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ReviewEuropean physical journal plus2022

A review on the transmission of COVID-19 based on cough/sneeze/breath flows.

Mouhammad El Hassan, Hassan Assoum, Nikolay Bukharin, Huda Al Otaibi, Md Mofijur, Anas Sakout

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Review in European physical journal plus, 2022. 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
10.4field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 80 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 5 institutions in 5 countries.

Mouhammad El HassanMechanical Engineering Department, Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University, Al Khobar, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-3249-8339
Hassan AssoumMechanical Engineering Department, Beirut Arab University, Tripoli, Lebanon.
Nikolay BukharinSchool of Manufacturing and Automation, Southern Alberta Institute of Technology, Calgary, Canada.
Huda Al OtaibiMechanical Engineering Department, Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University, Al Khobar, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Md MofijurMechanical Engineering Department, Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University, Al Khobar, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Anas SakoutLASIE, University of La Rochelle, La Rochelle, France.
Prince Mohammad bin Fahd University · SABeirut Arab University · LBLa Rochelle Université · FRSAIT Polytechnic · CAUniversity of Technology Sydney · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

COVID-19 pandemic has recently had a dramatic impact on society. The understanding of the disease transmission is of high importance to limit its spread between humans. The spread of the virus in air strongly depends on the flow dynamics of the human airflows. It is, however, known that predicting the flow dynamics of the human airflows can be challenging due to different particles sizes and the turbulent aspect of the flow regime. It is thus recommended to present a deep analysis of different human airflows based on the existing experimental investigations. A validation of the existing numerical predictions of such flows would be of high interest to further develop the existing numerical model for different flow configurations. This paper presents a literature review of the experimental and numerical studies on human airflows, including sneezing, coughing and breathing. The dynamics of these airflows for different droplet sizes is discussed. The influence of other parameters, such as the viscosity and relative humidity, on the germs transmission is also presented. Finally, the efficacy of using a facemask in limiting the transmission of COVID-19 is investigated.

Identifiers

PMID34909366
PMCPMC8660964
OpenAlexW4200085068

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