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Exploring the effects of wearing facemasks on stair safety characteristics in young adults. [PDF]

PLoS ONE
IntroductionFacemasks are worn in many industries to protect from infections and harmful substances. Asian countries historically have a wide adoption of facemasks; though due to the COVID-19 pandemic, facemask wearing is also common in western countries.
Timmion K Skervin, Toby J Ellmers, Elmar C Kal, William R Young, Rebecca L Walker, Emily Wharton, Neil M Thomas, Constantinos N Maganaris, Mark A Hollands, Richard J Foster   +9 more
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A randomized controlled trial of nasal airway ventilation technique in edentulous patients during anesthesia induction [PDF]

Scientific Reports
Edentulous patients often experience difficult facemask ventilation during anesthesia induction, primarily due to inadequate facemask seal and air leakage.
Ling-Ling Wang, Xiao-Guang Guo, Yang Li, Fu-Shan Xue, Jian-Jun Yang   +4 more
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Generation of Facemask in India during the COVID - 19 Pandemic [PDF]

MATEC Web of Conferences, 2023
The continuing COVID-19 outbreak has urged enormous using up of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). Individual usage of the facemask become most popular to prevent the spread of the virus.
Palanisamy Krithiga, Nizamudheen Riyaz Ahil, Sivakumar Sabari Balaji   +2 more
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Effect of Prolonged Use of Different Facemasks on Their Physical Performance and Physiological Impact on the Wearer [PDF]

Safety and Health at Work
Background: Most published studies on potential facemask physical performances and physiological impairments had shorter observation periods, and the observed occupational physical activities had limited relevance to real occupational work.
Baderin Osman, Muhammad Zubir Yusof, Haalah Mahmud   +2 more
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Facemasks: A Looming Microplastic Crisis [PDF]

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2021
Single-use disposable facemasks have been used as a preventive measure against the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. However, many researchers have found evidence that these facemasks are being dumped into lakes, rivers, and open garbage dumps. Facemasks have the potential of releasing microplastic fibers into the environment; a phenomenon that has been ...
Janith Dissanayake, Cecilia Torres-Quiroz, Jyoti Mahato, Junboum Park   +3 more
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Prevalence and patterns of facemask use in marketplaces in Addis Ababa: Implications for targeted SARS-CoV-2 risk communication

Cogent Social Sciences, 2022
COVID-19 is arguably the most challenging global pandemic ever, but it is considered preventable. A number of prevention strategies have been popularized through risk communication strategies.
Amanuel Gebru Woldearegay
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Preoxygenation with standard facemask combining apnoeic oxygenation using high flow nasal cannula versuss standard facemask alone in patients with and without obesity: the OPTIMASK international study

Annals of Intensive Care, 2023
Background Combining oxygen facemask with apnoeic oxygenation using high-flow-nasal-oxygen (HFNO) for preoxygenation in the operating room has not been studied against standard oxygen facemask alone.
Samir Jaber, Audrey De Jong, Maximilian S. Schaefer, Jiaqiang Zhang, Xiaowen Ma, Xinrui Hao, Shujing Zhou, Shang Lv, Valerie Banner-Goodspeed, Xiuhua Niu, Thomas Sfara, Daniel Talmor   +11 more
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The Adverse and Advantage Effects of Wearing a Facemask in Thai Children: A Survey During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Journal of Primary Care & Community Health, 2022
Background: There is little information on facemask use during the COVID-19 pandemic in the pediatric population. This became the main purpose of the present study to investigate demographic data of facemask wearing in children, types, and length of ...
Kritchawan Ratchatavech, Leelawadee Techasatian, Sunee Panombualert, Rattapon Uppala   +3 more
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Effect of facemask use on cognitive function during a maximal running aerobic fitness test

Frontiers in Physiology, 2022
Background: The aim of the present randomized, crossover study was to determine the physiological and cognitive function responses while wearing a facemask during a maximal running aerobic fitness test.Methods: Fourteen healthy, nonsmoking physical ...
Maamer Slimani, Maamer Slimani, Armin Paravlic, Armin Paravlic, Armin Paravlic, Ensar Abazovic, Hela Znazen, Nicola Luigi Bragazzi   +7 more
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Facemask shortage and the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak: Reflections on public health measures

EClinicalMedicine, 2020
Background: A novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak due to the severe respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) infection occurred in China in late December 2019. Facemask wearing with proper hand hygiene is considered an effective measure to
Huai-liang Wu, Jian Huang, Casper J.P. Zhang, Zonglin He, Wai-Kit Ming   +4 more
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