Biases in Inverse Ising Estimates of Near-Critical Behaviour

1 code implementation • 13 Jan 2023 • Maximilian Benedikt Kloucek, Thomas Machon, Shogo Kajimura, C. Patrick Royall, Naoki Masuda, Francesco Turci

Inverse Ising inference allows pairwise interactions of complex binary systems to be reconstructed from empirical correlations.

How effective are face coverings in reducing transmission of COVID-19?

1 code implementation • 2 Dec 2020 • Joshua F. Robinson, Ioatzin Rios de Anda, Fergus J. Moore, Florence K. A. Gregson, Jonathan P. Reid, Lewis Husain, Richard P. Sear, C. Patrick Royall

However, surgical masks are significantly less effective than masks of FFP2, N95 and similar standards, mostly due to the poor fit of surgical masks.

Soft Condensed Matter Biological Physics Fluid Dynamics

Efficacy of face coverings in reducing transmission of COVID-19: calculations based on models of droplet capture

1 code implementation • 11 Aug 2020 • Joshua F. Robinson, Ioatzin Rios de Anda, Fergus J. Moore, Jonathan P. Reid, Richard P. Sear, C. Patrick Royall

In the COVID--19 pandemic, among the more controversial issues is the use of masks and face coverings.

Soft Condensed Matter Biological Physics Fluid Dynamics