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Record Nr.

UNINA9910460422003321

Autore

Weinstein Raymond S

Titolo

Biological and chemical terrorism [[electronic resource] ] : a guide for healthcare providers and first responders / / Raymond S. Weinstein, Ken Alibek

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Thieme, c2003

ISBN

1-282-97817-9

9786612978173

1-60406-459-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (189 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

AlibekKen

Disciplina

616.02/5

Soggetti

Bioterrorism - Health aspects

Terrorism - Health aspects

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [149]-150) and index.

Nota di contenuto

BIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL TERRORISM: A Guide for Healthcare Providers and First Responders; Copyright; A QUICK REFERENCE FOR POTENTIAL BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS (TEAR SHEET); A QUICK REFERENCE FOR CHEMICAL  WEAPONS (TEAR SHEET); INTERNET RESOURCE; A QUICK REFERENCE TELEPHONE NUMBERS (TEAR SHEET); DEDICATION; ACKNOWLEDGMENT; TABLE OF CONTENTS; FOREWORD; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; HOW TO USE THIS BOOK; SECTION 1: BASIC BIOTERRORISM; What Is Bioterrorism?; Categorizing Biological Weapons; Flulike Illness; What Makes an Effective Weapon?

Table 1: Comparison of Initial Symptoms of Potential Biological Weapons to Influenza (Flulike llness)Table 2: Common Biological Weapons and Their Survival Time in the Environment after Release; Early Identification of a Bioterrorist Attack; Personal Precautions; Table 3: Signs That Suggest an Attack with a Biological Weapon; SECTION 2: BIOLOGICAL WEAPON SYNDROMIC CROSS-REFERENCES; Fever with Prominent Arthralgias; Acute Hepatic Syndrome; Hemorrhagic Diathesis; Hilar Adenopathy or Widened Mediastinum; Fever with Petechiae; Cutaneous Lesions or Ulcerations; Acute Respiratory



Syndrome with Fever

Acute Respiratory Syndrome without FeverFlulike Illness with Rash; Fever with Lymphadenopathy; Acute Neurologic Syndrome with Fever; Acute Neurologic Syndrome without Fever; Acute GI Syndrome with Fever; Acute GI Syndrome without Fever; SECTION 3: INDIVIDUAL BIOLOGICAL WEAPON DETAILED QUICK REFERENCES; Aflatoxins; Anthrax (Inhalational and Gastrointestinal); Anthrax (Cutaneous); Blastomycosis; Botulism (Botulinum Toxins); Brucellosis; Chikungunya; Cholera; Coccidioidomycosis; Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever; Dengue Fever (Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever); Domoic Acid (Amnesic Shellfish Poisoning)

Ebola and Marburg VirusesEncephalitis, Viral (Venezuelan, Eastern, Western, St. Louis, Japanese, and West Nile Virus); Glanders; Hantavirus; Influenza; Kyasanur Forest Disease; Lassa Virus and the South American Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers; Legionellosis; Leptospirosis; Melioidosis; Nipah Virus; Omsk Hemorrhagic Fever; Plague; Psittacosis; Q Fever; Ricin and Abrin; Rift Valley Fever; Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever; Salmonellosis (Typhoid); Saxitoxin (Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning); Shigellosis; Smallpox (information sheet); Smallpox (color atlas and visual guide); Staphylococcal Enterotoxin B

TetrodotoxinTrichothecene (T-2) Mycotoxins; Tularemia; Typhus (Epidemic, Murine, and Scrub); Yellow Fever; SECTION 4: BASIC CHEMICAL TERRORISM; What Is Chemical Terrorism?; Physical Properties of Chemical Weapons; Protecting Yourself; SECTION 5: CHEMICAL WEAPON SYNDROMIC CROSS-REFERENCES; Prominent Skin Rash, Blistering, and/or Burns; Prominent Pulmonary Symptoms; Seizures and/or Sudden Coma; Acute Hemolytic Anemia; SECTION 6: INDIVIDUAL CHEMICAL WEAPON DETAILED QUICK REFERENCES; Nerve Agents; Cyanides (Blood Agents); Hydrogen Sulfide; Pulmonary Agents; Mustard; Lewisite; Phosgene Oxime (CX)

Anhydrous Ammonia, Sulfur Dioxide, and Hydrogen Chloride

Sommario/riassunto

The first book specifically designed to lead you through identification of the most likely biological or chemical weapons used in a bioterrorist attack._x000D_Through an ...



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Record Nr.

UNINA9911020333503321

Autore

Grebennikov Andrei <1956->

Titolo

RF and microwave transmitter design / / Andrei Grebennikov

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley, c2011

ISBN

9786613272881

9781283272889

1283272881

9780470929308

0470929308

9780470929292

0470929294

Edizione

[1st edition]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (838 p.)

