Biological threats go beyond infectious disease epidemics.A biological threat should be construed as the effects of deployment of biological warfare or the occurrence of biological events of natural origin, which can have significant impact on the breach of security in the military, social, ecological and biological context.Biological factors are o
Present Trends, Emergencies and Their Impact on Supply Chain Security
The article examines the impact of recent geopolitical, economic, and security changes on logistics support capabilities in EU and NATO member states.The study analyzes the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and the 5.52/5RVV armed conflict in Ukraine on logistics supply chains, considering environmental, social, and security concerns.The research qu
Development and Characterization of Microsatellite Markers for Central American Begonia sect. Gireoudia (Begoniaceae)
Premise of the study: Transcriptome sequence data were used to design microsatellite primers for two widespread Central American Begonia species, B.heracleifolia and B.nelumbiifolia, to investigate population structure and hybridization.Methods and Results: The transcriptome from vegetative meristem tissue from the related B.plebeja was mined for m
A Multi-Disciplinary Analysis of Catholic Social Teaching with Implications for Engineering and Technology
In this article we view Catholic Social Teaching (CST) Basters in the larger context of history, culture, philosophy and theology, and social services, and consider three perspectives on its modern instantiation: social science and economics, modal and non-monotonic logics, and second-order cybernetics.We then apply these perspectives to questions
The life-world of mothers who care for mentally retarded children: the Katutura township experience
This article reports on a research study done in Katutura Township, near Windhoek.A qualitative, exploratory, descriptive and contextual design was followed to answer the research question investigating experiences of mothers caring for mentally retarded children at home.Phenomenological interviews were conducted with a purposefully selected sample