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Botulinum Neurotoxins: History, Mechanism, and Applications. A Narrative Review
Journal of Neurochemistry, Volume 169, Issue 8, August 2025.Botulinum neurotoxins (BoNTs), produced by Clostridium botulinum, bind irreversibly to presynaptic cholinergic nerve terminals and exploit a zinc‐dependent mechanism to cleave SNARE proteins, blocking acetylcholine release and causing flaccid paralysis.
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Critical monitoring and control factors for achieving food defense criteria
Risk Analysis, Volume 45, Issue 8, Page 2427-2441, August 2025.Abstract Food can be contaminated by physical, chemical, biological, and radiological hazards. Industry and regulatory agencies have developed the Food Safety Management System, based on the principles of Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points, to be effective against unintentional food safety risks. However, there is the intentional contamination
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Objective risk assessment of bark and ambrosia beetles non‐indigenous to North America
Ecological Applications, Volume 35, Issue 5, July 2025.Abstract Pest risk assessment informs regulatory decisions to facilitate safe trade while also protecting a country's agricultural and environmental resources. The first step in pest risk assessment is pest categorization which can help determine whether an in‐depth examination is needed.
Andrew J. Johnson +2 more
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Journal of Indian Association of Public Health Dentistry, 2017 Introduction: Bioterrorism, as a major health problem, has received lots of attention in the recent years. It is the intentional use of microorganisms and toxins to produce disease and death in humans, livestock, and crops; their attraction in war and ...
Minal M Kshirsagar +5 more
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Risk Analysis, Volume 45, Issue 7, Page 1607-1631, July 2025.Abstract There are two separate conceptualizations for assessing existential risks: Planetary Boundaries (PBs) and global catastrophic risks (GCRs). While these concepts are similar in principle, their underpinning literatures tend not to engage with each other.
Eoin McLaughlin, Matthias Beck
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Campbell Systematic Reviews, Volume 21, Issue 2, June 2025.ABSTRACT This is a protocol for a Campbell systematic review. The objectives are to synthesize published and unpublished scientific literature on (1) the prevalence of and (2) the risk and protective factors for school‐aged youth radicalization. In the nascent field of research on radicalized youth, a priority of the review is to examine the breadth of
Anthony Petrosino, Claire Morgan
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Food Defence: The Securitisation of the Food Supply [PDF]
Contexto InternacionalThe notion of food defence emerged in the USA following the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001, reflecting the idea that the food sector constitutes a critical infrastructure for national security and that the food system must be defended against ...
Elaine Leão Inácio de Melo Andrade +2 more
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Campbell Systematic Reviews, Volume 21, Issue 2, June 2025.ABSTRACT This protocol outlines a systematic review that aims to understand the effectiveness of educational programmes, delivered both online and offline, designed to prevent and counter the effects of online violent extremist propaganda in multiple languages. The primary objective is to assess the impact of interventions on reducing violent extremist
Felipe Pathé Duarte +4 more
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Nurses’ Preparedness Toward Bioterrorism and Related Factors: A Multicenter Study [PDF]
Health in Emergencies & Disasters QuarterlyBackground: Today, bioterrorism has drawn the attention of disaster response organizations such as hospitals and nurses are at the front line of hospitals’ response to bioterrorism.
Vahid Ghavami +3 more
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Mass Vaccination Campaign Following Community Outbreak of Meningococcal Disease
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2002 During December 12–29, 1998, seven patients ages 2–18 years were diagnosed with serogroup C meningococcal disease in two neighboring Florida towns with 33,000 residents. We evaluated a mass vaccination campaign implemented to control the outbreak.
Gérard Krause +5 more
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