Excess mortality across countries in the Western World since the COVID-19 pandemic: ‘Our World in Data’ estimates of January 2020 to December 2022 by Gertjan Kaspers, Saskia Mostert, Marcel Hoogland, Minke Huibers

“…In 2020, the year of the COVID-19 pandemic onset and implementation of containment measures, records present 1 033 122 excess deaths (P-score 11.4%). …”
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Multi-Scale Spatio-Temporal Evolution Characteristics and Influencing Factors of Jobs-Housing Balance in Shenzhen in the Context of COVID-19 Pandemic by Duan Lipeng, Gu Zhihui, Zhang Yan, Liu Qian

“…The outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, subsequent pandemic containment measures, and economic fallout have had a profound impact on people's employment choices, residential preferences, and travel habits. …”
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Role of the Ottoman Geopolitics During the First World War by Burak Çınar

“…To continue the war, Germany had to get rid of containment of the Triple Entente, and found the solution to maximize to benefit from the Ottoman geopolitics. …”
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Wastewater-based epidemiology for novel Coronavirus detection in wastewater by G. Saini, P. Deepak

“…The identification of materials positive cases is the first step towards its containment and treatment. However, testing of individuals is an extensive, expensive and time-consuming exercise. …”
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Glovebox-CT to Enable 3D Imaging of Reactive or Hazardous Samples by Nick Brierley, Darius Zanke, Luke Peche, Peter Habenschaden

“…Combining the two forms of containment with the X-ray imaging chain is non-trivial, especially considering sample manipulation, ergonomics and maintenance. …”
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CFD Recombiner Modelling and Validation on the H2-Par and Kali-H2 Experiments by Stéphane Mimouni, Namane Mechitoua, Mehdi Ouraou

“…A large amount of Hydrogen gas is expected to be released within the dry containment of a pressurized water reactor (PWR), shortly after the hypothetical beginning of a severe accident leading to the melting of the core. …”
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Preventing Escape of Non-Native Species from Aquaculture Facilities in Florida, Part 1: General Considerations and Regulations by Quenton M. Tuckett, Carlos V. Martinez, Jared L. Ritch, Katelyn M. Lawson, Jeffrey E. Hill

“…This 7-page fact sheet is the first in a four-part series devoted to educating industry and other stakeholders on the importance of preventing the escape of non-native species from aquaculture facilities, as well as strategies for non-native species containment and regulatory compliance. It introduces the series, explains why non-native species containment is important, provides information on regulations, including the Florida Aquaculture Best Management Practices rule, describes the BMP inspection process, and provides advice on achieving compliance with these important regulations. …”
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Preventing Escape of Non-Native Species from Aquaculture Facilities in Florida, Part 1: General Considerations and Regulations by Quenton M. Tuckett, Carlos V. Martinez, Jared L. Ritch, Katelyn M. Lawson, Jeffrey E. Hill

“…This 7-page fact sheet is the first in a four-part series devoted to educating industry and other stakeholders on the importance of preventing the escape of non-native species from aquaculture facilities, as well as strategies for non-native species containment and regulatory compliance. It introduces the series, explains why non-native species containment is important, provides information on regulations, including the Florida Aquaculture Best Management Practices rule, describes the BMP inspection process, and provides advice on achieving compliance with these important regulations. …”
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Closed-loop systems for plants expressing animal proteins: a modernized framework to safeguard the future of agricultural innovation by Kristin A. Bresnahan, Justin M. Ferber, J. Thomas Carrato, Thomas J. Stoddard, Patrick V. Palad, Magi Richani

“…This comprehensive approach maximizes containment, identity preservation, regulatory compliance, traceability, incident response capabilities, and continuous improvement across the product lifecycle. …”
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Beneficial and Detrimental Effects of Soil-Structure Interaction on Probabilistic Seismic Hazard and Risk of Nuclear Power Plant by Shinyoung Kwag, BuSeog Ju, Wooyoung Jung

“…The purpose of this study is to investigate the soil-structure interaction (SSI) effect on the overall risk of a PWR containment building structure with respect to two failure modes: strength and displacement. …”
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The Czechoslovak Crisis of 1948 in the Perception of American Diplomats and Media by A. V. Zorin

“…It directly impacted the US containment policy towards the USSR and the escalation of the Cold War. …”
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Long-Term Predictions of COVID-19 in Some Countries by the SIRD Model by Lijun Pei, Mengyu Zhang

“…The results further affirm that the containment techniques taken by these countries to curb the spread of COVID-19 should be strengthened further.…”
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Safety Systems for Working with Pesticides by Frederick M. Fishel

“…PI-168, a 3-page illustrated fact sheet by Frederick Fishel, provides a description of the following pesticide safety systems: closed mixing and loading systems, enclosed cabs, and containment systems. Published by the UF Department of Agronomy, August 2008. …”
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Safety Systems for Working with Pesticides by Frederick M. Fishel

“…PI-168, a 3-page illustrated fact sheet by Frederick Fishel, provides a description of the following pesticide safety systems: closed mixing and loading systems, enclosed cabs, and containment systems. Published by the UF Department of Agronomy, August 2008. …”
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JAPANS’S CHINA STRATEGY by A. A. Kireeva

“…The early 2010s have seen Japan’s China strategy increasingly transforming into balancing and containment influenced by Japan’s growing perception of China’s maritime activities in the East China Sea as a threat to its security. …”
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Simulation of the Lower Head Boiling Water Reactor Vessel in a Severe Accident by Alejandro Nuñez-Carrera, Raúl Camargo-Camargo, Gilberto Espinosa-Paredes, Adrián López-García

“…The release of molten material to the primary containment and the possibility of steam explosion may produce the failure of the primary containment with high radiological consequences. …”
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Resolving Covid-19 with Blockchain and AI by Suyogita Singh, Satya Bhushan Verma

“…State-of-the-art research on the benefits of blockchain and AI in COVID-19 containment was then reviewed. Recent initiatives and use cases developed to tackle the coronavirus pandemic were also presented. …”
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The utility of preemptive mass influenza vaccination in controlling a SARS outbreak during flu season by Qingling Zeng, Kamran Khan, Jianhong Wu, Huaiping Zhu

“…We construct a deterministic compartmental model to examine thepotential impact of preemptive mass influenza vaccination on SARS containment during ahypothetical SARS outbreak coinciding with a peak flu season. …”
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Riding Through the Pandemic: Unveiling Motorcycle Crash Trends Amidst Three Years of the COVID-19 Crisis by Shahrin Islam, Armana Sabiha Huq, Sadab Ishraq Khan, Sabah Hossain Iqra

“…These results demonstrate the significant impact that COVID-19 containment strategies have had on trends in motorcycle crashes. …”
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Finite Element Vibration and Dynamic Response Analysis of Engineering Structures by Jaroslav Mackerle

“…This bibliography lists references to papers, conference proceedings, and theses/dissertations dealing with finite element vibration and dynamic response analysis of engineering structures that were published from 1994 to 1998. It contains 539 citations. The following types of structures are included: basic structural systems; ground structures; ocean and coastal structures; mobile structures; and containment structures.…”
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