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      The Competitive Status of the U.S. Pharmaceutical Industry: The Influences of Technology in Determining International Industrial Competitive Advantage

      Committee on Technology and International Economic and Trade Issues of the Office of the Foreign Secretary,Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems,National Research Council,Lacy Glenn Thomas,Pharmaceutical Panel Committee

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      Review of the Research Program of the Partnership for a New Generation of Vehicles

      Standing Committee to Review the Research Program of the Partnership for a New Generation of Vehicles,Board on Energy and Environmental Systems,Transportation Research Board,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Examines the state of development and research progress of technologies being considered for a generation of vehicles. This book addresses compression ignition direct injection engines, fuel cells, gas turbines, batteries…

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      Learning to Change: Opportunities to Improve the Performance of Smaller Manufacturers

      Committee to Assess the Barriers and Opportunities to Improve Manufacturing at Small and Medium-Sized Companies,Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Manufacturing firms - large and small - face massive change and adjustment as they move from a stable, fault-tolerant environment of long production runs to a volatile world in which…

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      Fostering Industry-Initiated Environmental Protection Efforts

      Committee on Industrial Competitiveness and Environmental Protection,Commission on Geosciences, Environment and Resources,Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems,National Research Council,Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology

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      Protecting Buildings from Bomb Damage: Transfer of Blast-Effects Mitigation Technologies from Military to Civilian Applications

      Committee on Feasibility of Applying Blast-Mitigating Technologies and Design Methodologies from Military Facilities to Civilian Buildings,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Provides an overview of terrorist activity and reviews technologies and methods for designing blast resistant buildings. These techniques have applicability and relevance to the design of civilian structures. This volume…

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      Strategies to Protect the Health of Deployed U.S. Forces: Detecting, Characterizing, and Documenting Exposures

      Division of Military Science and Technology and Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology

      Since Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm, Gulf War veterans have expressed concerns about health effects that could be associated with their deployment and service during the war. Although similar concerns were…

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      The Competitive Status of the U.S. Civil Aviation Manufacturing Industry: A Study of the Influences of Technology in Determining International Industrial Competitive Advantage

      U.S. Civil Aviation Manufacturing Industry Panel,Committee on Technology and International Economic and Trade Issues of the Office of the Foreign Secretary,Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Deregulation, higher costs, foreign competition, and financial risks are causing profound changes in civil aviation. This book reviews these trends along with federal involvement in trade, technology transfer, technological developments…

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      The Competitive Status of the U.S. Fibers, Textiles, and Apparel Complex: A Study of the Influences of Technology in Determining International Industrial Competitive Advantage

      National Research Council,Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems,Committee on Technology and International Economic and Trade Issues of the Office of the Foreign Secretary,Fibers, Textiles, and Apparel Industry Panel,National Academy of Sciences

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      Toward Sustainability: Soil and Water Research Priorities for Developing Countries

      Committee On International Soil and Water Research and Development,Water Science and Technology Board,Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems,Board on Science & Technology for International Development,Office of International Affairs

      Explores research priorities to support sustainable agriculture. This book identifies six areas that could offer great rewards: addressing institutional constraints on resource conservation, enhancing soil biological processes, managing soil properties…

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      Improving Project Management in the Department of Energy

      Committee to Assess the Policies and Practices of the Dept of Energy to Design, Manage, and Procure Environmental Restoration, Waste Management etc,Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,National Research Council

      The U.S. Department of Energy has been at the center of many of the greatest achievements in science and engineering in this century. DOE spends billions of dollars funding projects…

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