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Forgotten Biological War on the Korean Peninsula – Technical Details

Вестник войск РХБ защиты, 2020
The use of biological weapons (BW) by the American army during the war on the Korean Peninsula (25.06.1950–27.07.1953) is an almost forgotten episode in the military history of the twentieth century.
M. V. Supotnitskiy
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The Ecological U‐Turn in Nordic Forestry: Policy Learning, Measurement, and the Retrenchment of Ecological Ambitions

Environmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Since the 1990s, environmental policy has shifted toward ecosystem protection and biodiversity conservation, a development often described as an ecological turn. This article argues that in practice this turn has taken the form of an ecological “U‐turn,” as environmental ambitions are subordinated to production‐oriented objectives.
Gisle Andersen, Monika Berg, Hogne Lerøy Sataøen   +2 more
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Chemical warfare agents

Journal of Pharmacy and Bioallied Sciences, 2010
Among the Weapons of Mass Destruction, chemical warfare (CW) is probably one of the most brutal created by mankind in comparison with biological and nuclear warfare.
Vijayaraghavan R, Ganesan K, Raza S
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Passive Antibody Administration (Immediate Immunity) as a Specific Defense Against Biological Weapons

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2002
The potential threat of biological warfare with a specific agent is proportional to the susceptibility of the population to that agent. Preventing disease after exposure to a biological agent is partially a function of the immunity of the exposed ...
Arturo Casadevall
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Psychological stress during wartime and its association with seizure‐related emergency department utilization

Epilepsia, EarlyView.
Abstract Objective Psychological stress is commonly reported as a seizure precipitant in epilepsy, yet evidence from major crises remains limited and inconsistent. We examined whether the October 2023 Israel–Hamas conflict affected acute seizure‐related healthcare utilization among adults with epilepsy. Methods We conducted a retrospective cohort study
Anda Eilam, Mahdi Arar, Yacov Balash, Volodymyr Samogalskyi, Merav Greenstein, Michael Zouari, Nadejda Khmelev   +6 more
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Biological warfare: a challenge for humanity

Archivo Médico de Camagüey, 2018
Background: the control of transmittable diseases contributes to the illegitimate use of biological agents, initially for war or criminal purposes and currently for terrorist purposes. Objective: to describe the problem of the use of biological weapons,
María Obdulia Benítez Pérez, Edelys Artiles Jiménez, Jorge Alain Victores Moya, Ania Cecilia Reyes Roque, Reinaldo Gómez Pacheco, Néstor Calderón Medina   +5 more
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Enhancing institutional fit without formal institutional change: farmer-practitioner relationships and agricultural conservation programs in the Chesapeake Bay, USA

Ecology and Society
Restoring agricultural watersheds often involves incentivizing private landowners to adopt conservation practices that have high public benefits but low or uncertain private benefits for farmers.
Daniel J Read, Alexandra Carroll, Lisa A Wainger   +2 more
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Gender, violence, and killing: Revisiting femicide, and the overlooked realities of male victimization

International Journal of Gynecology &Obstetrics, EarlyView.
Abstract The term femicide, widely used in reference to the “killing of a woman because she is a woman,” has been questioned on the ground that it implies unequal dignity of men and women victims of gender related death. This position called for an analysis of the terminology used to describe and define the various forms of killing of women and men. We
Giuseppe Benagiano, Kristina Gemzell‐Danielsson, Marwan Habiba, Sekaren Shantha‐Kumari   +3 more
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Biological warfare: the history of microbial pathogens, biotoxins and emerging threats [PDF]

Microbiology Australia, 2020
Bioterrorism is the deliberate misuse of a pathogen (virus, bacterium or other disease-causing microorganisms) or biotoxin (poisonous substance produced by an organism) to cause illness and death amongst the population.
William D Rawlinson, Joanna L Gray, Katherine A Lau, Torsten Theis, Alexa M Kaufer   +4 more
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Peri‐implant disease pathogenesis animal models: Consensus report of Workgroup 1 of the IADR Implantology Research Group Best Evidence Consensus Symposium on Peri‐Implant Disease and Its Treatment

Journal of Periodontology, EarlyView.
Abstract Background The pathogenesis and etiology of peri‐implantitis demand a deeper understanding to lead to successful treatment modalities. Animal models of peri‐implantitis pathogenesis offer unique insights but their translational impact requires consideration of implant biomaterials science.
Georgios Kotsakis, Leonardo Mancini, Panos Afouxenides, Andrea Roccuzzo, IADR IRG Peri‐implantitis Best Evidence Consensus Working Group 1, Tara Aghaloo, Georgios Belibasakis, Nagihan Bostanci, Li Dehua, Nikolaos Donos, Alpdogan Kantarci, Alireza Moshaverinia, Flavia Pirih, Mia Rakic, Frank Schwarz, Sukirth Ganesan   +15 more
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