Essays on COVID-19 Research

Zoe Boutsioli, Victoria Bigelow & Olga Gkounta

ISBN: 978-960-598-465-6, 562 pages

First published in 2022 by ATINER

Table of Contents


List of Contributors

7

President’s Prologue

Gregory T. Papanikos

13

Introduction

Zoe Boutsioli, Victoria Bigelow,  & Olga Gkounta

15

Topics on Health

Psychosocial Impact of COVID-19 on Malta’s Elderly

Michael Galea, Alexei Sammut, Paulann Grech, Josianne Scerri, Daniela Calleja Bitar & Stephania Dimech Sant

31

Relationship Between Stress Perceived and Gastrointestinal Symptoms in Intensive Care Nurses During COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross-Sectional Study

Tuğba Menekli, Runida Doğan & Erman Yıldız

43

Deaths Due to COVID-19, Lockdowns, Vaccinations and Weather Temperatures: The Case of Greece

Gregory T. Papanikos

57

The Impact of COVID-19 Epidemic on Immunization Activities in Italy

Patrizia Parodi, Francesco Maraglino & Anna Caraglia

73

A Study of Paediatric Supracondylar Fractures of the Humerus Presented During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Faaiz Ali Shah, Mian Amjad Ali, Naeemullah & Muhammad Bilal

87

Topics on Mass Media and Communication

The Relevance of Scientific Dissemination During the Vaccine Campaign: The Italian Virologist Communication on Social Media

Noemi Crescentini & Giuseppe Michele Padricelli

103

A Mixed Content Analysis Design in the Study of the Italian Perception of COVID-19 on Twitter

Ciro Clemente De Falco, Gabriella Punziano & Domenico Trezza

123

Value-based Communication During COVID-19 Pandemic: A Study on the Twitter Messages of Turkish Ministry of Health

Seda Mengu, Murat Mengu & Kemal Gunay

143

No News is Not Good News: The Implications of News Fatigue and News Avoidance in a Pandemic World

Neill Fitzpatrick

165

“This Virus is a Common Threat to All Humans”: Discourse Representation of COVID-19 in Selected Newspaper Editorials

Ayo Osisanwo

181

Topics on Sociology

The Outbreak of Coronavirus (COVID-19) Plagues the World

Guy Bäckman

203

The Demographics of COVID-19 in the European Union

Gregory T. Papanikos

213

Google Trends as a Method to Predict New COVID-19 Cases and Socio-psychological Consequences of the Pandemic

Tado Jurić

225

COVID-19: Cartography as a Witness of Change of Spanish Urban Models Along History Due to Sanitary Crisis

Bárbara Polo Martín

249

Knowledge, Attitude, and Practices (KAP) Towards COVID-19 Among Older People Living in Informal Settlements in Nairobi City, Kenya

Fredrick Okoth Okaka & Paul Omondi

269

The Structural Conditions for the Expansion of COVID-19 in Peru

Jan Lust

281

Topics on Business & Economics

The European Union’s Recovery Plan: A Critical Evaluation

Gregory T. Papanikos

299

The Economic Effect of the COVID-19 Lockdown in the United States: Was the Cure Worse than the Disease?

L. Jan Reid

317

Post COVID-19 and the Acceptance of Financial Inclusion as a New Normal in Financial Transactions: Implications for Nigerian Accountants and Other Financial Service Providers

Uwem E. Uwah, Joseph O. Udoayang & Peter A. Uklala

339

COVID-19 Pandemic and Business Survival as Mediation on the Performance of Firms in the FMCG-Sector

Bimbo Onaolapo Adejare, Gbemi Oladipo Olaore, Ekpenyong Ekpenyong Udofia & Oluwaseun Ademola Adenigba

361

Working Capital Management and Systems Disruption During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Evidence from South Africa

Miemie Struwig & Storm Watson

383

Topics on Tourism

The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Greek Tourism

Gregory T. Papanikos

397

A Review of the UK’s Tourism Recovery Plans Post COVID-19

Peter Jones

411

The COVID-19 Crisis, Tourism and Sustainable Development

Peter Jones & Daphne Comfort

421

The Near Abasement of Uganda Hotels’ Staff Altruistic Behaviour by COVID-19 Pandemic: A Relief Model

Joshua Gukiina & Elizabeth Lamunu

433

Topics on Education

Thucydides and the Synchronous Pandemic

Gregory T. Papanikos

455

The D-Learning Alternative During COVID-19 Crisis: A Preliminary Evaluation Based on Kirkpatrick’s Model

Jalal Ismaili & El Houcine Ouazzani Ibrahimi

475

Studying Habits in Higher Education Before and After the Outbreak of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Eva Jereb, Janja Jerebic & Marko Urh

493

Distance Education Experiences of Teacher-Parents During the COVID-19

Derya Güvercin, Ayşe Elitok Kesici & Sait Akbaşlı

511

Topics on Law

Contractual Unpredictabiliy in the Context of COVID-19 Pandemic

Mihaela Elvira Patraus & Ionita Maria Ofrim

531

Insolvency of the Natural Person and COVID-19 in Romania

Lavinia-Olivia Iancu

551