COVID Masks as Semiotic Expressions of Hate
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DOI: 10.1007/s11196-022-09885-7
Abstract: In April 2021, as COVID briefly appeared to recede in the United States, Fox News host Tucker Carlson went on a lengthy rant against mask wearers. It appeared as if, to paraphrase Hegel, the owl… read more here.
Keywords: semiotic expressions; face; one face; mask ... See more keywords
Catalytic Upgrading of the Polymeric Constituentsin Covid-19 Masks
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jece.2021.106978
Abstract: A substantial volume of various types of Covid-19 masks has been disposed of since the start of the global pandemic. These facemasks are made of non-degradable polymeric materials. As such, they currently signify a major… read more here.
Keywords: polymeric constituentsin; upgrading polymeric; constituentsin covid; covid masks ... See more keywords
Implications of Cloth COVID Masks for Size Distribution of Inhaled Plutonium, Respiratory Deposition, and Fecal Bioassay Monitoring
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DOI: 10.1097/hp.0000000000001433
Abstract: Abstract This work considers the implications of cloth masks due to the COVID-19 pandemic on suspected plutonium inhalations and dose assessment. In a plutonium inhalation scenario, the greater filtration efficiency for large particles exhibited by… read more here.
Keywords: cloth masks; covid masks; masks size; plutonium ... See more keywords
COVID-19 masks: A barrier to facial and vocal information
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DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2022.982899
Abstract: With the COVID-19 pandemic, we have become used to wearing masks and have experienced how masks seem to impair emotion and speech recognition. While several studies have focused on facial emotion recognition by adding images… read more here.
Keywords: recognition; information; mask impaired; covid masks ... See more keywords