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id: cord-254638-f86irz06
author: Sunday, Michael Oluwatoyin
title: A simple, inexpensive method for gas-phase singlet oxygen generation from sensitizer-impregnated filters: Potential application to bacteria/virus inactivation and pollutant degradation
date: 2020-07-23
words: 3532
flesch: 48
summary: This was done by firstly preparing serial dilutions (10, J o u r n a l P r e -p r o o f 6 with these dilute solutions ( Fig S2) . This was necessary to ensure optimal contact between the 1 O 2 in the gas stream Journal Pre-proof J o u r n a l P r e -p r o o f 7 and the substrate solution.
keywords: filter; generation; solution
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id: cord-256112-zg63v8hh
author: Rowan, Neil J.
title: Challenges and solutions for addressing critical shortage of supply chain for personal and protective equipment (PPE) arising from Coronavirus disease (COVID19) pandemic – Case study from the Republic of Ireland
date: 2020-07-10
words: 5776
flesch: 32
summary: There has been limited studies on use of UV-disinfection technology for PPE treatment. However, there is also a pressing need for rapid turn-around for reprocessed PPE on site in the hospitals, such as for critical support in ICU.
keywords: covid19; disinfection; healthcare; ireland; pandemic; ppe; reprocessing; respirators; sterilization; technologies; time; treatment; use
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id: cord-258595-bk35vxlr
author: Westhaus, Sandra
title: Detection of SARS-CoV-2 in raw and treated wastewater in Germany – Suitability for COVID-19 surveillance and potential transmission risks
date: 2020-08-18
words: 4968
flesch: 45
summary: For the content of the dry residues, a defined volume of wastewater sample was dried at 105°C for 24 h (DIN 38409-1 (1987-01)), and the residue was weighed by a Sartorius A 120 S balance. In this study, wastewater samples were analysed with two different PCRs targeting SARS-CoV-2 RdRP and M-gene.
keywords: cases; cov-2; covid-19; gene; qpcr; rna; samples; sars; studies; wastewater
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id: cord-259325-2yl7kl7b
author: Nakada, Liane Yuri Kondo
title: COVID-19 pandemic: Impacts on the air quality during the partial lockdown in São Paulo state, Brazil
date: 2020-04-29
words: 1108
flesch: 47
summary: On March 24, 2020, partial lockdown was ordered by São Paulo State government (São Paulo, 2020a) , closing shopping malls, restaurants, fitness centers, elementary, middle and high schools, and universities. To date (April 26, 2020) , there are 61,888 confirmed cases in all regions of Brazil, most of the cases (20,715) confirmed in São Paulo State (Brazil, 2020) , being São Paulo -SP, the city with most confirmed cases (13,513) (SEADE, 2020).
keywords: lockdown; paulo; são
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item: #5 of 86
id: cord-261218-tgbw81ua
author: Vardoulakis, Sotiris
title: Urban Environmental Health Interventions towards the Sustainable Development Goals
date: 2020-08-07
words: 2023
flesch: 24
summary: The Canadian Geographer Microenv: A microsimulation model for quantifying the impacts of environmental policies on population health and health inequalities Sustainable development goals decade of action Challenges and opportunities for urban environmental health and sustainability: The healthy-polis initiative Local action on outdoor air pollution to improve public health Grand challenges in sustainable cities and health Contributions of municipal vulnerability map of the population of the state of maranhão (brazil) to the sustainable development goals After the crisis: How covid-19 can drive transformational change in cities Planned sheltering as an adaptation strategy to climate change: Lessons learned from the severe flooding in anhui province of china in 2016 Satellite-derived spatiotemporal pm2.5 concentrations and variations from 2006 to 2017 in china Simulation analysis of natural lighting of residential buildings in xi'an, china We acknowledge in-kind contributions and support from the Healthy-Polis International Consortium for Urban Environmental Health and Sustainability. Citizen science, awareness raising and behaviour change campaigns are also expected to have an impact on environmental sustainability and urban health, although it is currently unclear whether benefits of such interventions can be sustained over time (Bonney et al. 2016 ).
keywords: climate; et al; health; interventions; sdgs
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item: #6 of 86
id: cord-263550-wjdmzmdg
author: Bashir, Muhammad Farhan
title: Correlation between climate indicators and COVID-19 pandemic in New York, USA
date: 2020-08-01
words: 1809
flesch: 43
summary: Our findings estimate that minimum temperature and average temperature are correlated with the spread of COVID-19 in New York city. The study examines the impact of climate indicators on COVID-19 epidemic in New York City.
keywords: average; covid-19; new; temperature; york
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id: cord-263801-01goni72
author: Sobral, Marcos Felipe Falcão
title: Association between climate variables and global transmission oF SARS-CoV-2
date: 2020-08-10
words: 2958
flesch: 40
summary: • Negative association between country average temperature and COVID-19 infections. No association between deaths and country temperature or precipitation.
keywords: cov-2; covid-19; sars; temperature
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id: cord-264152-0jr5nlli
author: Bhattacharya, Raj Kumar
title: Sub-basin prioritization for assessment of soil erosion susceptibility in Kangsabati, a plateau basin: A comparison between MCDM and SWAT models
date: 2020-05-16
words: 5756
flesch: 30
summary: 1000 iterations were used for the determination of following parameters, where 500 iterations for flow parameters (10×50 per iteration), and 500 iterations for sediment parameters (10×50 per iteration) were required with the help of SWAT-CUP software. Therefore, VIKOR reflects the significant role of morphometric parameters on ES, whereas SWAT reflects the significant role of LULC, slope, and soil on ES.
keywords: basin; erosion; et al; mcdm; model; parameters; sediment; soil; sub; swat; value; vikor
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item: #9 of 86
id: cord-265078-u19e9j2w
author: Xie, Jingui
title: Association between ambient temperature and COVID-19 infection in 122 cities from China
date: 2020-07-01
words: 2806
flesch: 49
summary: Modeling zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis incidence in central Tunisia from 2009-2015: forecasting models using climate variables as predictors An initial investigation of the association between the SARS outbreak and weather: with the view of the environmental temperature and its variation Stability of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) under different environmental conditions A time-series study of the association of rainfall, relative humidity and ambient temperature with hospitalizations for rotavirus and norovirus infection among children in Hong Kong Clinical characteristics of 138 hospitalized patients with 2019 novel coronavirus-infected pneumonia in Wuhan Non-linear effects of mean temperature and relative humidity on dengue incidence in Guangzhou Pathological findings of COVID-19 associated with acute respiratory distress syndrome A generalized additive model (GAM) was applied to explore the nonlinear relationship between mean temperature and COVID-19 confirmed cases.
keywords: cases; covid-19; temperature
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item: #10 of 86
id: cord-265715-u8rc48f4
author: Ishaq, Sadia
title: Investigating the public health risks of low impact development at residential, neighbourhood, and municipal levels
date: 2020-07-06
words: 5391
flesch: 31
summary: f 17 i.e. playing in water, jump, and fall ( Fig. 8 ) (an analysis of surface water annual disease burden in relation to water-borne pathogens and exposure activity is given in Fig. Surface water includes urban tributaries, rivers, and lakes, which receive runoff and are mainly used for recreational purposes (Lim et al., 2015) .
keywords: burden; disease; exposure; guidelines; health; lids; pathogens; rainwater; risk; water
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item: #11 of 86
id: cord-266052-rcuzi70u
author: Liu, Lilong
title: Pit latrines may be a potential risk in rural China and low-income countries when dealing with COVID-19
date: 2020-10-29
words: 5752
flesch: 28
summary: Given that the infectious SARS-CoV-2 was found to be secreted through the human urinary system (Sun et al., 2020) and intestinal tract (Wang et al., 2020d; Xiao et al., 2020b; Zhou et al., 2020a) , and SARS-CoV-2 RNA was detected in wastewater worldwide (Randazzo et al., 2020), many studies have suggested the possibility of wastewater transmission of COVID-19 disease (Adelodun et al., 2020; Arslan et al., 2020; Foladori et al., 2020) . In addition, recent studies showed that human angiotensin-converting enzyme II (ACE2), which had been proved to be a cell receptor for SARS- CoV-2 (Lu et al., 2020; Zhou et al., 2020b) , was highly expressed in glandular cells of human gastric, duodenal, and rectal epithelia, supporting the entry of SARS-CoV-2 into host cells (Xiao et al., 2020a) .
keywords: china; coronavirus; cov-2; covid-19; et al; excreta; human; latrines; patients; pit; potential; sars; water
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id: cord-268278-owmcxq9e
author: Lin, Yu-Kai
title: High-temperature indices associated with mortality and outpatient visits: Characterizing the association with elevated temperature()()
date: 2012-06-15
words: 4921
flesch: 38
summary: The present study proposed an alternative method to estimate the cumulative RR using DLMN and presented non-linear associations between high temperature indices and mortality, and outpatient visits as well. Likewise, all high-temperature indices are significantly associated with mortality in this study because temperature indices are highly correlated with each other.
keywords: heat; index; indices; mortality; outpatient; study; taiwan; temperature; visits
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id: cord-269423-p73bszlq
author: Zhao, Fei
title: Ozone profile retrievals from TROPOMI: Implication for the variation of tropospheric ozone during the outbreak of COVID-19 in China
date: 2020-10-13
words: 5482
flesch: 49
summary: The purpose of this paper is to describe the inversion algorithm of TROPOMI ozone profile and validate the results using various in-situ measurements as well as satellite data, which is further used to evaluate the variation of tropospheric ozone in different regions in China. To the best of our knowledge, TROPOMI ozone profiles have not been published in the literature.
keywords: china; data; et al; liu; ozone; ozonesonde; profile; retrievals; toc; tropomi
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id: cord-269704-ax306loy
author: Hospers, Lily
title: Electric fans: A potential stay-at-home cooling strategy during the COVID-19 pandemic this summer?
