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Keyword: Covid-19Assessing the Impact of Integrating Solar PV System using the Equal Area Criterion Method
The impact of previous energy crisis gives an insight into what happens when the oil price crashes. Μany countries were affected due the slow reaction in boosting the economic growth in key sectors such as oil-importing activities and the economic restructuring progress to face the challenges. But the present energy crisis resulting from the COVID-19…
Read MoreA Comparison of Cyber Security Reports for 2020 of Central European Countries
The aim of the article is to analyze the annual reports on cyber security of Central European countries, i.e. the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Germany, and Austria. The article focuses on the development of the state of cyber security, actors of threats in cyberspace, cyber threats, and the most common types of attacks. The article…
Read MoreARAIG and Minecraft: A Modified Simulation Tool
Various interruptions to the daily lives of researchers have necessitated the usage of simulations in projects which may not have initially relied on anything other than physical inquiry and experiments. The programs and algorithms introduced in this paper, which is an extended version of research initially published in ARAIG And Minecraft: A COVID-19 Workaround, create…
Read MoreLow-cost Smart Basket Based on ARM System on Chip Architecture: Design and Implementation
This paper presents the design and implementation of a low-cost basket based on an ARM system on chip architecture using Raspberry Pi single board computer. The inspiration of this research is how to support the traditional low-income retail store in Thailand driving the local micro-business deal with the economic impacts of survival business from the…
Read MoreCOVIDFREE App: The User-Enabling Contact Prevention Application: A Review
The use of Covid-19 contact tracing applications has become almost irrelevant now that several flavors of Covid-19 vaccine have been developed and are constantly being distributed to people during the pandemic to help alleviate the need for lockdowns. Also, the availability of at-home testing kits and testing sites means that people do not need to…
Read MoreA Study on Novel Hand Hygiene Evaluation System using pix2pix
The novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19), which appeared at the end of 2019 has developed into a global pandemic with numerous deaths, and has also become a serious social concern. The most important and basic measure for preventing infection is hand hygiene. In this study, by photographing palm images of nursing students after hand-washing, using fluorescent…
Read MoreOpinion and Effectiveness of Kahoot! use in Online Distance Learning in Crop Production at Higher Education Level: A Case of Study
Kahoot is one of the most popular learning platforms, with over 2.5 billion players per year worldwide, used mainly for knowledge review through gamification. However, students´ opinion and its effectiveness in online distance learning as well as in another language teaching has been little studied. With these aims, this study was carried out in the…
Read MoreAssessment of Electricity Industries in SADC Region Energy Diversification and Sustainability
Before the COVID-19 crisis, the Southern African Developing Countries (SADC) had a varied energy mix including renewable energy, fossil fuels, and military energy production. The use of fossil fuels in the energy mix is known to be the source of the growing levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. However, there was a reduction in…
Read MoreArchitecture of Real-Time Patient Health Monitoring Based on 5G Technologies
Worldwide, the epidemiological situation is constantly changing and with the exponential increase in the number of confirmed coronavirus cases, the number of health care workers has decreased significantly and this is due to the direct and daily contact of patients. One of the major challenges of the last few months is to prevent the spread…
Read MoreHow Ready is Renewable Energy? A Review Paper on Educational Materials and Reports Available for the Teaching of Hydrogen Fuel Cells in Schools
Today, the costs of most Renewable Energy (RE) technologies especially hydrogen energy technologies such as fuel cells, are still beyond the means of poorer economies in developing countries. Hence, there is little public awareness and local expertise in RE in these countries and even lesser in hydrogen energy. To solve this problem, it is important…
Read MoreVariation in Self-Perception of Professional Competencies in Systems Engineering Students, due to the COVID -19 Pandemic
The objective of this article is to determine if the self-perception of professional competences has been affected, in systems engineering students, during the health emergency declared in Peru by Covid-19; The results will allow the public university of Peru to make corrective decisions and formulate proposals to improve the functioning of the variable under study.…
Read MorePrototype of an Augmented Reality Application for Cognitive Improvement in Children with Autism Using the DesingScrum Methodology
In this COVID-19 pandemic, it has been registered that children with autism are not learning properly with this virtual modality in Peruvian education. The main objective of this research work is to design a mobile application with augmented reality so that autistic children can improve their cognitive development in their virtual and face-to-face classes, the…
Read MoreAnalysis of Pharmaceutical Company Websites using Innovation Diffusion Theory and Technology Acceptance Model
The progress of information using websites is developing fast, impacting various sectors, one of which is pharmaceutical companies. Pharmaceutical companies have roles in drug manufacturing, pharmaceutical distribution, and essential services for the community—the most important and challenging activity in the IT department. The researcher is responsible for one of the Bandung pharmaceutical companies. Researchers are…
