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Six-legged soldiers
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ISBN: 1281723967 9786611723965 0199715602 9780199715602 0195333055 9780195333053 9781281723963 9780199733538 0199733538 0197716296 Year: 2009 Publisher: Oxford New York Oxford University Press

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The reader is taken on a journey of innovation and depravity. A remarkable story of human ingenuity - and brutality - 'Six-Legged Soldiers' is the first comprehensive look at the use of insects as weapons of war, from ancient times to the present day.


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Emerging and endemic pathogens : advances in surveillance, detection, and identification
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ISBN: 9048196361 9786613558466 904819637X 1280380551 Year: 2010 Publisher: Dordrecht, Netherlands : Springer : Published in conjunction with NATO Public Diplomacy Division,

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This volume highlights recent advances in the tracking, detecting, and identifying of emerging and endemic pathogens throughout the world. The authors of the chapters are among the foremost experts in epidemiology, microbiology and public health and leaders in their respective countries. The chapters offer views on the history and current state of disease surveillance with special emphasis on the Caucasus and Central Asia, the historical land bridge between Europe and Asia through which epidemics have passed throughout history. A must-read for both specialists and students in public health.

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Agroterrorism -- Prevention -- Congresses. --- Electronic books. -- local. --- Foodborne diseases -- Prevention -- Congresses. --- Pathogenic microorganisms -- Detection -- Congresses. --- Pathogenic microorganisms -- Identification -- Congresses. --- Communicable diseases --- World health --- Health --- Public Health Practice --- Public Health --- Communicable Diseases --- Publication Formats --- Environment and Public Health --- Publication Characteristics --- Medicine --- Infection --- Population Characteristics --- Congresses --- Epidemiology --- Communicable Diseases, Emerging --- Endemic Diseases --- Communicable Disease Control --- World Health --- Bacterial Infections and Mycoses --- Health Occupations --- Health Care --- Diseases --- Disciplines and Occupations --- Biology --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Microbiology & Immunology --- Epidemiology & Epidemics --- Prevention --- Control --- Pathogenic microorganisms --- Foodborne diseases --- Agroterrorism --- Detection --- Agri-terrorism --- Agricultural terrorism --- Agriterrorism --- Agro-terrorism --- Food-borne diseases --- Foodborne illnesses --- Disease-causing microorganisms --- Micro-organisms, Pathogenic --- Pathogens --- Life sciences. --- Public health. --- Epidemiology. --- Microbiology. --- Microbial genetics. --- Microbial genomics. --- Life Sciences. --- Public Health. --- Environmental Monitoring/Analysis. --- Microbial Genetics and Genomics. --- Bioterrorism --- Microorganisms --- Medical microbiology --- Virulence (Microbiology) --- Monitoring/Environmental Analysis. --- Public health --- Genomics --- Microbial genetics --- Genetics --- Microbiology --- Microbial biology --- Environmental monitoring. --- Biomonitoring (Ecology) --- Ecological monitoring --- Environmental quality --- Monitoring, Environmental --- Applied ecology --- Environmental engineering --- Pollution --- Community health --- Health services --- Hygiene, Public --- Hygiene, Social --- Public health services --- Public hygiene --- Social hygiene --- Human services --- Biosecurity --- Health literacy --- Medicine, Preventive --- National health services --- Sanitation --- Measurement --- Monitoring --- Contagion and contagious diseases --- Contagious diseases --- Infectious diseases --- Microbial diseases in human beings --- Zymotic diseases --- Epidemics


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Threats to food and water chain infrastructure
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ISBN: 9048135443 9786613512246 904813546X 1280010363 Year: 2010 Publisher: Dordrecht, The Netherlands : Springer,

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vi of a large number of people due to the enormous quantities of radioactive material that would be required to reach high levels of contamination in mass-produced or distributed supplies. Although, based on data presented at the Workshop concerning the more than 30,000 missing radioactive sources all over the word, the radioactive contamination of food or water is also a scenario that must be taken seriously into consideration. During the last two decades there have been several emerging hazards linked to animal diseases or originating in animal products for example: Avian Influenza (AI), Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), West Nile Fever, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), and Ebola virus. All these diseases or events directly or indirectly affect food security and/or food safety. Approximately 75% of all emerging diseases are zoonotic by either an association with animal populations or an evolution of the disease in a- mals making it possible to move from animal species to humans. Participants were presented the primary results of the ongoing NATO- SPS Pilot Study on “Food Chain Security”. These results focused mainly on (i) an overview of the food system; (ii) prevention, surveillance and detection systems and (iii) response system. The importance of issues such as: vuln- ability assessments, risk communication in risk analysis, risk perception, traceability, preparedness – awareness, communication, have to be cons- ered when working on food chain security.

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Agroterrorism -- Prevention. --- Food contamination -- Prevention. --- Food supply -- Security measures. --- Infrastructure (Economics) -- Security measures. --- National security. --- Water-supply -- Security measures. --- Agroterrorism --- Food contamination --- Food supply --- Water-supply --- Infrastructure (Economics) --- Prevention. --- Security measures. --- Capital, Social (Economics) --- Economic infrastructure --- Social capital (Economics) --- Social infrastructure --- Social overhead capital --- National security --- National security policy --- NSP (National security policy) --- Security policy, National --- Availability, Water --- Water availability --- Water resources --- Food control --- Contaminated food --- Food --- Foods, Contaminated --- Agri-terrorism --- Agricultural terrorism --- Agriterrorism --- Agro-terrorism --- Government policy --- Contamination --- Engineering. --- Environmental management. --- Chemistry. --- Public health. --- Quality control. --- Reliability. --- Industrial safety. --- Radiation protection. --- Radiation --- Quality Control, Reliability, Safety and Risk. --- Water Policy/Water Governance/Water Management. --- Chemistry/Food Science, general. --- Public Health. --- Effects of Radiation/Radiation Protection. --- Safety measures. --- Produce trade --- Agriculture --- Food security --- Single cell proteins --- Contamination (Technology) --- Food adulteration and inspection --- Bioterrorism --- Economic development --- Human settlements --- Public goods --- Public works --- Capital --- Economic policy --- International relations --- Military policy --- Natural resources --- Public utilities --- Water resources development --- Water utilities --- System safety. --- Environmental protection. --- Environmental quality management --- Protection of environment --- Environmental sciences --- Applied ecology --- Environmental engineering --- Environmental policy --- Environmental quality --- Physical sciences --- Safety, System --- Safety of systems --- Systems safety --- Accidents --- Industrial safety --- Systems engineering --- Prevention --- Radiation—Safety measures. --- Industrial accidents --- Industries --- Job safety --- Occupational hazards, Prevention of --- Occupational health and safety --- Occupational safety and health --- Prevention of industrial accidents --- Prevention of occupational hazards --- Safety, Industrial --- Safety engineering --- Safety measures --- Safety of workers --- System safety --- Dependability --- Trustworthiness --- Conduct of life --- Factory management --- Industrial engineering --- Reliability (Engineering) --- Sampling (Statistics) --- Standardization --- Quality assurance --- Quality of products --- Radiation monitoring --- Radiation protection --- Community health --- Health services --- Hygiene, Public --- Hygiene, Social --- Public health services --- Public hygiene --- Social hygiene --- Health --- Human services --- Biosecurity --- Health literacy --- Medicine, Preventive --- National health services --- Sanitation --- Environmental stewardship --- Stewardship, Environmental --- Management

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