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    Evaluation of Alternative Technologies for Disposal of Liquid Wastes from the Explosive Destruction System

    Committee on Review and Evaluation of the Army Non-Stockpile Chemical Material Disposal Program,Board on Army Science and Technology,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

    Chemical warfare materiel (CWM) encompasses diverse items that were used during 60 years of efforts by the United States to develop a capability for conducting chemical warfare. Non-Stockpile CWM (NSCWM)…

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    Committee to Survey Opportunities in the Chemical Sciences,Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

    Addresses the direction in which chemical research is heading, including developments, technological applications, and the ways advances in chemistry can be used to improve the human condition. This book examines…

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    The Importance of Chemical Research to the U.S. Economy

    National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology,Committee on Enhancing the U.S. Chemical Economy Through Investments in Fundamental Research in the Chemical Sciences

    Chemistry plays a pivotal role in the strength of the U.S. economy and the advancement of humankind. Chemists’ achievements include life-saving pharmaceuticals, advanced energy solutions, improved agricultural productivity, and novel…

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    Occupational Health and Workplace Monitoring at Chemical Agent Disposal Facilities

    Committee on Review and Evaluation of the Army Chemical Stockpile Disposal Program,Board on Army Science and Technology,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

    In keeping with a congressional mandate (Public Law 104-484) and the Chemical Weapons Convention, the United States is currently destroying its chemical weapons stockpile. The Army must ensure that the…

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    Bulk Collection of Signals Intelligence: Technical Options

    National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Computer Science and Telecommunications Board,Committee on Responding to Section 5(d) of Presidential Policy Directive 28: The Feasibility of Software to Provide Alternatives to Bulk Signals Intelligence Collection

    The Bulk Collection of Signals Intelligence: Technical Options study is a result of an activity called for in Presidential Policy Directive 28 (PPD-28), issued by President Obama in January 2014…

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    Critical Technology Accessibility

    Committee on Critical Technology Accessibility,Air Force Studies Board,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

    The Defense Intelligence Agency asked the NRC to form a committee to help develop study topics about technology warning. One issue was the dependence on foreign suppliers of critical technology…

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    The Science of Instream Flows: A Review of the Texas Instream Flow Program

    Committee on Review of Methods for Establishing Instream Flows for Texas Rivers,Water Science and Technology Board,Division on Earth and Life Studies,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

    Across the United States, municipalities, counties, and states grapple with issues of ensuring adequate amounts of water in times of high demand and low supply. This title reviews the instream…

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    Protecting Individual Privacy in the Struggle Against Terrorists: A Framework for Program Assessment

    Committee on Technical and Privacy Dimensions of Information for Terrorism Prevention and Other National Goals,National Research Council

    The US agencies with counterterrorism programs that collect personal data should be required to evaluate the programs’ effectiveness, lawfulness, and impacts on privacy. This book urges Congress to examine the…

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    Managing Coastal Erosion

    Committee on Coastal Erosion Zone Management,Water Science and Technology Board,Marine Board,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

    Explores the questions surrounding coastal erosion. This book provides federal policymakers, state floodplain and resource managers, civil engineers, environmental groups, marine specialists, development companies, and researchers with information about the…

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    Sustainability in the Chemical Industry: Grand Challenges and Research Needs, A Workshop Report

    Committee on Grand Challenges for Sustainability in the Chemical Industry,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

    Based on a workshop held in February 2005 that brought together a broad cross section of disciplines and organizations in the chemical industry, this report identifies a set of overarching…

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    Securing the Future: Regional and National Programs to Support the Semiconductor Industry

    Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy,Policy and Global Affairs,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

    Based on the deliberations of a high-level international conference, this report summarizes the presentations of an exceptional group of experts, convened by Intel’s Chairman Emeritus Gordon Moore and Sematech’s Chairman…

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    Capitalizing on New Needs and New Opportunities: Government, Industry Partnerships in Biotechnology and Information Technologies

    Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy,National Research Council,Policy and Global Affairs,National Academy of Sciences

