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The creation of a contagious H5N1 influenza virus: implications for the education of life scientists [PDF]

The Ukrainian Biochemical Journal, 2014
The paper contends that the ongoing controversy surrounding the creation of a contagious H5N1 influenza virus has already exposed the severe limitations of the possibility of preventing the hostile misuse of the life scien­ces by dint of oversight of ...
T. Novossiolova, M. Minehata, M. Dando
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Practical Implementation of the Join-and-Disarm Option in the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons

Journal for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament, 2021
The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons provides a nuclear-armed state that joins the treaty with two options. One is to join after eliminating its weapons and nuclear-weapon program.
Pavel Podvig
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The magic in the (extra)ordinary: Intensive validation to recalibrate the life‐worlds of adolescents exposed to abuse

Child &Family Social Work, Volume 28, Issue 1, Page 65-76, February 2023., 2023
Abstract This qualitative case study aimed to explore environmental circumstances and interactional processes that appeared to be relevant for the dynamics of resilience in adolescents exposed to child abuse. Fieldwork at a learning and coping centre for children and their families was combined with semi‐structured interviews with adolescent ...
Helen Kolb, Anders Dovran, Carina Ribe Fernee, Tore Dag Bøe   +3 more
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Nomadic boat‐dwelling children of Southeast Asia: Discourses on the Sama‐Bajau children and implications on decentring child migration studies

Children &Society, EarlyView., 2023
Abstract This article examines the discursive narratives in academic literature about the nomadic boat‐dwelling children of the Sama‐Bajau group in Southeast Asia. Through examining academic literature from 1989 to 2021, this paper explores how the literature shapes and mediates the narratives about Sama‐Bajau children.
Aireen Grace Andal
wiley   +1 more source

The NPT at Fifty: Successes and Failures

Journal for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament, 2020
The NPT succeeded in its initial task of preventing the proliferation of nuclear weapons to the potential proliferators considered likely at the time of its entry into force in 1970.
Nobuyasu Abe
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Acquiring reason

European Journal of Philosophy, Volume 30, Issue 4, Page 1393-1408, December 2022., 2022
Abstract In the last decades, there has been a far‐reaching debate about whether reason is a natural power of the human animal or a socio‐historical achievement. This paper brings out and criticizes two paradigmatic views of reason entangled in that dilemma: the substantive view which construes reason as a primitive power possessing the basic forms of ...
Lucian Ionel
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Mutations in MYO9B are associated with Charcot–Marie–Tooth disease type 2 neuropathies and isolated optic atrophy

European Journal of Neurology, Volume 30, Issue 2, Page 511-526, February 2023., 2023
Abstract Background and purpose Charcot–Marie–Tooth disease (CMT) is a heterogeneous group of disorders caused by mutations in at least 100 genes. However, approximately 60% of cases with axonal neuropathies (CMT2) still remain without a genetic diagnosis. We aimed at identifying novel disease genes responsible for CMT2.
Silvia Cipriani, Marta Guerrero‐Valero, Stefano Tozza, Edward Zhao, Veith Vollmer, Danique Beijer, Matt Danzi, Cristina Rivellini, Dejan Lazarevic, Giovanni Battista Pipitone, Bianca Rose Grosz, Costanza Lamperti, Stefania Bianchi Marzoli, Paola Carrera, Marcella Devoto, Chiara Pisciotta, Davide Pareyson, Marina Kennerson, Stefano C. Previtali, Stephan Zuchner, Steven S. Scherer, Fiore Manganelli, Martin Bähler, Alessandra Bolino   +23 more
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Nuclear Disarmament Verification via Resonant Phenomena [PDF]

Nature Communications 2018, 2017
Nuclear disarmament treaties are not sufficient in and of themselves to neutralize the existential threat of the nuclear weapons. Technologies are necessary for verifying the authenticity of the nuclear warheads undergoing dismantlement before counting them towards a treaty partner's obligation. This work presents a novel concept that leverages isotope-
arxiv   +1 more source

An Introduction to the Special Feature on the Biden Nuclear Posture Review

Journal for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament, 2021
The US Biden administration is conducting its Nuclear Posture Review (NPR); the resulting report is expected to come out in early 2022. In this introductory essay to the special feature on the upcoming NPR and its implications for US Asian allies, the ...
Nobuyasu Abe
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The Middle East Weapons of Mass Destruction Free Zone in the IAEA General Conference: Is There a “Grand Strategy” behind the IAEA Track?

Journal for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament, 2022
While Review Conferences of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons are generally considered the main multilateral forum for discussing the Middle East Weapons of Mass Destruction Free Zone, they are only one of three other multilateral ...
Jasmine Auda, Tomisha Bino
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