COVID-19 false dichotomies and a comprehensive review of the evidence regarding public health, COVID-19 symptomatology, SARS-CoV-2 transmission, mask …

K Escandón, AL Rasmussen, II Bogoch… - BMC infectious …, 2021 - Springer
Scientists across disciplines, policymakers, and journalists have voiced frustration at the
unprecedented polarization and misinformation around coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID …

Tapping into non-English-language science for the conservation of global biodiversity

T Amano, V Berdejo-Espinola, AP Christie, K Willott… - PLoS …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
The widely held assumption that any important scientific information would be available in
English underlies the underuse of non-English-language science across disciplines …

[HTML][HTML] Facial recognition system for people with and without face mask in times of the covid-19 pandemic

JS Talahua, J Buele, P Calvopiña, J Varela-Aldás - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
In the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the
use of a face mask as a mandatory biosafety measure. This has caused problems in current …

Experimental evidence that changing beliefs about mask efficacy and social norms increase mask wearing for COVID-19 risk reduction: Results from the United States …

SE Bokemper, M Cucciniello, T Rotesi, P Pin, AA Malik… - PloS one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
In the absence of widespread vaccination for COVID-19, governments and public health
officials have advocated for the public to wear masks during the pandemic. The decision to …

Risk compensation during COVID-19: The impact of face mask usage on social distancing.

A Luckman, H Zeitoun, A Isoni, G Loomes… - Journal of …, 2021 - psycnet.apa.org
To reduce the spread of COVID-19, governments around the world have recommended or
required minimum physical distancing between individuals, as well as either mandating or …

Microstructure analysis and image-based modelling of face masks for COVID-19 virus protection

W Du, F Iacoviello, T Fernandez, R Loureiro… - Communications …, 2021 - nature.com
SARS-CoV-2 may spread through respiratory droplets released by infected individuals. The
viruses are transmitted in moist droplets which cause coronavirus disease. Many countries …

Properties of materials considered for improvised masks

SN Rogak, TA Sipkens, M Guan… - Aerosol Science and …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
During a pandemic in which aerosol and droplet transmission is possible, such as the
COVID-19 pandemic of 2020, the demand for face masks that meet medical or workplace …

Math matters: A novel, brief educational intervention decreases whole number bias when reasoning about COVID-19.

CA Thompson, JM Taber, PG Sidney… - Journal of …, 2021 - psycnet.apa.org
At the onset of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) global pandemic, our interdisciplinary
team hypothesized that a mathematical misconception—whole number bias (WNB) …

Engagement with protective behaviours in the UK during the COVID-19 pandemic: a series of cross-sectional surveys (the COVID-19 rapid survey of adherence to …

LE Smith, HWW Potts, R Amlȏt, NT Fear, S Michie… - BMC Public Health, 2022 - Springer
Background Behaviour is key to suppressing the COVID-19 pandemic. Maintaining
behaviour change can be difficult. We investigated engagement with hand cleaning …

[HTML][HTML] Smart mask–Wearable IoT solution for improved protection and personal health

J Hyysalo, S Dasanayake, J Hannu, C Schuss… - Internet of things, 2022 - Elsevier
The use of face masks is an important way to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. In this paper, we
envision the Smart Mask, an IoT supported platform and ecosystem aiming to prevent and …