A review of uncertainty analysis in building energy assessment

W Tian, Y Heo, P De Wilde, Z Li, D Yan, CS Park… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2018 - Elsevier
Uncertainty analysis in building energy assessment has become an active research field
because a number of factors influencing energy use in buildings are inherently uncertain …

The role of sensitivity analysis in the building performance analysis: A critical review

Z Pang, Z O'Neill, Y Li, F Niu - Energy and Buildings, 2020 - Elsevier
A building system is highly nonlinear and commonly includes a variety of parameters
ranging from the architectural design to the building mechanical and energy system. Serving …

Quantifying the impact of physical distance measures on the transmission of COVID-19 in the UK

CI Jarvis, K Van Zandvoort, A Gimma, K Prem… - BMC medicine, 2020 - Springer
Background To mitigate and slow the spread of COVID-19, many countries have adopted
unprecedented physical distancing policies, including the UK. We evaluate whether these …

fitdistrplus: An R package for fitting distributions

ML Delignette-Muller, C Dutang - Journal of statistical software, 2015 - jstatsoft.org
The package fitdistrplus provides functions for fitting univariate distributions to different types
of data (continuous censored or non-censored data and discrete data) and allowing different …

[HTML][HTML] Probabilistic environmental risk assessment of microplastics in soils

M Tunali, V Adam, B Nowack - Geoderma, 2023 - Elsevier
Despite the convenience that plastics provide to society, there have long been concerns
regarding the risks they present to the environment. Microplastics (MPs, plastic particles …

Climate-friendly and nutrition-sensitive interventions can close the global dietary nutrient gap while reducing GHG emissions

Ö Geyik, M Hadjikakou, BA Bryan - Nature Food, 2023 - nature.com
Sustainable food systems require malnutrition and climate change to be addressed in
parallel. Here, we estimate the non-CO2 greenhouse gas emissions resulting from closing …

[图书][B] Predictive microbiology in foods

F Perez-Rodriguez, A Valero, F Pérez-Rodríguez… - 2013 - Springer
Predictive microbiology in foods is a research area within food microbiology intended to
provide mathematical models to predict microbial behavior in food environments. Although …

Bacillus cereus-induced food-borne outbreaks in France, 2007 to 2014: epidemiology and genetic characterisation

B Glasset, S Herbin, L Guillier, S Cadel-Six… - …, 2016 - eurosurveillance.org
The aim of this study was to identify and characterise Bacillus cereus from a unique national
collection of 564 strains associated with 140 strong-evidence food-borne outbreaks (FBOs) …

Health risks from exposure to Legionella in reclaimed water aerosols: Toilet flushing, spray irrigation, and cooling towers

KA Hamilton, MT Hamilton, W Johnson, P Jjemba… - Water research, 2018 - Elsevier
The use of reclaimed water brings new challenges for the water industry in terms of
maintaining water quality while increasing sustainability. Increased attention has been …

Flushing of Stagnant Premise Water Systems after the COVID-19 Shutdown Can Reduce Infection Risk by Legionella and Mycobacterium spp.

RM Hozalski, TM LaPara, X Zhao, T Kim… - Environmental …, 2020 - ACS Publications
There is concern about potential exposure to opportunistic pathogens when reopening
buildings closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In this study, water samples were collected …