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Making safe: The dirty history of a bomb disposal robot [PDF]
Security Dialogue, 2019 Abstract In the Ulster Museum’s new gallery The Troubles and Beyond, the central display showcases a Wheelbarrow bomb disposal robot. This machine was invented by the British Army in Northern Ireland in 1972 and used by officers of the 321 Explosive Ordinance Disposal Squadron (321EOD) to defuse car bombs planted by the Irish ...
D. Lisle
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First Responder Safety in the Event of a Dirty Bomb Detonation in Urban Environment [PDF]
International Journal of Safety and Security Engineering, 2021 The malevolent dispersion of radioactive material, with the aim of contaminating people and the environment, is considered a credible terroristic threat.
S. Biancotto +4 more
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Brazilian Journal of Radiation Sciences, 2018 A historic moment in terrorist bombing in the world was the explosion of the twin towers in the USA, starting a new series of attacks. The bombing brought up many concerns for security authorities all over the world.
José Francisco Pereira +1 more
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How training and experience affect the benefits of autonomy in a dirty-bomb experiment [PDF]
IEEE/ACM International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, 2008 A dirty-bomb experiment conducted at the INL is used to evaluate the effectiveness and suitability of three different modes of robot control. The experiment uses three distinct user groups to understand how participants’ background and training affect ...
D. Bruemmer, C. Nielsen, D. Gertman
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Medical Effects of a Transuranic “Dirty Bomb” [PDF]
Military Medicine, 2017 The modern military battlefields are characterized by the use of nonconventional weapons such as encountered in the conflicts of the Gulf War I and Gulf War II. Recent warfare in Iraq, Afghanistan, and the Balkans has introduced radioactive weapons to the modern war zone scenarios.
A. Duraković
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The Different Sources of Dirty Hands: Episodes, Rules, and Careers [PDF]
Political PhilosophyA recurring methodological mistake within the ‘dirty hands’ literature, the view that politicians must sometimes justifiably commit real moral wrongs, has been to assume that only a specific kind of choice structure creates the space for justifiable ...
Gianni Sarra
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American Journal of Disaster Medicine, 2017 Objective: In radiological emergencies, there is a risk of radionuclide incorporation. The radiological doses absorbed can be reduced by decorporation treatment.
A. Rump +5 more
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Using eye tracking and gaze pattern analysis to test a "dirty bomb" decision aid in a pilot RCT in urban adults with limited literacy. [PDF]
BMC Med Inform Decis Mak, 2016 © 2016 The Author(s). Background: Eye tracking is commonly used in marketing to understand complex responses to materials, but has not been used to understand how low-literacy adults access health information or its relationship to decision making ...
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Attitudes and perceptions of urban African Americans of a "dirty bomb" radiological terror event: results of a qualitative study and implications for effective risk communication. [PDF]
Disaster Med Public Health Prep, 2015 Objectives Radiological terror presents a real threat, but little is known about how low-income, urban African Americans may respond to such threats.
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