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Medical Hypotheses, 2020 There must be pathophysiological reason why "cold" viruses like SARS-CoV-2 show proclivity to nasal cavity, oral cavity, pharyngeal cavity and upper airways which have lower temperature than core body temperature. Henceforth, facemasks' "therapeutic" role against SARS-CoV-2 must be explored because personal "therapeutic" environments may get created ...
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Facemask Wearing Alert System Based on Simple Architecture With Low-Computing Devices
IEEE Access, 2022 The Covid-19 epidemic has been causing heavy losses to humanity in terms of population, economy, and political stability. To deal with outbreaks of the pandemic, countries have been racing to develop vaccines and issue many regulations for people in ...
Duy-Linh Nguyen +2 more
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Effects of Face Masks on Respiratory Performance: A Within-Subject Design Study
Engineering Proceedings, 2023 There is an ongoing debate about whether wearing a facemask impacts respiratory performance, which is especially crucial in the prevention of COVID-19 transmission.
Eng Keat Kwa, Poh Foong Lee
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Hypocapnia Alone Fails to Provoke Important Electrocardiogram Changes in Coronary Artery Diseased Patients [PDF]
, 2019 Background: There is still an urgent clinical need to develop non-invasive diagnostic tests for early ischemic heart disease because, once angina occurs, it is too late. Hypocapnia has long been known to cause coronary artery vasoconstriction.
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Indian Journal of Public Health, 2020 Background: There is paucity of evidence on the effectiveness of facemask use in COVID-19 in community settings. Objectives: We aimed to estimate the effectiveness of facemask use alone or along with hand hygiene in community settings in reducing the ...
Nishant Aggarwal +3 more
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Check the gap: Facemask performance and exhaled aerosol distributions around the wearer.
PLoS ONE, 2020 Current facemask research focuses on material characterization and efficiency; however, facemasks are often not tested such that aerosol distributions are evaluated from the gaps in the sides, bottom, and nose areas. Poor evaluation methods could lead to
Emily L Kolewe +3 more
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Frontiers in Medicine, 2023 BackgroundReflux aspiration is a rare but serious complication during induction of anesthesia. The primary aim of this study is to compare the incidence of reflux and microaspiration in patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy during induction of
Yinyin Ding +4 more
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Journal of Indian Society of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, 2019 Background: Growing patients with cleft lip and palate (CLP) exhibit maxillary deficiency due to early surgical intervention. Maxillary protraction with expansion is the recommended treatment modality for deficient maxilla.
Shahistha Parveen +5 more
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Facemask and Respirator in Reducing the Spread of Respiratory Viruses; a Systematic Review
Archives of Academic Emergency Medicine, 2021 Introduction: Respiratory viruses spread fast, and some manners have been recommended for reducing the spread of these viruses, including the use of a facemask or respirator, maintaining hand hygiene, and perfoming social distancing.
Negin Shaterian +4 more
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Materials Research Express, 2021 Plastics have become a severe risk to natural ecosystems and human health globally in the last two decades. The outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, which led to the manufacturing and use of billions of facemasks made from non-biodegradable and ...
Junaid Khan +4 more
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