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A Framework for K-12 Science Education: Practices, Crosscutting Concepts, and Core Ideas National Research Council 9780309217422
RRP: £37.00Booksplease Price: £30.00Science, engineering, and technology permeate nearly every facet of modern life and hold the key to solving many of humanity's most pressing current and future challenges. The United States' position... -
The Impact of Juvenile Justice System Involvement on the Health and Well-Being of Youth, Families, and Communities of Color: Proceedings of a Workshop by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine 9780309690539
RRP: £20.99Booksplease Price: £16.65Involvement with the juvenile justice system can impact young people's physical and mental health and well-being throughout their lives, as well as the health and well-being of their families and... -
Planning the Future Space Weather Operations and Research Infrastructure: Proceedings of the Phase II Workshop by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine 9780309693660
RRP: £19.99Booksplease Price: £15.85Affecting technological systems at a global-scale, space weather can disrupt high-frequency radio signals, satellite-based communications, navigational satellite positioning and timing signals,... -
Strategic Engagement in Global S&T: Opportunities for Defense Research by National Research Council 9780309306225
Booksplease Price: £41.89According to recent reports, the United States currently accounts for less than one-third of global research and development spending, and it is projected that this fraction will decline to 18% by... -
In the Light of Evolution: Volume X: Comparative Phylogeography by National Academy of Sciences 9780309444224
RRP: £121.00Booksplease Price: £93.16Biodiversity-the genetic variety of life-is an exuberant product of the evolutionary past, a vast human-supportive resource (aesthetic, intellectual, and material) of the present, and a rich legacy... -
Protection of Federal Office Buildings Against Terrorism by Building Research Board 9780309076463
Booksplease Price: £38.22Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780309076463Author Building Research BoardFormat PaperbackPage Count 60Imprint National Academies... -
Evaluation of the Lovell Federal Health Care Center Merger: Findings, Conclusions, and Recommendations by Institute of Medicine 9780309262798
RRP: £45.00Booksplease Price: £34.79The 2010 opening of the Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center (FHCC) created a joint entity between the Department of Defense (DoD) and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) that... -
Interfaces for Ground and Air Military Robots: Workshop Summary by National Research Council 9780309096065
Booksplease Price: £34.79In the early years of robotics and automated vehicles, the fight was against nature and not against a manifestly intelligent opponent. In military environments, however, where prediction and... -
The Geological Record of Ecological Dynamics: Understanding the Biotic Effects of Future Environmental Change by Committee on the Geologic Record of Biosphere Dynamics 9780309095808
Booksplease Price: £51.58In order to answer important questions about ecosystems and biodiversity, scientists can look to the past geological recorda "which includes fossils, sediment and ice cores, and tree rings. Because... -
The Scientific Context for Exploration of the Moon by National Research Council 9780309109192
Booksplease Price: £53.98Because of the Moon's unique place in the evolution of rocky worlds, it is a prime focus of NASA's space exploration vision. Currently NASA is defining and implementing a series of robotic orbital... -
Challenges and Opportunities for Change in Food Marketing to Children and Youth: Workshop Summary by Standing Committee on Childhood Obesity Prevention 9780309269537
Booksplease Price: £33.22The childhood obesity epidemic is an urgent public health problem. The most recent data available show that nearly 19 percent of boys and about 15 percent of girls aged 2-19 are obese, and almost a... -
Terrorism and the Electric Power Delivery System by National Research Council 9780309114042
Booksplease Price: £45.67The electric power delivery system that carries electricity from large central generators to customers could be severely damaged by a small number of well-informed attackers. The system is inherently... -
Population Health Implications of the Affordable Care Act: Workshop Summary by Institute of Medicine 9780309294348
Booksplease Price: £32.17Population Health Implications of the Affordable Care Act is the summary of a workshop convened in June 2013 by the Institute of Medicine Roundtable on Population Health Improvement to explore the... -
Enhancing the Effectiveness of Sustainability Partnerships: Summary of a Workshop by National Research Council 9780309129930
Booksplease Price: £39.82Sustainable development-meeting human needs while nurturing and restoring the planet's life support systems-requires a continuous process of scientific innovation, new knowledge and learning, and... -
Science of Science and Innovation Policy: Principal Investigators' Conference Summary by Committee on National Statistics 9780309302708
Booksplease Price: £39.02The National Science Foundation developed the Science of Science and Innovation Policy program (SciSIP) in 2006 to fund basic and applied research that bears on and can help guide public- and... -
An Assessment of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Electronics and Electrical Engineering Laboratory: Fiscal Year 2009 by National Research Council 9780309145039
Booksplease Price: £29.99The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), an agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce, carries out its mission of promoting U.S. innovation and industrial competitiveness by... -
Understanding Climate's Influence on Human Evolution by Committee on the Earth system Context for Hominin Evolution 9780309148382
Booksplease Price: £41.05The 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: £33.00Booksplease Price: £26.00A 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: £41.34From 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: £48.51Despite 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: £43.78The 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: £43.78Fertility 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: £28.71Human 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: £101.00Booksplease Price: £78.26The 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: £49.00Booksplease Price: £38.79The 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: £43.78In 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: £16.99Booksplease Price: £13.45The 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: £35.00Booksplease Price: £27.60The 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: £59.58In 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: £66.27Rates 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: £29.99The 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: £41.89In 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: £38.00Booksplease Price: £29.99Motivated 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: £37.14The 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: £29.00Booksplease Price: £23.60Animals 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: £38.94For 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: £65.00Booksplease Price: £50.28Across 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: £33.24The 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: £30.08Technology 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: £35.00Booksplease Price: £27.60People 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...