Deliberate release of biological agents

Emergency department response to the deliberate release of biological agents.

Bioterrorism is the use of biological agents outside the arena of war. Its purpose is to disrupt civilian life. This article investigates the role of the emergency department in the event of an act of bioterrorism.

Mathematical applications associated with the deliberate release of infectious agents

Efforts to anticipate, prevent, or control deliberate releases of biological agents are critical components of homeland security research. The lack of data on deliberately induced epidemics naturally leads to the use of mathematical models (capable of simulating realistic scenarios) in the evaluation of policies that ensure our security. Modeling single outbreaks of a disease can help give insi...

Deliberate Normative Agents

Agent theories have developed on epts and methodologies that an be applied for having a better understanding of reasoning about obligations. This work proposes an agentbased framework for modeling obligations and norms: agents are able to deal with norms and to de ide autonomously whether to respe t them or not. The key idea is that the addressee of the norm expli itly models the agent who wat ...

Innovations in Detection of Deliberate or Accidental Contamination with Biological Agents in Environment and Foods

In 2016, two special issues have been launched and attended in this journal, "Challenges in New Technologies for Security" (http://www.mdpi.com/journal/challenges/special_issues/tech_security) and “Food Microbiology: Technologies and processes, microbiology analysis methods, and antimicrobials” (http://www.mdpi.com/journal/challenges/special_issues/food-microbiology). In this editorial, I will ...

Preparedness for the deliberate use of biological agents A rational approach to the unthinkable