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      Predicting Invasions of Nonindigenous Plants and Plant Pests

      Committee on the Scientific Basis for Predicting the Invasive Potential of Nonindigenous Plants and Plant Pests in the United States,National Research Council

      Nonindigenous plants and plant pests that find their way to the United States and become invasive can often cause problems. They cost more than $100 billion per year in crop…

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      Workforce Needs in Veterinary Medicine

      National Research Council,Policy and Global Affairs,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Higher Education and Workforce,Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources

      In a study of the issues related to the veterinary medical workforce, including demographics, workforce supply, trends affecting job availability, and capacity of the educational system to fill future demands…

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      Air Emissions from Animal Feeding Operations: Current Knowledge, Future Needs

      Ad Hoc Committee on Air Emissions from Animal Feeding Operations,Committee on Animal Nutrition,Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources,Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology,Division on Earth and Life Studies

      Air Emissions from Animal Feeding Operations: Current Knowledge, Future Needs discusses the need for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to implement a new method for estimating the amount of ammonia…

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      Critical Role of Animal Science Research in Food Security and Sustainability

      National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Sciences,Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources,Policy and Global Affairs,Science and Technology for Sustainability Program

      By 2050 the world’s population is projected to grow by one-third, reaching between 9 and 10 billion. With globalization and expected growth in global affluence, a substantial increase in per…

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      Renewable Fuel Standard: Potential Economic and Environmental Effects of U.S. Biofuel Policy

      Committee on Economic and Environmental Impacts of Increasing Biofuels Production,National Research Council

      In the United States, we have come to depend on plentiful and inexpensive energy to support our economy and lifestyles. In recent years, many questions have been raised regarding the…

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      Research Frontiers in Bioinspired Energy: Molecular-Level Learning from Natural Systems: A Workshop

      Committee on Research Frontiers in Bioinspired Energy,National Research Council

      Workshop was held January 6-7, 2011, The Georgetown University Hotel and Conference Center, 3800 Reservoir Rd, NW, Washington, D.C.

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      Nutrient Requirements of Beef Cattle: Eighth Revised Edition

      National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources,Committee on Nutrient Requirements of Beef Cattle,National Research Council

      Each of these popular handbooks contains comprehensive information on the nutritional needs of domestic animals and includes extensive tabular data. All are paperback and 81/2 x 11. Some books come…

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      Safety of Dietary Supplements for Horses, Dogs, and Cats

      Committee on Examining the Safety of Dietary Supplements for Horses, Dogs, and Cats,National Research Council

      Growing numbers of pet owners are giving their pets dietary supplements in hopes of supporting their health. This book examines issues in determining safety of animal dietary supplements in general…

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      Reducing Disaster Losses Through Better Information

      Board on Natural Disasters,Commission on Geosciences, Environment and Resources,Division on Earth and Life Studies,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Losses of life and property from natural disasters in the United States-and throughout the world-have been enormous and the potential for substantially greater future losses looms. It is clearly in…

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      Scientific Criteria to Ensure Safe Food

      Committee on the Review of the Use of Scientific Criteria and Performance Standards for Safe Food,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Aims to help in creating regulations that are consistent, reliable, and ensure the best protection for the health of American consumers. This book addresses the concerns in food safety, such…

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      Path to Effective Recovering of DNA from Formalin-Fixed Biological Samples in Natural History Collections: Workshop Summary

      National Research Council,Board on Life Sciences,National Academy of Sciences,Division on Earth and Life Studies

      Museums catalogue our knowledge of the Earth’s biodiversity, and their collections represent many decades of work by experts. Access to DNA sequence information in archival specimens would greatly extend knowledge…

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      Future Directions for the National Science Foundation’s Arctic Natural Sciences Program

      National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Commission on Geosciences, Environment and Resources,Polar Research Board,National Academy of Sciences

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      The Effect of Genetic Variance on Nutritional Requirements of Animals: Proceedings of a Symposium

      National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Agriculture and Renewable Resources,Committee on Animal Nutrition,Subcommittee on Genetic Variance in Animal Nutrition

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      Safety of Genetically Engineered Foods: Approaches to Assessing Unintended Health Effects

      Committee on Identifying and Assessing Unintended Effects of Genetically Engineered Foods on Human Health,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Assists policymakers in evaluating the scientific methods for detecting unintended changes in food and assessing the potential for adverse health effects from genetically modified products. This work feels that scrutiny…

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      Summary of a Workshop on U.S. Natural Gas Demand, Supply, and Technology: Looking Toward the Future

      National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Earth Sciences & Resources,Committee on Earth Resources,Committee on U.S. Natural Gas Demand and Supply Projections: A Workshop

      The workshop examined the following three questions: (1) What projections have been made by government agencies for the U.S. supply of and demand for natural gas over the next 10…

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      Exploring a Vision: Integrating Knowledge for Food and Health

      Tina I. Rouse,Debra P. Davis,Planning Group for a Workshop on Exploring a Vision: Integrating Knowledge for Food and Health,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Features the thoughts of more than 100 leaders in agriculture, health research, education policy, and industry convened at the National Academies in June 2003. This work argues that the nation…

