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CoMix: comparing mixing patterns in the Belgian population during and after lockdown by Coletti, Pietro, Wambua, James, Gimma, Amy, Willem, Lander, Vercruysse, Sarah, Vanhoutte, Bieke, Jarvis, Christopher I., Van Zandvoort, Kevin, Edmunds, John, Beutels, Philippe, Hens, Niel

“…The COVID-19 pandemic has shown how a newly emergent communicable disease can lay considerable burden on public health. To avoid system collapse, governments…”
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Strength Prediction of Cold Asphalt Emulsion Mixtures Using the Maturity Method by Otieno, Magdalene Nafula, Kaluli, James Wambua, Kabubo, Charles

“…AbstractThe lack of universal design standards for cold mix asphalt (CMA) has led to the use of laboratory–field correlation techniques to predict its…”
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The impact of contact tracing and household bubbles on deconfinement strategies for COVID-19 by Willem, Lander, Abrams, Steven, Libin, Pieter J. K., Coletti, Pietro, Kuylen, Elise, Petrof, Oana, Møgelmose, Signe, Wambua, James, Herzog, Sereina A., Faes, Christel, Beutels, Philippe, Hens, Niel

“…The COVID-19 pandemic caused many governments to impose policies restricting social interactions. A controlled and persistent release of lockdown measures…”
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How contact patterns during the COVID-19 pandemic are related to pre-pandemic contact patterns and mobility trends by Lajot, Adrien, Wambua, James, Coletti, Pietro, Franco, Nicolas, Brondeel, Ruben, Faes, Christel, Hens, Niel

“…Non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) were adopted in Belgium in order to decrease social interactions between people and as such decrease viral transmission…”
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SOCRATES-CoMix: a platform for timely and open-source contact mixing data during and in between COVID-19 surges and interventions in over 20 European countries by Verelst, Frederik, Hermans, Lisa, Vercruysse, Sarah, Gimma, Amy, Coletti, Pietro, Backer, Jantien A, Wong, Kerry L M, Wambua, James, van Zandvoort, Kevin, Willem, Lander, Bogaardt, Laurens, Faes, Christel, Jarvis, Christopher I, Wallinga, Jacco, Edmunds, W John, Beutels, Philippe, Hens, Niel

“…SARS-CoV-2 dynamics are driven by human behaviour. Social contact data are of utmost importance in the context of transmission models of close-contact…”
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A data-driven metapopulation model for the Belgian COVID-19 epidemic: assessing the impact of lockdown and exit strategies by Coletti, Pietro, Libin, Pieter, Petrof, Oana, Willem, Lander, Abrams, Steven, Herzog, Sereina A, Faes, Christel, Kuylen, Elise, Wambua, James, Beutels, Philippe, Hens, Niel

“…In response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, several countries adopted measures of social distancing to a different degree. For many countries, after…”
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Drivers of respiratory syncytial virus seasonal epidemics in children under 5 years in Kilifi, coastal Kenya by James Wambua, Patrick K Munywoki, Pietro Coletti, Bryan O Nyawanda, Nickson Murunga, D James Nokes, Niel Hens

“…Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) causes significant childhood morbidity and mortality in the developing world. The determinants of RSV seasonality are of…”
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Modelling the early phase of the Belgian COVID-19 epidemic using a stochastic compartmental model and studying its implied future trajectories by Abrams, Steven, Wambua, James, Santermans, Eva, Willem, Lander, Kuylen, Elise, Coletti, Pietro, Libin, Pieter, Faes, Christel, Petrof, Oana, Herzog, Sereina A., Beutels, Philippe, Hens, Niel

“…Following the onset of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic throughout the world, a large fraction of the global population is or has been under strict measures of…”
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Drivers of respiratory syncytial virus seasonal epidemics in children under 5 years in Kilifi, coastal Kenya by Wambua, James, Munywoki, Patrick K, Coletti, Pietro, Nyawanda, Bryan O, Murunga, Nickson, Nokes, D James, Hens, Niel

“…Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) causes significant childhood morbidity and mortality in the developing world. The determinants of RSV seasonality are of…”
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The influence of COVID-19 risk perception and vaccination status on the number of social contacts across Europe: insights from the CoMix study by Wambua, James, Loedy, Neilshan, Jarvis, Christopher I, Wong, Kerry L M, Faes, Christel, Grah, Rok, Prasse, Bastian, Sandmann, Frank, Niehus, Rene, Johnson, Helen, Edmunds, W John, Beutels, Philippe, Hens, Niel, Coletti, Pietro

