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      High Stakes: Testing for Tracking, Promotion and Graduation

      Committee on Appropriate Test Use,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      States that everyone is in favor of ‘high education standards’ and ‘fair testing’ of student achievement, but there is little agreement as to what these terms actually mean. This book…

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      Toxicologic Assessment of the Army’s Zinc Cadmium Sulfide Dispersion Tests: Answers to Commonly Asked Questions

      Committee on Toxicology,Commission on Life Sciences,Division on Earth and Life Studies,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      During the 1950s and 1960s, the U.S. Army conducted atmospheric dispersion tests in many American cities using fluorescent particles of zinc cadmium sulfide (ZnCdS) to develop and verify meteorological models…

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      Radiation Dose Reconstruction for Epidemiologic Uses

      Committee on an Assessment of CDC Radiation Studies,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Public concern about releases of radiation into the environment has focused attention on the measurement of exposure of people living near nuclear weapons production facilities or in areas affected by…

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      Information Technology Research, Innovation, and e-Government

      Committee on Computing and Communications Research to Enable Better Use of Information Technology in Government,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Examines the emerging visions for e-government, the technologies required to implement them, and approaches that can be taken to accelerate innovation and the transition of innovative information technologies from the…

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      Use of Lightweight Materials in 21st Century Army Trucks

      National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,National Materials Advisory Board,Committee on Lightweight Materials for 21st Century Army Trucks,National Academy of Sciences

      Provides information on how, in order to achieve the Army’s envisioned Objective Force, the Committee on Lightweight Materials for the 21st Century Army Trucks was asked to identify research and…

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      Estimating Water Use in the United States: A New Paradigm for the National Water-Use Information Program

      National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Water Science and Technology Board,Committee on USGS Water Resources Research,National Academy of Sciences

      Across the United States, the practices for collecting water use data vary significantly from state to state and vary also from one water use category to another, in response to…

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      Our Sea Bed Frontier: Challenges and Choices

      Committee on Existing and Potential Uses of the Seafloor,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      The establishment of the US Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) in 1983 presents the nation with an opportunity and a challenge to wisely use its diverse resources. This book assesses the…

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      Regulating Pesticides in Food: The Delaney Paradox

      Committee on Scientific and Regulatory Issues Underlying Pesticide Use Patterns and Agricultural Innovation,Board on Agriculture,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Examines the impacts of the Delaney Clause on agricultural innovation and on the public’s dietary exposure to potentially carcinogenic pesticide residues. Four regulatory scenarios are described to illustrate the effects…

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      Reusable Launch Vehicle: Technology Development and Test Program

      Committee on Reusable Launch Vehicle Technology and Test Program,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Assesses whether the technology development, test and analysis programs in propulsion and materials-related technologies are properly constituted to provide the information required to support a December 1996 decision to build…

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      Film Badge Dosimetry in Atmospheric Nuclear Tests

      Committee on Film Badge Dosimetry in Atmospheric Nuclear Tests,National Research Council,George Lalos,National Academy of Sciences

      During the 18-year program of atmospheric testing of nuclear weapons (1945-1962), some of the 225,000 participants were exposed to radiation. Many of these participants have been experiencing sicknesses that may…

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      Overcoming Challenges to Develop Countermeasures Against Aerosolized Bioterrorism Agents: Appropriate Use of Animal Models

      Committee on Animal Models for Testing Interventions Against Aerosolized Bioterrorism Agents,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) gives the highest priority to developing countermeasures against bioterrorism agents that are highly infective when dispersed in aerosol form. Developing drugs…

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      Land Use Planning and Oil and Gas Leasing on Onshore Federal Lands

      Committee on Onshore Oil and Gas Leasing,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Examines the consideration of oil and gas leasing in the land use planning processes of the Bureau of Land Management and Forest Service. This book was required by the Federal…

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      The Hydrogen Economy: Opportunities, Costs, Barriers, and R&D Needs

      Committee on Alternatives and Strategies for Future Hydrogen Production and Use,National Research Council,National Academy of Engineering,National Academy of Sciences

      The announcement of a hydrogen fuel initiative in the President’s 2003 State of the Union speech substantially increased interest in the potential for hydrogen to play a major role in…

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      Use of Building Codes in Federal Agency Construction

      National Research Council,Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems,Building Research Board,Committee on Assessing the Impact on Federal Agencies of the Use of Building Codes as Design Criteria,National Academy of Sciences

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      Reducing the Use of Highly Enriched Uranium in Civilian Research Reactors

      National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board,Committee on the Current Status of and Progress Toward Eliminating Highly Enriched Uranium Use in Fuel for Civilian Research and Test Reactors

      Summary of Meeting on Updating and Optimizing a List of Civilian Research and Test Reactors that Operate Using HEU Fuel, held July 27-29, 2015 in Vienna Austria.

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      Intentional Human Dosing Studies for EPA Regulatory Purposes: Scientific and Ethical Issues

      Committee on the Use of Third Party Toxicity Research with Human Research Participants Science, Technology, and Law Program,Policy and Global Affairs,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      The EPA commissioned the National Academies to provide advice on whether and, under what circumstances EPA should accept and consider intentional human dosing studies to gather evidence relating to the…

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      Improving the Use of the Best Scientific Information Available: Standard in Fisheries Management

      Committee on Defining the Best Scientific Information Available for Fisheries Management,Ocean Studies Board,Division on Earth and Life Studies,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Recommends that NOAA Fisheries adopt procedural guidelines to ensure that the scientific information used in the development of fishery management plans is relevant and timely and is the product of…

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      Contraceptive Use and Controlled Fertility: Health Issues for Women and Children

      Committee on Population,National Research Council,Allan M. Parnell,National Academy of Sciences

      Contains four papers that supplement the book Contraception and Reproduction: Health Consequences for Women and Children in the Developing World . The topics addressed in this title include an analysis…

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      Biotechnology Research in an Age of Terrorism: Confronting the Fual Use  Dilemma

      Committee on Research Standards and Practices to Prevent the Destructive Application of Biotechnology,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Recommends that the government expand regulations and rely on self-governance by scientists rather than adopt intrusive new policies.

