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Showing 1 to 20 of 27 for “"chemical weapons"”.
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America the Vulnerable: Terrorist Threats Using Biological and Chemical Weapons
… threat posed by terrorists using biological and chemical weapons. The evidence provided in this thesis has demonstrated that the threat from terrorists using these weapons would not likely result in catastrophic destruction. Futhermore, if citizens become informed about epidemiological risk …
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Chemical Terrorism: The Threat of Al-Qaeda and Al-Qaeda Inspired Individuals
Chemical weapons have been in use for generations but as states look to phase out use of these weapons, non-state actors are looking to pick them up. In the past decade, Al-Qaeda has become a primary security concern for the United States, and Al-Qaeda and Al-Qaeda inspired terrorism threatens not …
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Synthesizing the chemical subject: Poison gas, gas masks, and collective armoring in Germany, 1915-1938
… the societal spectrum dreaded the use of these chemical weapons in a future European conflict that distinctly targeted civilian populations through aero-chemical bombardment. The historical development of modern chemical weapons through the first half of the twentieth century is thus intricately …
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Terrorism and the new international environment
… one of the key factors is the effect of weapons proliferation on the dynamics of conflict between regional rivals including nuclear, biological, and chemical-weapons capability. The world is also confronting an assortment of prodemocracy and anti-colonial movements which tend to erupt in …
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General Ishii Shiro: His Legacy is That of Genius and Madman
<p>This paper covers the development of the chemical weapons division founded by Ishii Shiro, and discusses the horrible experimentation that was done by the Japanese. These experiments have been a source of controversy. The Chinese feel the Japanese should acknowledge these as war crimes. When the …
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Cyberattacks: The latest threat to international peace and security, and how international law can respond
… each other using rifles, missiles, nuclear, or chemical weapons. But what about computer software such as worms and trojans which are capable of causing similar or greater damage? Are states permitted to attack each other using these so-called cyberweapons? Are they even considered weapons due …
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Assertive Disarmament: the Other Arms Control
… of nascent or ongoing nuclear, biological, and chemical weapon programs along with, perhaps, their associated ballistic missile programs. Such capabilities in the hands of hostile powers increasingly threaten the population and assets of the United States. Moreover, the foreign policy and …
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Assassination: An Assessment
… has been developing nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons in order to destroy Israel, a strategically important U.S. ally, and to limit U.S. actions in the Near East. With regard to both Osama bin Ladin and Saddam Hussein, many in the public have asked the question, "why don't we just kill …
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The Sword and the Shield: Active and Passive Defense Against North Korean Nbc and Ballistic Missile Weapons
… the most formidable nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons arsenal in the Third World. The regime also maintains a ballistic missile infrastructure that supports both national security and exports for needed revenue. North Korean ballistic missiles can strike target on the Korean peninsula …
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The Bioterrorist Threat to the United States and Israel
… and the general population alike. Biological weapons do not generate the awe of nuclear weapons or the attention of chemical weapons. They are silent, insidious, and largely ignored. Yet terrorism as a topic has provoked an enormous amount of media attention and academic literature. Television …
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The Korean Peninsula: Perspectives on War and Proliferation
… Korea remains a source of the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and missiles. Currently South Korea continues its transformation to a free-market, democratic and open society; whereas, North Korea retrogresses with its economically stagnant, despotic, and Juche-indoctrinated society. …
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NOVEL G-QUADRUPLEX BINDERS WITH POTENTIAL FOR A DUAL DNA CROSS-LINKING MECHANISM OF ACTION
… agents were used as "mustard gas" and related chemical weapons in World War I. Alkylating agents, in general, can react with one or two different 7-N-guanine residues and could potentially result in the cross-linkage of DNA strands, preventing uncoiling of the DNA double helix leading to cell …
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NOVEL G-QUADRUPLEX BINDERS WITH POTENTIAL FOR A DUAL DNA CROSS-LINKING MECHANISM OF ACTION
… agents were used as "mustard gas" and related chemical weapons in World War I. Alkylating agents, in general, can react with one or two different 7-N-guanine residues and could potentially result in the cross-linkage of DNA strands, preventing uncoiling of the DNA double helix leading to cell …
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Examining the dynamic cascading of international norms through cluster genealogies. 1998 UN Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement and Other Cases
… preliminary cases – UNSC Resolution 1325 and the Chemical Weapons Convention. It is then used to conduct an in-depth original analysis of the development of the 1998 UN Guiding Principles. The findings in the case of the Guiding Principles show, for example, that though the acceptance of the IDP …
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General reviews of electrochemical and corrosion phenomena under conditions associated with supercritical water oxidation
… DOE mixed low-level radioactive wastes, and DOD chemical weapons stockpiles. SCWO capitalizes on the properties of water in the supercritical phase to affect spontaneous and rapid oxidation of hydrocarbons to form CO2, H2O, and, depending on the species of heteroatom present in the organic waste, …
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Reforming the United Nations Security Council: Making it more Democratic in the Post-Westphalian Legal Order
… and illegal stocks of nuclear, biological and chemical weapons. The Security Council has thus become the subject of both severe criticism and calls for its structural reform. A variety of reform proposals have been offered by scholars and politicians, almost all of which have focused solely on …
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The Chemistry of Metal Oxyhydroxides and their 3D Porous Hybrid Materials for the Capture, Transport and Degradation of Toxic Chemicals
Growing concerns regarding chemical weapons and toxic chemicals require the development and testing of robust materials and methods to capture and destroy these harmful chemicals. This dissertation discusses the fundamental properties (e.g., structure, stability and activity) of metal oxyhydroxide …
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What’s in a Frame? Cosmopolitan Morality, the Media and Interventionism
… forces on Benghazi, Libya (9-19 March 2011), the chemical weapons attack on Ghouta, Syria (21-31 August 2013), and the siege of Sinjar by Islamic State forces in Iraq (3-13 August 2014). The research finds that notions of cosmopolitan morality are embedded within media/policy discourses to varying …
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Advanced techniques for chemical gradient, eutectic metal, and crystallized polymer film additive manufacturing
… First, E-jet printing is used to manufacture chemical gradients in a hydrogel. A chemical gradient acts like a sort of chemically specific attractor that collects analyte in a specified regions. Although these devices have been made using a pipette before, E-jet manufactured devices were made …
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Metal-Ion Catalyzed Alcoholysis Based Disclosure Solution for the Detection of CW Nerve Agents on Sensitive Materials for Spray and Wipe-Based Applications
Chemical warfare agents (CWA) are defined by the Chemical Weapons Convention as "any chemical which, through its chemical effect on living processes, may cause death, temporary loss of performance, or permanent injury to people and animals." Chemical warfare agents, such as the nerve agents and …
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