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      Early Childhood Intervention: Views from the Field: Report of a Workshop

      Board on Children, Youth, and Families,Committee on Integrating the Science of Early Childhood Development

      On June 24-25, 1999, the Committee on Integrating the Science of Early Childhood Development of the Board on Children, Youth, and Families of the National Research Council/National Academy of Sciences…

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      Assessing the Medical Risks of Human Oocyte Donation for Stem Cell Research: Workshop Report

      Committee on Assessing the Medical Risks of Human Oocyte Donation for Stem Cell Research,National Research Council

      Assessing the Medical Risks of Human Oocyte Donation for Stem Cell Research

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      A Study of Interactions: Emerging Issues in the Science of Adolescence: Workshop Summary

      Program Committee for a Workshop on the Synthesis of Research on Adolescent Health and Development,Board on Children, Youth, and Families,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Institute of Medicine,National Research Council

      Scholars–and adults in general–have pondered for centuries the mysterious processes that influence the ways in which children gradually become adults. The development of professional organizations and journals devoted to adolescence…

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      International Animal Research Regulations: Impact on Neuroscience Research: Workshop Summary

      National Research Council,Institute of Medicine,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Institute for Laboratory Animal Research,Policy and Global Affairs

      Animals are widely used in neuroscience research to explore biological mechanisms of nervous system function, to identify the genetic basis of disease states, and to provide models of human disorders…

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      U.S. Health in International Perspective: Shorter Lives, Poorer Health

      Panel on Understanding Cross-National Health Differences Among High-Income Countries,Committee on Population,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,National Research Council,Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice

      The United States is among the wealthiest nations in the world, but it is far from the healthiest. Although life expectancy and survival rates in the United States have improved…

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      Depression in Parents, Parenting, and Children: Opportunities to Improve Identification, Treatment, and Prevention

      Committee on Depression, Parenting Practices, and the Healthy Development of Children,National Research Council,Institute of Medicine

      Depression is a widespread condition affecting approximately 7.5 million parents in the U.S. each year and may be putting at least 15 million children at risk for adverse health outcomes…

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      The CTSA Program at NIH: Opportunities for Advancing Clinical and Translational Research

      Institute of Medicine,Board on Health Sciences Policy,Committee to Review the Clinical and Translational Science Awards Program at the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences

      In 2006 the National Institutes of Health (NIH) established the Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSA) Program, recognizing the need for a new impetus to encourage clinical and translational research…

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      Chimpanzees in Biomedical and Behavioral Research: Assessing the Necessity

      Committee on the Use of Chimpanzees in Biomedical and Behavioral Research,National Research Council

      For many years, experiments using chimpanzees have been instrumental in advancing scientific knowledge and have led to new medicines to prevent life-threatening and debilitating diseases. However, recent advances in alternate…

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      The Dynamics of Disability: Measuring and Monitoring Disability for Social Security Programs

      National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on National Statistics,Institute of Medicine,Board on Health Care Services

      Provides analysis and recommendations in areas such as understanding the social, economic, and physical environmental factors in determining eligibility for disability benefits; developing and implementing a monitoring system to measure…

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      Mass Identifications: Statistical Methods in Forensic Genetics

      Daniel Kling (National Board of Forensic Medicine, LinkEUROoping, Sweden<br>Oslo University Hospital, Department of Forensic Sciences, Oslo, Norway),Thore Egeland (Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Oslo, Norway),Andreas Tillmar (National Board of Forensic Medicine, LinkEUROoping, Sweden<br>LinkEUROoping University, LinkEUROoping, Sweden),Lourdes Prieto (Forensic Science Institute, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain<br>Comisaria General de Policia Cientifica, Madrid, Spain)

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      Preventing Teen Motor Crashes: Contributions from the Behavioral and Social Sciences: Workshop Report

      National Research Council,Transportation Research Board,Institute of Medicine,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Board on Children, Youth, and Families

      From a public health perspective, motor vehicle crashes are among the most serious problems facing teenagers. Even after more than six months of being licensed to drive alone, teens are…

