Throughout this orientation of satellite operations, you have been exposed to the modern world's dependence on space systems. This dependence varies from simple commercial long distance calls to the implementation of a nation's strategic offensive and defensive forces. Furthermore, the United States Government and military forces require space systems support, such as early warning, navigation,...

Many species of arthropod are infected by deleterious inherited micro-organisms. Typically these micro-organisms are inherited maternally. Consequently, some, particularly bacteria of the genus Wolbachia, employ a variety of strategies that favour female over male hosts. These strategies include feminisation, induction of parthenogenesis and male-killing. These strategies result in female biase...

This report explores the potential uses of low-yield nuclear weapons in context a possible conflict on Korean Peninsula. It starts with definition – typically, yields ten kilotons or less that are designed to be nonstrategic “tactical” used shorter-range delivery systems, prepared for purpose attacking troops battlefield infrastructure. The paper then reviews history United States legislation r...

The ever increasing number of analysed loci in phylogenetics has not only allowed resolution of some parts of the Tree of Life but has also highlighted parts of the tree where incongruent signals among loci were detected. Previous molecular studies suggested conflicting relationships for the New World genus Campephilus, being either associated to the Megapicini or Dendropocini. Yet, the limited...

1 cancer 2 3 Authors and Affiliations: Stefan E. Pool, S. Bison, Stuart J. Koelewijn, Linda M. van der Graaf, 4 Marleen Melis, Eric P. Krenning, Marion de Jong 5 6 Department of Nuclear Medicine and Radiology, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, the Netherlands 7 8 None of the authors has a conflict of interest to declare. 9 10 Running title: Augmentation of metastatic tumor behavior by mTOR inhibition. 11 12

Just over sixty years ago, the Association of Orthodox Jewish Scientists was founded to resolve ‘the apparent points of conflict between scientific theory and Orthodox Judaism’ [1]. The claims of paleontology, cosmology, and especially evolutionary biology exposed contradictions with traditional beliefs that were hard to overcome – so hard, indeed, that Alvin Radkowsky (an eminent nuclear physi...

The present study examines how Trump’s unilateral withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) on May 8, 2018 was framed in political cartoons published in the American and French media. The paper offers a thematic analysis of cartoons published from May 8 to June 8, 2018, the peak period for publication of cartoons on the Iran nuclear deal, and accessed via Google images. The...

groups made valuable contributions to elaborating the consequences of nuclear warfare.1 Paul Crutzen and John Birks proposed that massive fires and smoke emissions in the lower atmosphere after a global nuclear exchange would create severe short-term environmental aftereffects. Extending their work, two of us (Toon and Turco) and colleagues discovered “nuclear winter,” which posited that worldw...