Repurposing FDA‐approved drugs to treat chemical weapon toxicities: Interactive case studies for trainees [PDF]
Pharmacology Research & PerspectivesThe risk of a terrorist attack in the United States has created challenges on how to effectively treat toxicities that result from exposure to chemical weapons.
Lauren M. Aleksunes +4 more
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Assessment of zebrafish embryo photomotor response sensitivity and phase-specific patterns following acute- and long-duration exposure to neurotoxic chemicals and chemical weapon precursors. [PDF]
J Appl Toxicol, 2020 Zebrafish are an attractive model for chemical screening due to their adaptability to high‐throughput platforms and ability to display complex phenotypes in response to chemical exposure.
Carbaugh CM +6 more
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Lepidopteran defence droplets - a composite physical and chemical weapon against potential predators. [PDF]
Sci Rep, 2016 Insects often release noxious substances for their defence. Larvae of Zygaena filipendulae (Lepidoptera) secrete viscous and cyanogenic glucoside-containing droplets, whose effectiveness was associated with their physical and chemical properties.
Pentzold S +8 more
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(+/-)-catechin: chemical weapon, antioxidant, or stress regulator? [PDF]
J Chem Ecol, 2009 (±)-Catechin is a flavan-3-ol that occurs in the organs of many plant species, especially fruits. Health-beneficial effects have been studied extensively, and notable toxic effects have not been found.
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IRAN’S NUCLEAR POLICY: NATURE, AMBITION, AND STRATEGY
Journal of Liberty and International Affairs, 2022 Nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons represent the biggest danger to humanity. During the Cold War, the US and USSR provided ‘umbrella protection’ to convince allies not to acquire nuclear weapons.
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, 2021 The southwestern coasts of Europe (Strait of Gibraltar) are experiencing a severe invasion of the brown alga Rugulopteryx okamurae, original from the northwestern Pacific ocean.
I. Casal-Porras, E. Zubı́a, F. Brun
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Chemical Weapon Training Center [PDF]
Biuletyn Wojskowej Akademii Technicznej, 2017 The paper presents the problems related to exercises that allow to prepare people, military equipment, and other rescue groups to prevent and minimize the number of victims in the case of the use of modern means of poisonous or radioactive ones.
Władysław Harmata +2 more
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Analysis Of The Failure Of Organizations For Prohibited of Chemical Weapon (OPCW) As The Organization For Disarmament On The Conflict Of Syria [PDF]
Jurnal Pertahanan: Media Informasi tentang Kajian dan Strategi Pertahanan yang Mengedepankan Identity, Nasionalism & Integrity, 2018 This paper analyzes the failure of the Organization for Prohibited of Chemical Weapon (OPCW) in handling chemical weapon disarmament in Syria. The use of chemical weapons by the Syrian government against its own citizens poses a challenge for OPCW in its
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Chemical weapon in the 20th and 21st centuries. Part 1. Chemical warfare agents before G nerve agent group discovery [PDF]
Biuletyn Wojskowej Akademii Technicznej, 2019 The publication contains a synthesis of knowledge about chemical weapon and its use during the First World War and in the period after that war, until the nerve agent discovery.
Marcin Kloske, Zygfryd Witkiewicz
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Вестник войск РХБ защиты, 2023 The introduction of poison gases by the Germans at Ypres in April 1915 marked a new era in modern warfare. The cylinder attack of the German Army against the French and the British positions at Ypres on April 22, 1915, became the first large-scale ...
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