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Kuijpers, L.C. (author)Vaccination is the most effective strategy in humanity’s fight against viruses. The concept of vaccination was first proposed by dr. Edward Jenner in the 18th Century, and its efficacy has been proven over time, providing unparalleled protection against viral infections. Large-scale vaccination campaigns have been successful in eradicating...doctoral thesis 2023
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Mantri, D. (author), Wymenga, L.F.A. (author), van Turnhout, J. (author), van Zeijl, H.W. (author), Zhang, Kouchi (author)Micro-devices that use electric fields to trap, analyze and inactivate micro-organisms vary in concept, design and application. The application of electric fields to manipulate and inactivate bacteria and single-celled organisms has been described extensively in the literature. By contrast, the effect of such fields on viruses is not well...review 2023
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Morawska, Lidia (author), Bahnfleth, William (author), Bluyssen, P.M. (author), Boerstra, Atze (author), Buonanno, Giorgio (author), Dancer, Stephanie J. (author), Floto, Andres (author), Franchimon, Francesco (author), Hogeling, Jaap (author)This is an account that should be heard of an important struggle: the struggle of a large group of experts who came together at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic to warn the world about the risk of airborne transmission and the consequences of ignoring it. We alerted the World Health Organization about the potential significance of the...journal article 2023
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Sparnaaij, M. (author), Yuan, Y. (author), Daamen, W. (author), Duives, D.C. (author)The Covid-19 pandemic has had a large impact on the world. The virus spreads especially easily among people in indoor spaces such as restaurants. Hence, tools that can assess how different restaurant settings can impact the potential spread of an airborne virus and that can assess the effectiveness of mitigation policies are of high value....journal article 2023
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Deijkers, Emma (author)COVID-19 has had a great impact worldwide. One of its many effects was that offices had to be closed, which negatively affects the economy and people’s mental health. It is important that a safe way to keep offices open is found. Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions (NPIs) are an important way to do this. However, to pick the right NPIs for one’s...master thesis 2022
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Narkhede, Rucha (author)Viral quasispecies refers to viral populations that comprises of numerous viral strains closely related to each other due to within-host evolution or co-infection. The reconstruction of viral strain-specific genomes using sequencing reads is referred to as viral quasispecies assembly, and it is also crucial to determine the relative abundances...master thesis 2022
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LIU, FEIYANG (author)Though slow sand filtration is one of the oldest and effective means of drinking water treatment, the mechanisms contributing to bacteria and viruses removal are not well understood. The lack of understanding of actual removal potential and different mechanisms occurring in the filter bed has limited the development of new filter design and...master thesis 2021
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Xu, Xinyun (author)Since the outbreak of SARS-COV-2, various virus inactivation techniques have been applied to suppress the spread of virus. Ultraviolet exposure inactivation is an efficient approach to inactivate virus, within UV band, UV-C with comparatively higher energy. UV-C has been proved to inactivate viruses efficiently, while to figure out efficient...master thesis 2021
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Rainey, S. (author), Giubilini, Alberto (author)This paper presents a normative analysis of restrictive measures in response to a pandemic emergency. It applies to the context presented by the Corona virus disease 2019 (COVID-19) global outbreak of 2019, as well as to future pandemics. First, a Millian-liberal argument justifies lockdown measures in order to protect liberty under pandemic...journal article 2021
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Seifert, Mona (author), Bera, Subhas C. (author), van Nies, Pauline (author), Kirchdoerfer, Robert N. (author), Shannon, Ashleigh (author), Le, Thi Tuyet Nhung (author), Meng, Xiangzhi (author), Depken, S.M. (author), Dulin, David (author)The absence of 'shovel-ready' anti-coronavirus drugs during vaccine development has exceedingly worsened the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. Furthermore, new vaccine-resistant variants and coronavirus outbreaks may occur in the near future, and we must be ready to face this possibility. However, efficient antiviral drugs are still lacking to this day,...journal article 2021