date: 2020-07-25
words: 2808
flesch: 33
summary: A recent clinical trial (12) showed that increases in physiological heat strain and thermal discomfort were lower with fan use during an acute exposure to the peak conditions of the most deadly hot/humid heat wave in recent US history (Chicago, 1995; 40˚C/104˚F, 50%RH). In the remaining 10 metropolises, mostly in the hot-arid interior of the Southwest, fan use would have exerted a heating effect on up to 43.5% of summer days (Phoenix, AZ; Fig.2B ).
keywords: fan; heat; skin; temperature; use
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id: cord-275424-u4doukk7
author: Ogen, Yaron
title: Assessing nitrogen dioxide (NO(2)) levels as a contributing factor to coronavirus (COVID-19) fatality
date: 2020-07-15
words: 2349
flesch: 44
summary: COVID-19 is an acute respiratory disease which may lead to pneumonia with symptoms such as fever, cough and dyspnea (Jiang et al., 2020) and has an approximate fatality rate of 2-3% (Rodriguez-Morales et al., 2020 Science of the Total Environment j o u r n a l h Early studies concluded that the risk factors associated with the development of the disease are older age , history of smoking (Liu et al., 2020) , hypertension and heart disease .
keywords: cases; covid-19; disease; exposure; regions
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id: cord-275565-xerr4vki
author: Kumar, Manish
title: Decay of SARS-CoV-2 RNA along the wastewater treatment outfitted with Upflow Anaerobic Sludge Blanket (UASB) system evaluated through two sample concentration techniques
date: 2020-09-15
words: 3459
flesch: 38
summary: These all warrants a study that can track the genetic loading after each wastewater treatment stage in Indian settings and highlight the effects of wastewater treatment on RNA decay of the corona virus. In wastewater treatment ponds, viruses are removed through various mechanisms, including adsorption, predation and sunlight inactivation (Verbyla and Mihelcic, 2015) .
keywords: cov-2; method; rna; sars; treatment; uasb; wastewater
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id: cord-276392-m1bbt8bo
author: Asyary, Al
title: Sunlight exposure increased Covid-19 recovery rates: A study in the central pandemic area of Indonesia
date: 2020-04-27
words: 1837
flesch: 48
summary: Therefore, the death proportion of Covid-19 cases in Jakarta was 8.4% higher than the recovered proportion at 3.3%. Besides that, inadequate healthcare management, such as failure to provide early diagnosis and prompt treatment, would decrease the rate of recovery among Covid-19 patients (Greenhalgh et al., 2020; Hopman et al., 2020) .
keywords: covid-19; jakarta; sunlight
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id: cord-277490-xrgnt6l5
author: Huang, Zhongwei
title: Optimal temperature zone for the dispersal of COVID-19
date: 2020-05-16
words: 426
flesch: 40
summary: Visualizing Speech-Generated Oral Fluid Droplets with Laser Light Scattering The effect of travel restrictions on the spread of the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak The global oxygen budget and its future projection Transmission of 2019-NCOV infection from an asymptomatic contact in Germany SARS-Cov-2 RNA Found on Particulate Matter of Transmission of a 2009 Pandemic Influenza Virus Shows a Sensitivity to Temperature and Humidity Similar to That of an H3N2 Seasonal Strain Evidence that higher temperatures are associated with lower incidence of COVID-19 in pandemic state, cumulative cases reported up to A seasonal model to simulate influenza oscillation in Tokyo Association between ambient temperature and COVID-19 infection in 122 cities from China key: cord-277490-xrgnt6l5 authors: Huang, Zhongwei; Huang, Jianping; Gu, Qianqing; Du, Pengyue; Liang, Hongbin; Dong, Qing title: Optimal temperature zone for the dispersal of COVID-19 date: 2020-05-16 journal: Sci Total Environ DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.139487 sha: doc_id: 277490 cord_uid: xrgnt6l5
keywords: covid-19; sars
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id: cord-279942-y5io9qzl
author: Chakrabarty, Rajan K.
title: Ambient PM2.5 exposure and rapid spread of COVID-19 in the United States
date: 2020-11-09
words: 3079
flesch: 37
summary: Li et al. 2020b; Wu et al. 2020a; Xu et al. 2020) J o u r n a l P r e -p r o o f Journal Pre-proof Exposure to PM 2.5 has a well-established association with increased risks and severe outcomes during infectious disease outbreaks, including COVID-19, the 2009 H1N1, and the 1918 Spanish influenza pandemics (Clay et al. 2018 (Clay et al. , 2019 Morales et al. 2017; Wu et al. 2020b )
keywords: covid-19; disease; et al; exposure
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id: cord-282268-f7mbdfr6
author: Cartenì, Armando
title: How mobility habits influenced the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic: Results from the Italian case study
date: 2020-06-24
words: 5280
flesch: 32
summary: Within this topic, the aim of the paper was to quantify the effect of mobility habits in the spread of the Coronavirus in Italy through a multiple linear regression model. Estimation results showed that mobility habits represent one of the variables that explains the number of COVID-19 infections jointly with the number of tests/day and some environmental variables (i.e. PM pollution and temperature).
keywords: cases; covid-19; day; e.g.; habits; mobility; number; time
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id: cord-282964-dmc8mlxu
author: Wathore, Roshan
title: Understanding air and water borne transmission and survival of coronavirus: Insights and way forward for SARS-CoV-2
date: 2020-08-04
words: 3368
flesch: 22
summary: Such type of probable routes of transmissions should be thoroughly researched for virus transmission and survival in these mediums as these possibilities may aggravate the problem to community transmissions (Heller et al., 2020) . Therefore, fomite transmission would depend on the surface characteristics, which can affect virus survival and can help determine extent of spread of the disease.
keywords: coronavirus; covid-19; sars; surfaces; transmission; virus
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id: cord-284583-urh0xk7r
author: Singh, Vikas
title: Exceedances and trends of particulate matter (PM2.5) in five Indian megacities
date: 2020-08-11
words: 6424
flesch: 41
summary: Moreover, one can conduct modelling analysis of PM 2.5 composition but it is considerably challenging because of the combination of uncertainties in the magnitude and spatial and temporal allocation of primary PM 2.5 emissions and our limited understanding of the chemical production pathways for secondary constituents (Mathur et al., 2008 , Appel et al., 2008 were observed to be highest during winter followed by post monsoon>summer>monsoon (Jain et al., 2020; Kota et al., 2018, Sharma and Pant et al., 2015) , SO 4 2− was reported to be most abundant during summer followed by monsoon>post monsoon>winter (Jain et al., 2020; Higher photochemical activities during the summer season and high humid conditions during monsoon favors the formation of secondary SO 4 2− (Jain et al., 2020; Goel et al., 2018 , Pant et al., 2015 .
keywords: air; cities; delhi; emissions; et al; india; levels; particulate; pm2; pollution; quality; trend; winter
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id: cord-285620-oawrnmhy
author: Fahimirad, Shohreh
title: Efficient removal of water bacteria and viruses using electrospun nanofibers
date: 2020-08-16
words: 6770
flesch: 29
summary: Liquidity Nanotech Corporation has created electrospun nanofiber membrane made water purification cartridge with superior flow rate, about a cup per minute, good microbiological retention, 6-log bacteria reduction, 4-log virus reduction and 6-log cyst reduction and simple usage process (https://product.statnano.com/product/1981/liquidity-water-purification-cartridge). The present work reviews previous studies on the production and application of electrospun nanofibers as antimicrobial water filtration membranes.
keywords: activity; bacteria; cell; disinfection; electrospinning; electrospun; et al; filtration; high; membrane; nanofiber; pore; size; surface; water
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id: cord-285725-gge8ri93
author: Burdsall, Adam C.
title: Bioaerosol emissions from activated sludge basins: Characterization, release, and attenuation
date: 2020-08-20
words: 2976
flesch: 36
summary: Larger bubbles emit more and larger aerosol particles than smaller ones (Ke et al., 2017) . Korzeniewska et al., 2009 also detected fungi, which are resilient in bioaerosols because of their ability to survive desiccation stress (Pepper et al., 2015) .
keywords: aeration; bioaerosol; culture; microorganisms; treatment
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id: cord-286230-0si3pv3e
author: Wang, Wenlu
title: Determination of the optimal penetration factor for evaluating the invasion process of aerosols from a confined source space to an uncontaminated area
date: 2020-06-10
words: 4235
flesch: 53
summary: Airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2: The world should face the reality Turbulent Gas Clouds and Respiratory Pathogen Emissions: Potential Implications for Reducing Transmission of COVID-19 SARS-CoV-2 infection in children: Transmission dynamics and clinical characteristics Air purifiers: A supplementary measure to remove airborne SARS-CoV-2 Association between climate variables and global transmission of SARS-CoV-2 Airborne route and bad use of ventilation systems as non-negligible factors in SARS-CoV-2 transmission Aerosol and surface stability of SARS-CoV-2 as compared with SARS-CoV-1 Chlorinated paraffins in the indoor and outdoor atmospheric particles from the Pearl River Delta: Characteristics, sources, and human exposure risks Spatial, seasonal and particle size dependent variations of PAH contamination in indoor dust and the corresponding human health risk Source, health risk and composition impact of outdoor very fine particles (VFPs) to school indoor environment in Xi'an, Northwestern China Physicochemical risk factors for building-related symptoms in air-conditioned office buildings: Ambient particles and combined exposure to indoor air pollutants Airborne particles in indoor environment of homes, schools, offices and aged care facilities: The main routes of exposure Penetration coefficient and deposition rate as a function of particle size in non-smoking naturally ventilated residences Modeling of the aerosol infiltration characteristics in a cultural heritage building: The Baroque Library Hall in Prague Indoor particle dynamics in a school office: determination of particle concentrations, deposition rates and penetration factors under naturally ventilated conditions Exposure to air particulate matter with a case study in Guangzhou: Is indoor environment a safe haven in China? Indoor-to-outdoor relationship of aerosol particles inside a naturally ventilated apartment -A comparison between single-parameter analysis and indoor aerosol model simulation Study of outdoor ozone penetration into buildings through ventilation and infiltration Influence of natural ventilation rate on indoor PM2.5 deposition Measuring the Building Envelope Penetration Factor for Ambient Nitrogen Oxides In situ investigation on linkage between particle penetration and air exchange through building envelope A modified Brownian force for ultrafine particle penetration through building crack modeling Modeling indoor particle deposition from turbulent flow onto smooth surfaces Study on particle penetration through straight, L, Z and wedge-shaped cracks in buildings Modeling pollutant penetration across building envelopes The experimental study on indoor and outdoor penetration coefficient of atmospheric fine particles Simulation and evaluation of sheltering efficiency of houses equipped with ventilation systems
keywords: indoor; penetration; time
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id: cord-287751-52e0tlcu
author: Dai, Qili
title: Changes in source contributions to particle number concentrations after the COVID-19 outbreak: Insights from a dispersion normalized PMF
date: 2020-11-06
words: 4448
flesch: 42
summary: In addition to new particle formation from traffic emission with a dominant particle size ranged from ~10-30 nm as typically observed during rush hour as discussed above, a factor with particle size peaking in the nucleation mode size range (<20 nm), and characterized by high explained variations of O 3 and solar radiation with narrow DISP bands was identified as new particle formation (NPF) through photochemistry. Thus, this factor with particle sizes peaking around 30 nm was attributed to coal combustion.
