Development of biosensors for the detection of biological warfare agents: its issues and challenges. [PDF]
Sci Prog, 2013 Kumar H, Rani R.
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Biological and environmental hazards associated with exposure to chemical warfare agents: arsenicals
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 2016 Changzhao Li +2 more
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SARS-cov-2 is a biological warfare weapon [PDF]
Bezbednosni Dijalozi, 2020 : The article deals with the theoretical and practical assumptions, based on available facts and research related to COVID-19, in order to discern the origin of the coronavirus and its consequences on national and international security.
Francis A. BOYLE
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Genome sequencing reveals existence of SARS-CoV-2 B.1.1.529 variant in Egypt
Journal of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, 2022 Background Several SARS-CoV-2 variants with increased transmissibility and/or potential immune escape have emerged and rapidly spread worldwide.
Ghada Ismail +9 more
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Joseph Needham’s ‘Motivations for Participation’ and ‘Major Roles’ in the International Scientific Commission on Bacterial Warfare during the Korean War [PDF]
Uisahak, 2023 This paper analyzes the motivations of the British biochemist Joseph Needham for participating in ‘the International Scientific Commission for the Investigation of the Facts Concerning Bacterial Warfare in Korea and China (ISC)’ and his major roles ...
Taewoo KIM
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Intelligence, Ignorance, and Diplomacy in the Cold War
Journal for the History of Knowledge, 2021 Drawing on perspectives from “ignorance studies,” this article examines a case of multiple types of expertise and ignorance within the geo-political context of the Cold War. It revisits a suspected breach of the 1972 Biological Weapons Convention (BWC).
Brian Balmer
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Preventing “a virological Hiroshima”: Cold War press coverage of biological weapons disarmament [PDF]
, 2015 This article examines representations of biological weapons during a crucial period in the recent history of this form of warfare. The study draws on a corpus of newspaper articles from the US New York Times and the UK Times and Guardian written around ...
Alex Spelling +22 more
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Biological and Chemical Warfare
Scientia Militaria, 2012 1. Chemical and biological warfare is very old indeed, at least 2 000 years old. The arsenal consists of poison tipped arrows and darts, as well as toxins found in certain wood fibres that were used to incapacitate fish in streams. Armies laying seige to
G.C. Odendaal
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Evolution of the human fear-circuitry and acute sociogenic pseudoneurological symptoms: The Neolithic balanced-polymorphism hypothesis [PDF]
, 2005 In light of the increasing threat of large-scale massacres such as terrorism against non-combatants (civilians), more attention is warranted not only to posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) but also to acute sociogenic pseudoneurological ("conversion ...
Bracha, Dr. H. Stefan +3 more
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