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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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Naval Warfare Studies Institute Newsletter, 2023-10-04

, 2023
Happy New Fiscal Year! NPS, and the NWSI team particularly, has been working hard over the summer on several initiatives. In this newsletter, we update you on the latest Warfare Innovation Continuum and recent efforts by our Wargaming ...

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Naval Warfare Studies Institute Newsletter, 2023-07-20

, 2023
Happy July! In this issue we bring news of two events that show how the early stages of the innovation cycle at Naval Postgraduate School work to create new ways of thinking about naval ...

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

PeerJ 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, Jeffrey Richley, Lucas Overbey, Darleen Perez-Lavin   +3 more
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Detecting Biological Warfare Agents

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2005
We developed a fiber-optic, microsphere-based, high-density array composed of 18 species-specific probe microsensors to identify biological warfare agents.
Linan Song, Soohyoun Ahn, David R. Walt
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Biological warfare: The many possibilities

South 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
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The Social Dimension of Technology: The Control of Chemical and Biological Weapons

Artefactos, 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
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Knowledge of Human Monkeypox and Its Relation to Conspiracy Beliefs among Students in Jordanian Health Schools: Filling the Knowledge Gap on Emerging Zoonotic Viruses

Medicina, 2022
Background and Objective: The recent multi-country outbreak of human monkeypox (HMPX) in non-endemic regions poses an emerging public health concern. University students in health schools/faculties represent a core knowledgeable group that can be helpful
Malik Sallam, Kholoud Al-Mahzoum, Latefa Ali Dardas, Ala’a B. Al-Tammemi, Laith Al-Majali, Hala Al-Naimat, Laila Jardaneh, Farah AlHadidi, Khaled Al-Salahat, Eyad Al-Ajlouni, Nadin Mohammad AlHadidi, Faris G. Bakri, Azmi Mahafzah, Harapan Harapan   +13 more
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Biological warfare and bioterrorism

BMJ, 2002
Since the terrorist attack on the United States in September 2001 attention has been focused on the threat of biological warfare. The disruptive effects of deliberate release of anthrax in civilian settings have been well documented, and several other pathogens could also be used as biological weapons.
Beeching, N, Dance, D, Miller, A, Spencer, R   +3 more
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Global Screening for Human Viral Pathogens

Emerging 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, John L. Gerin, N. Leigh Anderson   +2 more
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