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Nanotechnology and Protective Clothing for Defence Personnel [PDF]
, 2008 Defence personnel face multiple threats from different quarters, like terrorist groups and rogue nations, who own not only advanced lethal weapons but also chemical and biological warfare weapons.
Raja, A.S.M. +2 more
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Antimicrofouling activities of marine macroalga Dictyota dichotoma from the Red Sea
Journal of Agricultural and Marine Sciences, 2019 Introduction. Marine organisms produce a variety of secondary metabolites mainly for achieving the defence against the competitors and predators. These compounds could be used as natural product antifoulants for the management of biofouling growth on ...
Alaa Aref Gadhi +4 more
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Development of a method for the derivatization of ethanolamines and its application to sand samples [PDF]
Journal of the Serbian Chemical Society, 2022 Nitrogen mustards are dangerous and available blistering chemical warfare agents. In the presented study, six derivatization methods are compared for the analysis of degradation products of the most important blistering nitrogen mustards (ethyl ...
Rozsypal Tomas
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Scientia Marina, 2014 Mucus secretions play a number of functions related to polychaete physiology and ecology. Under stress conditions, the polychaete Halla parthenopeia (Oenonidae) produces a purple mucus after mechanical stimulation, whose function is still unknown.
Dario Iori +4 more
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Brightly coloured tissues in limid bivalves chemically deter predators [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2019 Members of the marine bivalve family Limidae are known for their bright appearance. In this study, their colourful tissues were examined as a defence mechanism towards predators.
Lindsey F. Dougherty +4 more
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Conspicuousness and toxicity of Coccinellidae: An aposematic review [PDF]
Arthropods, 2020 Coccinellids (commonly known as ladybirds) mostly exhibit bright clouration and play a vital role in biological control of pests of important crops such as aphids and scale insects.
Muhammad Aslam
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Special Issue on Defence Against Biological and Chemical Agents [PDF]
, 2016 WELCOME to the inaugural issue of the Defence Life Science Journal. The Defence Life Science Journal (DLSJ) is an international journal and is published by Defence Scientific Information & Documentation Centre (DESIDOC) on behalf of Defence Research ...
Flora, S.J.S.
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Emerging Microbes and Infections, 2020 SARS-CoV-2, the causative agent of the COVID-19 pandemic, may be transmitted via airborne droplets or contact with surfaces onto which droplets have deposited.
Sophie J. Smither +3 more
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European Journal of Entomology, 2007 We collected specimens of Paramecops sinaitus (Pic, 1930) (Curculionidae: Molytinae) from south Sinai in Egypt, which enabled us to make the first complete description of this species. We also include some taxonomic remarks on the genus.
Tim NEWBOLD +15 more
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Marine Drugs, 2011 A survey of the production of polyunsaturated aldehydes (PUA) of manipulated plankton communities is presented here. PUA are phytoplankton-derived metabolites that are proposed to play an important role in chemically mediated plankton interactions ...
Georg Pohnert +3 more
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