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ArticleIEEE transactions on molecular, biological, and multi-scale communications2021

Duality Between Coronavirus Transmission and Air-Based Macroscopic Molecular Communication.

Max Schurwanz, Peter Adam Hoeher, Sunasheer Bhattacharjee, Martin Damrath, Lukas Stratmann, Falko Dressler

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Article in IEEE transactions on molecular, biological, and multi-scale communications, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 23% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 18 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 2 institutions in 1 country.

Max SchurwanzFaculty of EngineeringKiel University 24103 Kiel Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4557-744X
Peter Adam HoeherFaculty of EngineeringKiel University 24103 Kiel Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3475-1710
Sunasheer BhattacharjeeFaculty of EngineeringKiel University 24103 Kiel Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9878-7328
Martin DamrathFaculty of EngineeringKiel University 24103 Kiel Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6490-8785
Lukas StratmannSchool of Electrical Engineering and Computer ScienceTU Berlin 10587 Berlin Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6121-6903
Falko DresslerSchool of Electrical Engineering and Computer ScienceTU Berlin 10587 Berlin Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1989-1750
Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften Kiel · DEBerlin School of Economics and Law · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This contribution exploits the duality between a viral infection process and macroscopic air-based molecular communication. Airborne aerosol and droplet transmission through human respiratory processes is modeled as an instance of a multiuser molecular communication scenario employing respiratory-event-driven molecular variable-concentration shift keying. Modeling is aided by experiments that are motivated by a macroscopic air-based molecular communication testbed. In artificially induced coughs, a saturated aqueous solution containing a fluorescent dye mixed with saliva is released by an adult test person. The emitted particles are made visible by means of optical detection exploiting the fluorescent dye. The number of particles recorded is significantly higher in test series without mouth and nose protection than in those with a well-fitting medical mask. A simulation tool for macroscopic molecular communication processes is extended and used for estimating the transmission of infectious aerosols in different environments. Towards this goal, parameters obtained through self experiments are taken. The work is inspired by the recent outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic.

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Aerosolsbiological system modelingcomputer simulationdigital modulationfluid flow measurementsfluorescenceinfection diseasesmolecular communicationmultiuser channels

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PMID35782713
PMCPMC8544949
OpenAlexW3084418970

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