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Antivirus and antibacterial filters for face masks based on silver quantum dots [PDF]

Vojnosanitetski Pregled
Background/Aim. Available face masks, used to protect the respiratory system from various types of pathogens, show unsatisfactory efficiency because the size of viruses like severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is much smaller ...
Jokanović Vukoman, Zdravković Nemanja, Petrović Božana, Živković Marija, Biočanin Vladimir, Aleksić Ema, Milutinović Jovana, Petrović Tamaš   +7 more
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The influence of wearing masks and gloves due to COVID-19 pandemic on skin problems and skin care in students of Medical University in Lublin

Journal of Education, Health and Sport, 2020
Introduction. Our everyday life has changed drastically in these few months. The arrival of the new 2019-nCoV virus in December 2019 and its rapid spread from the city of Wuhan, China, has highlighted the increase in personal protective equipment (PPE ...
Aleksandra Jaremek, Wiktoria Chodun, Justyna Piechnik, Barbara Nieradko-Iwanicka   +3 more
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To mask or not to mask

Current trends in Internal Medicine, 2022
Schlegtendal, Anne (Dr. med.), Eitner, Lynn Bernadette (Dr. med.), Falkenstein, Michael (Prof. em. Dr. med. Dipl.-Psych. Dipl.-Ing.), Hoffmann, Anna Sophie (Dr. med.), Lücke, Thomas (Prof. Dr. med.), Sinningen, Kathrin (Dr. throph.), Brinkmann, Folke (Prof. Dr. med.)   +6 more
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Promoting the rational use of masks in community, home, and hospital settings in COVID-19 pandemic

MRIMS Journal of Health Sciences, 2020
The coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has been reported across 216 nations and territories since its emergence in the Wuhan city of China.
Saurabh RamBihariLal Shrivastava, Prateek Saurabh Shrivastava   +1 more
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Improving Masked Autoencoders by Learning Where to Mask

, 2023
14 pages, 8 figures.
Haijian Chen, Wendong Zhang 0002, Yunbo Wang, Xiaokang Yang 0001   +3 more
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Factors influencing mask use and physical distancing for COVID-19: A qualitative evidence synthesis

Journal of Public Health in Africa
Background: The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends a bundle of precautions to reduce community transmission of COVID-19, including mask use and physical distancing.
Dachi I. Arikpo, Okwu A. Onyema, Afiong O. Oku, Chibueze Meremikwu, Hannah Hamilton-Hurwitz, João P. Toledo, Kathleen Dunn, April Baller, Helen J. Smith, Martin M. Meremikwu   +9 more
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Health and care workers’ perceptions of PPE and physical distancing for COVID-19: A qualitative evidence synthesis

Journal of Public Health in Africa
Background: Despite the effectiveness of personal protective equipment (PPE) and physical distancing interventions for COVID-19 infection prevention and control (IPC), low uptake among health and care workers persists.
Dachi I. Arikpo, Afiong O. Oku, Okwu A. Onyema, Edward O. Odey, Hannah H. Hurwitz, João P. Toledo, Kathleen Dunn, April Baller, Helen J. Smith, Martin M. Meremikwu   +9 more
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Representations of Masked Figures: A Comparative Study and an Interpretative Approach to their Cult-Use and Meaning

Les Carnets de l’ACoSt, 2017
This note is a condensed version of a forthcoming study to appear in Popular religion and ritual in Prehistoric and ancient Greece and the east Mediterranean, edited by G. Vavouranakis, K. Kopanias, K. Kanellopoulos and Y. Papadatos, Oxbow, 2017.
Maria G. Spathi
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Transfer Learning‐Assisted Porous Polymer Humidity Sensor for Powered Air‐Purifying Mask

Advanced Intelligent Systems
Masks protect respiratory health in the coal, oil, and gas industries. However, prolonged exposure to high humidity inside masks can cause discomfort and increase the risk of respiratory diseases.
Yue Wang, Xinkai Qi, Lu Chen, Yongchao Cheng, Zhefu Mu, Xiuquan Gu, Shiyin Li, Yunfeng Song, Xinjian He, Sheng Huang   +9 more
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Impact of nonpharmaceutical interventions on inflammatory diseases of the nose

Annals of Medicine
Aim This study aimed to investigate the impact of nonpharmaceutical interventions (NPIs), implemented by the Chinese government during 2020–2022 to reduce the spread of coronavirus disease 2019, on the incidence of inflammatory nasal diseases, including ...
Lili Dai, Shuhan Liu, Liwei Chen, Xiaofeng Fan, Sirui Wang, Yawen Ding, Xiangwei Yi, Yongran Cheng   +7 more
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