Determination of the trend and spatial distribution of microbial levels based on space and occupant characteristics

D Seong, MH Weir, S Hoque - Journal of Building Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
For buildings to move beyond the conventional criteria of comfort, we require more metrics
and tools to design spaces that enhance health and safety where microbes play a significant …

Social disparities in the first wave of COVID-19 incidence rates in Germany: a county-scale explainable machine learning approach

G Doblhammer, C Reinke, D Kreft - BMJ open, 2022 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives Knowledge about the socioeconomic spread of the first wave of COVID-19
infections in Germany is scattered across different studies. We explored whether COVID-19 …

Double trouble: combined cardiovascular effects of particulate matter exposure and coronavirus disease 2019

V Tanwar, JM Adelstein, LE Wold - Cardiovascular Research, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Abstract The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory
syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has rapidly grown into a pandemic. According to …

[HTML][HTML] Respiratory viruses in foods and their potential transmission through the diet: A review of the literature

N Gonzalez, M Marques, JL Domingo - Environmental research, 2021 - Elsevier
Respiratory viruses are the main agents causing respiratory tract diseases. Nowadays,
coronaviruses–and specifically, SARS-CoV-1, MERS-CoV and SARS-CoV-2–are the …

Face mask-an essential armour in the fight of India against COVID-19

S Panda, H Kaur, L Dandona… - Indian Journal of Medical …, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Wearing a mask is not an alternative to physical distancing and hand hygiene, but it is most
valuable in scenarios where physical distancing is challenging. Face masks limit the spread …

[HTML][HTML] A modular IOT sensing platform using hybrid learning ability for air quality prediction

K Sridhar, P Radhakrishnan, G Swapna… - Measurement …, 2023 - Elsevier
The world's underdeveloped countries, who have been affected the worst, are experiencing
an increase in climatic issues. Today more than ever, the requirement for precise …

Could changes in the airborne pollutant particulate matter acting as a viral vector have exerted selective pressure to cause COVID-19 evolution?

YM Baron - Medical Hypotheses, 2021 - Elsevier
Air pollution with particulate matter has been implicated in the incidence and the mortality
due to COVID-19 infection. The levels of particulate matter have been shown to have …

Transmission of COVID-19 pandemic (Turkey) associated with short-term exposure of air quality and climatological parameters

AP Akan - Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2022 - Springer
The study aims to investigate associations between air pollution, climate parameters, and
the diffusion of COVID-19-confirmed cases in Turkey using Spearman's correlation test as …

An updated estimation approach for SEIR models with stochastic perturbations: Application to COVID-19 data in Bogotá

A Ríos-Gutiérrez, S Torres, V Arunachalam - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
This paper studies the updated estimation method for estimating the transmission rate
changes over time. The models for the population dynamics under SEIR epidemic models …

[HTML][HTML] Experimental and in silico evaluations of the possible molecular interaction between airborne particulate matter and SARS-CoV-2

A Romeo, R Pellegrini, M Gualtieri, B Benassi… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
During the early stage of the COVID-19 pandemic (winter 2020), the northern part of Italy
has been significantly affected by viral infection compared to the rest of the country leading …