Real-world data: a brief review of the methods, applications, challenges and opportunities

F Liu, D Panagiotakos - BMC Medical Research Methodology, 2022 - Springer
Background The increased adoption of the internet, social media, wearable devices, e-
health services, and other technology-driven services in medicine and healthcare has led to …

Agent-based social simulation of the COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic review

F Lorig, E Johansson… - Journal of Artificial …, 2021 - classical.goforpromo.com
When planning interventions to limit the spread of Covid-19, the current state of knowledge
about the disease and specific characteristics of the population need to be considered …

The impact of non-pharmaceutical interventions on SARS-CoV-2 transmission across 130 countries and territories

Y Liu, C Morgenstern, J Kelly, R Lowe, M Jit - BMC medicine, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Background Non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) are used to reduce
transmission of SARS coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) that causes coronavirus disease 2019 …

The COVID-19 pandemic in the African continent

G Bwire, AR Ario, P Eyu, F Ocom, JF Wamala, KA Kusi… - BMC medicine, 2022 - Springer
In December 2019, a new coronavirus, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2
(SARS-CoV-2) and associated disease, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), was …

A primer on using mathematics to understand COVID-19 dynamics: Modeling, analysis and simulations

AB Gumel, EA Iboi, CN Ngonghala… - Infectious Disease …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic that emerged from Wuhan city in
December 2019 overwhelmed health systems and paralyzed economies around the world. It …

The challenges of containing SARS-CoV-2 via test-trace-and-isolate

S Contreras, J Dehning, M Loidolt, J Zierenberg… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Without a cure, vaccine, or proven long-term immunity against SARS-CoV-2, test-trace-and-
isolate (TTI) strategies present a promising tool to contain its spread. For any TTI strategy …

Effective management of energy consumption during the COVID-19 pandemic: The role of ICT solutions

W Strielkowski, I Firsova, I Lukashenko… - Energies, 2021 - mdpi.com
This research tackles effective and functional management practices in energy consumption
using advanced technological solutions to mitigate unexpected events. This study …

Exploring the effectiveness of a COVID-19 contact tracing app using an agent-based model

J Almagor, S Picascia - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
A contact-tracing strategy has been deemed necessary to contain the spread of COVID-19
following the relaxation of lockdown measures. Using an agent-based model, we explore …

Evaluation of the safety and efficacy of using human menstrual blood‐derived mesenchymal stromal cells in treating severe and critically ill COVID‐19 patients: an …

X Xu, W Jiang, L Chen, Z Xu, Q Zhang… - Clinical and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19), caused by severe acute respiratory
syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‐CoV‐2) was identified in December 2019 and has …

Effect of manual and digital contact tracing on covid-19 outbreaks: A study on empirical contact data

A Barrat, C Cattuto, M Kivelä… - Journal of the …, 2021 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Non-pharmaceutical interventions are crucial to mitigate the COVID-19 pandemic and
contain re-emergence phenomena. Targeted measures such as case isolation and contact …