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Ideas and Key Technologies of Collaborative Design for Underwater Weapon Power System

open access: yes水下无人系统学报, 2022
After decades of development, China has gradually developed an independent design capability for underwater weapon power system technologies. However, there is a current need for a wide variety of products and a short research and development cycle ...
Jing-yun LIU   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Pakistan’s Nuclear Weapons Program and Implications for US National Security. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
This article analyzes Pakistan’s nuclear weapons program and the characteristics of the environment in which the program is nested. These characteristics include Pakistan’s history of internal and external instability; nuclear saber rattling during ...
Tkacik, Michael
core   +2 more sources

SOCIAL AND HISTORICAL DETERMINANTS OF BIOLOGICAL WARS AND EPIDEMICS

open access: yesRozprawy Społeczne, 2019
This article describes the use of biological weapons from antiquity to the beginning of the 21st century and the importance of epidemics for the development and collapse of civilisations and states. It has been shown that both at a time when the etiology
Marcin Weiner, Karolina Tarasiuk
doaj   +1 more source

National Implementation Measures [PDF]

open access: yes, 1998
YesArticle IV of the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention sets out the obligation for States Parties to implement the BTWC through appropriate national measures.
Pearson, Graham S., Sims, N.A.
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PARP inhibition and pharmacological ascorbate demonstrate synergy in castration‐resistant prostate cancer

open access: yesMolecular Oncology, EarlyView.
Pharmacologic ascorbate (vitamin C) increases ROS, disrupts cellular metabolism, and induces DNA damage in CRPC cells. These effects sensitize tumors to PARP inhibition, producing synergistic growth suppression with olaparib in vitro and significantly delayed tumor progression in vivo. Pyruvate rescue confirms ROS‐dependent activity.
Nicolas Gordon   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Weaponizing Urban Development: Critical Geographies of Militarism in Rio de Janeiro

open access: yesAlternatives: Global, Local, Political, 2023
Access to land and to adequate housing—a constitutionally granted right in Brazil—is currently under attack by non-state armed actors, the so-called militias, in Rio de Janeiro. In their attempts to widen territorial control, “militias” weaponize urban development.
openaire   +3 more sources

The Role of Scientific Discovery in the Establishment of the First Biological Weapons Programmes [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
YesThis report addresses the scientific and technological discoveries in the biological sciences that enabled the early interest in biological warfare to move from hurling infected corpses into enemy cities in ancient times, through use of small cultures
Davison, N.
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New Onset of Fibromyalgia After Exposure to a Combat Environment: A Longitudinal Cohort Study

open access: yesArthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Traumatic life events are hypothesized to be triggers for the onset of fibromyalgia. Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a common comorbidity of fibromyalgia. However, limited prospective data are available on the development of fibromyalgia after exposure to high‐magnitude stress.
Jay B. Higgs   +15 more
wiley   +1 more source

The History and Use of Electromagnetic Weapons

open access: yesHistoria i Polityka, 2019
This thesis is about the origin and development of electromagnetic weapons used in policing and military tasks as a non-lethal tool. The electromagnetic weapon was taken into consideration as a military or police means of antipersonnel engagement in the ...
Norbert Świętochowski
doaj   +1 more source

Highlighting Recent Progress in Fiber Energy Harvesters: From Working Principles to Future Perspectives

open access: yesAdvanced Science, EarlyView.
Fiber energy harvesters offer unprecedented flexibility and a unique capacity for integration into commercial textiles, overcoming the limitations of bulky and rigid conventional devices. This review summarizes recent advances in fiber‐based energy harvesting and provides strategic outlooks to accelerate technological progress in the field. ABSTRACT As
Hanhwi Jang   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

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