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For the 60th anniversary of the creation of the Scientific and Research Technical Bureau

Вестник войск РХБ защиты, 2023
In the historical perspective, the stages of formation and the main activities of the Scientific and Research Technical Bureau are considered. It is the profile organization of the Ministry of Defence, which dealt with the design of a laboratory and ...
D. L. Poklonskii
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Ti3C2Tx MXene/Silver Composite Foams For Lightweight, High‐Performance Electromagnetic Interference Shielding and Joule Heating

Advanced Materials Interfaces, EarlyView.
Ultrathin MXene/EMF composite foams achieve a specific shielding efficiency of 749.6 dB.dB·cm3$\mathrm{dB}\cdot {\mathrm{cm}}^{3}$/g, while the silver‐enhanced MXene/Ag/EMF reaches 81.4 dB shielding effectiveness at just 1.0 mm thickness. Both composites exhibit rapid Joule heating, retain stability up to 250∘C$^\circ{\rm C}$, and withstand 1000 ...
Abdullah A. Mahmood, Mingxuan Li, Vahid Rad, Mehdi Zarei, Chen‐Yu Yeh, Masoud Soroush, Guangyong Li, Paul W. Leu   +7 more
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Strengthening the biological and toxin weapons convention after COVID-19

, 2020
NoThe COVID-19 virus pandemic has again demonstrated the devastating impact that a microbial pathogen can have on our health, society and economic systems. It necessitates a fundamental rethink of how the security of our societies can be better sustained.
Shang, L., Whitby, Simon M., Dando, Malcolm   +2 more
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Building and implementing a multi-level system of ethical code for biologists under the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BTWC) of the United Nations

Journal of Biosafety and Biosecurity, 2021
The recent global COVID-19 pandemic has had profound economic and social impacts on the world. It has highlighted an urgent need to strengthen existing international biosecurity governance mechanisms to prevent the misuse and malicious abuse of life ...
Yang Xue, Lijun Shang, Weiwen Zhang
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Previously undocumented regional variability in crab‐eating macaque skull sexual dimorphism and its implications for biological and morphometric studies

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract In a large sample of adult crab‐eating macaques, we quantified sexual dimorphism in size, shape, and covariance across the whole skull and among anatomical regions of the cranium and mandible. All regions showed significant mean sex differences, but the magnitude of size and shape dimorphism varied substantially.
Andrea Cardini, Paul O'Higgins
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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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‘Muddling Through’ in the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention [PDF]

International Politics, 2017
The paper looks at power in the origins and evolution of the Biological & Toxin Weapons Convention (BWC). It begins by looking at the origins of what some have termed a taboo surrounding poison weapons, before turning to look at the role of different forms of power in the genesis of the BWC in the late 1960s. The article proceeds to look at the role of
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Variable grouping patterns in primates: A test of the better competitor hypothesis in male Verreaux's sifaka (Propithecus verreauxi)

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Intraspecific variation in social organization (IVSO) within primate populations can arise due to male mating competition. Verreaux's sifaka (Propithecus verreauxi) populations exhibit both single‐male and multi‐male groups, providing an opportunity to examine the relationship between male competitive ability and social organization.
Lemeng Li, Stacey R. Tecot, Rebecca J. Lewis   +2 more
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Introduction: Deterrence by Denial and the Long Journey of Addressing Biological Weapons Risks

Journal for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament
Deterrence by denial is a classic defense strategy in which the goal is to offset an adversary’s capabilities in ways that deny them success in achieving their intended military or strategic effects. If their modes of attack are unlikely to succeed – but
Christine Parthemore, Andy Weber
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Sheep Horn Development Revealed by Multi‐Tissue and Cross‐Species Transcriptomic Analysis

Animal Research and One Health, EarlyView.
Multi‐tissue and cross‐species transcriptomics with allele‐specific expression show sheep horns are a composite organ integrating epidermal and osteogenic programs. Conserved horn gene modules and cis‐regulatory variation fine‐tune expression networks underlying horn development and size (small scurs vs. large spiral horns).
Hao Li, Yuchen He, Yangshuo Hu, Naominggaowa, Huaiqiang Yang, Zhu Meng, Fei Liu, Shiwen Zhang, Yi Jin, Mingxing Chu, Zhangyuan Pan   +10 more
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