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    Educating Teachers of Science, Mathematics, and Technology: New Practices for the New Millennium

    Committee on Science and Mathematics Teacher Preparation,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

    Synthesizes what we know about the quality of math and science teaching, drawing conclusions about why teacher preparation needs reform, and then outlining recommendations for accomplishing several important goals before…

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    America’s Children: Health Insurance and Access to Care

    Committee on Children, Health Insurance, and Access to Care,Institute of Medicine,National Research Council

    Presents an analysis of the relationship between health insurance and access to care. This book addresses questions such as: How is children’s health care currently financed? Does insurance equal access…

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    Looking Over the Fence at Networks: A Neighbor’s View of Networking Research

    Computer Science and Telecommunications Board,Committee on Research Horizons in Networking,National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences

    A remarkable creation, the Internet encompasses a diversity of networks, technologies, and organizations. The enormous volume and great variety of data carried over it give it a rich complexity and…

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    Aging in Sub-Saharan Africa: Recommendations for Furthering Research

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

    In sub-Saharan Africa, older people make up a relatively small fraction of the total population and are supported primarily by family and other kinship networks. They have traditionally been viewed…

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    Final Comments on the Science Plan for the North Pacific Research Board

    National Research Council,Polar Research Board,Ocean Studies Board,Committee on a Science Plan for the North Pacific Research Board,National Research Council

    The North Pacific Research Board called on the National Academies to develop a comprehensive long range science plan pertaining to its research activities. A National Academies committee worked to understand…

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    Amphibians: Guidelines for the Breeding, Care and Management of Laboratory Animals

    National Research Council,Institute for Laboratory Animal Research,Committee on Standards,Subcommittee on Amphibian Standards,National Academy of Sciences

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    Elevation Data for Floodplain Mapping

    Committee on Floodplain Mapping Technologies,National Research Council

    Shows that there is sufficient two-dimensional base map imagery to meet Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA’s) flood map modernization goals, but that the three-dimensional base elevation data that are needed…

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    The Evaluation of Forensic DNA Evidence

    Committee on DNA Forensic Science: An Update,National Research Council

    Reports on developments in population genetics and statistics. This volume offers recommendations for handling DNA samples, performing calculations, and other aspects of using DNA as a forensic tool. It examines…

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    Evaluating Occupational Health and Safety Research Programs: Framework and Next Steps

    Committee on the Review of NIOSH Research Programs,Institute of Medicine,National Research Council

    Each year, approximately 5,000 fatal work-related injuries and 4 million non-fatal injuries and illnesses occur in the United States. This number represents both unnecessary human suffering and high economic costs…

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    Making the Nation Safer: The Role of Science and Technology in Countering Terrorism

    Committee on Science and Technology for Countering Terrorism,National Research Council

    This text discusses technical approaches to mitigate vulnerabilities in US society. Topics include: nuclear and radiological threats; bioterrorism; toxic chemicals and explosive materials; transportation systems; the response of people to…

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    Future of the National Weather Service Cooperative Observer Network

    National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems,National Weather Service Modernization Committee

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    Databases for Estimating Health Insurance Coverage for Children: A Workshop Summary

    National Research Council

    The workshop was organized by a steering committee composed of experts in administering and assessing the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) at the national and state levels, as well as…

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    Iodotrifluoromethane: Toxicity Review

    National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology,Committee on Toxicology,Subcommittee on Iodotrifluoromethane

    The US military considers using a compound called iodotrifluoromethane (CF3I) for fire suppression to replace previously-used compounds that are phased out because they deplete the ozone layer. This report reviews…

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    Improving the Accuracy of Early Cost Estimates for Federal Construction Projects

    National Research Council,Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems,Building Research Board,Committee on Budget Estimating Techniques,National Academy of Sciences

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    Climate Change Science: An Analysis of Some Key Questions

    Committee on the Science of Climate Change,Division on Earth and Life Studies,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

    The warming of the Earth has been the subject of intense debate and concern for many scientists, policy-makers, and citizens for at least the past decade. Climate Change Science: An…

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    Global Change and Extreme Hydrology: Testing Conventional Wisdom

    Committee on Hydrologic Science,National Research Council

    Climate theory dictates that core elements of the climate system, including precipitation, evapotranspiration, and reservoirs of atmospheric and soil moisture, should change as the climate warms, both in their means…

