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      National Research Council,Policy and Global Affairs,Office of International Affairs,Committee on Japan,National Academy of Sciences

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      Engineering Tasks for the New Century: Japanese and U.S. Perspectives

      National Research Council,Policy and Global Affairs,Office of International Affairs,Committee on Japan,National Academy of Sciences

      The U.S.-Japan bilateral task force was tasked with addressing the following questions: (1) How do Japan and the United States educate and train engineers, and what are the major similarities…

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      U.S.-Japan Technology Linkages in Biotechnology: Challenges for the 1990s

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

      Provides an assessment of the extent and nature of the linkages between the United States and Japan in biotechnology. Through analysis of aggregate data and case studies, this book assesses…

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      U.S.-Japan Strategic Alliances in the Semiconductor Industry: Technology Transfer, Competition and Public Policy

      Committee on Japan,National Research Council,Office of International Affairs,National Academy of Sciences

      Reviews the evolution of strategic alliances involving US and Japanese companies in the semiconductor industry and analyzes whether alliances can contribute to the renewal of an industry faced with stiff…

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      Marshaling Technology for Development: Proceedings of a Symposium

      Technology and Development Steering Committee,National Research Council,World Bank,National Academy of Sciences

      Technological advances pose challenges and opportunities for developing countries, and for the development banks and other organizations that serve them. This book surveys the status and effect of change in…

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      High-Stakes Aviation: U.S.-Japan Technology Linkages in Transport Aircraft

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

      The third in a series of sector-specific assessments of US-Japan technology linkages, this book examines US-Japan relationships that develop or transfer aircraft technology, the motivations of participating organizations, and the…

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      Lighting the Way: Knowledge Assessment in Prince Edward Island

      National Research Council,Policy and Global Affairs,Office of International Affairs,Committee on Knowledge Assessment,National Academy of Sciences

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      New Strategies for New Challenges: Corporate Innovation in the United States and Japan

      National Research Council,Policy and Global Affairs,Office of International Affairs,Committee on Japan,National Academy of Sciences

      Innovation, the process by which firms master and get into practice product designs and manufacturing processes that are new to them, is vital for companies wishing to remain competitive in…

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      The Science of Regional and Global Change: Putting Knowledge to Work

      Committee on Global Change Research,National Research Council,Policy and Global Affairs,Policy Division

      Intended to promote a dialogue between the scientific community and the government officials who lead our nation on global change research. This report offers a brief description of the challenges…

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      Grasslands and Grassland Sciences in Northern China

      Committee on Scholarly Communication with the People's Republic of China,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Describes one of the most extensive grassland ecosystems and the efforts of Chinese scientists to understand it. Leading Chinese scientists attribute the decline in China’s grasslands to overgrazing and excessive…

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      China and Global Change: Opportunities for Collaboration

      Panel on Global Climate Change Sciences in China,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Provides insights into how research priorities are determined and detailed information about institutional infrastructure, human resources, and other factors that constrain or facilitate Chinese responses to and research on global…

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      Toward an Understanding of Global Change: Initial Priorities for U.S. Contributions to the International Geosphere - Biosphere Program

      National Research Council,Policy and Global Affairs,Office of International Affairs,Committee on Global Change (U.S. National Committee for the IGBP),National Academy of Sciences

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      Monitoring Nuclear Weapons and Nuclear-Explosive Materials: An Assessment of Methods and Capabilities

      Committee on International Security and Arms Control,National Research Council

      A study, in which CISAC tackles the dimensions of a controversy: To what extent, could existing and plausibly attainable measures for transparency and monitoring make possible the verification of all…

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      Technology Commercialization: Russian Challenges, American Lessons

      Committee on Utilization of Technologies Developed at Russian Research and Educational Institutions,National Research Council,Russian Academy of Sciences,Office of International Affairs,National Academy of Sciences

      Offers a collection of papers that addresses a variety of legal, regulatory, institutional, and financial issues that can promote or hinder technology commercialization. This book is the result of a…

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      Applications of Biotechnology in Traditional Fermented Foods

      Panel on the Applications of Biotechnology to Traditional Fermented Foods,National Research Council,Policy and Global Affairs,Office of International Affairs

      In developing countries, traditional fermentation serves many purposes. It can improve the taste of an otherwise bland food, enhance the digestibility of a food that is difficult to assimilate, preserve…

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      Protecting Nuclear Weapons Material in Russia

      National Research Council,Policy and Global Affairs,Development, Security, and Cooperation,Office of International Affairs,National Academy of Sciences

      The management challenge in orchestrating a multitude of DOE headquarters, laboratory, and contractor personnel at about 50 sites in Russia is daunting. Steps are needed to maximize the return on…

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      Europe 1992: The Implications of Market Integration for R and D-Intensive Firms

