Biological weapons: the facts not the fiction.
Attempts to use biological weapons date back to before the First World War, but at that time the Germans tried to produce biological weapons which would have been effective against animals and plants. A German spy was caught in Norway with 18 sugar cubes,
A. Lamb
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How Should America's Anti-Terrorism Budget Be Allocated? Findings from a National Survey of Attitudes of U.S. Residents about Terrorism [PDF]
U.S. residents are very concerned about future terrorist attacks and they are willing to commit substantial sums to prevent further terrorist acts. Protecting against another 9/11 style incident is important, but U.S.
Degeneffe, Dennis J. +3 more
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Did we Eradicate SARS? Lessons Learned and the Way Forward
“Permanent reduction to zero of the worldwide incidences of infection caused by a specific agent as a result of deliberate efforts: intervention measures are no longer needed” [1].
Robert J. Smith
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Medicinal Potentialities of Plant Defensins: A Review with Applied Perspectives
Plant-based secondary metabolites with medicinal potentialities such as defensins are small, cysteine-rich peptides that represent an imperative aspect of the inherent defense system.
Nida Ishaq, M. Bilal, Hafiz M.N. Iqbal
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Reducing Biological Risks to Security: International Policy Recommendations for the Obama Administration [PDF]
Summarizes discussions among biotechnology and life sciences experts on the risks of bioterrorism and threats to public health and agriculture.
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Summary of Workshop to Review an OMB Report on Regulatory Risk Assessment and Management [PDF]
Summary of the results of an invitational workshop conducted to peer review the 1990 OMB report, CURRENT REGULATORY ISSUES IN Risk ASSESSMENT AND Risk MANAGENMENTIN REGULATORY PROGRAM OF THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT, APRIL 1, 1990 - MARCH 31 ...
Evans, John S. +3 more
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Part 2: pushing the envelope. A process perspective for architecture, engineering and construction [PDF]
In this article, I am building on an emerging 'process view of nature' and how biological membranes emerge through the combined action of (locally) autonomous construction agents.
Soar, R
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National Measures to Implement the Prohibitions in the BTWC [PDF]
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Dando, Malcolm R., Pearson, Graham S.
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Towards a Life Sciences Code: Countering the Threats from Biological Weapons [PDF]
Ye
Rappert, B.
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Using agent based simulation to empirically examine complexity in carbon footprint business process [PDF]
Through the critical analysis of the extant literature, it is observed that Simulation is widely used as a research method in Natural Sciences, Engineering and Social Sciences, in addition to argumentation and formalisation as the third way of carrying ...
Khan, T, Patel, NV, Pilla, VN
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