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Preprints are research articles that are in their pre-peer-review status. The purpose of their early access is to get research out as quickly as possible as the peer-review and publication processes can delay timely dissemination of research results. But, remember that without the peer-review process, one should carefully evaluate these articles for quality and accuracy.
Lisa Scarborough, Director of Faculty Development in the Office of the Vice President for Research, is currently maintaining a list of COVID-19 research opportunities in the PIVOT database. Access it here: https://pivot.proquest.com/curated_opps
Note: You will need to login with your UT EID and password to see Lisa's curated list. If your initial login attempt results in a blank result set, click on the above link a second time.
Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) by
This book provides a comprehensive overview of recent novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) infection, its biology and associated challenges for its treatment and prevention of novel Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). Discussing various aspects of COVID-19 infection, including global epidemiology, genome organization, immunopathogenesis, transmission cycle, diagnosis, treatment, prevention, and control strategies, it highlights host-pathogen interactions, host immune response, and pathogen immune invasion strategies toward developing an immune intervention or preventive vaccine for COVID-19. An understanding of the topics covered in the book is imperative in the context of designing strategies to protect the human race from further losses and harm due to SARS-CoV-2 infection causing COVID-19.
Integrated Risk of Pandemic: Covid-19 Impacts, Resilience and Recommendations by
In light of the novel corona virus outbreak in December 2019 and its subsequent impact on entire world as a global pandemic, the book attempts to provide integrated risk assessment on Covid -19 like pandemics, as well as to understand the societal, environment and economic impact of the outbreak in various sectors of development. It covers fundamental factors of global disease outbreaks and its coverage as major disaster through the complexity and severity of consequences, illustrating the dimensions of low frequency high intensity disasters. It brings together broad range of topics including basic concepts, isolation measure, role of governance and key technical advancements for containing the diseases. In addition, it also covers resilience analysis towards the impacts such outbreaks have on bio-diversity, ecosystem services and agricultural food production. It defines key exit strategies from the lessons learned and success stories of historical disease outbreaks. The book is presented in four parts, where part 1 familiarizes with fundamentals; part 2 focuses on integrated risk assessments; part 3 focuses on various measures and strategies of resilience; and part 4 suggests key lessons and recommendations. The book is a useful reading reference for scientific community, policy makers and professionals across the domains of health, environment, disasters and sustainable development. Book is specifically beneficial for postgraduate students, researchers, planners and field professionals.
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As school systems start to decide/plan about reopening and parents decide between sending their children to school or keeping them at home, medical organizations, cities, and researchers are studying the evidence and developing steps to move forward. Helpful resources include the scholarly literature, school system planning documents, and guidelines/recommendations from medical experts.
Additionally, there are some resources listed below about the reopening of institutions of higher education.
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Psychiatry of Pandemics by
This book focuses on how to formulate a mental health response with respect to the unique elements of pandemic outbreaks. Unlike other disaster psychiatry books that isolate aspects of an emergency, this book unifies the clinical aspects of disaster and psychosomatic psychiatry with infectious disease responses at the various levels, making it an excellent resource for tackling each stage of a crisis quickly and thoroughly. The book begins by contextualizing the issues with a historical and infectious disease overview of pandemics ranging from the Spanish flu of 1918, the HIV epidemic, Ebola, Zika, and many other outbreaks. The text acknowledges the new infectious disease challenges presented by climate changes and considers how to implement systems to prepare for these issues from an infection and social psyche perspective. The text then delves into the mental health aspects of these crises, including community and cultural responses, emotional epidemiology, and mental health concerns in the aftermath of a disaster. Finally, the text considers medical responses to situation-specific trauma, including quarantine and isolation-associated trauma, the mental health aspects of immunization and vaccination, survivor mental health, and support for healthcare personnel, thereby providing guidance for some of the most alarming trends facing the medical community. Written by experts in the field, Psychiatry of Pandemics is an excellent resource for infectious disease specialists, psychiatrists, psychologists, immunologists, hospitalists, public health officials, nurses, and medical professionals who may work patients in an infectious disease outbreak.
Retractions happen when there is a question as to the validity of a paper. This can be the result of author misconduct such as plagiarism, copyright infringement, or fabrication; a major scientific error in the study such as a miscalculation or experimental error; or a lack of transparency.
Peer-review processes are very important in helping to catch articles suffering from misconduct or errors. If the article is deemed still publishable, peer-reviewers will require revisions to the article to fix the errors. But some articles may slip through, and later, after being discovered to contain error or misconduct, the article will be retracted.
Two recent papers with Covid-19 data have been retracted because of the lack of transparency from the data source. The two papers are:
Hydroxycholoroquine or chloroquine with or without a macrolide for treatment of COVID-19: A multinational registry analysis. Lancet. May 22, 2020. Retraction letter
Cardiovascular disease, drug therapy, and mortality in Covid-19. NEJM, May 1, 2020. Retraction Letter
News Articles:
Offord C. Lancet, NEJM retract Surgisphere studies on COVID-19 patients. The Scientist. June 4, 2020 - News story regarding these two retractions.
Humer C, Taylor M. Retracted COVID-19 studies expose holes in vetting of data firms. Reuters Health News. June 9, 2020 - News article about the importance of checking data sources.
Vuong. Q-H. Reform retractions to make them more transparent. Nature. June 8, 2020; 582:149.
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