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Super Soldiers and Technological Asymmetry [PDF]

, 2015
In this chapter I argue that emerging soldier enhancement technologies have the potential to transform the ethical character of the relationship between combatants, in conflicts between ‘Superpower’ militaries, with the ability to deploy such ...
Simpson, Robert Mark
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The gut microbiome promotes the growth performance of black soldier fly larvae by detoxifying uric acid

iMetaOmics, EarlyView.
This study demonstrates the detrimental effects of exogenous uric acid (UA) on the growth of black soldier fly (BSF) larvae, highlighting the role of gut microbiota in UA degradation. We isolated UA‐degrading bacterial strains associated with BSF, including Enterococcus faecalis AHAU24.
Xiaowen Ji, Shaojie Zhou, Wenwen Chen, Bin Cao, Jingjing Zhuang, Sheng Zhang, Bingshuo Han, Benping Yang, Shuxiang Zhang, Yanfeng Xue, Jibin Zhang, Yinglao Zhang, Wei Liu   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Dietary inclusion of defatted black soldier fly larvae meal: impacts on laying hen performance, egg quality, serum biomarkers, and intestinal morphology

Frontiers in Veterinary Science
This study investigated the effects of 3% (G3), 6% (G6), and 9% (G9) dietary defatted black soldier fly larvae (BSFL) meal on 288 Hy-Line Brown laying hens over 210 days.
Lifei Chen, Haoyang Sun, Hanhan Song, Guiying Wang, Xiuliang Ma, Jiacai Tu, Lei Yang, Junxia Li, Yuxi Wang, Xueqiang Meng, Wenyu Zhang, Shenghao Li, Qile Tian, Yinling Zhao, Hongyan Yang, Peixian Wang, Lusheng Li   +16 more
doaj   +1 more source

Sur Toulouse et les Toulousains sous l’Empire romain

Pallas, 2010
Between the highly celebrated episode of Servilius Caepio’s accursed gold, the tarnished glory of Antonius Primus, sole Tolosan senator to be known, and the love of fine letters chiefly illustrated by IVth century non-native rhetoricians, the capital ...
Patrick Le Roux
doaj   +1 more source

A Common Soldier: William H. P. Ivey

, 2018
When I set out to pick a soldier for my first Killed at Gettysburg project, I did not know what I would find. I chose to research a Confederate soldier named William H. P. Ivey simply because he was born and raised on a farm, like me.
Shoop, Isaac J.
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War Against Slavery Without a Black Soldier in Sight? [PDF]

, 2013
I\u27ve been lying to people. OK, not exactly lying, just not telling the whole truth. One of my favorite lines to use when I worked in Washington at the Lincoln Cottage was that the, most important part of the Emancipation Proclamation came near the ...
Rudy, John M.
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No Man’s Land

, 2012
This poem is inspired by a set of letters between Jes Jerry Jessen and his sister Helen during his time as a soldier during World War ...
Boyce, Kelsey C.
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Impact of Geography on Institutions in Agricultural and Nomadic Societies

International Studies of Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT How geography affects the choice of institutions is studied in a theoretical model. In this model, nations are located around a circle. Rulers compete through choosing tax rates, the level of military spending, and the degree of formality of institutions. Geographic condition is captured by population density.
Haiwen Zhou
wiley   +1 more source

Meeting report of the seventh annual Tri-Service Microbiome Consortium Symposium

BMC Proceedings
The Tri-Service Microbiome Consortium (TSMC) was founded to enhance collaboration, coordination, and communication of microbiome research among DoD organizations and to facilitate resource, material and information sharing among consortium members, which
Zachary S. Liechty, Richard T. Agans, Robyn A. Barbato, Sophie M. Colston, Monica R. Christian, Rasha Hammamieh, Melissa R. Kardish, J. Philip Karl, Dagmar H. Leary, Camilla A. Mauzy, Ida Pantoja-Feliciano de Goodfellow, Kenneth Racicot, Jason W. Soares, Blake W. Stamps, Charles R. Sweet, Sara M. Tuck, Jordan A. Whitman, Michael S. Goodson   +17 more
doaj   +1 more source

Combat high or traumatic stress: violent offending is associated with appetitive aggression but not with symptoms of traumatic stress

Frontiers in Psychology, 2015
Former members of armed groups in eastern DRCongo had typically witnessed, experienced and perpetrated extreme forms of violence. Enhanced trauma-related symptoms had been shown in prior research.
Anke eKöbach, Susanne eSchaal, Thomas eElbert   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source