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The rusty, scarlet gear of Jimmy’s clock starts to turn as usual on this crisp autumn morning. Although school was out on this particular Sunday in 1945, the ringing of his clock began at six o’clock and lasted until the drowsy boy could lift his rawboned hands. The crimson colored cotton blanket was tiredly kicked off by his scrawny foot. His light skin was soon met with a chilling breeze that gave shivers down the boys four-foot-seven frame. The undersized pin house was lively and sprawling with

A distinction between war and terrorism, and from where terrorism emerged. Within the history of humanity, war and violence has its origins deeply rooted amongst almost all cultures. Terrorism is a relatively young concept. The differences between war and terrorism are essential in understanding the social distinctions between both forms of aggression. The common phrase, ‘All is fair in love and war,’ suggests that acts of aggression are acceptable because of the context, almost expected. The word

Name Class Assignment Date Title War, according to the Oxford Dictionary, is “A state of armed conflict between different nations or states or different groups within a nation or state” (citation). War truly does bring out the worst of in the people involved, because in war the objective is to kill or capture enough of the opposing sides’ soldiers to show that your side is superior. Both sides will take any measures necessary to win, a few examples of this being Mustard gas, Ricin, Agent Orange

Introduction In ARMY Doctrine Publication 1 - The ARMY it is stated that weapons of mass destruction are the greatest threat to our homeland. (U.S. ARMY, 2012) As a society we have weaponized everything from Chemical agents, Biological agents, Radiological devices, and of course Nuclear bombs. Chemical warfare agents such as sarin gas are near the top of the list of these WMD’s. Originally sarin was developed in Germany in 1938 as a pesticide, and later classified as a nerve agent. Sarin was intended

VX Agents Used as Weapons of Mass Destruction Nerve agents are threatening for any living species, specially humans. These chemical compounds could be absorbed through the skin, inhaled, entered via the eyes, or ingested. Not only they can remain in the air for a prolonged lapse of time, but they also adhere to the plants, the ground, clothing, and other natural sources or man-made items. In addition, there are many types of nerve agents, some of which are more life-threatening than others; such

A bio-terror attack has happened and no one is safe. Selected CBRN agent background: According to the Center for Disease Control, VX is one of the nerve agents, which are the most toxic of the known chemical warfare agents. It is tasteless and odorless. Exposure to VX can cause death in minutes. As little as one drop of VX on the skin can be fatal. Nerve agents are chemically similar to organophosphate pesticides and exert their effects by interfering with the normal function

Vertex concept proposal Nonclinical IIS Concept Submission CONFIDENTIAL Title: Plasma-induced signatures from cystic fibrosis patients treated with VX-770 and VX-809—can evaluation of the extracellular milieu reveal a mechanism of treatment response? A. Principal Investigator: Hara Levy, MD, MSc B. Purpose of the Study: Dysfunction of the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR)1 is responsible for cystic fibrosis (CF), an inherited multisystem disease characterized by progressive

Vertex R&D portfolio Decision Joshua Boger, CEO of Vertex has to decide on two out of four R&D portfolios that are to be fully funded by Vertex and to decide on the fate of the other two portfolios i.e. whether to partner or hold them as backups. In order to decide on the R&D portfolio, an objective quantitative analysis might not be suitable considering the high levels of uncertainities and consequently the risks involved in pharmaceutical research projects. It is important to have a qualitative

effect on the horizontal velocity. When the length of the ramp was 0.3050 meters, the horizontal velocity was at 0.86 m/s2. Yet, when the length decreased to 0.2400, the horizontal velocity decreased to 0.67 m/s2. The second equation used in the lab, vx= x/t, was able to represent the relationship between the velocity of x and the x direction. The farther the ball traveled in the x direction, the greater the velocity of x was. This is obvious due to the fact that time was a constant value of 0.44 s

dosage released. The most well known military nerve agents are tabun, sarin, soman, GF, and VX. All of these are manmade compounds. The first military nerve agent GA (ethyl-N-dimethyl-phosphoroamidocynate) was discovered in Germany. After this discovery it was weaponized along with GB (sarine) and GD (soman) together creating the “G-series”. England then found approximately 4 years later the V-series including VX. Despite years prior to these findings a Geneva Protocol that prohibited nerve agents