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Bojovic, Neva (author), Stanisljevic, Jovana (author), Giunti, Guido (author)Government policies on abortion are a longstanding topic of heated political debates. The COVID-19 pandemic shook health systems to the core adding further to the complexity of this topic, as imposed national lockdowns and movement restrictions affected access to timely abortion for millions of women across the globe. In this paper, we...review 2021
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Psyllidis, A. (author), Duarte, Fábio (author), Teeuwen, R.F.L. (author), Salazar Miranda, Arianna (author), Benson, Tom (author), Bozzon, A. (author)As cities resume life in public space, they face the difficult task of retaining outdoor activity while decreasing exposure to airborne viruses, such as the novel coronavirus. Even though the transmission risk is higher in indoor spaces, recent evidence suggests that physical contact outdoors also contributes to an increased virus exposure....journal article 2021
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Storm, S.T.H. (author)Comparative empirical evidence for 22 OECD countries shows that country differences in cumulative mortality impacts of SARS-CoV-2 are caused by weaknesses in public health competences, pre-existing variances in structural socio-economic and public health vulnerabilities, and the presence of fiscal constraints. Remarkably, the (fiscally non...journal article 2021
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Kurnitski, Jarek (author), Kiil, Martin (author), Wargocki, Pawel (author), Boerstra, A.C. (author), Seppänen, Olli (author), Olesen, Bjarne (author), Morawska, Lidia (author)A new design method is proposed to calculate outdoor air ventilation rates to control respiratory infection risk in indoor spaces. We propose to use this method in future ventilation standards to complement existing ventilation criteria based on the perceived air quality and pollutant removal. The proposed method makes it possible to...journal article 2021
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Wegman, F.C.M. (author), Katrakazas, Christos (author)The year 2020 was an extraordinary year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This pandemic resulted in lockdowns and confinements globally and emptier streets and roads. Traffic patterns and traffic composition (modal split) changed considerably during the pandemic and as a consequence the number of people killed and injured in road crashes. The aim...journal article 2021
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Rosenthal, Jean Claude (author), Schneider, Armin (author), Wisotzky, Eric L. (author), Meij, S.E.P. (author), van den Dobbelsteen, J.J. (author), Arens, Philipp (author), Uecker, Florian C. (author)Existing challenges in surgical education (See one, do one, teach one) as well as the Covid-19 pandemic make it necessary to develop new ways for surgical training. This is also crucial for the dissemination of new technological developments. As today's live transmissions of surgeries to remote locations always come with high information loss...journal article 2021
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Schuller, Björn W. (author), Batliner, Anton (author), Bergler, Christian (author), Mascolo, Cecilia (author), Han, Jing (author), Lefter, I. (author), Kaya, Heysem (author), Amiriparian, Shahin (author), Rothkrantz, L.J.M. (author)The INTERSPEECH 2021 Computational Paralinguistics Challenge addresses four different problems for the first time in a research competition under well-defined conditions: In the COVID-19 Cough and COVID-19 Speech Sub-Challenges, a binary classification on COVID-19 infection has to be made based on coughing sounds and speech; in the Escalation...conference paper 2021
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Giunti, Guido (author), Claes, Maëlick (author), Zubiete, Enrique Dorronzoro (author), Rivera-Romero, Octavio (author), Gabarron, Elia (author)Introduction: Multiple sclerosis (MS) is one of the world's most common neurologic disorders. Social media have been proposed as a way to maintain and even increase social interaction for people with MS. The objective of this work is to identify and compare the topics on Twitter during the first wave of COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: Data was...book chapter 2021
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Mertens, Mariano (author), Jöckel, Patrick (author), Matthes, Sigrun (author), Nützel, Matthias (author), Grewe, V. (author), Sausen, Robert (author)The recent COVID-19 pandemic with its countermeasures, e.g. lock-downs, resulted in decreases in emissions of various trace gases. Here we investigate the changes of ozone over Europe associated with these emission reductions using a coupled global/regional chemistry climate model. We conducted and analysed a business as usual and a...journal article 2021
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Law, Roger C. K. (author), Lai, Joseph H.K. (author), Edwards, David John (author), Hou, H. (author)Physical contact and respiratory droplet transmission have been widely regarded as the main routes of COVID-19 infection. However, mounting evidence has unveiled the risk of aerosol transmission of the virus. Whereas caution has been taken to avoid this risk in association with clinical facilities, facilities such as spa pools and Jacuzzis,...journal article 2021
