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Protect of Population and Biological Weapons
TUREČKOVÁ, Lucie
The bachelor thesis offers an insight into the issue of biological weapons. It is divided into several parts. The theoretical part describes the general characteristics of biological weapons. Furthermore, the history of the development of biological weapons is briefly mentioned, important milestones in this area are added, such as vaccine development. The history is followed by a description of the individual biological agents, the description of the biological agent, its effects on the organism and its inclusion in the group. Furthermore, the thesis describes the way of spreading biological agents and the ways of entry of biological agents into the body. The next chapter is devoted to international and Czech legislation governing the use of biological weapons. The last chapters are devoted to protection against biological agents, decontamination and detection and identification of biological agents. The next part, i.e. empirical, defines the methods and objectives of own research and the results that are graphically processed for clarity. Subsequently, the results are described in the discussion. The main aim of this thesis was to find out whether students of the business academy and secondary vocational school Kaplice have sufficient knowledge in the field of biological weapons. Part of this goal was also to answer the research questions: What is the knowledge of the protection of the population in the field of biological weapons and the readiness for attack by biological weapons in the students of these schools in Kaplice? Do they have a proper level of knowledge of the protection of the population in the field of the biological weapons? A questionnaire survey was used to ensure this information. Altogether 81 students participated in the survey. Research has revealed that students' knowledge of biological weapons is low, specifically in the field of protection from biological weapon attack and in biological field. Low knowledge was also in the basic characteristics of biological weapons, where complementary questions are included such as what the term epidemic means. Therefore, a measure has been proposed that can deepen knowledge in this area.
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The International Regime of the Prohibition of Biological Weapons
Kubátová, Kateřina ; Kochan, Jan (advisor) ; Trávníčková, Zuzana (referee)
This bachelor thesis deals with the international regime of the prohibition of biological weapons. It theoretically delimits the regime by defining the terms international regime and biological weapon. The objective of this thesis is to evaluate the effectivity of the international regime of the prohibition of biological weapons and to delineate its presumable evolution in the future. The thesis presents the historical development and the use of biological weapons, their prohibition until the completion of the international regime of the prohibition of biological weapons in its narrowest form. It also focuses on the analysis of the normative pillars which support the narrowly defined regime. The pillars are the Geneva Protocol (1925) and the Biological Weapons Convention. This thesis summarizes the most important events that occurred during the negotiations over the lifetime of the regime. It provides an assessment of the international regime of the prohibition of biological weapons based on the criteria of efficiency, which in this case is seen as the ability to enforce compliance with the regime, verify that it is respected and if not, as the ability to punish the violators. Given the current regime condition and the ongoing discussions relevant to the topic, the presumable evolution of the regime in the future is delineated. In conclusion, based on the chosen methodology, the international regime of the prohibition of biological weapons seems to be rather ineffective, however, in the future there may be an improvement.
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Biological Weapons and Readiness of Integrated Rescue System for Biological Attack
KVÍDEROVÁ, Lenka
As the topic for my Bachelor Thesis I have chosen the Biological Weapons and Readiness of Integrated Rescue System for Biological Attack. The bioterrorism has recently become one of the most critical worldwide problems. The terrorist organizations that would misuse the biological weapons as a tool of pressure and blackmail to enforce their own interests would choose mainly civilian population as the target of their attack. The Integrated Rescue System plays an important role in protecting the population against this threat. The purpose of this Thesis is to point out the issue of biological weapons, to outline possibilities of production of these hazardous materials, to inform about how these biological means can be spread among the population and mainly to draw attention to the most significant representatives of the biological weapons. I will also describe the Integrated Rescue System and its individual components taking part in solving extraordinary situations incorporating occurrence of B-agens. In order to ensure readiness of the basic components of the Integrated Rescue System for biological terrorism, there has been a questionnaire compiled and handed over to the respective members of the Fire Brigade, Police of the Czech Republic and medical emergency services to fill it in. The Thesis is verifying the hypothesis whether the Integrated Rescue System components are sufficiently ready for a biological attack. Based on confrontation of the information obtained from literature, legislation, electronic sources and outcome of the questionnaire survey, there was an answer to the defined hypothesis formulated in the conclusion, stating that the Integrated Rescue System components are not currently prepared sufficiently for a biological attack.
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Botulotoxin: dangerous poison or useful remedy?
HAMERNÍKOVÁ, Magdalena
ABSTRACT Botulotoxin: dangerous poison or useful remedy? Regarding present awareness of biological agents and the possibilities for terrorist groups several possible sources, which are most likely to be abused in biological weapons and subsequent spread of these diseases (sources) in population have been addressed, botulotoxin is one of them. Poisoning with botulotoxin (botulism) is a possible variant of bio-terrorist attack, which is considered real at present.. Botulotoxin is used in cosmetics, particularly for smoothening wrinkles, and is also applied in medicine. The aim of my thesis was to gather summarized information on botulotoxin and the possibilities of its abuse as poison for terrorist attack, to enlighten its availability, the way of use by terrorist, a scenario of such an attack, the clinical progress of poisoning, possible mortalities and preventive measures minimizing them, the issues of using botulotoxin as medicine in present health care and evaluation the possible consequent risks, and evaluation of awareness of botulotoxin and bio-terrorism in general among general public and professionals. H1: Professionals consider botulotoxin one of the poisons most likely to be used as an instrument of bio-terrorism and has been high attention paid to its study. H2: General public more perceive botulotoxin as cosmetic preparation for smoothening wrinkles in a face and it has only a few informations of its terrorist abuse. Verification of the first hypothesis was performed at theoretical level by studying professional literature its critical assessment and consultation with experts. All available publications on botulotoxin and its relation to bio-terrorism of the last ten years were collected, and the reasons why botulotoxin is considered to be a suitable instrument of bio-terrorism as well as a suitable instrument in medicine and cosmetics. Verification of the second hypothesis was performed by investigation in the form of a questionnaire research. A questionnaire enabling to find out awareness of botulotoxin and bio-terrorism in general among the public was compiled. The research was conducted among the general public and among professionals, represented by members of the Integrated Rescue System in České Budějovice. The questionnaire consists of 18 questions. The samples of both the groups include 100 respondents, stratified selection of whom was performed upon consultation with an expert. Questionnaire evaluation was performed in 2 spheres. The first sphere deals with identification data and the second with general awareness. The aim of this work was to find out what the awareness of botulotoxin and bio-terrorism in general the general public and professionals was like. Finally I analysed the research results and the formulated hypotheses The research results have confirmed my hypotheses. They show that the examined general public sample and the sample of professionals could not have been chosen from an identical outside group, the difference between them is statistically significant. Professionals are statistically significantly better aware of botulotoxin features than the general public. This thesis represent an information source for those interested in these issues, particularly for the Integrated Rescue System units.
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