The origins of nuclear astrophysics at Caltech [PDF]
Shortly before the start of World War II, several theoretical physicists, including Hans Bethe and Carl von Weizsacker, advanced the idea that the sun derives it energy from nuclear reactions within its core. C. C.
Goodstein, Judith R., Greenberg, John L.
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“The hope – the one hope – is that your generation will prove wiser and more responsible than mine.” Constructions of guilt in a selection of disaster texts for young adults [PDF]
This paper explores a range of definitions of guilt, and argues that fiction for young adults which is set after a major disaster that has been caused by humans has surprisingly little emphasis on guilt.
Baccolini +26 more
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Clinical Insights Into Hypercalcemia of Malignancy in Childhood
ABSTRACT Hypercalcemia of malignancy (HCM) is a rare but life‐threatening metabolic emergency in children that occurs in less than 1% of pediatric cancer cases, with a reported incidence ranging from 0.4% to 1.0% across different studies. While it is observed in 10%–20% of adult malignancies, pediatric HCM remains relatively uncommon.
Hüseyin Anıl Korkmaz
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Paediatric multicystic dysplastic kidney disease in Cape Town, South Africa
Introduction Multicystic dysplastic kidney disease (MCDK) is a notable congenital anomaly of the kidney and urinary tract, with potential risk for chronic kidney disease, yet data from sub-Saharan Africa remain scarce.
Datonye Christopher Briggs +5 more
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Don’t Talk About Your Fallout Shelter: Civilian Perceptions of Threat and Structural Responses during the Cold War in Regina, Saskatchewan between 1958 and 1963 [PDF]
During the Cold War, the Canadian government initiated a civil defence campaign urging private citizens to construct shelters to protect themselves from the effects of nuclear fallout.
Mushynsky, Julie
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Simple Shelters?: Monitoring Radioactive Fallout Across Canada, 1959–63 [PDF]
During the early Cold War, the Canadian government adivsed public that they could cheaply build fallout shelters in their homes to protect their families from radiation after a nuclear war.
Burtch, Andrew
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Nuclear War in the Rivalry Phase of the Modern World-System
Large-scale war is a world-system phenomenon of the rivalry phase. Such conflicts have once again become a concern, and nuclear weapons make these prospects especially dangerous.
Robert A. Denemark
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The President and Nuclear Weapons: Authorities, Limits, and Process [PDF]
There is no more consequential decision for a president than ordering a nuclear strike. In the Cold War, the threat of sudden nuclear annihilation necessitated procedures emphasizing speed and efficiency and placing sole decision-making authority in the ...
DeRosa, Mary B., Nicolas, Ashley
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ABSTRACT Background Kaposiform lymphangiomatosis (KLA) is an aggressive complex lymphatic anomaly. Patients exhibit malformed lymphatic vessels and often develop hemorrhagic effusions and elevated angiopoietin‐2 (Ang‐2) levels. A somatic NRAS p.Q61R (NRASQ61R) mutation has been associated with KLA.
C. Griffin McDaniel +3 more
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Letter from Joan Cook, Church and Society Commission of the National Council of Churches in New Zealand, to Geraldine Ferraro [PDF]
Letter from Joan Cook, acting secretary of the Church and Society Commission of the National Council of Churches in New Zealand, to Geraldine Ferraro.
Cook, Joan, Ferraro, Geraldine
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