      Academy Industry Program and Office of International Affairs,National Research Council

      Examines EC policies on technical standards, intellectual property rights, access to the results of EC-supported basic research, and other issues affecting R&D intensive firms. This volume is based on a…

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      Dual-Use Technologies and Export Control in the Post-Cold War Era: Documents from a Joint Program of the National Academy of Sciences and the Russian Academy of Sciences

      Office of International Affairs,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Explores possible approaches to the control of sensitive dual-use technologies, with respect to expanded trade between Western advanced industrialized countries and the republics of the former Soviet Union as well…

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      Careers in Science and Technology: An International Perspective

      Advisory Committee,Office of International Organizations and Programs and Office of Scientific and Engineering Personnel,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Represents the proceedings of a conference on Trends in Science and Technology Careers, held in Brussels in 1993. This conference laid the groundwork for international discussions about the ways to…

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      An Assessment of the International Science and Technology Center: Redirecting Expertise in Weapons of Mass Destruction in the Former Soviet Union

      Office of International Affairs,Policy and Global Affairs,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Reviews the International Science and Technology Center’s objectives and plans. This report concludes that, during its first two years, the ISTC was successful and effective in meeting its primary objective…

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      Lost Crops of Africa

      Board on Science & Technology for International Development,Office of International Affairs,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Focuses on native cereals in Africa, including African rice, finger millet, fonio, pearl millet, sorghum, tef, and other cultivated and wild grains. This book dispels myths, often based on Western…

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      U.S. and International Perspectives on Global Science Policy and Science Diplomacy: Report of a Workshop

      Committee on Global Science Policy and Science Diplomacy,National Research Council

      The United States and other countries around the world face problems of an increasingly global nature that often require major contributions from science and engineering that one nation alone cannot…

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      Partners on the Frontier: The Future of U.S.-Russian Cooperation in Science and Technology

      National Research Council,Policy and Global Affairs,Office of International Affairs,Office for Central Europe and Eurasia,National Academy of Sciences

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      Global Dimensions of Intellectual Property Rights in Science and Technology

      National Research Council,Office of International Affairs

      Provides information on international IPR negotiations and includes case studies on software, computer chips, optoelectronics, and biotechnology - areas characterized by high development cost and easy reproducibility. This volume also…

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      Frameworks for Higher Education in Homeland Security

      Committee on Educational Paradigms for Homeland Security,Policy and Global Affairs,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Explores whether there are core pedagogical and skill-based homeland security program needs. This report examines education programs focusing on various aspects of homeland security. It comments on the possible parallels…

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      Partnerships for Emerging Research Institutions: Report of a Workshop

      Committee on Partnerships for Emerging Research Institutions,National Research Council

      Constituting one-third of all U.S. institutions of higher education, emerging research institutions (ERIs) are crucial to sustaining the nation’s technological competitiveness through innovation and workforce development.
      Many, however, are not…

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      Designing the Microbial Research Commons: Proceedings of an International Workshop

      National Research Council

      Recent decades have witnessed an ever-increasing range and volume of digital data. All elements of the pillars of science–whether observation, experiment, or theory and modeling–are being transformed by the continuous…

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      Proliferation Concerns: Assessing U.S. Efforts to Help Contain Nuclear and Other Dangerous Materials and Technologies in the Former Soviet Union

      Committee on International Security and Arms Control,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      The successor states of the former Soviet Union have enormous stocks of weapons-usable nuclear material and other militarily significant commodities. Preventing the flow of such items to terrorist groups is…

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      Women Scientists and Engineers Employed in Industry: Why So Few?

      Committee on Women in Science and Engineering,National Research Council

      Examines both quantitative and qualitative evidence regarding the low employment of women scientists and engineers in the industrial work force of the United States. This book addresses the statistics underlying…

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      Frontiers in Soil Science Research: Report of a Workshop

      Steering Committee for Frontiers in Soil Science Research,National Research Council

      There has been renewed interest in soil and soil science in recent years as the recognition that biogeochemical processes that occur at the Earth’s surface influence global climate change, land…

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      Women in Science and Engineering, Increasing Their Numbers in the 1990s: A Statement on Policy and Strategy

      Committee on Women in Science and Engineering,Office of Scientific and Engineering Personnel,Policy and Global Affairs,National Research Council

      Explores the under participation of women in science and engineering in the United States, and presents a strategic plan to bring qualified women into such careers as researchers, teachers, and…

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      Foreign and Foreign-Born Engineers in the United States: Infusing Talent, Raising Issues

      National Research Council,Policy and Global Affairs,Office of Scientific and Engineering Personnel,Committee on the International Exchange and Movement of Engineers,National Academy of Sciences

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      Japan’s Growing Technological Capability: Implications for the U.S. Economy

