Technological Innovations in Sensing and Detection of Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear Threats and Ecological Terrorism

<p>Part I. Invited and Key Lectures.- Technological Innovations to Counter CBRNE Threat Vectors and Ecotage.- Emerging Technologies: Biosecurity and Consequence Management Implications.- Bio-Inspired Computing, Information Swarms, and the Problem of Data Fusion.- Nanoparticles: A New Form of Terrorism?.- Nano Sensing Devices – Future Directions.- Metallic Films With Fullerene-Like WS₂(MoS₂) Nanoparticles: Self-Lubricating Coatings with Potential Applications.- Disposable Membrane Sensors for Biohazardous Substances.- Nano-Structured Solids and Heterogeneous Catalysts: Powerful Tools for the Reduction of CBRN Threats.- Part II. Policy, Regional, and International.- Nuclear Terrorism – Dimensions, Options, and Perspectives in Moldova.- Integrative Convergence in Neuroscience: Trajectories, Problems, and the Need for a Progressive Neurobioethics.- Nanomaterials in Environmental Contamination and their Nanotoxicological Peculiarities.- The Transnistria Equation.- Part III. Chemical-Biological Sensors.- Real Time Detection of Foodborne Pathogens for Food Quality Monitoring &amp;amp; Biosecurity.- Nanosized and Nanostructured II-VI Semiconductors: Chemical Sensor Applications; D. Nesheva.- Nanomaterials Based Sensor Development towards Electrochemical Sensing Of Biointeractions.- Emission of Weak Electrons towards Sensing Nanoobjects.- Modeling of a New Type of an Optoelectronic Biosensor for the Monitoring of the Environment and the Food Products.- Fast, Contactless Control of the Chemical Composition of Raw Materials.- Nanoplatforms for Detection, Remediation, and Protection against Chem-Bio-Warfare.- Part IV. Synthesis/Processing.- ZnO Thin Films Deposited On Textile Material Substrates for Biomedical Applications.- Synthesis of Multifunctional Acrylic Copolymers for Chemical-Biosensors.- Synthesis of Hollow Silica Microspheres with High-Developed Surface Area.- Inorganic Nanoparticle as a Carrier for Hepatitis B Viral Capsids.-Glycerine Treatment of Poly-Perfluorosulphonic Acid Membrane Modified by Sulfonamide Groups.- Pulsed Laser Processing of Functionalized Polysaccharides for Controlled Release Drug Delivery Systems.- Exploring the Mechanism of Biomolecule Immobilization on Plasma-Treated Polymer Substrates.- Synthesis of New Carbon Compounds: N-Doped Fullerene (C₅₀N₁₀)O₃H₁₀ and “Pyridine” Nanocarbon.- Controlled Structure-Dependent Synthesis of Polymer/Nanosilver Composites for Highly Efficient Antibacterial Coatings.- Part V. Water – Quality, Contaminants, and Detection.- Recent Advances in Point-Of-Access Water Quality Monitoring.- Fe-Oxides in Water Remediation Technologies.- Electrochemical Oxidation of Synthetic Dyes in Simulated Wastewaters.- Electrochemical Methods for Cleansing of H₂S and SO₂  in Industrial and Natural Contaminated Waters.- Part VI. Information Security.- Cooperative Generation of Entangled Photons and Its Application in Quantum Cryptography.- Lithographic Limit and Problems of Two-Photon Holograms in Quantum Optics: Application in Secured Communications.- Using Informatics-, Bioinformatics-, and Genomics-Based Approaches For The Molecular Surveillance and Detection of Biothreat Agents.- Quantum Cryptography for Information-Theoretic Security.- Part VII. Radiation Sensors.- Co-operative Gamma Ray Generation Stimulated by X-Ray Pulse.- Separation of Uranium by an Extractant Encapsulated Magnetic Alginate Gels.- PBS Nanodots for Ultraviolet Radiation Nanosensor.- Overview of the Usage of Chemometric Methods for Remediation Techniques of Radionuclides.- Characterization of AU Irradiated Glassy Polymeric Carbon at 2000 ºC for Nuclear Applications.- Fiber Optic Interferometric Method for Registration of IR Radiation.- Modern Methods of Real-Time Gamma Radiation Monitoring for General Personal Protection.- Part VIII. Indexes.</p>