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Increased Brain Age Among Psychiatrically Healthy Adults Exposed to Childhood Trauma
Brain and Behavior, Volume 15, Issue 4, April 2025.We investigated the associations between childhood trauma exposure, including subtypes of abuse and neglect, and brain age in psychiatrically healthy adults. Brain age was predicted from T1‐weighted structural MRI scans using a machine‐learning‐based algorithm. Childhood sexual abuse was associated with increased brain age.
Chanellé Hendrikse +4 more
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CBRN Threats and the Economic Analysis of Terrorism [PDF]
The aim of this paper is to investigate the economic aspects of CBRN threats. For this purpose, the extent to which this topic is reflected in freely-accessible academic literature and the costs associated with such threats will be assessed. Furthermore,
Alexander Ramseger +2 more
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What's New About the New Terrorism and How Dangerous Is It? / Terrorism and Political Violence, 13(Autumn, 2001), pp. 1-14 [PDF]
, 2001 The ‘new terrorism’ is said to be more networked, ad hoc, lethal and dangerous than the old. This assessment of these claims concludes that terrorism currently differs little from its previous manifestations, except for the somewhat increased likelihood ...
Tucker, David
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Health Care Science, Volume 4, Issue 2, Page 82-93, April 2025.Precision medicine (PM) has become central in healthcare, particularly in developed countries, but Nigeria struggles with its acceptance and implementation. A study of Nigerian hospital pharmacists revealed awareness of precision medicine but limited knowledge.
Goodness C. Nwokebu +8 more
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The Likely Effect of a Radiological Dispersion Device [PDF]
, 2005 With the end of the Cold War, the political and strategic relationships that undergirded the global balance of power were shattered. The powers that held nation-states together, like the USSR, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, and others largely disappeared ...
Rickert, Paul R
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A review of accident models and incident analysis techniques
Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics, Volume 26, Issue 3, March 2025.Abstract This review article aims to provide an overview of accident models and incident analysis techniques in the context of radiation oncology. Accident models conceptualize the mechanisms through which accidents occur. Chain‐of‐event models and systemic models are two main categories of accident models and differ in how accident causation is ...
Lawrence M. Wong, Todd Pawlicki
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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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Radiological Dispersal Device Primer: From a Terrorist's Perspective
, 2012 : Radiological weapons are a growing threat within the United States. Radiological Dispersal Devices (RDDs), or more commonly referred to as dirty bombs , offer terrorists a potential means to inflict major damage to the American economy and psyche.
J. T. Hanson
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An Unexpected Threat: How a Short Stretch of the Northern New York Border with Canada Could Provide a New Avenue for Terrorist Attacks [PDF]
, 2014 Al Qaeda and many other terrorist groups have openly stated their intentions to acquire and use some form of nuclear device in an attack on the United States.
Myers, Zachary
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The critical vulnerabilities of civilian nuclear operations [PDF]
, 2005 The exploitation for peaceful purposes of nuclear knowledge and nuclear technology is inevitably connected to the exploitation of the same phenomena for military purposes.
Smith, Ron C.
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