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Face masks reduce emotion-recognition accuracy and perceived closeness. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2021 Face masks became the symbol of the global fight against the coronavirus. While face masks' medical benefits are clear, little is known about their psychological consequences.
Felix Grundmann +2 more
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Surgical face masks impair human face matching performance for familiar and unfamiliar faces [PDF]
Cognitive Research, 2020 In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, many governments around the world now recommend, or require, that their citizens cover the lower half of their face in public. Consequently, many people now wear surgical face masks in public. We investigated whether
Daniel J. Carragher, Peter J. B. Hancock
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Factors influencing bacterial viability on face masks and bactericidal effect of disinfection methods [PDF]
Scientific ReportsFace masks are contaminated with bacteria during daily use and storage. Several studies have already been conducted on face mask decontamination and bacterial survival during the pandemic.
Yuko Shimamura +7 more
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Face masks have a limited effect on the feeling of being looked at [PDF]
Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2022 IntroductionWearing face masks has been promoted as an effective measure to reduce the spread of COVID-19. Because face masks cover a major part of the face, they have detrimental effects on various aspects of social cognition.
Janek S. Lobmaier, Daria Knoch
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Semi-transparent and eco-friendly face masks for PM0.3 filtration via biomimetic-fractal nanofibers [PDF]
Nature CommunicationsTo address the need for sustainable high-performance face masks, we demonstrate a strategy that utilizes zein for efficient nanofabrication. An electrospinning process controllably splits the fluid jet, allowing for the creation of face masks composed of
Zungui Shao +11 more
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Masked Face Dataset Generation and Masked Face Recognition
CoRR, 2023 This is not a conference paper and is just a technical ...
Cai, Rui +2 more
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Filtration efficiency of face masks and veils as protective measures during COVID-19 pandemic
Kuwait Journal of Science, 2021 Wearing face masks have been implemented as a public and personal health control measure against the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19). However, the protection level of non-medical face masks, such as women face veils, is still uncertain ...
khaled Al-hadyan +7 more
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Journal of Interdisciplinary Medicine, 2021 Introduction: Prolonged and tightly use of face masks has been identified as cause for skin damage during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Chiriac Anca +2 more
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Quantifying Face Mask Comfort [PDF]
Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene, 2021 Abstract Face mask usage is one of the most effective ways to limit SARS-CoV-2 transmission, but a mask is only useful if user compliance is high. Through anonymous surveys, we show that mask discomfort is the primary source of noncompliance in mask wearing.
Esther Koh +8 more
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Reuse of face masks among adults in Hong Kong during the COVID-19 pandemic
BMC Public Health, 2021 Background During the COVID-19 pandemic, over 99% of adults in Hong Kong use face masks in public. With the limited supply of face masks in the market and the uncertainty about the future development of COVID-19, reusing face masks is a legitimate way to
Linda Yin-king Lee +12 more
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