    Addresses a topic of recognized policy concern. This report summarizes a major conference that reviewed our nation’s R&D support for biotechnology and information technologies. It emphasizes the fall off in…

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    Review of International Technologies for Destruction of Recovered Chemical Warfare Materiel

    National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Board on Army Science and Technology,Committee on Review and Evaluation of International Technologies for the Destruction of Non-Stockpile Chemical Materiel,National Academy of Sciences

    The Chemical Weapons Convention requires, among other things, that the signatories to the convention?which includes the United States?destroy by April 29, 2007, or as soon possible thereafter, any chemical warfare…

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    Interim Design Assessment for the Pueblo Chemical Agent Destruction Pilot Plant

    Committee to Assess Designs for Pueblo and Blue Grass Chemical Agent Destruction Pilot Plants,Board on Army Science and Technology,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

    Provides the interim assessment of the Pueblo Chemical Agent Destruction Pilot Plant (PCAPP) to permit adjustment of any significant problems as soon as possible. This report presents an analysis of…

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    Strategic Engagement in Global S&T: Opportunities for Defense Research

    National Research Council,Policy and Global Affairs,Board on Global Science and Technology,Committee on Globalization of Science and Technology: Opportunities and Challenges for the Department of Defense

    According to recent reports, the United States currently accounts for less than one-third of global research and development spending, and it is projected that this fraction will decline to 18%…

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    Visualizing Chemistry: The Progress and Promise of Advanced Chemical Imaging

    Committee on Revealing Chemistry through Advanced Chemical Imaging,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

    Chemical imaging has a variety of applications for almost every facet of our daily lives, ranging from medical diagnosis and treatment to the study and design of material properties in…

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    Natural Attenuation for Ground Water Remediation

    Committee on Intrinsic Remediation,Water Science and Technology Board,Board on Radioactive Waste Management,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

    Explores how contamination occurs, explaining concepts and terms, and includes case studies from the Hanford nuclear site, military bases, as well as other sites. This book provides historical background and…

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    Implementing the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants: Summary of a Workshop in China

    National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

    This report summarizes a workshop — Strengthening Science-Based Decision-Making: Implementing the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants held June 7-10, 2004, in Beijing, China. The presentations and discussions summarized here…

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    Evaluation of Chemical Events at Army Chemical Agent Disposal Facilities

    National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Board on Army Science and Technology,Committee on Evaluation of Chemical Events at Army Chemical Agent Disposal Facilities,National Academy of Sciences

    For over a decade the Army has been carrying out a program aimed at the destruction of accumulated chemical weapons stored at several sites. While destruction by incineration has been…

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    Assessing the Impacts of Changes in the Information Technology R&D Ecosystem: Retaining Leadership in an Increasingly Global Environment

    Committee on Assessing the Impacts of Changes in the Information Technology R & D Ecosystem: Retaining Leadership in an Increasingly Global Environment,National Research Council

    The U.S. information technology (IT) research and development (R&D) ecosystem was the envy of the world in 1995. However, this position of leadership is not a birthright, and it is…

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    Review of the U.S. Department of Defense Air, Space, and Supporting Information Systems Science and Technology Program

    Air and Space Systems Science and Technology Program,Committee on Review of the U.S. Department of Defense,Air Force Science and Technology Board,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,National Research Council

    Since the mid-1940s, when Vannevar Bush and Theodore von Karman wrote Science, the Endless Frontier and Toward New Horizons, respectively, there has been a consensus that strong Department of Defense…

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    Assessment of the Army Plan for the Pine Bluff Non-Stockpile Facility

    Committee on Review and Assessment of the Army Non-Stockpile Chemical Material Demilitarization Program: Pine Bluff,Board on Army Science and Technology,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

    Provides the results of the Pine Bluff assessment. This report includes a description of the Pine Bluff facility; a discussion of worker and public safety; management issues; regulatory, permitting, and…

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    Advancing Chemistry and Quantum Information Science

    National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Board on Life Sciences, Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology, Committee on Identifying Opportunities at the Interface of Chemistry and Quantum Information Science

