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PurposeApplying three psychological theories, this study aims to attempt to investigate the role of consumer psychology, specifically the factors of trust in vaccination, threat severity, fear, anxiety, risk and hygiene, and safety, on intention to resume hotel consumption. The authors also tested the mediation effect of anxiety among psychological constructs: perceived threat, fear and risk with the intention to resume hotel consumption.Design/methodology/approachUsing purposive sampling, data were collected from 470 respondents from four cities in Malaysia and analysed by applying analysis of moment structures (AMOS) structural equation model technique. The respondents for this study were frequent travellers meaning the leisure tourists who at least travel twice a year or travel when getting the occasion to explore new things. In this study, an online survey was employed to ensure easy accessibility and to enhance the number of replies.FindingsThe results of this study confirmed that perceived severity, risk and fear influence travellers' anxiety. This study further confirms that trust in vaccination and hygiene & safety provided by the hotelier reduces anxiety levels. Anxiety is found one of the most important predictors of intention to resume hotel consumption, which further mediates the relationship between other psychological variables: perceived severity, risk, fear and intention to resume hotel consumption. Anxiety mediates the relationship between perceived severity, fear and intention to resume hotel consumption and partially mediates the association between risk and intention to resume hotel consumption.Originality/valueThis study examined three psychological theories and extended them by including the trust in vaccination and the hygiene and safety constructs. Anxiety was investigated as a mediator.
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Through and after the quarantine period of the COVID-19 epidemic, Mobile Applications developed for different purposes and goals, such as contacts and patient tracing, digital services, monitoring and testing, epidemiological research, and quarantine compliance. The main aim of this study is to highlight the effect of mobile pandemic applications in Iraqi society and the trustworthiness of developers and distributors of apps. To this end, we explored differences in the attitudes of smartphone users toward pandemic apps and shared the data to conduct research. The method adopted to achieve the Survey in this study is an Email and telephone-based Survey of (318) participants adults over 18 years old in Iraq. We used a total of (315) for Statistical Analysis. This 9-item Survey examined the current use of epidemic applications, motivations for using them, trust in app distributors, data handling, willingness to share coded data with researchers using a pandemic app, attitudes toward app use among people, demographics, and personal characteristics. The results of this study showed that most participants stated they were using smartphones (307/315, 97.5), but only (77/307, 24.4) were using pandemic apps on their smartphones. Intriguingly, in this Survey, when participants asked for the preferable organizations for storing data and application division, trust in federal or state government, regional health office, public-appointed such as statutory health insurance, or government-funded organizations (research institutes) was much higher than in private organizations (private research institutions, clinics, health insurances, information technology companies). © University of Garmian. All Rights Reserved.
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Background: Coronaviruses are a large family of viruses that can cause respiratory infections. A factor that has recently caused a great deal of anxiety is anxiety associated with the coronavirus. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the level of anxiety among medical personnel exposed to the new coronavirus pandemic. Methods: This descriptive, cross-sectional research was conducted on 210 medical personnel working in hospitals and health centers in Tasikmalaya, Indonesia. Medical personnel, who were exposed to or not exposed to this disease, were included in the study through census sampling in 2021. The data collection tools used include a demographic information questionnaire and the Corona disease anxiety scale (CDAS). Data analysis was performed using ANCOVA in Excel software. Results: The mean score of anxiety of the medical personnel during the new coronavirus pandemic in Tasikmalaya was 30.02%. Furthermore, in the medical personnel, the mean score of mental symptoms (47.22%) was higher than physical symptoms (13.15%). The anxiety, and psychological, and physical symptoms scores for women was higher than for men personnel, and there was a significant difference between them (P ˂ 0.05). The demographic variables of gender (P = 0.001), work experience (P = 0.023), and number of family members (P = 0.004) had a statistically significant relationship with anxiety (P < 0.05). Conclusion: According to the results of the study, the level of anxiety among female personnel was higher than male personnel. As a result, holding training classes and stress management courses among all personnel, especially female personnel, should be considered. © 2023, Vesnu Publications. All rights reserved.