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      Transforming the Workforce for Children Birth Through Age 8: A Unifying Foundation

      National Research Council,Institute of Medicine,Board on Children, Youth, and Families,Committee on the Science of Children Birth to Age 8: Deepening and Broadening the Foundation for Success

      Children are already learning at birth, and they develop and learn at a rapid pace in their early years. This provides a critical foundation for lifelong progress, and the adults…

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      Reducing Underage Drinking: A Collective Responsibility

      Committee on Developing a Strategy to Reduce and Prevent Underage Drinking,Board on Children, Youth, and Families,National Research Council

      Reducing Underage Drinking addresses the problem of alcohol abuse by young people and proposes a new way to combat underage alcohol use. It explores the ways in which many different…

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      Growing Up Global: The Changing Transitions to Adulthood in Developing Countries

      Panel on Transitions to Adulthood in Developing Countries,National Research Council

      Highlights the persistent disadvantages for young women relative to young men, the special needs of the poor, and youth living in sub-Saharan Africa, in the context of the transition to…

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      Studying Media Effects on Children and Youth: Improving Methods and Measures, Workshop Summary

      Program Committee for a Workshop on Improving Research on Interactive Media and Children's Health,National Research Council

      The presence and intensity of media influences television, radio, music, computers, films, videos, and the Internet are increasingly recognized as an important part of the social ecology of children and…

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      Medical Care Economic Risk: Measuring Financial Vulnerability from Spending on Medical Care

      National Research Council,Institute of Medicine,Board on Health Care Services,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on National Statistics

      The United States has seen major advances in medical care during the past decades, but access to care at an affordable cost is not universal. Many Americans lack health care…

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      Saving Women’s Lives: Strategies for Improving Breast Cancer Detection and Diagnosis

      Committee on New Approaches to Early Detection and Diagnosis of Breast Cancer,Institute of Medicine

      Due to the combination of improved treatments and the benefits of mammography screening, breast cancer mortality has decreased steadily since 1989. Building on the 2001 report Mammography and Beyond…

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      Challenges in Adolescent Health Care: Workshop Report

      Committee on Adolescent Health Care Services and Models of Care for Treatment, Prevention, and Healthy Development,National Research Council,Institute of Medicine

      Several positive and negative lifelong behaviors are established during adolescence including diet and exercise, sexual conduct, practices related to oral health, smoking, drinking, and the use if legal and illegal…

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      Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Testing: Summary of a Workshop

      Committee on Science, Technology, and Law,Forum on Drug Discovery, Development, and Translation,Roundtable on Translating Genomic-Based Research for Health,National Research Council,Institute of Medicine

      Today, scores of companies, primarily in the United States and Europe, are offering whole genome scanning services directly to the public. The proliferation of these companies and the services they…

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      Meeting Health Information Needs Outside Of Healthcare: Opportunities and Challenges

      Catherine Arnott-Smith (Associate Professor, School of Library & Information Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA),Alla Keselman (Senior Social Science Analyst, Division of Specialized Information Services (SIS), National Library of Medicine, United States National Institutes of Health, USA)

      Meeting Health Information Needs Outside of Healthcare addresses the challenges and ethical dilemmas concerning the delivery of health information to the general public in a variety of non-clinical settings, both…

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      Sports-Related Concussions in Youth: Improving the Science, Changing the Culture

      National Research Council,Institute of Medicine,Board on Children, Youth, and Families,Committee on Sports-Related Concussions in Youth

      Over the years, few subjects at the intersection of medicine and sports have generated as much public interest as sports-related concussions - especially among youth. This book reviews the science…

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      Use of Laboratory Animals in Biomedical and Behavioural Research

      Commission on Life Sciences,Institute for Laboratory Animal Research,Committee on the Use of Laboratory Animals in Biomedical and Behavioral Research,Institute of Medicine,National Research Council

      Scientific experiments using animals have contributed significantly to the improvement of human health. Animal experiments were crucial to the conquest of polio, for example, and they will undoubtedly be one…

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      National Plant Genome Initiative: Objectives for 2003-2008

