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      Population Dynamics of Kenya

      Working Group on Kenya,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Offers an examination of trends in fertility and mortality, considering the links between those trends and the socioeconomic changes occuring during the same period.

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      Procedures for Testing Color Vision: Report of Working Group 41

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

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      Electronic Travel Aids: New Directions for Research

      Committee on Vision,Working Group on Mobility Aids for the Visually Impaired and Blind,National Academy of Sciences

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      A Review of the Draft Report of the NCI-CDC Working Group to Revise the 1985 Radioepidemiological Tables

      Committee on an Assessment of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Radiation Studies from DOE Contractor Sites,Board on Radiation Effects Research,National Academy of Sciences,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Commission on Life Sciences

      The National Research Council was asked by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to review the draft report of the National Cancer Institute (NCI)-CDC’s working group charged with…

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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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      Fateful Choices: The Future of the U.S. Academic Research Enterprise

      Working Group on the Academic Research Enterprise,National Research Council,National Academy of Engineering,Institute of Medicine,National Academy of Sciences

      Describes a vision for the future of US academic research and the policies required to maintain the quality of academic research in the US. This volume also describes longer-term strategic…

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      Factors Affecting Contraceptive Use in Sub-Saharan Africa

      Working Group on Factors Affecting Contraceptive Use,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Discusses trends in contraceptive use, socioeconomic and program variables that affect the demand for and supply of children, and the relationship of increased contraceptive use to fertility declines.

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      Review of NOAA Working Group Report on Maintaining the Continuation of Long-term Satellite Total Solar Irradiance Observation

      Committee on Evaluating NOAA's Plan to Mitigate the Loss of Total Solar Irradiance Measurements from Space,Board on Atmospheric Sciences & Climate,Division on Earth and Life Studies,National Research Council

      Solar irradiance is a vital source of energy input for the Earth’s climate system and its variability has the potential to mitigate or exacerbate a human-created climate. This report evaluates…

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      Building Ocean Science Partnerships: The United States and Mexico Working Together

      AMC-NRC Joint Working Group on Ocean Sciences,Academia Mexicana de Ciencias,Ocean Studies Board,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Describes potential ocean science projects for cooperative research between scientists from the United States and Mexico, focused on the Pacific Coast of California and Baja California, the Gulf of California…

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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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      Demographic Effects of Economic Reversals in Sub-Saharan Africa

      Working Group on Demographic Effects of Economic and Social Reversals,National Research Council

      Examines the effects of economic downturns on first marriages, first and second births, and child mortality in Botswana, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, Togo, and Uganda.

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      Population Growth and Economic Development: Policy Questions

      Working Group on Population Growth and Economic Development,Committee on Population,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,National Research Council

      Addresses relevant questions like: Will population growth reduce the growth rate of per capita income because it reduces the per capita availability of exhaustible resources?; how about for renewable resources…

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      Work, Aging, and Vision: Report of a Conference

      National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on Vision,Working Group on Aging Workers and Visual Impairment

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      Preventing Intimate Partner Violence in Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania: Summary of a Joint Workshop by the Institute of Medicine, the National Research Council, and the Uganda National Academy of Sciences

      National Research Council,Institute of Medicine,Board on Global Health,Forum on Global Violence Prevention

      Globally, between 15-71 percent of women will experience physical and/or sexual abuse from an intimate partner at some point in their lifetime. Too often this preventable form of violence is…

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      Population Dynamics of Senegal

      Working Group on Senegal

      Part of the Population Dynamics of Sub-Saharan Africa series, this volume examines key demographic changes in Senegal. It analyzes the changes in fertility and their causes, with comparisons to other…

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      Contact Lens Use Under Adverse Conditions: Applications in Military Aviation

      National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on Vision,Working Group on Contact Lens Use Under Adverse Conditions

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      Social Dynamics of Adolescent Fertility in Sub-Saharan Africa

      Working Group on the Social Dynamics of Adolescent Fertility,National Research Council

      Provides an examination of changes in adolescent fertility, emphasizing the social context within which adolescent childbearing takes place.