      Committee on Japan

      Brings together various perspectives of technologists, economists, and policymakers. This volume includes chapters dealing with approaches to assessment of technology leadership in the United States and Japan, an evaluation of…

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      Meeting the Nation’s Needs for Biomedical and Behavioral Scientists

      Committee on National Needs for Biomedical and Behavioral Research Personnel,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Assesses the nation’s future needs for biomedical and behavioral scientists and the role the National Research Service Awards (NRSA) program can play in meeting those needs. The NRSA program has…

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      Innovation Inducement Prizes at the National Science Foundation

      Committee on the Design of an NSF Innovation Prize,National Research Council

      Following a congressional directive in its FY 2006 Appropriations Act, the National Science Foundation asked the STEP Board to propose a plan for administering prizes to individuals or teams that…

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      Fisheries Technologies for Developing Countries

      Board on Science & Technology for International Development,Policy and Global Affairs,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Explores technological considerations of small-scale, primitive fishing technologies, and describes innovative, relatively inexpensive methods and tools that have already been successfully applied in developing countries. This book is illustrated throughout…

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      Research Universities and the Future of America: Ten Breakthrough Actions Vital to Our Nation’s Prosperity and Security

      National Research Council,Policy and Global Affairs,Board on Higher Education and Workforce,Committee on Research Universities

      Research Universities and the Future of America presents critically important strategies for ensuring that our nation’s research universities contribute strongly to America’s prosperity, security, and national goals. Widely considered the…

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      Fostering Flexibility in the Engineering Work Force

      Committee on Skill Transferability in Engineering Labor Markets,National Research Council

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      Improving Democracy Assistance: Building Knowledge Through Evaluations and Research

      Committee on Evaluation of USAID Democracy Assistance Programs,National Research Council

      The US agency for International Development (USAID) has supported democracy and governance programs in approximately 120 countries and territories. This book presents a road map to enable USAID and its…

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      Forecasting Demand and Supply of Doctoral Scientists and Engineers: Report of a Workshop on Methodology

      National Research Council,National Research Council,Policy and Global Affairs,Office of Scientific and Engineering Personnel

      A summary of a workshop conducted by the National Research Council to learn from both forecast makers and forecast users about improvements that can be made in understanding the markets…

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      Attracting Science and Mathematics Ph.D.s to Secondary School Education

      Committee on Attracting Science and Mathematics Ph.D.s to Secondary School Teaching,National Research Council,Office of Scientific and Engineering Personnel,Policy and Global Affairs

      The National Research Council conducted a study to identify incentives that state governments and local school districts can use to attract PhD scientists and mathematicians to secondary school teaching positions…

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      International Competition in Advanced Technology: Decisions for America

      National Research Council,Office of International Affairs,Policy and Global Affairs,National Academy of Sciences

      A blue-ribbon panel takes a look at the state of US leadership in technological innovation and trade.

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      Scientific and Medical Aspects of Human Reproductive Cloning

      National Research Council,Board on Life Sciences

      Human reproductive cloning is an assisted reproductive technology that would be carried out with the goal of creating a newborn genetically identical to another human being. This work considers the…

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      For Attribution: Developing Data Attribution and Citation Practices and Standards: Summary of an International Workshop

      National Research Council,Policy and Global Affairs,Board on Research Data and Information

      The growth of electronic publishing of literature has created new challenges, such as the need for mechanisms for citing online references in ways that can assure discoverability and retrieval for…

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      International Collaborations in Behavioral and Social Sciences Research: Report of a Workshop

      Committee on International Collaborations in Behavioral and Social Sciences Research,U.S. National Committee for the International Union of Psychological Science,National Research Council

      Based on the outcomes of a workshop convened by the US National Committee for Psychological Science and informed by a survey of social scientists who have led cross-national projects, this…

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      Bridge Builders: African Experiences with Information and Communication Technology

      Panel on Planning for Scientific and Technological Information (STI) Systems in Sub-Saharan Africa,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Contains 16 stories that are first person accounts of how information technologies have been introduced into institutions for the benefit of scientists and engineers in sub-Saharan Africa. This work contains…

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      Microlivestock: Little-Known Small Animals with a Promising Economic Future

      Panel on Microlivestock,Office of International Affairs,Policy and Global Affairs,National Research Council

      Microlivestock is a term coined for species that are inherently small. This book aims to raise awareness of the potential of these small species, including microcattle, microsheep, various poultry, rabbits…

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      The Pervasive Role of Science, Technology, and Health in Foreign Policy: Imperatives for the Department of State

      Committee on Science, Technology, and Health Aspects of the Foreign Policy Agenda of the United States,National Research Council,Office of International Affairs,Policy and Global Affairs

      Issues involving science, technology, and health (STH) have moved to the forefront of the international diplomatic agenda. Other vital issues linked to technological developments pervade longer-range foreign policy concerns. Thus…

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