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Due to the pervasiveness and intensifying nature of the ongoing coronavirus epidemic, social distancing may be the most effective method for preventing its transmission. However, the activities make conventional trades and interactions more stimulating and unattractive. In light of this, several global industrial corporations have boosted their commitment to accelerating the development of digital technologies and integrating them into existing operations. In this study, we examine the critical issue of how manufacturing organizations may develop a solid supply chain management capability to adapt to the dynamic and unpredictable global economic climate and achieve sustainable growth. Determining the mediating effect of supply chain management capabilities (SCMC) on the link between digital innovation (DI), digital technology (TEI), and sustainable corporate performance (CSP) of manufacturing enterprises in Iraq was the purpose of this study. The data was acquired from 300 manufacturing industry managers in Iraq using a straightforward sampling technique. Using Smart PLS, the researchers employed a quantitative research strategy, a cross-sectional study design, and a Partial Least Square (PLS)-Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) tool. Indicators of TEI have positive and statistically significant effects on CSP and SCMC, although TEI itself does not affect CSP and SCMC. On the other side, SCMC also mediates the association between TEI indicators and CSP, but with a negligible impact on the relationship between TEI and CSP. The data reveal that SCMC is a substantial mediating variable;consequently, this should be regarded as an important contribution to the study, which is regarded as a pioneering effort. © 2022, International Forum of Management Scholars. All rights reserved.
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During the Covid pandemic, the world has faced inevitable changes. In Kazakhstan, people receive color statuses depending on the vaccination status, which can be checked through mobile phones. Depending on this colour, different restrictions are imposed. This status, along with the presence of a facemask, is checked in public places. However, security workers may overlook or ignore visitors without facemasks or dangerous status. To address these issues, the following paper presents a method for automating the checking procedure of the visitors at the entrance to any building. The automatic door opener is programmed using Python and OpenCV image processing library. This door opener can identify the green color from the display of the mobile phone placed in front of the camera as well as the presence of the facemask on the human face. The door is opener sends signals to the Arduino microcontroller, which actuates the motor to open the door if all the above-mentioned conditions are satisfied. The main feature of this project is that a build-in face recognizer was used to classify the human faces on masked and non-masked. Despite this, such a method shows good accuracy of 99% in identifying non-masked faces and 77% if a masked face test dataset is used. This project has the potential benefit of automating the checkup process, avoiding the crowds' formation in front of the door, and facilitating the work of security guards. © 2022 Elsevier B.V.. All rights reserved.
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Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has caused unprecedented global health problems, and the disease’s spread rate is extremely high. It spreads from infected people (COVID-19 positive) to others via droplets from the mouth or nose when they cough, sneeze, speak, sing, or take deep breaths. Frontline fighters of healthcare organizations such as doctors, nurses, and other medical staff cannot have direct contact with COVID-19 patients in isolation room without personal protective equipment (PPE). Hence, hospital workers have to face different types of problems in distributing foods, medicines, and disposal of waste. An Automatic Line Follower Robot (ALFR) is designed and implemented for COVID-19 patients which is capable of serving infected patients in an isolation room. The main contribution of this paper is to serve essential medicines and foods from the hospital staff and serve it to the patients following the black line. The ALFR also proposes a system which maintains an emergency wireless communication protocol between doctors and patients. It also collects waste from a specified basket and damps it to a proper place. Finally, it can sanitize the isolated room with the help of a disinfectant machine which is assembled in ALFR. ALFR’s performance has significantly improved, and it can successfully complete all tasks. © 2022, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd.
