A critical review on applications of the Avrami equation beyond materials science

K Shirzad, C Viney - Journal of the Royal Society …, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The Johnson–Mehl–Avrami–Kolmogorov (JMAK) formalization, often referred to as the
Avrami equation, was originally developed to describe the progress of phase …

[HTML][HTML] Comprehensive survey of using machine learning in the COVID-19 pandemic

N El-Rashidy, S Abdelrazik, T Abuhmed, E Amer, F Ali… - Diagnostics, 2021 - mdpi.com
Since December 2019, the global health population has faced the rapid spreading of
coronavirus disease (COVID-19). With the incremental acceleration of the number of …

Once we have it, will we use it? A European survey on willingness to be vaccinated against COVID-19

S Neumann-Böhme, NE Varghese, I Sabat… - The European Journal of …, 2020 - Springer
While the focus of attention currently is on develo** a vaccine against the Coronavirus
SARS-CoV-2 to protect against the disease COVID-19, policymakers should prepare for the …

[HTML][HTML] Transmission potential and severity of COVID-19 in South Korea

E Shim, A Tariq, W Choi, Y Lee, G Chowell - International Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Objectives Since the first case of 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) identified on Jan 20,
2020, in South Korea, the number of cases rapidly increased, resulting in 6284 cases …

Complexity of the basic reproduction number (R0)

PL Delamater, EJ Street, TF Leslie… - Emerging infectious …, 2019 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The basic reproduction number (R0), also called the basic reproduction ratio or rate or the
basic reproductive rate, is an epidemiologic metric used to describe the contagiousness or …

Improved inference of time-varying reproduction numbers during infectious disease outbreaks

RN Thompson, JE Stockwin, RD van Gaalen… - Epidemics, 2019 - Elsevier
Accurate estimation of the parameters characterising infectious disease transmission is vital
for optimising control interventions during epidemics. A valuable metric for assessing the …

[HTML][HTML] The effectiveness of quarantine and isolation determine the trend of the COVID-19 epidemics in the final phase of the current outbreak in China

B Tang, F **a, S Tang, NL Bragazzi, Q Li, X Sun… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Objectives Since January 23rd 2020, stringent measures for controlling the novel
coronavirus epidemics have been gradually enforced and strengthened in mainland China …

Tracking of COVID-19: A new real-time estimation using the Kalman filter

F Arroyo-Marioli, F Bullano, S Kucinskas… - PloS one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
We develop a new method for estimating the effective reproduction number of an infectious
disease (R) and apply it to track the dynamics of COVID-19. The method is based on the fact …

A primer on using mathematics to understand COVID-19 dynamics: Modeling, analysis and simulations

AB Gumel, EA Iboi, CN Ngonghala… - Infectious Disease …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic that emerged from Wuhan city in
December 2019 overwhelmed health systems and paralyzed economies around the world. It …

Fitting dynamic models to epidemic outbreaks with quantified uncertainty: A primer for parameter uncertainty, identifiability, and forecasts

G Chowell - Infectious Disease Modelling, 2017 - Elsevier
Mathematical models provide a quantitative framework with which scientists can assess
hypotheses on the potential underlying mechanisms that explain patterns in observed data …