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Peng, Z. (author), Pineda Rojas, A.L. (author), Kropff, E. (author), Bahnfleth, W. (author), Buonanno, G. (author), Dancer, S.J. (author), Kurnitski, J. (author), Li, Y. (author), Boerstra, A.C. (author), Jimenez, J.L. (author)Some infectious diseases, including COVID-19, can undergo airborne transmission. This may happen at close proximity, but as time indoors increases, infections can occur in shared room air despite distancing. We propose two indicators of infection risk for this situation, that is, relative risk parameter (Hr) and risk parameter (H). They combine...journal article 2022
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Ortiz, Marco A. (author), Bluyssen, P.M. (author)Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a large number of office workers were required to conduct their work from home. Little is known about the indoor environmental quality (IEQ) preferences and psychosocial comfort preferences of staff working from home. Therefore this study aimed to cluster office workers working at home based on their self-reported...journal article 2022
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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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van Brakel, Rosamunde (author), Kudina, O. (author), Fonio, Chiara (author), Boersma, Kees (author)This paper focuses on two examples of the introduction and use of COVID-19 contact tracing apps in The Netherlands (CoronaMelder) and Belgium (Coronalert). It aims to offer a critical, sociotechnical perspective on tracing apps to understand how social, technical, and institutional dimensions form the ingredients for increasing surveillance....journal article 2022
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Kleiman, F. (author), Meijer, S.A. (author), Janssen, M.F.W.H.A. (author)The recent need for social-distancing caused by COVID-19 resulted in working remotely, which can cause loneliness and disconnect from the organization. The pandemic stimulated people to look for novel ways to interact and, at the same time, socialize with each other. The change to home office increased the number of people using digital video...journal article 2020
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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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Zhao, Liang (author), Ao, Yibin (author), Wang, Yan (author), Wang, T. (author)As coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) swept the world in early 2020, all the Chinese universities and colleges adopted online learning to fulfill the directive saying “classes suspended but learning continues.” Understanding the impact of this large-scale online learning experience on the future online learning intention of Chinese university...journal article 2022
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Wang, Y. (author), Viseu Cardoso, Rodrigo (author), Forgaci, C. (author)This paper presents the concept of urban pandemic vulnerability as a crucial framework for understanding how COVID-19 affects cities and how they react to pandemics. We adapted existing social and environmental urban vulnerability frameworks to assess pandemic impacts and responses, identifying the appropriate components and spatial,...journal article 2022
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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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van Wee, G.P. (author)COVID-19 is zeer snel een hot topic geworden in de wetenschappelijke literatuur over mobiliteitsgedrag. Er zijn inmiddels honderden papers over dit onderwerp verschenen. Ook in Nederland en Vlaanderen krijgt het onderwerp veel aandacht. Zo heeft het Kennisinstituut voor Mobiliteitsbeleid onder meer gepubliceerd over thuiswerken tijdens en na de...journal article 2021
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Hoogendoorn, S.P. (author), Daamen, W. (author), Yuan, Y. (author), Krishnakumari, P.K. (author)In dit artikel worden de effecten van COVID-19 op de (relevante onderdelen van de) aanbodkant van het mobiliteitssysteem beschreven. Gezien de verwachte impact ligt de focus op voetgangersstromen, fietsstromen, het gebruik van deeldiensten en openbaar vervoer voertuigen. We kijken naar het effect op de capaciteit, via gemeten of theoretisch...journal article 2021
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Mouter, N. (author), Bahamonde-Birke, Francisco (author)Na de uitbraak van COVID-19 heeft de Nederlandse overheid verschillende maatregelen genomen om het virus terug te dringen. Voorkeuren van burgers over de wenselijkheid van maatregelen kunnen besluitvorming over maatregelen informeren. In dit discrete keuze-experiment meten wij de wenselijkheid van verschillende maatregelen om thuiswerken te...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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de Man, Peter (author), Ortiz, Marco A. (author), Bluyssen, P.M. (author), de Man, Stijn J. (author), Rentmeester, Marie-Jozé (author), van der Vliet, Marijke (author), Wils, Evert-Jan (author), Ong, David S.Y. (author)Background: The initial aim was to study the effects of face masks worn by recently infected individuals on the airborne spread of SARS-CoV-2, but findings motivated us to proceed with comparing the presence of SARS-CoV-2 in air samples near infected individuals at home with those near infected intensive care unit (ICU) patients. Aim: To...journal article 2022
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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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Desmet, P.M.A. (author), Orçun, S.E. (author)The covid-19 pandemic has led to a worldwide health crisis with a major negative impact on the subjective well-being oflarge populations. over time, people, including non-vulnerable groups such as healthy young adults, were found to entera state of languishing: neither depressed nor flourishing, but stuck in between. the current manuscript...journal article 2022
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Kermavnar, T. (author), Desmet, P.M.A. (author)the covid-19 pandemic resulted in various unpleasant affective responses and dysfunctional behaviours, which created an urgent demand for effective interventions to support people’s coping and resilience. in addition to common forms of intervention, alternative approaches have also been explored, including the use of covid-19-themed games to...journal article 2022