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      Cities Transformed: Demographic Change and Its Implications in the Developing World

      Panel on Urban Population Dynamics

      The benefits from urbanization cannot be overlooked, but the speed and sheer scale of transformation present many challenges. Drawing from a variety of data sources, this work explores the implications…

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      Committee on Advances in Collecting and Utilizing Biological Indicators and Genetic Information in Social Science Surveys,National Research Council

      Serves as a follow-up to the 2003 volume, Cells and Surveys: Should Biological Measures Be Included in Social Science Research? and asks these questions: What have the social sciences, especially…

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      Multiple Origins, Uncertain Destinies: Hispanics and the American Future

      Committee on Transforming Our Common Destiny: Hispanics in the United States,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Looks at the diverse populations encompassed by the term Hispanic. This title describes the trajectory of the younger generations and established residents, and it projects long-term trends in population aging…

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      Uncertainty Management in Remote Sensing of Climate Data: Summary of a Workshop

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      Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate, Climate Research Committee, Board on Mathematical Sciences and Their Applications, Committee on Applied and Theoretical Statistics, Space Studies Board, Committee on Earth Studies, Division…

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      The Role of Nutrition in Maintaining Health in the Nation’s Elderly: Evaluating Coverage of Nutrition Services for the Medicare Population

      Committee on Nutrition Services for Medicare Beneficiaries,Food and Nutrition Board,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Discusses the role of nutrition therapy in the management of a number of diseases. This book also examines what the elderly receive in the way of nutrition services along the…

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      Offspring: Human Fertility Behavior in Biodemographic Perspective

      National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on Population,Panel for the Workshop on the Biodemography of Fertility and Family Behavior

      Few demographers worry about how biological processes might affect voluntary behavior choices that have demographic consequences even though behavioral geneticists have documented genetics effects on variables such as parenting and…

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      Welfare, the Family, and Reproductive Behavior: Report of a Meeting

      Committee on Population,National Research Council and Institute of Medicine,National Academy of Sciences,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education

      The design of welfare programs in an era of reform and devolution to the states must take into account the likely effects of programs on demographic behavior. This book of…

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      Discriminant Analysis and Clustering

      National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications,Board on Mathematical Sciences,Committee on Applied and Theoretical Statistics

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      Can Earth’s and Society’s Systems Meet the Needs of 10 Billion People?: Summary of a Workshop

      National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Life Sciences,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on Population

      The Earth’s population, currently 7.2 billion, is expected to rise at a rapid rate over the next 40 years. Current projections state that the Earth will need to support 9.6…

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      Attitudes, Aptitudes and Aspirations of American Youth: Implications for Military Recruitment

      Committee on the Youth Population and Military Recruitment,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Offers an overview of issues for military recruiters, touching on a number of important topics including - sex and race, education and aptitude, physical and moral attributes, and military life…

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      Changing Numbers, Changing Needs: American Indian Demography and Public Health

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

      Presents a summary of what is known about the demography of American Indian and Alaska Native population, their geographic distributions, household structure, employment, and disability and disease patterns. This volume…

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      Research on Health Effects of Low-Level Ionizing Radiation Exposure: Opportunities for the Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute

      National Research Council,Institute of Medicine,Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board,Board on the Health of Select Populations,Committee on Research Directions in Human Biological Effects of Low-Level Ionizing Radiation

      Support for this project was provided by the National Academy of Sciences and the Uniformed Sciences University of the Health Sciences under Grant No. HT9404-12-1-0028. –Title page verso.

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      Initial Steps in Rebuilding the Health Sector in East Timor

      Roundtable on the Demography of Forced Migration,National Research Council,Program on Forced Migration and Health at the Mailman School of Public Health,Columbia University,National Academy of Sciences

      In May 2002 Timor Leste (East Timor) emerged as a new nation after centuries of foreign rule and decades of struggle for independence. Its birth was a painful one; a…

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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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      Health and Incarceration: A Workshop Summary

      Committee on Causes and Consequences of High Rates of Incarceration,Committee on Law and Justice,Division on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,National Research Council,Board on the Health of Select Populations

      Presents the summary of a workshop jointly sponsored by the National Academy of Sciences(NAS) Committee on Law and Justice and the Institute of Medicine(IOM) Board on Health and Select Populations…

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      Himalayan Glaciers: Climate Change, Water Resources, and Water Security

      National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on Population,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Water Science and Technology Board

      Scientific evidence shows that most glaciers in South Asia’s Hindu Kush Himalayan region are retreating, but the consequences for the region’s water supply are unclear, this report finds. The Hindu…

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      Understanding Racial and Ethnic Differences in Health in Late Life: A Research Agenda

      Panel on Race, Ethnicity, and Health in Later Life,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Considers possible explanations for racial and ethnic health differentials within an integrated framework. This book recommends looking at health differentials across the life course and deciphering the links between factors…

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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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      The Changing Transitions to Adulthood in Developing Countries: Selected Studies

      Panel on Transitions to Adulthood in Developing Countries

      Explores how the transition to adulthood is changing in developing countries in light of globalization and what the implications of these changes might be for those responsible for designing youth…

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      Explaining Divergent Levels of Longevity in High-Income Countries

      Panel on Understanding Divergent Trends in Longevity in High-Income Countries,National Research Council

      Panel on Understanding Divergent Trends in Longevity in High-Income Countries, Committee on Population, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council of the National Academies.