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      Mission to Planet Earth

      Task Group on Earth Sciences,Space Science Board,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

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      Effects of Health Programs on Child Mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa

      Working Group on the Effects of Child Survival and General Health Programs on Mortality,National Research Council

      Examines the effects of health interventions on infant and child mortality. Discussions of levels and trends of infant and child mortality and causes of death provide the background for an…

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      Life Sciences: Space Science in the Twenty-First Century - Imperatives for the Decades 1995 to 2015

      Task Group on Life Sciences,Space Science Board,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

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      Space Science in the Twenty-First Century: Imperatives for the Decades 1995 to 2015, Overview

      Report of the Study Steering Group,Space Science Board,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

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      Integrating Research and Education: Biocomplexity Investigators Explore the Possibilities: Summary of a Workshop

      Bridget K.B. Avila,Planning Group for the Workshop on Integrating Education in Biocomplexity Research,Board on Life Sciences,Division on Earth and Life Studies,National Research Council

      The workshop summary provides guidance for researchers applying to the National Science Foundation (NSF) for funding. New NSF guidelines require applications to address the broader impact of the proposed research…

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      Planetary and Lunar Exploration: Space Science in the Twenty-First Century – Imperatives for the Decades 1995 to 2015

      National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Space Science Board,Task Group on Planetary and Lunar Exploration,National Academy of Sciences

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      Solar and Space Physics: Space Science in the Twenty-First Century - Imperatives for the Decades 1995 to 2015

      Task Group on Solar and Space Physics,Space Science Board,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      From the interior of the Sun, to the upper atmosphere and near-space environment of Earth, and outward to a region far beyond Pluto where the Sun’s influence wanes, advances during…

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      Risk Assessment in the Federal Government: Managing the Process Working Papers

      National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Commission on Life Sciences,Committee on the Institutional Means for Assessment of Risks to Public Health,National Academy of Sciences

      The regulation of potentially hazardous substances has become a controversial issue. This volume evaluates past efforts to develop and use risk assessment guidelines, reviews the experience of regulatory agencies with…

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      Evaluating the Biological Potential in Samples Returned from Planetary Satellites and Small Solar System Bodies: Framework for Decision Making

      Task Group on Sample Return from Small Solar System Bodies,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Considers the possibility that life may have existed on a body from which a sample might be taken and the possibility that life still exists on the body either in…

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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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      Working Papers: Astronomy and Astrophysics Panel Reports

      Astronomy and Astrophysics Survey Committee,Board on Physics and Astronomy,National Research Council,John N. Bahcall,National Academy of Sciences

      Contains working papers on astronomy and astrophysics prepared by 15 non-National Research Council panels in areas ranging from radio astronomy to the status of the profession.

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      Work and Family: Policies for a Changing Work Force

      Panel on Employer Policies and Working Families,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Reviews changes in work and family structures and their effects on worker productivity and employer practices. This book presents a range of approaches to easing the conflicts between work and…

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      Protecting Youth at Work: Health, Safety and Development of Working Children and Adolescents in the United States

      Committee on the Health and Safety Implications of Child Labor,National Research Council and Institute of Medicine,National Academy of Sciences

      Looks at what is known about work done by children and adolescents and the effects of that work on their physical and emotional health and social functioning. This book provides…

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      Exploring a Vision: Integrating Knowledge for Food and Health

      Tina I. Rouse,Debra P. Davis,Planning Group for a Workshop on Exploring a Vision: Integrating Knowledge for Food and Health,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Features the thoughts of more than 100 leaders in agriculture, health research, education policy, and industry convened at the National Academies in June 2003. This work argues that the nation…

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      Emerging and Readily Available Technologies and National Security: A Framework for Addressing Ethical, Legal, and Societal Issues

      National Academy of Engineering,National Research Council,Center for Engineering, Ethics, and Society Advisory Group,Committee on Science, Technology, and Law,Board on Life Sciences

      Offers a study on the ethical, legal, and societal issues relating to the research on, development of, and use of rapidly changing technologies with low barriers of entry that have…

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