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Field Prototype of the ENEA Neutron Active Interrogation Device for the Detection of Dirty Bombs

Challenges, 2016
The Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy, and Sustainable Economic Development (ENEA) Neutron Active Interrogation (NAI) device is a tool designed to improve CBRNE defense.
Nadia Cherubini, Alessandro Dodaro, Giada Gandolfo, Luigi Lepore, Giuseppe A. Marzo, Ermanno Piccinelli, Romolo Remetti   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Unintended consequences of the potential phase-out of gamma irradiation [version 1; referees: 2 approved]

F1000Research, 2018
The radioisotope cobalt-60 (Co-60) is important for commercial, medical, and agricultural applications. Its widespread use has meant that Co-60 can be found in less secured facilities, leading to the fear that unauthorized persons could obtain and use it
Jacquelyn W Chou, Michelle Skornicki, Joshua T Cohen   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Modelling of radioactive particle resuspension after a dirty bomb event

, 2023
The primary hazard of a Dirty Bomb emanates not from the initial detonation but from the subsequent re-suspension of deposited radioactive particles.
Perera, Sharman
core  

From the Latin American Boom to the Cuban Sex Bomb. Minimalism and dirty realism in Pedro Juan Gutiérrez

, 2022
La autofiguración exhibicionista de Pedro Juan Gutiérrez y otros “realistas sucios”, pródiga en proezas sexuales, simboliza una suerte de rito de pasaje desde las poéticas del Boom latinoamericano hacia otra que concibe el autor como Sex Bomb.
Del Vecchio, Alejandro
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Determinants of emergency response willingness in the local public health workforce by jurisdictional and scenario patterns: a cross-sectional survey

BMC Public Health, 2012
Background The all-hazards willingness to respond (WTR) of local public health personnel is critical to emergency preparedness. This study applied a threat-and efficacy-centered framework to characterize these workers' scenario and jurisdictional ...
Barnett Daniel J, Thompson Carol B, Errett Nicole A, Semon Natalie L, Anderson Marilyn K, Ferrell Justin L, Freiheit Jennifer M, Hudson Robert, Koch Michelle M, McKee Mary, Mejia-Echeverry Alvaro, Spitzer James, Balicer Ran D, Links Jonathan M   +13 more
doaj   +1 more source

Impact of Cattaneo–Christov Heat and Mass Flux on MHD Hybrid Nanofluid Flow Over an Extending Surface With Convective and Mass Flux Effects

Asia-Pacific Journal of Chemical Engineering, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates the flow of a magnetized hybrid nanofluid over a permeable stretching surface. The mass and thermal transport within the system is regulated using the Cattaneo–Christov flux theory. The fluid is additionally subjected to thermophoresis, chemical reaction, Brownian motion, and activation energy effects.
Ebrahem A. Algehyne, Abdul Bariq, Mounirah Areshi, Fahad Maqbul Alamrani, Zehba Raizah, Izharul Haq, Anwar Saeed   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

New perspectives for undoped CaF2 scintillator as a threshold activation neutron detector

EPJ Web of Conferences, 2018
In this paper we present the prompt photofission neutron detection performance of undoped CaF2 scintillator using Threshold Activation Detection (TAD).
Sibczynski Pawel, Dziedzic Andrzej, Grodzicki Krystian, Iwanowska-Hanke Joanna, Moszyński Marek, Swiderski Lukasz, Syntfeld-Każuch Agnieszka, Wolski Dariusz, Carrel Frédérick, Grabowski Amélie, Hamel Matthieu, Laine Frederic, Sari Adrien, Iovene Alessandro, Tintori Carlo, Fontana Cristiano, Pino Felix   +16 more
doaj   +1 more source

Effect of dose and dose rate on temporal γ-H2AX kinetics in mouse blood and spleen mononuclear cells in vivo following Cesium-137 administration

BMC Molecular and Cell Biology, 2019
Background Cesium-137 (137Cs) is one of the major and most clinically relevant radionuclides of concern in a radiological dispersal device, “dirty bomb” scenario as well as in nuclear accidents and detonations.
Helen C. Turner, Younghyun Lee, Waylon Weber, Dunstana Melo, Aimee Kowell, Shanaz A. Ghandhi, Sally A. Amundson, David J. Brenner, Igor Shuryak   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Enabling the study of gene function in gymnosperms: Virus‐induced gene silencing in Ephedra tweedieana

Applications in Plant Sciences, EarlyView.
Abstract Premise As the sister clade to angiosperms, extant gymnosperms are crucial for reconstructing ancestral gene regulatory networks in seed plants. This highlights the need for model systems representing each of their distinct lineages. However, tools to quickly and effectively investigate gene function in gymnosperms are still limited due to the
Anthony G. K. Garcia, Jo Trang Bùi, Todd P. Michael, Stefanie M. Ickert‐Bond, Verónica S. Di Stilio   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Torture — The Case for Dirty Harry and against Alan Dershowitz [PDF]

, 2006
Can torture be morally justified? I shall criticise arguments that have been adduced against torture and demonstrate that torture can be justified more easily than most philosophers dealing with the question are prepared to admit. It can be justified not
Steinhoff, Uwe
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