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Understanding Climate's Influence on Human Evolution by Committee on the Earth system Context for Hominin Evolution 9780309148382
Booksplease Price: €48.85The hominin fossil record documents a history of critical evolutionary events that have ultimately shaped and defined what it means to be human, including the origins of bipedalism; the emergence of... -
Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals by Committee for the Update of the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals 9780309154000
RRP: €39.27Booksplease Price: €30.94A respected resource for decades, the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals has been updated by a committee of experts, taking into consideration input from the scientific and laboratory... -
Assessing the Effects of the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill on Human Health: A Summary of the June 2010 Workshop by Institute of Medicine 9780309157810
Booksplease Price: €49.19From the origin of the leak, to the amount of oil released into the environment, to the spill's duration, the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill poses unique challenges to human health. The risks... -
Understanding the Demand for Illegal Drugs by Committee on Understanding and Controlling the Demand for Illegal Drugs 9780309159340
Booksplease Price: €57.73Despite efforts to reduce drug consumption in the United States over the past 35 years, drugs are just as cheap and available as they have ever been. Cocaine, heroin, and methamphetamines continue to... -
National Children's Study 2014: An Assessment: 2014 by Panel on the Design of the National Children's Study and Implications for the Generalizability of Results 9780309306898
Booksplease Price: €52.10The National Children's Study (NCS) was authorized by the Children's Health Act of 2000 and is being implemented by a dedicated Program Office in the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of... -
Recent Fertility Trends in Sub-Saharan Africa: Workshop Summary by Committee on Population 9780309381192
Booksplease Price: €52.10Fertility rates and population growth influence economic development. The marked declines in fertility seen in some developing nations have been accompanied by slowing population growth, which in... -
Refinements to the Methods for Developing Spacecraft Exposure Guidelines by Committee on Spacecraft Exposure Guidelines 9780309390781
Booksplease Price: €34.16Human spaceflight is inherently risky, with numerous potential hazards posed at each phase of a mission. Potential health risks during spaceflights include short-term health consequences from being... -
The Promise of Assistive Technology to Enhance Activity and Work Participation by National Academies of Sciences Engineering and Medicine 9780309457842
RRP: €120.19Booksplease Price: €93.13The U.S. Census Bureau has reported that 56.7 million Americans had some type of disability in 2010, which represents 18.7 percent of the civilian noninstitutionalized population included in the 2010... -
Measuring the 21st Century Science and Engineering Workforce Population: Evolving Needs by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine 9780309469135
RRP: €58.31Booksplease Price: €46.16The National Science Foundation's National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics (NCSES), one of the nation's principal statistical agencies, is charged to collect, acquire, analyze, report,... -
Assuring Data Quality and Validity in Clinical Trials for Regulatory Decision Making: Workshop Report: Workshop Report by Jonathan R. Davis 9780309065948
Booksplease Price: €52.10In an effort to increase knowledge and understanding of the process of assuring data quality and validity in clinical trials, the IOM hosted a workshop to open a dialogue on the process to identify... -
Fueling Innovation and Discovery: The Mathematical Sciences in the 21st Century by National Research Council 9780309254731
RRP: €20.22Booksplease Price: €16.01The mathematical sciences are part of everyday life. Modern communication, transportation, science, engineering, technology, medicine, manufacturing, security, and finance all depend on the... -
Review of the EPA's Economic Analysis of Final Water Quality Standards for Nutrients for Lakes and Flowing Waters in Florida by National Research Council 9780309254939
RRP: €41.65Booksplease Price: €32.84The Environmental Protection Agency's estimate of the costs associated with implementing numeric nutrient criteria in Florida's waterways was significantly lower than many stakeholders expected. This... -
Provision of Mental Health Counseling Services Under TRICARE by Committee on the Qualifications of Professionals Providing Mental Health Counseling Services under TRICARE 9780309147668
Booksplease Price: €70.90In this book, the IOM makes recommendations for permitting independent practice for mental health counselors treating patients within TRICARE--the DOD's health care benefits program. This would... -
