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Shortall, R.M. (author), Mouter, N. (author), van Wee, G.P. (author)Als reactie op de COVID-19 pandemie zijn wereldwijd veel transport gerelateerde maatregelen getroffen, en die maatregelen hebben vele maatschappelijk relevante effecten gehad. Doel van dit paper is de literatuur te reviewen die tot eind 2020 over dit onderwerp beschikbaar was. Het is daarmee een tussentijdse stand van zaken. De review beoogt een...journal article 2021
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Shortall, R.M. (author), Mouter, N. (author), van Wee, G.P. (author)De COVID-19 pandemie heeft wereldwijd geleid tot maatregelen gericht op personenmobiliteit (Shortall et al., 2021). In dit paper reviewen we de literatuur over factoren van belang voor het ontwerp van die maatregelen, en de effecten ervan op veiligheid, lichamelijke en geestelijke gezondheid, economie en milieu. Zo’n review is van belang om te...journal article 2021
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Huang, Yu Jie (author), Tao, Jing (author), Yang, Fu Qiang (author), Chen, C. (author)Many construction accidents occur in China each year, leading to a large number of deaths, injures, and property losses. Due to the outbreak of COVID-19, little attention is paid to construction safety, resulting in severe accidents. To prevent construction accidents and learn to how address safety issues in future pandemics, this study...journal article 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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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
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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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Umbrello, S. (author), van de Poel, I.R. (author)Value sensitive design (VSD) is an established method for integrating values into technical design. It has been applied to different technologies and, more recently, to artificial intelligence (AI). We argue that AI poses a number of challenges specific to VSD that require a somewhat modified VSD approach. Machine learning (ML), in particular,...journal article 2021
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Harteveld, Maurice (author)This commentary aims to provide a window on the future by studying actions, taken to control the spreading of the corona virus, while obviously affecting public space over a year. What has been the effects on public space directly linked to these actions during the pandemic; what values play a role, and what can we expect for the future? We have...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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Brethouwer, J.F. (author), van de Rijt, Arnout (author), Lindelauf, Roy (author), Fokkink, R.J. (author)This paper repurposes the classic insight from network theory that long-distance connections drive disease propagation into a strategy for controlling a second wave of Covid-19. We simulate a scenario in which a lockdown is first imposed on a population and then partly lifted while long-range transmission is kept at a minimum. Simulated...journal article 2021
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van Wee, G.P. (author), Witlox, Frank (author)This paper discusses possible long-term effects of COVID-19 on activity-travel behaviour. Making use of theories and concepts from economics, psychology, sociology, and geography, this work argues that lasting effects can be expected, and specifically that peak demand among car and public transport users may be lower than if the pandemic...journal article 2021
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Schang, Christelle (author), Crosbie, Nicolas D. (author), Nolan, Monica (author), Poon, Rachael (author), WANG, M. (author), Jex, Aaron (author), John, Nijoy (author), Baker, Louise (author), Langeveld, J.G. (author)The shedding of pathogens by infected humans enables the use of sewage monitoring to conduct wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE). Although most WBE studies use data from large sewage treatment plants, timely data from smaller catchments are needed for targeted public health action. Traditional sampling methods, like autosamplers or grab...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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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