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Measuring Research and Development Expenditures in the U.S. Nonprofit Sector: Conceptual and Design Issues: Summary of a Workshop by National Research Council 9780309367141
Booksplease Price: £47.13National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics (NCSES) of the National Science Foundation is responsible for national reporting of the research and development (R&D) activities that occur in... -
Innovations in Design and Utilization of Measurement Systems to Promote Children's Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Health: Workshop Summary by National Research Council 9780309367486
RRP: £33.00Booksplease Price: £26.00Many measurement systems to monitor the well-being of children and guide services are implemented across the community, state, and national levels in the United States. While great progress has been... -
Health Literacy: Past, Present, and Future: Workshop Summary by Roundtable on Health Literacy 9780309371544
RRP: £38.00Booksplease Price: £29.99In 2004, the Institute of Medicine released Health Literacy: A Prescription to End Confusion, a report on the then-underappreciated challenge of enabling patients to comprehend their condition and... -
Review of the Everglades Aquifer Storage and Recovery Regional Study by Committee to Review the Florida Aquifer Storage and Recover Regional Study Technical Data Report 9780309372091
Booksplease Price: £39.61The Florida Everglades is a large and diverse aquatic ecosystem that has been greatly altered over the past century by an extensive water control infrastructure designed to increase agricultural and... -
Examining a Developmental Approach to Childhood Obesity: The Fetal and Early Childhood Years: Workshop Summary by Institute of Medicine 9780309376952
RRP: £39.00Booksplease Price: £30.79Recent scientific evidence points to the origins of childhood obesity as an outcome of the dynamic interplay of genetic, behavioral, and environmental factors throughout early development, with a... -
A New Vision for Center-Based Engineering Research by National Academies of Sciences Engineering and Medicine 9780309459051
RRP: £38.00Booksplease Price: £29.99The future security, economic growth, and competitiveness of the United States depend on its capacity to innovate. Major sources of innovative capacity are the new knowledge and trained students... -
Nutrient Requirements of Swine: Eleventh Revised Edition by National Research Council 9780309489034
RRP: £81.00Booksplease Price: £63.57Since 1944, the National Research Council has published 10 editions of the Nutrient Requirements of Swine. This reference has guided nutritionists and other professionals in academia and the swine... -
Estimating the Prevalence of Human Trafficking in the United States: Considerations and Complexities: Proceedings of a Workshop by National Academies of Sciences Engineering and Medicine 9780309499590
Booksplease Price: £38.62Human trafficking has many names and can take many forms - pimp control, commercial sex, exploitation, forced labor, modern slavery, child labor, and several others - and the definitions vary greatly... -
An Assessment of Illness in U.S. Government Employees and Their Families at Overseas Embassies by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine 9780309681377
RRP: £37.00Booksplease Price: £29.20In late 2016, U.S. Embassy personnel in Havana, Cuba, began to report the development of an unusual set of symptoms and clinical signs. For some of these patients, their case began with the sudden... -
Artificial Intelligence in Health Care: The Hope, the Hype, the Promise, the Peril by National Academy of Medicine 9780309705134
Booksplease Price: £39.73The emergence of artificial intelligence (AI) in health care offers unprecedented opportunities to improve patient and clinical team outcomes, reduce costs, and impact population health. While there... -
Risk Communication and Vaccination: Workshop Summary by Institute of Medicine 9780309057905
Booksplease Price: £91.56Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780309057905Author Institute of MedicineFormat PaperbackPage Count 44Imprint National Academies... -
Health Effects of Exposure to Low Levels of Ionizing Radiations: Time for Reassessment? by Committee on Health Effects of Exposure to Low Levels of Ionizing Radiations (Beir VII) 9780309061766
Booksplease Price: £43.78The US Environmental Protection Agency Office of Radiation and Indoor Air asked the National Research Council to evaluate whether sufficient new data exist to warrant a reassessment of health risks... -
Dietary Reference Intakes for Thiamin, Riboflavin, Niacin, Vitamin B6, Folate, Vitamin B12, Pantothenic Acid, Biotin, and Choline by Food and Nutrition Board 9780309065542
Booksplease Price: £100.35Since 1941, Recommended Dietary Allowances (RDAs) has been recognized as the most authoritative source of information on nutrient levels for healthy people. Since publication of the 10th edition in... -
