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Counteraction to CBRN Terrorism in Switzerland
In Switzerland, the planning of security policy measures now increasingly factors in scenarios involving the use of CBRN weapons on Swiss soil. While there have been no terrorist “spectaculars” or dramatic new...
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Analytical Methods to Characterize the Composition of Surface Lipids of Helophytes Exposed to Contaminated Water
The epidermis of plants is coated by a thin cuticular membrane protecting the plant from water loss and UV radiation. This lipid layer includes long-chained fatty acids, esters, hydrocarbons, alcohols, aldehyd...
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Preparedness Against Chemical and Biological Terrorism in Turkey and Civilian-Army Collaboration
In today's changing world, weapons of mass destruction become one of the most probable threats for states and also for civilian people. Especially after disintegration of U.S.S.R., terrorist groups and some te...
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The Plant Cuticle: A Complex Lipid Barrier Between the Plant and the Environment. An Overview
The cuticle is a translucent film of polymeric nature that covers the aerial parts of higher plants. It constitutes the interface between the plant and the atmosphere and therefore, plays several crucial roles...
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The Czech National Action Plan to Combat Terrorism: Political and Legal Point of Outcome in Responding to CBRN-Terrorism
In the Czech Republic, a complex approach and broad institutional co-operation involving inputs of scientific research to analyse endangered critical infrastructures and to adopt respective countermeasures had...
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Bioterrorism — Risk and Threat: The Misuse of Science
Bioterrorism represents a global threat caused by the use of microorganisms or their toxins with the purpose of causing death or a disease in humans, animals or plants. Compared to the very complex steps neede...
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Biomarkers of Nerve Agents Exposure
Nerve agents (OPC) could be used in terrorist acts. Investigation of longer-lived biomarkers for verification of exposure to toxic compounds is important for diagnosis and prognosis of there intoxications. We ...
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Crisis Management in Bioterrorism Attack: Medical Approach
Murder or terrorism with biological or chemical agents is not a farfetched scenario — it has been used before. The particular risk of biological agents, when used as weapons, is their extreme uncontrollablenes...
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Infections Diseases in the Context of Terrorist Threat
From the great number of pathogenic and conventionally pathogenic for human beings microorganisms, only some of them can be used for terroristic purposes, since they should meet a lot of the relevant propertie...
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Blood Esterases as a Complex Biomarker for Exposure to Organophosphorus Compounds
The growing threat of international terrorism brings with it new scenarios for disaster. For example, in the case of toxic organophosphorus compounds (OPs), it possible for terrorists to use known agents or in...
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Assessing Chronic Exposure to Anticholinesterase Pesticides by Hair Analysis
The present paper explores the possibility of using hair as a suitable biomarker of chronic exposure to anticholinesterase pesticides. Research results already available confirm that hair is a suitable biomark...
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Multi-Strip Assay and Multimodal Biosensors for Environmental and Medical Monitoring of Neurotoxicants
The present report describes two types of biosensor systems. The first is for direct monitoring of neurotoxicants. The second is for monitoring individuals exposed to cholinergic and/or neuropathic organophosp...
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Strategies of Preparedness Response to Biological Warfare and Bioterrorism Threats
Risks associated with deliberate use of biological agents against population and the needs for a strong public health system are well recognized. The potential use of biological agents is mounting every day, e...
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Accelerated Analysis for Environment Control on Protection Against Biological Agents
The present work is devoted to creation of the accelerated microbiological analysis for environment monitoring including the purposes of rapid deployment of rescue forces in case of applying most dangerous tox...
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Crops Pests Negative Risk Assessment in the Steppe Zone of Ukraine
Two types of the grain field pathogen complex formation are selected in dependence of the meteorological conditions of the Steppe Zone of Ukraine. First type is characterized with stress situations (drought, h...
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Water Antiseptic Preparations for Decontamination of Pathogenic Microorganisms
The paper includes data of experimental investigations of drinking water decontamination in the plasm-chemical reactor; optimal conditions of the process are determined; distinctive features of activation proc...
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Museum-Depository of Pathogenic Microorganisms in the System of Ensuring Bio-Safety
Ukrainian Museum-Depository is a basic scientific and organizational center on studying of dominating agents of opportunistic infections, including intra-hospital infections, and collection of actual strains o...
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Estimation of the Role of Antropo-Zoonosis Invasion Agents in the Counteraction to Bioterrorism
As a result of investigations, the role of Coleoptera order of insects as reservoir hosts of helminthes of Strongylata and Rhabditata suborders was determined. It was proved that average quantity of helminthes...
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International Legal System on Combating CBRN-Terrorism
The development of global system for combating international organised crime and its highest and most brutal form — international terrorism is shortly portrayed. Experience with already 13 global agreements on...
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Ukrainian Corruption and Non-ruled Market Economy as Sources of Chemical and Biological Terrorism
Today already all of us know, that corruption is extremely diverse, in various degrees it amazes practically all layers of our society — from the beggar — to the large government official or the deputy whom fo...
