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How Serious Is Threat of Radiological Terrorism?
Acta Medica, 2009 Radiological terrorism (radioterrorism) is the deliberate use of radiological weapons. These weapons use radioactive materials to disperse and emit ionizing radiation.
Pavel Kuna, Zdeněk Hon, Jiří Patočka
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The Use of CBRN Weapons in Armed Conflict [PDF]
, 2022 The contribution deals with the use of CBRN weapons in the context of ...
Mauri D
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Радиационная гигиена, 2016 In 1991, a salvage operation of the waterlogged radioactive contaminated vessel in the water area of lake Ladoga was carried out. In 1953-1954, new radiological weapons or new radiological warfare agenst were tested on this vessel.
I. K. Romanovich
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Analysis of the Frequency and Detectability of Objects Resembling Nuclear/Radiological Threats in Commercial Cargo [PDF]
Science & Global Security, vol. 27, no. 2, 2019, 2018 The threat of smuggled nuclear/radiological weapons and material in commercial containerized cargo remains a significant threat to global security more than a decade after the enactment of laws in the United States and elsewhere mandating interdiction efforts.
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The basic health care system in a crisis situation after the use of weapons of mass destruction
Security and Defence Quarterly, 2019 Weapons of mass destruction pose a threat that all health care institutions should be prepared for. Every health care centre can be an essential part of the joint system of response when a critical situation occurs.
Mateusz Kuczabski
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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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An unusual unplanned complex suicide by arm cutting, poisoning, and self-immolation
Forensic Science International: Reports, 2023 Different methods of suicide, when combined with contamination of the scene, increase the difficulty of interpreting the dynamics of an event. In the presented case, the discovery of a corpse with widespread burns, singed hair, an “X”-shaped cut on the ...
Claudio Terranova +2 more
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C, B, R, or N: The Influence of Related Industry on Terrorists' Choice in Unconventional Weapons [PDF]
, 2013 This study explores which factors, given that a terrorist has crossed the threshold into using chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) over conventional weapons, will determine the likelihood that he/she chooses to use C, B, R, or N ...
Tishler, Nicole Alexandra
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Orientation Aware Weapons Detection In Visual Data : A Benchmark Dataset [PDF]
, 2021 Automatic detection of weapons is significant for improving security and well being of individuals, nonetheless, it is a difficult task due to large variety of size, shape and appearance of weapons. View point variations and occlusion also are reasons which makes this task more difficult.
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Teleconsultation ultrasonography: a new weapon to combat cholangiocarcinoma
ESMO Open, 2017 Although cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) is usually a rare cancer, in northeast Thailand it kills 20 000 or more people every year. The prognosis is very poor owing to late stage diagnosis, with palliative treatment often representing the only option.
N. Chamadol +6 more
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