keywords: concentrations; emission; factor; particle; pmf; size; source; traffic
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id: cord-290458-5fwbh9t9
author: Lal, Preet
title: The dark cloud with a silver lining: Assessing the impact of the SARS COVID-19 pandemic on the global environment
date: 2020-05-08
words: 3716
flesch: 39
summary: Our study projects an increasing coverage of high COVID-19 hazard at absolute humidity levels ranging from 4 to 9 g m−3 across a large part of the globe during April–July 2020 due to a high prospective meteorological suitability for COVID-19 spread. The study projected an increasing coverage of high COVID-19 hazard in a large part of the globe during April to July 2020 due to high prospective meteorological suitability (AH: 4 to 9 g m -3 ).
keywords: cases; coronavirus; covid-19; regions
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id: cord-292045-pnid9dmq
author: Kumar, Manish
title: First proof of the capability of wastewater surveillance for COVID-19 in India through detection of genetic material of SARS-CoV-2
date: 2020-07-28
words: 3040
flesch: 45
summary: Detection of, SARS-CoV-2 RNA in wastewater has been reported in Australia, China, France, Israel, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Spain and the US (Ahmed et al., 2020a,b; Bar-or et al., 2020; Haramoto et al., 2020; La Rosa et al., 2020; Medema et al., 2020; Zheng et al., (2020) , reported detection of SARS-J o u r n a l P r e
keywords: cov-2; covid-19; detection; et al; rna; sars; wastewater
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id: cord-293139-uj1m3t79
author: Hua, Jinxi
title: Competing PM2.5 and NO2 holiday effects in the Beijing area vary locally due to differences in residential coal burning and traffic patterns
date: 2020-08-11
words: 4912
flesch: 44
summary: The relatively high uncertainty of holiday effects is due to the fact that there are fewer data points for the holiday periods than for the non-holidays. key: cord-293139-uj1m3t79 authors: Hua, Jinxi; Zhang, Yuanxun; de Foy, Benjamin; Mei, Xiaodong; Shang, Jing; Feng, Chuan title: Competing PM2.5 and NO2 holiday effects in the Beijing area vary locally due to differences in residential coal burning and traffic patterns date: 2020-08-11 journal: Sci Total Environ DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.141575 sha: doc_id: 293139 cord_uid: uj1m3t79 Abstract The holiday effect is a useful tool to estimate the impact on air pollution due to changes in human activities.
keywords: air; beijing; concentrations; effect; et al; holiday; pollution; sites
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id: cord-296618-aw4zm23z
author: Huang, Guanyu
title: Non-negligible impacts of clean air regulations on the reduction of tropospheric NO2 over East China during the COVID-19 pandemic observed by OMI and TROPOMI
date: 2020-07-21
words: 2586
flesch: 42
summary: We directly regrid OMI level tropospheric NO 2 data to the 0.125°×0.125° grid, while we regrid TROPOMI level 2 data to 0.01°×0.01° first and then aggregate them to 0.125°×0.125° through area-weighted averaging (Sun et al., 2018; Zhu et al., 2017) . We produce level 3 data over LNY holiday seasons by averaging level 2 data to a common, regular 0.125°×0.125° grid and apply corrections to these regridded level 3 tropospheric NO 2 data.
keywords: holiday; lny; omi; tropomi; tropospheric
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id: cord-296661-6ndn2qxc
author: Lu, Dingnan
title: Primary concentration – The critical step in implementing the wastewater based epidemiology for the COVID-19 pandemic: A mini-review
date: 2020-07-25
words: 6216
flesch: 26
summary: A proof of concept for the wastewater surveillance of COVID-19 in the community Comparison of virus concentration methods for the RT-qPCR-based recovery of murine hepatitis virus, a surrogate for SARS-CoV-2 from untreated wastewater Partition of virus particles in a liquid two-phase system Regressing SARS-CoV-2 sewage measurements onto COVID-19 burden in the population: a proof-of-concept for quantitative environmental surveillance A simple method for concentrating and detecting viruses in wastewater Sentinel surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater anticipates the occurrence of COVID-19 cases Sime-Ngando T. Virioplankton 'pegylation': use of PEG (polyethylene glycol) to concentrate and purify viruses in pelagic ecosystems Pharmaceuticals and Care Products in the Environment Scientific and Regulatory Issues Ultrafiltration: an efficient second step for hepatitis A virus and poliovirus concentration Virus Adsorption to Microporous Filters Modified by in situ Precipitation of Metallic Salts Concentration of viruses from water by using cellulose filters modified by in situ precipitation of ferric and aluminum hydroxides EPA Method 1615. Superior performances of virus concentration were achieved with much less addition of trivalent aluminum salts (AlCl 3 and Al 2 (SO 4 ) 3 ) when controlling the pH to below 5 (Wallis et al., 1972) .
keywords: concentration; cov-2; detection; et al; method; recovery; samples; sars; virus; viruses; wastewater
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id: cord-296986-8fuj072z
author: Kumar, Manish
title: A chronicle of SARS-CoV-2: Part-I - Epidemiology, diagnosis, prognosis, transmission and treatment
date: 2020-05-15
words: 4473
flesch: 40
summary: The Lancet infectious diseases Presumed asymptomatic carrier transmission of COVID-19 Rapid antigen tests for dengue virus serotypes and Zika virus in patient serum Will coronavirus pandemic diminish by summer The FDA-approved Drug Ivermectin inhibits the replication of SARS-CoV-2 in vitro Human immunopathogenesis of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) Features, evaluation and treatment coronavirus (COVID-19) Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Interspecies transmission and emergence of novel viruses: lessons from bats and birds The effects of temperature and relative humidity on the viability of the SARS coronavirus Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of 99 cases of 2019 novel coronavirus pneumonia in Wuhan, China: a descriptive study Use of convalescent plasma therapy in SARS patients in Hong Kong Molecular diagnosis of a novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) causing an outbreak of pneumonia Statens Serum Institut. The Lancet infectious diseases Radiologic pattern of disease in patients with severe acute respiratory syndrome: the Toronto experience Coronaviruses post-SARS: update on replication and pathogenesis Another decade, another coronavirus The novel coronavirus originating in Wuhan, China: challenges for global health governance Immune responses in COVID-19 and potential vaccines: Lessons learned from SARS and MERS epidemic Dysregulation of immune response in patients with COVID-19 in Wuhan, China Declares Global Emergency as Wuhan Coronavirus Spreads.
keywords: coronavirus; cov-2; covid-19; disease; infection; influenza; novel; patients; sars; temperature; transmission
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id: cord-298990-bjv6xnqp
author: Zhang, Minsi
title: A health-based assessment of particulate air pollution in urban areas of Beijing in 2000–2004
date: 2007-04-15
words: 4456
flesch: 51
summary: Ministry of Science and Technology of China The effects of low level air pollution on daily mortality and hospital admissions in Urban air quality and health in China Health effects of particulate air pollution: time for reassessment? Particulate air pollution as a predictor of mortality in a prospective study of US adults Lung cancer, cardiopulmonary mortality, and long-term exposure to fine particulate air pollution Cardiovascular mortality and long-term exposure to particulate air pollution, epidemiological evidence of general pathophysiological pathways of disease The economic cost of particulate air pollution on health in Singapore Is daily mortality associated specifically with fine particles? It is well known that air pollution can harm human health.
keywords: air; beijing; china; effects; health; mortality; pollution
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id: cord-299432-lbv69du4
author: Franklin, Alan B.
title: Spillover of SARS-CoV-2 into novel wild hosts in North America: A conceptual model for perpetuation of the pathogen
date: 2020-05-12
words: 2106
flesch: 38
summary: We use the existing literature on human coronaviruses, including SARS CoV, to support the potential pathways and mechanisms in the conceptual model. For example, MERS coronavirus was detected in 14.6% and 2.4% of fecal and urine samples, respectively, from 37 infected individuals (Corman et al. 2015) , while SARS CoV was shed in the feces of 56 infected individuals for a median of 27 days, with 4 individuals shedding for over 100 days (Liu et al. 2004 ).
keywords: coronaviruses; cov-2; sars; wildlife
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id: cord-299889-x6c3p195
author: Tirkolaee, Erfan Babaee
title: Sustainable fuzzy multi-trip location-routing problem for the epidemic outbreak of the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)
date: 2020-11-10
words: 3032
flesch: 47
summary: In other words, medical waste disposal is regarded as a significant way to handle the source of infection, strict establishment and standardization of the waste management of COVID-19 (Peng et al. 2020 ). Therefore, in this study, a novel mixed-integer linear programming (MILP) model is developed to formulate the sustainable multi-trip location-routing problem with time windows (MTLRP-TW) for medical waste management in the COVID-19 pandemic.
