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Economic Rationality and International Humanitarianism: Ryōkichi Sagane's Advocacy Regarding the Introduction of Foreign Nuclear Reactors to Japan**

open access: yesBerichte zur Wissenschaftsgeschichte, EarlyView.
Abstract The 2011 Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident underscored the crucial role of nuclear engineering experts. However, the specific arguments and motivations of scientists advocating for the introduction of foreign reactors remain unclear.
Masahiro Inohana
wiley   +1 more source

Bringing Small Devices, Giving Design Advice: Introducing Radiation Protection Practices in Greece via the IAEA's Visiting Professor Program**

open access: yesBerichte zur Wissenschaftsgeschichte, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper examines how an International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) expert mission for technical assistance in the late 1950s to Greece was effectively transformed into a mission to achieve the IAEA′s central objective: to consolidate its position as the leading global authority on radiation protection. The study focuses on the work of Alfred
Loukas Freris
wiley   +1 more source

Ballistic impact response of a heat-treated dual-phase Ti–5.2Mo–4.8Al–2.5Zr–1.7Cr alloy with hierarchical microstructure

open access: yesJournal of Materials Research and Technology, 2023
In the present study, a dual-phase Ti-5.2Mo-4.8Al-2.5Zr-1.7Cr alloy was hot-rolled at 980 °C with a thickness reduction of 65% and then heat-treated with the strategy of 920 °C/1 h/water quenching +550 °C/6 h/air cooling, and a hierarchical ...
Xinjie Zhu   +7 more
doaj  

Living Weapons: Biological Weapons and International Security

open access: yesEmerging Infectious Diseases, 2010
In the summer of 1996, as a (much younger) Army infectious disease physician, I headed off to a new assignment with the US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID) at Fort Detrick, Maryland. It was a heady time to be entering the niche field of biodefense.
openaire   +3 more sources

Micro/nanorobots for detecting and eliminating biological and chemical warfare agents

open access: yesBMEMat, EarlyView.
Fuel‐powered and field‐driven micro/nanorobots provide a cutting‐edge platform to safeguard national security and defense. This review reports the latest research progress in micro/nanorobots in sensing and detoxifying biological and chemical warfare agents.
Song Li   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Study of relationship between motion of mechanisms in gas operated weapon and its shock absorber

open access: yesDefence Technology
The article deals with the motion of the breech block carrier and the weapon casing of an automatic weapon mounted on a flexible carriage and the base of the weapon.
Jiri Balla   +4 more
doaj  

Credit Risk Assessment From a Strategic Sustainability Perspective: The Case of the Nordic Banking Sector

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The financial sector plays an important yet ambivalent role in society's sustainability transition. Credit decisions have a substantial impact as they determine the allocation of large amounts of financial resources. This study applies the Framework for Strategic Sustainable Development as a lens to review literature and investigate practices ...
Jesko Schulte   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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