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      Sustainability Considerations for Procurement Tools and Capabilities: Summary of a Workshop

      National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Computer Science and Telecommunications Board,Policy and Global Affairs,Science and Technology for Sustainability Program

      Federal laws, regulations, and executive orders have imposed requirements for federal agencies to move toward the sustainable acquisition of goods and services, including the incorporation of sustainable purchasing into federal…

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      Hidden Costs of Energy: Unpriced Consequences of Energy Production and Use

      Committee on Health, Environmental, and Other External Costs and Benefits of Energy Production and Consumption,National Research Council

      Despite the many benefits of energy, most of which are reflected in energy market prices, the production, distribution, and use of energy causes negative effects. Many of these negative effects…

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      Science and Engineering Programs: On Target for Women?

      Committee on Women in Science and Engineering,Ad Hoc Panel on Interventions,National Research Council

      Based primarily on a conference, this book examines the need for interventions to increase the number of US students, both males and females, pursuing careers in the sciences and engineering…

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      Globalization, Biosecurity, and the Future of the Life Sciences

      Committee on Advances in Technology and the Prevention of Their Application to Next Generation Biowarfare Threats,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Biomedical advances have made it possible to manipulate features of living organisms in useful ways. This book examines the trends and objectives of research in public health, life sciences, and…

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      Strategic Management of Information and Communication Technology: The United States Air Force Experience with Y2K

      Mark Haselkorn,National Research Council

      Shortly before we rolled from 1999 to 2000 we understood we were standing on the brink of the end of our technological society. Shortly after, we were relieved to discover…

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      The Path to the Ph.D.: Measuring Graduate Attrition in the Sciences and Humanities

      Ad Hoc Panel on Graduate Attrition Advisory Committee,Office of Scientific and Engineering Personnel,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Provides a summary of datasets that analyze patterns of graduate student attrition and degree completion nationally, along with an analysis of studies on the subject. This work committee examines the…

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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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      From Scarcity to Visibility: Gender Differences in the Careers of Doctoral Scientists and Engineers

      Panel for the Study of Gender Differences in Career Outcomes of Science and Engineering Ph.D.s,Committee on Women in Science and Engineering,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Looks at women in science and engineering careers in the 1970s and 1980s, documenting differences in career outcomes between men and women and between women of different races and ethnic…

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      Attracting PhDs to K-12 Education: A Demonstration Program for Science, Mathematics, and Technology

      National Research Council,Policy and Global Affairs,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Center for Education,Committee on Attracting Science and Mathematics PhDs to K-12 Education: From Analysis to Implementation

      Presents a proposal for a national demonstration program to determine how one might prepare PhDs to be productive members of the K-12 education community. The program is designed to help…

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