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For Chinese international students attending colleges and universities, COVID-19 and protests related to racism intertwined to create impactful experiences. In this narrative inquiry study, Emma's experiences as a graduate student culminate in her story of identity and racism. Narrative themes of personal and cultural identity, experience and interactions with racism, privilege, and advocacy and social responsibility were constructed.
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INTRODUCTION: COVID-19 infections have become a global public health emergency. Although COVID-19 is primarily a respiratory disease, some of hospitalised patients exhibit cognitive impairment-related neurological damage. Using a systematic review and meta-analysis, we aim to investigate the risk factors for cognitive impairment in patients with COVID-19. METHODS AND ANALYSIS: This meta-analysis has been registered with the International Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews. From inception to 5 August 2022, we will search PubMed, Web of Science, Embase via Ovid, the Chinese Biological Medical Database and the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL) for relevant studies . We will also look for additional studies in the reference lists of selected articles. To ensure data quality and accuracy, only researches published in English and Chinese will be included. Fixed or random-effects model will be used to calculate the relative risk (RR) or odds ratio (OR) and 95% CIs for pooled data about dichotomous outcomes. We will also assess heterogeneity using Cochrane's Q and I2 tests. Cognitive impairment RR or OR is the primary outcome. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION: Data will be extracted from published studies, so ethical approval is not required. The outcomes of this meta-analysis will be published in a journal with peer review. PROSPERO REGISTRATION NUMBER: CRD42022351011.
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COVID-19 , Humans , COVID-19/complications , COVID-19/epidemiology , Risk Factors , Public Health , Research Design , Meta-Analysis as Topic , Systematic Reviews as TopicABSTRACT
The global outbreak of the 2019-nCoV pneumonia has led to illness and loss of life for a large number of people. Many countries built medical-emergency facilities in remote areas to isolate infected people in an attempt to contain the spread of the virus. Various wearable devices based on smart new fabrics can collect life-relevant data from patients on a continuous basis. However, the computing capacity and battery energy of wearable devices are limited. Prolonging the life cycle of the wearable medical-emergency system for as long as possible, while guaranteeing the effectiveness of the monitoring tasks for the users, is a great challenge. Therefore, Medical-Emergency Response Wearable Networking Powered by UAV-assisted (unmanned aerial vehicle) computing offloading and wireless power transfer (WPT), known as MER-WearNet, is presented in this paper. Due to the ultra-low delay demand in the medical emergency scenario, the proposed scheme uses UAV to charge the wearable devices wirelessly, so that the wearable devices can obtain more energy and ensure the efficient completion of the computing offloading in the shortest possible time. The successive convex optimization (SCP) is used to solve the joint optimization model. Finally, simulation experiments verify the effectiveness of the proposed scheme.
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The purpose of this study was to explore Chinese international college students' lived experiences during the initial COVID-19 quarantine period in the United States. Using a descriptive phenomenological psychological method, data were gathered from 14 international students and visiting scholars from China using individual and focus group interviews. Four transformed meaning units that formed the structural base of the phenomenal experience were identified as Safety Concerns, The Salience of the English Language, Intersectionality of Policies and Complex Decision Making, and Unexpected Support and Benefits. Implications for policy making and support for international students' learning in the U.S. higher education institutions and future research recommendations are included.