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The Social Dimension of Technology: The Control of Chemical and Biological Weapons

open access: yesArtefactos, 2020
This paper deals with a number of conceptual issues that arise from attempts by governments and civil society to control the spread of chemical and biological weapons.
Brian BALMER
doaj   +1 more source

Just war? War games, war crimes, and game design [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Military shooters have explored both historical and modern settings and remain one of the most popular game genres. While the violence of these games has been explored in multiple studies, the study of how war and the rules of war are represented is ...
Donald, Iain
core   +2 more sources

Effect of Using Continuous Care Model on Sleep Quality of Chemical Warfare Victims with Bronchiolitis Obliterans [PDF]

open access: yesحیات, 2010
Background & Objective: Poor physical and psychological health status in chemical warfare victims could result in decreasing quality of sleep.
S Mehdizadeh   +5 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Exposure status of sea-dumped chemical warfare agents in the Baltic Sea.

open access: yesMarine Environmental Research, 2020
About 50 000 tons of chemical weapons (CW) were dumped to the Baltic Sea after the Second World War. Munitions are located in the deep areas of the Baltic Sea, and there they act as a point source of contamination to the ecosystem.
Paula Vanninen   +13 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Extraction of Chemical Warfare Agent From Soil: Case Study on O-ethyl S-2-(diisopropylamino) Ethyl Methylphosphonothiolate (Vx) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Extraction of chemical warfare agents (CWA's), O-ethyl S-2-(diisopropylamino)ethyl methylphosphonothiolate (VX) in soil sample has been done. The extraction was performed using six different solvents at ambient and cold temperature.
Zuas, O. (Oman)
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A Soft, Flexible Implant for Wireless Photothermal–Pyroelectric Neurostimulation

open access: yesAdvanced 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
wiley   +1 more source

The Effect of Surface Hydroxylation on MOF Formation on ALD Metal Oxides: MOF-525 on TiO2/Polypropylene for Catalytic Hydrolysis of Chemical Warfare Agent Simulants.

open access: yesACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 2020
Metal-organic framework (MOF) fibrous composites were synthesized in a variety of methods in attempt to incorporate the highly effective reactivity of MOFs into a more facile and applicable format.
Heather F. Barton   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Research progress on biomarkers of traumatic brain injury

open access: yesAnimal Models and Experimental Medicine, EarlyView.
Traumatic brain injury: From primary insult to secondary neuroinflammation and degeneration. Abstract Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a common disorder of the nervous system and has become a leading cause of death and disability worldwide, imposing a substantial burden on patients and their social circles. Its main symptoms include dyskinesia, language
Xuting Shen   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

One hundred and one years after a milestone: Modern chemical weapons and World War I

open access: yesEducación Química, 2018
While chemical weapons have been used since the beginning of armed struggles, either for their flammable or toxic properties, it was only during World War I when what is known as ‘‘modern’’ chemical warfare began.
Diego Vilches   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Threat of chemical terrorism in the underground [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
DOI nepřidělenThe paper provides a brief description of the Prague Metro focusing on the potential chemical threats by chemical warfare agents. Detailed evaluation of the possibility of abuse of chemical warfare nerve agents is presented in different ...
Adamec, Vladimír   +2 more
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