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Bacteriophages as Weapons Against Bacterial Biofilms in the Food Industry

open access: yesFrontiers in Microbiology, 2016
Microbiological contamination in the food industry is often attributed to the presence of biofilms in processing plants. Bacterial biofilms are complex communities of bacteria attached to a surface and surrounded by an extracellular polymeric material ...
D. Gutiérrez   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Building Community Amidst the Institutional Whiteness of Graduate Study: Black Joy and Maroon Moves in an Academic Marronage

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article reflects on the construction of a supportive community of Black Afro‐diasporic graduate students and their supervisors researching issues relating to race in the field of education in Australia. It draws on the concept of marronage—a term rooted in the fugitive act of becoming a maroon, where enslaved people enacted an escape in ...
Hellen Magoi   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Investigation of long term storage effects on aerospace nickel-cadmium cell performance [PDF]

open access: yes, 1986
A study on evaluation of the long term storage effects on aerospace nickel-cadmium cells currently being performed at NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) is described.
Yi, T. Y.
core   +1 more source

Mid-infrared n-Ge on Si Plasmonic Based Microbolometer Sensors [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
The detection and amplification of molecular absorption lines from a chemical weapons simulant is demonstrated using plasmonic antennas fabricated from n-Ge epitaxially grown on Si. A free-standing Si0.25Ge0.75 microbolometer detector with n-Ge plasmonic
Baldassarre, Leonetta   +12 more
core   +1 more source

Early synapsids neurosensory diversity revealed by CT and synchrotron scanning

open access: yesThe Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Non‐mammaliaform synapsids (NMS) represent the closest relatives of today's mammals among the early amniotes. Exploring their brain and nervous system is key to understanding how mammals evolved. Here, using CT and Synchrotron scanning, we document for the first time three extreme cases of neurosensory and behavioral adaptations that probe ...
J. Benoit   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mechanical Behavior of Ultrafine Gradient Grain Structures Produced via Ambient and Cryogenic Surface Mechanical Attrition Treatment in Iron

open access: yesMetals, 2015
Ambient and cryogenic surface mechanical attrition treatments (SMAT) are applied to bcc iron plate. Both processes result in significant surface grain refinement down to the ultrafine-grained regime; the cryogenic treatment results in a 45% greater grain
Heather A. Murdoch   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Deterring a Nuclear Iran: The Devil in the Details [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Explores the technical requirements for a deterrence regime against Iran should it acquire a nuclear weapons capability. Considers red lines, treaty arrangements, force deployment and bases, military assistance to Iran's neighbors, and crisis ...
Kenneth M. Pollack
core  

Gender and the nuclear weapons state : a feminist critique of the UK government's white paper on Trident [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
This article enquires into the connections between gender and discourses of the nuclear weapons state. Specifically, we develop an analysis of the ways in which gender operates in the White Paper published by the UK government in 2006 on its plans to ...
Duncanson, Claire, Eschle, Catherine
core   +1 more source

Under the Shade of a Coolabah Tree: A Second Cache of Tulas From the Boulia District, Western Queensland

open access: yesArchaeology in Oceania, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper reports on the excavation of a cache of stone artefacts, buried on the bank of a waterhole or ‘billabong’ in central western Queensland. This is an extremely rare find, and yet it is the second such site to be reported within less than a 10 km radius.
Yinika L. Perston   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Responding to chemical weapons violations in Syria: legal, health, and humanitarian recommendations

open access: yesConflict and Health, 2018
BackgroundThe repeated use of prohibited chemical weapons in the Syrian conflict poses serious health, humanitarian, and security threats to civilians, healthcare personnel, and first responders.
Julia Brooks   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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