keywords: covid-19; disposal; management; model; problem; time; waste
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id: cord-300435-vs0ntcsb
author: Katz, Al
title: Heteroaggregation of an enveloped bacteriophage with colloidal sediments and effect on virus viability
date: 2018-10-01
words: 5316
flesch: 38
summary: In fact, sediment-bearing biofilms have been shown to sequester virus particles in wetlands where they are subsequently concentrated and subject to re-release (Flood and Ashbolt, 2000) . The colloidal interaction between virus particles and the small fraction of suspended sediments can be described by DLVO theory (Derjaguin and Landau, 1941; Verwey and Overbeek, 1948) , in which the potential between colloidal particles is the sum of the attractive van der Waals potential and the Coulomb potential (repulsive for like-charged particles and attractive for oppositely-charged particles).
keywords: aggregation; goethite; montmorillonite; particles; sediments; turbidity; virions; virus; viruses
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id: cord-300739-ll1kc7sn
author: Kerimray, Aiymgul
title: Assessing air quality changes in large cities during COVID-19 lockdowns: The impacts of traffic-free urban conditions in Almaty, Kazakhstan
date: 2020-05-04
words: 3362
flesch: 52
summary: Simple and accurate quantification of BTEX in ambient air by SPME and GC-MS Determination of aromatic hydrocarbons in urban air of Rome Use of partial order in environmental pollution studies demonstrated by urban BTEX air pollution in 20 major cities worldwide Adjustment of the standards for maximum permissible emissions (MPE) in the atmospheric air for the Department of JSC ALES CHP-2. BTEX concentrations were inversely proportional to the elevation (above the sea level) of the sampling sites (Fig. 5) which was similar to the case for PM 2.5 concentrations.
keywords: air; days; lockdown; period
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id: cord-301067-wk3cf0b7
author: Corpus-Mendoza, Asiel N.
title: Decrease of mobility, electricity demand, and NO2 emissions on COVID-19 times and their feedback on prevention measures
date: 2020-11-01
words: 2539
flesch: 41
summary: key: cord-301067-wk3cf0b7 authors: Corpus-Mendoza, Asiel N.; Ruiz-Segoviano, Hector S.; Rodríguez-Contreras, Sergio F.; Yañez-Dávila, David; Hernández-Granados, Araceli title: Decrease of mobility, electricity demand, and NO2 emissions on COVID-19 times and their feedback on prevention measures date: 2020-11-01 journal: Sci Total Environ DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.143382 sha: doc_id: 301067 cord_uid: wk3cf0b7 The spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on 2020 has affected human activities in a way never documented in modern history. In this case, we identify and discuss the early effort of Latin-American countries to successfully delay the spread of the virus by implementing prevention measures before the fast growth of COVID-19 cases in comparison to European countries.
keywords: air; covid-19; decrease; electricity; measures; mobility; quality
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id: cord-302195-25gjbyi1
author: Al Huraimel, Khalid
title: SARS-CoV-2 in the environment: Modes of transmission, early detection and potential role of pollutions
date: 2020-07-15
words: 7091
flesch: 36
summary: Genetic material of SARS-CoV-2 has already been J o u r n a l P r e -p r o o f detected in wastewater samples from the Region of Valencia, Spain (Randazzo et al., 2020a) , Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, Netherlands (Lodder and de Roda Husman, 2020) , Australia (Ahmed et al., 2020) , Massachusetts, USA (Wu et al., 2020a) , France (Wurtzer et al., 2020) , Milan, Italy (La Rosa et al., 2020; Rimoldi et al., 2020) , Istanbul, Turkey (Kocamemi et al., 2020) and China (Wang et al., 2020d) . Since wastewater contains viruses excreted from infected individuals in a given wastewater treatment plant catchment population, wastewater surveillance and quantification of SARS CoV-2 can be an effective tool in estimating the number of infections in a community at an early stage of the outbreak (Ahmed et al., 2020; Mallapaty, 2020; Wu et al., 2020a) .
keywords: air; coronavirus; covid-19; et al; evidence; pandemic; pollution; rna; sars; spread; transmission; virus; wastewater
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id: cord-303665-l57e54hu
author: Lahrich, S.
title: Review on the contamination of wastewater by COVID-19 virus: Impact and treatment
date: 2020-09-10
words: 5853
flesch: 35
summary: It enables rapid virus detection (virus detection using lab-on-a-chip methods takes 7 to 16 minutes) Some of these methods have been modified by: i) concentration (ELISA tests, PCR and NASBA reactions, application of microarrays) (Li et al., 2002; Alhamlan et al., 2013; Kittigul et al., 2000) , ii) combination of different methods (PCR reaction combined with plate-forming tests, atomic force microscopy combined with protein microarray technology) (Straub et al., 1995; Haab et al., 2001; Zhu et al., 2001) , iii) change in the pore size of the filter (epifluorescence microscopy) (Weinbauer and Suttle, 1997) , iv) dilution of the sample (flow cytometry)
keywords: coronavirus; cov-2; covid-19; detection; environment; et al; health; methods; pcr; sars; sewage; treatment; viruses; wastewater
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id: cord-304490-q9ab1pji
author: Iqbal, Najaf
title: Nexus between COVID-19, temperature and exchange rate in Wuhan City: New findings from Partial and Multiple Wavelet Coherence
date: 2020-04-22
words: 3774
flesch: 47
summary: In this uncertain situation where literature is inconclusive about the role of temperature in the covid-19 spread, we attempt to analyze the number of daily new covid-19 cases and average daily temperature in this regard. Weather is found to be associated with the daily number of covid-19 cases in the Indonesian capital city of Jakarta also (Tosepu et al., 2020) .
keywords: coherence; covid-19; exchange; rate; temperature; wavelet; wuhan
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id: cord-304571-1riprk86
author: Ahmed, Warish
title: A review on microbial contaminants in stormwater runoff and outfalls: Potential health risks and mitigation strategies
date: 2019-11-20
words: 12737
flesch: 38
summary: Quantifying the impact of runoff events on microbiological contaminant concentrations entering surface drinking source waters A public health evaluation of recreational water impairment Estimated human health risks from exposure to recreational waters impacted by human and non-human sources of faecal contamination Human health risk implications of multiple sources of faecal indicator bacteria in a recreational waterbody Estimated human health risks from recreational exposures to stormwater runoff containing animal faecal material Incidence of gastrointestinal illness following wet weather recreational exposures: harmonization of quantitative microbial risk assessment with an epidemiologic investigation of surfers Differential occurrence of Escherichia coli and human Bacteroidales at two great lakes beaches Comparison of microbial and chemical source tracking markers to identify fecal contamination sources in the Humber River Quantification of pathogens and markers of fecal contamination during storm events along popular surfing beaches in Oil and greases in urban stormwaters Performance, design, and analysis in microbial source tracking studies Prediction of effluent quality from retention ponds and constructed wetlands for managing bacterial stressors in storm-water runoff Loading of fecal indicator bacteria in North Carolina tidal creek headwaters: hydrographic patterns and terrestrial runoff relationships Flow fingerprinting fecal pollution and suspended solids in stormwater runoff from an urban coastal watershed Microbial risks associated with exposure to pathogens in contaminated urban flood water Fate of indicator microorganisms, giardia and cryptosporidium in subsurface flow constructed wetlands Use of static quantitative microbial risk assessment to determine pathogen risks in an unconfined carbonate aquifer used for managed aquifer recharge Comparison of recreational health risks associated with surfing and swimming in dry weather and post-storm conditions at Southern California beaches using quantitative microbial risk assessment (QMRA) Preliminary Data Summary of Urban Storm Water Best Management Practices. Schoen et al., et al., 2012a Schoen et al., , 2012b McBride et al., 2013; Sales-Ortells and Medema, 2015) , limiting the ability to capture the large variability in stormwater pathogen concentrations due to potentially diverse fecal contamination sources (human and multiple animal fecal wastes, affecting the types of index pathogens chosen for the QMRA), rainfall patterns, decay rates, and other factors.
keywords: assessment; coli; concentrations; contamination; et al; fecal; fib; health; human; marker; microbial; pathogens; quality; removal; risk; runoff; samples; sewage; source; spp; stormwater; studies; treatment; urban; viruses; wsud
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id: cord-304925-9gvx3swf
author: Xie, Zhixiang
title: Spatial and temporal differentiation of COVID-19 epidemic spread in mainland China and its influencing factors
date: 2020-07-14
words: 4777
flesch: 34
summary: Liu et al. (2020c) used the statistical analysis method to analyze the temporal and spatial J o u r n a l P r e -p r o o f characteristics and the transmission path of the COVID-19 epidemic in Zhuhai, revealing that the input from the epidemic area and family gatherings were the causes of epidemic spread. (4) In relation to data sources, the data of COVID-19 cases can be obtained very easily; however, there are great difficulties in obtaining environmental and socio-economic data related to the epidemic spread, which is why current researches lag behind in the driving J o u r n a l P r e -p r o o f mechanism of epidemic spread.
keywords: covid-19; epidemic; epidemic spread; factors; population; rate; spread
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id: cord-305262-23qylbmg
author: Rowan, Neil J.
title: Unlocking the surge in demand for personal and protective equipment (PPE) and improvised face coverings arising from coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic – Implications for efficacy, re-use and sustainable waste management
date: 2020-09-10
words: 9985
flesch: 31
summary: Use of artificial intelligence and deep learning could help identify high-risk patients and suggest appropriate types and use of PPE Boṧkoski et al., (2020) Kampf et al. (2020) had also analysed 22 studies of different human coronaviruses where SARS, MERS, HCoV (but not including were efficiently inactivated by disinfection on variety of contact surface using 62 to 71% ethanol, 0.5% hydrogen peroxide, or 0.1% sodium hypocholorite within 1 min of exposure, but survived on untreated surfaces for up to 9 days.
