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The most recent catastrophe, COVID-19 changed the lives and the livelihoods of the people in the world and in Sri Lanka. The main objective of this study was to identify the nature of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the financial assets of the community engaged in six (06) livelihood types and the measures taken by the government and social organizations to mitigate the impact. A total of 64 families representing the livelihood types in two Grama Niladhari divisions in the study area were selected for the sample by employing stratified random sampling technique. Data were collected through questionnaire survey and informal discussions while the data analysis was mainly done through Chi Squared Analysis. The study confirmed that the COVID-19 pandemic has adversely affected on the income generation and savings of the community in the study area. Further, 13% (out of 16) and 07% (out of 14) of households engaged in agriculture and fisheries respectively has earned a monthly income of over 150,000 while no household in all categories has earned a monthly income of less than 5,000 before the COVID 19 pandemic. However, the monthly income generation of 82%, and 57% of households who engaged in tourism and both fisheries and self-employments has significantly dropped to less than 5000/= respectively during the COVID 19 pandemic. Also, the pandemic has adversely affected the income generation of the households in fisheries, tourism and self-employment sectors compared to agriculture sector. Savings of the same categories was also reduced due to the pandemic. The study further ascertained that the government and social organizations have taken several measures to provide essential items to cope with the economic impacts of COVID 19. DOI: http://doi.org/10.31357/fhss/vjhss.v07i01.12

The most recent catastrophe, COVID-19 changed the lives and the livelihoods of the people in the world and in Sri Lanka. The main objective of this study was to identify the nature of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the financial assets of the community engaged in six (06) livelihood types and the measures taken by the government and social organizations to mitigate the impact. A total of 64 families representing the livelihood types in two Grama Niladhari divisions in the study area were selected for the sample by employing stratified random sampling technique. Data were collected through questionnaire survey and informal discussions while the data analysis was mainly done through Chi Squared Analysis. The study confirmed that the COVID-19 pandemic has adversely affected on the income generation and savings of the community in the study area. Further, 13% (out of 16) and 07% (out of 14) of households engaged in agriculture and fisheries respectively has earned a monthly income of over 150,000 while no household in all categories has earned a monthly income of less than 5,000 before the COVID 19 pandemic. However, the monthly income generation of 82%, and 57% of households who engaged in tourism and both fisheries and self-employments has significantly dropped to less than 5000/= respectively during the COVID 19 pandemic. Also, the pandemic has adversely affected the income generation of the households in fisheries, tourism and self-employment sectors compared to agriculture sector. Savings of the same categories was also reduced due to the pandemic. The study further ascertained that the government and social organizations have taken several measures to provide essential items to cope with the economic impacts of COVID 19.

Доступное, качественное и современное образование, безопасная и технологичная образовательная среда являются основой повышения качества жизни. В условиях пандемии проявилось множество проблем, с которыми на практике столкнулись общеобразовательные организации и муниципальные системы образования. Пандемия обострила внимание исследователей в первую очередь к проблеме развития дистанционного образования. Цель исследования - изучить особенности и проблемы функционирования муниципальных систем образования в условиях пандемии. ; Affordable, high-quality and modern education, a safe and technologically advanced educational environment are the basis for improving the quality of life. In the context of the pandemic, many problems have emerged that are faced in practice by general education organizations and municipal education systems. The pandemic has sharpened the attention of researchers, first of all, to the problem of the development of distance education.The purpose of the research is to study the features and problems of the functioning of municipal education systems in a pandemic.

Adherence to government COVID-19-related instructions is reported to be high, but the psychosocial impacts of measures such as self-isolation and physical distancing could undermine long-term adherence to containment measures. The first step in designing interventions to mitigate the impacts of adhering to COVID-19-related instructions is to identify what are the most prevalent challenges and what characterises the people facing them. A cross-sectional survey was administered to a representative sample of the UK population (N = 2252), of whom n = 2139 (94.9%) reported adhering to the UK government's COVID-19-related instructions, and were included in the final analysis. Data were analysed using descriptive statistics and binary logistic regression. Of the people who reported adhering to UK government's COVID-19-related instructions, 80.3% reported experiencing challenges. Adults aged 55 years or over (OR = 1.939, 95%CI 1.331–2.825) and men (OR = 0.489, 95%CI 0.393–0.608) were least likely to report challenges. Adjusting to changes in daily routine (reported by 48.7% of the sample), mental health (reported by 41.4% of the sample) and physical health (reported by 31.5% of the sample) were the most prevalent challenges. For the first time, the present study quantifies the extent to which people experienced challenges when adhering to government COVID-19-related instructions. Few people reported experiencing no challenges when adhering to COVID-19-related instructions. Interventions to address the effects of changes in daily routine, mental health challenges, and physical health challenges should be prioritised, with a focus on key subgroups including women, younger adults, and people without care commitments.

The article is devoted to the study of the concepts of South Ossetia political discourse represented in the names of political parties. ; Статья посвящена исследованию концептов политического дискурса, репрезентированных в названиях политических партий.

