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    The Mathematical Sciences in 2025

    Committee on the Mathematical Sciences in 2025,Board on Mathematical Sciences and Their Applications,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,National Research Council

    The mathematical sciences are part of nearly all aspects of everyday life–the discipline has underpinned such beneficial modern capabilities as Internet search, medical imaging, computer animation, numerical weather predictions, and…

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    Oceanography in 2025: Proceedings of a Workshop

    Deborah Glickson,Committee on Oceanography in 2025: A Workshop,National Research Council

    On January 8 and 9, 2009, the Ocean Studies Board of the National Research Council, in response to a request from the Office of Naval Research, hosted the Oceanography in…

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    Carbon Dioxide and Climate

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    Sea Change: 2015-2025 Decadal Survey of Ocean Sciences

    National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Ocean Studies Board,Committee on Guidance for NSF on National Ocean Science Research Priorities: Decadal Survey of Ocean Sciences

    Ocean science connects a global community of scientists in many disciplines - physics, chemistry, biology, geology and geophysics. New observational and computational technologies are transforming the ability of scientists to…

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    Report of the Psychology Committee of the National Research Council

    Robert Mearns Yerkes

    This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either…

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    Weather And Climate Modification Problems And Prospects

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    Issues in the Integration of Research and Operational Satellite Systems for Climate Research

    Committee on Earth Studies,Space Studies Board,Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,National Research Council

    NASA’s Earth Observing System (EOS), and potentially other NASA programs, were included in the converged program to provide new remote sensing and spacecraft technologies that could improve the operational capabilities…

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    Weather And Climate Modification Problems And Prospects

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    Thinking Strategically: The Appropriate Use of Metrics for the Climate Change Science Program

    National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate,Climate Research Committee,Committee on Metrics for Global Change Research

    Metrics - a system of measurement that includes the item being measured, the unit of measurement, and the value of the unit - offers a tool for measuring climate research…

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    Report of the Patent Committee of the National Research Council, Presented for the Committee

    L H 1863 Baekeland

    This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either…

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    Radiative Forcing of Climate Change: Expanding the Concept and Addressing Uncertainties

    Committee on Radiative Forcing Effects on Climate,Climate Research Committee,National Research Council

    Reviews knowledge of climate forcings, and recommends critical research needed to improve understanding. Whereas emphasis usually has been on how these climate forcings affect global mean temperature, this book finds…

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    Restructuring Federal Climate Research to Meet the Challenges of Climate Change

    Committee on Strategic Advice on the U.S. Climate Change Science Program,National Research Council

    With effective climate change mitigation policies still under development, and with even the most aggressive proposals unable to halt climate change immediately, many decision makers are focusing unprecedented attention on…

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    Foundational Research Gaps and Future Directions for Digital Twins

    National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, National Academy of Engineering, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate, Board on Life Sciences, Computer Science and Telecommunications Board, Committee on Applied and Theoretical Statistics, Board on Mathematical Sciences and Analytics, Committee on Foundational Research Gaps and Future Directions for Digital Twins

    Across multiple domains of science, engineering, and medicine, excitement is growing about the potential of digital twins to transform scientific research, industrial practices, and many aspects of daily life. A…

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    GOALS (Global Ocean-Atmosphere-Land System) for Predicting Seasonal-to-Interannual Climate: A Program of Observation, Modeling and Analysis

    Climate Research Committee,National Research Council

    Lays out a science plan for a major, international, 15-year research program. There have been significant progress in studies of short-term climate variations, in particular for the region of the…

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    Forces Shaping the U.S.Academic Engineering Research Enterprise

    Committee on Academic Engineering Research,National Academy of Engineering,National Research Council

    Argues for many concrete actions on the part of universities, government, and industry to ensure the flow and relevance of technical talent to meet national social and economic goals, to…

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    Radioactivity: Report of Committee on X-Rays and Radioactivity, National Research Council

    A F Kovarik,L W McKeehan

    Bulletin Of The National Research Council, V10, Part 1, No. 51.

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    Radioactivity: Report of Committee on X-Rays and Radioactivity, National Research Council

    A F Kovarik,L W McKeehan

    Bulletin Of The National Research Council, V10, Part 1, No. 51.

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    Issues in the Integration of Research and Operational Satellite Systems for Climate Research: Science and Design Part I

    Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications, Space Studies Board, Committee on Earth Studies, National Research Council, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences

    Currently, the Departments of Defense (DOD) and Commerce (DOC) acquire and operate separate polarorbiting environmental satellite systems that collect data needed for military and civil weather forecasting. The National Performance…

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    Understanding Climate Change Feedbacks

    Panel on Climate Change Feedbacks,Climate Research Committee,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

    Feedbacks are processes in the climate system that can either amplify or dampen the system’s response to changed forcings. This study looks at what is known and not known about…

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    Capacity of U.S. Climate Modeling to Support Climate Change Assessment Activities

    Climate Research Committee,Commission on Geosciences, Environment and Resources,Division on Earth and Life Studies,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

    The U.S. government has pending before it the ratification of the Kyoto Protocol, an agreement to limit the emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs), which is largely based on the threat…

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    Infrastructure for the 21st Century: Framework for a Research Agenda

    National Research Council,Committee on Infrastructure Innovation,National Academy of Sciences

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    Natural Climate Variability on Decade-to-Century Time Scales

    National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Commission on Geosciences, Environment and Resources,Climate Research Committee

    Reflects the state of scientific knowledge about natural climate variability on decade-to-century time scales. This volume covers a range of subjects, including the characteristics of the atmosphere and ocean environments…

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    Twenty-Five Years of Sex Research: History of the National Research Council, Committee for Research in Problems of Sex, 1922-1947

