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Civil Defense

Known as: Civil Defenses, Defense, Civil, Defenses, Civil 
Preventive emergency measures and programs designed to protect the individual or community in times of hostile attack.
National Institutes of Health

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Disaster PlanningEducational aspectsEmergency PreparednessUnited States Department of Homeland Security

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2018
2018
SySTEM APPROACH FOR READInESS ASSESSMEnT unITS OF CIVIl DEFEnSE TO ACTIOnS AT EMERgEnCy SITuATIOnS
Purpose. Mutual consideration of social complex and technical indexes while assessing the civil defense (CD) divisions readiness… 
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2015
Highly Cited
2015
Eliminating mental disability as a legal criterion in deprivation of liberty cases: The impact of the Convention on the Rights of Persons With Disabilities on the insanity defense, civil commitment…
2014
2014
Near-Earth object intercept trajectory design for planetary defense
2013
2013
Fire alarm system
The present invention provides a fire alarm system regardless of the size of their size, can prevent the occurrence of adverse… 
2010
2010
Corruption and the Composition of Public Expenditures: Evidence from OECD Countries
This paper analyzes how corruption affects the composition of public expenditures. First, a two-stage rent-seeking model with… 
2010
2010
Fast and accurate prediction of windborne contaminant plumes for civil defense in cities
Abstract : An instantaneous crisis management system called CT-Analyst(tm), based on detailed urban aerodynamics computations… 
1991
1991
National medical response to mass disasters in the United States. Are we prepared?
  • E. PrettoP. Safar
  • Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA…
  • 1991
  • Corpus ID: 40027977
Preparing for a resuscitation response to mass disasters, such as major earthquakes or industrial disasters, requires revisions… 
1984
1984
The Social Psychology of Civil Defense
  • R. Perry
  • International Journal of Mass Emergencies &amp…
  • 1984
  • Corpus ID: 142346062
1980
1980
American Civil Defense 1945-1984: The Evolution of Programs and Policies
This monograph examines the modern civil defense system from its inception to the present. The evolution of policies and programs… 
1977
1977
Soviet civil defense.
Deborah Shapley’s article “Soviet civil defense: Insiders argue whether strategic balance is shaken” (News and Comment, 10 Dec… 
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