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      Population and Land Use in Developing Countries: Report of a Workshop

      Committee on Population,National Research Council,National Research Council,Commission on Behavioral & Social Sciences & Education

      Summarizes research by experts from both the natural and social sciences on the effects of population growth on land use. This book also includes case studies of African, Asian, and…

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      The Behavioral and Social Sciences: Achievements and Opportunities

      Committee on Basic Research in the Behavioral and Social Sciences,National Research Council,Dean R. Gerstein

      Explores the scientific frontiers and leading edges of research across the fields of anthropology, economics, political science, psychology, sociology, history, business, education, geography, law, and psychiatry, as well as specialized…

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      The Role of Diffusion Processes in Fertility Change in Developing Countries

      Committee on Population,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,National Research Council

      The Workshop on the Social Processes Underlying Fertility Change in Developing Countries was held in Washington, DC in January 1998. The 14 papers presented are summarized in chapters on diffusion…

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      Developing an Agenda for Population Aging and Social Research in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs)

      National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Committee on Population

      In September 2023, the Committee on Population at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine held a workshop, Developing an Agenda for Population Aging and Social Research in Low-…

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      Behavioral and Social Science: 50 Years of Discovery

      Committee on Basic Research in the Behavioral and Social Sciences,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      In 1933, President Herbert Hoover commissioned the Ogburn Report, a comprehensive study of social trends in the US. Containing chapters related to the developments detailed in the Ogburn Report to…

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      Rapid Population Change in China, 1952-1982

      Committee on Population and Demography,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,National Research Council

      Summarizes the changes in fertility, nuptiality, and mortality that have occurred in the People’s Republic of China from the early 1950s to 1982. The data in this report is based…

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      Behavioral and Social Science Research: A National Resource

      Committee on Basic Research in the Behavioral and Social Sciences,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Specifies appropriate criteria for assessing the value, significance, and social utility of basic research in the social sciences. This book identifies illustrative areas of basic research in the social sciences…

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      Myopia: Prevalence and Progression

      Committee on Vision,National Research Council

      Considers the issues surrounding the occurrence, progression, and predictability of myopia, with emphasis on the 16- to 26-year-old population. This book presents the research in this area, analyzing the findings…

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      Advances in Photoreception: Proceedings of a Symposium on Frontiers of Visual Science

      Committee on Vision,National Research Council

      Containing papers presented at a symposium, this title describes techniques for assessing the structure and function of photoreception, both in isolation and in aggregation as the receptor mosaic of the…

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      Community-Driven Relocation

      National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Committee on Population, Board on Environmental Change and Society, Committee on Managed Retreat in the U.S. Gulf Coast Region

      Between 1980 and mid-2023, 232 billion-dollar disasters occurred in the U.S. Gulf Coast region, with the number of disasters doubling annually since 2018. The variety and frequency of storms have…

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      Cognitive Aspects of Survey Methodology: Building a Bridge Between Disciplines

      National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on National Statistics

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      Night Vision: Current Research and Future Directions, Symposium Proceedings

      Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on Vision,Working Group on Night Vision

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      Aging in Place with Dementia

      National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Board on Behavioral, Cognitive, and Sensory Sciences, Committee on Population

      Although much research has been conducted on community-level factors related to the risk of dementia in general, less is known about the factors that affect the ability of older adults…

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      Data Priorities for Population and Health in Developing Countries: Summary of a Workshop

      Committee on Population,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

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      Risk and Decision Making: Perspectives and Research

      National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on Risk and Decision Making

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      Emergent Techniques for Assessment of Visual Performance

      National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on Vision,National Academy of Sciences

      Recent vision research has led to the emergence of new techniques that offer exciting potential for a more complete assessment of vision in clinical, industrial, and military settings. Emergent Techniques…

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      Comparative Analysis of Fertility, Breastfeeding, and Contraception

      National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on Population and Demography,Panel on Fertility Determinants

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      The Determinants of Brazil’s Recent Rapid Decline in Fertility

      National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on Population and Demography,Panel on Fertility Determinants

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      Contraception and Reproduction: Health Consequences for Women and Children in the Developing World

      Committee on Population,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Examines how changes in reproductive patterns have affected the health of women and children in the developing world. This book looks at the relationships between contraceptive use, reproductive patterns, and…

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      Women, Work, and Wages: Equal Pay for Jobs of Equal Value

      National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on Occupational Classification and Analysis

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      Work, Jobs, and Occupations: A Critical Review of the Dictionary of Occupational Titles

      National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on Occupational Classification and Analysis

      Various editions of the Dictionary of Occupational Titles have served as the Employment Service’s basic tool for matching workers and jobs. The Dictionary of Occupational Titles has also played an…

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      Procedures for Testing Color Vision: Report of Working Group 41

      National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on Vision,National Academy of Sciences

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      Perspectives on Urban Infrastructure

      Committee on National Urban Policy,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,National Research Council,R. Hanson

      Exposes the myths surrounding infrastructure crisis in urban public works. This work examines the evolution of the public works system, the limitations of urban needs studies, the financing of public…

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      Soviet-American Dialogue in the Social Sciences: Research Workshops on Interdependence Among Nations

      Committee on Contributions of Behavioral and Social Science to the Prevention of Nuclear War,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

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      Welfare, the Family and Reproductive Behavior: Research Perspectives

      Committee on Population,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      The design of welfare programs in an era of reform and devolution to the states must take into account the likely effects of programs on demographic behavior. This work contains…

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      Population Growth and Economic Development: Policy Questions

      Working Group on Population Growth and Economic Development,Committee on Population,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,National Research Council

