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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 +3 more
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Sri Lanka Journal of Medicine, 2022 Background: Correct facemask usage and disposal is crucial to prevent COVID-19 infection spread and environmental pollution. Objectives: To assess the knowledge and practises on facemask usage among the employees of University of Colombo during the ...
S. Majeed +3 more
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Journal of Education, Innovation and Communication, 2021 The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has had a devastating impact around the world. The responses by government leaders around the world have been varied. While certain countries (for instance, Taiwan and New Zealand) excelled in their responses, the Presidency of Donald Trump will perhaps be best remembered because of its populist, anti ...
Jürgen Rudolph +2 more
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Lacrosse Helmet Facemask Removal [PDF]
Journal of Athletic Training, 2013 Context Facemask removal (FMR) is required to access the airway of a catastrophically injured football or ice hockey athlete. However, the best method of caring for the helmeted lacrosse athlete with suspected catastrophic injury remains unclear. Objective
Debbie A, Bradney, Thomas G, Bowman
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Efficacy Assessment of Newly-designed Filtering Facemasks during the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic
Aerosol and Air Quality Research, 2020 The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic resulted in shortages of production and test capacity of FFP2-respirators. Such facemasks are required to be worn by healthcare professionals when performing aerosol-generating procedures on COVID-19 patients.
Bob Boogaard +10 more
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Scientific Reports, 2023 The real protection offered by facemasks to control the transmission of respiratory viruses is still undetermined. Most of the manufacturing regulations, as well as scientific studies, have focused on studying the filtration capacity of the fabrics from ...
Pedro J. Benito +2 more
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Skeletal and Dentoalveolar Effects Using Three Types of Maxillary Protraction Protocols. [PDF]
Orthod Craniofac ResABSTRACT Introduction The purpose of this study is to compare the skeletal and dentoalveolar effects of the three types of facemask protocols in children. Subjects and Methods Forty‐eight subjects were grouped into three groups: bone‐anchored facemasks (BAFMs) (BAFM group, n = 16, mean age 10.77 ± 1.00), facemask with miniscrew‐assisted rapid palatal ...
Kim DI +5 more
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COVID‐19 and competitive markets of securitisation [PDF]
, 2020 No description ...
Clifford J., Jonathan Newman
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Potential biodegradable face mask to counter environmental impact of Covid-19
Cleaner Engineering and Technology, 2021 On the eve of the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, there is a tremendous increase in the production of facemasks across the world. The primary raw materials for the manufacturing of the facemasks are non-biodegradable synthetic polymers derived from ...
Pintu Pandit +6 more
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Wearing Facemasks and Maintaining Social Distancing during COIVD-19 among people in the U.S.
Jurnal Aspikom, 2023 This survey of 502 U.S. residents explored how people practiced wearing facemasks and maintaining social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Rashmi Thapaliya, Shugofa Dastgeer
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