keywords: cov-2; coverings; covid-19; decontamination; disinfection; efficacy; equipment; et al; face; healthcare; heat; management; masks; n95; pandemic; potential; ppe; respirators; reuse; rowan; sars; use; waste
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id: cord-305558-dnvl60ez
author: Ranjan, Avinash Kumar
title: Effect of lockdown due to SARS COVID-19 on aerosol optical depth (AOD) over urban and mining regions in India
date: 2020-07-19
words: 2060
flesch: 40
summary: The quantitative analysis of AOD anomaly (state-wise mean AOD anomaly is presented in one is the maiden study which reports a significant reduction in the AOD level over the Indian Territory along with four metropolitan cities and 10 coal mine locations during lockdown periods as compared to same periods of last 20 year mean AOD level. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS)-based Multi-angle Implementation of Atmospheric Correction (MAIAC) daily AOD product was deployed to investigate the change in AOD level during lockdown phases across the Indian Territory as compared to the long-term mean AOD level (2000–2019) of the same periods.
keywords: anomaly; aod; indian; level; lockdown; mean
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id: cord-306124-sn780ike
author: Jakariya, Md.
title: Assessing climate-induced agricultural vulnerable coastal communities of Bangladesh using machine learning techniques
date: 2020-06-16
words: 4078
flesch: 37
summary: The parameters with the highest vulnerability weights belong to exposure: average rainfall Community response variations about different vulnerability factors in the three districts are shown in Figure 5 . In order to obtain the importance scores of different vulnerability factors, permutation importance was used, which works by measuring the R 2 score on the original set of factors for a model and then calculating the decrease in R 2 by randomly permutating the values of each of the factors one at a time (Altmann et al., 2010) .
keywords: application; change; climate; data; factors; study; vulnerability
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id: cord-308086-jycvupy4
author: Zambrano-Monserrate, Manuel A.
title: Indirect effects of COVID-19 on the environment
date: 2020-04-20
words: 815
flesch: 44
summary: Air Pollution Reduction and Mortality Benefit during the COVID-19 Outbreak in China Global Carbon Project Drinking water chlorination by-products and cancer Waste paper recycling decision system based on material flow analysis and life cycle assessment: A case study of waste paper recycling from China Recycle more, waste more? Along these same lines, the UN Environment Program urged governments to treat waste management, including medical, domestic, and other waste, as an urgent and essential public service to minimize possible secondary health and environmental effects (ARCplus, 2020).
keywords: environment; recycling; waste
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id: cord-311827-jfdlb2g8
author: Chen, L.-W. Antony
title: Nonuniform impacts of COVID-19 lockdown on air quality over the United States
date: 2020-07-21
words: 1547
flesch: 48
summary: key: cord-311827-jfdlb2g8 authors: Chen, L.-W. Antony; Chien, Lung-Chang; Li, Yi; Lin, Ge title: Nonuniform impacts of COVID-19 lockdown on air quality over the United States date: 2020-07-21 journal: Sci Total Environ DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.141105 sha: doc_id: 311827 cord_uid: jfdlb2g8 Abstract Most of the state governments in United States (U.S.) issued lockdown or business restrictions amid the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020, which created a unique opportunity to evaluate the air quality response to reduced economic activities. Such policies impact air quality through, most notably, declined non-essential transportation and energy consumption (Le Quéré et al., 2020) .
keywords: air; lockdown; quality; u.s
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id: cord-312619-7jpf81yz
author: Ilyas, Sadia
title: Disinfection technology and strategies for COVID-19 hospital and bio-medical waste management
date: 2020-08-12
words: 5991
flesch: 38
summary: The awareness among the people can be a panacea for safer handling of COVID-waste, hence, the government, local bodies, waste treatment facilities must drive the awareness program using different media to directly reach out to the people. Notably, no books were found to exist until the search date (May 6, 2020) on COVID-19 waste; whereas, the reports and data published in webpages were found informative to shape this review article.
keywords: collection; covid; covid-19; disinfection; disposal; guidelines; management; quarantine; sars; treatment; waste
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id: cord-314711-c6rqv4zd
author: Pan, Jinhua
title: Warmer weather unlikely to reduce the COVID-19 transmission: An ecological study in 202 locations in 8 countries
date: 2020-09-09
words: 3350
flesch: 36
summary: Yao et al. analyzed the association between temperature, relative humidity, and UV radiation with COVID-19 transmission rate in 62 Chinese cities and reported that warmer temperature could not mitigate the epidemic; besides, the relative humidity and UV radiation had no relationship with COVID-19 transmission in China (Yao et al., 2020) . Methods We collected daily numbers of COVID-19 cases in 202 locations in 8 countries.
keywords: cases; covid-19; humidity; temperature; transmission
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id: cord-314992-vhjuus50
author: Matthews, Blake
title: On biological evolution and environmental solutions
date: 2020-07-01
words: 5656
flesch: 24
summary: Usually the populations maintain high phenotypic and genetic diversity (Brandenburg et al., 2018; Chen and Rynearson, 2016; Lebret et al., 2012; Masseret et al., 2009; Rynearson and Armbrust, 2000) . For example, some lineages entirely lack the genes for toxin production (Brandenburg et al., 2018; Briand et al., 2009 ).
keywords: algal; blooms; change; et al; evolution; example; pollution; populations; problems; production; resistance; selection; species
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id: cord-317042-dll3qt4g
author: Lv, Jun
title: Detection of SARS-CoV-2 RNA residue on object surfaces in nucleic acid testing laboratory using droplet digital PCR
date: 2020-06-19
words: 2713
flesch: 44
summary: The SARS-CoV-2 test results of object surface samples from nucleic acid detection laboratory were shown in Table 1 . In this study, all objects in nucleic acid detection laboratory that tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 were directly or indirectly contacted by the operator's gloved hands.
keywords: acid; copies; cov-2; detection; laboratory; samples; sars
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id: cord-317355-z5tk3v3b
author: Dunker, Susanne
title: No SARS-CoV-2 detected in air samples (pollen and particulate matter) in Leipzig during the first spread
date: 2020-10-13
words: 1956
flesch: 48
summary: key: cord-317355-z5tk3v3b authors: Dunker, Susanne; Hornick, Thomas; Szczepankiewicz, Grit; Maier, Melanie; Bastl, Maximilian; Bumberger, Jan; Treudler, Regina; Liebert, Uwe G.; Simon, Jan-Christoph title: No SARS-CoV-2 detected in air samples (pollen and particulate matter) in Leipzig during the first spread date: 2020-10-13 journal: Sci Total Environ DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.142881 sha: doc_id: 317355 cord_uid: z5tk3v3b The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic co-occurred with pollen season in Europe 2020 and recent studies suggest a potential link between both. The height of our measurement station was chosen to guarantee a representative measurement in contrast to near-ground stations which show higher variability in pollen concentrations (Rojo et al., 2019) .
keywords: air; cov-2; pollen; samples; sars
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id: cord-318043-1x3dp1vv
author: Ahmadi, Mohsen
title: Investigation of effective climatology parameters on COVID-19 outbreak in Iran
date: 2020-04-17
words: 2140
flesch: 48
summary: The higher value of the population density and intra-provincial movement leads to a higher value of infection rate so that in high-density provinces, the rate of disease growth reaches 150 people per day. In this study, the correlation of nine main variables includes the number of infected people, population density, intra-provincial movement, days of infection, average temperature, average rain, humidity, wind speed, and solar radiation with infection rate analyzed.
keywords: covid-19; density; infection; iran; rate
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id: cord-318856-f0m3wuyj
author: Hoogeveen, Martijn J.
title: Can pollen explain the seasonality of flu-like illnesses in the Netherlands?
date: 2020-10-22
words: 4703
flesch: 39
summary: We combined changes in flu-like incidence per 100K/Dutch residents (code: ILI) with pollen concentrations and meteorological data. We have not assumed delay effects for meteorological variables or pollen concentrations, so we have not calculated moving averages for other time series.
keywords: allergenic; changes; correlation; covid-19; flu; incidence; pollen; δili
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id: cord-320787-dwyyjq6o
author: La Rosa, Giuseppina
title: First detection of SARS-CoV-2 in untreated wastewaters in Italy
date: 2020-05-23
words: 2753
flesch: 43
summary: Moreover, the environmental surveillance will be extended to the collection of wastewater samples available in the Department of Environment and Health of the Italian National Health Institute, that were collected throughout Italy in the framework of different projects on enteric viruses. A synthetic DNA (Biofab Research, Italy) including the PCR target region, was used to set up PCR conditions before experiments with study samples, but was not amplified along with samples to avoid risks of PCR contamination.
keywords: cov-2; pcr; samples; sars; wastewater
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id: cord-321240-f6qh4fva
author: Adekunle, Ibrahim Ayoade
title: Modelling spatial variations of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Africa
date: 2020-08-10
words: 2249
flesch: 49
summary: In Europe, Italy, with 159,516 confirmed cases and 20,465 deaths although relatively less compared to confirmed cases in Spain with 169,496 with 17,489 deaths remains the hardest hit because of their superior coronavirus reported death cases. We constructed spatial variations of clusters that examined the nexus between COVID-19 attributable deaths and confirmed cases.
keywords: africa; cases; covid-19; deaths; human; number
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id: cord-321727-xyowl659
author: Wang, Lishi
title: Real-time estimation and prediction of mortality caused by COVID-19 with patient information based algorithm
date: 2020-07-20
words: 5130
flesch: 61
summary: The PIBA uses patient data in real-time to build a model that estimates and predicts death rates for the near future. D i / P i−n (death rate at accumulative numbers) where M i = mortality rate, D i = the cumulative numbers of deaths on day i, P i = the cumulative numbers of patients on day
keywords: data; days; death; death rate; number; patients; piba; rate
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id: cord-322572-wic7n6ia
author: Liu, Jiangtao
title: Impact of meteorological factors on the COVID-19 transmission: A multi-city study in China
date: 2020-07-15
words: 3970
flesch: 47
summary: First, we explored the associations between COVID-19 confirmed case counts, meteorological factors, and MSI using non-linear regression. First, we explored the associations between COVID-19 confirmed case counts, meteorological factors, and MSI using non-linear regression.
