• Analysis of indoor CO2 concentration using split ventilation systems as an indicator of COVID-19 transmission 

      Batista, Manuel; Bulgim, Oscar; Matus, Ericka; Estrella, Jaime; Gittens, Rolando; Molino, Jay (American Journal of Applied Sciences, 2023-07-23)
      We measured the indoor CO2 concentration in occupied areas with ventilation systems that recirculate air without an external air supply. The average time required to achieve the highest probability of contagion was ...
    • Aplicabilidad del BFI-S en Panamá 

      Matus, Ericka; Matus, Lorena; Toriz, Ana; Molino, Jay (SNI, SENACYT, 2022-01-15)
      Se analizó las características psicométricas de la escala BFI-S de 5 elementos y se determinó la eficiencia de la escala para obtener las características psicométricas deseadas. El estudio es de campo no experimental, ...
    • Attitudes toward COVID-19 lockdown as a risk predictor in Panama 

      Matus, Ericka; Molino, Jay; Matus, Lorena (European Scientific Journal, ESJ, Social Sciences, 2021-05-31)
      This document describes an investigation undertaken to examine attitudes towards lockdowns through COVID-19 as a psychosocial risk predictor in Panama. We conducted the study through a cross-sectional, prospective, ...
    • Confianza durante la pandemia por COVID-19 en Panamá 

      Matus, Ericka; Matus, Lorena; Toriz, Ana; Molino, Jay (ESJ Social Sciences, 2021-10-31)
      Esta investigación forma parte de una batería de pruebas para precisar las consecuencias psicológicas y conductuales por la crisis COVID-19, a partir de la iniciativa COVIDiSTRESS global survey (Lieberoth y colaboradores, ...
    • Distress about Covid-19 in Panama: psychometric structure 

      Matus, Ericka; Matus, Lorena; Florez, Ana; Toriz, Ana; Cuevas, Alfredo; Molino, Jay (Journal of Social Sciences, 2021-10-30)
      The psychological impact of the pandemic has established the urgent need to respond to the needs of the population in each culture, region and context. Thus, in the Republic of Panama, the efforts of numerous specialists ...
    • Dos años de convivencia con el COVID-19 en Panamá 

      Matus, Ericka (Espacios Transnacionales, 2021-01-15)
      El año 2020, inició la transformación en la vida de millones de personas en el mundo. En el caso de Panamá, el día 23 de enero se ordena la activación del Centro de Operaciones en Salud (CODES), con el fin de monitorear, ...
    • A forced migration due to covid19 from a face-to-face university education service to a total online learning management system support: UDELAS-Panamá study case 

      Quijano Abad, Damián Enrique; Gil Herrera, R. (13th Conference of Education, Research and Innovation, 2020-11-09)
      The Covid-19 pandemic forced the Specialized University of the Americas (UDELAS, Panamá) to transform their educational service from almost 100% face-to-face to 100% virtual in approximately three weeks. This change involved ...
    • Panama: scope and psychosocial challenges two years after the COVID-19 pandemic 

      Matus, Ericka; Matus, Lorena (IntechOpen, 2022-10-28)
      It is a review of the challenges that Panama faced during the two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, in terms of mental health. From social psychology, some of the research that provided a vision of the effects in the short, ...
    • Sports motivation in athletes in the face of psychosocial risk and pandemic due to COVID 19 

      Matus, Ericka; Matus, Lorena; Molino, Jay (Sport Psychology in Sports, Exercise and Physical Activity, 2021-03-30)
      In this chapter, the reader will discover the importance of motivation in general and sports through a tour of the most critical theories in the field. Furthermore, we present the experiences of a group of young athletes ...