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Rapid Non-Contact Detection of Chemical Warfare Agents by Laser Photoacoustic Spectroscopy

open access: yesSensors, 2023
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

open access: yesForensic Sciences Research, 2020
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]

open access: yesRevista Brasileira de Cirurgia Plástica, 2021
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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Laboratory investigation into the use of soundless chemical demolitions agents for the breakage of hard rock

open access: yesInternational Journal of Coal Science & Technology, 2022
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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Comparison of Nitroaromatic Compounds Metabolites Types by Sequencing Performance of Anaerobic-Aerobic and Aerobic-Anaerobic Processes

open access: yesJournal of Environmental Health and Sustainable Development, 2022
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

open access: yesOpen Geosciences, 2021
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
doaj   +1 more source

Scalable Deep Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning via Observation Embedding and Parameter Noise

open access: yesIEEE Access, 2019
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]

open access: yesBulletin of Volcanology, 2014
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]

open access: yesАктуальные вопросы пожарной безопасности
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

open access: yesFrontiers in Medicine, 2018
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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