keywords: case; cities; counts; covid-19; temperature
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author: Runkle, Jennifer D.
title: Short-term effects of weather parameters on COVID-19 morbidity in select US cities
date: 2020-06-09
words: 3494
flesch: 39
summary: However, the relationship with temperature and humidity is not yet apparent for COVID-19 cases in US cities first impacted. The objective of this study is to evaluate the association between COVID-19 cases and weather parameters in select US cities.
keywords: cases; covid-19; humidity; temperature
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author: Hochman, Assaf
title: The relationship between cyclonic weather regimes and seasonal influenza over the Eastern Mediterranean
date: 2020-08-12
words: 3291
flesch: 35
summary: Next, we quantify the relationship between the meteorological variables and seasonal Influenza occurrence in Israel. A plethora of studies have indicated that the timing of seasonal Influenza varies across latitude, thus suggesting that meteorological conditions play an important role in the transmission of the disease (Soebiyanto et al., 2010; 2014; Tang et al., 2010; Baumgartner et al., 2012; Shaman and Karspeck 2012; Yang et al., 2012; Tamerius et al., 2013; Yaari et al., 2013;
keywords: climate; cyprus; et al; influenza; occurrence; weather
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id: cord-325479-2r4oomdp
author: Torii, Shotaro
title: Applicability of polyethylene glycol precipitation followed by acid guanidinium thiocyanate-phenol-chloroform extraction for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 RNA from municipal wastewater
date: 2020-10-17
words: 5906
flesch: 47
summary: Katayama Hiroyuki: Resources, Project administration, Funding Acquisition, Supervision, Writing -review & editing First confirmed detection of SARS-CoV-2 in untreated wastewater in Australia: A Comparison of virus concentration methods for the RT-qPCR-based recovery of murine hepatitis virus The MIQE Guidelines : Minimum Information for Publication of Quantitative Real-Time PCR Experiments Inactivation of an Enveloped Surrogate Virus in Human Sewage Evaluation of eluents for the recovery of an enveloped virus from hands by whole-hand sampling CDC 2019-Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Real-Time RT-PCR Diagnostic Panel Single-step method of RNA isolation by acid guanidinium thiocyanate-phenol-chloroform extraction An optimized method to detect influenza virus and human rhinovirus from exhaled breath and the airborne environment Evaluation of Filters for the Sampling and Quantification of RNA Phage Aerosols Southeastern Virginia using wastewater-based epidemiology Development of a novel method for simultaneous concentration of viruses and protozoa from a single water sample A review on recent progress in the detection methods and prevalence of human enteric viruses in water First environmental surveillance for the presence of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in wastewater and river water in Japan Identification of SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater in Japan by multiple molecular assays-implication for wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) Validation of Internal Controls for Extraction and Amplification of Nucleic Acids from Enteric Viruses in Water Samples Temporal dynamics of norovirus determined through monitoring of municipal wastewater by pyrosequencing and virological surveillance of gastroenteritis cases SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater: State of the knowledge and research needs Use of Murine Norovirus as a Novel Surrogate to Evaluate Resistance of Human Norovirus to Free Chlorine Disinfection in Drinking Water Supply System in India through detection of genetic material of SARS-CoV-2 First detection of SARS-CoV-2 in untreated wastewaters in Italy Minimized virus binding for tests of barrier materials Presence of SARS-Coronavirus-2 RNA in Sewage and Correlation with Reported COVID-19 Prevalence in the Early Stage of the Epidemic in The Netherlands Sensitive and specific quantitative detection of rotavirus A by one-step real-time reverse transcription-PCR assay without antecedent double-stranded-RNA denaturation Wastewater-Based Epidemiology Can Overcome Representativeness and Stigma Issues Related to COVID-19 R: A Language and Environment for Statistical Computing SARS-CoV-2 RNA in wastewater anticipated COVID-19 occurrence in a low prevalence area Concentration methods for the quantification of coronavirus and other potentially pandemic enveloped virus from wastewater First detection of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in wastewater in North America: A study in Louisiana Elution Is a Critical Step for Recovering Human Adenovirus 40 from Tap Water and Surface Water by Cross-Flow Ultrafiltration Development of Genetic Diagnostic Methods for Novel Coronavirus 2019 (nCoV-2019) in Japan Cross-platform evaluation of commercial real-time reverse transcription PCR master mix kits using a quantitative 5′nuclease assay for Ebola virus Impact of repeated pressurization on virus removal by reverse osmosis membranes for household water treatment Viral multiplex quantitative PCR assays for tracking sources of fecal contamination Virological assessment of hospitalized patients with COVID-2019 SARS-CoV-2 Titers in Wastewater Are Higher than Expected from Clinically Confirmed Cases Survivability, Partitioning, and Recovery of Enveloped Viruses in Untreated Municipal Wastewater Shotaro Torii: Investigation, Resources, Funding Acquisition Writing -review & editing. The comparison of virus concentrations between concentrated samples and control allows for the evaluation of the whole process recovery ratio as described below. where C obs_WPC indicates the cDNA concentration of WPC in concentrated samples (copies/mL), C ini_WPC indicates the cDNA concentration of WPC in the control sample (copies/mL), x the concentration factor during the whole process (primary concentration, RNA extraction, and RT), C obs_MPC indicates the cDNA concentration of MPC in concentrated samples (copies/mL), C ini_MPC indicates the cDNA concentration of MPC in the control sample (copies/mL) and ALOD indicates the assay limit of detection defined as the minimum copy number with a 95% probability detection (copies/mL).
keywords: concentration; cov-2; process; recovery; rna; sars; sewage
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id: cord-327273-7ntp7x8d
author: Street, Renée
title: COVID-19 wastewater surveillance: An African perspective
date: 2020-07-03
words: 842
flesch: 42
summary: key: cord-327273-7ntp7x8d authors: Street, Renée; Malema, Shirley; Mahlangeni, Nomfundo; Mathee, Angela title: COVID-19 wastewater surveillance: An African perspective date: 2020-07-03 journal: Sci Total Environ DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.140719 sha: doc_id: 327273 cord_uid: 7ntp7x8d Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic has once again highlighted the importance of access to sufficient quantities of safe water and sanitation in public health. Therefore, wastewater surveillance systems may prove critical in many low-and middle-income countries where health systems infrastructure, testing systems, personal protective equipment (PPE) and human resource capacity are constrained [25, 26] .
keywords: covid-19; surveillance; wastewater
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id: cord-327628-fl8dyahe
author: Yuan, Qi
title: Spatiotemporal variations and reduction of air pollutants during the COVID-19 pandemic in a megacity of Yangtze River Delta in China
date: 2020-08-20
words: 2942
flesch: 43
summary: key: cord-327628-fl8dyahe authors: Yuan, Qi; Qi, Bing; Hu, Deyun; Wang, Junjiao; Zhang, Jian; Yang, Huanqiang; Zhang, Shanshan; Liu, Lei; Xu, Liang; Li, Weijun title: Spatiotemporal variations and reduction of air pollutants during the COVID-19 pandemic in a megacity of Yangtze River Delta in China date: 2020-08-20 journal: Sci Total Environ DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.141820 sha: doc_id: 327628 cord_uid: fl8dyahe Abstract In recent decades, air pollution has become an important environmental problem in the megacities of eastern China. The COVID-19 outbreak has prompted a nationwide public lockdown period and provides a valuable opportunity for understanding the sources and factors of air pollutants.
keywords: air; covid; industry; period; pollutants; urban
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id: cord-328509-l4yz1ude
author: Sharma, Shubham
title: Effect of restricted emissions during COVID-19 on air quality in India
date: 2020-08-01
words: 3528
flesch: 50
summary: It is an open question as atmospheric processes that determine concentrations of air pollutants are nonlinear and changing meteorology plays significant roles in pollution formation. key: cord-328509-l4yz1ude authors: Sharma, Shubham; Zhang, Mengyuan; Anshika; Gao, Jingsi; Zhang, Hongliang; Kota, Sri Harsha title: Effect of restricted emissions during COVID-19 on air quality in India date: 2020-08-01 journal: Sci Total Environ DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.138878 sha: doc_id: 328509 cord_uid: l4yz1ude The effectiveness and cost are always top factors for policy-makers to decide control measures and most measures had no pre-test before implementation.
keywords: air; cities; india; lockdown; meteorology; period; quality
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id: cord-328914-6zog3xf3
author: Petroselli, Chiara
title: Characterization of long-range transported bioaerosols in the Central Mediterranean
date: 2020-10-19
words: 4226
flesch: 37
summary: Saharan dust advection samples have been marked with the code SH. Case Studies of Source Apportionment and Variation of soluble and insoluble calcium in red rains related to dust sources and transport patterns from North Africa to northeastern Spain Continental-scale distributions of dust-associated bacteria and fungi Desert dust contribution to PM10 loads in Italy: Methods and recommendations addressing the relevant European Commission Guidelines in support to the Air Quality Directive Microbial hitchhikers on intercontinental dust: catching a lift in Chad Airborne bacteria and persistent organic pollutants associated with an intense Saharan dust event in the Central Mediterranean Recent progress in understanding physical and chemical properties of African and Asian mineral dust Persistent organic contaminants in Saharan dust air masses in West Africa, Cape Verde and the eastern Caribbean Origin-Dependent Variations in the Atmospheric Microbiome Community in Eastern Mediterranean Dust Storms Impacts of Saharan Dust Intrusions on Bacterial Communities of the Low Troposphere Saharan dust storms: nature and consequences Atmospheric movement of microorganisms in clouds of desert dust and implications for human health Airborne microorganisms in the African desert dust corridor over the mid-Atlantic ridge Microbial population structures in the deep marine biosphere Influence of seasonality, air mass origin and particulate matter chemical composition on airborne bacterial community structure in the Po Valley Long-Range Transport of Anthropogenically and Naturally Produced Particulate Matter in the Mediterranean and North Atlantic:
keywords: air; analysis; dust; et al; masses; saharan; samples
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id: cord-329050-vzsy6xw1
author: Nabi, Ghulam
title: Bats and birds as viral reservoirs: A physiological and ecological perspective
date: 2020-09-22
words: 5063
flesch: 33
summary: Such migrations allow bat viruses, such as CoVs, the rabies virus, the Hendra, and Nipah viruses, to spread over long distances (Calisher et al., 2006) . This coexistence could allow the mixing of bats and birds viruses for the generation of recombinant, novel mutant, or reassortment of RNA viruses Perrella et al., 2020) .
