Talib Dbouk,Dimitris Drikakis
Talib Dbouk
Epidemic models do not account for the effects of climate conditions on the transmission dynamics of viruses. This study presents the vital relationship between weather seasonality, airborne virus transmission, and pandemic outbreaks over a...
Sanghamitro Chatterjee,Janani Srree Murallidharan,Amit Agrawal et al.
Sanghamitro Chatterjee et al.
Previous studies reported that the drying time of a respiratory droplet on an impermeable surface along with a residual film left on it is correlated with the coronavirus survival time. Notably, earlier virus titer measurements revealed tha...
Zhihang Zhang,Taehoon Han,Kwang Hee Yoo et al.
Zhihang Zhang et al.
Airborne respiratory diseases such as COVID-19 pose significant challenges to public transportation. Several recent outbreaks of SARS-CoV-2 indicate the high risk of transmission among passengers on public buses if special precautions are n...
Ata Nazari,Moharram Jafari,Naser Rezaei et al.
Ata Nazari et al.
Jet fans are increasingly preferred over traditional ducted systems as a means of ventilating pollutants in large environments such as underground car parks. The spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)-which c...
Droplet evaporation residue indicating SARS-COV-2 survivability on surfaces [0.03%]
飞沫蒸发残留物指示SARS-CoV-2在物体表面的存活情况
Zilong He,Siyao Shao,Jiaqi Li et al.
Zilong He et al.
We conducted a systematic investigation of droplet evaporation on different surfaces. We found that droplets formed even with distilled water do not disappear with evaporation but instead shrink to a residue of a few micrometers lasting ove...
Simulation of a vacuum helmet to contain pathogen-bearing droplets in dental and otolaryngologic outpatient interventions [0.03%]
模拟真空头盔在外科门诊干预中捕获含病原体飞沫的效果仿真研究
Dongjie Jia,Jonathan Lee Baker,Anaïs Rameau et al.
Dongjie Jia et al.
Clinic encounters of dentists and otolaryngologists inherently expose these specialists to an enhanced risk of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection, thus threatening them, their patients, and their practices. In this st...
Insights on drying and precipitation dynamics of respiratory droplets from the perspective of COVID-19 [0.03%]
从新冠肺炎疫情看呼吸道飞沫干燥及沉积规律的几点认识
Saptarshi Basu,Prasenjit Kabi,Swetaprovo Chaudhuri et al.
Saptarshi Basu et al.
We isolate a nano-colloidal droplet of surrogate mucosalivary fluid to gain fundamental insights into airborne nuclei's infectivity and viral load distribution during the COVID-19 pandemic. The salt-water solution containing particles at re...
Can face masks offer protection from airborne sneeze and cough droplets in close-up, face-to-face human interactions?-A quantitative study [0.03%]
定量研究面对人类互动时口罩对气溶胶飞沫和咳嗽飞沫的防护作用
Javed Akhtar,Abner Luna Garcia,Leonardo Saenz et al.
Javed Akhtar et al.
Day-to-day observations reveal numerous medical and social situations where maintaining physical distancing is either not feasible or not practiced during the time of a viral pandemic, such as, the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Durin...
Fujio Akagi,Isao Haraga,Shin-Ichi Inage et al.
Fujio Akagi et al.
A flow analysis around a face shield was performed to examine the risk of virus infection when a medical worker wearing a face shield is exposed to a patient's sneeze from the front. We ensured a space between the shield surface and the fac...
Hongping Wang,Zhaobin Li,Xinlei Zhang et al.
Hongping Wang et al.
Coronavirus disease 2019 has become a global pandemic infectious respiratory disease with high mortality and infectiousness. This paper investigates respiratory droplet transmission, which is critical to understanding, modeling, and control...