    Sophie Bledsoe D Aberle,George Washington Corner

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    Frontiers in Polar Biology in the Genomic Era

    National Research Council,Polar Research Board,Committee on Frontiers in Polar Biology,National Research Council

    Highlights research areas in polar biology that can benefit from genomic technologies and assesses the impediments to the conduct of polar genomic research. This work also emphasizes the importance of…

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    Global Environmental Change: Research Pathways for the Next Decade, Overview

    Committee on Global Change Research,National Research Council,Board on Sustainable Development

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    Cattle Inspection: Committee on Evaluation of U.S.D.A. Streamlined Inspection System for Cattle

    Food and Nutrition Board,National Research Council

    The result of a federally-mandated study to evaluate the streamlined inspection systems now in place at cattle slaughter plants throughout the US, this volume compares the streamlined system to the…

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    Electrodynamics of Moving Media

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    Electrodynamics of Moving Media

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    Medically Assisted Conception: An Agenda for Research

    Committee on the Basic Science Foundations of Medically Assisted Conception,Institute of Medicine,National Research Council

    Presents a study by a committee of the Institute of Medicine and the National Research Council’s Board on Agriculture that examined the scientific foundations of medically assisted conception. This volume…

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    Biologic Markers in Pulmonary Toxicology

    Committee on Biologic Markers,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

    Biologic markers - indicators of biological exposure or change - offer the promise of early detection of disease caused by environmental exposure. Offering a comprehensive study of the use of…

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    Biologic Markers in Pulmonary Toxicology

    Committee on Biologic Markers,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

    Biologic markers - indicators of biological exposure or change - offer the promise of early detection of disease caused by environmental exposure. Offering a comprehensive study of the use of…

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    Environmental Epidemiology

    Committee on Environmental Epidemiology,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

    Determining the health risks to humans of exposure to toxic substances in the environment is made difficult by problems such as measuring the degree to which people have been exposed…

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    Rangeland Heath: New Methods to Classify, Inventory and Monitor Rangelands

    National Research Council

    Rangelands comprise between 40 and 50 percent of all U.S. land and serve the nation both as productive areas for wildlife, recreational use, and livestock grazing and as watersheds. The…

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    The Responsible Conduct of Research in the Health Sciences

    National Research Council,Institute of Medicine,Committee on the Responsible Conduct of Research,National Academy of Sciences

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    New Directions for Biosciences Research in Agriculture: High-reward Opportunities

    Committee on Biosciences,Research in Agriculture,Board on Agriculture,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

    Presented by an integrated committee of plant and animal scientists, this volume provides a review of molecular genetic techniques and traditional research methods. It discusses biosciences research in genetic engineering…

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    Microbial Status and Genetic Evaluation of Mice and Rats: Proceedings of the 1999 US/Japan Conference

    International Committee of the Institute for Laboratory Animal Research,National Research Council,Institute for Laboratory Animal Research

    US/Japan meetings on laboratory animal science have been held virtually every year since 1980 under the US/Japan Cooperative Program on Science and Technology. Over the years these meetings have resulted…

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    Research in Photosynthesis; Papers and Discussions Presented at the Gatlinburg Conference, October 25-29, 1955, Sponsored by the Committee on Photobiology of the National Academy of Sciences-National Research Council and Supported by the National Science

    H Gaffron

    The Gatlinburg Conference was a landmark event in the study of photosynthesis, bringing together leading researchers to discuss the latest findings and theories. This volume collects the papers and discussions…

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    The United States Antarctic Research Report to the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)

    Polar Research Board,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

    Many nations conduct research and engage in other scientific activities on Antarctica. Each year the US National Committee for the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research compiles a book that includes…

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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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    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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    Soil Conservation: An Assessment of the National Resources Inventory, Volume 2

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

    Brings together the technical papers from which Volume 1 is drawn. This book covers 10 papers and discussion from a National Research Council symposium that cover topics such as soil…

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    America’s Climate Choices

    Committee on America's Climate Choices,National Research Council

    Accompanying CD-ROM includes the four panel reports along with Reports in Brief and promotional videos.

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    Tooele Chemical Agent Disposal Facility: Update on National Research Council Recommendations

    National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems,Committee on Review and Evaluation of the Army Chemical Stockpile Disposal Program,National Academy of Sciences

    This report reviews the status of the U.S. Army Chemical Stockpile Disposal Program (CSDP) operations at Tooele, Utah, with respect to previous recommendations and observations made by the National Research…

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    Confronting Climate Change: Strategies for Energy Research and Development

    Committee on Alternative Energy Research and Development Strategies,Energy Engineering Board,Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems,National Research Council

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    Industrial Environmental Performance Metrics: Challenges and Opportunities

    Committee on Industrial Environmental Performance Metrics,National Academy of Engineering,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

    Presents a corporate-focused analysis that aims to bring clarity and practicality to the complex issues of environmental metrics in industry. This book examines the metrics implications to businesses as their…

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    Issues in Risk Assessment

    Committee on Risk Assessment Methodology,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

    The scientific basis, inference assumptions, regulatory uses, and research needs in risk assessment are considered in this two-part volume. The first part is Use of Maximum Tolerated Dose in Animal…

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    Technology for a Quieter America

    Committee on Technology for a Quieter America,National Research Council

    Exposure to noise at home, at work, while traveling, and during leisure activities is a fact of life for all Americans. At times noise can be loud enough to damage…

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    Marine Structures, Their Deterioration and Preservation; Report of the Committee on Marine Piling Investigations of the Division of Engineering and Industrial Research of the National Research Council

    William G B 1872 Atwood, Arthur Albert Johnson

    This report from the Committee on Marine Piling Investigations provides a comprehensive study on the deterioration and preservation of marine structures. It covers various types of marine structures and their…

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