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Size distribution and sites of origin of droplets expelled from the human respiratory tract during expiratory activities

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In this article, a new expiratory droplet investigation system (EDIS) was used to conduct the most comprehensive program of study to date, of the dilution corrected droplet size distributions produced during different respiratory activities.
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This article is published in Journal of Aerosol Science.The article was published on 2009-03-01 and is currently open access. It has received 850 citations till now.

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Airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2: The world should face the reality.

TL;DR: It is extremely important, that the national authorities acknowledge the reality that the virus spreads through air, and recommend that adequate control measures be implemented to prevent further spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, in particularly removal of the virus-laden droplets from indoor air by ventilation.
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The airborne lifetime of small speech droplets and their potential importance in SARS-CoV-2 transmission.

TL;DR: Observations confirm that there is a substantial probability that normal speaking causes airborne virus transmission in confined environments.
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It Is Time to Address Airborne Transmission of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19).

TL;DR: The following scientists reviewed the document: Jonathan Abbatt, John Adgate, Alireza Afshari, KangHo Ahn, Francis Allard, Joseph Allen, Celia Alves, Meinrat O.Hussein, Gabriel Isaacman-VanWertz, Jouni J.C.Johansson, Jan Kaczmarczyk, George Kallos, David Katoshevski, Frank Kelly, Soren Kjaergaard,Luke D.
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Aerosol emission and superemission during human speech increase with voice loudness

TL;DR: It is shown that the rate of particle emission during normal human speech is positively correlated with the loudness (amplitude) of vocalization, and the phenomenon of speech superemission cannot be fully explained either by the phonic structures or the amplitude of the speech.
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Violent expiratory events: on coughing and sneezing

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present the results of a combined experimental and theoretical investigation of the fluid dynamics of such violent expiratory events, which reveals that such flows are multiphase turbulent buoyant clouds with suspended droplets of various sizes.
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Finite mixture models: McLachlan/finite mixture models

TL;DR: The important role of finite mixture models in statistical analysis of data is underscored by the ever-increasing rate at which articles on mixture applications appear in the statistical and geospatial literature.
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Finite Mixture Models

TL;DR: The important role of finite mixture models in the statistical analysis of data is underscored by the ever-increasing rate at which articles on mixture applications appear in the mathematical and statistical literature.
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Aerosol measurement : principles, techniques, and applications

TL;DR: The fundamental principles used in deciding which aerosol properties to measure and how to interpret the results are offered and two new chapters have been added: one on historical aspects of aerosol measurements and the other on real-time single particle analysis.
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Aerosol measurement : principles, techniques, and applications

TL;DR: In this paper, a review of the physical understanding of aerosols, specific instrumental techniques, and applications in fields ranging from health care to mining and upper-atmosphere research is presented.
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Toward Understanding the Risk of Secondary Airborne Infection: Emission of Respirable Pathogens

TL;DR: Patients termed “superspreaders” or “dangerous disseminators” are those infrequently encountered persons with high values of cough and/or sneeze frequency, elevated pathogen concentration in respiratory fluid, and/ or increased respirable aerosol volume per expiratory event such that their pathogen emission rate is much higher than average.
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