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Nuclear weapons

The Arms Race and Arms Control 1984, 2020
S. Lodgaard, Frank Blackaby
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The hidden links between animal weapons, fighting style, and their effect on contest success: a meta‐analysis

Biological Reviews of The Cambridge Philosophical Society, 2022
In many species that fight over resources, individuals use specialized structures to gain a mechanical advantage over their rivals during contests (i.e. weapons).
A. Palaoro, P. E. Peixoto
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Application of Deep Learning for Weapons Detection in Surveillance Videos

2021 International Conference on Digital Futures and Transformative Technologies (ICoDT2), 2021
Weapon detection is a very serious and intense issue as far as the security and safety of the public in general, no doubt it’s a hard and difficult task furthermore, its troublesome when you need to do it automatically or with some of the AI model ...
Tufail Sajjad Shah Hashmi, Nazeef Ul Haq, M. Fraz, M. Shahzad   +3 more
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Weapons (See Biological Weapons)

2021
Weapons 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 ...
Henk ten Have, Maria do Céu Patrão Neves   +1 more
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Weapons of the Weak

, 1985
s on income, caloric intake, newspaper circulation, or radio ownership. I seek, then, not only to uncover and describe the patterns of everyday resistance as a distinctive behavior with far-reaching implications, but to ground that description in an ...
James C. Scott
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Neurobiological Weapons

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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Greater Goods: Morality and Attitudes toward the Use of Nuclear Weapons

Journal of Conflict Resolution, 2020
Recent research into the public’s attitude toward the use of nuclear weapons repeats long-standing mistakes in how international relations theorists think about morality.
Brian C. Rathbun, Rachel E. Stein
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Weaponized Bodies

2023
This chapter analyzes the author's dramatic story of pitching an article investigating the media coverage and complex politics of a highly publicized legal case in Michigan against a physician for performing female genital cutting (FGC). The case coincided with the introduction of new national programs directed at women immigrants that involved ...
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Conventional Weapons and Weapons Reviews

Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law, 2005
The 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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A World Free of Nuclear Weapons

Transforming Terror, 2019
nuclear weapons today present tremendous dangers, but also an historic opportunity. U.S. leadership will be required to take the world to the next stage—to a solid consensus for reversing reliance on nuclear weapons globally as a vital contribution to ...
George P. Shultz, William J. Perry, H. Kissinger, Sam Nunn   +3 more
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