For decades, Radene Marie Cook had two complimentary careers: she was a professional actress, dancer and singer in southern California, and she enjoyed a 16-year run as an on-air radio personality, including time spent as an “on the spot” news and traffic airborne reporter for KFWB. In...
The scientific efforts then expanded to include the public health domain with the realisation that a large burden of disease was caused by ambient fine and ultrafine airborne particles. The more recent conferences reflect the change in risk management by no longer just discussing recognised burdens ...
Therefore, alcohol-based surface disinfec- tants, hand rubs, and preoperative skin preparations would be expected to interrupt virus spread effectively. However, it is important to ensure adequate contact between the disinfectant and the viruses on contami- nated surfaces. This may not always occur...
Metropolitan areas worldwide have grown rapidly and are usually surrounded by peri-urban zones that are neither urban nor rural. Despite widespread use of the term ‘peri-urban’, physical determination of these spaces is difficult due to their transient