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The Blurred Lines Between New Psychoactive Substances and Potential Chemical Weapons

Toxics
The historical use of toxic chemicals to cause intentional harm has evolved from blister agents in World War I to highly lethal organophosphates and emerging families of chemicals, such as Novichok.
Loreto N. Valenzuela-Tapia, Cristóbal A. Quintul, Nataly D. Rubio-Concha, Luis Toledo-Ríos, Catalina Salas-Kuscevic, Andrea V. Leisewitz, Pamela Cámpora-Oñate, Javier Campanini-Salinas   +7 more
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Mitigating policy uncertainty: What financial markets reveal about firm‐level lobbying

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Elections can lead to substantial policy changes and, thus, are a significant source of risk. Firms can respond to such policy uncertainty by lobbying, but it is hard to quantify whether they do so and, if so, how much lobbying benefits them. We construct a new dataset and leverage investors’ expectations of variability in stock returns in the
Kristy Buzard, Nathan Canen, Sebastian Saiegh   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

From Loss to Transformation? Towards Pluralistic and Politicised Agrarian‐Climate Futures

Asia Pacific Viewpoint, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Understanding how actors perceive and anticipate future states of the world is gaining traction in climate change governance scholarship and related calls for sustainability transformations. However, smallholder farmers, indigenous groups, and local communities, who are expected to bear disproportionate burdens of loss and damage from climate ...
Joel Persson, Kelly Dorkenoo, Monin Nong, Sodavy Nhong, Van Hai Thi Nguyen   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effects of chemical warfare on hematological indices in chemical agents victims

طب جانباز, 2010
Background and Purpose : The injury of chemical warfare was one of great problem in soldiers and other people in our country. Unfortunately, we do not have any data for delayed effects of these agents. Thus in this study we examine the effect of chemical
T. Amiriani, H. Haqiqi, A. Zendehbad, Gh. Roshandel, M. Haftsavar, A. Moradi, Sh. Semnani   +6 more
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Chemical Warfare Through the Ages: A Systematic Review From Antiquity to the Present

Journal of Toxicology
Chemical warfare means the use of chemical agents that have direct toxic effects on animals, plants and humans, as weapons. The first documented use of a chemical agent for warfare purposes occurred in ancient times around 10,000 BCE in South Africa when
Damian Alexander Honeyman, David James Heslop, Samsung Lim, Chandini Raina MacIntyre   +3 more
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Metal-Organic Framework Gels for Adsorption and Catalytic Detoxification of Chemical Warfare Agents: A Review. [PDF]

Gels, 2023
Zhang Y, Tao CA.
europepmc   +1 more source

Hidden in the Glaze: Cobalt Blue Decorations of Catalan Tin‐Glazed Ceramics From the 16th to 18th Centuries

Archaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates technological evolution in 16th–18th century Catalan tin glazes and cobalt blue decorations. Analysis reveals three glaze strategies, highlighting shifts in tin oxide use and cobalt pigment composition. In the 16th century, tin oxide acted as an opacifier and cobalt pigments exhibit low arsenic content with CoO/NiO and ...
Lisa Bruzzone, Trinitat Pradell, Javier G. Iñañez, Judit Molera   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Rapid Non-Contact Detection of Chemical Warfare Agents by Laser Photoacoustic Spectroscopy. [PDF]

Sensors (Basel), 2023
Fiorani L, Ciceroni C, Giardina I, Pollastrone F.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Chasing the perfida Albione: Anglo‐Italian productivity gap in the late 1930s

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper presents new estimates of Anglo‐Italian labour productivity levels in manufacturing in the late 1930s, derived using the standard single‐deflation approach. The findings confirm a substantial productivity gap between Italy and the United Kingdom at the aggregate level, alongside pronounced intersectoral heterogeneity.
Tancredi Salamone
wiley   +1 more source

Challenges of integrating sustainability in management education: A 25‐year review of institutional logics, paradoxes and sensemaking

International Journal of Management Reviews, EarlyView.
Abstract Although sustainability has been championed in management education for over 25 years, its integration remains uneven, fragile and contested. Existing literature mirrors this fragmentation—often descriptive, celebratory or narrowly focused, offering limited insight into the organisational processes that shape integration.
Simona Grande, Francesca Ricciardi, Eusebio Scornavacca, Andreas Erich Wald   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source