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Bi-objective trail-planning for a robot team orienteering in a hazardous environment [PDF]

open access: yesPeerJ Computer Science
Consider a team of mobile (aerial, ground, or aquatic) robots for orienteering in a hazardous environment. Modeling the environment as a directed graph, each arc is labeled with a probability that a robot will survive upon traversing it, and each node is
Cory M. Simon   +3 more
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The Social Dimension of Technology: The Control of Chemical and Biological Weapons

open access: yesArtefactos, 2020
This paper deals with a number of conceptual issues that arise from attempts by governments and civil society to control the spread of chemical and biological weapons.
Brian BALMER
doaj   +1 more source

Where do experiments end? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
types: Editorial CommentCopyright © 2010 Elsevier. NOTICE: This is the author’s version of a work accepted for publication by Elsevier. Changes resulting from the publishing process, including peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting and ...
Davies, G.F.
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The Catastrophe of Images [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
A review of:Allen MeekBiopolitical Media: Catastrophe, Immunity and Bare LifeRoutledge, Abingdon, 2016ISBN 9781138887060 RRP £90.00 ...
Randell-Moon, Holly
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Biological warfare: The many possibilities

open access: yesSouth African Family Practice, 2004
Biological warfare has been a threat to society for many decades. This article summarises some of the most likely organisms suitable for a bio-terrorist attack, including Bacillus anthracis, Francisella tularensis, Yersinia pestis, the agents of viral ...
E. Wasserman
doaj   +1 more source

Strengthening the United Nations Secretary-General’s Mechanism to an alleged use of bioweapons through a quality-assured laboratory response

open access: yesNature Communications, 2021
The cascade of innovations in biotechnology opens new pathways for biological warfare. The international laboratory network being developed under the UN Secretary-General’s Mechanism could provide vital evidence in case of an alleged biological attack.
Sandra Appelt   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Field-deployable rapid multiple biosensing system for detection of chemical and biological warfare agents

open access: yesMicrosystems & Nanoengineering, 2018
The threat of biological and chemical terror acts remains a growing worldwide concern. There is therefore a need to develop appropriate technology for the detection of chemical and biological warfare agents, with early identification intended for use by ...
M. Saito   +12 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Human brain evolution and the "Neuroevolutionary Time-depth Principle:" Implications for the Reclassification of fear-circuitry-related traits in DSM-V and for studying resilience to warzone-related posttraumatic stress disorder. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
The DSM-III, DSM-IV, DSM-IV-TR and ICD-10 have judiciously minimized discussion of etiologies to distance clinical psychiatry from Freudian psychoanalysis.
Bracha, Dr. H. Stefan
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Violence and warfare in prehistoric Japan [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
The origins and consequences of warfare or largescale intergroup violence have been subject of long debate. Based on exhaustive surveys of skeletal remains for prehistoric hunter-gatherers and agriculturists in Japan, the present study examines levels of
Arimatsu, Yui   +5 more
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Global Screening for Human Viral Pathogens

open access: yesEmerging Infectious Diseases, 2003
We propose a system for continuing surveillance of viral pathogens circulating in large human populations. We base this system on the physical isolation of viruses from large pooled samples of human serum and plasma (e.g., discarded specimens from ...
Norman G. Anderson   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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