      Addresses relevant questions like: Will population growth reduce the growth rate of per capita income because it reduces the per capita availability of exhaustible resources?; how about for renewable resources…

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      Volunteers in Public Schools

      Committee on the Use of Volunteers in Schools,National Research Council,Bernard Michael

      Offers an overview of volunteer activity in US public schools - reporting on how volunteers are being used in schools, what factors make programs successful, what research will enhance our…

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      Statistics on U.S. Immigration: An Assessment of Data Needs for Future Research

      Committee on National Statistics and Committee on Population,National Research Council

      Presenting an examination of the adequacy of US immigration data, this volume summarizes data needs in four areas: immigration trends, assimilation and impacts, labor force issues, and family and social…

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      Immigration Statistics: A Story of Neglect

      Panel on Immigration Statistics,Committee on National Statistics,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,National Research Council

      Examines the needs for and availability of statistics concerning immigrants and immigration. This book concentrates on the needs for statistics on immigrants, refugees, illegal aliens for policy and program purposes…

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      Reports of the Committee on Vision: 1947-1990

      Committee on Vision,National Research Council,Joanne Albanes,National Academy of Sciences

      Presents a summary of reports issued since 1947 under the aegis of the National Research Council’s Committee on Vision. This title deals with research efforts in such classic areas of…

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      The Aging Population in the Twenty-First Century: Statistics for Health Policy

      Panel on Statistics for an Aging Population,Committee on National Statistics,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,National Research Council

      Examines social, economic, and demographic changes among the aged, as well as many health-related topics: health promotion and disease prevention; quality of life; health care system financing and use; and…

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      Inner-City Poverty in the United States

      Committee on National Urban Policy,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,National Research Council,Laurence E. Lynn

      Documents the growth of concentrated poverty in central cities of the United States and examines what is known about its causes and effects. This volume is useful for policymakers, program…

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      Urban Change and Poverty

      Committee on National Urban Policy,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      A review of issues confronting cities and individuals, this work examines the policy implications of the problems that affect the future of urban America. It covers such topics as the…

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      The American Community Survey: Summary of a Workshop

      Committee on National Statistics,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      The American Community Survey (ACS), to be run by the Census Bureau, will be a large (250,000 housing units a month), predominantly mailout/mailback survey that will collect information similar to…

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      Contraceptive Use and Controlled Fertility: Health Issues for Women and Children

      Committee on Population,National Research Council,Allan M. Parnell,National Academy of Sciences

      Contains four papers that supplement the book Contraception and Reproduction: Health Consequences for Women and Children in the Developing World . The topics addressed in this title include an analysis…

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      Between Zeus and the Salmon: The Biodemography of Longevity

      National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on Population

      Deals with topics such as the role of the elderly in other species and among human societies past and present. This book also discusses the contribution of theory to our…

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      Rethinking Urban Policy: Urban Development in an Advanced Economy

      Committee on National Urban Policy,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

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      Alcohol and Public Policy: Beyond the Shadow of Prohibition

      National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Assembly of Behavioral and Social Sciences,Committee on Substance Abuse and Habitual Behavior

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      Small-Area Estimates of School-Age Children in Poverty: Interim Report 2, Evaluation of Revised 1993 County Estimates for Title I Allocations

      Committee on National Statistics,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      The Panel on Estimates of Poverty for Small Geographic Areas was established by the Committee on National Statistics at the National Research Council in response to the Improving America’s Schools…

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      Proposed Revisions to the Common Rule for the Protection of Human Subjects in the Behavioral and Social Sciences

      National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on Population,Committee on National Statistics,Board on Behavioral, Cognitive, and Sensory Sciences

      Examines how to update human subjects protections regulations so that they effectively respond to current research contexts and methods. This book addresses the dramatic alterations in the research landscapes that…

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      Brain and Cognition: Some New Technologies

      National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on New Technologies in Cognitive Psychophysiology,National Academy of Sciences

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      Premature Death in the New Independent States

      Committee on Population,National Research Council

      To help assess priorities for health policy, the Committee on Population organized two workshops. This volume consists of selected papers presented at the workshops. They assess the reliability of data…

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      Developing New Contraceptives: Obstacles and Opportunities

      National Research Council and Institute of Medicine,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on Contraceptive Development,National Academy of Sciences

      Presents an examination of contraceptive development in the United States, covering research, funding, regulation, product liability, and the effect of public opinion. This book provides a blueprint for substantial change…

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      Electoral Systems and Conflict in Divided Societies

      Committee on International Conflict Resolution,Andrew Reynolds,Ben Reilly,National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education

      This paper is one of a series being prepared for the National Research Council’s Committee on International Conflict Resolution. The committee was organized in late 1995 to respond to a…

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      Work, Aging, and Vision: Report of a Conference

      National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on Vision,Working Group on Aging Workers and Visual Impairment

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      Enhancing Human Performance: Background Papers, Social Processes

      National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on Techniques for the Enhancement of Human Performance,National Academy of Sciences

      Is it possible for people to register and retain what is said in their presence while they sleep? If it is possible, is the learning that takes place during sleep…

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      Enhancing Human Performance: Background Papers, Learning During Sleep

      National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on Techniques for the Enhancement of Human Performance,National Academy of Sciences

      Is it possible for people to register and retain what is said in their presence while they sleep? If it is possible, is the learning that takes place during sleep…

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      Enhancing Human Performance: Background Papers, Improving Motor Performance

      National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on Techniques for the Enhancement of Human Performance,National Academy of Sciences

      Is it possible for people to register and retain what is said in their presence while they sleep? If it is possible, is the learning that takes place during sleep…

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