Bindu Mangla; Sudheesh K. Shukla; Jagriti Narang; Nitika Thakur; Chaudhery Mustansar Hussain
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In current pandemic, as there is no approved specific antiviral agent for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) available till to date; Indian Ayurveda has emerged out as effective tool to control the prevailing pandemic at initial stage mainly by gearing up the immune system. Convalescent plasma therapy (CPT) ...
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In current pandemic, as there is no approved specific antiviral agent for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) available till to date; Indian Ayurveda has emerged out as effective tool to control the prevailing pandemic at initial stage mainly by gearing up the immune system. Convalescent plasma therapy (CPT) has shown a glimpse of hope and some case study supported the hypothesis that CPT could be a prospective treatment option. The current study reported first time on a real time case study in India along with the outcome that CPT could be potentially improved the treatment of severe COVID-19. The CPT results presented here have shown that clinical symptoms were significantly improved along with increase of oxyhemoglobin saturation, also increased lymphocytes count whereas decreased C-reactive proteins within 3 days without any severe adverse side effect.
Anshuman Mishra; Yogesh Shukla; Ashutosh Tiwari
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COVID-19 risk spread rapidly with several clinical manifestations and public health challenges. Research and innovation in advanced materials should be focused on solving critical problems associated with diagnosis, treatment and control models. Important challenges of COVID-19 public health system indicated ...
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COVID-19 risk spread rapidly with several clinical manifestations and public health challenges. Research and innovation in advanced materials should be focused on solving critical problems associated with diagnosis, treatment and control models. Important challenges of COVID-19 public health system indicated to need of solutions based on cost, quality and universal availability in sustainable model. Standard healthcare models can be achieved by advanced technology of Artificial intelligence, IoT, Database analytics and advanced materials more effectively for mass community. Next-generation (“smart”) materials have capacity to contribute to theranostics models in better way with high accuracy in terms of performance and reliability. In summary, engineered nanoparticles and advanced technologies have translational potential. Being public health professionals, technologist and materials researchers involved in the prognosis research should develop certain priorities for the society.
Ashutosh Tiwari
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In this pandemic year, International Association of Advanced Materials (IAAM) has endeavoured to recognize the best efforts of researchers for their overall efforts to combat COVID-19 in order to select the recipient of the prestigious title of ‘Researcher of the Year’. As an international ...
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In this pandemic year, International Association of Advanced Materials (IAAM) has endeavoured to recognize the best efforts of researchers for their overall efforts to combat COVID-19 in order to select the recipient of the prestigious title of ‘Researcher of the Year’. As an international organization actively working in the scientific community, International Association of Advanced Materials is quite concerned in this time of COVID-19 outbreak. The organization has prioritized all its operations to make valuable contributions to the advanced materials community in this time of need. IAAM believes that the adaptation of advanced technologies and their logical integration according to contemporary healthcare measures could be a smart strategy for COVID-19 management.
Soumya Kar; Rajiv Gupta
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Pandemics have threatened human civilization time and again. Currently, the whole world is dealing with COVID-19, a never seen situation in a hundred years, after the deadly Spanish Flu during 1918-1920. With no specific medicines or vaccines, the best way to keep infections under control is by maintaining ...
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Pandemics have threatened human civilization time and again. Currently, the whole world is dealing with COVID-19, a never seen situation in a hundred years, after the deadly Spanish Flu during 1918-1920. With no specific medicines or vaccines, the best way to keep infections under control is by maintaining personal hygiene and social distancing, as per WHO guidelines. Hygiene and sanitization are ensured with clean water, a highly stressed resource in today's times. In this perspective, we try to cover the immediate management of water resources and sanitation facilities in stalling the spread of the pandemic. Further, suggestions regarding robust water and sanitation infrastructure and management practices have been discussed that can be adopted by the administration and modified as per local requirements. This pandemic is no less than a disaster, though not natural, but ecological. Past epidemics are pointing towards an increase in the occurrence of a public health crisis of current magnitude and more. This calls for a paradigm shift towards development and preparedness.
Ajaya M. Ramachandra; Rajiv Gupta
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The Indian Construction industry, which contributes to 8-10% of the country's GDP, is suffering from an unprecedented crisis in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Indian Government is facing a strict trade-off between preventing and containing the spread of Coronavirus on the one hand and revitalizing ...
