Efficacy of universal masking for source control and personal protection from simulated cough and exhaled aerosols in a room
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Table 1: Rigor
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Software and Algorithms Sentences Resources The PortaCount was used with the N95 companion method, which counts negatively-charged particles 55 nm in diameter.[ PortaCountsuggested: NoneResults from OddPub: We did not detect open data. We also did not detect open code. Researchers are encouraged to share open data when possible (see Nature blog).
Results from LimitationRecognizer: We detected the following sentences addressing limitations in the study:Our study has several limitations. First, the optical particle counters measured airborne particles from 0.3 to 3 µm, which is a size range that includes bioaerosol particles that are …
SciScore for 10.1101/2021.04.21.21255880: (What is this?)
Please note, not all rigor criteria are appropriate for all manuscripts.
Table 1: Rigor
NIH rigor criteria are not applicable to paper type.Table 2: Resources
Software and Algorithms Sentences Resources The PortaCount was used with the N95 companion method, which counts negatively-charged particles 55 nm in diameter.[ PortaCountsuggested: NoneResults from OddPub: We did not detect open data. We also did not detect open code. Researchers are encouraged to share open data when possible (see Nature blog).
Results from LimitationRecognizer: We detected the following sentences addressing limitations in the study:Our study has several limitations. First, the optical particle counters measured airborne particles from 0.3 to 3 µm, which is a size range that includes bioaerosol particles that are small enough to remain airborne for an extended time but large enough to carry pathogens. However, humans produce aerosol particles across a broad size distribution,[38, 39] and particles outside the size range in our experiments would behave differently. Second, the source and recipient simulators and the cough and exhaled aerosols were at room temperature, not body temperature. Air currents created by plumes of warm air from cough and exhalations or rising from the body can lift aerosol particles and extend the time for which they stay in the air, which could increase exposure to respiratory aerosols.[42] Third, the upper detection limit of the aerosol particle counters is 2 x 106 particles/liter. This limit was exceeded at the mouth of the recipient and next to the recipient headform during the first several seconds of the coughing experiments when the source was unmasked (that is, during the spike in concentration seen in Figure 2) and thus those concentration measurements were likely too low during that time. Fourth, the particle counters were not uniformly distributed in the chamber, and aerosol concentrations were only measured at five locations in addition to the measurements at the mouth of the recipient simulator. Aerosol concentration measurements also were only made at a height of 1....
Results from TrialIdentifier: No clinical trial numbers were referenced.
Results from Barzooka: We found bar graphs of continuous data. We recommend replacing bar graphs with more informative graphics, as many different datasets can lead to the same bar graph. The actual data may suggest different conclusions from the summary statistics. For more information, please see Weissgerber et al (2015).
Results from JetFighter: We did not find any issues relating to colormaps.
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- No protocol registration statement was detected.
Results from scite Reference Check: We found no unreliable references.
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