Collana

Wiley series in microwave and optical engineering

Classificazione

TEC024000

Disciplina

621.384/131

Soggetti

Radio - Transmitters and transmission

Microwave circuits

Microwave transmission lines

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

RF AND MICROWAVETRANSMITTER DESIGN; Contents; Preface; Introduction; References; 1 Passive Elements and Circuit Theory; 1.1 Immittance Two-Port Network Parameters; 1.2 Scattering Parameters; 1.3 Interconnections of Two-Port Networks; 1.4 Practical Two-Port Networks; 1.4.1 Single-Element Networks; 1.4.2  - and T -Type Networks; 1.5 Three-Port Network with Common Terminal; 1.6 Lumped Elements; 1.6.1 Inductors; 1.6.2 Capacitors; 1.7 Transmission Line; 1.8 Types of Transmission Lines; 1.8.1 Coaxial Line; 1.8.2 Stripline; 1.8.3 Microstrip Line; 1.8.4 Slotline; 1.8.5 Coplanar Waveguide; 1.9 Noise

1.9.1 Noise Sources1.9.2 Noise Figure; 1.9.3 Flicker Noise; References; 2 Active Devices and Modeling; 2.1 Diodes; 2.1.1 Operation Principle; 2.1.2 Schottky Diodes; 2.1.3 p-i-n Diodes; 2.1.4 Zener Diodes; 2.2 Varactors; 2.2.1 Varactor Modeling; 2.2.2 MOS Varactor; 2.3 MOSFETs; 2.3.1 Small-Signal Equivalent Circuit; 2.3.2 Nonlinear I-V Models; 2.3.3 Nonlinear C-V Models; 2.3.4 Charge Conservation; 2.3.5 Gate-Source



Resistance; 2.3.6 Temperature Dependence; 2.3.7 Noise Model; 2.4 MESFETs and HEMTs; 2.4.1 Small-Signal Equivalent Circuit; 2.4.2 Determination of Equivalent Circuit Elements

2.4.3 Curtice Quadratic Nonlinear Model2.4.4 Parker-Skellern Nonlinear Model; 2.4.5 Chalmers (Angelov) Nonlinear Model; 2.4.6 IAF (Berroth) Nonlinear Model; 2.4.7 Noise Model; 2.5 BJTs and HBTs; 2.5.1 Small-Signal Equivalent Circuit; 2.5.2 Determination of Equivalent Circuit Elements; 2.5.3 Equivalence of Intrinsic  - and T -Type Topologies; 2.5.4 Nonlinear Bipolar Device Modeling; 2.5.5 Noise Model; References; 3 Impedance Matching; 3.1 Main Principles; 3.2 Smith Chart; 3.3 Matching with Lumped Elements; 3.3.1 Analytic Design Technique; 3.3.2 Bipolar UHF Power Amplifier

3.3.3 MOSFET VHF High-Power Amplifier3.4 Matching with Transmission Lines; 3.4.1 Analytic Design Technique; 3.4.2 Equivalence Between Circuits with Lumped and Distributed Parameters; 3.4.3 Narrowband Microwave Power Amplifier; 3.4.4 Broadband UHF High-Power Amplifier; 3.5 Matching Networks with Mixed Lumped and Distributed Elements; References; 4 Power Transformers, Combiners, and Couplers; 4.1 Basic Properties; 4.1.1 Three-Port Networks; 4.1.2 Four-Port Networks; 4.2 Transmission-Line Transformers and Combiners; 4.3 Baluns; 4.4 Wilkinson Power Dividers/Combiners; 4.5 Microwave Hybrids

4.6 Coupled-Line Directional CouplersReferences; 5 Filters; 5.1 Types of Filters; 5.2 Filter Design Using Image Parameter Method; 5.2.1 Constant-k Filter Sections; 5.2.2 m-Derived Filter Sections; 5.3 Filter Design Using Insertion Loss Method; 5.3.1 Maximally Flat Low-Pass Filter; 5.3.2 Equal-Ripple Low-Pass Filter; 5.3.3 Elliptic Function Low-Pass Filter; 5.3.4 Maximally Flat Group-Delay Low-Pass Filter; 5.4 Bandpass and Bandstop Transformation; 5.5 Transmission-Line Low-Pass Filter Implementation; 5.5.1 Richards's Transformation; 5.5.2 Kuroda Identities; 5.5.3 Design Example

5.6 Coupled-Line Filters

Sommario/riassunto

RF and Microwave Transmitter Design is unique in its coverage of both historical transmitter design and cutting edge technologies. This text explores the results of well-known and new theoretical analyses, while informing readers of modern radio transmitters' pracitcal designs and their components. Jam-packed with information, this book broadcasts and streamlines the author's considerable experience in RF and microwave design and development.