JAVMA, Vol 230, No. 12, June 15, 2007 W of mass destruction may be defined as chemical, biological, radiologic, nuclear, explosive, or incendiary devices intended to cause widespread injury or death. Injuries and illnesses resulting from weapons of mass destruction may be overt, subclinical, or delayed. Because veterinarians may find themselves responding to emergency incidents, they should be ...

How should we take account of the interests of future generations? This question has great practical relevance. For example, it is front and center in arguments about global warming policy. Unfortunately, the question is doubly difficult-doubly, because it not merely implicates generic disputes about the structure of moral obligations (disputes between consequentialists and nonconsequentialists...

Evolutionary and psychological perspectives on decision making remain largely separate endeavors. The bounded rationality approach integrates these two perspectives by focusing on simple, plausible mechanisms of decision making and the cognitive capacities needed to implement these mechanisms. Decisions about the future provide a class of decisions that lend themselves to a bounded rationality ...

The goal of a flexible communication framework is to allow dynamic customization of complex communication protocols without compromising the overall system performance. However, the communication protocols provided in successful middleware frameworks are usually tailored to specific and/or static requirements are not suitable for dynamic environments. In dynamic environments, applications must ...

Though the majority of physicists would probably not support preemptive wars, nuclear and other weapons of mass destruction would not exist without their contributions. Einstein’s anti-militaristic position has been well-documented and the present essay recalls the role of some contemporary and past physicists on this issue. The idea that the rationality of scientific thought is a reliable anti...

The residual stress field of HIPed Si3N4 rolling elements were studied. Two kinds of HIPed Si3N4 ball blanks self-finished at different nominal lapping loads ranging from 1.3kgf/ball to 10.87kgf/ball and four kinds of commercially finished 1⁄2′′ (12.7mm) HIPed Si3N4 balls before, during and after RCF tests were investigated. The experimental results showed that in the finishing process of HIPed...

Recent allegations that Russian firms are aiding missile programs in Iran and India have renewed fears that sensitive technology is leaking to countries of proliferation concern from the economically strapped Russian missile industry. Pessimists argue that the leakage of Russian technology could greatly reduce the time needed by potential proliferants to develop mediumand longer-range missiles ...

Since the dawn of the missile age, national security decisionmakers have sought to achieve a delicate balance between having a credible nuclear deterrent and ensuring the safety of nuclear weapons from unauthorized or accidental use. During the Cold War, when the United States and Russia perceived each other as a serious threat, the balance was weighted heavily toward the credibility of the det...

Sign-out somewhere in the United States in an emergency department (ED) today: ‘‘.so that’s the last of the acute rack. And, yeah, there are 17 boarders waiting for beds, the usual. ’’ In this issue of Annals, Auf der Heide thoroughly debunks numerous myths of disaster response and management. As many of us know firsthand, in a major disaster, including a terrorist attack, many patients may sho...

The Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS) strives to combat the spread of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) by disseminating timely information and analysis and training the next generation of nonproliferation specialists. CNS at the Monterey Institute of International Studies is the largest nongovernmental organization in the United States devoted exclusively to research and training on no...