Abstract Non-lethal weapons have seen increasing use in the police forces and, more recently, the military forces, of various countries around the world. With increased use in military operations in areas such as Panama and Somalia, there is an increasing likelihood of military health service officers coming in contact with the medical effects of these… Read more »
ABSTRACT Nuclear, Biological and Chemical (NBC) Warfare remains as much a risk today as it has been in the past. With increased numbers of proliferating nations, increased industrialization and poorly effective arms control measures, this risk is unlikely to decrease in the foreseeable future. To prepare military physicians to deal with these toxic hazards, NBC… Read more »
BIOTERRORISM, the deliberate use of biological weapons by a terrorist group, has become a major concern for Australia n medical, government and military agencies over the past two to three years. The various forms of media, from reputable newspapers and journals to novels, documentaries and films regularly portray such attacks. In Australia, this depiction has… Read more »
In the early 1950s, the British mathematician Alan Turing argued that for a computer to be described as intelligent it must be able to deceive a human into believing that the computer was human.1Whilst we have yet to reach this stage considerable advances have been made in the development of artificial intelligence and expert systems…. Read more »
Geoffrey Ochiltree Robertson was born on 01 April 1896 at ‘Mortat’, Goroke, Victoria. The fourth of five children, his eldest brother James (J.O.) was my paternal grandfather. He received most of his education as a boarder at Scotch College in Melbourne from 1904 to 1914. He followed in the footsteps of his elder brothers, James,… Read more »
ABSTRACT Non-lethal weapons have seen increasing use in the police forces and, more recently, the military forces of various countries around the world. With increased use in military operations in areas such as Panama and Somalia, there is an increasing likelihood of military health service officers coming in contact with the medical effects of these… Read more »