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    Soil Conservation: Assessing the National Resources Inventory

    Committee on Conservation Needs and Opportunities,Board on Agriculture,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

    Gives an analysis of an important national data base, the National Resources Inventory. This work cites potential uses of the NRI in controlling soil erosion; determining land use; deciding conservation…

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    Toward an Integrated Arctic Observing Network

    Committee on Designing an Arctic Observing Network,Polar Research Board,Division on Earth and Life Studies,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

    Observable changes with regional and global implications, such as warming temperatures and reduced sea ice, are taking place across the Arctic. However, the record of Arctic observations suffers from incomplete…

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    Sea Level Change

    Geophysics Study Committee,National Research Council,Institute of Medicine

    Explores the views among scientists on the causes and mechanisms of sea-level change. This book examines measurement programs and make recommendations aimed at improving our understanding of the factors that…

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    Alternative Agriculture

    Committee on the Role of Alternative Farming Methods in Modern Production Agriculture,National Research Council,David E. Smiles

    More and more farmers adopt a range of alternative practices designed to reduce dependence on synthetic chemical pesticides, cut costs, and increase profits. This book describes the increased use of…

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    Review of EPA Homeland Security Efforts: Safe Buildings Program Research Implementation Plan

    National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology,Committee on Safe Buildings Program

    The report examines the Environmental Protection Agency’s three-year plan for a comprehensive response to a chemical or biological attack on a civilian or public sector facility. The report states that…

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    The Changing Nature of Telecommunications/Information Infrastructure

    Steering Committee on the Changing Nature of Telecommunications/Information Infrastructure,National Research Council

    Advancement of telecommunications and information infrastructure occurs through private investment. The government affects the rate and direction of this progress through regulation and public investment. This book presents a range…

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    Dogs

    Committee on Dogs,Institute of Laboratory Animal Resources,Commission on Life Sciences,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

    Examines the controversies over proper cage sizes and interpretation of federal requirements for exercise and offers recommendations for researchers. This book includes guidelines on how to recognize and alleviate pain…

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    Chimpanzees in Research: Strategies for Their Ethical Care, Management, and Use

    National Research Council,Commission on Life Sciences,Institute for Laboratory Animal Research,Committee on Long-Term Care of Chimpanzees

    Chimpanzees in biomedical and behavioral research constitute a national resource that has been valuable in addressing national health needs. Facilities that house chimpanzees owned and supported by the National Institutes…

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    Managing Health Effects of Beryllium Exposure

    Committee on Beryllium Alloy Exposures,Committee on Toxicology,National Research Council

    Beryllium and its alloys can be found in many important technologies in the defense and aeronautics industries. This book, requested by the US Air Force to help to determine the…

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    Copper in Drinking Water

    Committee on Copper in Drinking Water,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

    The National Research Council was requested to form a committee to review the scientific validity of the EPA’s maximum contaminant level goal for copper in drinking water. This book outlines…

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    Marine Structures Research Recommendations: Recommendations for the Interagency Ship Structure Committee’s FYs 1998-1999 Research Program

    National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems,Committee on Marine Structures

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    An Assessment of Research Doctorate Programs in the United States: Mathematical and Physical Sciences

    Committee on an Assessment of Quality Related Characteristics of Research-Doctorate Programs in the United States,American Council of Learned Sciences,American Council on Education,National Research Council,Social Science Research Council

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    Big Data: A Workshop Report

    National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Committee for Science and Technology Challenges to U.S. National Security Interests

    In 2012, the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) approached the National Research Council’s TIGER standing committee and asked it to develop a list of workshop topics to explore the impact of…

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    Hormonally Active Agents in the Environment

    Committee on Hormonally Active Agents in the Environment,National Research Council

    Looks at the science behind the ominous prospect of ‘estrogen mimics’ threatening health and well-being, from the level of ecosystems and populations to individual people and animals. This book evaluates…

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    Mapping and Sequencing the Human Genome

    Committee on Mapping and Sequencing the Human Genome,Commission on Life Sciences,Division on Earth and Life Studies,National Research Council

    A blueprint for the mapping and sequencing the human genome project. This book explains the technical aspects of genetic mapping and sequencing, and recommends specific interim and long-range research goals…

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    Ground Water Recharge Using Waters of Impaired Quality

    National Research Council

    Views that artificial recharge can be one option in an integrated strategy to optimize total water resource management and that in some cases impaired-quality water can be used effectively as…

