El texto completo de este trabajo no está disponible en el Repositorio Académico UPC por restricciones de la casa editorial donde ha sido publicado. / Understanding the determinants of COVID-19 vaccine uptake is important to inform policy decisions and plan vaccination campaigns. The aims of this research were to: (1) explore the individual- and country-level determinants of intentions to be vaccinated against SARS-CoV-2, and (2) examine worldwide variation in vaccination intentions. This cross-sectional online survey was conducted during the first wave of the pandemic, involving 6697 respondents across 20 countries. Results showed that 72.9% of participants reported positive intentions to be vaccinated against COVID-19, whereas 16.8% were undecided, and 10.3% reported they would not be vaccinated. At the individual level, prosociality was a significant positive predictor of vaccination intentions, whereas generic beliefs in conspiracy theories and religiosity were negative predictors. Country-level determinants, including cultural dimensions of individualism/collectivism and power distance, were not significant predictors of vaccination intentions. Altogether, this study identifies individual-level predictors that are common across multiple countries, provides further evidence on the importance of combating conspiracy theories, involving religious institutions in vaccination campaigns, and stimulating prosocial motives to encourage vaccine uptake.

Marketing Live es el ciclo de conferencias que organiza la Carrera de Comunicación y Marketing. En esta oportunidad, Carmen Gardier, Directora senior de Llorente & Cuenca, nos comparte cómo las marcas y las empresas están adoptando nuevos discursos en ámbitos digitales para establecer relaciones cercanas con sus consumidores en tiempos de pandemia.

Embajador Víctor Hugo Morales Meléndez Diplomático de carrera con amplia experiencia profesional y actualmente Embajador en el Perú. Posee un Master en Geopolítica y Seguridad Global por la Universidad de Roma y es egresado de la Licenciatura en Relaciones Internacionales de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Adicionalmente, ha ejercido la docencia como profesor en la Universidad Autónoma de México. / Repaso de las relaciones bilaterales entre ambos países y una aproximación a las relaciones post Coronavirus.

El Dr. Rodrigo Salazar nos habla sobre las consideraciones odontológicas del presente y como se debe actuar y pensar para en el futuro. Resumen: Valorar la atención odontológica, gestión del staff, manejo de proveedores (uso adecuado de insumos), seguros y sistemas financieros. Consideraciones ante COVID-19, evaluadas de manera holística, elaborando planeamientos estratégicos, con la capacidad de producir y adaptarse a un nuevo contexto como rol de prestador de servicios, investigadores, empresarios/emprendedores y educadores.

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Embajador Afonso José Sena Cardoso: Diplomático brasilero retirado luego de 50 años de servicios en el Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores. Embajador en Irlanda y Angola, Cónsul General en Toronto, Canadá, Coordinador Nacional para MERCOSUR, Coordinador Nacional para Cumbres Políticas Plurilaterales, Delegado ante Consejo de Seguridad de Naciones Unidas, miembro de la delegación de BRASIL a Asambleas Generales de Naciones Unidas, Representante Alterno de Brasil ante ALADI, así como otras posiciones dentro de la Cancillería, donde se inició como Tercer Secretario. / El day after es un amplio y suficiente escenario que permite ahondar y abordar los grandes e importantes desafíos que tiene Brasil hoy día, incluyendo su política internacional, tanto en el ámbito regional como mundial.

Doctora en Ciências de la Educación con Especialidad en Psicologia de la Educación en la Universidad do Minho (Portugal). Funcionaria de la Secretaria de Educación del Estado do Maranhão/Brasil. Consultora de la Organización Internacional de Juventud. Miembro del Grupo de Investigación sobre Cognición, Aprendizaje y Desempeño de la Universidad do Minho.

