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Radiological, chemical and biological terrorism

Forensic Research & Criminology International Journal, 2023
Terrorism involves the use or threat of violence and aims to instill fear not only in the immediate victims but also in the general public. The extent to which it relies on fear distinguishes terrorism from conventional warfare.
Sachil Kumar, T. R. Baggi
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Re: Response to letter by Dr Busby about our article ‘Mortality and cancer incidence 1952–2017 in United Kingdom participants in the United Kingdom’s atmospheric nuclear weapon tests and experimental programmes’

Journal of Radiological Protection, 2022
Dear Editor, We are grateful Dr Busby has shown such interest in our paper on the mortality and cancer incidence experience of the UK atmospheric nuclear test participants [1].
M. Gillies, R. Haylock
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Australian medical imaging and world war one

Journal of Medical Radiation Sciences, Volume 69, Issue 4, Page 510-517, December 2022., 2022
World War One was a decisive moment in the development of the the radiography profession. This paper details the environment of that time, describes our professions soldier pioneers and their daily challenges. Abstract Twenty years after the birth of medical imaging from Röntgen's 1895 discovery, military authorities understood the advantage of ...
Luke C. Barclay, Giovanni Mandarano
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Global Co-Evolution of Informational and Combat Weapons in the Context of the Systemic Genesis of Humankind: an Informatics-Cybernetic View

Современные информационные технологии и IT-образование, 2022
The global co-evolution of informational and military weapons (MW) is considered, from the standpoint of informatics-cybernetic modeling of the development of a self-controlling hierarchical-network system of Humankind, as one of the components of its ...
Sergey Grinchenko
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‘Is Radioactive Iodine Present Equally in the Cream on Milk as in the Milk Itself?’: Lonely Sources and the Gendered history of Cold War Britain

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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The Development of Special Interactive Teaching Computer Programs for the Training of the Specialists of Radiological, Chemical and Biological Defence Troops

Вестник войск РХБ защиты, 2023
The development of any weapon system is carried out by the implementation of new technologies into the military equipment. The complexity and costliness of their adaptation require the increase of the intensity of personnel training with the simultaneous
K. P. Kuznetsova, S. N. Solnyshkov
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Ecological information and approaches needed for risk communication dialogs for acute or chronic environmental crises

Risk Analysis, Volume 42, Issue 11, Page 2408-2420, November 2022., 2022
Abstract Scientists, social scientists, risk communicators, and many others are often thrust into a crisis situation where they need to interact with a range of stakeholders, including governmental personnel (tribal, U.S. federal, state, local), local residents, and other publics, as well as other scientists and other risk communicators in situations ...
Joanna Burger
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Information needs, approaches, and case studies in human health risk communication

Risk Analysis, Volume 42, Issue 11, Page 2376-2399, November 2022., 2022
Abstract This article uses ten case studies to illustrate the information needs, various communication approaches, and the communicator's role in explaining environmental health risks from a variety of hazards, to a variety of audiences, over time frames from days to years, using in person consultation, lectures, zooms, and email formats.
Michael Gochfeld
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Radiation Exposures and Compensation of Victims of French Atmospheric Nuclear Tests in Polynesia [PDF]

Science & Global Security, vol. 30, Iss. 2 (2022), 1-33, 2021
Between 1966 and 1974, France conducted 41 atmospheric nuclear weapon tests in Polynesia. Radioactive fallout impacted downwind atolls and islands leading to the external and internal exposure of the local populations to ionizing radiation. By law, individuals who were exposed to radiation in the context of these tests can file compensation claims with
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Terrorism in the airspace [PDF]

Војно дело, 2014
The increase in air threats from terrorist acts means that the safety of passengers, aircraft, and even facilities on the ground, are endangered, and these are defined as deliberate acts.
Stanković Vitomir A., Stojaković Goran G.   +1 more
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