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Chinese Journal of Cancer, 2017 Metastatic melanoma has long been considered to have a very poor prognosis and to be chemo-resistant. However, a subgroup of patients with metastatic melanoma presents remarkable responses to chemotherapeutic agents, even in the absence of a response to ...
Aurélien Simon +2 more
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Scanning of Vehicles for Nuclear Materials
, 2013 Might a nuclear-armed terrorist group or state use ordinary commerce to deliver a nuclear weapon by smuggling it in a cargo container or vehicle? This delivery method would be the only one available to a sub-state actor, and it might enable a state to ...
Katz, J. I.
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Ion Mobility Spectrometry as a Part of a System for Rapid Detection of Toxic Chemicals
Safety & Fire Technology, 2019 Aim: The aim of this paper is to present ion mobility spectrometry as a method for the local detection of chemical contaminants. Introduction: According to the doctrine currently in force in the Military Forces of the Republic of Poland, contamination
Władysław Harmata
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New perspectives for undoped CaF2 scintillator as a threshold activation neutron detector
EPJ Web of Conferences, 2018 In this paper we present the prompt photofission neutron detection performance of undoped CaF2 scintillator using Threshold Activation Detection (TAD).
Sibczynski Pawel +16 more
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Mid-infrared n-Ge on Si Plasmonic Based Microbolometer Sensors [PDF]
, 2017 The detection and amplification of molecular absorption lines from a chemical weapons simulant is demonstrated using plasmonic antennas fabricated from n-Ge epitaxially grown on Si. A free-standing Si0.25Ge0.75 microbolometer detector with n-Ge plasmonic
Baldassarre, Leonetta +12 more
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An imaging neutron/gamma-ray spectrometer [PDF]
, 2013 We present the test results of a neutron/gamma-ray imaging spectrometer for the identification and location of radioactive and special nuclear materials. Radioactive materials that could be fashioned into a radiation dispersal device typically emit gamma
Bloser, Peter F. +8 more
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Maritime security and nuclear cargoes [PDF]
, 2010 Civilian nuclear operations entail the transportation of sometimes substantial quantities of radioactive material. These can range from large quantities of weakly radioactive fresh fuel for power reactors, with the corresponding removal of highly ...
Smith, Ron C.
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Agent selection and threat actualization in contamination cases: Predicting action from perpetrator behavior [PDF]
, 2018 While existing research on the topic is sparse, previous works have shown that there is believed to be a substantial threat of intentional, malicious contamination of the supply chain by criminals and terrorists (CFSAN, 2001; WHO, 2008).
Kilbane, Sarah C.
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Child &Family Social Work, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article offers a critical conceptual review of age assessments in England and examines their implications for unaccompanied asylum‐seeking children (UASC). Drawing on Foucault's theories of biopower and governmentality, age assessments are conceptualied as technologies of control that set the parameters for who is deemed ‘deserving’ of ...
Ama‐Rose Greaves
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Pan‐Europe Revisited: Inter‐War Debates and the EU's Pursuit of Geopolitical Power
JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The European Union's (EU) transformation from a peace project to an assertive geopolitical actor reflects enduring tensions in integration theory dating back to the inter‐war period. This paper develops a comparative framework distinguishing territorial integration logic, which emphasises bounded political communities and collective defence ...
Kamil Zwolski
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