keywords: avian; bats; birds; et al; evolution; flight; humans; influenza; mammals; size; species; viruses; wild
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id: cord-330779-mso2zfom
author: Sunkari, Emmanuel Daanoba
title: Sources and routes of SARS-CoV-2 transmission in water systems in Africa: Are there any sustainable remedies?
date: 2020-09-09
words: 4164
flesch: 39
summary: key: cord-330779-mso2zfom authors: Sunkari, Emmanuel Daanoba; Korboe, Harriet Mateko; Abu, Mahamuda; Kizildeniz, Tefide title: Sources and routes of SARS-CoV-2 transmission in water systems in Africa: Are there any sustainable remedies? date: 2020-09-09 journal: Sci Total Environ DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.142298 sha: doc_id: 330779 cord_uid: mso2zfom Governments across the globe are currently besieged with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2. Therefore, this study unearthed the likely sources and routes of SARS-CoV-2 transmission in water systems (mainly wastewater) in Africa through a holistic review of published works.
keywords: africa; covid-19; et al; sars; sources; systems; virus; wastewater; water
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id: cord-331069-ioph6vsp
author: Tobías, Aurelio
title: Evaluation of the lockdowns for the SARS-CoV-2 epidemic in Italy and Spain after one month follow up
date: 2020-07-10
words: 1336
flesch: 59
summary: In this sense, the positive signs already shown by the decreasing trend slopes after a more restrictive lockdown in Italy and Spain could indicate an optimistic and encouraging forecast for those countries that in late March also announced restrictive lockdown measures for flattening the SARS-CoV-2 epidemic curve (e.g., the United Kingdom on March 23th or Ireland on March 27th). For an easy interpretation, and comparison of the effectiveness of lockdown measures between countries, a linear trend is assumed before and during the lockdown periods.
keywords: cases; italy; lockdown; spain
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id: cord-333547-88dkh6xd
author: Hasan, Shadi W.
title: Detection and Quantification of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in Wastewater and Treated Effluents: Surveillance of COVID-19 Epidemic in the United Arab Emirates
date: 2020-10-19
words: 3982
flesch: 41
summary: Different methods for wastewater virus concentration have been adopted by different groups around the world It was also observed that the precautionary measures implemented by the UAE government correlated with a drop in the measured viral load in wastewater samples, which were in line with the reduction of COVID-19 cases reported in the population.
keywords: cases; cov-2; covid-19; method; rna; sars; virus; viruses; wastewater
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id: cord-336659-qddjqiw9
author: Ramos, Jheneffer Sonara Aguiar
title: Multi-biomarker responses to pesticides in an agricultural population from Central Brazil
date: 2020-08-21
words: 3845
flesch: 35
summary: Environmental Noworyta Effect of chlorpyrifos on the profile of subpopulations immunocompetent cells B, T and NK in in vivo model Vegan: Community Ecology Package Investigation of pesticide exposure by genotoxicological, biochemical, genetic polymorphic and in silico analysis Biomonitoring of rural workers exposed to a complex mixture of pesticides in the municipalities of Tianguá and Ubajara (Ceará state, Brazil): Genotoxic and cytogenetic studies Pesticide Use and Antinuclear Antibodies in Male Farmers From the Agricultural Health Study Rheumatoid arthritis in agricultural health study spouses: associations with pesticides and other farm exposures Insecticide use and risk of rheumatoid arthritis and systemic lupus erythematosus in the Women's Health Initiative Observational Study Knowledge, attitudes, practices and biomonitoring of farmworkers and residents exposed to pesticides in Brazil Pesticides and public health in Brazil Assessment of genotoxicity in female agricultural workers exposed to pesticides Notifiable Diseases Information System and human poisoning by pesticides in Brazil R: A language and environment for statistical computing. This is a pioneer study in Central Brazil involving genetic and immunological biomarkers to identify how pesticides could impair such systems increasing the susceptibility to the development of chronic issues problems. was composed of 100 individuals directly exposed to pesticides (occupationally exposed to various pesticides during storage, mixing, loading, and pesticide spraying activities), and 80 subjects indirectly exposed, living nearby crops, therefore, environmentally exposed to pesticides.
keywords: damage; dna; et al; exposure; group; pesticides
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id: cord-338189-j4hnldk4
author: Saadat, Saeida
title: Environmental perspective of COVID-19
date: 2020-08-01
words: 3977
flesch: 54
summary: For instance, in Hong Kong, where COVID-19 infection started in late January/2020 the medical wastes have already polluted the environment. Coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19): implications for clinical dental care Presumed asymptomatic carrier transmission of COVID-19 Pneumonia of unknown aetiology in Wuhan, China: potential for international spread via commercial air travel Remdesivir for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 causing COVID-19: an evaluation of the evidence The effect of travel restrictions on the spread of the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak Are patients with hypertension and diabetes mellitus at increased risk for COVID-19 infection? Comparison of air quality in some of the biggest cities around the world before the COVID-19 pandemic and while the lockdown Climate Affects Global Patterns of COVID-19 Early Outbreak Dynamics Coagulation disorders in coronavirus infected patients:
keywords: china; coronavirus; covid-19; health; outbreak; pandemic; people
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id: cord-338243-njkhwkwk
author: Zhang, Dayi
title: Potential spreading risks and disinfection challenges of medical wastewater by the presence of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) viral RNA in septic tanks of Fangcang Hospital
date: 2020-06-23
words: 2838
flesch: 35
summary: Besides direct contact and respiratory routes (Carlos et al., 2020; Lai et al., 2020; Wu et al., 2020) , stool transmission might be an alternative route owing to the survival of SARS-CoV-2 in patient's stools (Holshue et al., 2020; Ling et al., 2020; Tian et al., 2020; Xiao et al., 2020; Xing et al., 2020; Zhang et al., 2020c) . As municipal wastewater pipe network receives huge amounts of wastewater from asymptomatic patients and treated sewage from hospitals, SARS-CoV-2 from non-or inefficient-disinfected wastewater might persist for a prolonged time in pipe network, becoming a secondary spreading source (Zhang et al., 2020a) .
keywords: cov-2; disinfection; rna; sars; tanks; wastewater
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id: cord-341212-dk6ioi15
author: Ribeiro, Andre Luis Ribeiro
title: Besides the climate model, other variables driving the COVID-19 spread in Brazil()
date: 2020-06-15
words: 487
flesch: 40
summary: This dispute was taken to the Supreme Court, which reinforced the authority of cities and states to define local measures of social distancing, quarantine, prohibition of activities and definition of essential services (Federal, 2020) . The study model and data analysis are well-performed, and although the authors found that temperature and relativity humidity influenced the COVID-19 dissemination, other well-known and important variables, such as social distancing, population testing, hand wash (Giordano et al., 2020) and rational use of face mask were not part of their study model (Feng et al., 2020) .
keywords: cities; covid-19
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id: cord-344423-jhdfscyw
author: Lian, Xinbo
title: Impact of city lockdown on the air quality of COVID-19-hit of Wuhan city
date: 2020-06-30
words: 5274
flesch: 45
summary: Regional air quality has improved significantly, but air pollution control still has a long way to go Aavo Tomasova, Jelena. Furthermore, the high density of buildings reduces the wind speed and the diffusion of air pollution .
keywords: air; concentration; emissions; lockdown; pollutants; pollution; quality; traffic; wuhan
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id: cord-345347-wrgg8met
author: Campling, Paul
title: A multi-actor, participatory approach to identify policy and technical barriers to better farming practices that protect our drinking water sources
date: 2020-10-17
words: 8236
flesch: 37
summary: On the other hand, environmental policy, including water policy, has been founded completely on the subsidiarity principle. The barrier that was most commonly pointed out (by 6 out of 7 participating Action Labs) was too complex organizational set up of institutions responsible for implementation and execution of water management policies.
keywords: action; action labs; agriculture; bmps; farmers; implementation; labs; level; management; measures; mms; policy; quality; uptake; water
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id: cord-347354-1bh6ncls
author: Rodrigues, Marcos
title: Is COVID-19 halting wildfires in the Mediterranean? Insights for wildfire science under a pandemic context
date: 2020-10-08
words: 1706
flesch: 35
summary: It remains to be determined how lastly the effects of the pandemic will affect fire incidence (the 2020 summer season, longer?), but implications for future wildfire research are evident, if only to measure how fire activity would respond to cessation of human activity in the Mediterranean. We accounted for weather conditions (characterized using the 6-month Standardized Precipitation Evapotranspiration Index; SPEI6) to disregard possible weather effects mediating fire activity.