Abstract Background Most mental health disorders begin to develop in adolescence and early adulthood. These disorders account for a significant portion of hospitalization and other societal costs. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has a rapidly growing population, one-third of which is below 25 years of age. The UAE government has pointed at mental health as one of the areas requiring attention and has approved a strategic plan supporting mental health research, education and promotion with a specific focus on youth (Dubai Mental Health Strategy 2021). The current study represents the first investigation aimed at characterizing youth who access mental health services in the UAE (specifically Dubai). Methods Data was collected retrospectively from child psychiatry case records of inpatients who accessed the Mental Health Clinic at Rashid Hospital between 2011–2016. Patients who received a diagnosis of schizophrenia spectrum disorders, bipolar and related disorders, depressive disorders or anxiety disorders were included. From patients' records, information collected included demographics, life stressors (related to family, friends, health, academic performance, or religion), duration of untreated illness (DUI), family history of mental illness, parents' age and education, main diagnosis, presence/absence of psychotic features. Demographic information and family history had been acquired from patients and family members at the time of intake. Results The final sample (N=99; Age 12–19) included 47.5% local (UAE national) and 52.5% non-local patients. The frequency of life stressors did not differ across ethnic groups except for relationships with friends, which were less likely to be reported as a source of stress among UAE nationals (χ2=4.35; p=0.04) compared to other nationalities. Suicidal thoughts were less common in patients with psychotic features compared to patients without psychotic features (χ2=4.64; p=0.03). A diagnosis of Depression was more common in females than males (χ2=3.93; p<.05) and was associated with more frequent suicidal thoughts (χ2=23.81; p<0.001) and self-harm behavior (χ2=16.20; p<0.001). Separate ANOVAs were conducted to explore the effect of different variables on DUI: results showed that presence of Psychotic features was associated with shorter DUI (F (1,55) =4.37; p<0.05) while Self-harm was associated with longer DUI (F (1,70) =5.82; p<0.05). Discussion To our knowledge, this is the first study attempting to describe youth who access mental health services in the urban multi-cultural context of Dubai. A number of interesting findings were highlighted. Relationships with friends were more likely to represent a source of stress for non-local than local patients, suggesting a possible role of adjustment and social stress in migrant/expatriate youth. Suicidal thoughts were more common in patients diagnosed with depressive disorders (somewhat expected) but less common in patients presenting psychotic features. Patients experiencing psychotic symptoms were accessing mental health services sooner (shorter DUI) compared to patients who did not experience psychotic symptoms, in line with previous literature. Interestingly, patients reporting self-harm behaviors had longer DUI. Several interpretations can be proposed, for example, it is possible that self-harm represented a copying strategy to temporarily "handle" mental illness and delay help seeking in our sample. Studies in support of this and alternative explanations will be discussed. Taken together, our study can be a useful start point to open prevention-focused mental health discussions in the UAE and lead to improved national policies to promote youth wellbeing in the region.

In the current system of financing the drug provision of certain categories of citizens in the outpatient setting in the Russian Federation, there are a number of problems caused by various factors, such as the imperfection of the legislative framework, the implementation of control procedures, etc. The article reveals in detail the problem of lack of funding in connection with the establishment of unified approaches to calculating the standards of financial costs per month per citizen for all regions of Russia, which do not take into account any of the factors of regional development. It has been proposed to change the approaches in calculating the standards, which will ensure their approximation to the real needs of financing preferential categories of citizens. ; В сложившейся в Российской Федерации системе финансирования лекарственного обеспечения отдельных категорий граждан в амбулаторных условиях существует ряд проблем, обусловленных различными факторами, такими как несовершенство законодательной базы, проведение контрольных процедур и т. д. В статье подробно раскрывается проблема недостаточности финансирования в связи с установлением единых подходов к расчету нормативов финансовых затрат в месяц на одного гражданина для всех регионов России, которые не учитывают ни один из факторов развития регионов. Предложено изменить подходы к расчету нормативов, что обеспечит их приближение к реальным потребностям финансирования льготных категорий граждан.

The COVID-19 pandemic has put those who oversee medical education in a challenging position. Medical school administrators, students, and national governing bodies have been forced to make difficult decision as a result of public health concerns and government-enforced restrictions. We, as rising fourth-year medical students, would like to shed light upon the hard work that many of those in leadership positions have done as well as lay out some concerns that medical students who are preparing to apply to residency have. Additionally, we would like to suggest several potential approaches that attempt to address some of the problems arising from the pandemic. Continuing to balance education with the hurdles presented by COVID-19 will require a multi-faceted and coordinated approach. We believe that implementing virtual rotations, delaying the opening of the application, decentralizing clinical skills evaluations, and modifying graduation requirements are possible options among many that could aid in addressing some of the current challenges presented by COVID-19.

The article presents an analysis of specific features of female political discourse in British linguoculture. The research is based on the study of the texts of public speeches of Theresa May as British Prime Minister. ; В статье рассматриваются особенности женского политического дискурса в британской лингвокультуре.

In November 2015, the ASEAN Community composed of three (3) pillars: the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC), the ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community (ASCC), and the ASEAN Political-Security Community (APSC) was established as a response by the ASEAN Member states to the need to develop a Post-2015 Vision of a cohesive, economically integrated, socially responsible and a truly people oriented, people -centered and rules-based ASEAN. Each pillar corresponds to a blueprint, and are part of the general master plan called ASEAN Community Vision 2025 with the theme "ASEAN 2025: Forging Ahead Together". This study focuses on the AEC Blueprint 2025 and its characteristics and elements. After five years upon establishment, there is a need to assess how the Philippines has fared in achieving the key result areas in the AEC Blueprint 2025. By comparing the baseline with the most recent data, this study found that the Philippines is among the middle of the pack (ranking from 4th to 6th) among the ASEAN countries. In terms of AEC vision and goals, the Philippines performance suggests that the country is generally on track and is progressing in the right direction.