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Full Issue File Circulation: 500 pISSN 2383 - 3572 eISSN 2383 - 3866 Aims and Scope Global Journal of Environmental Science and Management (GJESM) is an international scholarly refereed research journal which aims to promote the theory and practice of environmental science and management. A broad outline of the journal's scope includes; peer reviewed original research articles, case and technical reports, reviews and analyses papers, short communications and notes to the editor, in interdisciplinary information on the practice and status of research in environmental science and management, both natural and man-made. The main aspects of research areas include, but are not exclusive to; environmental chemistry and biology, environments pollution control and monitoring, transport and fate of pollutants in the environment, concentrations and dispersion and trace of wastes in air, water, and soil, point and non-point sources pollution, heavy metals and organic compounds in the environment, atmospheric pollutants and trace gases, solid and hazardous waste management; soil biodegradation and bioremediation of contaminated sites; environmental impact assessment, industrial ecology, ecological and human risk assessment; improved energy management and auditing efficiency and environmental standards and criteria. Vision and Mission Global Journal of Environmental Science and Management (GJESM) publishes original. Peer-reviewed and technical environmental articles serve those environmental science and management through the on time quarterly publication with reliable information. GJESM is an integral partner with the scientific and technical communities, delivering superior information products and services that foster communication, build insights and enables individual and collective advancement in environmental research. Providing environmental science and management information to the general public with descriptions of contemporary advances in environmental issues to be used in improving environmental protection and management. Abstracting and Indexing Web of Science (ESCI); Scopus; Scimago Journal Rank (SJR); ProQuest (Agricultural and Environmental Science + Natural Science Collection+ Ulrichsweb); Chemical Abstract (CAS); CABI Abstract; Global Health Abstract; Agricola; Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE); PubMed-NCBI; DOAJ; Open J-Gate; Google Scholar; Academia.edu; Geomar; WorldCat; Academic Resource Index; Environmental XPRT; Information Matrix for the Analysis of Journals (MIAR); Bibliothek Humburg; ScienceMedia; JournalTOCs; MSRT; ISC; RICeST; SID; Civilica; Magiran. Serial# 26 CONTENTS Volume 7, Number 2, Spring 2021 1. Using a sharing-platform to prevent a new outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic in rural areas 155 V. Shcherbak, I. Gryshchenko, L. Ganushchak-Yefimenko, O. Nifatova, V. Tkachuk, Т. Kostiuk, V. Hotra (UKRAIN) Prioritization of the effective factors in reducing energy consumption in a residential building using 2. 171 computer simulation N. Amani, F. Tirgar Fakheri, K, Safarzadeh (IRAN) Biodegradable mulch as microclimate modification effort for improving the growth of horenso; 3. 185 Spinacia oleracea L. A. Iriany, F. Hasanah, D. Roeswitawati, M.F. Bela (INDONESIA) 4. Dıscrete-tıme dynamıc water qualıty ındex model ın coastal water 197 H. Hapoğlu, Ş. Camcıoğlu, B. Özyurt, P. Yıldırım, L. Balas (TURKEY) 5. Fuel wastage and pollution due to road toll booth 211 A. Jaiswal, C. Samuel (INDIA) 6. Two-dimensional flood model for risk exposure analysis of land use/land cover in a watershed 225 G.R. Puno, R.C.C. Puno, I.V. Maghuyop (PHILIPPINES) 7. Cyanide ion oxidation by catalytic effect of nickel ferrites activated carbon composites 239 C.Y. Feijoo, E. De la Torre, R.A.C. Narváez (Ecuador) 8. Solid waste management system for small island developing states 259 J.G. Weekes, J.C. Musa Wasil, K. Malave Llamas, C. Morales Agrinzoni (Puerto Rico) 9. Residual organochlorine pesticide contaminants profile in fish and sediment from a dam 273 N.J. Mensah, S. Antwi-Akomeah, E.J.D. Belford, G.E. Sebiawu, R. Aabeyir (GHANA) 10. Increasing resident participation in waste management through intrinsic factors cultivation 287 Sunarti, J.H. Tjakraatmadja, A. Ghazali, B. 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Manage. 