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A Simple Method for Generating Narrowly-dispersed Bioaerosols in Various Sizes
Aerosol and Air Quality Research, 2023 Biological warfare agents (BWAs) cause disease in humans, animals, and plants when purposefully dispersed in an area. To minimize contamination and personnel exposure and initiate early treatment, effective BWA detection or monitoring techniques are ...
Young-Su Jeong +4 more
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Optical Techniques for Detecting and Identifying Biological-Warfare Agents [PDF]
Proceedings of the IEEE, 2009 Rapid and accurate detection and identification of biological agents is an objective of various national security programs. Detection in general is difficult owing to natural clutter and anticipated low concentrations of subject material. Typical detection architectures comprise a nonspecific trigger, a rapid identifier, and a confirming step, often in
Greenwood, Darryl P. +4 more
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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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Medicine in Defense Against Biological Warfare
, 1989 Personnel from the U.S. Army's Medical Research Institute of Infectious Disease (Fort Detrick) offer their private views on why research in medical defenses against biological warfare is needed.
Patrick, William C. +2 more
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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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“Smelltronics”—From Gas to Smell Sensing
Advanced Materials, EarlyView.The emerging field of smelltronics, encompassing sensing technologies for complex volatile organic compounds, holds significant potential for extracting valuable chemical information. It facilitates the noninvasive, real‐time monitoring of humans, food, and the environment.
Takeshi Ono +7 more
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Biological Threats of the American Occupation of the Quds Regime and Providing an Appropriate Solution to these Threats in Iran [PDF]
علوم و فنون نظامی, 2019 The high yield, cost-effectiveness and living nature of biological agents that Biological Threats of the American Occupation of the Quds Regime and Providing an Appropriate Solution to these Threats in Iran.cause dispersal and proliferation in the ...
Reza Eskandary sedighi
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Lessons learned from 2001–2021 – from the bioterrorism to the pandemic era
Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine, 2022 Introduction and objective The aim of the study was to analyze available literature on the development of biological warfare and combating the SARS CoV-2 pandemic.
Aleksander Michalski +3 more
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A Soft, Flexible Implant for Wireless Photothermal–Pyroelectric Neurostimulation
Advanced Science, EarlyView.A replication strategy is used to enlarge the exposed surface area of barium titanate within flexible films with embedded carbon nanotubes, enabling efficient photothermal‐pyroelectric stimulation. Polar crystalline nanosheets show superior performance in guiding neural progenitor cells toward neuronal differentiation.
Jiang Wu +7 more
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Bioterrorism in the literature of the nineteenth century: The case of Wells and The Stolen Bacillus
Cogent Arts & Humanities, 2016 This article analyzes H.G. Wells’ The Stolen Bacillus, one of the first works of fiction to deal with bioterrorism. Although the use of biological agents by armies in warfare is probably as old as mankind, since the last Iraq War, the fear of biological ...
Helena Costa, Josep-E Baños
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