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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"Nuclear fallout"”.
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Nuisance to nemesis: nuclear fallout and intelligence as secrets, problems, and limitations on the arms race, 1940-1964
Fallout sampling and other nuclear intelligence techniques were the most important sources of United States strategic intelligence in the early Cold War. Operated as the Atomic Energy Detection System by a covert Air Force unit known as AFOAT-1, the AEDS detected emissions and analyzed fallout from …
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Bitesize bundles F-actin and influences actin remodeling in syncytial Drosophila embryo development
… furrows that prevented spindle collisions and nuclear fallout prior to cellularization. While previous studies focused on Btsz isoforms containing the Moesin Binding Domain (MBD), we found that isoforms lacking the MBD also function in actin remodeling. Consistent with this, we found that the …
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An Improved Model of Nuclear Debris Analysis Systems in Atmospheric Collection Aircraft
Nuclear treaty verification via the use of nuclear cloud sampling aircraft, such as the US Air Force's WC-135, has been common practice since 1965. But while other verification methods have seen extensive computational models developed to support their mission, a detailed model of airborne cloud …
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Downwinders and Edge/Bound poems
… an individual affected by radioactive or nuclear fallout. However, I have extended the definition to include other types of environmental hazards and have considered, in the poems, how downwinders often deal with issues of class. In creating a body of poetry, I have also had to consider my …
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Essays in applied microeconomics: effects of environmental and trade policy shocks
… of radiation exposure from U.S. atmospheric nuclear weapon tests on mortality. Using individual-level vital records and a differences-in-differences approach, I analyze county-level radiation fallout data from tests conducted at the Nevada Test Site between 1951 and 1962 to assess the impact …