- English version The diploma thesis, in the form of a case study, deals with the issue of media presentation of the Liberec region as a state institution. The study focuses on the period from 1 January 2020 to 30 June 2020. The evaluation is limited to printed reports generated by the regional authority and contributions to the social networks Facebook and Instagram. The work includes the specifics of communication at the regional level, which is located exactly between the municipal and governmental levels and has not yet been typified. The main goal of this diploma thesis is to analyze the communication of the region on the example of the Liberec region and for further research to provide such a study that will offer insight into how the region communicates. The thesis places the region in the context of state administration and defines the basic concepts and customs that characterize communication at this level through an extensive theoretical part.

Magister Scientiae (Medical Bioscience) - MSc(MBS) / Insect-derived baculoviruses have been used extensively as a safe and versatile research model for transgenic protein expression. Preclinical studies have revealed the promising potential of Baculoviruses as a delivery vector for a variety of therapeutic applications, including vaccination, tissue engineering and cancer treatments. Coronaviruses are enveloped viruses containing linear, non-segmented ribonucleic acid. Human coronavirus NL63 was first discovered in the Netherlands in January 2004, where a 7-month-old girl presented with an acute respiratory tract infection that was later established to predominantly infect infants, the elderly and immunocompromised individuals.

The COVID-19 pandemic is a global crisis with every country being affected. It is one of the widely reported crisis over the past few months. Crisis of such degree and range of influence demands a well-informed reporting with an understanding of the possible impact. As the media coverage is largely influenced by journalistic frames and their interpretations, it is highly important and relevant to study this crisis from a framing perspective. Therefore, this research aims to explore the construction of frames, to what extent they exist in the text in comparison to each other, and how they appear across different time periods by studying the online editorial coverage of the COVID-19 crisis published by New York Times. Eight constructive and seven negative frames have been deductively coded to conduct the research through qualitative content analysis with quantitative elements of the editorials published during three specific periods in January, February, and March of 2020. Constructive frames have been coded with the help of constructive journalism which is used as an analytical concept in this research, while negative frames have been retrieved from literature on the framing of previous crises. The analysis suggests that the editorial coverage of the COVID-19 crisis by New York Times is overall constructive but with focus on few dominant constructive and negative frames. Among constructive frames the most dominant frames are ‘solution-oriented’ and ‘mathematical’. Among negative frames the most dominant frames are ‘blame attribution’, frame of ‘consequences’ and ‘conflict’. Findings revealed that blame attribution is dominant as compared to the frame of solidarity and denial is dominant as compared to the frame of concern. Furthermore, the analysis reveals that the construction and appearance of frames change over different time periods with changed intensity level of crisis. This change requires versatile coverage and shift in attention towards newly emerging challenges.

When global complications occur firms must possess the capability to work around the new obstacles and aim to proceed with their operations as normal as possible. With the Covid-19 situation escalating day by day, the worries regarding if the companies of the world grow consequentially. This research has then been conducted with multiple cases in order to understand if the supply chains for production firms as well as service supply chains for service firms has been compromised in any way. If this is the case, the authors also aimed to find out whether there were any specific measures within the supply chains that can be applied to lower the negative consequences. To gain another level of depth to the understanding of the situation, the authors also chose to analyze the risk management aspect of the selected firms, to see if a lack of risk management and risk preparedness can affect the issues for the firm. The findings of this paper ultimately reveal that cases with a high level of internalization and that are operating with a service supply chain are managing the urgent situation to a better degree, with fewer complications due to Covid19.

On the 11th of march, the coronavirus was declared as a pandemic and during the following weeks the media coverage about the virus drastically increased. The aim of this essay was to examine how two swedish newspapers, Dagens Nyheter and Aftonbladet, reported about and framed the news about the coronavirus. This was achieved by examining the difference between the reporting of the two newspapers and the difference between how the coronavirus was framed depending on which country was reported about. The framework of this study contains of framing theory, agenda setting theory, the studies of news values, stereotypes, and the Other. The method used to examine this topic was a quantitative content analysis based on 331 articles about the coronavirus. The results of this study show that even though the coronavirus was classified as a pandemic, that spread across the world, the main focus of the reporting centered around the coronavirus in Sweden. The places that the newspapers focused the least on was Africa and South America with barely any news about the spread of the coronavirus. In accordance with previous research, the most utilized theme in relation to the coronavirus was actions to slow the virus down and management of the virus. The most commonly used sources of the articles were other media outlets. The second most commonly used source spokespeople for different companies, they often spoke about the negative consequences that fell upon the companies due to the coronavirus. Aftonbladet produced 77 more articles than Dagens Nyheter, measured during the same timespan. Dagens Nyheter produced more articles about the economic effects that were caused by the coronavirus than Aftonbladet, they focused more on articles about actions to slow the virus down. The choice of angles of the articles also differed between the newspapers. Aftonbladet focused more on the negative effects of the coronavirus, while Dagens Nyheter did not have one specific angle that was more prominent.