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The Indian Construction industry, which contributes to 8-10% of the country's GDP, is suffering from an unprecedented crisis in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Indian Government is facing a strict trade-off between preventing and containing the spread of Coronavirus on the one hand and revitalizing the economic activities which have come to complete halt/resumed partially depending on the zone to which an area depends on the other side. Impact of the lockdown on the industry, stimulus measures announced by the Indian Government, and some other actions recommended by Industry experts' for the revival of the Construction sector are discussed in this paper. The detailed specific guidelines to be adopted by the site personnel for safely resuming the site work are presented for the benefit of Industry practitioners. Experimental study results on the stability of SARS-CoV-2 virus on surfaces of different materials are presented. Also, the potential and suitability of Construction material and technology for overcoming the current challenges posed by the pandemic is discussed. The main objective of the paper is to understand the current precarious situation of the Construction industry and the strategies to overcome it for moving forward.
Amar Velic; Alka Jaggessar; Senevirathne Wickramasooriya Mudiyanselage Amal Ishantha Senevirathne; Asha Mathew; Phani Kumari Paritala; Majedul Islam; Arpana Gopi Panicker; Karthika Prasad; Tejasri Yarlagadda; Kirsten Spann; Jafar Hasan; Prasad KDV Yarlagadda
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Since the advent of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), various industrial sectors have been significantly affected. Considering the widespread threat of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, scientists worldwide have been working at a rapid pace to understand the virus, develop vaccines and find possible treatment ...
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Since the advent of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), various industrial sectors have been significantly affected. Considering the widespread threat of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, scientists worldwide have been working at a rapid pace to understand the virus, develop vaccines and find possible treatment options. Drastic public health measures such as social distancing, use of PPE, quarantine and complete lockdown have been implemented globally to minimize the spread of the virus. Whilst these measures currently seem the only plausible option, they come at the price of compromised economies. Though there are many collaterally affected industries, this review paper highlights current and forecasted changes in manufacturing, medical, climate change, energy and food processing sectors. Some of these sectors have been positively impacted, such as climate change, whilst others have experienced mixed consequences. Some also face an uphill rebuilding processes, which needs to begin sooner rather than later. This paper highlights important recent developments and perspectives on how industries may adapt and learn from COVID-19.
Mayuree Sengupta; H. Purushotham
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Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome-Related Coronavirus 2(SARS-CoV2) or the COVID-19 virus has led to a global pandemic causing havoc all across. While researching methods to contain the virus or a cure is still a work-in-progress, a feasible way would be to delve into the patent landscape of SARS-CoV ...
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Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome-Related Coronavirus 2(SARS-CoV2) or the COVID-19 virus has led to a global pandemic causing havoc all across. While researching methods to contain the virus or a cure is still a work-in-progress, a feasible way would be to delve into the patent landscape of SARS-CoV to locate pertinent innovations on the block. The similarity in viral proteins of SARS-CoV and SARS-CoV2 enables the credence that patent applications and granted patents on SARS-CoV may offer beneficial insights towards understanding and finding a solution to COVID-19 disease.
Anshuman Mishra; Santanu Patra; Sudheesh K. Shukla; Pavan Pandey; Yogesh Shukla; Pavel Osmera; Pankaj Yadav; Manoj Pandey; Rajiv Gupta; Franck Molina; Carlos E. Semino; Ashutosh Tiwari
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World Health Organization (WHO) has expressed great concern about the pandemic of Coronavirus (COVID-19) and said that there is a need to control it at the high end. To strengthen this fight against COVID-19, International Association of Advanced Materials (IAAM) intends to provide a forum for high-tech ...
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World Health Organization (WHO) has expressed great concern about the pandemic of Coronavirus (COVID-19) and said that there is a need to control it at the high end. To strengthen this fight against COVID-19, International Association of Advanced Materials (IAAM) intends to provide a forum for high-tech healthcare. Foreseeing the current crisis, IAAM called a multi-lateral consortium to discuss the possibilities of developing a medical technology to control the spreading of coronavirus with the help of interdisciplinary experts from multiple countries. This innovation is perpetuated to create multi-lateral cooperation in the area of ‘healthcare innovation and technology’. Adaptation of advanced technologies and their logical integration according to contemporary healthcare measures could be a smart strategy for epidemic management activities. Establishing an advanced phenotype model for prognosis is an important step in the prevention of infectious disease management such as COVID-19. This article has overviewed the global situation, efforts, and prospective of coronavirus pandemic.
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