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      Animal Biotechnology: Science Based Concerns

      Committee on Defining Science-Based Concerns Associated with Products of Animal Biotechnology,Committee on Agricultural Biotechnology, Health, and the Environment,National Research Council,Debra Davis,National Academy of Sciences

      Genetic-based animal biotechnology has produced new food and pharmaceutical products and promises many more advances to benefit humankind. This book identifies science-based and policy-related concerns about animal biotechnology. It includes…

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      Achieving Sustainable Global Capacity for Surveillance and Response to Emerging Diseases of Zoonotic Origin

      Committee on Achieving Sustainable Global Capacity for Surveillance and Response to Emerging Diseases of Zoonotic Origin,National Research Council

      One of the biggest threats today is the uncertainty surrounding the emergence of a novel pathogen or the re-emergence of a known infectious disease that might result in disease outbreaks…

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      A Century of Wildland Fire Research: Contributions to Long-term Approaches for Wildland Fire Management: Proceedings of a Workshop

      National Academies of Sciences Engineering and Medicine,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources,Board on Earth Sciences & Resources,A Century of Wildland Fire Research

      Although ecosystems, humans, and fire have coexisted for millennia, changes in geology, ecology, hydrology, and climate as well as sociocultural, regulatory, and economic factors have converged to make wildland fire…

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      Sustaining Global Surveillance and Response to Emerging Zoonotic Diseases

      H1N1 ( swine flu ), SARS, mad cow disease, and HIV/AIDS are a few examples of zoonotic diseases-diseases transmitted between humans and animals. Zoonotic diseases are a growing concern given…

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      Materials Count: The Case for Material Flows Analysis

      Committee on Material Flows Accounting of Natural Resources, Products, and Residuals,Committee on Earth Resources,National Research Council

      The rising population and industrial growth place increasing strains on a variety of material and energy resources. Understanding how to make the most economically and environmentally efficient use of materials…

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      Genetically Engineered Organisms, Wildlife, and Habitat: A Workshop Summary

      Planning Committee for the Workshop on Research to Improve the Evaluation of the Impacts of Genetically Engineered Organisms,National Research Council

      The US Geological Survey (USGS) and the National Research Council (NRC) held a two-day workshop in November of 2007, to identify research activities with the greatest potential to provide the…

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      Negative Emissions Technologies and Reliable Sequestration: A Research Agenda

      National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Ocean Studies Board,Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology,Board on Earth Sciences and Resources

      To achieve goals for climate and economic growth, negative emissions technologies (NETs) that remove and sequester carbon dioxide from the air will need to play a significant role in mitigating…

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      Evaluation of the Updated Site-Specific Risk Assessment for the National Bio- and Agro-Defense Facility in Manhattan, Kansas

      National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources,Board on Life Sciences,Committee on the Evaluation of the Updated Site-Specific Risk Assessment for the National Bio- and Agro-Defense Facility in Manhattan, Kansas

      Safeguarding U.S. agriculture from foreign animal diseases and protecting our food system require cutting-edge research and diagnostic capabilities. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture…

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      Evaluation of a Site-Specific Risk Assessment for the Department of Homeland Security’s Planned National Bio- and Agro-Defense Facility in Manhattan, Kansas

      Committee on the Evaluation of a Site-Specific Risk Assessment for the Department of Homeland Security's Planned National Bio-& Agro-Defense Facility,National Research Council

      Congress requested that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) produce a site-specific biosafety and biosecurity risk assessment (SSRA) of the proposed National Bio- and Agro-Defense Facility (NBAF) in Manhattan…

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      A Research Strategy to Examine the Taxonomy of the Red Wolf

      National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources,Board on Life Sciences,Committee on Assistance to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Taxonomic Studies of the Red Wolf: A Review of Applications to Carry Out Research and Development of a Research Strategy

      A Research Strategy to Examine the Taxonomy of the Red Wolf provides independent guidance about taxonomic research on the red wolf, Canis rufus. Building from the 2019 report Evaluating the…

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      Science Breakthroughs to Advance Food and Agricultural Research by 2030

      National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Board on Environmental Change and Society,Health and Medicine Division,Food and Nutrition Board

      For nearly a century, scientific advances have fueled progress in U.S. agriculture to enable American producers to deliver safe and abundant food domestically and provide a trade surplus in bulk…

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      A Review of the Citrus Greening Research and Development Efforts Supported by the Citrus Research and Development Foundation: Fighting a Ravaging Disease

      National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources,Committee on a Review of the Citrus Greening Research and Development Efforts Supported by the Citrus Research and Development Foundation: Fighting a Ravaging Disease

      Huanglongbing (HLB) or citrus greening, first observed more than a hundred years ago in Asia, is the most serious disease threat to the citrus-growing industry worldwide due to its complexity…

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      Tools and Methods for Estimating Populations at Risk from Natural Disasters and Complex Humanitarian Crises

      Committee on the Effective Use of Data, Methodologies, and Technologies to Estimate Subnational Populations at Risk,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Worldwide, millions of people are displaced annually because of natural or industrial disasters or social upheaval. This book reviews various methods and tools for making estimates of subnational populations and…

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