Dorin Preda

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Why not use a screened infectious patient as source of all antigens for a vaccine?

At present the patient is used as source for the "seed" antigen, which is subsequently multiplied in cell cultures to obtain all the antigens for a vaccine. Disadvantages are long time of vaccine...

28 August 2020 4,974 0 View

Since outbreaks of influenza in warm climate happen only in the wet season, would reducing air humidity be a method of treatment/prevention?

Due to their small size, viruses were shown to dry and die quickly, especially on porous (hydrophobic) surfaces and in dry environments. Could drying the air be a method of treatment / prevention...

15 February 2020 8,246 2 View

Why did the computer models consider land use (deforestation) as having a negative global warming effect?

It appears that only the effects of the albedo have been considered and not those of the sensible and latent heat. The systems definition is another issue: HOME - abstract

13 February 2020 7,680 5 View

Is the corona-virus a cause or a vector of the disease?

Viruses in different activation stages and different concentrations are always around us. Maybe both the activation stage (the virulence) and the concentration are dependent on environmental...

12 February 2020 9,209 2 View

The problems created by albedo in the energy budgets of climate change modelling.

Albedo plays a central role in the climate change energy budgeting, but its generic use (from the astronomy tradition) creates problems of many kinds. Firstly, even the classic astronomic use...

01 January 1970 8,297 3 View