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How to Correctly Detect Face-Masks for COVID-19 from Visual Information?

open access: yesApplied Sciences, 2021
The new Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has seriously affected the world. By the end of November 2020, the global number of new coronavirus cases had already exceeded 60 million and the number of deaths 1,410,378 according to information from the World ...
Borut Batagelj   +3 more
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Electrospun nanofibers for medical face mask with protection capabilities against viruses: State of the art and perspective for industrial scale-up

open access: yesApplied Materials Today, 2023
Face masks have proven to be a useful protection from airborne viruses and bacteria, especially in the recent years pandemic outbreak when they effectively lowered the risk of infection from Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) or Omicron variants, being ...
A. Cimini   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The Relationship Between Face Mask Use and Face-Touching Frequency in Public Areas: Naturalistic Study

open access: yesInteractive Journal of Medical Research, 2023
BackgroundThroughout the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, a major public health goal has been reducing the spread of the virus, with particular emphasis on reducing transmission from person to person. Frequent face touching
Sydney Niesen   +3 more
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A study of comparison of outcomes of positive pressure ventilation and face mask oxygen on arterial blood gas parameters in children with congestive heart failure [PDF]

open access: yesRomanian Journal of Pediatrics, 2023
Aims and objective. To compare the effects of Positive Pressure Ventilation (PPV) and Face Mask oxygen on arterial blood gas (ABG) parameters in children with congestive heart failure. Materials and methods. A prospective, randomized, single-blind, cross-
Arvind Kumar   +2 more
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Innovative Use of Single-Use Face Mask Fibers for the Production of a Sustainable Cement Mortar

open access: yesJournal of Composites Science, 2023
Due to the COVID-19 epidemic, biomedical waste management has overwhelmed both developed and developing nations. It is now a critical issue that has to be addressed with minimal possible adverse impact on the environment.
Siva Avudaiappan   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Face Mask Wearing Detection Algorithm Based on Improved YOLO-v4

open access: yesItalian National Conference on Sensors, 2021
To solve the problems of low accuracy, low real-time performance, poor robustness and others caused by the complex environment, this paper proposes a face mask recognition and standard wear detection algorithm based on the improved YOLO-v4.
Jimin Yu, Wei Zhang
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The COVID-19 pandemic face mask waste: A blooming threat to the marine environment

open access: yesChemosphere, 2021
Recently, the COVID-19 disease spread has emerged as a worldwide pandemic and cause severe threats to humanity. The World Health Organisation (WHO) releases guidelines to help the countries to reduce the spread of this virus to the public, like wearing
S. Dharmaraj   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The role of community-wide wearing of face mask for control of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) epidemic due to SARS-CoV-2

open access: yesJournal of Infection, 2020
Background Face mask usage by the healthy population in the community to reduce risk of transmission of respiratory viruses remains controversial.
V. Cheng   +10 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Face mask detection using YOLOv3 and faster R-CNN models: COVID-19 environment

open access: yesMultimedia tools and applications, 2021
There are many solutions to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 virus and one of the most effective solutions is wearing a face mask. Almost everyone is wearing face masks at all times in public places during the coronavirus pandemic.
Sunil K. Singh   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

A framework for effective face-mask contact modeling based on finite element analysis for custom design of a facial mask.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2022
A novel contact model is presented to efficiently solve a face-mask contact problem by using the finite element (FE) method for the optimized design of a custom facial mask.
Yun-Jae Kwon, Jin-Gyun Kim, Wonsup Lee
doaj   +1 more source

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