Som en följd av Covid-19 pandemin så tvingades gymnasieskolor under kort tid gå över till fjärrundervisning. Denna studie syftar till att undersöka gymnasielärares upplevelser och åsikter kring fjärrundervisningen. Syftet är att bidra till en djupare inblick i lärares praktiska arbete med fjärrundervisningen, där störande faktorer, lärande och kommunikation samt funderingar inför framtiden är i fokus. Studien har en kvalitativ ansats. Sex ostandardiserade intervjuer genomfördes via det digitala verktyget Google Meet med lärare som arbetar på samma gymnasieskola. Materialet analyserades med hjälp av tematisk analys. Resultatet visar att respondenterna upplever fjärrundervisningen som mestadels negativ för dem själva och för eleverna, men att det finns vissa positiva aspekter. De negativa delarna handlar om störande faktorer vid arbete hemifrån som dålig ergonomi och att bli avbruten av familjemedlemmar, svårigheter att kommunicera med elever och att få dem att kommunicera med varandra i onlinemöten samt en brist på överblick av klasser. Några positiva aspekter är en ökad struktur i lektionsuppläggen och att kunna ha ostörda enskilda möten med elever. Oroande faktorer för framtiden enligt respondenterna är dels en möjlig kunskapsbrist hos elever som haft fjärrundervisning, och att friskolor i framtiden skulle se fjärrundervisning som ett rimligt alternativ till närundervisning för att dra ner på kostnader. Resultatet indikerar att det kan vara speciellt viktigt att ha tydliga strukturer och lektionsmål i fjärrundervisning. En varierad och språkligt stimulerande undervisning är också viktigt. Gruppindelningar kan behöva ses över för att maximera sannolikheten att elever kommunicerar med varandra.

Travel has been one of the sectors most severely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Countries have taken urgent and aggressive action to contain the spread of the virus by implementing measures such as travel bans, border closures, and lockdowns. This thesis theorizes the relationship between self-making, ethics, and travel at a time when movement has become restricted and morally questionable. It traces important ethical tensions generated by the pandemic and grounds them in different conceptualizations of uncertainty, risk, responsibility, and mobility. Through the examination of the historical and global forces that led to the globalization of movement, capital, bodies, and viruses, this work explores the new parameters of travel as produced by the pandemic and its ensuing restrictions. It argues that COVID-19 blurs the distinctions between local and global infrastructures, bodies, and forms of knowledge, rendering them increasingly difficult to maintain. By examining the unfolding of the global crisis and its effects on the practice of travel, this thesis unravels new and innovative patterns of consumption and envisions alternative futures for the tourism industry.

Background: Cancer patients are at higher risk of infection and severity of Coronavirus Disease-19 (COVID-19). Management of patients infected by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is challenging due to the scarce scientific information and treatment guidelines. In this work, we present our Institutional experience with our first 100 patients with oncological malignancies and COVID-19. Patients and methods: We conducted a cross-sectional study of the first 100 patients hospitalised at the Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Neoplasicas (Lima, Peru) who were positive for SARS-CoV-2 by reverse transcriptase (RT)-PCR during the period 30 March to 20 June. Clinicopathological variables of the oncological disease as well as risk factors, management and outcomes to COVID-19 were evaluated. Results: The mean age was 43.5 years old (standard deviations: ±24.8) where 57% were male patients. In total, 44%, 37% and 19% were adult patients bearing solid tumours, adults with haematologic malignancies and paediatric patients, respectively. Hypertension was the most frequent comorbidity (23%) followed by chronic lung disease (10%). COVID-19-associated symptoms included cough (65%), fever (57%) and dyspnoea (56%). Twelve percent of patients were asymptomatic. Nosocomial infections were more frequent in paediatric patients (84.2%) than in adult patients (16.0%). Patients with uncontrolled oncological disease were most frequent (72%). Anaemia was present in 67% of patients, 68% had lymphopenia, 62% had ferritin value > 500 mcg/L, 85% had elevated lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), 83% D-dimer > 500 ng/mL and 80% C-Reactive Protein > 8 mg/L. The most common complication was acute respiratory failure (42%). Overall fatality rate was 39% where the main cause of mortality was acute respiratory distress syndrome (64.1%). Conclusion: Paediatric patients had better outcomes than adult populations, and a high number of asymptomatic carriers and nosocomial infection, early diagnosis are recommended. Considering oncological treatments 30 days before COVID-19 diagnosis, our data did not reveal an increased mortality. / Revisión por pares