The world has been fighting against a pandemic for more than a year, caused by a highly infectious disease named COVID-19 rooted by the novel coronavirus 2019. It has already been spread out in most of the countries and a few of which are experiencing second wave. The Novel coronavirus-2019 (SARS CoV-2) incurred more than 1.6 million deaths and 76 million cases in the world population (till 20 December 2020). Although some vaccines are being launched, however, their effectivity and availability are still unknown. Maintaining personal hygiene and social distance are the best way of protection. Hand washing is the utmost recommendation for the maintenance of personal hygiene since hands can be contaminated by the droplets easily. Particularly, in pandemic situations, it is crucial to interrupt the transmission chain of the virus by the practice of proper hand sanitization. The hand sanitization solely depends on the use of effective hand disinfecting agents. Natural formula-based disinfectants can be preferable to chemicals because of higher efficacy and lower adverse effects. Unani medicine is the system based on natural formulations. „Raihan‟ (common sage, Salvia officinalis) is frequently used in Unani medicine for its higher disinfectant role. Common sage extract with ethanol may provide superior efficacy against COVID-19. In this article, we presented information on common sage and its potentiality using with ethanol as a natural, skin-friendly hand sanitizer to prevent harmful action of chemical mixing synthetic sanitizer.
Asian J. Med. Biol. Res. December 2020, 6(4): 611-617
In recent years, the popularity of Smartphone social networking sites has exploded, however, in prior studies the link between users' values, satisfaction, and continued desire to use SNSs was viewed as having little attention. The objective of this research is to establish a model that explores users' value and satisfaction as key antecedents of continuance intention towards the usage of mobile SNSs. Data was collected through a paper-based survey from a university and 532 valid responses from students were used for analysis. To validate our proposed model, and test the hypothesis, the Partial least square technique has been applied through smart pls. The empirical results revealed that both Hedonic value and Utilitarian value were significant antecedents of intention to continuance. Moreover, satisfaction was also found important determinant of intention to continue. The findings of this study will be helpful for marketers, web designers, and researchers to understand the importance of users' value and satisfaction in the context of mobile SNSs. Research implications are presented and directions for future studies are also suggested at the end of the study.
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