Technologies to enable autonomous detection for BioWatch : ensuring timely and accurate information for public health officials : workshop summary

Technologies to enable autonomous detection for BioWatch ensuring timely and accurate information for public health officials : workshop summary

"The BioWatch program, funded and overseen by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), has three main elements--sampling, analysis, and response--each coordinated by different agencies. The Environmental Protection Agency maintains the sampling component, the sensors that collect airborne par...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores Corporativos: Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Board on Health Sciences Policy, issuing body (issuing body), National Research Council (U.S.). Board on Life Sciences, issuing body
Otros Autores: Hook-Barnard, India, author (author), Hook-Barnard, India, contributor (contributor), Norris, Sheena M. Posey, contributor, Alper, Joe, contributor
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, District of Columbia : The National Academies Press [2014]
Edición:1st ed
Materias:
Bioterrorism > United States > Prevention > Congresses.
Environmental monitoring > United States > Cost effectiveness > Congresses.
Nucleic acids > Analysis > Congresses.
United States.
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009621986206719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • ""Front Matter""; ""Reviewers""; ""Contents""; ""Acronyms and Abbreviations""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Overview of the BioWatch Program""; ""3 Public Health's Perspective on the Role of BioWatch in the Decision-Making Process""; ""4 Potential Technologies for the BioWatch Program""; ""5 Final Thoughts""; ""Appendix A: References""; ""Appendix B: Biographical Sketches of Workshop Participants""; ""Appendix C: Workshop Agenda""; ""Appendix D: Registered Attendees""; ""Appendix E: Technology Readiness Levels in the Department of Defense""
  • ""Appendix F: White Paper 1: The BioWatch Program: What Information Is Needed to Inform Decision Making?""""Appendix G: White Paper 2: Nucleic-Acid Signatures at Three Levels of Readiness for BioWatch""; ""Appendix H: White Paper 3: State of the Art for Autonomous Detection Systems Using Immunoassays and Protein Signatures""; ""Appendix I: White Paper 4: State of the Art for Autonomous Detection Systems Using Genomic Sequencing""; ""Appendix J: White Paper 5: State of the Art for Autonomous Detection Systems Using Mass Spectrometry""

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