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Biological Weapons As A Strategic Threat
White Papers What are the implications of the proliferation of biological weapons and its effects on changing the world balance of power? I don't think biological weapons had much of an effect on the Cold War, even though there were many of them in the Soviet...
[December 2, 2004, 2:00]
Biological Models Of Security For Virus Propagation In Computer Networks
White Papers It introduces several biological mechanisms that are used in these organisms to protect against such pathogens and presents security models for networked computers inspired by biological paradigms. Models for computer security can be based on...
[June 9, 2006, 1:00]
Anthrax Attacks, Biological Terrorism And Preventive Responses
White Papers The United States and the former Soviet Union dedicated considerable national defense resources to their biological weapons programs, and both countries encountered significant difficulties along the way.
[February 15, 2005, 2:00]
Biological Applications Of Multi-Relational Data Mining
White Papers Biological databases contain a wide variety of data types, often with rich relational structure. Consequently multi-relational data mining techniques frequently are applied to biological data. This white paper presents several applications of multi...
[October 1, 2008, 0:00]
Biological Weapons: A National Security Problem That Requires A Public Health Response
White Papers This paper clarifies the definitions associated with biological weapons and chronicles the rising threat of biological weapons over time. Given the real threat of a large-scale biological attack, defense against biological weapons should not only...
[November 17, 2004, 2:00]
Biological Terrorism Variables And Emergency Response Concepts
White Papers Biological warfare involves the use of microorganisms (bacteria, viruses, or fungi) or toxins to produce death or disease in humans, animals, and plants. This broad definition of biological warfare is in keeping with the essentially open-ended...
[February 24, 2005, 2:00]
Measuring And Evaluating Local Preparedness For A Chemical Or Biological Terrorist Attack
White Papers Even more troubling is that, while conventional explosives may continue to be the predominant terrorist weapon, the magnitude of the September 11 attacks coupled with the spread of anthrax-laced letters have led some to conclude that chemical or...
[February 15, 2005, 2:00]
Are Our Troops Ready For Biological And Chemical Attacks?
White Papers In any war with Iraq, military experts worry most about attacks with chemical and biological weapons. As war with Iraq becomes imminent, U.S.military readiness takes center stage. Concerns about readiness focus not only on their ability to...
[February 8, 2005, 2:00]
What You Should Do To Prepare For And Respond To Chemical, Radiological, Nuclear, And Biological Terrorist Attacks
White Papers This paper summarizes and provides information about the essential features of a strategy for what individuals should do to terrorist attacks involving chemical, radiological, nuclear, and biological weapons.
[February 15, 2005, 2:00]
BIO-AJAX: An Extensible Framework For Biological Data Cleaning
White Papers As databases become more pervasive through the biological sciences, various data quality issues regarding data legacy, data uniformity and data duplication arise. For biological data to be corrected and standardized, new methods and frameworks must...
[July 22, 2008, 1:18]
The ImageStore Ontology And The Bioimage Database: Semantic Web Tools For Biological Research Images
White Papers The BioImage Database is an ontology-driven image database for multidimensional images of biological specimens. It is built using Jena and other Open Source components around an ImageStore Ontology written in OWL-DL that describes all aspects of...
[January 7, 2007, 0:00]
From An Ontology-Based Search Engine Towards A More Flexible Integration For Medical And Biological Information
White Papers BioMeKe is an ontology-based search engine designed to facilitate the extraction and connection of biological and medical information, accessible from multiple public resources and biologists local repositories, for a system devoted to liver...
[January 17, 2005, 2:00]
Automatic Biological Monitoring And Control: OSS Enables New Market Development
White Papers Biotrace Ltd has applied Open Source Software (OSS) in its new generation Continuous Flow Luminometer to enable the remote monitoring and control of the biological activity in cooling water towers. At present a technician has to visit each site...
[April 24, 2007, 1:00]
Response To Bioterrorism - Part 1: Overview And Clinical Aspects Of Critical Biological Agents
White Papers It includes a brief history of the use of biological agents in war and the current threat of bioterrorism. This webcast is explains the basics of bioterrorism.
[January 22, 2005, 2:00]
Combating Terrorism: Assessing The Threat Of Biological Terrorism
White Papers The fear over biological terrorism is greater than the fear inspired by more conventional forms of terrorism. Indeed, some biological agents if used in certain ways have the potential to deliver a strategic strike with casualty results similar to...
[February 15, 2005, 2:00]
An Individual's Strategy For Responding To Chemical, Radiological, Nuclear, And Biological Terrorist Attacks
White Papers While the likelihood of terrorist attacks involving chemical, radiological, nuclear, and biological weapons is highly uncertain, such attacks can create circumstances in which individuals would need to be concerned with protecting their safety and...
[February 15, 2005, 2:00]
Guidance On Initial Responses To A Suspicious Letter / Container With A Potential Biological Threat
White Papers While this guidance is generally focused on the initial response to potential biological threats, all personnel responding to such incidents must be aware of the potential for exposure to hazardous chemical and/or radiological materials in...
[February 15, 2005, 2:00]
Individual Preparedness And Response To Chemical, Radiological, Nuclear, And Biological Terrorist Attacks: A Quick Guide
White Papers This paper presents a strategy that individuals can adopt to prepare for and respond to terrorist attacks involving chemical, radiological, nuclear, and biological weapons. The strategy is designed to provide simple and clear guidance for...
[February 15, 2005, 2:00]
Geographic Surveillance And Hotspot Detection For Homeland Security: Network Analysis Of Biological Integrity In Freshwater Streams
White Papers This study employs the network version of the upper level set scan statistic to characterize biological impairment along the rivers and streams of Pennsylvania and to identify subnetworks that are badly impaired.
[February 17, 2005, 23:00]
Individual Preparedness And Response To Chemical, Radiological, Nuclear, And Biological Terrorist Attacks
White Papers This report defines a strategy that individuals could adopt to prepare for, and respond to, terrorist attacks involving chemical, radiological, nuclear, and biological weapons. Although the characteristics of such attacks may vary widely, they can...
[December 13, 2004, 2:00]