    The field of quantum information science (QIS) has witnessed a dramatic rise in scientific research activities in the 21st century as excitement has grown about its potential to revolutionize communications…

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    The Small Business Innovation Research Program: An Assessment of the Department of Defense Fast Track Initiative

    National Research Council,Policy Division,Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy,National Academy of Sciences

    Includes case studies comparing Fast Track and non-Fast Track firms, a large survey of SBIR awardees, and statistical analyses of the impact of regular SBIR and Fast Track awards. This…

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    An Assessment of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Measurement and Standards Laboratories: Fiscal Year 2002

    Board on Assessment of National Institute of Standards and Technology Programs,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

    An Assessment of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Measurement and Standards Laboratories: Fiscal Year 2002

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    Drinking Water Distribution Systems: Assessing and Reducing Risks

    National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Water Science and Technology Board,Committee on Public Water Supply Distribution Systems: Assessing and Reducing Risks,National Academy of Sciences

    Protecting and maintaining water distributions systems is crucial to ensuring high quality drinking water. This report evaluates approaches for risk characterization and data, and it identifies a variety of strategies…

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    Review of Testing and Evaluation Methodology for Biological Point Detectors: Abbreviated Summary

    National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology,Committee on the Review of Testing and Evaluation Methodology for Biological Point Detectors,National Academy of Sciences

    Examines the testing methodology and facility that the Department of Defense (DOD) aims to use to test and evaluate the effectiveness of its detection system against biological warfare agents. This…

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    Impact of Revised Airborne Exposure Limits on Non-Stockpile Chemical Materiel Program Activities

    Committee on Review and Assessment of the Army Non-Stockpile Chemical Materiel Demilitarization Program: Workplace Monitoring,Board on Army Science and Technology,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

    To assist in meeting the recommended limits, the US Army asked the NRC for a review of its implementation plans for destruction of production facilities at the Newport Chemical Depot…

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    Colorado River Basin Water Management: Evaluating and Adjusting to Hydroclimatic Variability

    Committee on the Scientific Bases of Colorado River Basin Water Management,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

    Recent studies of past climate and streamflow conditions have broadened understanding of long-term water availability in the Colorado River, revealing many periods when streamflow was lower than at any time…

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    Preliminary Observations on Information Technology Needs and Priorities for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services: An Interim Report

    Committee on Future Information Architectures, Processes, and Strategies for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services,National Research Council

    Increasingly, the core mission of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), an agency of the Department of Health and Human Services, is expanding from one of focusing on…

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    Riparian Areas: Functions and Strategies for Management

    Committee on Riparian Zone Functioning and Strategies for Management,Water Science and Technology Board,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

    The Clean Water Act (CWA) requires that wetlands be protected from degradation because of their important ecological functions including maintenance of high water quality and provision of fish and wildlife…

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    Reaping the Benefits of Genomic and Proteomic Research: Intellectual Property Rights, Innovation, and Public Health

    Committee on Intellectual Property Rights in Genomic and Protein Research and Innovation,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

    Recommends 13 actions that policy-makers, courts, universities, and health and patent officials should take to prevent the complex web of IP protections from getting in the way of potential breakthroughs…

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    Exploring Organic Environments in the Solar System

    Task Group on Organic Environments in the Solar System,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

    Presents a discussion of the chemistry of carbon; an analysis of the formation, modification, and preservation of organic compounds in the solar system; and an assessment of research opportunities and…

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    Interim Design Assessment for the Blue Grass Chemical Agent Destruction Pilot Plant

    National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Board on Army Science and Technology,Committee to Assess Designs for Pueblo and Blue Grass Chemical Agent Destruction Pilot Plants,National Academy of Sciences

    Provides a review of the Blue Grass Chemical Agent Destruction Pilot Plant based on review of data and information about the initial design and some intermediate design data. This report…

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    Review of the SBIR and STTR Programs at the National Science Foundation

    National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Policy and Global Affairs, Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy, Committee on the Review of the Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer Programs at the National Science Foundation

    The National Science Foundation (NSF) asked the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to conduct a quadrennial review of the NSF Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business…

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    Partnering Against Terrorism: Summary of a Workshop