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      Critical Perspectives on Schooling and Fertility in the Developing World

      Committee on Population

      Assesses the evidence, and possible mechanisms, for the associations between women’s education, fertility preferences, and fertility in developing countries, and how these associations vary across regions. This book discusses the…

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      Evaluating Military Advertising and Recruiting: Theory and Methodology

      Committee on the Youth Population and Military Recruitment - Phase II,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Helps the DoD improve its research on advertising and recruiting policies. This book presents a framework for evaluation that links different types of research questions to various research methodologies.

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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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      International Differences in Mortality at Older Ages: Dimensions and Sources

      Panel on Understanding Divergent Trends in Longevity in High-Income Countries,National Research Council

      In 1950 men and women in the United States had a combined life expectancy of 68.9 years, the 12th highest life expectancy at birth in the world. Today, life expectancy…

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      Critical Perspectives on Racial and Ethnic Differences in Health in Late Life

      Panel on Race, Ethnicity, and Health in Later Life,National Research Council

      In their later years, Americans of different racial and ethnic backgrounds are not in equally good–or equally poor–health. There is wide variation, but on average older Whites are healthier than…

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      War, Humanitarian Crises, Population Displacement, and Fertility: A Review of Evidence

      Program on Forced Migration and Health at the Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University,National Research Council,Committee on Population,Roundtable on the Demography of Forced Migration,Kenneth Hill

      Fertility and reproductive health issues more broadly have tended to be of low priority in humanitarian crises. This report reviews what evidence there is concerning the effects of humanitarian crisis…

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      Local Government Actions to Prevent Childhood Obesity

      The prevalence of childhood obesity is so high in the United States that it may reduce the life expectancy of today’s generation of children. Local Government Actions to Prevent Childhood…

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      Understanding Dropouts: Statistics, Strategies, and High-Stakes Testing

      Committee on Educational Excellence and Testing Equity,Board on Testing and Assessment,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      The role played by testing in the nation’s public school system has been increasing steadily-and growing more complicated-for more than 20 years. The Committee on Educational Excellence and Testing Equity…

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      Fertility of Malian Tamasheq Repatriated Refugees: The Impact of Forced Migration

      Program on Forced Migration and Health at the Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University,National Research Council,Committee on Population,Roundtable on the Demography of Forced Migration,Sara Randall

      In Africa many of the refugee flows in have had a strong ethnic dimension; interethnic conflict or conflict between politically powerful groups with minority populations. This report focuses on the…

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      Exposure of the American Population to Radioactive Fallout from Nuclear Weapons Tests

      Committee to Review the CDC-NCI Feasibility Study of the Health Consequences from Nuclear Weapons Tests, Board on Radiation Effects Research, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council

      This report is a review of the draft feasibility study that was issued at the request of Congress by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the National…

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      Assessing Fitness for Military Enlistment: Physical, Medical, and Mental Health Standards

      Committee on Youth Population and Military Recruitment: Physical, Medical, and Mental Health Standards,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Examines the physical, medical, and mental health standards for military enlistment in light of trends in the physical condition of the youth population; and medical advances for treating certain conditions…

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      Statistical Models and Analysis in Auditing: A Study of Statistical Models and Methods for Analyzing Nonstandard Mixtures of Distributions in Auditing

      National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications,Board on Mathematical Sciences,Committee on Applied and Theoretical Statistics

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      New Directions in the Sociology of Aging

      National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on Population,Panel on New Directions in Social Demography, Social Epidemiology, and the Sociology of Aging

      The aging of the population of the United States is occurring at a time of major economic and social changes. This book evaluates the contributions of social demography, social epidemiology…

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      Malaria Control During Mass Population Movements and Natural Disasters

      Peter B. Bloland,Holly Ann Williams,Roundtable on the Demography of Forced Migration,National Research Council,Program on Forced Migration and Health at the Mailman School of Public Health Columbia University

      Malaria Control During Mass Population Movements and Natural Disasters provides a basic overview of the state of knowledge of epidemiology of malaria and public health interventions and practices for controlling…

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      Psychosocial Concepts in Humanitarian Work with Children: A Review of the Concepts and Related Literature

      Roundtable on the Demography of Forced Migration,National Research Council,Program on Forced Migration and Health at the Mailman School of Public Health,Committee on Population,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education

      Concerned with reviewing psychosocial concepts in research related to humanitarian work, this report emphasises on research related to children affected by prolonged violence and armed conflict.

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      Child Health in Complex Emergencies

      Program on Forced Migration and Health, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University,National Research Council,Committee on Population,Roundtable on the Demography of Forced Migration,Lulu Muhe

      Child Health in Complex Emergencies (2006)

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      Supporting Local Health Care in a Chronic Crisis: Management and Financing Approaches in the Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo

      Roundtable on the Demography of Forced Migration,Program on Forced Migration and Health at the Mailman School of Public Health,Columbia University,Committee on Population,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education

      Supporting Local Health Care in a Chronic Crisis: Management and Financing Approaches in the Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (2006)

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