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ArticlePhysics of fluids (Woodbury, N.Y. : 1994)2020

An experimental study of respiratory aerosol transport in phantom lung bronchioles.

Arnab Kumar Mallik, Soumalya Mukherjee, Mahesh V Panchagnula

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Article in Physics of fluids (Woodbury, N.Y. : 1994), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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10citing papers in PubMed
2.7field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 27 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. How coronavirus survives for hours in aerosols.Physics of fluids (Woodbury, N.Y. : 1994) · 2021
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  5. SARS CoV-2 aerosol: How far it can travel to the lower airways?Physics of fluids (Woodbury, N.Y. : 1994) · 2021
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  6. Designing antiviral surfaces to suppress the spread of COVID-19.Physics of fluids (Woodbury, N.Y. : 1994) · 2021
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  8. Aerosol generation in public restrooms.Physics of fluids (Woodbury, N.Y. : 1994) · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Arnab Kumar MallikDepartment of Applied Mechanics, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai 600036, India.
Soumalya MukherjeeDepartment of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai 600036, India.
Mahesh V PanchagnulaDepartment of Applied Mechanics, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai 600036, India.ORCID 0000-0003-2943-6900
Indian Institute of Technology Madras · IN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The transport and deposition of micrometer-sized particles in the lung is the primary mechanism for the spread of aerosol borne diseases such as corona virus disease-19 (COVID-19). Considering the current situation, modeling the transport and deposition of drops in human lung bronchioles is of utmost importance to determine their consequences on human health. The current study reports experimental observations on deposition in micro-capillaries, representing distal lung bronchioles, over a wide range of

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