID-19 pandemic, food behaviour and consumption patterns
( Frontiers Media S.A. , 2022 , Other)With already 600 million confirmed cases of COVID-19 and over 6 million recorded deaths, the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), detected in Wuhan (China) in late 2019, is nowadays one of the most pressing global challenges ... -
Editorial: The effect of COVID-19 on hematological disease diagnosis, management and outcomes
( Frontiers Media S.A. , 2023 , Other)Lee, Chieng, Lau et al. studied the effects of coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) on the clinical presentation, radiological findings, and outcomes of the infection in patients with hemoglobinopathies. They found that the ... -
Effect of near-infrared and blue laser light on vero E6 cells SARS-CoV-2 infection model
( Wiley , 2022 , Other)Photobiomodulation therapy (PBMT) employing laser light has been emerging as a safe strategy to challenge viruses. In this study the effect of blue and near-infrared (NIR) laser light was assessed in an in vitro model of ... -
Effectiveness of mRNA booster doses against the omicron variant
( Elsevier , 2022 , Other)Since its emergence in November, 2021, the omicron (B.1.1.529) variant of SARS-CoV-2 has rapidly spread and quickly overtaken the delta (B.1.617.2) variant as the most common cause of infection.1 Due to numerous spike ... -
Effectiveness of the BNT162b2 Covid-19 Vaccine against the B.1.1.7 and B.1.351 Variants.
( Massachusetts Medical Society , 2021 , Other)The messenger RNA vaccine BNT162b2 (Pfizer–BioNTech) has 95% efficacy against coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19). Qatar launched a mass immunization campaign with this vaccine on December 21, 2020. As of March 31, 2021, ... -
Frugal Innovation to Tackle Covid-19
( UC Berkeley Haas School of Business , 2022 , Other)The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a significant disruption in our lives, work, and business. It hit most of us as customers stopped buying, buying less, or less supply. People started coming up with innovative solutions ... -
Immune Imprinting and Protection against Repeat Reinfection with SARS-CoV-2
( Massachusetts Medical Society , 2022 , Other)More than 2 years into the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic, the global population carries heterogeneous immune histories derived from various exposures to infection, viral variants, and vaccination.1 Evidence ... -
Mental health during COVID-19 in Qatar
( BMJ Publishing Group , 2020 , Other)The COVID-19 pandemic has posed unprecedented health and social challenges. WHO has been working to promote the integration of mental health and psychosocial support into the COVID-19 response effort.1 It is vital that ... -
Mental Wellbeing During COVID-19: Assressing your Medication-Rleated Concerns
( College of Pharmacy - Qatar University , 2020 , Other)Brief outline : Coronavirus (COVID-19) is having an impact on everyone's mental wellbeing. For those battling with mental health problems the current situation is an added burden. In this workshop, we hope to engage with ...