COVID-19 and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): Scenario analysis through fuzzy cognitive map modeling

M Ameli, ZS Esfandabadi, S Sadeghi, M Ranjbari… - Gondwana …, 2023 - Elsevier
The COVID-19 crisis has immensely impacted the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for
Sustainable Development worldwide. This research aims at providing a policy response to …

Valuing burden of premature mortality attributable to air pollution in major million-plus non-attainment cities of India

M Nair, H Bherwani, S Mirza, S Anjum, R Kumar - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
Accelerating growth due to industrialization and urbanization has improved the Indian
economy but simultaneously has deteriorated human health, environment, and ecosystem …

Potential changes in air pollution associated with challenges over South Asia during COVID-19: a brief review

BP Singh, A Nair, S Kumari, S Kumari, K Kuamr… - Asia-Pacific Journal of …, 2024 - Springer
The severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS-CoV-2), also referred to as COVID-19
originated in the Wuhan city of Hubei Province of China in late December 2019 and spread …

[HTML][HTML] Application of circular economy framework for reducing the impacts of climate change: A case study from India on the evaluation of carbon and materials …

H Bherwani, M Nair, A Niwalkar, D Balachandran… - Energy Nexus, 2022 - Elsevier
In light of the Paris Agreement 2015 and the emerging government-wide policies towards
instigating a transition from linear to Circular Economy (CE), it has become critical to …

Improving performance of deep learning predictive models for COVID-19 by incorporating environmental parameters

R Wathore, S Rawlekar, S Anjum, A Gupta… - Gondwana …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has severely crippled the
economy on a global scale. Effective and accurate forecasting models are essential for …

Did unprecedented air pollution levels cause spike in Delhi's COVID cases during second wave?

SSR Kolluru, SMS Nagendra, AK Patra… - … Research and Risk …, 2023 - Springer
The onset of the second wave of COVID-19 devastated many countries worldwide.
Compared with the first wave, the second wave was more aggressive regarding infections …

Long-term changes in aerosol loading over the 'BIHAR'State of India using nineteen years (2001–2019) of high-resolution satellite data (1× 1 km2)

M Nair, S Dey, H Bherwani, AK Ghosh - Atmospheric Pollution Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Indo-Gangetic Plain (IGP) in the Indian sub-continent faces massive aerosol
loading, for which it is regarded as a global air pollution hotspot. This study examined the …

A case study of weather impact on air pollution during the COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa

F Fazel-Rastgar, V Sivakumar - Scientific African, 2023 - Elsevier
This study investigates climate, weather characteristics, and air pollution during the third
COVID-19 wave in South Africa. During this time, a decrease in of SO2 and NO2 column …

Is safe distance enough to prevent COVID-19? Dispersion and tracking of aerosols in various artificial ventilation conditions using OpenFOAM

S Mirza, A Niwalkar, A Gupta, S Gautam, A Anshul… - Gondwana …, 2023 - Elsevier
The current COVID-19 pandemic has underlined the importance of learning more about
aerosols and particles that migrate through the airways when a person sneezes, coughs and …

Long-Term Exposure to PM2.5, Facemask Mandates, Stay Home Orders and COVID-19 Incidence in the United States

F Fang, L Mu, Y Zhu, J Rao, J Heymann… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Long-term PM2. 5 exposure might predispose populations to SARS-CoV-2 infection and
intervention policies might interrupt SARS-CoV-2 transmission and reduce the risk of COVID …