The Partnership for Advancing Technology in Housing: Year 2000 Progress Assessment of the Path Program by Board on Infrastructure and the Constructed Environment 9780309073363
Booksplease Price: £43.78In response to HUD's request, the NRC assembled a panel of experts, the Committee for Oversight and Assessment of the Partnership for Advancing Technology in Housing, under the auspices of the Board... -
Issues for Science and Engineering Researchers in the Digital Age by Policy Division 9780309074179
Booksplease Price: £43.78Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780309074179Author Policy DivisionFormat PaperbackPage Count 70Imprint National Academies... -
Technology and Assessment: Thinking Ahead -- Proceedings from a Workshop by Board on Testing and Assessment 9780309083201
Booksplease Price: £48.38The papers in this collection were commissioned by the Board on Testing and Assessment (BOTA) of the National Research Council (NRC) for a workshop held on November 14, 2001, with support from the... -
Ensuring the Quality of Data Disseminated by the Federal Government: Workshop Report by Ad Hoc Committee on Ensuring the Quality of Government Information 9780309088572
Booksplease Price: £42.11Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780309088572Author Ad Hoc Committee on Ensuring the Quality of Government InformationFormat... -
Monitoring International Labor Standards: Summary of Domestic Forums by National Research Council 9780309088619
Booksplease Price: £42.11Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780309088619Author National Research CouncilFormat PaperbackPage Count 110Imprint National Academies... -
Guatemala: Human Rights and the Myrna Mack Case by Institute of Medicine 9780309089166
Booksplease Price: £42.11Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780309089166Author Institute of MedicineFormat PaperbackPage Count 53Imprint National Academies... -
How Students Learn: History in the Classroom by Committee on How People Learn: A Targeted Report for Teachers 9780309089487
RRP: £40.00Booksplease Price: £31.09How Students Learn: History in the Classroom builds on the discoveries detailed in the best-selling How People Learn. Now these findings are presented in a way that teachers can use immediately, to... -
Assessing the National Streamflow Information Program by National Research Council 9780309092104
Booksplease Price: £45.98From warning the public of impending floods to settling legal arguments over water rights, the measurement of streamflow ("streamgaging") plays a vital role in our society. Having good information... -
Coal: Research and Development to Support National Energy Policy by Committee on Coal Research, Technology, and Resource Assessments to Inform Energy Policy 9780309110228
Booksplease Price: £47.58Coal will continue to provide a major portion of energy requirements in the United States for at least the next several decades. It is imperative that accurate information describing the amount,... -
Environmental Health Sciences Decision Making: Risk Management, Evidence, and Ethics: Workshop Summary by Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research, and Medicine 9780309124546
Booksplease Price: £27.35Environmental health decision making can be a complex undertaking, as there is the need to navigate and find balance among three core elements: science, policy, and the needs of the American public... -
Advancing the Competitiveness and Efficiency of the U.S. Construction Industry by Committee on Advancing the Competitiveness and Productivity of the U.S. Construction Industry 9780309141918
Booksplease Price: £43.59Construction productivity-how well, how quickly, and at what cost buildings and infrastructure can be constructed-directly affects prices for homes and consumer goods and the robustness of the... -
Revitalizing NASA's Suborbital Program: Advancing Science, Driving Innovation, and Developing Workforce by National Research Council 9780309150835
Booksplease Price: £34.79Suborbital flight activities, including the use of sounding rockets, aircraft, high-altitude balloons, and suborbital reusable launch vehicles, offer valuable opportunities to advance science, train... -
Ecosystem Services: Charting a Path to Sustainability by Interdisciplinary Research Team Summaries; Conference, Arnold and Mabel Beckman Center, Irvine, California, November 10-11, 2011 9780309252423
Booksplease Price: £38.78Natural environments provide enormously valuable, but largely unappreciated, services that aid humans and other earthlings. It is becoming clear that these life-support systems are faltering and... -
Review of Biotreatment, Water Recovery, and Brine Reduction Systems for the Pueblo Chemical Agent Destruction Pilot Plant by National Research Council 9780309263931
Booksplease Price: £35.74The Pueblo Chemical Depot (PCD) in Colorado is one of two sites that features U.S. stockpile of chemical weapons that need to be destroyed. The PCD features about 2,600 tons of mustard-including... -