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This article aims to explore the supply chain (SC) resilience capabilities of firms, focusing on their ability to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic disruption. Based on two cases each in the pharmaceutical and mineral water industries, this article identifies various strategies managers mobilized to tackle SC disruptions during the COVID-19 pandemic. This article contributes to theory through a proposed double-helix framework showing the dimension of disruptions and the capabilities concept to mitigate COVID-19. In addition, an in-depth investigation of the perceived importance versus actual SC resilience capabilities deployed is discussed and validated with practitioners. The findings of this article also address a critical gap in the SC operations management literature and provide a practical approach for managers to better manage future pandemic disruptions. IEEE
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Background: Coronavirus is a rapidly spreading disease also known as COVID-19. The epidemic is caused by a new human coronavirus, previously known as (SARS-COV-2), new coronavirus disease it first appeared in December 2019 among patients who had symptoms of viral pneumonia in Wuhan, China. This study aims to determine healthcare providers’ knowledge related to coronavirus. Methods: A descriptive design is carried throughout the present study Directorate of Military Medical Affairs Units (Al-Muthanna Military Hospital, Al-Hussein military Hospital, Al-Shaheed Mubder Military Clinic, Al-Naser Military Clinic, Military Medical School) for the period from January 28th, 2021 to February 25th, 2021. The study included a non-probability “purposive” sample of (223) health care providers. The questionnaire encompasses two main parts (Health Care Providers Socio-Demographic Characteristics, and Health Care Providers’ knowledge’s Tool). Data were analyzed using the statistical package for social science. The descriptive statistical measures of frequency, percent, mean, Relative Sufficiency, Percentile Grand Mean of Score, Percentile Global Mean of Score, Pooled Standard Deviation, and Grand/or Global Relative range, standard deviation, and inferential statistical measures of T-test, Chi-Square test, Binomial test, Mann-Whitney test, Contingency Coefficients test, and Wilcoxon Signed Ranks test. Results: The study results showed that half of the study participants depend on their information about the studied diseases on the “Center for Disease Control of the World Health Organization”, then 158 (70.9%) depend on government websites and official media, then 109 (48.9%) depend on news media about 148 (66.4%) rely on Social media. About 26(11.7%) rely on Journals” only. Conclusion: The researchers concluded that the overall evaluation of healthcare providers’ knowledge is moderate. Recommendation: The researchers recommend that there is a need to conduct further studies on larger sample at the national level with the need for an educational program to increase the knowledge of health care providers about Corona virus in military medicine.
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The lack of a vaccine for COVID-19 and the limited amount of reliable data on the cessation of the disease have made people feel more vulnerable to the disease. As a result, people in many countries have been found to engage in panic purchasing, which has adversely affected the supply system for the retail market. Applying behavioral inhibition system theory, reactance theory, and expectancy theory, this research examines how psychological factors such as uncertainty, perceptions of severity, perceptions of scarcity, and anxiety affected the panic purchasing behavior of consumers. This study was conducted in Malaysia in light of the 2020 outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. The results from structural equation modeling indicate that uncertainty, and perceptions of scarcity are positively associated with anxiety but not with the panic purchasing behavior of consumers. In addition, anxiety fully mediates the relationship among these variables and the panic purchasing behavior of consumers. Taken together, these findings provide support for doing more empirical research in order to develop a more resilient retail strategy and to improve consumer service. © 2021 Elsevier Ltd
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The purpose of this study was to gain bits of knowledge about university students' feasibility regarding online classes in Bangladesh during COVID-19 pandemic. A total of 542 students were surveyed by adopting purposive sampling to identify their perceptions towards online classes. Result shows, though 71% (385) of total students participated in online classes but in response to asking their level of agreement on taking online classes, only one third (33%) of the students agree with taking online classes. The study also found 87% of the total students faced different problems during classes including poor net connectivity (85%), lacking logistics (42%). Correlation analysis and hierarchical multiple regression were conducted to identify and confirm the association of socio-demographic variables and the kind of problem faced during online classes with students' preference of online classes. A significant relationship exists between student's preference of online classes with the lack of logistic support they had and poor net connectivity (p<0.01). This study's findings can guide policymakers to take proper initiatives such as ensuring strong network facility, providing low cost internet facilities to students and therefore can help students to continue online classes which will ultimately boost the education system of Bangladesh even and afterwards.
