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Naval Warfare Studies Institute Newsletter, 2024-07-09

This month’s updates include a few event recaps from the Naval AI Summit held in May and June’s Maritime Risk Symposium at NPS. Our main story shares an update on Task Force Hybrid Force, guest written by NPS’ lead of the Warfare Innovation Continuum ...

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Assessing the use of infectious agents in bioterrorism: a narrative review of risks, preparedness, and response strategies

Bulletin of the National Research Centre
Background Bioterrorism involves the deliberate use of biological agents as weapons to cause harm or death to humans, animals, or plants. These agents are naturally found in the environment but can be modified into weapons.
Marianna-Foteini Dafni, Maria Vasileiou, Poliana Zanotto Manoel, Agnes Zanotto Manoel, Suvam Banerjee, Idalia Błażejczyk, Harshal Chorya, Rajiv Yussuf Ali   +7 more
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The Racialisation of Rape: A Far‐Right Tool for Boundary‐Creation Across Borders

Nations and Nationalism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Far‐right parties and movements have increasingly come to incorporate ideas of gender equality into their political agendas. While seemingly out of concern for women's rights and safety, these issues are in reality seldom more than a veil to further the stigmatisation of Muslim men.
Mathilda Åkerlund
wiley   +1 more source

Biodefense: trends and challenges in combating biological warfare agents. [PDF]

Virulence, 2013
Tegos GP.
europepmc   +1 more source

The Formosan Black Bear and Taiwanese Nationalism

Nations and Nationalism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Building on scholarship that situates nations and nationalism within colonial relations, this article examines nationalism in settler‐colonial Taiwan amid China's colonial claim to sovereignty. Drawing on interviews, conservation documents and popular representations, we show how the Formosan black bear became a national symbol of resistance ...
Yung‐Ying Chang, John Chung‐En Liu
wiley   +1 more source

Weaponizing Kinship: A Demographic Analysis of Bereavement in the Colombian Conflict

Population and Development Review, EarlyView.
Abstract The ongoing Colombian armed conflict has produced widespread homicides and enforced disappearances, as armed actors used violence to terrorize communities and consolidate power. Family bereavement—one of the most pervasive and enduring consequences of this violence—remains critically understudied from a quantitative perspective.
Enrique Acosta, Diego Alburez‐Gutierrez, Maria Gargiulo, Catalina Torres   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Genetic and Phenotypic Diversity of European Triticale: GWAS of Yellow Rust Resistance and Agronomic Traits

Plant Breeding, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Triticale (x Triticosecale Wittmack) is an interspecific hybrid of wheat and rye. It is a promising grain and forage crop that thrives in poorer soils and low‐input farming systems. It can serve as a viable alternative to traditional small grains such as wheat and barley, bringing diversity to crop rotations and enhancing biodiversity in ...
Riccardo Zustovi, Selma Schurack, Miroslav Valarik, Juliane Gris Rueda, Milan Mirosavljević, Vesna Župunski, Hermann Buerstmayr, Małgorzata Niewińska, Jakub Juračka, Sofie Landshoot, Maria Chiara Piro, Reena Dubey, Greet Verlinden, Kevin Dewitte, Matthias Herrmann, Radivoje Jevtić, Steven Maenhout, Geert Haesaert   +17 more
wiley   +1 more source

AI Alignment Versus AI Ethical Treatment: 10 Challenges

Analytic Philosophy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A morally acceptable course of AI development should avoid two dangers: creating unaligned AI systems that pose a threat to humanity and mistreating AI systems that merit moral consideration in their own right. This paper argues these two dangers interact and that if we create AI systems that merit moral consideration, simultaneously avoiding ...
Adam Bradley, Bradford Saad
wiley   +1 more source

Cultural and ecological baselines inform an eco‐cultural vision for Weka (Gallirallus australis) restoration in southern New Zealand

Restoration Ecology, EarlyView.
Abstract Introduction Eco‐cultural restoration requires targets that reflect cultural values and ecological conditions. We present an integrative approach combining cultural and ecological baselines to inform future eco‐cultural restoration of Buff weka (Gallirallus australis hectori), a flightless bird of deep cultural significance to the Ōtākou Māori
Tumai Cassidy, Olivia R. Burge, Joanna K. Carpenter, Puke Timoti, Levi Collier‐Robinson, Paulette Tamati‐Elliffe, Komene Cassidy, Phil O'B. Lyver   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

From quantity to quality: the evolution of forest restoration in the United Kingdom

Restoration Ecology, EarlyView.
Abstract Introduction Over the past century, forest cover in the United Kingdom has increased threefold. However, the pathways, achievements, and shortcomings of this expansion remain underexplored. Objectives This study analyses the drivers, implementation, and legacies of forest restoration in the United Kingdom before and after 1990, which is when ...
Susanne Raum, Maitane Erdozain, Keith Kirby, Iciar Alberdi, Sergio de‐Miguel   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source