Unlocking the power of snailstep application: A smartphone-based way to improve walking and urban health
Journal of Transport & Health,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
41, P. 102001 - 102001
Published: Feb. 4, 2025
Language: Английский
The effect of COVID-19 on older pedestrian road safety: A holistic analysis through pandemic phases
Journal of Transport & Health,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
41, P. 101986 - 101986
Published: Jan. 18, 2025
Language: Английский
Mapping COVID-19's potential infection risk based on land use characteristics: A case study of commercial activities in two Egyptian cities
Heliyon,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
10(2), P. e24702 - e24702
Published: Jan. 1, 2024
The
contagious
COVID-19
has
recently
emerged
and
evolved
into
a
world-threatening
pandemic
outbreak.
After
pursuing
rigorous
prophylactic
measures
two
years
ago,
most
activities
globally
reopened
despite
the
emergence
of
lethal
genetic
strains.
In
this
context,
assessing
mapping
activity
characteristics-based
hot
spot
regions
facilitating
infectious
transmission
is
essential.
Hence,
our
research
question
is:
How
can
potential
hotspots
risk
be
defined
intra-cities
based
on
spatial
planning
commercial
in
particular?
research,
Zayed
October
cities,
Egypt,
characterized
by
various
activities,
were
selected
as
testbeds.
First,
we
analyzed
each
activity's
morphological
characteristics
infection
Centre
for
Disease
Control
Prevention
(CDCP)
criteria
Kriging
Interpolation
method.
Then,
using
Google
Mobility,
previous
reports,
semi-structured
interviews,
points
interest
population
flow
combined
with
last
step
interrelated
horizontal
layers
determining
hotspots.
A
validation
study
compared
generated
map,
cases,
land
use
distribution
logistic
regression
(LR)
Pearson
coefficients
(rxy).
Through
visual
analytics,
findings
indicate
central
areas
both
including
incompatible
concentrated
have
high-risk
peaks
(LR
=
0.903,
rxy
0.78)
medium
urban
density
districts,
indicating
that
alone
insufficient
public
health
reduction.
Health
perspective-based
configuration
advised
assessment
tool
along
appropriate
decision-making
shaping
pandemic-resilient
cities.
Language: Английский
Estimating behavioural relaxation induced by COVID-19 vaccines in the first months of their rollout
medRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory),
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Nov. 7, 2024
Abstract
The
initial
rollout
of
COVID-19
vaccines
has
been
challenged
by
logistical
issues,
limited
availability
doses,
scarce
healthcare
capacity,
spotty
acceptance,
and
variants
concern.
Non-pharmaceutical
interventions
(NPIs)
have
critical
to
support
these
phases.
However,
may
prompted
behavioural
relaxation,
potentially
reducing
NPIs
adherence.
Epidemic
models
explored
this
phenomenon,
but
they
not
validated
against
data.
Moreover,
recent
surveys
provide
conflicting
results
on
the
matter.
extent
relaxation
induced
is
still
unclear.
Here,
we
aim
study
phenomenon
in
four
regions.
We
implement
five
realistic
epidemic
which
include
age
structure,
multiple
virus
strains,
NPIs,
vaccinations.
One
acts
as
a
baseline,
while
others
extend
it
including
different
mechanisms.
First,
calibrate
baseline
model
run
counterfactual
scenarios
quantify
impact
vaccinations
NPIs.
Our
confirm
role
both
infection
mortality
rates.
Second,
compare
them
each
other
using
metrics.
Including
leads
better
fit
weekly
deaths
three
improvements
are
2
−
10%
reduction
weighted
mean
absolute
percentage
errors
gains
generally
offset
models’
increased
complexity.
Overall,
do
find
clear
signs
deaths.
Furthermore,
our
suggest
that
if
occurred,
involved
only
firm
minority
population.
work
contributes
retrospective
validation
developed
amid
Pandemic
underscores
issue
non-identifiability
complex
social
Language: Английский