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This note reveals the gaps from circular economy (CE) and resilience in the literature during COVID-19 pandemic. The disruptive event affects the circularity in the supply chain due to numerous single-use-products in food, health, plastic industries. The unsustainable production and consumption is harmful for social, ecological, and economic systems. The industrial practices need a highly resilient network to have better visibility and agility to shift sourcing. Prior studies reveal the gap that CE needs the resilient systems. Still, there is a need to conceptualize and models resilience in CE studies using quantitative and qualitative approaches. © 2020 Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. All rights reserved.
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The research aims to identify the effect of using the modified exchange rate in preserving the fair value of the assets, which are the most important economic variables in the Iraqi economy, which are the growth rate of the amount of money in circulation, the value of Iraq’s crude oil exports, the rate of inflation, the rate of growth of the gross domestic product, which expresses the rate of economic growth and the value of spending Government and the value of foreign direct investment in the presence of the COVID-19 crisis. The research found that the effect of the adjusted exchange rate value on both the rate of growth in the amount of money in circulation in Iraq and the growth rate of GDP in Iraq during the period (2004-2018) was not significant, while the significant effect of the value of the adjusted exchange rate on both the value of Iraqi exports Of crude oil in Iraq, the rate of inflation, the value of government spending, the value of foreign investment during the period (2004-2018). The effect of the revised exchange rate was evident in maintaining the fair value of assets in general and in light of the COVID-19 crisis in particular. The research recommended the necessity for the Central Bank of Iraq to use more effective monetary policies that would help increase the impact on the rate of growth of the amount of money in circulation as well as the rate of growth of gross domestic product, the need to work to diversify sources of income in the Iraqi economy and encourage development in all economic sectors and reduce dependence on oil as a main source For income in Iraq, work to develop economic and financial policies that encourage companies and individuals to invest in all non-oil economic sectors, the need to develop monetary policies that can confront emergency situations that may occur, activate the role of crisis management and increase their levels of efficiency. © 2020 KIIE
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Background: Treatment of stage IV cancer during COVID19 pandemic is a challenge, and we need to maintain survival benefit, patient safety, and health care resources at the same time. Methods: We used the ESMO-MCBS (Forms version 1.1 and cards) and ESMO recommendations for COVID-19 pandemic to launch local guidelines for first-line therapy for ABC, NSCLC and mCRC comparing ESMO-MCBS for the standard therapy (ST) and COVID-19 pandemic therapy (COT). We then compared prices (EGP) and price changes (PC). Results: General rules: For PS≥3 patients, chemotherapy was postponed. We applied COVID-19 precautions to all patients. Oral chemotherapy was the preferred option: Every three weeks regimens were preferred over weekly regimens. ABC: Anti CDK4/6 are still the best option for patients with HR+ HER2- in non-visceral crisis, with MCBS 3 or 4. TNBC: carboplatin-containing therapy is still the best option. HER2+3 Addition of carboplatin to combination of trastuzumab and paclitaxel every three weeks was confirmed to increase treatment benefit, PFS of 13.8 v 7.6 months (P=.005) (HR, 0.55;95% CI, 0.46 to 0.64), RR (42% v 29%) MCBS for carboplatin=3, which is the COT (JCO 2006, 24:2786). Weekly trastuzumab + paclitaxel + carboplatin confirmed improvement in RR compared with every 3 weeks (42% versus 29%) l with an unadjusted odds ratio of 1.75 (P.0004). With limited survival benefit, and toxicity profile (JCO 2008:26:1642) MCBS for weekly regimen=1 using form 2C which is the current ST. mCRC all RAS wild type No change for the use of FOLFRI + cetuximab: MCBS=4 using an infusion pump for 5FU with certain precautions. NSCLC: No change as regard to recommendation for targeted therapy whenever there were indications for a patient with gene mutation: MCBS=4. Immunotherapy for patients with PDL1≥50%, only MCBS=5. Pemetrexed with cisplatin is the recommended option for a patient with PS ≥1 and PDL1<50 with MCBS=4. RTH: Palliative quick course RTH [Formula presented]. Conclusions: Maintaining use of ESMO-MCBS during the COVID-19 pandemic is possible with some changes in use of healthcare resources. Legal entity responsible for the study: The authors. Funding: Has not received any funding. Disclosure: All authors have declared no conflicts of interest.