1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910451752803321

Titolo

Improving civilian medical response to chemical or biological terrorist incidents [[electronic resource] ] : interim report on current capabilities / / Committee on R&D Needs for Improving Civilian Medical Response to Chemical and Biological Terrorism Incidents, Division of Health Science Policy, Institute of Medicine [and] Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, Commission on Life Sciences, National Research Council

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1998

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (113 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

RosenPeter <1935->

ManningFrederick J

Disciplina

363.35

Soggetti

Chemical warfare - Health aspects

Terrorism - Government policy - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Peter Rosen, Chair, Frederick J. Manning, Project Director.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

""Improving Civilian Medical Response to Chemical or Biological Terrorist Incidents""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Executive Summary""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""CURRENT CIVILIAN CAPABILITIES""; ""DETECTION""; ""Detection of Agents in the Environment""; ""Detection of Agent Exposure in Clinical Samples""; ""Detection of Covert Exposures of a Population""; ""PROTECTION""; ""TREATMENT""; ""CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS""; ""RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT NEEDS""; ""INTERIM RECOMMENDATIONS""; ""1 Introduction    ""; ""LEGISLATIVE BACKGROUND""; ""CHARGE TO THE COMMITTEE""

""ASSUMPTIONS AND PARAMETERS OF THIS REPORT""""2 Current Civilian Capabilities""; ""PREINCIDENT INTELLIGENCE""; ""DETECTION AND MEASUREMENT OF AGENTS IN THE ENVIRONMENT""; ""Chemical Agents""; ""Biological Agents""; ""PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT (PPE)""; ""Chemical Agents""; ""Biological Agents""; ""SAFE AND EFFECTIVE PATIENT EXTRACTION""; ""METHODS FOR RECOGNIZING SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS IN VICTIMS/PATIENTS""; ""DETECTION AND



MEASUREMENT OF AGENT EXPOSURE IN CLINICAL SAMPLES FROM PATIENTS""; ""Chemical Agents""; ""Nerve Agents""; ""Vesicants""; ""Cyanide""; ""Biological Agents""

""METHODS FOR RECOGNIZING COVERT EXPOSURE OF A POPULATION""""MASS-CASUALTY TRIAGE TECHNIQUES/PROCEDURES""; ""METHODS FOR DECONTAMINATING EXPOSED INDIVIDUALS""; ""Chemical Agents""; ""Biological Agents""; ""AVAILABILITY, SAFETY, AND EFFICACY OF DRUGS AND OTHER THERAPIES""; ""Chemical Agents""; ""Nerve Agents""; ""Vesicants""; ""Cyanide""; ""Biological Agents""; ""Anthrax""; ""Brucellosis""; ""Pneumonic Plague""; ""Q Fever""; ""Tularemia""; ""Smallpox""; ""Viral Encephalitides""; ""Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers""; ""Botulinum Toxins""; ""Staphylococcal enterotoxin B (SEB)""; ""Ricin""

""T-2 Mycotoxin""""PREVENTION, ASSESSMENT, AND TREATMENT OF PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECTS""; ""3 Conclusions and Recommendations ""; ""RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT NEEDS""; ""INTERIM RECOMMENDATIONS""; ""References""; ""APPENDIX A Committee Biographies""; ""APPENDIX B Committee Meeting Agenda""; ""APPENDIX C Table of Lethal and Incapacitating Chemical Weapons""; ""APPENDIX D Centers for Disease Control and Prevention List of Restricted Agents""; ""VIRUSES""; ""BACTERIA""; ""RICKETTSIAE""; ""FUNGI""; ""TOXINS""

""APPENDIX E Excerpts from the Metropolitan Medical Strike Team Operational System Description""""METROPOLITAN MEDICAL STRIKE TEAM""; ""MISSION, CONCEPT OF OPERATIONS, AND TEAM ORGANIZATION""; ""METROPOLITAN MEDICAL STRIKE TEAM""; ""TEAM ACTIVATION""; ""I. INTRODUCTION""; ""IV. FIELD OPERATIONS GUIDE""; ""APPENDIX F Excerpts from the National Disaster Medical System Home Page ""; ""OFFICIAL FACT SHEETS FROM NDMS""; ""DMAT / NDMS / other related links""; ""NDMS PARTNERS""; ""THE PURPOSE OF THE NATIONAL DISASTER MEDICAL SYSTEM""; ""Major Components of NDMS include""; ""NDMS LEAD ORGANIZATIONS""

""THE NDMS DISASTER MEDICAL ASSISTANCE TEAMS""



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910703233703321

Titolo

Iran sanctions [[electronic resource] ] : why does the U.S. government do business with companies doing business in Iran? : hearing before the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, United States Senate, One Hundred Eleventh Congress, second session, May 12, 2010

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington : , : U.S. G.P.O., , 2011

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (iii, 83 pages)

Collana

S. hrg. ; ; 111-1081

Soggetti

Economic sanctions, American - Iran

Public contracts - Government policy - United States

Petroleum industry and trade - Iran - Finance

Gas industry - Iran - Finance

International business enterprises - Iran

Investments, Foreign - Iran

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from title screen (viewed on Dec. 27, 2011).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910780232003321

Autore

Boxberger Linda <1951->

Titolo

On the edge of empire [[electronic resource] ] : Hadhramawt, emigration, and the Indian Ocean, 1880s-1930s / / Linda Boxberger

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albany, : State University of New York Press, 2002

ISBN

0-7914-8935-3

0-585-47619-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (313 p.)

Collana

SUNY series in Near Eastern studies

Disciplina

953.3

Soggetti

Ḥaḍramawt (Yemen : Province) History

Ḥaḍramawt (Yemen : Province) History 19th century

Ḥaḍramawt (Yemen : Province) History 20th century

Ḥaḍramawt (Yemen : Province) Social life and customs 19th century

Ḥaḍramawt (Yemen : Province) Social life and customs 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-286) and index.