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      The National Plant Genome Initiative was launched in 1998 as a long-term project to explore DNA structure and function in plants so that useful properties of plants can be understood…

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      Harvesting the Scientific Investment in Prevention Science to Promote Children’s Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Health: Workshop Summary

      Forum on Promoting Children's Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Health,Board on Children, Youth, and Families,Institute of Medicine,National Research Council

      Over the past few decades there have been major successes in creating evidence-based interventions to improve the cognitive, affective, and behavioral health of children. Many of these interventions have been…

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      Student Mobility: Exploring the Impact of Frequent Moves on Achievement: Summary of a Workshop

      Committee on the Impact of Mobility and Change on the Lives of Young Children, Schools, and Neighborhoods,National Research Council,Institute of Medicine

      Many low-income families struggle with stable housing and frequently have to move due to foreclosures, rent increases, or other financial setbacks. Children in these families can experience lasting negative effects…

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      Ranking Vaccines: Applications of a Prioritization Software Tool: Phase III: Use Case Studies and Data Framework

      National Academy of Engineering,Institute of Medicine,Board on Global Health,Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice,Committee on Identifying and Prioritizing New Preventive Vaccines for Development, Phase III

      SMART Vaccines - Strategic Multi-Attribute Ranking Tool for Vaccines - is a prioritization software tool developed by the Institute of Medicine that utilizes decision science and modeling to help inform…

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      Sharing Clinical Research Data: Workshop Summary

      Forum on Drug Discovery, Development, and Translation,Forum on Neuroscience and Nervous System Disorders,National Cancer Policy Forum,Roundtable on Translating Genomic-Based Research on Health,Board on Health Sciences Policy

      Sharing Clinical Research Data: Workshop Summary

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      Juvenile Crime, Juvenile Justice

      Panel on Juvenile Crime: Prevention, Treatment, and Control,Committee on Law and Justice,Board on Children, Youth, and Families,National Research Council,Institute of Medicine

      Presents recommendations for addressing the various aspects of America’s youth crime problem. This book explores desistance - the probability that delinquency or criminal activities decrease with age - and evaluates…

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      Preventing Mental, Emotional, and Behavioral Disorders Among Young People: Progress and Possibilities

      Committee on the Prevention of Mental Disorders and Substance Abuse Among Children, Youth and Young Adults: Research Advances and Promising Interventions,Institute of Medicine

      This update of Reducing Risks for Mental Disorders focuses special attention on the research base and program experience with younger populations that have emerged since 1994. Those involved in prevention…

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      Tissue Engineering

      Clemens Van Blitterswijk (KNAW (The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences), The Netherlands),Jan De Boer (Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, The Netherlands),Peter Thomsen (Goteborg University, Institute of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Sweden),Jeffrey Hubbell (ETH in Lausanne, Institute for Biomaterials Engineering Laboratory of Regenerative Medicine and Pharmacology, Switzerland),Ranieri Cancedda (Laboratoriodi di Medicina Rigenerativa, CBA, Genoa, Italy)

      Suitable for engineers and life scientists, including biomedical engineers, chemical and process engineers, materials scientists, biologists and medical students, this book covers topics such as stem cells; morphogenesis and cellular…

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      Remedy and Contaminant Components in Complementary Medicines

      Nanthi Bolan (Professor of Environmental Science, University of Newcastle),Chun Guang Li (Leader of Pre-Clinical Research Program and Head of Herbal Analysis and Pharmacology Laboratory at The National Institute of Complementary Medicine (NICM), University of Western Sydney),Yong Sik Ok (Korea Biochar Research Center, O-Jeong Eco-Resilience Institute (OJERI) and Division of Environmental Science and Ecological Engineering, Korea University, Seoul, Republic of Korea)

      Remedy and Contaminant Components in Complementary Medicines provides a broad overview of contaminants in various types of complementary medicines for researchers from chemistry, pharmacology and environmental health backgrounds. By bringing…

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      Journal of Character Education: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Workshop on Approaches to the Development of Character Part 1

      National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Workshop on Approaches to the Development of Character Part 1. The Journal of Character Education is the only professional journal in education devoted…

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