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Rapid Non-Contact Detection of Chemical Warfare Agents by Laser Photoacoustic Spectroscopy
Nerve agents have recently been used in battlefield operations, espionage wars, and terrorist attacks. These compounds, like some pesticides, cause organophosphate poisoning.
Luca Fiorani +3 more
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Terrorist attacks: cutaneous patterns of gunshot and secondary blast injuries
Terrorist attacks have been on the rise. During the recent terrorist attacks in France, terrorists perpetrated their acts using weapons of war, as well as explosive charges.
Yann Delannoy +6 more
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Epidemiological profile of burned patients at the Clinical Hospital of the Federal University of Uberlândia in Brazil [PDF]
Introduction: Burns are lesions caused by agents external to organic tissues, in which there is the destruction of the epithelial lining and/or mucous membranes in varying depth and extension.
Douglas Ravel Neto Diniz Ribeiro +4 more
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The method of drilling and blasting with explosives is widely used in rock fragmentation applications in the mining industry for mine development and ore production.
Kelly-Meriam Habib +2 more
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Introduction: Xenobiotic contamination is a global concern. Nitroaromatic compounds enter the environment through ammunition, ordnance disposal, burning the outdoors, and leakage of ammunition.
Fahimeh Teimouri +4 more
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A review of some nonexplosive alternative methods to conventional rock blasting
The conventional blasting rock excavation method is the main means of rock breakage because of its high productivity, and it is relatively inexpensive compared to other methods. However, it raises safety concerns and can negatively impact the environment.
Al-Bakri Ali, Hefni Mohammed
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Scalable Deep Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning via Observation Embedding and Parameter Noise
In this paper, we explore a scalable deep reinforcement learning (DRL) method for environments with multi-agents. Due to the explosive increase of the input dimensionality with the number of agents, most existing DRL methods are only able to cope with ...
Jian Zhang +3 more
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Sulfur as a binding agent of aggregates in explosive eruptions [PDF]
Understanding the mechanisms that govern ash aggregation is of critical importance in volcanology. Aggregation reduces the residence time of ash (≤2 mm) in the atmosphere strongly, by enhancing the sedimentation of finer-grained material generated during explosive eruptions.
Teresa Scolamacchia, Donald B. Dingwell
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MULTIFUNCTIONAL HEAVY-DUTY ROBOTIC FIRE EXTINGUISHING SYSTEM [PDF]
In this paper there is considered the creation of a multifunctional heavy-duty robotic fire extinguishing complex with improved tactical and technical characteristics on a tracked chassis.
Roman A. Emelyanov +3 more
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Emerging Infectious Agents and Blood Safety in Latin America
Historically, emerging infectious agents have been an important driving force toward the enhancement of blood safety, illustrated by the sharp reduction in the transmission of infectious agents by blood transfusion after human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
José Eduardo Levi
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