Ma, Li Yu, Zhuo Jiao, Yan Lin, Lin Zhong, Wei Day, Sara W Postlethwaite, Arnold Chen, Hong Li, Qiang Yin, Heliang
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The widespread epidemic of the COVID-19 in developed countries such as Europe and the USA has sparked many speculations. What factors caused the rapid early pandemic of the COVID-19 in developed countries is the main goal of this study. We collected the main disease indicators and various environmental and economic factors in 61 countries around th...
Liu, Qiang Xu, Shengxia Lu, Xiaoli
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The impact of high concentrations of air pollution on COVID-19 has been a major air quality and life safety issue in recent studies. This study aimed to assess the contribution of different air pollution indicators in different spaces on the newly confirmed cases of coronavirus. According to causality's results between air pollution (AP) and COVID-...
Ammar, Nader R Seddiek, Ibrahim S
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The International Maritime Organization (IMO) announced that maritime transport share by 2.89% in global greenhouse gases. Electric propulsion system appears as a promising option for reducing ship emissions, especially for high-powered vessels. The aim of the current paper is to investigate the environmental and economic impact of using electric p...
Nasirpour, Mohammad Hossein Sharifi, Abbas Ahmadi, Mohsen Jafarzadeh Ghoushchi, Saeid
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The number of sunspots shows the solar activity level. During the high solar activity, emissions of matter and electromagnetic fields from the Sun make it difficult for cosmic rays to penetrate the Earth. When solar energy is high, cosmic ray intensity is lower, so that the solar magnetic field and solar winds affect the Earth externally and origin...
Luo, Yiting Su, Rongkui Yao, Haisong Zhang, Aoshan Xiang, Siyuan Huang, Lei
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In this study, we investigated the removal efficiency of a broad-spectrum antimicrobial agent trimethoprim (TMP) in a UV-activated persulfate system (UV/PS). The pseudo-first-order reaction kinetic model based on the steady-state hypothesis was used to explain TMP degradation behavior in UV-activated persulfate system. Due to the low quantum yield ...
Victor, Felix Swamidoss Kugarajah, Vaidhegi Bangaru, Mohan Ranjan, Shivendu Dharmalingam, Sangeetha
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Polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) blended with varying concentrations of titanium nanotubes (TNT) was electrospun to result in a nanocomposite filter media. Sandwich structures were obtained by depositing the electrospun fibers between polypropylene (PP) nonwoven sheets. The synthesized tubular TNT was confirmed for its morphology through a transmissi...
Rosano-Peña, Carlos Teixeira, Joanílio Rodolpho Kimura, Herbert
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Aiming to assist the environmental sustainability of the Brazilian Amazonian agriculture, this article developed an eco-efficiency index, indicating the possible limits to maximize economic and environmental objectives, taking into account the best practices in the municipalities of the region. Shadow prices of degraded areas and forest preservatio...
Maccarone, Maria Chiara Kamioka, Hiroharu Cheleschi, Sara Tenti, Sara Masiero, Stefano Kardeş, Sinan
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Italian and Japanese public widely use balneotherapy. The population interest in balneotherapy in coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) era should be investigated. Therefore, we aimed to exploit Google Trends analysis, as a measure of peoples’ interest in balneotherapy, in two countries, Italy and Japan. In this infodemiology study, Google Trends was...
Altulayhi, Raed Ibrahim Alqahtani, Rakan M. Alakeel, Reem Abdullah Khorshid, Faten Abdulrahman Alshammari, Rehab Hamoud Alattas, Sana Ghazi Alshammari, Fahad Abdullah M. Bin-Jumah, May Abdel-Daim, Mohamed M. Almohideb, Mohammad
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We conducted the current analysis to determine the potential role of measles vaccination in the context of the spread of COVID-19. Data were extracted from the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Global Health Observatory data repository about the measles immunization coverage estimates and correlated to overall morbidity and mortality for COVID-19 a...
Anser, Muhammad Khalid Khan, Muhammad Azhar Zaman, Khalid Nassani, Abdelmohsen A. Askar, Sameh E. Abro, Muhammad Moinuddin Qazi Kabbani, Ahmad
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The novel coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) is a deadly disease that increases global healthcare sufferings. Further, it affects the financial and natural resource market simultaneously, as both are considered complementary goods. The volatility in the oil prices deteriorates the global financial market to substantiate the “financial resource (oi...