“…The SARS-CoV-2 transmission dynamics have been greatly modulated by human contact behaviour. To curb the spread of the virus, global efforts focused on…”
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Dynamics of non-household contacts during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and 2021 in the Netherlands by Backer, Jantien A., Bogaardt, Laurens, Beutels, Philippe, Coletti, Pietro, Edmunds, W. John, Gimma, Amy, van Hagen, Cheyenne C. E., Hens, Niel, Jarvis, Christopher I., Vos, Eric R. A., Wambua, James, Wong, Denise, van Zandvoort, Kevin, Wallinga, Jacco

“…The COVID-19 pandemic was in 2020 and 2021 for a large part mitigated by reducing contacts in the general population. To monitor how these contacts changed…”
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The influence of risk perceptions on close contact frequency during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic by Wambua, James, Hermans, Lisa, Coletti, Pietro, Verelst, Frederik, Willem, Lander, Jarvis, Christopher I., Gimma, Amy, Wong, Kerry L. M., Lajot, Adrien, Demarest, Stefaan, Edmunds, W. John, Faes, Christel, Beutels, Philippe, Hens, Niel

“…Human behaviour is known to be crucial in the propagation of infectious diseases through respiratory or close-contact routes like the current SARS-CoV-2 virus…”
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The impact of quality-adjusted life years on evaluating COVID-19 mitigation strategies: lessons from age-specific vaccination roll-out and variants of concern in Belgium (2020-2022) by Willem, Lander, Abrams, Steven, Franco, Nicolas, Coletti, Pietro, Libin, Pieter J K, Wambua, James, Couvreur, Simon, André, Emmanuel, Wenseleers, Tom, Mao, Zhuxin, Torneri, Andrea, Faes, Christel, Beutels, Philippe, Hens, Niel

“…When formulating and evaluating COVID-19 vaccination strategies, an emphasis has been placed on preventing severe disease that overburdens healthcare systems…”
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Longitudinal social contact data analysis: insights from 2 years of data collection in Belgium during the COVID-19 pandemic by Loedy, Neilshan, Coletti, Pietro, Wambua, James, Hermans, Lisa, Willem, Lander, Jarvis, Christopher I, Wong, Kerry L M, Edmunds, W John, Robert, Alexis, Leclerc, Quentin J, Gimma, Amy, Molenberghs, Geert, Beutels, Philippe, Faes, Christel, Hens, Niel

“…During the COVID-19 pandemic, the CoMix study, a longitudinal behavioral survey, was designed to monitor social contacts and public awareness in multiple…”
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Banana pith as a natural coagulant for polluted river water by Kakoi, Beatrice, Kaluli, James Wambua, Ndiba, Peter, Thiong’o, George

“…Poorly managed urban runoff and wastewater collection systems contaminate surface water, making it necessary to treat the water before use in households…”
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Optimization of Maerua Decumbent bio-coagulant in paint industry wastewater treatment with response surface methodology by Kakoi, Beatrice, Kaluli, James Wambua, Ndiba, Peter, Thiong'o, George

“…Eco-friendly bio-coagulants are desirable in water treatment because they are safe for human health and the environment. Efficient use of bio-coagulants in the…”
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Soil Stabilization Using Rice Husk Ash and Natural Lime as an Alternative to Cutting and Filling in Road Construction by Karatai, Thomas Rukenya, Kaluli, James Wambua, Kabubo, Charles, Thiong’o, George

“…AbstractPavement construction tends to be relatively expensive in areas where expansive clay forms the bulk of the alignment soil. The common practice in Kenya…”
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Finite element modelling of interlocking stabilized laterite soil block walls by Fundi, Sanewu Isaac, Kaluli, James Wambua, Kinuthia, John

“…This study sought to use the stress–strain relationship of interlocking stabilized soil block (ISSB) masonry to model its behaviour and develop empirical…”
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Effect of macropores on infiltration and percolation: An experimental investigation by Kaluli, James Wambua

“…The purpose of this laboratory investigation was to study the effect of soil macropores (large non-capillary pores) on infiltration and percolation. This was…”
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