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Fallout from U.S. atmospheric nuclear tests in New Mexico and Nevada (1945-1962) [PDF]
arXiv, 2023 One hundred and one atmospheric nuclear weapon tests were conducted between 1945 and 1962 in the United States, resulting in widespread dispersion of radioactive fallout, and leading to environmental contamination and population exposures. Accurate assessment of the extent of fallout from nuclear weapon tests has been challenging in the United States ...
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Why nuclear weapon ban treaty is unlikely to fulfil its promise
, 2017 Recent discussion about the nuclear ban treaty is the culmination of the “Humanitarian initiative”, arguably the most important development within the non-proliferation regime over the past Review cycle.
M. Onderco
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Gender &History, Volume 34, Issue 3, Page 827-837, October 2022., 2022 Abstract This article argues that one way to foreground and privilege women's perspectives on the Cold War is by re‐interpreting their historical experiences of food and drink. The article develops this argument by analysing one letter, from an unknown woman to the BBC, in the context of nuclear health concerns in early Cold War Britain.
Jessica Douthwaite
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Gender &History, EarlyView., 2023 Abstract This article explores male popular culture in Australia in the mid‐1940s, particularly men's magazines of the period, to illuminate aspects of the psycho‐sexual dimensions of Australian veterans returning to civil society. The sexual landscape of Australian society had undergone considerable transformation, especially through an increasing ...
Stephen Garton
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Gender &History, EarlyView., 2023 Abstract During the International Women's Year (IWY) of 1975, United Nations bodies made concerted efforts to ensure global awareness and understanding of the IWY aims of equality, peace and development, via the mass media. In this article, we engage with these strategies of global information distribution from the vantage point of Ghana, West Africa ...
Kate Skinner +2 more
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Weapons Radiochemistry: Trinity and Beyond [PDF]
arXiv, 2021 On July 16, 1945, the Trinity nuclear test exploded in the desert near Alamogordo, NM. A variety of new diagnostic experiments were fielded in an effort to understand the detailed performance of the nuclear device. This article describes a series of radiochemical experiments that were designed to measure the efficiency and neutron fluence of the test ...
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Emerging Trends in Bioinspired Superhydrophobic and Superoleophobic Sustainable Surfaces
Advanced Materials, EarlyView.Biomimicry offers an exceptional opportunity to design materials with advanced properties. This review summarizes the latest findings for developing sustainable superhydrophobic–superoleophobic materials using biomimicry, their challenges, and future directions.
Cerys M. Cormican +3 more
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Considering a war with Iran [PDF]
, 2007 The paper is a strategic studies analyis of the war-fronts, weapon systems and political-military tactics of a U.S.-Iranian war, including the U.S.
Butcher, Martin, Plesch, Dan
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Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 2003 Aims: To extend and analyse follow up of mortality and cancer incidence among men who took part in the UK's atmospheric nuclear weapon tests and experimental programmes 40–50 years ago, with particular reference to multiple myeloma and leukaemia. Methods:
C. Muirhead +8 more
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Clinically Relevant Metallic Nanoparticles in Tuberculosis Diagnosis and Therapy
Advanced Therapeutics, EarlyView.Tuberculosis (TB) remains a global health challenge, with drug‐resistant strains exacerbating the issue. Metallic nanoparticles (MNPs) show promise in TB diagnosis as sensor probes and in combination therapy with antimycobacterial drugs, requiring further pre‐clinical and clinical research for clinical translation.
Christianah Aarinola Akinnawo +1 more
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