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Security Manager's Guide to Disasters: Managing Through Emergencies, Violence, and Other Workplace Threats

CRC Press, 2009

Terrorist or criminal attack, fire emergency, civil or geographic disruption, or major electrical failure—recent years have witnessed an increase in the number of natural disasters and man-made events that have threatened the livelihoods of businesses and organizations worldwide. Security Manager’s Guide to Disasters:...

Imaging for Detection and Identification (NATO Security through Science Series B: Physics and Biophysics)

Springer, 2007

The chapters in this volume were presented at the July–August 2006 NATO Advanced Study Institute on Imaging for Detection and Identification. The conference was held at the beautiful Il Ciocco resort near Lucca, in the glorious Tuscany region of northern Italy. For the eighth time we gathered at this idyllic spot to explore and...

Violence at Sea: Piracy in the Age of Global Terrorism

Routledge, 2006

Violence at Sea is an overview of maritime piracy, examining threats that piracy poses to global security and commerce, as well as measures and policies to mitigate the threat. The essays analyze piracy activities in key shipping lanes (including the African coast, the Arabian Sea, the Bay of Bengal, and the Straits of Malacca-South China...

Historical Dictionary of Terrorism (Historical Dictionaries of Religions, Philosophies and Movements)

The Scarecrow Press, Inc, 2009

Terrorism has consistently dogged this supposedly modern and enlightened age. It has merely adopted new shapes and forms in keeping with the times. The causes have also evolved over the years, as old problems are solved and new ones created. Moreover, it has gone high-tech, like everything else. Thus, as this book convincingly shows, terrorism will...

Carry On: Sound Advice from Schneier on Security

John Wiley & Sons, 2013

Up-to-the-minute observations from a world-famous security expert

Bruce Schneier is known worldwide as the foremost authority and commentator on every security issue from cyber-terrorism to airport surveillance. This groundbreaking book features more than 160 commentaries on recent events including the Boston Marathon...

Prehospital Trauma Care

CRC Press, 2001

Comprehensive in scope and content, Prehospital Trauma Care (PTC) covers all aspects of emergency medicine-triage assessment and treatment, anesthesia, intensive care, psychiatry, health and military disasters, burns, shock, and surgery.
Written by over 70 distinguished international experts representing Australia, Austria, Belgium,...

Nuclear Energy: Principles, Practices, and Prospects

Springer, 2008

"The material presented here is largely accessible to anyone interested in nuclear energy. This book is the best of its kind in providing a well-written survey of the science, technology, safety, and economics of the full range of nuclear issues, including power, waste, weapons, terrorism, biological effects, and the future of the nuclear...

Nanoscale Devices - Fundamentals and Applications (NATO Science Series II: Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry)

Springer, 2006

Over the last decade the interest in nanoscale materials and their applications in novel electronic devices have been increasing tremendously. This is caused by the unique properties of nanoscale materials and the outstanding performance of nanoscale devices. The fascinating and often unrivalled properties of nanoscale materials and devices opened...

A Global Security Triangle: European, African and Asian interaction (Routledge/GARNET series: Europe in the World)

Routledge, 2009

This book considers the interactions between Africa, Asia and Europe, analysing the short and long term strategies various states have adopted to external relations.

The urgency attached to the agenda of international terrorism and human and drugs- trafficking has forced the European Union into new cooperation with Africa and Asia. These...

Computer Security in the 21st Century

Springer, 2005

Computer Security in the 21^st Century shares some of the emerging important research trends reflected in recent advances in computer security, including: security protocol design, secure peer-to-peer and ad hoc networks, multimedia security, and intrusion detection, defense and measurement.

Highlights include...

Advances in Artificial Intelligence for Privacy Protection and Security

World Scientific Publishing, 2009

In this book, we aim to collect the most recent advances in artificial intelligence techniques (i.e. neural networks, fuzzy systems, multi-agent systems, genetic algorithms, image analysis, clustering, etc), which are applied to the protection of privacy and security. The symbiosis between these fields leads to a pool of invigorating ideas,...

Medical Response to Terrorism: Preparedness and Clinical Practice

Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2004

Even two decades ago, few would have imagined that terrorism would be planned and carried out on such an enormous scale as it is today. Terrorist attacks rely on horror and surprise, invoking different times, places, victims, and methods. Their purpose is to cause widespread confusion, fear, injury, and death. They disrupt security,...

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