    Charles W. Wessner,Committee on Government-Industry Partnerships for the Development of New Technologies,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

    Summarizes a conference organized to bring the lessons of the Academy’s analysis of Government-Industry Partnerships to bear on the war on terror. This book contributes to an understanding of the…

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    The Mathematical Sciences’ Role in Homeland Security: Proceedings of a Workshop

    National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Board on Mathematical Sciences and Their Applications,National Academy of Sciences

    Mathematical sciences play a key role in many important areas of Homeland Security. This report presents the results of a workshop focusing on mathematical methods and techniques for addressing these…

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    Transforming Undergraduate Education in Science, Mathematics, Engineering and Technology

    Committee on Undergraduate Science Education,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

    Addresses pre-college preparation for students in SME&T and the joint roles and responsibilities of faculty and administrators in arts and sciences and in schools of education to better educate teachers…

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    An Assessment of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Measurement and Standards Laboratories: Fiscal Years 2004-2005

    National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Board on Assessment of NIST Programs,National Academy of Sciences

    At the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s request, the National Research Council (NRC) carries out a biennial assessment of the seven Measurements and Standards Laboratories (MSL). This report presents…

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    Food Aid Projections for the Decade of the 1990’s: Report of an Ad Hoc Panel Meeting, October 6th and 7th 1988

    Board on Science & Technology for International Development,National Research Council

    Presents the results of a meeting held by the Board on Science and Technology for International Development. At this meeting, six groups of modelers presented their estimates of the food…

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    Evaluation of Demonstration Test Results of Alternative Technologies for Demilitarization of Assembled Chemical Weapons: A Supplemental Review for Demonstration II

    National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Board on Army Science and Technology,Committee on Review and Evaluation of Alternative Technologies for Demilitarization of Assembled Chemical Weapons: Phase II,National Academy of Sciences

    By direction of Congress, the U.S. Department of Defense’s (DoD’s) program manager for the Assembled Chemical Weapons Assessment (PMACWA) asked the National Research Council (NRC) Committee on Review and Evaluation…

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    Public Water Supply Distribution Systems: Assessing and Reducing Risks, First Report

    Committee on Public Water Supply Distribution Systems: Assessing and Reducing Risks,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

    A report of the committee on public water supply distribution systems, which studies water quality issues associated with public water supply distribution systems and their potential risks to consumers. It…

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    Industry-University Research Collaborations: Report of a Workshop

    Council on Competitiveness,Industrial Research Institute,Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy,Government-University-Industry Research Roundtable,National Academy of Sciences

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    Future Water Priorities for the Nation: Directions for the U.S. Geological Survey Water Mission Area

    National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Water Science and Technology Board,Committee on Future Water Resource Needs for the Nation: Water Science and Research at the U.S. Geological Survey

    Solving problems related to use of water resources will be of paramount importance in coming decades as increasing pressure from growing populations, climate change, extreme weather, and aging water-related infrastructure…

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    Stepping-Stones to the Future of Space Exploration: A Workshop Report

    National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

    NASAaEURO ™s Human Exploration and Development of Space (HEDS) program within the Office of Space Flight has proposed a new framework for space technology and systems developmentaEURO Advanced Systems, Technology…

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    Understanding Research, Science and Technology Parks: Global Best Practice: Report of a Symposium

    Committee on Comparative Innovation Policy: Best Practice for the 21st Century,National Research Council

    Many nations are currently adopting a variety of directed strategies to launch and support research parks, often with significant financial commitments and policy support. By better understanding how research parks…

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    Proceedings of a Workshop to Review PATH Strategy, Operating Plan, and Performance Measures

    Board on Infrastructure and the Constructed Environment,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

    The National Research Council’s (NRC’s) involvement with the Partnership for Advancing Technology in Housing (PATH) started in 2000 with a three-year review and assessment of the PATH program. The resulting…

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    Office Work-stations in the Home

    Board on Telecommunications and Computer Applications,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

    Telecommuting - people working at home with computers connected to offices miles away - could reshape the way America works. This book addresses questions such as: What are the effects…

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