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Revolutionizing indoor air quality monitoring through IoT innovations: a comprehensive systematic review and bibliometric analysis
Indoor air quality (IAQ) in the built environment is significantly influenced by particulate matter, volatile organic compounds, and air temperature. Recently, the Internet of Things (IoT) has been integrated ...
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Utilising localised exhaust and air curtain to reduce airborne particle settlement on surgical patients: potential future application in operating rooms?
An operating room is a healthcare facility used to perform surgical operations on a patient. The OR demands high-air cleanliness and sterile conditions to reduce the risk of patients contracting surgical site ...
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Is thermal-guided mobile air supply a practical measure in burn isolation wards? Potential future applications
A validated computational fluid dynamic (CFD) model was developed to conduct a detailed examination of particle distribution within a burn patient ward. The indoor airflow was simulated using an RNG k–epsilon tur...
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Airborne microplastic/nanoplastic research: a comprehensive Web of Science (WoS) data-driven bibliometric analysis
This paper presents the landscape of research on airborne microplastics and nanoplastics (MPs/NPs) according to the bibliometric analysis of 147 documents issued between 2015 and 2021, extracted from the Web o...
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Perspectives on human movement considerations in indoor airflow assessment: a comprehensive data-driven systematic review
Understanding particle dispersion characteristics in indoor environments is crucial for revising infection prevention guidelines through optimized engineering control. The secondary wake flow induced by human ...
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Numerical assessment of ceiling-mounted air curtain on the particle distribution in surgical zone
The airflow distribution in an operating room plays a vital role in preventing surgical site infection by diluting and removing particles released by medical staff, lowering particle settlement on a patient. T...
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Current and potential approaches on assessing airflow and particle dispersion in healthcare facilities: a systematic review
An indoor environment in a hospital building requires a high indoor air quality (IAQ) to overcome patients’ risks of getting wound infections without interrupting the recovery process. However, several problem...