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      The Use of Multi-State Life Tables in Estimating Places for Biomedical and Behavioral Scientists: A Technical Paper

      National Research Council,Policy and Global Affairs,Office of Scientific and Engineering Personnel,Committee on National Needs for Biomedical and Behavioral Research Personnel,National Academy of Sciences

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      Systems for State Science Assessment

      Committee on Test Design for K-12 Science Achievement,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      In response to the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB), this book explores the ideas and tools that are needed to assess science learning at the state level…

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      Considerations in Contact Lens Use Under Adverse Conditions: Proceedings of a Symposium

      Working Group on Contact Lens Use Under Adverse Conditions,Committee on Vision,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Summarizes contemporary understanding of the scientific, clinical, and technical issues surrounding the use of contact lenses. This book discusses the special occupational conditions experienced by military personnel, particularly in extreme…

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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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      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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      Building Confidence in New Evidence Streams for Human Health Risk Assessment

      National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Institute for Laboratory Animal Research, Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, Committee on Variability and Relevance of Current Laboratory Mammalian Toxicity Tests and Expectations for New Approach Methods (NAMs) for use in Human Health Risk Assessment

      As part of its core mission, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is tasked with assessing the hazards and risks to human health from exposure to pollutants. While some pollutants…

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      Myths and Tradeoffs: The Role of Tests in Undergraduate Admissions

      Steering Committee for the Workshop on Higher Education Admissions,Board on Testing and Assessment,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      In 1996, more than 8 million students went through the complicated, stressful, and sometimes bewildering process of applying to colleges and universities in the United States. Much of the nail-biting…

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      Developing Capacities for Teaching Responsible Science in the MENA Region: Refashioning Scientific Dialogue

      The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS),Bibliotheca Alexandrina,National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Life Sciences

      In September 2012, the first Institute was held in Aqaba, Jordan, bringing together 28 participants from Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Libya, and Yemen to engage with, evidence-based teaching methods, and become…

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      Exposure of the American People to Iodine-131 from Nevada Nuclear-Bomb Tests: Review of the National Cancer Institute Report and Public Health Implications

      Committee on Thyroid Screening Related to I-131 Exposure,Institute of Medicine,Committee on Exposure of the American People to I-131 from the Nevada Atomic Bomb Tests,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Provides an evaluation of the soundness of the methodology used by the NCI study to estimate: past radiation doses; possible health consequences of exposure to iodine-131; implications for clinical practice…

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      Scientific Criteria to Ensure Safe Food

      Committee on the Review of the Use of Scientific Criteria and Performance Standards for Safe Food,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Aims to help in creating regulations that are consistent, reliable, and ensure the best protection for the health of American consumers. This book addresses the concerns in food safety, such…

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      The Use of Drugs in Food Animals: Benefits and Risks

      Committee on Drug Use in Food Animals,Panel on Animal Health, Food Safety, and Public Health,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Provides an overview of why and how drugs are used in the major food-producing animal industries. This volume discusses the prevalence of human pathogens in foods of animal origin. It…

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      Equivalency and Linkage of Educational Tests: Interim Report

      Committee on Equivalency and Linkage of Educational Tests,National Research Council,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,National Academy of Sciences,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education

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      Seismic Signals from Mining Operations and the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty: Comments on a Draft Report by a Department of Energy Working Group

      Committee on Seismic Signals from Mining Activities,Commission on Geosciences, Environment and Resources,Division on Earth and Life Studies,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

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      Research in the Life Sciences with Dual Use Potential: An International Faculty Development Project on Education About the Responsible Conduct of Science

      Committee on Developing a Framework for an International Faculty Development Project on Education about Research in the Life Sciences with Dual Use Potential,National Research Council,Bibliotheca Alexandrine,TWAS, The Academy of Sciences for the Developing World

      In many countries, colleges and universities are where the majority of innovative research is done; in all cases, they are where future scientists receive both their initial training and their…

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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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      Dietary Reference Intakes for Energy, Carbohydrate, Fiber, Fat, Fatty Acids, Cholesterol, Protein, and Amino Acids (Macronutrients)

      A Report of the Panel on Macronutrients,Subcommittees on Upper Reference Levels of Nutrients and Interpretation and Uses of Dietary Reference Intakes,The Standing Committee on the Scientific Evaluation of Dietary Reference Intakes,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Presents dietary reference values for the intakes of nutrients. This book establishes recommendations for energy, carbohydrate, fiber, fat, fatty acids, cholesterol, protein, and amino acids. It also includes recommendations for…

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      Enhancing Professional Development for Teachers: Potential Uses of Information Technology, Report of a Workshop

      Committee on Enhancing Professional Development for Teachers,National Academies Teacher Advisory Council,National Research Council

      Teachers, like other professionals, need to stay informed about new knowledge and technologies. Yet many express dissatisfaction with the professional development opportunities made available to them in schools and insist…

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