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Weapons (See Biological Weapons)
2021Weapons have long been the focus of ethical discourse since a long time. In 1096 Pope Urban II prohibited the use of crossbows introduced from China in 1096 and Pope Innocent II repeating the prohibition in 1139 both without any real effect. New weapons have long been regarded as inhuman and unfair such as the machine gun in 1884 (despite the damage ...
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Neurologic Clinics, 2005
Biological warfare is a potential threat on the battlefield and in daily life. It is vital for neurologists and other health care practitioners to be familiar with biological and toxic agents that target the nervous system. most illnesses caused by biological warfare agents are not commonly considered neurologic disease, however.
Peter J, Osterbauer, Michael R, Dobbs
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Biological warfare is a potential threat on the battlefield and in daily life. It is vital for neurologists and other health care practitioners to be familiar with biological and toxic agents that target the nervous system. most illnesses caused by biological warfare agents are not commonly considered neurologic disease, however.
Peter J, Osterbauer, Michael R, Dobbs
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Conventional Weapons and Weapons Reviews
Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law, 2005The 1977 Protocol I Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949 instituted the following obligation for States Parties:‘Article 36. New weaponsIn the study, development, acquisition or adoption of a new weapon, means or method of warfare, a High Contracting Party is under an obligation to determine whether its employment would, in some or ...
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Physics World, 2010
I spent 12 years working at a top-secret nuclear-weapons lab that had its own dedicated force of heavily armed security guards. Of course, security-related incidents were rare, so the guards' main challenge was simply staying awake.
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I spent 12 years working at a top-secret nuclear-weapons lab that had its own dedicated force of heavily armed security guards. Of course, security-related incidents were rare, so the guards' main challenge was simply staying awake.
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Journal of Peace Research, 2015 Abstract This article investigates the effect of natural resources on whether ethno-political groups choose to pursue their goals with nonviolent as compared to violent means, distinguishing terrorism from insurgencies. It is hypothesized that whether or not the extraction of fossil fuels sparks violence depends both on the group’s ...
Axel Dreher, Merle Kreibaum
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Scientific American, 2017
The article discusses the results of a study by Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center in Washington that found that guns were four times deadlier on a per-terrorist attack basis than explosives and other methods in high-income countries.
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The article discusses the results of a study by Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center in Washington that found that guns were four times deadlier on a per-terrorist attack basis than explosives and other methods in high-income countries.
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JAMA Pediatrics, 2013
On December 14, 2012, after shooting his mother, 20-year-old Adam Lanza shot and killed 20 children and 6 employees at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. In the wake of the Newtown shootings, there has been considerable discussion about gun violence.
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On December 14, 2012, after shooting his mother, 20-year-old Adam Lanza shot and killed 20 children and 6 employees at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. In the wake of the Newtown shootings, there has been considerable discussion about gun violence.
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Weapons, Weapons Research and the Case Against Weapons Research
2012This book is about weapons research (hereafter and throughout WR), and so we need to know what it is. To that end we also need to know what a weapon is, so I begin with some general remarks about weapons and about how we might define and characterise them. Here I also comment briefly on the history of weapons development.
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Food as a Weapon, Weapons as Aid
Rossiya v globalnoi politike, 2023Weapon supplies have become fully legitimate as a form of assistance. The right to self-defense is, in fact, recognized as a basic need. Therefore, the need for weapons is equated with the need for humanitarian aid.
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Toxicon, 2016
The discovery of insulin and its use for the treatment of diabetes is undoubtedly one of the true successes of modern medicine. Injectable insulin would prove the first effective treatment for a previously incurable and usually fatal disease. Soon after however, the powerful effects of insulin overdose would be reported, and subsequently exploited for ...
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The discovery of insulin and its use for the treatment of diabetes is undoubtedly one of the true successes of modern medicine. Injectable insulin would prove the first effective treatment for a previously incurable and usually fatal disease. Soon after however, the powerful effects of insulin overdose would be reported, and subsequently exploited for ...
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