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Tang, Julian W. (author), Bahnfleth, William (author), Bluyssen, P.M. (author), Buonanno, Giorgio (author), Jimenez, Jose L. (author), Kurnitski, Jarek (author), Li, Yuguo (author), Miller, Shelly (author), Sekhar, Chandra (author), Morawska, Lidia (author)The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has caused untold disruption throughout the world. Understanding the mechanisms for transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) is key to preventing further spread, but there is confusion over the meaning of ‘airborne’ whenever transmission is discussed....review 2021
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Damos, Petros T. (author), Dorrestijn, J. (author), Thomidis, Thomas (author), Tuells, José (author), Caballero, Pablo (author)Understanding and predicting mosquito population dynamics is crucial for gaining insight into the abundance of arthropod disease vectors and for the design of effective vector control strategies. In this work, a climate-conditioned Markov chain (CMC) model was developed and applied for the first time to predict the dynamics of vectors of...journal article 2021
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Lut, Jasper-Jan (author), Goddijn, Michael (author)The current COVID-19 pandemic shows the necessity of personal protective equipment and face masks. In the project, a filter module with an in-situ ultraviolet-sterilization technique is designed that can serve as a new kind of smart personal protective equipment (SPPE). This technique is not used in wearable devices as of yet. The project thus...bachelor thesis 2020
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Bakker, Roy (author), Brouwers, Marcel (author)The Smart Personal Protective Equipment (SPPE) is proposed as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has led to shortages of standard face masks. This thesis describes one of the three subsystems of the SPPE, namely the Ultraviolet Germicidal Irradiation (UVGI). The UVGI subsystem provides the SPPE with an in situ disinfection system, in order...bachelor thesis 2020
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van der Horst, C.G. (author)In 2019 a virus surfaced in China that would later cause a pandemic: the coronavirus. Across the world measures were taken to reduce the spread of the virus. Public Transport (PT) had a unique position, being both an essential service and a place where the virus can easily be spread. This research investigates the measures taken in PT in the...bachelor thesis 2020
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Tirachini, Alejandro (author), Cats, O. (author)The COVID-19 pandemic poses a great challenge for contemporary public transportation worldwide, resulting from an unprecedented decline in demand and revenue. In this paper, we synthesize the state-of-the-art, up to early June 2020, on key developments regarding public transportation and the COVID-19 pandemic, including the different...journal article 2020
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Soliman, Mona Youssef Moawad (author), Medema, G.J. (author), Estrada Bonilla, B.A. (author), Brouns, S.J.J. (author), van Halem, D. (author)Cu and Ag have been used as bactericidal agents since ancient times, yet their antiviral capacity in water remains poorly understood. This study tested the effect of copper (Cu) and silver (Ag) on model RNA and DNA viruses MS2 and PhiX 174 in solution at pH 6–8. Cu caused MS2 inactivation with similar rates at pH 6 and 7 but was inert towards...journal article 2020
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Trajanovski, S. (author), Kuipers, F.A. (author), Hayel, Yezekael (author), Altman, Eitan (author), Van Mieghem, P.F.A. (author)Designing an optimal network topology while balancing multiple, possibly conflicting objectives like cost, performance, and resiliency to viruses is a challenging endeavor, let alone in the case of decentralized network formation. We therefore propose a game-formation technique where each player aims to minimize its cost in installing links,...journal article 2018
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Arora, Hemant (author)This work is carried out in collaboration with Dunea and TU Delft. The aim of this study was to optimize the ripening period of slow sand filters and to identify the indicators of ripening. Combination of full scale and column scale slow sandfilters...master thesis 2017
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Dulin, D. (author), Arnold, Jamie J. (author), van Laar, T. (author), Oh, Hyung Suk (author), Lee, Cheri (author), Perkins, Angela L. (author), Harki, Daniel A. (author), Depken, S.M. (author), Cameron, Craig E. (author), Dekker, N.H. (author)RNA viruses pose a threat to public health that is exacerbated by the dearth of antiviral therapeutics. The RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp) holds promise as a broad-spectrum, therapeutic target because of the conserved nature of the nucleotide-substrate-binding and catalytic sites. Conventional, quantitative, kinetic analysis of antiviral...journal article 2017
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