Gulf War and Health: Long-Term Effects of Blast Exposures: Volume 9: Gulf War and Health by Committee on Gulf War and Health 9780309267649
RRP: £41.00Booksplease Price: £32.39Since the United States began combat operations in Afghanistan in October 2001 and then in Iraq in March 2003, the numbers of US soldiers killed exceed 6,700 and of US soldiers wounded 50,500... -
Corps of Engineers Water Resources Infrastructure: Deterioration, Investment, or Divestment? by Committee on U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Water Resources Science, Engineering, and Planning 9780309264761
RRP: £33.00Booksplease Price: £26.00Over the past century, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has built a vast network of water management infrastructure that includes approximately 700 dams, 14,000 miles of levees, 12,000 miles of river... -
The Continuing Epidemiological Transition in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Workshop Summary by National Research Council 9780309266482
Booksplease Price: £30.28Among the poorest and least developed regions in the world, sub-Saharan Africa has long faced a heavy burden of disease, with malaria, tuberculosis, and, more recently, HIV being among the most... -
Leveraging Action to Support Dissemination of the Pregnancy Weight Gain Guidelines: Workshop Summary by National Research Council 9780309289665
Booksplease Price: £36.65Since 1990, when the last guidelines for weight gain during pregnancy were issued, the average body weight of women entering their childbearing years has increased considerably, with a greater... -
Trends in the Innovation Ecosystem: Can Past Successes Help Inform Future Strategies? Summary of Two Workshops by Committee on Science, Engineering and Public Policy 9780309293044
Booksplease Price: £30.28Innovation has been a major engine of American economic and societal progress. It has increased per capita income more than sevenfold since the 19th century, has added three decades to the average... -
New York's Nanotechnology Model: Building the Innovation Economy: Summary of a Symposium by Committee on Competing in the 21st Century: Best Practice in State and Regional Innovation Initiatives 9780309293174
Booksplease Price: £44.61New York's Nanotechnology Model: Building the Innovation Economy is the summary of a 2013 symposium convened by the National Research Council Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy and... -
Understanding the Connections Between Coastal Waters and Ocean Ecosystem Services and Human Health: Workshop Summary by Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research, and Medicine 9780309294683
RRP: £38.00Booksplease Price: £29.99Understanding the Connections Between Coastal Waters and Ocean Ecosystem Services and Human Health discusses the connection of ecosystem services and human health. This report looks at the state of... -
Sustainable Diets: Food for Healthy People and a Healthy Planet: Workshop Summary by Institute of Medicine 9780309296670
Booksplease Price: £45.67One of the many benefits of the U.S. food system is a safe, nutritious, and consistent food supply. However, the same system also places significant strain on land, water, air, and other natural... -
Applying a Health Lens to Decision Making in Non-Health Sectors: Workshop Summary by Institute of Medicine 9780309299756
Booksplease Price: £36.60Health is influenced by a wide range of factors, many of which fall outside of the health care delivery sector. These determinants of health include, for example, the characteristics of how people... -
The Current State of Obesity Solutions in the United States: Workshop Summary by Institute of Medicine 9780309302753
Booksplease Price: £35.41For the first time in decades, promising news has emerged regarding efforts to curb the obesity crisis in the United States. Obesity rates have fallen among low-income children in 18 states, the... -
Building Infrastructure for International Collaborative Research in the Social and Behavioral Sciences: Summary of a Workshop by USNC/Psychology Workshop Planning 9780309313452
Booksplease Price: £28.78In recent years, as science becomes increasingly international and collaborative, the importance of projects that involve research teams and research subjects from different countries has grown... -
The Role of Clinical Studies for Pets with Naturally Occurring Tumors in Translational Cancer Research: Workshop Summary by Sharyl J. Nass 9780309379908
RRP: £35.00Booksplease Price: £27.60Traditional preclinical mouse models of cancer have been very useful for studying the biology of cancer, however they often lack key characteristics of human cancers. As a result, many novel drug... -
Global Health Risk Framework: Governance for Global Health: Workshop Summary by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine 9780309381048
Booksplease Price: £41.34Since the 2014 Ebola outbreak many public- and private-sector leaders have seen a need for improved management of global public health emergencies. The effects of the Ebola epidemic go well beyond...