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    Science at Sea: Meeting Future Oceanographic Goals with a Robust Academic Research Fleet

    Committee on Evolution of the National Oceanographic Research Fleet,National Research Council

    The U.S. academic research fleet is an essential national resource, and it is likely that scientific demands on the fleet will increase. Oceanographers are embracing a host of remote technologies…

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    Protecting and Accessing Data from the Survey of Earned Doctorates: A Workshop Summary

    National Research Council

    The Survey of Earned Doctorates (SED) collects data on the number and characteristics of individuals receiving research doctoral degrees from all accredited U.S. institutions. The results of this annual survey…

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    Pesticide Resistance: Strategies and Tactics for Management

    National Research Council,Board on Agriculture,Committee on Strategies for the Management of Pesticide Resistant Pest Populations,National Academy of Sciences

    Based on a symposium sponsored by the Board on Agriculture, this comprehensive book explores the problem of pesticide resistance. It also suggests different approaches to monitor, control, or prevent resistance…

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    Environmental Data Management at NOAA: Archiving, Stewardship, and Access

    Committee on Archiving and Accessing,National Research Council

    The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) collects, manages, and disseminates a wide range of climate, weather, ecosystem and other environmental data that are used by scientists, engineers, resource managers…

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    Critical Aspects of EPA’s IRIS Assessment of Inorganic Arsenic: Interim Report

    Committee on Inorganic Arsenic,Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology,Division on Earth and Life Studies,National Research Council

    The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) program develops toxicologic assessments of environmental contaminants. This title evaluates critical scientific issues in assessing cancer and noncancer effects…

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    Steps to Facilitate Principal-Investigator-Led Earth Science Missions

    Committee on Earth Studies,Space Studies Board,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

    Principal-investigator (PI) Earth science missions are projects involving relatively small spacecraft. To help NASA’s Office of Earth Science determine how best to address the challenges related to such missions, the…

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    Nonnative Oysters in the Chesapeake Bay

    Committee on Nonnative Oysters in the Chesapeake Bay,National Research Council

    Disc contains appendixes D through G from the text.

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    Elements of a Science Plan for the North Pacific Research Board

    National Research Council,Polar Research Board,Ocean Studies Board,Committee on a Science Plan for the North Pacific Research Board,National Research Council

    Provides a framework to help the NPRB identify appropriate science themes and mechanisms for administering and distributing the funds. This book contains extensive input from residents of Alaskan communities, to…

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    Summary of the Sensing and Positioning Technology Workshop of the Committee on Nanotechnology for the Intelligence Community: Interim Report

    National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,National Materials Advisory Board

    The emergence of nanotechnology as a major science and technology research topic has sparked substantial interest by the intelligence community. In particular the community is interested both in the potential…

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    The Future of Supercomputing: An Interim Report

    National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Computer Science and Telecommunications Board,Committee on the Future of Supercomputing

    The Committee on the Future of Supercomputing was tasked to assess prospects for supercomputing technology research and development in support of US needs, to examine key elements of context and…

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    Protecting Student Records and Facilitating Education Research: A Workshop Summary

    National Research Council

    Designed to protect the privacy of individual student test scores, grades, and other education records, the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) of 1974 places limits the access of…

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    National Science Education Standards

    National Committee on Science Education Standards and Assessment,National Research Council

    Aiming to offer a coherent vision of what it means to be scientifically literate, this book describes what all students should understand and be able to do at different grade…

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    The Psychological Well-Being of Nonhuman Primates

    National Research Council,Commission on Life Sciences,Institute for Laboratory Animal Research,Committee on Well-Being of Nonhuman Primates,National Academy of Sciences

    Focuses on what is known about the psychological needs of primates and makes suggestions for assessing and promoting their well-being. This volume examines the elements of an effective care program…

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    Future R&D Environments: A Report for the National Institute of Standards and Technology

    National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Committee on Future Environments for the National Institute of Standards and Technology

    This study was supported by Contract No. 50SBNBOC1003 between the National Academy of Sciences and the National Institute of Standards and Technology –T.p. verso.

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    Promoting the National Spatial Data Infrastructure Through Partnerships

    Mapping Science Committee,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

    Cooperation and partnerships for spatial data activities among the federal government, state and local governments, and the private sector will be essential for the development of a robust National Spatial…

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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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