Text data mining should be useful for anticipating new technologies and new uses for existing technologies, insofar as one can attempt to connect complementary pieces of information across two different domains, or subsets, of the scientific literature. The present study attempted to predict genetic engineering technologies that may impact on viral warfare in the future. The analysis was carrie...

UNLABELLED Current treatment protocols for chemical warfare casualties assume no IV access during the early treatment stages. Time constraints in mass casualty scenarios, impaired manual dexterity of medical personnel wearing protective gear, and victims' complex clinical presentations render standard IV access techniques impractical. A newly developed spring-driven, trigger-operated intraosseo...

This research explores the shape of warfare to come over next twenty-five years from a Swedish perspective. It is evident that change in practice apparent international relations today due use innovative new technologies. These developments raise profound practical and conceptual questions for armed forces as what do these systems mean prosecution intellectual ideas/knowledge base underpin cont...

Within the MMORPG World of Warcraft, attitudes towards warfare are expressed in conflicting ways. This is partly a result of the difficult relationship modern Western society has with warfare, and the various political agendas that surround this. Within World of Warcraft, this is expressed specifically in the minigames known as ‘Battlegrounds’, which allow players to fight against each other in...

rom the birth of the Submarine Technology Department 25 years ago through today, we have been involved in the process of assessing and developing emerging technologies for undersea warfare (USW) applications. The assessment process has often required extensive ocean engineering efforts to validate concepts in the real ocean environment. Articles in this section of the Technical Digest present s...

Recent terrorist events have demonstrated that an urgent and widespread need exists for the development of novel sensors for threat detection, especially biowarfare agents. The advent of inexpensive, mass-produced microcantilever sensors promises to bring about a revolution in detection of terrorist threats. Extremely sensitive and highly selective sensors can be developed for using a microcant...

Abstract The participatory affordances of digital media allow a broad spectrum new forms participation in conflicts that go beyond the information domain (Boichak Battlefront volunteers: mapping and deconstructing civilian resilience networks Ukraine. #SMSociety’17, July 28–30, 2017). This article explores factors shape digitally mediated warfare. It highlights association between narratives st...

While modern states may never cease to wage war against one another, they have recognized moral restrictions on how they conduct those wars. These “rules of war” serve several important functions in regulating the organization and behavior of military forces, and shape political debates, negotiations, and public perception. While the world has become somewhat accustomed to the increasing techno...

Our increasing dependence on information technologies and autonomous systems has escalated international concern for informationand cyber-security in the face of politically, socially and religiously motivated cyber-attacks. Information warfare tactics that interfere with the flow of information can challenge the survival of individuals and groups. It is increasingly important that both humans ...

Mechanisms of Bismuth Fluoride Nanocomposites M. Bervas, A. N. Mansour,* W.-S. Yoon,* J. F. Al-Sharab, F. Badway, F. Cosandey, L. C. Klein, and G. G. Amatucci* Energy Storage Research Group, and Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, USA Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division, West Bethesda, Maryland ...