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Article Novel Coronavirus Disease: Overview and Recent Situation(İstanbul Üniversitesi-Cerrahpaşa Sağlık Bilimleri Fakültesi, 2020) Tomak, Aysel; Öksel Karakuş, Ceyda; Çeşmeli, Selin; Bilgi, Eyüp; Tomak, Aysel; Hanoğlu, Berçem Dilan; 03.01. Department of Bioengineering; 01. Izmir Institute of Technology; 03. Faculty of EngineeringIn the last days of 2019, local hospitals in Wuhan city (population of 11 million) reported several pneumonia cases with unknown etiology among people linked to the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market. The virus, which is thought to be the source of the unknown viral infection, was first identified as a new type of coronavirus on January 7, 2020. With the first case reported in Thailand about a week later, the virus’s spread outside the borders of China became apparent. In an alarmingly short time, the new type of coronavirus disease (called COVID-19) started to gain worldwide recognition with the detection of various COVID-19 cases in multiple countries, including Japan, South Korea, USA, Singapore, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and England. As a result of its rampant spread and fatal clinical manifestations, the coronavirus outbreak was declared a pandemic on March 11, 2020, by the World Health Organization (WHO). Turkey announced its first confirmed case of COVID-19 on the same date that WHO characterized COVID-19 as a pandemic. As of April 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic has traveled to 209 countries and territories around the world, infecting more than 3 million people. Since specific treatment and vaccine for COVID-19 are not yet available, early case detection and preventive healthcare practices (isolation, social distancing, and personal hygiene) play a critical role in combating the COVID-19 outbreak. This review is intended to build an overall picture of the COVID-19 outbreak based on the available scientific knowledge.Article Salgın sürecinde Romanların gündelik hayatındaki dönüşümün medyadaki görünümü(İdeal Kent Yayınları, 2021) Uştuk, Ozan; Güleç, Ece; 01.01. Units Affiliated to the Rectorate; 01. Izmir Institute of TechnologyThis study examines the transformation of the everyday life of Roma communities during the Covid-19 pandemic through media coverages by focusing on their living spaces, public spaces where they continue their economic activities and build their relations with local governments. Examining the culture-centered discourses revolving around the central and local governmental interventions towards the Roma living spaces amidst the pandemic and the relevant media exposure is herein essential so as to understand the power dynamics between Romani communities and political actors. Employing a critical discourse analysis method, we have initially drawn a general framework about extreme poverty, and subsequently surveying the media coverage on the Roma people. Against this backdrop, we firstly looked at the media depiction of the Roma’s experiences regarding extreme poverty. Secondly, we interpreted the rise of racist discourses accompanying the transformation of everyday life and how are these discourses conceal inequalities regarding class inequalities. Thirdly, we investigated the damage caused by local authorities to the living spaces of Roma and the interrelation of these damages to neoliberal urban policies. Finally, we engaged a critical reading of the news, in which we noticed the struggle of Roma people is instrumentalized by political actors into their agendas.Article Citation - Scopus: 2Indoor Air Co2 Concentrations and Ventilation Rates in Two Residences in İzmir, Turkey(Yıldız Teknik Üniversitesi, 2022) Sofuoğlu, Sait Cemil; Uçaryılmaz, Sedef; Çataroğlu, Ilgın; Sofuoğlu, Sait Cemil; 03.07. Department of Environmental Engineering; 03. Faculty of Engineering; 01. Izmir Institute of TechnologyHouses are the places where people spend most of their time. That is why indoor air quality at home is essential for public health. Sufficient ventilation is the factor to avoid accumulation of pollutants in indoor air, which include microorganisms, such as SARS-CoV-2. Therefore, adequate ventilation is needed to provide good indoor air quality for human health and reduce infection risk at home. There are no reports of residential ventilation rates in Turkey. In this study, CO2 concentrations were measured in two residences in Izmir, Turkey. Three experiments were conducted to determine background concentrations and the rate of natural ventilation with infiltration and opening windows. Results show that air exchange provided by infiltration is low for both case rooms, while adequate ventilation could be achieved with natural ventilation under the studied conditions. Infiltration provided air exchange and ventilation rates of 0.18 h-1 and 5.9 m3/h for Case 1 and 0.29 h-1 and 8.23 m3/h for Case 2, respectively. Air exchange and ventilation rates were increased to 2.36 h-1 and 76.9 m3/h for Case 1 and 1.2 h-1 and 34 m3/h for Case 2, respectively, by opening the windows. Although ventilation can be provided by opening the windows, the other factors that determine its rate, e.g., meteorological variables, cannot be controlled by the occupants. Consequently, people cannot ensure the good indoor air quality in bedrooms and sufficient reduction in transmission of pathogenic microorganisms; therefore, risk of spreading diseases such as COVID-19 at home.