keywords: activity; fire; human; wildfire
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id: cord-347613-tjeo62dv
author: da Silva, Priscilla Gomes
title: Corrigendum to “Viral, host and environmental factors that favor anthropozoonotic spillover of coronaviruses: An opinionated review, focusing on SARS-CoV, MERS-CoV and SARS-CoV-2”[Sci. Total Environ. 750 (2021) 141483]
date: 2020-09-10
words: 447
flesch: 53
summary: This and other bat-coronaviruses share 88-92% nucleotide sequence homology with SARS-CoV-1 (Ye et al., 2020) , leading scientists to believe that SARS-CoV was transmitted directly to humans from wet market civets, with bats as the main reservoir hosts (Cui et al., 2019; In this study, HeLa cells that expressed or did not express ACE2 proteins from humans, Chinese horseshoe bats, civets, pigs and mice were used, and it was found that SARS-CoV-2 is able to use all ACE2 proteins (except for mouse ACE2) as an entry receptor to enter ACE2-expressing cells, but it could not enter cells that did not express ACE2, indicating that ACE2 is probably the cell receptor through which SARS-CoV-2 enters cells (Zhou et al., 2020) .
keywords: bat; sars
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id: cord-349078-59wel5o5
author: Kanniah, Kasturi Devi
title: COVID-19's impact on the atmospheric environment in the Southeast Asia region
date: 2020-05-25
words: 5862
flesch: 33
summary: As a result of the lockdown and the disruption in human and industrial activities in numerous countries around the world, a significant reduction in air pollution, especially in the concentration of NO 2 , has been noticed in China and several European and American countries (Shrestha et al., 2020; Tobias et al., 2020; Wang and Su, 2020; Zhang et al., 2020) . A qualitative overview shows that the SEA pollution outflow (Wang et al., 2015) over the oceanic regions has been reduced during 2020, compared to the previous years, as also observed over the southern China Sea due to restriction measures and the general lockdown in China Wang and Su, 2020) .
keywords: air; covid-19; et al; levels; lockdown; pollution; urban
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id: cord-350236-7fit8q1s
author: Wan, Bin
title: On-site analysis of COVID-19 on the surfaces in wards
date: 2020-08-18
words: 1569
flesch: 47
summary: To our knowledge, we present the first on-site analysis of COVID-19 surface contamination in wards. Therefore, surface contamination in wards should be monitored for disease control and hygiene purposes.
keywords: contamination; covid-19; detection; samples; surface
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id: cord-350714-zfprrxt4
author: Yao, Ye
title: Association of particulate matter pollution and case fatality rate of COVID-19 in 49 Chinese cities
date: 2020-06-20
words: 1674
flesch: 40
summary: We found positive associations between PM pollution and COVID-19 CFR in cities both inside and outside Hubei Province. PM pollution distribution and its association with COVID-19 CFR suggests that exposure to such may affect COVID-19 prognosis.
keywords: covid-19; pollution
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id: cord-350919-by4zwniq
author: Chowdhuri, Indrajit
title: Significant decrease of lightning activities during COVID-19 lockdown period over Kolkata megacity in India
date: 2020-07-28
words: 2698
flesch: 53
summary: A higher amount of pre-monsoon lightning flash is reported over the Kolkata megacity area than the monsoon period (Chaudhuri and Middey, 2013) . The main objectives of this study are therefore to analyze the trend of ambient air pollutants (PM 10 , NO 2 , SO 2 , O 3 and aerosol) during the lockdown and pre-lockdown periods.
keywords: air; lightning; lockdown; period; pre
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id: cord-350925-1h6pbfwp
author: da Silva, Priscilla Gomes
title: Airborne spread of infectious SARS-CoV-2: moving forward using lessons from SARS-CoV and MERS-CoV
date: 2020-10-08
words: 5222
flesch: 28
summary: Among the reviewed literature, only a few papers explored viral viability in air samples (Agranovski et al., 2004; Binder et al., 2020; Booth et al., 2005; Kim et al., 2016; Lednicky et al., 2020; Lednicky et al., 2020a; Pyankov et al., 2018; Santarpia et al., 2020; van Doremalen et al., 2013 van Doremalen et al., , 2020 Xiao et al., 2004) . Currently, there is still debate about whether or not SARS-CoV-2 is transmitted through aerosols produced by infected people during talking, singing sneezing, coughing and breathing, and further studies regarding this route of transmission are needed in order To explore the feasibility of a new personal bioaerosol sampler for monitoring of viable airborne SARS virus.
keywords: air; cov; cov-2; et al; humidity; mers; sars; transmission; viral; virus; viruses
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id: cord-351665-6gwb900b
author: Sarkar, Priyanka
title: Coupled human-environment system amid COVID-19 crisis: A conceptual model to understand the nexus
date: 2020-08-18
words: 5723
flesch: 37
summary: UNDP Latin America and the Caribbean Multidisciplinary research priorities for the COVID-19 pandemic: a call for action for mental health science Enhanced secondary pollution offset reduction of primary emissions during COVID-19 lockdown in China Development of conceptual models for major social and ecological systems in the South East NRM Region Another Crisis In The Making: COVID-19 and India's Bio-Medical Waste Coronavirus in India: Tablighi Jamaat meet turns Covid-19 super spreader Coronavirus: A visual guide to the economic impact COVID-19 lockdown a blessing for the endangered Gangetic dolphin in Bihar: Experts, DownToEarth The Pandemic Is Turning the Natural World Upside Down The effect of human mobility and control measures on the COVID-19 epidemic in China COVID-19 and the nature trade-off paradigm COVID-19: Water scarcity lurking in crisis? Poverty and food insecurity could grow dramatically as COVID-19 spreads The economic impact of the Coronavirus 2019 (Covid-2019): Implications individual reaction and governmental action Health risks and potential remedies during prolonged lockdowns for coronavirus disease Complexity of coupled human and natural systems Sanitation Workers At Risk From Discarded Medical Waste Related To Covid-19 Mass gathering events and reducing further global spread of COVID-19: a political and public health dilemma If we get food right, we get everything right: rethinking the food system in post-COVID-19 Hawai'i COVID-19 pandemic and environmental pollution: A blessing in disguise Emerging threats to human health from global environmental change Impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the world economy Last accessed on Spillover of COVID-19: impact on the Global Economy Inter nation social lockdown versus medical care against COVID-19, a mild environmental insight with special reference to India Initial evidence of higher morbidity and mortality due to SARS-CoV-2 in regions with lower air quality Assessing Vulnerabilities to the Effects of Global Change: An Eight-Step Approach. key: cord-351665-6gwb900b authors: Sarkar, Priyanka; Debnath, Nirmal; Reang, Demsai title: Coupled human-environment system amid COVID-19 crisis: A conceptual model to understand the nexus date: 2020-08-18 journal: Sci Total Environ DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.141757 sha: doc_id: 351665 cord_uid:
keywords: covid-19; crisis; environment; et al; human; impacts; lockdown; model; pandemic; society
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id: cord-352630-dx1fwngb
author: Hossain, Md. Sabbir
title: Impact of weather on COVID-19 transmission in South Asian Countries: an application of the ARIMAX model
date: 2020-11-02
words: 3111
flesch: 41
summary: We found that maximum wind speed had a significant negative impact on COVID-19 transmission which is in line with some previous studies (Ahmadi et al., 2020; Islam et al., 2020; Zoran et al., 2020) . Rainfall had a significant negative impact on COVID-19 transmission in India and Pakistan, also had positive impact in Pakistan (at lag 12) which is in line with (A. Gupta et al., 2020; Menebo, 2020; Sobral et al., 2020) and opposite with some recently published studies (Ahmadi et al., 2020; Bashir et al., 2020; Tosepu et al., 2020) .
keywords: cases; covid-19; et al; temperature; transmission
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id: cord-354254-89vjfkfd
author: Peng, Shanbi
title: The role of computational fluid dynamics tools on investigation of pathogen transmission: Prevention and control
date: 2020-08-31
words: 7521
flesch: 36
summary: A Multi-zone Indoor Air Quality and Ventilation Analysis Software Tool Multi-zone modeling of probable sars virus transmission by airflow between flats in block e, amoy gardens Investigating a safe ventilation rate for the prevention of indoor sars transmission: an attempt based on a simulation approach Multi-zone simulation of outdoor particle penetration and transport in a multi-story building Significance of two-way airflow effect due to temperature difference in indoor air quality The transport of gaseous pollutants due to stack effect in high-rise residential buildings Air infiltration induced inter-unit dispersion and infectious risk assessment in a high-rise residential building Principles and applications of probability-based inverse modeling method for finding indoor airborne contaminant sources Experimental and numerical study on particle distribution in a two-zone chamber Model-based optimal control of a dedicated outdoor air-chilled ceiling system using liquid desiccant and membrane-based total heat recovery Identifying index (source), patient location of sars transmission in a hospital ward Airborne contagion and air hygiene: an ecological study of droplet infections An advanced numerical model for the assessment of airborne transmission of influenza in bus microenvironments Evaluation of airborne disease infection risks in an airliner cabin using the lagrangian-based wells-riley approach Cfd simulation of spread risks of infectious disease due to interactive wind and ventilation airflows via window openings in high-rise buildings Modelling the transmission of airborne infections in enclosed spaces Infection risk of indoor airborne transmission of diseases in multiple spaces Preventing airborne disease transmission: review of methods for ventilation design in health care facilities Risk assessment of airborne infectious diseases in aircraft cabins Risk of indoor airborne infection transmission estimated from carbon dioxide concentration A probabilistic transmission dynamic model to assess indoor airborne infection risks. key: cord-354254-89vjfkfd authors: Peng, Shanbi; Chen, Qikun; Liu, Enbin title: The role of computational fluid dynamics tools on investigation of pathogen transmission: Prevention and control date: 2020-08-31 journal: Sci Total Environ DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.142090 sha: doc_id: 354254 cord_uid: 89vjfkfd Transmission mechanics of infectious pathogen in various environments are of great complexity and has always been attracting many researchers' attention.
keywords: airborne; cfd; et.al; experiment; flow; gas; hospital; method; model; particle; pathogen; pathogen transmission; risk; simulation; system; tracer; transmission; ventilation
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