I slutet av 2019 verifierades ett nytt coronavirus som kan smitta människor. Viruset identifierades i staden Wuhan, Kina och smittspridningen förmodas komma från ett djur på en marknad som överförts till en människa. Kort därefter visade det sig att viruset hade förmågan att smittas från människa till människa och den 11 mars klassades viruset som en pandemi och viruset fick namnet Covid-19. Spridningen spred sig snabbt och snart hade hela världen påverkats av virusets framfart. För att hantera virusets spridning och lindra effekterna av coronapandemin är kommunikationen A och O och det finns uppmaningar att följa myndigheters råd och rekommendationer som omfattas av Folkhälsomyndigheten, Krisinformation och 1177. Det krävs däremot insatser, stöd och information om viruset på en mer lokal och regional nivå ur ett medborgarperspektiv.   Syftet med studien är att granska hur olika regioner kommunicerar en pandemi i sina digitala kanaler.

The world was seriously affected by the outbreak of the Coronavirus pandemic. The research question of the thesis is: "How could China's assistance to Italy and Spain throughout the Coronavirus pandemic help China increase its cooperation with the European Union?". This paper will analyze how Covid-19 created an opportunity that Xi Jinping used to strengthen his country's relations with the European Union. Also, it will present China as a state that wants to cooperate with other states and is ready to help anyone in case of an emergency. The research question was studied through the theoretical lenses of neoliberalism and two of its concepts - complex interdependence and soft power. The method that was utilized is textual analysis because it helped identify China's messages in the country's intensive public diplomacy during the pandemic. The conclusion is that China successfully used the window created by the pandemic to deepen its strategic partnership with the European Union.

Esta investigación de tipo teórica pretende analizar la preocupación ante el contagio de la COVID-19 sus causas y consecuencias. Se realizó una revisión teórica en bases de datos y editoriales científicas confiables. Así también, se respetó los derechos de autor y se retiró toda información confusa y diferente al tema de investigación. Los resultados demostraron que la mayor preocupación para los individuos en esta pandemia es contagiarse de COVID-19 y afectar a sus familias e incluso morir, también la disminución financiera, el colapso de hospitales, duelos no resueltos y el aislamiento como medida preventiva fueron determinantes para incrementar la preocupación e incluso desencadenar una patología mental; entre ellas ansiedad y depresión. Por ello, surgió la necesidad de investigar esta variable para contribuir y profundizar la información teórica disponible.

Objetivo: Caracterizar la automedicación durante la pandemia de Covid-19 en estudiantes de Ciencias de la Salud de la Universidad Católica Santo Toribio de Mogrovejo, 2020. Materiales y Tipo de investigación: Estudio descriptivo con un enfoque cuantitativo, diseño no experimental, corte transversal; como técnica de recolección de datos fue la encuesta e instrumento un cuestionario, el cual se envió a través de google forms para ser respondido; luego se realizó el análisis estadístico vía tabulación y distribución de frecuencias. Resultados: El 23.6% de los encuestados se automedicaron, las mujeres representaron el mayor porcentaje (18%), y según la edad el 12% tenían entre 21 y 25 años. Los motivos fueron dolor de cabeza, dolor de garganta, fiebre y sensación de falta de aire con el 46%, seguido por el miedo a adquirir la enfermedad. Los medicamentos más consumidos fueron el paracetamol (78%), Azitromicina (39.7%), seguidos de AINES como Ibuprofeno y Naproxeno. Los fármacos mencionados fueron adquiridos en una farmacia (71.8%). La mayoría no presentaron efectos adversos. Conclusión: La prevalencia de automedicación corresponde a la cuarta parte de la población, los principales motivos para automedicarse fueron las causas clínicas como presentar síntomas de dolor de cabeza, dolor de garganta, fiebre y sensación de falta de aire; y las causas no clínicas como el miedo a adquirir la infección de Covid-19; y la mayoría de los estudiantes no presentaron alguna reacción adversa después de realizar esta práctica.

Introducción: La mala calidad de sueño puede conllevar a una inadecuada calidad de vida, mal desarrollo cognitivo, patologías endocrinológicas, entre otros. La actual pandemia por COVID-19 ha generado problemas de salud mental, y es necesario evaluar si afectó a los estudiantes de medicina. Objetivos: Determinar la frecuencia de la calidad de sueño en alumnos de medicina de la Universidad Santo Toribio de Mogrovejo en los meses octubre-noviembre del año 2020. Materiales y métodos: Estudio descriptivo transversal. Se realizó una encuesta a 218 estudiantes de medicina humana de Chiclayo, previo consentimiento informado se evaluó la calidad de sueño a través del cuestionario de Pittsburg. Resultados: La media de la edad fue de 20.5 años, y hubo un ligero predominio el sexo femenino (58%). Existieron 195 (89.5%) malos dormidores. Se observó que la edad de los buenos dormidores era ligeramente mayor que los malos dormidores (22.5 vs 20.4), además las mujeres presentaron más probabilidad de ser malas dormidoras. El antecedente de COVID-19 no alteró las frecuencias de malos dormidores. Discusión: La menor edad, el sexo femenino, el menor número de créditos universitarios, el mayor número de horas de estudio, no hacer actividades extracurriculares, estrés, ansiedad y depresión eran más frecuentes en malos dormidores Conclusiones: La frecuencia de mala calidad de sueño en estudiantes de medicina durante la pandemia por COVID 19 fue alta. Los estudiantes de medicina mayores de 18 años con una carga académica regular tuvieron mala calidad de sueño.