Read MoreDistance Teaching-Learning Experience in Early Childhood Education Teachers During the Coronavirus Pandemic
The purpose of the study was to describe the experiences of teachers in the distance teaching-learning process in early childhood education during the covid-19 pandemic. The methodology used was qualitative descriptive. Interviews were conducted with thirteen teachers from four state educational institutions at the infant level in Lima city through the virtual platform. As a…
Read MoreAnalysis and Evaluation of Competitiveness in Medical Tourism Industry in Taiwan
Tourism is relatively high profit, low-cost and high work opportunity industry. Medical tourism is special kind of business type in tourism industry. The characteristic of medical tourism is high threshold and high profit for hospital and government. But, fewer literatures research about competitiveness of medical tourism industry until now. Especially, medical tourism industry faces big…
Read MoreEvolution of Teaching Approaches for Science, Engineering and Technology within an Online Environment: A Review
The emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic earlier this year destabilised the operations in the education sector, particularly in institutions of higher learning. Most of these institutions are now expected to teach online, assess their students using non-venue examinations and offer remote laboratory practical and experiments. However, many of these institutions were not prepared for such…
Read MoreThe Role of Promotion in Mobile Wallet Adoption – A Research in Vietnam
Mobile wallet is an application that allows users to make online payments using their mobile phones. In the context of an outbreak of COVID-19 epidemic in Vietnam and the world, mobile wallets are considered having many opportunities to change people’s cash spending habits. The current study assesses the factors impact on the intention to use…
Read MoreTechnology Adoption in Education: A Systematic Literature Review
Technology is advancing faster today than ever before with evidence of its impact in all facets of our lives. With the spread of the novel COVID-19 pandemic across the world, schools were closed as part of lockdown measures to contain the virus thereby disrupting academic curricula. Academic institutions leveraged ICTs to virtually engage students and…
Read MoreApproach to a Logistic Model to Reduce Costs for Delivery at Home of a Seller of Supplies in Times of Coronavirus
Logistics is a science and art that has been widely used by large commercial chains, whose main objectives focus on the distribution of products or services. This understanding has generated various logistics studies directed towards those businesses, without considering that science can also be applied to small or medium enterprises. The present study initially executes…
Read MoreAn Empirical Study on Factors Influencing the Intention to use Mobile Learning
Lately, the use of mobile learning has increased in higher education at a global level. Especially after the new Coronavirus (Covid-19). Therefore, trust issues towards the benefits of mobile learning are still important matters just as important as quality dimensions (e.g. service quality, information quality and system quality) for both technology and its content. These…
Read MoreStrategic Model to Assess the Sustainability and Competitiveness of Focal Agri-Food Smes and their Supply Chains: A Vision Beyond COVID 19
There have been disruptions in local and global food supply chains around the world due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It has led to rethink various aspects and to consider various trends in the food sector, encourage a more rapid transition and evolution to the Sustainable Supply Chain Management (SSCM), to counteract current problems and to…
Read MoreA Proposal of Exercise and Performance Learning Assistant System for Self-Practice at Home
Due to pandemic spreads of COVID-19 and increasing populations of se- niors, exercises or performance practices at home have become important to maintain healthy lives around the world. World Health Organization (WHO) has announced the physical health determines the Quality of Life (QoL) of a human. Unfortunately, a lot of people have no exercise and…
Read MorePrimary Healthcare Response to COVID 19 in a District of Callao, Peru
Objectives: Describe the clinical characteristics and home care of patients diagnosed with COVID-19 in a Primary Healthcare Facility of the “Mi Peru” district, in the Callao Region, Peru. Materials and methods: Observational and descriptive cross-sectional study. A total of 84 subjects with positive results for Rapid Test IgM / IgG or molecular test (RT-PCR) participated.…
Read MoreAn Empirical Comparison of Different Two-Factor Models in the Context of Portfolio Optimisation
The crisis linked to the COVID-19 and the uncertainty it generates in the unprecedented health, societal, economic and financial fields have had a strong impact on the stock markets. Indeed, in such a climate of very high uncertainty, it is to be expected that the excessive stock market price movements will continue, with both declines…
Read MoreComparative Study of Cryptocurrency Algorithms: Coronavirus Towards Bitcoin’s Expansion
The widespread presence of Coronavirus (COVID-19) is causing organizations and individuals major economics downsizing. The way this virus is transmitted from one individual to another is the real cause of the problem. For that, researchers in different fields started seriously looking for touch-less and contact-less exchange. Particularly in the finance world, cash transactions and keypad…
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