Coronavirus (COVID-19) was first detected in November 2019 (Chan et al. 2020).The infection spread quickly Wuhan (the capital of the Chinese province Hubei) and then throughout China other countries including Russian Federation (RF) Republic Belarus (RB).In early May, more than 190,000 Russians 20,168 Belarusian were infected (Johns Hopkins University 2020).Russia part former Soviet Union have a similar culture-a single written language common religion; also, there are close economic...

Background On February 24, 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine provoking the most serious military conflict in Central Europe since 1945. By mid-May thousands of Ukrainian civilians have been killed or injured and millions relocated country dispersed to other, mostly European, countries. To our knowledge, this is first study on impact war mental emotional well-being civilians—university students personnel.Methods A snowball, non-probability sampling technique, was used for online survey data...

We present a method for secrecy extraction from jointly Gaussian random sources. The approach is motivated by and has applications in enhancing security wireless communications. problem also found to be closely related some well known lossy source coding problems

The outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) has a significant impact on well-being people and nations worldwide, with major public health, economic, social safety implications (Nicola et al. 2020).The policies enacted to cope differ among within countries; however, there are common response measures such as distance, lockdown, stay-at-home (Lin 2020; Pakpour Griffiths 2020).Moreover, vast majority day-to-day activities work education have become online efforts uncertain effects...

In December 2019, cases of pneumonia unknown etiology but with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and other serious complications were reported in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China.One month later, a novel coronavirus was identified by the Chinese Center for Disease Control Prevention (CDC) from throat swab sample patient subsequently named "COVID-19" World Health Organization (WHO) (Nanshan et al. 2020).At end June 2020, approximately 500,000 deaths worldwide have been linked to COVID-19...

Coronavirus (COVID-19) was first detected in November 2019.The infection spread quickly Wuhan (the capital of the Chinese province Hubei) and then throughout China other countries including Kazakhstan located Central Asia, ninth largest country world terms land mass with a population less than 20 million.Over 18th 19th centuries, protectorate Russian Empire.After 1917 revolution Russia, it became part Federation (1920); and, 1936, Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic formed within USSR.Under...

At an early stage of Russia–Ukraine War, the psychological conditions Ukraine people relocated to Russia were reported by International Journal Loss and Trauma. In this paper, updated findings evidence war impact on quality life, depression, loneliness, substance use, eating behavior among refugees from Russian Federation. Indicators mental health, unhealthy food intake tend be attributed regardless refugee gender, age, religiosity, marital status. These are consistent with those previously...

We consider the secrecy inherent in reciprocal nature of multipath fading channels and present a technique to generate shared perfectly secret key by two terminals observing channel. Using this we quantify that can be generated from ITU cellular for 2 GHz frequency range.

Исследуется переживание страха перед коронавирусным заболеванием (COVID-19) в зависимости от выраженности базисных убеждений личности. Обследованы 950 человек возрасте 12 и до 74 лет (средний возраст – 35 лет). Исследование проводилось марте 2020 года, онлайн-формате. Использовались Шкала COVID-19 D.K. Ahorsu др., (перевод адаптация А.Д. Резник 2020) Р. Янов-Бульман О.А. Кравцовой). Выявлено, что больше трети испытуемых имеют высокий уровень переживания коронавирусной инфекцией. Выраженность...

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused universities worldwide to limit operation, shift traditional classroom learning internet instruction, and restrict contact through recommended social distancing (WHO 2020a).Such actions have been taken in spite of a possible mental health tsunami (Carson et al. 2020) resulting from factors isolation (Holmes 2020), substance misuse (Gritsenko 2020;Zolotov other maladaptive coping mechanisms (Bender 2020;Cheng 2020).The experience living the heightened interest...

<title>Abstract</title> Kazakhstan is a large Central Asian country of the former Soviet republic with population 19 million, majority being Muslim moderate religious practices. Despite considerable economic growth, most university students remain pressed to address higher education and living costs. This cross-sectional study 2,065 examined conditions its association burnout, loneliness substance use. Female students, those using harmful substances, were more likely report burnout...

This study aims to discern similarities and differences associated with the impact of war on Ukrainian Israeli women. We hypothesize that country affiliation significantly determines their mental health psycho-emotional well-being. A total 1,071 (N = 601) 470) women were surveyed online from September December 2022 in Ukraine November 2023 March 2024 Israel. Valid reliable survey instruments used gather data about fear war, depression, loneliness, suicidal ideation substance misuse. Fear...

Alcohol use and risk-taking behavior among 345 male adolescents from three Israeli secular (n = 168) religious 177) high schools were studied 2009 to 2013. Findings show the positive impact education religiosity have on minimizing alcohol use, binge drinking, school underachievement, violence, weapons possession, driving behavior. These results should be considered by school, social service, health care personnel addressing needs of young people, especially those in danger failure, drop out,

This study examined drug use patterns and severity among native-Israeli former Soviet Union (FSU) immigrants in Israel who reported heroin use.a total of 272 native Israelis 300 FSU users were interviewed from 2002 to 2006 as part a large surveillance Israel. Individuals sampled at an intake centre, methadone clinic day-treatment facility the Negev region Participants assessed using Addiction Severity Index, fifth edition. Native Israeli compared within two groups: those treatment.Overall,...

Click to increase image sizeClick decrease size AcknowledgmentsThe authors thank faculty members and students Penza State University (Russia), Moscow of Psychology Education (Russia) for their assistance. Gratitude is expressed Drs. Toby Mort Mower generous support the Ben Gurion Negev—Regional Alcohol Drug Abuse Research (RADAR) Center.Additional informationNotes on contributorsRichard IsralowitzRichard Isralowitz, Ph.D., a Professor (Emeritus) Director Regional Center, Negev.Vsevolod...