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Comparing the fit of N95, KN95, surgical, and cloth face masks and assessing the accuracy of fit checking
Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic has made well-fitting face masks a critical piece of protective equipment for healthcare workers and civilians. While the importance of wearing face masks has been acknowledged, there remains...
Face Mask Fit Hacks
Eugenia O’Kelly, Anmol Arora, Sophia Pirog, Charlotte Pearson, James Ward, John Clarkson
Feb 02, 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic has drawn unprecedented attention to the use of masks and fabric face coverings to prevent the spread of respiratory viruses, such as SARS-CoV-2. The fit of a mask has been identified as one the primary...
Dystopian Eugenics and Mestizo Futurisms in Eduardo Urzaiz's Eugenia
R Sanchez-Rivera
Aug 25, 2022
Set in 2218, the novel Eugenia envisions a contradictory utopian and dystopian future premised upon eugenical engineering. Here, I analyse Urzaiz's vision of the beginnings of eugenics in Mexico. Ultimately, I argue that...
Performing Qualitative Mask Fit Testing Without a Commercial Kit
OBJECTIVE: Qualitative fit testing is a popular method of ensuring the fit of sealing face masks such as N95 and FFP3 masks. Increased demand due to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has led to shortages in...
Chronic Illnesses, Vulnerability, and Uncertainty
The goal of this chapter is to describe some of the recent challenges that modern medicine is facing using patient-centered medicine as a theoretical frame of reference. First, the work will describe the origin, the development...
Published by: IGI Global Scientific Publishing
Ability of fabric face mask materials to filter ultrafine particles at coughing velocity.
OBJECTIVE: We examined the ability of fabrics which might be used to create home-made face masks to filter out ultrafine (0.02-0.1 µm) particles at the velocity of adult human coughing. METHODS: Twenty commonly available fabrics...
infection control Infectious Diseases Public Health respiratory infections Air Filters Betacoronavirus covid-19 Cellulose Coronavirus Infections Cotton Fiber Cough Humans masks Materials Testing Nylons Pandemics Particulate Matter Pneumonia Viral Polyesters Polyurethanes Respiratory Protective Devices SARS-CoV-2 textiles Wool Fiber
Ability of fabric face mask materials to filter ultrafine particles at coughing velocity.
OBJECTIVE:We examined the ability of fabrics which might be used to create home-made face masks to filter out ultrafine (0.02-0.1 µm) particles at the velocity of adult human coughing. METHODS:Twenty commonly available fabrics...
Infectious Diseases infection control Public Health respiratory infections Humans Pneumonia Viral Coronavirus Infections Cough Polyurethanes Cellulose Nylons Polyesters Materials Testing masks Respiratory Protective Devices textiles Cotton Fiber Particulate Matter Pandemics Air Filters Betacoronavirus Wool Fiber
Published by: BMJ Open
Social ranking and spatial structure
Post-doctoral fellowship from the Scoial Sciences and Humanitites Reseach Council of Canada
Identification of GOLPH3 Partners in Drosophila Unveils Potential Novel Roles in Tumorigenesis and Neural Disorders
Stefano Sechi, Angela Karimpour-Ghahnavieh, Anna Frappaolo, Laura Di Francesco, Roberto Piergentili, Eugenia Schininà, Pier Paolo D’Avino, Maria Grazia Giansanti
Sep 09, 2021
Golgi phosphoprotein 3 (GOLPH3) is a highly conserved peripheral membrane protein localized to the Golgi apparatus and the cytosol. GOLPH3 binding to Golgi membranes depends on phosphatidylinositol 4-phosphate [PI(4)P] and...
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