7(2): 155-170, Spring 2021 Global Journal of Environmental Science and Management (GJESM) Homepage: https://www.gjesm.net/ ORIGINAL RESEARCH PAPER Using a sharing-platform to prevent a new outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic in rural areas V. Shcherbak1,*, I. Gryshchenko1, L. Ganushchak-Yefimenko1, O. Nifatova1, V. Tkachuk2, Т. Kostiuk2, V. Hotra3 1Department of Entrepreneurship and Business, Kyiv National University of Technologies and Design, Kyiv, Ukraine 2National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine 3Department of Economic Sciences, Uzhgorod National University, Uzhgorod, Ukraine ARTICLE INFO ABSTRACT BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: A new wave of Covid-19 pandemic has worsened Article History: the epidemiological situation in Ukraine. This caused the need to tighten quarantine Received 11 August 2020 measures that have been introduced since 31.08.2020. The conducted analysis showed Reviewed 02 September 2020 that there are 3 groups of technologies for digital contact tracing: from maximum (25%) Revised 19 September 2020 to minimum (20%). Objective of the study is to develop an exchange platform to track Accepted 2 October 2020 the spread of COVID-19 in rural areas. METHODS: Factor analysis identified key factors of COVID-19 virus spread. Cluster Keywords: analysis identified clusters of COVID-19 spread. Taxonomy method established the limits Coronavirus (COVID-19) of using contact tracing methods. Discriminatory method makes it possible to change Digital contact tracing technologies the applied contact tracing method. (DCTТ model) FINDINGS: The results showed that the identified factors (medico-demographic special Indicators features of Covid-19 virus spread; rural infrastructure to counteract the infection) Monitoring describe in total 83.24% of the data processed. Specified 4 clusters differ in the level Rural areas of susceptibility of the population to COVID-19 and infrastructure development: from United territorial communities minimum (33% of the united territorial communities) to maximum - 13% of the united (UTC) territorial communities. The value of the integral indicator calculated provides means for establishing the maximum (8.5) and the minimum (2) limit of changes in the method of digital contact tracing. CONCLUSION: The developed methodology was implemented on the basis of the united territorial communities of Sumy region. Monitoring of changes in the epidemiological situation made it possible to justify the need to change the contact tracing model, which will reduce the epidemiological level in the region as a whole by 30%. DOI: 10.22034/gjesm.2021.02.01 ©2021 GJESM. All rights reserved. NUMBER OF REFERENCES NUMBER OF FIGURES NUMBER OF TABLES 38 4 5 *Corresponding Author: Email: [email protected] Phone: +380999687135 Fax: +380999687135 Note: Discussion period for this manuscript open until April 1, 2021 on GJESM website at the “Show Article. V. Shcherbak et al. INTRODUCTION the spread of the disease (Fang et al., 2020), medical The latest coronavirus outbreak (Lina et al., 2020) personnel (Dimaschko, 2020), medication and et al., is a global problem and a serious risk for the entire medical facilities (Ding 2020), means of care world population (Alanezi et al., 2020; Isaifan, 2020). for seriously ill people (Chire, 2020), etc. In order to In view of the unusual rate of disease spread the protect the society from the virus, it is necessary to World Health Organization (WHO) announced the take measures related not only to physical distance beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic on 11.03.2020 (Chire, 2020, but also to use information technology (Barbosa et al., 2020). The coronavirus disease in to break the transmission chains and to reduce the Ukraine was recorded on March 3, 2020, when the spread of SARS-CoV-2 (Darwish et al., 2020). Scientists first case in Chernovtsy region was confirmed (Sitnicki began to develop digital tools to improve control et al., 2020). According to Johns Hopkins University of infectious diseases and epidemics with severe Coronavirus Resource Center, it was confirmed consequences even before the COVID-19 pandemic that as of 02.09.2020, 25.8 million people in 188 (Danquah et al., 2019). However, they were mainly countries were infected, 857 thousand died and 13 used to facilitate records management. The pace and million recovered. (CDCР, 2020). Ukraine takes 25th scale of the COVID-19 pandemic (Davis et al., 2020) place (CDCР, 2020) on the global map
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