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Vuorio, Alpo (author), Kovanen, Petri T. (author), Budowle, Bruce (author), Sajantila, Antti (author), Palo, Jukka U. (author), Stoop, J.A.A.M. (author)Despite the increased frequency and scale of wildfire-related catastrophes, there has been little or no effective and coordinated international policy to address their highly negative impact. Possibly a generalized approach to respond to such major events could be modeled on existing international safety investigation policies and agreements...journal article 2021
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Gkiotsalitis, Konstantinos (author), Cats, O. (author)Public transport is one of the most disrupted sectors of the COVID-19 pandemic with reported ridership drops up to 90% in majorly affected countries. As many government authorities strive to partially resume activities, public transport operators are in an urgent need for models that can evaluate the impact of different social distancing...journal article 2021
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Dennis, M.J. (author)The COVID-19 pandemic has catalysed what may soon become a permanent digital transition in the domains of work, education, medicine, and leisure. This transition has also precipitated a spike in concern regarding our digital well-being. Prominent lobbying groups, such as the Center for Humane Technology (CHT), have responded to this concern....journal article 2021
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Mouter, N. (author), Collewet, Marion (author), de Wit, G. Ardine (author), Rotteveel, Adrienne (author), Lambooij, Mattijs S. (author), Kessels, Roselinde (author)Objectives: Our study investigates the extent to which uptake of a COVID-19 digital contact-tracing (DCT) app among the Dutch population is affected by its configurations, its societal effects, and government policies toward such an app. Methods: We performed a discrete choice experiment among Dutch adults including 7 attributes, that is, who...journal article 2021
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Nanni, Mirco (author), Andrienko, Gennady (author), Barabási, Albert László (author), Boldrini, Chiara (author), Bonchi, Francesco (author), Cattuto, Ciro (author), Dignum, Virginia (author), Helbing, Dirk (author), van den Hoven, M.J. (author)The rapid dynamics of COVID-19 calls for quick and effective tracking of virus transmission chains and early detection of outbreaks, especially in the “phase 2” of the pandemic, when lockdown and other restriction measures are progressively withdrawn, in order to avoid or minimize contagion resurgence. For this purpose, contact-tracing apps...journal article 2021
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Goyal, N. (author), Howlett, Michael (author)Although understanding initial responses to a crisis such as COVID-19 is important, existing research on the topic has not been systematically comparative. This study uses topic modeling to inductively analyze over 13,000 COVID-19 policies worldwide. This technique enables the COVID-19 policy mixes to be characterized and their cross-country...journal article 2021
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Dekker, M.C. (author), van Egmond, R. (author), Molenbroek, J.F.M. (author), Vink, P. (author)BACKGROUND: Former studies on work-related upper limb disorders (WRULD) within university education report substantial prevalence rates. In this study, developments in WRULD amongst students in the period 2004-2014 were investigated. Our findings can be a benchmark for future studies, in particular when there are major societal changes as in...journal article 2021
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Eijkelenboom, A.M. (author), Ortiz, Marco A. (author), Bluyssen, P.M. (author)While the pressure on hospital workers keeps growing, they are generally more dissatisfied with their comfort than other occupants in hospitals or offices. To better understand the comfort of outpatient workers in hospitals, clusters for preferences and perceptions of the indoor environmental quality (IEQ) and social comfort were identified in a...journal article 2021
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Ortiz, Marco A. (author), Ghasemieshkaftaki, M. (author), Bluyssen, P.M. (author)Since the outbreak of COVID-19, wearing a mask, voluntary or obligatory, has led to diverse and numerous designs. Guidelines for minimum requirements include tests for visual inspection, strength, filtration, and breathing resistance, but not for the fit of a mask. The fit of a mask was assessed by testing the outward leakage of exhaled...journal article 2021
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Tissen, L.N.M. (author)The consequences of the coronavirus and the physical limitations it imposes on museums and their visitors force museums to rethink cultural identity and to approach the exhibition of material artworks differently. Only a limited number of people are allowed to visit the museum at one time, booking time slots is mandatory, making it difficult to...journal article 2021