Organ Donation: Opportunities for Action by Committee on Increasing Rates of Organ Donation 9780309101141
Booksplease Price: €78.86Rates of organ donation lag far behind the increasing need. At the start of 2006, more than 90,000 people were waiting to receive a solid organ (kidney, liver, lung, pancreas, heart, or intestine)... -
Lifelong Learning Imperative in Engineering: Summary of a Workshop by Debasish Dutta 9780309151184
Booksplease Price: €35.69The 21st century is witnessing a rapid increase in the pace of knowledge creation in the sciences and engineering. Competing in this global economy requires a science and engineering workforce that... -
Toxicity-Pathway-Based Risk Assessment: Preparing for Paradigm Change: A Symposium Summary by National Research Council 9780309154222
Booksplease Price: €49.85In 2007, the National Research Council envisioned a new paradigm in which biologically important perturbations in key toxicity pathways would be evaluated with new methods in molecular biology,... -
Toward Precision Medicine: Building a Knowledge Network for Biomedical Research and a New Taxonomy of Disease by Committee on a Framework for Development a New Taxonomy of Disease 9780309222228
RRP: €45.22Booksplease Price: €35.69Motivated by the explosion of molecular data on humans-particularly data associated with individual patients-and the sense that there are large, as-yet-untapped opportunities to use this data to... -
Blueprint for the Future: Framing the Issues of Women in Science in a Global Context: Summary of a Workshop by Committee on Status and Participation of Women in STEM Disciplines and Careers 9780309225199
Booksplease Price: €44.20The scientific work of women is often viewed through a national or regional lens, but given the growing worldwide connectivity of most, if not all, scientific disciplines, there needs to be... -
International Animal Research Regulations: Impact on Neuroscience Research: Workshop Summary by Forum on Neuroscience and Nervous System Disorders 9780309252089
RRP: €34.51Booksplease Price: €28.08Animals are widely used in neuroscience research to explore biological mechanisms of nervous system function, to identify the genetic basis of disease states, and to provide models of human disorders... -
Nonresponse in Social Science Surveys: A Research Agenda by National Research Council 9780309272476
Booksplease Price: €46.34For many household surveys in the United States, responses rates have been steadily declining for at least the past two decades. A similar decline in survey response can be observed in all wealthy... -
Alternatives for Managing the Nation's Complex Contaminated Groundwater Sites by National Research Council 9780309278744
RRP: €77.35Booksplease Price: €59.83Across the United States, thousands of hazardous waste sites are contaminated with chemicals that prevent the underlying groundwater from meeting drinking water standards. These include Superfund... -
Fostering Independence, Participation, and Healthy Aging Through Technology: Workshop Summary by Forum on Aging, Disability, and Independence 9780309285179
Booksplease Price: €39.56The Institute of Medicine (IOM) and the National Research Council (NRC) have had prominent roles in discussions of aging, disability, and technology for decades. In 1978, Aging and Medical Education... -
Sensing and Shaping Emerging Conflicts: Report of a Workshop by the National Academy of Engineering and United States Institute of Peace Roundtable on Technology, Science, and Peacebuilding by National Academy of Engineering 9780309286114
Booksplease Price: €35.80Technology has revolutionized many aspects of modern life, from how businesses operate, to how people get information, to how countries wage war. Certain technologies in particular, including not... -
Advancing Land Change Modeling: Opportunities and Research Requirements by Committee on Needs and Research Requirements for Land Change Modeling 9780309288330
RRP: €41.65Booksplease Price: €32.84People are constantly changing the land surface through construction, agriculture, energy production, and other activities. Changes both in how land is used by people (land use) and in the... -
Livable Cities of the Future: Proceedings of a Symposium Honoring the Legacy of George Bugliarello by Mohammad Karamouz 9780309300094
Booksplease Price: €49.08At the beginning of the 20th century an estimated five percent of the world's population lived in cities. Today, half the world's population is urbanized. Urban sustainability is multifaceted and... -
Health Literacy and Numeracy: Workshop Summary by Institute of Medicine 9780309299800
RRP: €41.65Booksplease Price: €32.84Although health literacy is commonly defined as an individual trait, it does not depend on the skills of individuals alone. Health literacy is the product of the interaction between individuals'... -
Risks and Risk Governance in Shale Gas Development: Summary of Two Workshops by Board on Environmental Change and Society 9780309312578
