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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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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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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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Jiang, Peng (author), Fu, Xiuju (author), Fan, Yee Van (author), Klemeš, Jiří Jaromír (author), Chen, P. (author), Ma, Stefan (author), Zhang, Wanbing (author)Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) poses a significant threat to the population and urban sustainability worldwide. The surge mitigation is complicated and associates many factors, including the pandemic status, policy, socioeconomics and resident behaviours. Modelling and analytics with spatial-temporal big urban data are required to assist...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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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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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