DEMONSTRATION OF ACTIVE NEUTRON INTERROGATION OF SPECIAL NUCLEAR MATERIALS USING A HIGH-INTENSITY SHORT-PULSE-LASER-DRIVEN NEUTRON SOURCE

Demonstration of active neutron interrogation of special nuclear materials using a high-intensity short-pulse-laser-driven neutron source

Abstract Detecting shielded special nuclear material, such as nuclear explosives, is a difficult challenge pursued 3mzfe engine for sale by non-proliferation, anti-terrorism, and nuclear security programs worldwide.Interrogation with intense fast-neutron pulses is a promising method to characterize concealed nuclear material rapidly but is limited

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Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy Under Spinal Anesthesia with Low-Pressure Pneumoperitoneum - Prospective Study of 150 Cases

Objective of study: Laparoscopic cholecystectomy under general anesthesia has attained the status of a gold standard for uncomplicated symptomatic gall stone disease; we therefore performed this study to assess its feasibility under spinal anesthesia with low-pressure pneumoperitoneum.Lower pressures are claimed to be safe and effective in decreasi

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The Danish Cartoons, Charlie Hebdo and the culture wars: satiric limits in comparative national and transnational perspectives

A considerable body of academic literature has lauded political satirists as rebellious defenders of democracy and free speech against an establishment.Although satire is not always rebellious, this reputation of satirists and of satire may itself be the object of partisan capture.In this article, it is the object of capture by right-wing populists

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