Gamma radiation in aid of the population in Covid-19 type pandemics

Contreras, Gastón Sanglier; Mora, Minda; Gomez, P. Jimenez

doi:10.12988/ces.2020.91456

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“…At doses more than 10 kGy (virus clearance between 10 and 100 kGy), gamma radiation may have a fatal effect on COVID RNA decrease in the virus mono‐chain. It is possible that when the radiation dosage rises, the COVID particles' proteins, as well as the quantity of their genes, deteriorate, resulting in fewer infections (Sanglier Contreras et al., 2020 ). However, gamma radiation sterilization has many benefits, including low heat generation, irradiation of packaged or frozen foods, and improvements in food nutritional value that are comparable to or inferior to other preservation methods.…”

Section: Ionizing Radiationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Review of proposed different irradiation methods to inactivate food‐processing viruses and microorganisms

Shahi

Khorvash

Goli

et al. 2021

Food Science & Nutrition

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Viruses are intracellular parasitic obligates. They do not have the biochemical machinery (organelles and enzymes) to survive outside of living cells. They have a simple structure, with a nucleocapsid made up of a genome (i.e., DNA or RNA) and proteins. Viruses are divided into two types: enveloped and nonenveloped viruses. The nucleocapsid is enclosed by a lipid membrane in enveloped viruses, which is acquired during virus assembly from infected cells. This lipid envelope contains moieties that aid virus attachment and entry during subsequent infection cycles, such as glycoproteins (modified proteins). This lipid membrane is absent in nonenveloped viruses.

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Section: Ionizing Radiationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Review of proposed different irradiation methods to inactivate food‐processing viruses and microorganisms

Shahi

Khorvash

Goli

et al. 2021

Food Science & Nutrition

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“…In short, the population is faced daily with an array of pollutants not only in buildings, but also in the outside air, water, food, consumer products, etc. Determining the pollutant composition, daily exposure dose and interaction with the human body and the environment is quite a complex undertaking [34,35].…”

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“…Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) play an important role in the process of assessing the IAQ. They negatively affect both the comfort and health of occupants [35,36]. The effects of VOCs in indoor spaces vary from sensory irritation at medium exposure levels to toxic effects at high exposure levels [37].…”

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Poor Ventilation Habits in Nursing Homes Have Favoured a High Number of COVID-19 Infections

2021

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Residents of nursing homes have been significantly affected by COVID-19 in Spain. The factors that have contributed to the vulnerability of this population are very diverse. In this study, physical agents, chemical pollutants, population density and different capacities of residences were analysed to understand their influence on the number of elderly people who have died in geriatric centres in different autonomous communities (AACCs) of Spain. A statistical analysis was carried out on the variables observed. The results show that many residences with a larger number of deaths were private, with some exceptions. Physical agents and pollutants were found to be determining factors, especially for the communities of Extremadura and Castilla–La Mancha, although the large number of factors involved makes this study complicated. The compromise between air quality and energy efficiency is of great importance, especially when human health is at stake.

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In Search of the Hopeful COVID-19 Vaccine. Who will Win the Race to a New Normal?

Contreras

2020

Journal of Health Management

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We are in a society where news travels like wildfire. The COVID-19 pandemic has forced us to reorder our space and time. This article analyses these changes and puts the human race in the face of possible pandemics that are to come. Nowadays, we live in a world outside the normality to which we want to return as soon as possible. Reality shows that many things have changed, and we do not know very well if they are to stay. Concern for health workers has grown in all countries, their great need has been shown in cases like this, and the worst thing is that according to the statistics, the world will be subjected to pandemics of this kind in the coming years. Finding a vaccine or drug capable of fighting, stopping and defeating it is a challenge for the world in general, and science and scientists in particular. This study also shows the struggle of the best scientific centres, and the different paths they have taken, to reach the goal first. Cooperation between all health agencies has become a priority, now more than ever, efforts are being made to achieve the same goal, to get the COVID-19 vaccine. Let us hope that science has arguments to win this battle, the war is still to come.

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Gamma radiation in aid of the population in Covid-19 type pandemics

Cited by 5 publications

References 9 publications

Review of proposed different irradiation methods to inactivate food‐processing viruses and microorganisms

Review of proposed different irradiation methods to inactivate food‐processing viruses and microorganisms

Poor Ventilation Habits in Nursing Homes Have Favoured a High Number of COVID-19 Infections

In Search of the Hopeful COVID-19 Vaccine. Who will Win the Race to a New Normal?

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