Booksplease Price: €45.48Natural gas in deep shale formations, which can be developed by hydraulic fracturing and associated technologies (often collectively referred to as "fracking") is dramatically increasing... -
The Science of Responding to a Nuclear Reactor Accident: Summary of a Symposium by National Research Council 9780309316590
Booksplease Price: €32.61The Science of Responding to a Nuclear Reactor Accident summarizes the presentations and discussions of the May 2014 Gilbert W. Beebe Symposium titled "The Science and Response to a Nuclear Reactor... -
Tying Flood Insurance to Flood Risk for Low-Lying Structures in the Floodplain by National Research Council 9780309371667
RRP: €42.84Booksplease Price: €33.80Floods take a heavy toll on society, costing lives, damaging buildings and property, disrupting livelihoods, and sometimes necessitating federal disaster relief, which has risen to record levels in... -
Integration of FDA and NIOSH Processes Used to Evaluate Respiratory Protective Devices for Health Care Workers: Proceedings of a Workshop by National Academies of Sciences Engineering and Medicine 9780309451277
RRP: €39.27Booksplease Price: €30.94Both the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) have responsibilities for evaluating and regulating respiratory protective devices... -
Investigative Strategies for Lead-Source Attribution at Superfund Sites Associated with Mining Activities by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine 9780309465564
RRP: €72.59Booksplease Price: €56.62The Superfund program of the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was created in the 1980s to address human-health and environmental risks posed by abandoned or uncontrolled hazardous-waste sites... -
Nutrigenomics and the Future of Nutrition: Proceedings of a Workshop by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine 9780309477642
RRP: €63.07Booksplease Price: €49.02On December 5, 2017, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine hosted a public workshop titled Nutrigenomics and the Future of Nutrition in Washington, DC, to review current... -
A Design Thinking, Systems Approach to Well-Being Within Education and Practice: Proceedings of a Workshop by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine 9780309477840
RRP: €48.79Booksplease Price: €38.54The mental health and well-being of health professionals is a topic that is broad, exceptionally relevant, and urgent to address. It is both a local and a global issue, and affects professionals in... -
The Intersection of Behavioral Health, Mental Health, and Health Literacy: Proceedings of a Workshop by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine 9780309485302
RRP: €44.03Booksplease Price: €34.75The field of health literacy has evolved from early efforts that focused on individuals to its current recognition that health literacy is a multidimensional team and system function. Health literacy... -
Exploring Medical and Public Health Preparedness for a Nuclear Incident: Proceedings of a Workshop by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine 9780309489140
RRP: €67.83Booksplease Price: €52.82The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine held a workshop on August 22-23, 2018, in Washington, DC, to explore medical and public health preparedness for a nuclear incident. The... -
Stronger Food and Drug Regulatory Systems Abroad by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine 9780309670432
RRP: €63.07Booksplease Price: €49.02Ensuring the safety of food and the quality and safety of medicines in a country is an important role of government, made more complicated by global manufacturing and international trade. By recent... -
Here or There?: A Survey of Factors in Multinational R&D Location -- Report to the Government-University-Industry Research Roundtable by Jerry Thursby 9780309101844
Booksplease Price: €24.51In this report to the Government-University-Industry Research Roundtable, authors Jerry Thursby and Marie Thursby summarize their research on the globalization of corporate R&D. The authors surveyed... -
After-School Programs to Promote Child and Adolescent Development: Summary of a Workshop by Board on Children, Youth, and Families 9780309071796
Booksplease Price: €52.10This report summarizes the presentations and discussion at a workshop entitled Opportunities to Promote Child and Adolescent Development During the After-School Hours, convened on October 21, 1999... -
Envisioning the Agenda for Water Resources Research in the Twenty-First Century by Water Science and Technology Board 9780309075664
Booksplease Price: €52.10Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780309075664Author Water Science and Technology BoardFormat PaperbackPage Count 70Imprint National... -
Suicide Prevention and Intervention: Summary of a Workshop by Committee on Pathophysiology & Prevention of Adolescent & Adult Suicide 9780309076241
Booksplease Price: €52.10For many, thoughts of suicide are abundant and frequent. There exists a fear of death but an even greater fear of life due to the latter's hardships. Participants of the committee on the...