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Dignity's Dilemma: Categorical Objections to Autonomous Weapons and Their Pacifist Entailments

Journal of Applied Philosophy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Dignity objections to autonomous weapon systems are prominent in contemporary military ethics, yet their theoretical foundations remain underexamined. This article reconstructs those foundations, showing what categorical dignity objections require to function as absolute prohibitions.
Timothy Dubber
wiley   +1 more source

World at Risk: The Report of the Commission on the Prevention of WMD Proliferation and Terrorism [PDF]

, 2008
This book outlines the findings of the bipartisan Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation and Terrorism, established to build on the work of the 9/11 Commission. The Commission's report examines the government's current
Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation and Terrorism (U.S.)
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Late Holocene environmental history of Dojran, Macedonia: Investigating the interplay of imperial dynamics and climatic change

Journal of Quaternary Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study presents a high‐resolution, multi‐proxy reconstruction of environmental and land‐use change from Lake Dojran over historical times (last 2500 years), combining pollen, biomarkers, radiocarbon dating, Ottoman taxation records and other historical data.
Alessia Masi, Lucrezia Masci, Georgios C. Liakopoulos, Monica Bini, Alexander Francke, Ilaria Isola, Carlo Ricotta, Laura Sadori, Alexander Sarantis, Sławomir Sprawski, Jakub Sypiański, Irene Tunno, Cristiano Vignola, Bernd Wagner, Giovanni Zanchetta, Adam Izdebski   +15 more
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Safely balancing a double-edged blade: identifying and mitigating emerging biosecurity risks in precision medicine

Frontiers in Medicine
Tools and methods of precision medicine are developing rapidly, through both iterative discoveries enabled by innovations in biomedical research (e.g., genome editing, synthetic biology, bioengineered devices).
Diane DiEuliis, James J. Giordano, James J. Giordano, James J. Giordano   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Strategic concept of managing the defense against chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear weapons [PDF]

Војно дело, 2016
The consequences of the use of chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) weapons pose a real threat not only to lives and health of humans, animals and plants, but also to the economy.
Vulević Branimir, Ćurčić Rade, Obradović Vladimir   +2 more
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From Ashes to Action: Economic Growth, Ecological Footprint, and Forest Fire Resilience in Advanced and Emerging Economies

Land Degradation &Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Forest fires have escalated alarmingly, now consuming more than double the tree cover compared to two decades ago, signaling a growing and urgent environmental crisis. This study addresses the ever increasing global concern of forest fires, focusing on sustainable economic recovery while minimizing the ecological footprint amid mounting ...
Laxita Soontha, Mohammad Younus Bhat, Arfat Ahmad Sofi   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS' READINESS FOR MANAGEMENT OF INCIDENTS WITH WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION [PDF]

Journal of IMAB, 2019
For patients with removable dentures, requiring uniform distribution of masticatory forces, the use of elastic relining materials is indicated. They are classified with respect to various characteristics: chemical composition, technology, polymerisation ...
Elena Valkanova, Rostislav Kostadinov, Rumyana Etova, Mariya Georgieva   +3 more
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Mass Spectrometry in Authentication and Forensic Approaches for Determining the Origin of Hazardous Chemicals

Mass Spectrometry Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Identification of a chemical agent yields insights into its physicochemical properties. By examining the intrinsic characteristics and environment of a compound, information about its history can be gathered. The main objective of authentication/forensic approaches to chemicals is to trace the history of the compound's origin, regardless of ...
Carla Orlandi, Grégoire Delaporte, Christine Albaret, Emmanuel Joubert, Anne Bossée, Emilien L. Jamin, Laurent Debrauwer   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Chemical warfare agents

Journal of Pharmacy and Bioallied Sciences, 2010
Among the Weapons of Mass Destruction, chemical warfare (CW) is probably one of the most brutal created by mankind in comparison with biological and nuclear warfare.
K Ganesan, S K Raza, R Vijayaraghavan
doaj   +3 more sources

Dynamic Performance Enhancement of a High‐Agility Hypersonic Mechanical System via a Learning‐Augmented Robust Control Architecture

International Journal of Mechanical System Dynamics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The design of control systems for high‐agility mechanical systems operating in extreme environments is a significant challenge in nonlinear dynamics. This paper addresses the complex dynamic control problem of a hypersonic interceptor, modeled as a multi‐input multi‐output (MIMO) mechanical system characterized by strong aerodynamic cross ...
Mohammad Mahdi Soori, Seyed Hossein Sadati   +1 more
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