DSpace Community:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12323/43692024-03-28T10:30:45Z2024-03-28T10:30:45ZInvisible Facial Flushing in COVID-19 Patient Rapidly Detected by Smartphone Application: Subclinical Discovery with a Novel MethodArpornsuwan, ManoteArpornsuwan, Matinunhttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12323/46142020-07-15T13:18:38Z2020-01-01T00:00:00ZTitle: Invisible Facial Flushing in COVID-19 Patient Rapidly Detected by Smartphone Application: Subclinical Discovery with a Novel Method
Authors: Arpornsuwan, Manote; Arpornsuwan, Matinun
Abstract: No studies of COVID-19 patients mentioned that facial flushing was a clinical feature that could be found. The invisible facial flushing in COVID-19 patient, unrecognized clinical sign with the naked eye could be detected by the smartphone application and probably was the most common clinical features of Coronavirus disease 2019 as seen in dengue infection and influenza. We discovered the innovative method which can detect invisible facial flushing in dengue infection and influenza by using image enhancement with decorrelation combined image segmentation with K-means clustering. We expect to be able to apply to the COVID-19 patient too, because the clinical signs and symptoms, including the immunopathogenesis of dengue infection and influenza are similar to COVID-19. This is the first case of the COVID-19 patient with the appearance of invisible facial flushing detected by the smartphone application. The innovative application may be useful as a rapid screening tool for diagnosis of COVID-19 patients in the future. This novel screening tool for diagnosis of COVID-19 patients will help all medical service providers the effective screening tool for the recognition and early diagnosis before performing CT scans and real-time RT PCR (rRT-PCR) assays, especially in some health care facilities where could not be performed due to lack of laboratory support. Furthermore, application in active case finding for COVID-19, the key actions to stop transmission is challenging in countries with community transmission.2020-01-01T00:00:00ZCOVID-19 and the Future of Microfinance: Evidence and Insights from PakistanMalik, Kashif, etc.http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12323/46132020-07-15T08:53:17Z2020-05-04T00:00:00ZTitle: COVID-19 and the Future of Microfinance: Evidence and Insights from Pakistan
Authors: Malik, Kashif, etc.
Abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic threatens lives and livelihoods, and, with that, has created immediate challenges for institutions that serve affected communities. We focus on implications for local microfinance institutions in Pakistan, a country with a mature microfinance sector, serving a large number of households. The institutions serve populations poorly-served by traditional commercial banks, helping customers invest in microenterprises, save, and maintain liquidity. We report results from ‘rapid response’ phone surveys of about 1,000 microenterprise owners, a survey of about 200 microfinance loan officers, and interviews with regulators and senior representatives of microfinance institutions. We ran these surveys starting about a week after the country went into lockdown to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus. We find that, on average, week-on-week sales and household income both fell by about 90%. Households’ primary immediate concern in early April became how to secure food. As a result, 70% of the sample of current microfinance borrowers reported that they could not repay their loans; loan officers anticipated a repayment rate of just 34% in April 2020. We build from the results to argue that COVID-19 represents a crisis for microfinance in low-income communities. It is also a chance to consider the future of microfinance, and we suggest insights for policy reform.2020-05-04T00:00:00ZStaying Safe at Home and at Workhttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12323/43742020-04-14T10:37:51Z2020-01-01T00:00:00ZTitle: Staying Safe at Home and at Work2020-01-01T00:00:00ZUnderstanding COVID-19 and its Spreadhttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12323/43732020-04-14T10:30:49Z2020-01-01T00:00:00ZTitle: Understanding COVID-19 and its Spread2020-01-01T00:00:00Z