CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS: Cognitively impaired long-term care residents had an increased risk for falls during the COVID-19 pandemic. This risk was influenced by several factors. In future pandemic or infection control related isolation
Many nursing homes operated at thin profit margins prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. This study examines the role of nursing homes' financial performance and chain affiliation in shortages of personal protection equipment (PPE) during the first year of
Here we retrieve global daily 1 km gapless PM(2.5) concentrations via machine learning and big data, revealing its spatiotemporal variability at an exceptionally detailed level everywhere every day from 2017 to 2022, valuable for air quality
People readily make inferences about trait-like characteristics of another person's face. Since the recent global COVID-19 pandemic, the widespread use of hygienic face masks has led to large proportions of the face being covered. We investigated the
CONCLUSION: The target group of people aged ≥ 60 years was much better reached than the target group of people with a medical risk aged 18-59 years. Uptake varied considerably among subgroups in both target groups. The findings of this study can be
The detection of pharmaceuticals has been an active area of research with numerous application areas ranging from therapeutic and environmental monitoring to pharmaceutical manufacturing and diagnostics. And, the emergence of COVID-19 pandemic has
CONCLUSION: COVID-19 infection did not only represent a disease with a high risk of mortality during the acute phase, but is also associated with a high risk of functional impairment after hospital discharge.